The Newtown bee., 1890-01-31
BRIDGEPORT.

BRIDGEPORT.
 During the past year, according to the school census, the population of that part of the city west of Iranistan avenue has increased 500 and there is now little doubt that Bridgeport leads Hartford in population. No section of the city has, within the past five years, increased ill population more rapidly than West End. Half Il decade ago, two teachers were able to instruct the youth of that section in a small room on State street. Now, in the handsome new grammar school on Clinton and Colorado avenues, 400 to 300 children are in constant attendance.
 About a dozen jewelry and other stores have been supplied with clocks by the Western Union Telegraph Co.,, which owns the clocks and regulates them each day by the time signals at Washington, D. c. The clocks are complete with hour, minute and second hands and run so perfectly that a second or two a day is the limit of their variation. They re- quire no winding, but are run by batter ies. The company puts up, looks after and corrects these clocks for $15 year.
 February l, Parker & Davis will sue ceed the old jewelry firm of Warner & Parker. Mir Davis is a young man who has been with E. W. Button for years and has recently been a member of the firm of Button S Co. Mir Button will continue the business alone.
 Jeweler W. F. Paddock is to occupy one of the three stores in the brick block being built on John street, in the rear of the library building.
 In anticipation of the demand for rents caused by the addition of families whose support will be drawn from the Springfield Emery Wheel Co.,, whose fac tory is soon to be completed, number of houses are being built in West End. They are mostly pleasant two-family houses, such as will rent for moderate price, while containing all modern con- veniences. Several such will probably l is to be still further opened to the public Wordin avenue is to be extended through property belonging to Alderman Bost. wick, P. T. Barnum and Frank Arm strong. The street will be extended about three blocks and Mir Bostwick vii at his own expense open it through hi. land. Sidewalks are also to be laid il adjacent streets. MT Bostwick has {; large slice left of the S5 acres he bought on coming to Bridgeport and says that nearly every day, people come to his of flee, seeking desirable real estate. H. also wishes to locate manufacturers ol land along the water front.
 John McGee, the West End builder who has been sick with pneumonia, i slowly recovering at his Hancock avenu home.
 Michael Pickett, the painter, has re gently built block of six tenements an, a store on Hancock avenue and has als put up two houses on Spruce and two ol Pine street, besides residence for him self on Clinton avenue. Gould Bros and A. J. Rivers built the houses.
 The engagement of Thomas w. Reid t a Bridgeport lady is announced. Col F. A. Mason has been appointed t succeed the late Albert Flames as par commissioner.
 The Housatonic has served legal notic on the Consolidated that it's lease 0 . Housatonic land south of the depot, O : which the Housatonic was refused tn right to lay a cross-over across the Cor solidated tracks, has been revoked. suit of ejectment is likely to settle tn ownership of the land.
 Stone for the foundation of the larg hotel which A. J. Rivers is to build o Howard avenue, just below State stree are already being hauled and the ston
 work, for which Bray Bros. have tn contract, will at once be commenced The superstructure will be 40x85 fee
 three stories high, containing 52 rooms :, On the first door, the office, parlors, dil ' ing room, etc., will be unusually lare T and convenient and the upper rooms wi 5 be comfortably arranged. The hotel 2 to be opened as soon as possible aft < May and Mir Rivers will put on lars !, force of men and hurry along the co X struction. When opened, the hotel is
 be managed by practical hotel keep
 and Is, we understand, to be run on ter
 perance principles.
 Failing health has compelled J.
 Willetts to sell his West End grocery. It r. w. Abbott, the West End printe .- has an office in the rear of Abbott & Co o grocery on State street.
 h Four and half days after work w z begun on the factory of Brundag Y Fletcher & Harrow, on Railroad al z Worden avenues, West End, the facto
 was enclosed, windows in and doors clo Il ed. A. J. Rivers is the builder and xvi