The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09

The Electric Compassion Co. which is now located in Myrtle avenue is said to be planning for the construc- tion of a half million dollar factory in this city within the next two years The concern will manufacture type setting machinery.
 Liquor licenses in this city which cost $450 annually now have an in- trinsic value of from $1, 800 to $2 ,500 under the law limiting their number. Those who know say they will even- tually be worth / from $3.500 to $5,000 according to the location.
 The people who compose the local Italian colony are able to buy bread cheaper than other folks. They get pound loaf for four cents and a two pound loaf for seven cents. The reason for the cheapness of the staff dozen or more bakers who serve them, and who bake the kind of bread they like, cannot get together to raise the price. Whenever a raise in price is talked of the consumers have an nounced that they would patronize the Jewish bakers if the cost was raised. The result is that many Italian bak- cries have changed hands of late and the proprietors who are not able to buy flour in large quantities are hop ing for q time when the bottom will drop out of the flour market.
 The contracting firm Of Toole & ing the outlet of the Noble avenue trunk sewer just south of Berkshire bridge, and sinking 1t into the chan nel This is in Keeping with the program of the Ninth district anti stench committee which hopes te eliminate, during the coming summer. that part of the garbage plant nuf- sance that had is source in past years at the sewer outlet.
 The street department is engaged in repairing the macadam roadway the entire length of Noble avenue. The avenue leads to Beardsley Park and is one of the streets used most by au- tojsts.
 Bridgeport promises to become the home of the paper milk bottle and sanitary drinking cup industry. Through competent authority it is learned that before the summer or 1912 is over a large plant, backed by ed here that will turn out paper con tainers at the rate of several mill lion a day. The company will con- troI machines invented by Henry A. House of this city, and it is claimed that the product will be so cheap that folks will be able to throw away their milk bottles when they are empty. Resides the milk will be delivered her medically sealed. Housewife's will also he able to put up preserves in air fight paper jars. The first machine which is now completed works per- fectly and cost $3o,000 to perfect.
 r, ..4. oeo so11;nO rea1 estafa in the First district beyond the boun- dary of the Second district are tell ing prospective buyers there that in- side of three years the entire city will be classed as the Second district and one tax rate will be levied for both districts or the entire city.
 Chief Edward Mooney is the only employe of the city who is on duty "A hours a day 365 days a year. He gets $2,O0O a year and is said by mu- nicipal authorities throughout the to be the poorest paid fire chief in the country of cities .s of fact that the city's record for losses nas been second to none since he took charge of the department none of the pig manufacturers or city omclals nave suggested that the chief receive more money. The city street sweep erS get 25 cents an Houi "HAo .lie thief of the fire department gets about wo-tenths of cent less than B cents m hour. Besides this the chief did ire duty for the city for several years ,or nothing when he started his career IS a fireman, and later he received ,50 a year for his services. The chlef became fireman at the age of sixteen and commenced his service to the city over forty years ago.
 
 East Side people are beginning to