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

I committee for final action
 1 BenJam1n Gilman, ppeaTing in be- 1 half of the Sunfield Oil company, pe-
 titioning for the permission to install
 a gasoline pump at Union and Con
 necdcut avenues, asked that the | council give the matter it's favorable
 consi iteration. Thomas Maloney. a
 Hesident of Connecticut avenue, lead | ing delegation of 25 residents, voic-
 ed objection to the permission, de- | claring that the district was a resi- | dentfal one and that if the pump
 was installed it would be a fire men lace to the community and neighbor- hood. The matter was referred to
 the fire committee.
 l Attorney John Cullinan appeared in
 behalf of the establishment of a
 building line on Elmwood place Geo. l Crawford, president of the Crawford Laundry company, appeared in behalf | of the discontinuing of the building 1 line of Fairfield avenue. If the line 1 Is discontinued it will allow the laun- dry company to erect it's new building g on straight line MT. Crawford de- clared.
 Attorney Elbert Hull voiced objec- l ton on behalf of 2 residents of Han | the building line on Hanson avenue. He declared that the purpose of re- | establishing the line was to allow a l garage to be built on the street.
  declared, an injunction would be sought to restrain the city from re- establishing the line. He declared d that favors were being shown in the council.
 Following a report submitted by the Paving and Sewer Com mission on sew CT construction work recently com pleted, a favorable report from the ordinance committee on the reSolu ton to abolish the commission intro
 duced last March by Alderman Wm.
 E. Hogan of the Sixth district. was reported to the council. As Mayor
 Atwater asked for the pleasure of the aldermen on the report, Alderman David Price of the Fifth district. voic-
 ed his objection to the report. "1 ob-
 ject to the abo!ishing of this commis- sion," he declared. "The contention that it did not function is all wrong. It has functioned and it comprises capable men. It should be conttn-
 ued I move that the report be re-
 jected.'
 Alderman Hogan. who introduced
 the original resolution. said that the
 resolution was not an indication that
 the men on the commission were not
 capable or able for their work. My
 contention was that the commission
 held up needed work and only added
 red tape to the building of sewers
 and the paving of streets" Alderman
 Hogan declared. The actual work is done by the city engineer and the
 director of public works
 Despite the pleas for abolishing the commission the report was rejected by a vote of 1s to in favor. The
 Republican aldermen stood solidly behind Alderman Price.
 A leu CT relative to the ncn-pay-
 ment of taxes by the United States
 Housing Corporation from City Att torney John A. Cornell was read. The cRy attorney after conferrirg with
 government officials in Washington
 came to the agreement that if all pending litigation against the corpor- ation was dropped S64. in back taxes due on the Connecticut avenue,
 Old Mill Green, Black Rock and paid the chy and the corporation
 would give deeds to the purchasers
 of the property so that assessment of the property could begin right away.
 The resolution calling for the settle ment was aopted after Alderman jections for longer consideration. The approval of resolution for the acceptance of $1,445.51 from the
 General Chemical company Of this city for taxes due for the years 1918, l1919 and 1920 and withdrawal of lit1-
 gation now pending was also given. A resolution accepting the payment of S2.2T1.74 from the Bridgeport De- oxydizing and Bronze Metal company for taxes due in 1919 upon the stare- ment of an appeal now pending in Su- perior court was passed.
 A letter of thanks from Alderman and Mrs James T. Reynolds to the council for it's floral tribute to their son who was killed by an automobile, was read and accepted.
 The Claims committee report on abatement of taxes was read and &C., cepted A number of claims were re-
 ferred to the Fire committee. The m adiOurned at II D, n,