The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-09-19

1 GIl0 0QuCdG1On DOarQ mas SCd1 Alderman Alfred E. veness, chair man of the finance committee, said today that the meeting could not be | held very well this week because ot the Democratic state convention "The request will receive our fa- vorable consideration early next week, just what day I could not say at this time," Alderman Vaness said Ut is probable that we will not float a $1,300,000 bond issue all at once, but we will arrange matters so that the Education Board can have the l money just as it needs it. There is no doubt but that the request will meet with the entire approval of the aldermanic body
 The other members of the finance committee are Alderman Thomas P. Doherty, Eugene E. J. Kelly. Wilbert Sanford and Alfred J. Knapp. The request of the Board of Education, which was read at last nights meet Ing of the Common Council and which was referred to the finance committee by Mayor Fred Atwater, was as follows:
 At the regularly appointed meet ing of the Board of Education held Monday evening, Sept. II. 1922, it was unanimously voted to petition your honorable body for further funds from bond issues for the erection of new school buildings, additions to the present plant and the purchase of other school property as follows:
 Approximately s9oO,0OO for the erection of new high school build- ing on the East Side to be erected on the site recently purchased
 Four hundred thousand to enable the board to proceed to complete the construction of the new South End school or in other words to carry out the original layout in addition to the Swe1ve room unit now under way.
 Further, the purchase of addition al playground space as is needed. "For relief of part time classes now necessary in the Grand street school and now numbering sixteen rooms.
 'sThe total amount requested. s1,- 300, O0O." / condemned by the State Board of Education, and use of lower floor only is permitted.
 Determined that the proposed wid- ening of Middle street would be kept in committee, Alderman Thomas F. Doherty, chairman of the Streets and Sidewalks committee had the matter referred back to his committee after the public hearing was held instead of having it tabled we will keep the proposition before the committee until an estimate on the cost of widen ing the street is obtained" Alderman .Doherty said.
 The opposition to the widening of
 
 Schnee of the firm Schnee & Schnee, which company irGroduced-th origt- nal resolution, requesting that the street be wilened, appeared in behalf move is not political move" MT. Schnee declared. ftNow is the proper time to make the street wider
 Lined up in the opposition was At torney James c. Marr representing the Wheeler es ate; Attorney William J. Buckley, representing Musante & Pastine and the Mills estate; Attorney John Cullinan, representing Keller Bro hers. and C. $. Eames of the Flames Plumbing company
 Attorney Marr contended that to widen each separate block Of the street would be like a crazy quilt. ."Middle street is the only street in which merchandise can get in and out would cost a million dollars to widen Middle street. You can't make a Main street out of Middle. There is only one Main street. The widening The benefit will be visionary. Taxes are now too high. It is not the proper time to widen the street ana l voice my objections on behalf of the contended against the widening of the street along the same lines of Attor- ney Marr.
 Attorney Cullinan declared that the
 
 be a public improvement, 'HThe street does not offer the promise of Main street It commences nowhere and ends nowhere,'' he said. MT. Flames declared that if Water street was properly paved there would be no ueed tc w$asn the street. It would destroy his building, ne declared.
 Attorneys Daniel Brennan James Shannon and James c. Marr appeared in opposition to the installation of a. gasoline pump on the Rourke5 and Boucher grounds on . ashington ave IIue, adjoining St. AuguStine's church Appearing as attorney for the church corporation, Lawyer Brennan voiced objection on the grounds that the in stallation of the pump would be a detriment to the church buildings and the Wheeler public school. It would be the first disfigurement on Wash ington avenue, he declared. Attor- neys shannon and Marr voiced their objections. both declaring that the pump would be fire menace and a detr:ment to the surrounding prop erty-
 Aide erman Eugene c. J. Kelly on behalf of Stephen Boucher. who is i'll at his home, testified that the pump was needed in the business of the R burke & Boucher Affidavit to this effect was made by MT. Boucher. The matter was referred back to the Fire