The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-10

Unless a great number OF homes are
made available during the next week
or so, more than 1000 persons will be
shclterless in the East End.
The Remington Arms & Ammu1i-
terday to 24o families that they must
vacate their houses before Feb. 21.
Panic was the result today, in the
district affected, and there is a wild
scurrying about the East Side and
East End to find places.
Shelton street, from Helen to Penn
broke lake, Ogden street, from Helen
to the lake, part of Wyllvs place, part
of Helen street, and Seaview avenue
between Ogden street extension and
Arctic street, have given homes to
these families. The Remington real
estate department has obtained own
ership of the property and because of
the necessity of housing Its own eu-
pIoyes. it has ordered the tenants out
Eviction is likely to be employed be-
fore the end of the month.
With IL days in which to find homes,
the people are in a Quandary One or
two families have an unusually hard
time in Bridgeport finding dwellings,
because Of the crowded conditions, but
with 24O thrown on the city, suddenly,
a remaTkabIe situation is expected to
result.
Reuingt ton plants, may stay. 1t is as
sumed that work viii begin in March,
tearing down the houses and replacing
them with new dwellings for Reming-
ton employees. On Wyllys place, only
Eve or. six houses of the. old type re-
main, and these will go soon.
A coincidence in connection with
this has been noted The streets af-.
fected by> the changes are peopled
with Slavonians and Austrians. Their
eviction will mean their removal from
the vicinity of the vast plant that is
making munitions for the Allies.
During the last few weeks it is
known Nthat hundreds of Austrians,
Germans, Hungarians and SIavonians
have been refused jobs at the Rem
fEgton plants If the mother or faith
er of the applicant was of any of these
nattonalities, he is rejected.
The Slavonians, hundreds of whom
viii find themselves HON eless, find a
grim humor in this. Despite the fact
that their passports bear the official
marks of Austria or Hungary, they
are opposed to the Central Powers in
tho war. AS they had no government
Of their own in Europe, officially, they
came from Austria and Hungary.
These passports bar them from the
Remington plants although they claim
to be pro-A1ly.
Work of housing the incoming
Remington Arms & Ammunition Co.
workers in new dwellings is progress
ing rapidly under the direction of
Frank E. Blake, manager of the real
estate. department..
With So families now ~ houses
built since last September, in various
sections of the city, 18 out of the "a
houses begun on Enst Svenue slready
occupied, and favorable progress on
The construction of the Bond street
dwellings,, work began yesterday upon
two whole blocks of single, double
and ''bloc1x'' houses on Dover and
Remington streets, between TUDOR and
Stuart streets This section lies upon
the hill overlooking the arms plant
above Bond street and below Pa1isade
avenue. 1T is expected that thte de-
ve1opment, which includes anotherS
block OF dormitories for girls on PaIi-
sade avenue will be completed within
two months and will house nearly 500
people.
The exterior plans OF the improve
ment on Dover and Remington streets
group construction, most pleasing to
the eye with large pillared porches
Ind oval topped windows. Interspers-
ID throughout, to break any possible
monotony will be the modern double |
mansard rooted bungalows Of the one
and two-family type In the rear OF
bach will be a private alleyway for de-
liveries. The rear S frways will be
Continued on p~ge p i