The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-29
Ammunition Concern Now Owns Almost All Land From Factory Buildings to Boston Avenue on West Side of Pembroke Lake St. Augustine's Cemetery Intact.
Further Factory Copstruc tion Expected in Rush of Big Plant to Fill European War Orders Thirty One Houses and Land Included in Latest Purchases.

in Latest Purchases.
 With the purchase by the Remington Arms-U. M. c. Co.,, of 3I dwellings on the west shore of Pembroke lake, the big ammunition concern now owns almost all the property on the west side of the lake from it's factory buildings to Old Mill Green
 Practically the only property not included in the most recent purchases of the company is the old Catholic cemetery, St. Augustine's. Though it was currently reported in the
 neighborhood today that the
 company had made an offer for the cemetery property, Rev. l. B. NihiIl, permanent rector of St. Augustine's church, and custodian of the cemetery, said this afternoon that no negotia tfons had been made for it.
 Further expansion of the enormous war business of the company is expected to result in the immediate erection of still more new factories on this tract.
 From East Washington avenue and Yellow NH pond the combany now owns in a direct line on what was formerly the east shore of Pembroke lake straight through to the East End Gun club preserve a mile ahoVe the present LalKeyiew home. In a s8ralghk line the holdings of the company on the East side of the lake are nearly two miles long and aver are two acres in width. Recent ac- e4uasft1ons of the company on the east side Of Pembroke lake include the Dunn property, Doyle farm, the old Prica farm and the Beers place and the Ritchie house. All these prop critics were land marks and farms fifty years ago.
 On the west side of the lake the company holds property from the site of the old horse barns in East Washington avenue straight away north to Boston avenue with theS ex- Beginning north of the cemetery the company has acquired all the prop
 eFty to Boston avenue including a, number of new houses in Willis place. It Is in this section that the al buildings are located.
 The company recently asked for bids for the removal of all these houses to other sites but being unable to get sat- isfaetory figures rejected the. bids. Concerning it's plans to build new shops no official of the company would talk today but residents in the section mentioned have noticed that for more S than a week surveyors and their as sfstants have been going about with tape lines and transients and appar- emily laying out lines for new build ipgs
 A short time ago the Remington Ar1nszU. M. C. Go. by the acquisition of property on both sides of Pauline street and Barnum avenue to Arctic street. it's entire length. received from the common council permission to close this street to travel and the street formerly a public thoroughfare $ now part of the property of the com pany- It is said that the acquisition
 Df the property north Of St. Augus- tines cemetery will bring with it petf- lions from the company to close streets ln that neighborhood particularly Arc tie street which for number of years past has been joined to Grant street by a. bridge over Pembroke lake.
 This bridge while of concrete and h supposed to be of modern type, has been out of repair practically ever sineeit was built. Every representa- tive in the common council from the 12th District has been handed a peti- tion from residents in the East End for the repair of this bridge but be-
 yond dumpng into the lake a few loads of street sweepings or some other waste material nc. attempt to repair the bridge has been made. Some res fdents of the East End are now circu- I l4tf1g a petition which will be pre- k Eeneed to the council asking that the N Arctic street bridge be repaired and the hesthoroughfare between Arctic street alsd Grant street ge kept open. The Remington Arms-U. M. c. Co.,, W has practically drained Pembroke " lake and at present system of slufce
 gates is being installed there in anticf- patton of spring freshets- Stil1man's pond too, has been drained and what M was once a Considerable body of water
 Is now a tiny stream less than a yard
 In width and about six inches deep.
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