The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-17
MEETING WAS
 TO NO PURPOSE
 BEING ILLEGAL
Selectmen Had No Power to Establish 8 Street Line
 It Was Found
BELIEVE 66 FOOT
 ROAD IS NECESSITY
Bridge and Pinochls Party Is to Be Given at Wea-
 togue Tonight
@neeial tn The T9mea.l


 Mayor Wellington stepped to the front and addressing the gathering said> ''Gentlegner, this hearing might just as well end new, aa the whole business 4s Illegal I had supposed the selectuaen had the power to establish a street line but a.S they have not will take the blame for this meeting and We will have 2 meeting fn the near future to establish a. street line on Barnum avenue The meeting was the result ot ! little controversy between John Reesteek and the Be- lectmen over the own ership Of a Cer- tain piece of prepeEtXs osl FTanlIiin fI3u which was recently purchased by MT. ResoStoclS who had begun opera tons on the erection of a servfcc sta ton when he was stopped because the building vSs hetnE erected too close to the cur, Faruum avenue from King street to Franklin Hin Is a G. foot roadway but according to infor- nation advanced at last evenings hearing no lines have ever been es- tsbIished to tell where the road should be.
 The mayor stated that it was not ths intent tons of the town officials in holding up the work on this building to autagonize the owner but that the work was stopped because if the building was erected 1t would narrow up the street to 5z feet. He further stated that the selectmen wanted hearing to get the opinions of the vol CTS as to whether or not they wanted the street narrowed and that he felt that If the town had to pay damages 1t should establish a street line not less than Ss feet In width, In this contention he was supported by Se- lectman Retnhold Perrsson who want e49 the town to give the selectnlen the power to stop Nfr. Rebstock from building SC close to the street line, which building he said would be out where the future sidewalk should be lE'1-
 Elliott ". Peck. who was the first one to speak on the question, stated that he did not think the hearing was legal as the warning called for the establishing of & street line which he said was not within the power of the seIectmeu- Continuing, MT. Peck said he was opposed to narrowing the street and believed that the 66-foot roaEaway should be maintained.
 Frank E. Coutne, who highly com pf1rnented the business ability of the board of seIectmen. favored the 68-foot roadway and said that Stratford peo- pie should adopt the slogan of stand Tyo For Stratford.'' Mir. Contne stated that newGomers were coming into town and purchasing & little piece Of property and that their only care WIS for their own future He said that these newcomers did not care for the beauty spots of the town and he was in favor of maintaining all of them.
 Thomas McQuilIan, one of the resi- dents of the Franklin Hlu district, said that he was in favor Of the street line being established, claiming that the deeds for the street called fer a 66-foot roadway and he did not be- Eeye that any court in the coun " would give any man the right to build out over the street line. MT. Bfcoui1Ian stated that in his esdma- ton 1t would be wise to call a town meeting and establish a 66-foOt street line along the street in question. At toruey z. s. CanfeId, who appeared before the meeting for MT. Rebstock stated that when his client bought the piece of property in question that he consulted the owners and several of ths naghbors who had lived in the vicinity for years relative to the property lines and that he believed he was within his rights when he started his building Attorney Can field stated that he had had two sur yeyors try to locate the street lines but no record of same could be found and that while the deeds called for a 66-1oot street they did not know which side of the street the extra feet were to come of of. We have had several interviews with the survey ors, said MT Canfield, but have been unable to arrive at any conclusions as to where the street lines run.
 Continuing, be said 1t is sure that the town can establish a street line but damages will have to be paid, owing to the fact that his client had gone ahead and let his contracts and that operations had been started
 At this point MT. COnine asked MT. Garfield if his client had been given any authority to build so near the street MT. Can1ield's reply was mo, he had no official authority" MT. Confne then stated that he did not see where there was any chance for dam axea Others who spoke in favor of the 6S-foo- street were L. E. Peck, Harry M Dawson and Peter Gleason.
 The members of the newly orga anized Stratford Republican club entertained a large number of their friends last evening at the Futile auditorium with a smoker and entertainment The event was the first social function tc be given by the club and proved to be one of the finest affairs of it's kind held in the town in years. The pro- gram which consisted of two excellent boxing bouts, two wrestling matches equal to those staged on a profes- gional platform, solos, and instru- mental numbers was highly enjoyed by the large gathering. Following the entertainment refreshments were zsryad, The committee who had charge of the program and to whom much of the credit for it's success is due comprised Edgar H. Beers, chair man; Edward Birge, Thomas c Co1IEhIin and John Moore.
 This evening at the Weatogue Coun- try club a bridge and pinochle party will be given for members, including both sexes and their friends. Follow Ing the playing a buffet luncheon vii be served.
 Mrs William Lockwood of Bootf street entertained friends at her home yesterday afternoon.
 Mike Lewlewandos, who for the pas four year has conducted the shoe shintng parior at the cetner. has sole