The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-11-14
BRIDGEPORT.

Edmond Hurd is to manage the tract
which he and George o. Lines bought at
East End and maps of the tract are to be
seen ut Marsh, Merwin & Lemons. The
property has been surveyed by Hull &
Palmer and 90 desirrble lots laid out.
Two new streets, parallel with Beardsley
street and Stratford avenue, have been
laid out, one through the old ball ground
and one through the land which has been
used as garden. These streets run from
Newfleld avenue.
A small building Is being put up on
Water street, near the corner Of Clinton,
near the boarding house run by George
y. Schlee. formerly the residence of Gid
con Thompson.
Work at the necessary alterations and
additions at HOLSTERS mill are to be be-
gun at once. The vtrified pipe company,
which will occupy Il, Is to have the old
mill building at the foot of wilmot ave-
nue. turned around to face the east. The
dock will be built partly on stone foun-
dations already built and partly on piles.
One OF the active members Of the com
pany Is M. ). Austin, who has been deal
Ing In vitrifed pipe in this city for some
time and who has sold out his factory in
New Britain.
w. b. Palmer has been in Norwaik and
Greenwich, surveying for the parallel
road. A number of former surveys have
~.
G. II. Petite and others from the local
Iron Hall attended the second anniver-
sary OF the New Haven branch, Friday
night.
Cellars for four new houses have been
staked out on Ogden street on the prop
erty owned by Hicks Griffin.
James III. Smith, the Insurance. agent
and governor OF the N. p. U. for Con-
nccticut,wil build frame cottage on Or
chard street, East Bridgeport. His asso-
ciate In office, w. c. Mead, Is also build
ing on Orchard street.
The old folks concert, SO acceptably
given at the West End Congregational
church, was announced as the attraction
Mt oliyet, Thursday, by the same per-
formers.
or the $4,000 liabilities Of Maxam &
Son, East Bridgeport iron founders, who
assigned, last week, some $4,000 Is owed
TO workmen and the assets are scarcely
more than sufficient to pay the wages
The balance of the money is owed to out
side iron firms, who viii probably be
obliged to accept very small percent
age. Work has been brisk at the foun-
dry and the failure Is due to bad debts
and poor collections. Daniel ii. Bots
ford, who has been bookkeeper for the
firm, has been confirmed as trustee and
A. II. I.andon and Richard Clancy are
appraisers.
James W., son of Lawyer Curtis
Thompson, Is In law Office at Knox
vile, Tenn, where Attorney George +.
Beers, formerly OF Southport, has been
for several months.
y. w. Rennell and family have closed
their Summer residence, Beachcroft, adj
joining Seaside Park and will spend the
Winter inANew York.
After prosperous existence Of 10
years, the well known firm of Griffin &
McElroy, dealers In Western dressed
beef and meats, was dissolved by mutual
consent, Friday, October 81. Hicks Grit
I'm, the senior member Of the firm, re-
tires and Harry A. McElroy joins his
brothers, James and John, In the firm Of
McElroy Brothers. The house began
business In 1880 In the brick building at
lis and III Middle street (now occupied
by the Evening Post) which was built
and twice enlarged for them by Elan
Nichols. In 1886, however, it became
too small for the business of the firm,
who built and occupy four story and
basement brick office and warehouse,
i25x60, with spur track at one side and
street frontage on two Others. This they
fitted up with all modern devices for
handling dressed beef and other meats.
This building, with the ice manufacture
Ing plant across the street, was fully de-
scribed in the BEE few months ago.
At present, the Arm employs about 20
men and has seven wagons on the road,
besides Y couple Of commercial travellers
who cover the H0usat0nic and Nauga-
tuck valleys, Long Island and Eastern
New York. About $50 cars Of the g. III.
Hammond company's dressed beef are
handled annually, with 800 OF hams,
pork and other meats. Calves are brought
n BY car loads and slaughtered here, as
are poultry; the latter are also dressed
ID tke West, under the superintendent
~ employer. Sausage, bologna blood