The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-09
EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE
 ALL AROUND TOWN


 Bridgeport seems to suffer more than any other city in the state from the vandalism of the small boy with stone throwing proclivities. In some sec tions of the city it is impossible for the fire department to keep glass in the doors of the fire alarm boxes. In addition to breaking the glasses the small boxes which cover the keys are found stuffed full of dirt and stonesr On the outskirts few of the glass street signs on the gas lamps Or the blue enameled signs remain so they can be shots at them with stones until the names have disappeared
 Over in Stratford the truck farmers have had many acres planted for weeks with early vegetables. While the planting is going on the entire into the ground. One young Stratford farmer sets out twenty cabbage plants a minute with the aid of his sister The planting this year is the earliest in a number of years and the farmers are looking for early returns tells of having a customer, for whom she made dress that was cut low at the neck. The garment did not fit as well about the neck as the dress maker wished. but the customer refus- ed to allow her to change it. She said she did not want to wear the dress for more than week and that in the meantime she would i'll out the gar ment by drinking milk and stout. The dressmaker said she never heard of such a thing, but the customer said she could always put flesh on her neck and shoulders by drinking three pints of milk day for Ahree days and fol- lowing it with thfee bottle of stout per day for three days.
 Small grocers tell their customers they cannot compete with the large ed milk because they are controlled by interests who keep the prices up so that there IS only fair price to the dealers who buy in very large quan- ities One small grocer in the North End has it doped out that hundred small groeers could form co-oDera- tive buying company and run 1t for the benefit of all the members with great profit.
 One concern that did not locate in Bridgeport after securing location here was The Connecticut Wire Box Co., concern now located in New Ha- ven and controlled by Sta amford capi- tai. The company is engaged in mak- ing light packing boxes at a much less cost than the production of wooden boxes. It engaged a section of a plant and tried to interest local capital. Be- ing unable to find money here New Haven capitalists put in their money City.
 Some people take it upon themselves to apologize for Bridgeport by stat ing that it has large foreign popu- lation This, they say, does not make it possible to sell high priced goods here If these people wdfked behind would learn who the purchasers of high grade goods are. They would find that the foreign born folks buy things to fit their pocketbooks and sell dom ask credit. But if they have the money they would find our foreign citizens buying the best to be had. ever, buy the best to be had and in I the local tailor shops it is nothing to see young man, with name that baffles English tongue, buying l suits of clothing that cost anywhere l from $25 to $35. As rule he wants | something with style and he wants sharp toed boats in the old. country i and clothes of the same cut year in 1 and year out it was only because he l did not have a chance to buy better. |
 Bridgeport is going to see much real l estate sold in this vicinity during the 1 coming summer. The tendency seems l to be to get outside of the Second dis trict into the First district where the | taxes will be lighter or just over the city line where only Fairfield or Strat- l ford taxes will have to be paid. The | majority of the people residing in the i First district only at the present time | are receiving as much benefit as the | people who pay taxes in both the First and Second districts and the next ses-s sion of the legislature will probably | see bill introduced to extend the | Second district along the lines propos- | ed by zalmon Goodsen at the last | of the Board of Apportion- ment- Large real estate owner who | are getting the same prices for their first district land as they would if it | was in the Second district are not an- xious for the change to be made.
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