The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-09
HOUSE WARMING WEEK AT
 BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC MARKET
ConneCtiCnt's Greatest Department Food
 Store.
The Handsomest We'll the Largest Store of the Kind in the State - Growth of Twelve Years - Something Concerning Methods - What Its Policy
 Means to Bridgeport

butter, eggs or cheese. The depart ment is very handsomely cased, or | perfect.
 Teas and Coffees. It would be surprising if the Public Market did not make a speciality of teas and coffeeS. It not only does that, but it makes the roasting of coffee a special matter. The older the coffee bean is before it is roasted the better it is. The sooner the coffee is used after it has been roasted, the better it is. These facts are known to many, and those who do not know them had better know them right off now. So the Public Market long ago installed a modern coffee roaSter and every day it is roasting coffee for the patrons of the Public Market. If you are lucky and get in just in time you can get coffee that is right hot from roaster. The Public Market Special is a coffee sold at 31 cents pound, and this grade is ordinarily quoted at a much higher price. When fresh from the roaster this coffee is pronounced by connoisseurs as just about the limit of perfection. A fine line of teas, some of them very high grade. is always on hand for lovers of good tea.
 Grocery Side.
 The grocery side of the Public Mar ket is very handsome. 125 feet of shelv- ing displaying a beautiful and varied stock. Practically every club in Bridgeport, well as thousands of families, patronize this department. When their varied wants are consider ed, it is possible to imagine the extent of this great department. But the best way to get in touch with it all is to visit the Public Market this week, and see the new eSta blishment in full doom.
 Ice Machine.
 The new 15-ton ice machine which furnishes the refrigeration for the market is one of the best products of the Automatic Refrigerating company of Hartford, and is said to be the new est and best apparatus for the pur- pose. It is electrically driven, and holds an even temperature in the six new refrigerator boxes and a freezer.
 The canned fish, the smoked fish and all the delicacies are features of the fish department from time to time and practically all the time.
 Vegetable Department.
 The vegetable department of this store has grown in importance with the growth of the store. The hot house products keep it's appearance all through the winter much like that of summer and the demand for them grows all the time. The French ar tichokes and endives have come to be pretty regular articles in this depart ment, and just to take a glance at it is to get a pleasant suggestion of the good old summer time.
 Fruit Department.
 The fruit department is a good show all the time. The oranges of Flor ida and California the beautiful ap- pies of Oregon and Eastern Washing ton, fancy figs, dates, grape fruit, cum quats, tangerines, pears, everything the market affords, are displayed in the most tempting manner. Delivery System.
 The delivery system of the Public Market is well nigh perfect in it's op- eration. This is the trying spot in most business of this kind. The Public Mar ket solves the problem by employing ten delivery teams, which make four trips daily to all parts of the city The hours of delivery are 7:30 and 10 a Tn., 80 and 4:30 D. m. Telephone orders received fifteen minutes before the load.
 As said at the beginning. this is cele bration week at the Bridgeport Public Market, and everybody is invited.