The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-09
PLANS OF
 HOUSING co. FOR
 DWELLINGS HERE
Two Suburban Colonies Pro posed, Says Manager E.
 l.. Blanchard.

By reason of highly boosted rents ordinary workers in Bridgeport as well as those of the skilled classes are con- pelled to deprive themselves and their families of needed things in order to pay for living quarters.
 This assertionn, made by Frederick c. Blanchard, general manager of the Bridgeport Housing Co.,, is followed by the statement to friends at The Strat- field where he was banquetted Satur- day night that the housing company plans not only quickly to house the unmarried men and women workers in dormitories but to build two large col onies accessible to the East and to the West Ends of the city for the skilled workingman and his family. A pleasant external appearance in these colonies will be assured with symmetrical rows of trees, gardens for each family, which in measure will be obligatory, playgrounds for the children and other accessories to the three and four room apartments the houses will contain
 In a speech before his former asso- ciates in the Ashcroft Manufacturing Co.,, and the Consolidated Valve Co.,, MT. Blanchard said:
 '"The Bridgeport Housing Co.,. with which I am now associated, promises very strongly to perform a most use- full service to the city of Bridgeport that is the increase of the housing facilities.
 "I think you realize more than ever before the serious conditions that a great many men have to face in or der to stay at work in Bridgeport. A man recently came to my house at night and after apologizing for intru- sion upon my privacy related the fact that he was being paid from $11 to $15 per week as a pohsher at the Graphophone plant. A few days pre- vious to his call his new landlord called upon him to say that in future instead of a $15 rent he would pay $25 per month for. the same quarters. To pay this simply meant that his wife and children must give up those things they much needed. It was im- possible to pay the rent without many sacrifices
 ''The Bridgeport Housing Co. is go- ing ahead in a comprehensive manner to create housing that will meet the prevailing conditions on an econom- ical basis.
 The most modest of the plans now considered will be for single men or women in the forms of dormitor- 1es-san1tary and with bathing facili- it's including showers and bath rooms. Some apartments will be as small as two rooms, for the young man who-is just married will not need more room at the outset. That man can live with comfort in a two room apartment They will be sub- stantial, light and airy apartments. Compared with present conditions where such man has to go into a private family, he will be very much better off.
 There will also be three and four room apartments and perhaps some even larger for the unskilled labor CT.
 "F'or the skilled laborer and ones with larger families there will be complete suburban development, some within reach of the East Side and some for the West End. These will be reasonably large tracts of land with an eye to external appearance, roads, sidewalks, playgrounds and trees planted with symmetry. There will be space for a garden which everybody will be required to keep, The houses will not be crowded in so as to give a close feeling, as you now have in many places in Bridgeport, There will be light and air all around. Everybody will be required to keep his place neat and clean and prizes for the best kept will be offered"