The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-01
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large public Improvements such as
these, the benefit of the whole must
be considered first. In making these
changes, Fairfield avenue. from st.
Johns church to Cannon street should
be widened on the south side to at
least a 70-foot street. Cannon street
should be widened on the south side
to at least a 55-fpot street and con-
tinued in this width to Water street.
The widening of Streets in the po-
sition of Cannon street is of immense,
importance to the future, and it
should not be a matter of unwarrant-
ed expense to the city. The expense
should be largely bornee by the
abutting property owners. For in
stance, if Cannon street were widened
10 feet and the expense of alterations
were borne one-third by each side of
the street and one-third by the city,
this would seem something, like a fair
adjustment.
THE value of Cannon street prop
erty, if the street were thus widened
and made modern and attractive by
the new fronts of buildings, would be
very greatly enhanced, and it is only
right that the proprty owners who
benefit greatly by these changes
should largely bear the expense. Mr..
Walter Lashar, and his associates, rec
,ognized this fact when they offered
to the, city to bear the expense of
moving back the front of their prep
ertyf on Middle street, providing Mid
die street were widened. They could
rightly afford to do it, Improvements
mean higher values.
while doing things of this sort,
the frrfI chnr1Jd hn
more than the present; and the bust
ness of those who have seen the
growth of the city and it's traffic in the
last 20 years, is now to look forward
into the future and to consider a
continuation Of such growth and in
crease for the next SO years, and to
strive to provide for it.
For this reason, Cannon street, if
this change is made, should be WIDEN
| ed and made a serviceable thorough
| fare and Middle street and Housatonic
avenue also widened to provide useful
and satisfactory avenues for large
| traffic in the future. And now is the
| time to do it, Every year greatly
adds to the expense of these opera
| tons. Shall we say, let the future
| take care of itself? That is what
our predecessors said and that is the
reason we now have the difficulties
! to face.
| 1.-THE Importance to the future of
extending Middle street, and properly
developing it and Housatonic avenue
as a. main north and south thorough
| fare cannot be overestimated. This
will greatly relieve, the congestion OF
| the traffic in the busy part of Main
street, and providing a belt car line
only on our short block from Main
| street will have the essential effect
of widening Main street, and this is
| one of the greatest advantages.
/ Broad street Bridge
ports perennial topic Of traffic i'm
| provement-is not comparable as a
useful avenue of traffic to the sevel.
opment of Middle street and Housa.
tonic avenue, and it could not be sat.
isfactorily belt-Hned with Main street
/ And this development with the bell
line would add immensely to the value
i of Middle street. It would become
a scond Main street, though doubt
less devoted to other lines of mer.
chandise, and with the extension OF
Cannon street, would provide new
stores in the heart of the city where
4 they are so greatly needed. MAR
street merchants need noe fear sucI
development. There will be bust
ness enough for both. Main stree
Is fast reaching the limit of it's ca
pacity.
"As to the jitney-popular vehicle
of very large numbers though it be-
it's continuous lines fill our streets and
jam our congested corners; 1t is
nuisance and a source of danger, ant
the public welfare demands that it
numbers be very greatly reduced"