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Common Council Meeting Opens with Mayor's Budget Notes
A Bridgeport city council session from December 6 1908 covers election of aldermen certificates, minutes, and the mayor Edward Buckingham's address urging economical, fair tax assessment, harbor and street improvements, and committee appointments for the year. The mayor calls for public hearings, harbor negotiations, and street maintenance while stressing prudence amid state tax pressure.
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Common Council
City Hall
Francis M. Wilder
Daniel H. Mahoney, Jr
John H. Cassidy
John Mear
Horace H. Jackson
Henry J. Clampett
James J.ees
Patrick H. Brady
Thomas Aoe
Taxery
James PL
al Garry P
Thomas F. Cleary
Meyer
John J. Hines
McMurray and Fletcher
Thomas FP
Cleary
ONICA
Edward T. Buckingham
City of
Bridgeport
Board of Police Commissioners
Fire Commissioners
Gare Ores
Committee On Harbor Improvements
New York, New Haven,and Hartford Railroad Company
Wall Street
E. T. Buckingham
Conn
Lavery
McMurray
Paddock
Stewart
Primrose
Harbor
Clampett
Fletcher
Mahoney
Cassidy
Finlan
Jackson
O'Connell
D. O'Neil
Gould
Lee Lavery
Brady
O'Connel
Conlin
J. O'Neil
Wilder
Bullard
Clampet
O'Neil
Near
D. O Neil
I Zink
Feyrer
Bertilson
Zink
Ald McDurray Ale Lerman