The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-24
PROSPERITY LOOMS
 UP FOR BRIDGEPORT
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on Congress street. rms means more work.
 The Lake Torpedo O.. is planning a brick one story building, 50xsO. This is subject to change. The American & British plant Is increasing in size as a result of the war.
 Immense structures are being built l for the Bridgeport Brass Go. The l company has war orders Great in- creases in the number of hands will be made
 St. Paul's mission church for the relief of St. Mary's church will be built at Fifth street and Connecticut avenue.
 Harry H. DeLoss of the Handy & Harman Co.,. will be the head of a new concern that will build on the l site of the Acid Works in Fairfield. This means work on construction and Iwork when the buildings are con structed.
 The American Chain Co. is com pIet1ng group of five factory build- ings and some administration build ting on Connecticut avenue. At least l 800 hands will be- added. A new chapel is being built at Mountain Grove cemetery. l The D. M. Read Co.,, anticipating the business that is coming, is mak- ing extensive alterations in their building to increase the floor space The Dorsen Co., will put up a four story building. Their new property will run from Elm and Main streets l to the Caesar Misch property. The Royal Equipment Co.,, has fin- I ished a three story building, making 1 10000 feet floor space additional. Two hundred hands will be added. A six story apartment house on Main street, on the site of the Moss & Krieger store, will be constructed. I The Model Pattern Co.,, at Connec- ticut and Logan streets, is building four story building that will add 200 | hands.
 The Henkel Lace so., which be cause it is dependent on German l capital, is going on with the building \ operations that were ceased when the war broke out. The cellar of the building is prepared and four story l structure, z20x50 will be constructed. I The Crane Go. which suffered de- pression but kept on all the married men is now taking back the single men and there is work for all. l Another big theatre will be built l in Bridgeport It will be- erected on State street.
 l The silverthau & Sons building at 1 21-23 Bank street will pe remodeled. When completed two stores and apartments will be used The front l St. Paurs Episcopal church will be l Iremodeled.
 Plans are said to be under way for remode1ing the bank building of the l Bridgeport Savings bank, at Main State streets.
 The Compressed Paper Box Go. is I completing a new building, which will be used for the manufacture of l boxes for the U. lf. c. Go. Two hun l dred hands are being added. i LakeVieW home is supplying work. The OscaWannas Building Go. has de- ctded to give preference to Bridge T port citizens
 Builders say there is a wonderful
 outlook for labor in the city After the Bridgeporters are put to work. many men will be imported and the population Of the city will be tn- creased.
 Forty deeds of land to the Rem ington5U. M. C. Co. were filed at the office of the town clerk Saturday. .l Twelve more were recorded yester- day. The greatest ammunition plant in the world will be here. Building are growing over night and more are planned. Fourteen more will be erected
 Spring water that will run 1000 gallons a. minute is being sought by a. powder manufacturing concern, it is said, for washing nitric acid out of guncotton. A tract of 200 acres
 with waterfro rontage is being sought,
 on which 1000 shacks will be built and at least 5000 hands will work.
 The U. M. c. Co., is usurping the
 old swimming hole in the brook be- tween Stll1man's and Pembroke ponds, which was used for decades I by boys Of the East End and West
 has been acquired.
 I The U. M. C.. Co, is employing
 about 5000 hands This will be
 greatly increased. so that the mum
 Der of hands will be tremendous. Be- i fore long it will not be short of 20,-
 900. When it is realized that among
 the largest number employed at any
 plant in the world is. 27,000 at the
 Ford Motor Co.,. the significance of
 this may be appreciated. The war is estimated to last three years
 The fame of Bridgeport has gone
 all over Europa Works Manager F. Il O. HoagIand said today that the re-
 ports that attempts had been made
 to blow up the plant here are a topic
 of conversation all through the war
 zone.
 How significant this is may be gathered from the fact that a state ment issued yesterday by the allies declares that their lives depend on one big thing, they declare. An
 agent of a, foreign governme told a Farmer reporter several days ago that Bridgeport will be the Essen sentatives of foreign governments are eIamoring today in New York for ammunition. Bridgeport is the only salvation for the allies" he said.
 The Bridgeport Arms Co, has not
 been incorporated in Bridgeport. All
 the deeds are made out to the Rem
 ington Arms-U. M. c. Go. It has
 been learned that big guns will soon
 be manufactured here. x
 Real estate agents are having the
 time of their lives. Property is be-
 ing snapped up all over Bridgeport.
 The outlook for real estate is tre-
 mendous. < Building material is cheaper There is a 20 per cent. saving on it, and it is being taken advantage of. There
 is also an eight to 15 per cent. saw ing on labor, as the manufacturer I can pick the most efficient workmen