The Newtown bee., 1891-04-17
Ne sToWN, APRIL II, 1891
BRIDG EPORT.

Lavyer l.. +. Hail is Co build IA house
on Logan rect AMI John /. Sterling also
thinks 1T puii'ng up one at oncr.--B.
Nicho, u ,on> have sold building lot
on Hawiey avenue to Elmer K. Burke
Warren b. Nichols and ID. Allen Treat,
who have been in the South since last
Fall, are expected back this week Satur-
day-Bridgeport council, No. 20, N. p.
u, has changed its meeting rooms from
Elks' hall on State street to Grand Army
hall and now meets on the second and
fourth Tuesdays.-Poice Commissioner
G. III. Bogart is to build double house
on Third street, on lot bought of A. w.
Burritt.-John Rutherford does the ma
son work of the brick double house
Chauncey Warren is putting up on Bun
nell street.
John O'Rourke, baggage master on a
Consolidated express, is on duty, after
vacation of several weeks.-Engineer
Hull attended the first annual banquet
of the Great Darlington board of trade,
Wednesday, 10th, and delivered speech
on 'The water power of the Housatonic
valley" of which he has made special
study.-Thc iron work and cream brick
of the new Sanford building, w. B. Hall
& Co., Main and Cannon streets, is being
put up. 1t will be one of the handsom-
est buildings on Main street.-Longstatf
u Hurd are making progress with the
foundations of the new Barnum histori-
cal building and have removed the old
brown dwelling house at the corner of
Main and Gilbert streets.-James III.
O'Rourke, the ball player and lawyer,
with his brother John, is to develop a
large tract of East End land, in the rear
of that recently bought by Hurd & Lines.
O'Rourke brothers will cut a new street
from Newfield avenue to Beardsley street
(already laid out by Hull & Palmer)
and will offer lots for sale, this season.
This is part of the land left by Mr.
O'Rourke, Sr.-The foundations for the
new factory in the rear of the Read Car
pet company's building on Middle street
are nearly completed The work of re-
modelling the stores on Fairfield avenue
and Middle street, in both sides of the
block bought by Radcliffe Hicks, is to be
done as soon as possible and material is
being gotten out by A. w. Burritt.
Morris b. Beardsley, who has filled the
Office of judge of probate for about IA
years, tells the BEE: ~ am entering on
my new term of office and have year to
serve from next January. | certainly
have no intention of resigning during the
term and cannot imagine how the reports
in regard to my resignation could have
become circulated. And as to my i'll
have never lost day through sickness
and am In as good health day as
ever was" Since he first became Judge
the work of the office, which then EN-
braced the towns of Bridgeport, Trum
bull, Monroe, Easton and Huntington
has vastly increased, though Huntington
became separate probate district short
time ago. All who have had business
dealings with Judge BeardSley will voice
wi nf ha IA m V lnn0
to administer the affairs of the probate
court.
A decision has recently been handed
down by the Supreme court of errors, re
garding the lines of Bridgeport harbor
In 1889, committee was appointed by
the common council to lay out new har
Dor lines. A new and entirely different
line from that laid out in 1886 was estab
lished. The object of the new lines wa
to do away with several small and not al
together handsome stores along the low
err bridge. These were owned by Gen w
II. Noble aud he. with the Farist stee
works. Joel Farist and others, appealed
from the report of the committee, claim
ing that harbor lines did not have juris
diction over buildings along the bridg,
and that the committee had not compiled
with the provisions of the charter, in tina
they did not form new lines after a thor
Ough examination Of all the facts in tn,
premises, but simply followed the in
structiOnS of the council. The Supreme
court sustained these views and the har
Dor lines in Bridgeport are now thos
adopted in lSSG.-An addition is buildin!
at the Railroad avenue factory of Burns
Silver q CO.-laVing become settled il
their new factory, adjoining the Holme
q Edwards silver factory at East End
the Bridgeport chain company is doub
ling its output of chains. These chain
are superseding those of German manu-
facture, to which they are superior. On
ly the lighter forms, halter and harnes
chains, etc, are made, the best qualit
of Bessemer steel being used. Most o
the work is done by machinery, about 5
men being employed. The Bridgepor
Chain Co. has been organized about tw
years and occupied part of the factory O
the Holmes Il Edwards silver company
until the business outgrew the buildings
The president of the company is Dewitt
Burke; secretary and treasurer, Georg
c. Edwards, who as president and treas
urer has made such success of tn
Holmes q Edwards silver company.-A
the meeting of the board of directors O
the Holmes & Edwards silver company
this week Saturday, the subject of a ne1
factory will be discussed and, withou
doubt, approved. Though considerabl
room was obtained when the chain com
pany vacated part of the shop, there i
still not enough and plans have been pre-
pared for new factory. Estimates hav
also been obtained. The projected build
ing is about 35xll5 feet, three floors, t.
stand in the rear of the old factory
Some idea of the prosperity of this con
pany can be obtained when it is state
that there are now 300 men employed an
that the daily output of sterling silve
fiat ware is 90 gross, $4,000 pieces. Fla
ware alone Is made, the manufacture o
hollow ware having stopped some tim
ago. The sterling silver made by thi
company is fully guaranteed for 25 year
and special advantage is gained by tn
process of inlaying pieces of solid ster
ling silver in places of greatest wear
These goods are of elegant design, many
of them entirely original with this com
pany. Among the most successful ma,
be mentioned the orange knife and spoon
which have sprung into instant favor ant
are now being made by thousands. They
are finished in variety of styles, bright
plain silver, oxydized or old silver, satir
finish, hand engraved, gold plated bowl
Other spoons are finished with gold bowls
and not few butter knives are sent out
with gold blades. Preference is about
equally divided between gold plate and
hand engraving: the latter is possibly a
trife more elegant and somewhat more
ers are kept at work and the company
finds it impossible to keep pace with or.
ders.-Andrew Hague has left for the
West, hoping to find renewed health
Miss Lila Van Etten Of Warren street has
returned from visit with her mother In
Milford, Penn.-A recent article in the
Sunday Sun devoted much space to "An