The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-03
HISTORIC HANG-OUT 0BLITERATED FOR
 NEW ARMS PLANT
New Factories Cause Pass ing of Rendezvous of Idlers, And of Ancient Ball Grounds.
stillman's Pond, Indian Rock and Other Marks Familiar to East Bridge
 port Youths Gone Forever

Shades of John D. Snappert Still mans pond is gone, never to return. The old Stil1man Spring, Indian Rock, the Island, Sandy Hook and the old diving post at. the pond have entered into oblivion. The last remaining indication of the old swimming pool, the dam and falls. is still there but that is all.
 The new enterprise, the Bridgeport Arms Go. has taken all the surround ing land and the school boy will now have to find another place for his. summer amusement. Buildings are springing up almost in night. Ev- cry day you go up there you will find 9 foundation set for another build ing. Sixteen buildings are to be erected on the ground which has a1- Ereadys taken on the appearance of new city with seemingly a thousand men engaged in it's creation But now for g few "reminiscences of by gone days
 Many happy. days have been spent ! on this e-reservatton'' by the boys of East Bridgeport This was the great summer resort of the Lakeview A. C.. and the old Fifth Ward Athletic club and many a pugi1istic encounter took place at the historic old spot but. twenty feet from where stood the Old Mill from which the name Of Old 1 Green was derived. The most his- toric battle, one which will be retain
 
 dents of the Fifth Ward for many years to come. was between Steyie De. vaney and Hubby Mcdonald, start ing at g o'clock in the morning and recess called at 6 o'clock in the ev- entng. The battle was then resun- Led at o'clock and wound up at A o'clock the next morning, when ref cree stGeneraI' Golden counted the fatal ten over the prostrate form of ltee,Tubby.,
 A great feat was to swim from the dam to the island and back and only twice has the feat been success fully recorded in history this being accomplished by Stevie Devaney, one of the heydey sports. and Jimmy B1a- griff, a latter day athlete.
 Sti1Iman's pond was at one time a great duck-hunting vicinity, it being abundant in wild duck, heIl-d1vers, snipe and once in a while the boys would bag an odd quail or partridge. About every two or three years the board of health would order the large pond drained and great would be 1 the scuff1ing on the part of the "go- boys to gain position at the head Of the drain-p7pe- There they would 1set themselves with a barrel covered with a net and into this the water escaping from the vast stream would pour. The water would leave through the net but the hnned bulIheads and
 
 would many modern Isaac Walton l declare he had made a good catch and l forthwith he would go about the vii cinity of Shelton Ogden. HaIIett and l Stil1man streets disposing of his wares The past few years have seen a wonderful growth in population in that neighborhood and this fact has called for better police protection iE the vicinity, thereby putting an end to the evening jamborees of the l night-owIs.''
 The buildings of the Bridgeport Arms company will extend from Lake view cemetery to Bond street, on the east, and from Boston avenue to within a stones throw of the piggery Ito the north. WheeIer,s lot is to be | the site within a few weeks of ten six family apartments When this is ac- I complished the swimming pool will kbe ob1iterated and likewise the base ball field on which Ray Heating, now "a member of the New York American I baseball team. received his early schooling Things will then look any thing but promising for the amateur ball tossers when Wheeler's lot passes Iaway and their only resort will be | aA5T2n4rda1exx Fl<a5-Tx