The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-27
HYDRO-AEROPLANE IS REAL THRILLER SEA BREEZE OPENING ON DECO RATION DAY OFFERS GREAT
 NOVELTY. Combines the Possibilities of the Bi- Plane. Motorboat and Auto
 mobile.

Recall if you can the fastest bi-plane flight yo2 ever saw; then conture up in your imagination a motorboat that travels- at twice the speed of the fast est water craft you ever witnessed; 1; add to that the capacity to travel over terra firma faster than the sped- jest race horse, and you have m idea of the three-fold possibilities of Glenn s. Curtiss' wonderful hydroaeroplane, the very last word in aeronautics.
 This is the device that Geckwith Ha- vens will fly four days in this ofty beginning Thursday, as the chief fea- ture of the four days carnival with ally opened to the public. Decora- tfon Day has been designated as the day for the formal opening.
 Negotiations for the taking over of
 the island by the new management
 were completed less than three weeks
 ago. yet the thousands who passed through the island yesterday saw evil
 dences on every hand of the activity of the carpenters and painters who,
 detained day after day by bad wealth Ter, have only within a few days be- gun to work the gradual transforma- tion of old Steeplechase into new Sea
 Breeze. faS
 General Manager William l.. Gal
 lagher expects Captain Thomas S..
 Baldwin, the king of all the bird men,
 under whose personal supervision the
 thrilling land and water and air ex-
 hibitions of the hydroaeroplane will be
 given, to Srrive here not later than tomorrow Sevening to cooperate with
 him in completing arrangements for the care of the huge flying machine. MT. Gallagher is convinced that had he been given a whole year in ad- vance of the opening of the island he could not have secured a more suit able feature to inaugurate the new
 management, and following the big attendance at the ball game at the
 island yesterday he expressed added confidence in the outlook of a big sea- son at the island. He and his men
 are busy today closing up contracts
 with other big features, any of which
 will be on hand in time for the first
 of the four days of the carnival.
 One hundred carpenters and painters
 were added to the force of workmen
 at the island, when the whistles blew
 this morning, and the island became
 alive with activity of artisans getting
 everything in readiness for the big the painters and carpenters were to
 be seen ,on every side yesterday when
 thousands witnessed a capital ball
 game at the island between the Springfield and Bridgeport teams.
 What promises to be an interesting feature or In0 1SldOd IS tIG SdSlHO theatre. This will be located within the pavilion that housed the perform ances of vaudeville given in the old days of Pleasure Beach. Under the management of able showmen, the theatre will be the scene of high class vaudeville and motion picture bills, with changes of program twice week. ly. A bill of notable attractions has been secured for the carnival opening the last half of this week, and a high standard of acts will be maintained at the Casino theatre during the en- tire season. Bright and early this morning huge posters displaying announcements of the opening of the island on Thursday with the hydroaeroplane flights as a notable feature, were displayed in all towns within a radius of 20 miles. This is in line with the policy out | lined by MT. Gallagher, to make the | island not wholly a Bridgeport resort, but an amusement place for people l throughout the State.
 Superintendent Chapman of the Con- necticut Co, as we'll as the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad off cials, have assured MT. Gallagher of their hearty cooperation in this ven- ture, and they will provide all the ex- tra service in the way of trolley cars or excursion trains that the patronage at the island demands