The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-02
Move To Create New
 Job Tabled

The usual game of "chess'' was in vogue at the meeting of the Common council last night when an adminis- tration ordinance was blocked by the republican members. The ordinance called for the establishment of 2 board of electrical examin CTS and to create a new office in the building sistant building inspector in charge of electrical installation. The proposed salary of the new position is S25OO year, and the appointment is for three years. The ordinance was tabled by a vote of 12 to II, one Republican alderman jumping the party traces and voting with his Democratic col leagues.
 The ordinance provides that master electricians place a bond of $1o0 for
 conducting business; that an initial fee of $50 be charged for application to conduct an electrical business and that fee of $500 per annum be charged every year thereafter for re- newal of permission to operate the business. The power to grant or deny all applications would lie with the
 xaminng board. It was minated yesterday that Frank Gallagher of the sixth district was slated for the new position as assistant inspector. Another attempt to "checkmate" an attempt of the administration in appointing a successor to the pres ent sealer of weights and measures proved unsuccessful. A motion made by Alderman Hilbert of the second district to table the adoption of the appointment made by the Mayor of William Beloin, member of the Demo cratic Town Committee as sealer of l weights and measures to surceed Den his Kelly of the twelfth district was defeated by a vote of IA to T. Be | loin will take office June 1 at S2,OO0 | a year. The appointment was for
 An effort to enable the board of ed | ucation to obtain the s53O, 900 bonds | voted by the board of aldermen at | the last meeing prooved futile. A com munication from the city auditor ask ing that the board approve of the | form of bonds to be issued be adopt | ed that they could be sent to the bond 1 ing experts was read After a Solffo- l uuey as to the legality of the bonds | was made by one af the alderman the | matter was referred to the city attor- ney that an opinion might be given l the board.
 | A request by the board of educa- | ton for $550,000 that the building 1 program of the board might be car | ried out was referred to the Finance Committee. This request was made by the boal1 since some action that
 might tie up the $330,000 might be
 made.
 The sewer committee asked for the
 Issuing of s1O0,0oO bonds for the in- stal1ation of sanitary sewers through
 out the city. The matter was referred
 to the Finance committee with in
 structions to make report at the
 next meeting
 Several people of the North End
 were press= to remonstrate against
 at Main and westfield avenue. The
 petition was made by Joseph White
 Alderman Kelly of the fire committee
 reported that his committee would
 not report favorably on the granting of the permit. The reason for the re- 1 monstration was that the section. is a residential one and the installation
 of gas station would be detrimental to the property in the vicinity. It was
 rumored yesterday that if the. peti- ton was denied. the. owner. would
 build one story stores on the lot. ..
 Tbe city attorney advised the ccun- ell that C'has. AXman had agreed to
 accept S2SO fin settlement of a S1 BOO claim against the city for. damages
 to his property incurred by changing Perlin was allowed S2OO for his claim against the city. A request for S1 100
 for. the. services of an. additional
 stenographer for the city. attorneys
 office was referred to the ordinance committee.
 An ordinance limiting the storing Of gasoline, kerosfne or benzine with l in the fire limits to $500 gallons un-
 der a penalty of $1oO fine or impris-
 onment for 80 days or both was unan- 1 imously adopted. This ordinance will undoubtedly effect some Of the larger | oil companies. It will in all proba- | bility have some bearing on the pro- l posed storing of gasoline by one of 1 the newly formed oil companies wll O l have made provision for storing gas- 1 oline on Housatonic avenue having | just recently installed their tanks. l Contracts for printing the minutes | of the Common Council were awarded | to the 1ntertyDe Go. Several petitions | were granted for the installation of | gas stations and many were rejected. | Many claims were awarded for in 1 tries received by falling on the city l streets.
 l Other matters taken up were: A
 request for fixing the Broad street | steps; a petition from the Reservoir | Improvement association for added 1 fire and lighting facilities; that the | autom ooiles to be used in the Ma | morial Day exercises be the city own | ed vehicles and tha5c Broad street be 1 repaired since on the advice of Post l master Charles F. Freene the postal | automobiles were being dama ged due | n hA