The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-10-13
KING ORDERS
FAKE HUSTLE.
on PR0JECTS
Political Boss Sends Out No
tice to Show Some Signs Of
Life on improvements
Whcih Have Not Been
Finished Fearing Public
Opinion Because of Neg
lect.

Hustling to make good" on SOME
of the public improvements promised
by the Republican administration two
years ago, John T. King has sent out
notice to finish up az much work as
possible before election. Work on
the proposed northwest sanitary
sewer was ordered today and there is
much scurryfng to get work started
again on the Grand street bridge.
Other smaller jobs which have
been tagging for months under the
Republican officials. managership are
being rushed to completion. The
widening of Congress street between
Housatonic avenue and Main street
has been finished and 1t has just
been paved. That project was
proposed more than a year ago
and was started early in the spring,
but in relays of one or two days each
the work did not progress at a rapid
rate. sts1
/ The white way extension promised
for Stratford avenue, East Main
street are still In Incubator FORM The
work has been ordered, but has not
been started.
The commission appointed to super
wise the construction Of the Grand
street bridge got into trouble with the
contractors, Edward DeVose Tomp-
kins Co. Inc, and work has ceased.
AS a result there is $500.000 dam
age suit pending against the city.
That structure was to have been COM
pleted last month. 1t is not half done
Construction was supposed to have
started on the proposed. East Wash
ington avenue bridge. This was also
to be built by the Tompkins firm. The
old structure which hass been con-
demned to heavy tramc. still stands
The paving Of East Main street
which at present is almost impassahle
to TRAFFIC, has not been started. It was
supposed to have been completed more
than month ago. The interceptol
sewer along Railroad and Bostwicl
avenues and the pumping station al
the foot of Pine street are tagging
That work is also beinga done by
| the Tompklns contracting frrn and
the city takes advantage OF its oppor-
tunity to pass the blame to tho con-
tractor.
The purchase OF Steeplechase island
was proposed as a. pre- -elestfon bluff
to East ETa1 people that they wert
going to get a place for recreation
Bond issues for its purchase were au.
thorized last spring. but no attempts
to purchase 1t were made until a few
weeks ago. Now SO as to make Z
showing, condemnation proceeding
are under way.
The $20o. 900 municipal ice plant, fol
which bond issues were authorized
four years ago, is still in paper form
The high cost of building and 4ate
trials is given as an aiibi for not ma
terializing the project.
During its six years in power. tn,
lefty administration has done bushes
without a complete copy of the cit!
charter available. A charter revision
1committee was appointed four or fiv'
years ago but 1t never made report
/ City Clerk j. A. II. Robinson took i
upon himself to compile the charte
and had copies printed. without au
thority from the council. The copy i
not Official.
The officials have been ordered b.
Mr. King to show a businesslike spiri
land work on all these projects is go
ing to be revived for use by stuml
speakers.