The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-08-30
BRIDCEPORT.IN
Great RACE FOR
BETTER HARB0R
q. Of g. Plans to Keep This
city in Running With
Other Atlantic Ports.

With all the more prominent of the
titles Oh the @Atlantie and Pacific sea-
boards, the GREAT Lakes, and the st.
dawrenee river, In the United States
and Canada; striving To the utinest=
In the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of their har-
Dor facilitles-to overcome the su-
ltrernacy of the Port of New York; the
CITY of Bridgeport, Conn, through its
tChan1abcA of Commerce, likewise Is
preparing TO carry out a series of har=
Dor improvements; which; when com
lpleted promise greatly to augment the
Importance of that city as a centre of
Industry and shipping.
The bridgeport Chamber of Con1=
Ifneree, a most progressive organiza-
Hon, Ia engaged now In completing
survey 6f Bfidgepert's products, as
means to determining what might be
tAxperted prefitabiy, and what Indus
tries, In particular, would mest eGo-
,hemieaiiy supplement those how ie-
Ieated WITHIN the city limits.
I This campaign follows close upon
fSbe. heels of the activity In home
n,viIdind inaugufated in Bridgeport
Isiur,ng the war; and engineered by
Ethe Remington Arms Co., independ-
lsntlyy by some fifty public-spirated
gsitizeYs, organized as the Bridgeport
n4eusina Company funder the auspices
Ief &he Chamber of COMMERCE., and
tby the Government, through the
HJnftea States Housing CORPORATION
N,J-epesating with the bridgeport
tHeustns Company.
J-hese houses are occupied how by
"a asa. families, or e72s persons, esti-
mating -four, to a family. Divided into
Ia eretaps, these highly standardized
a,o,isee are located strategfcally fes
proximity to the factories, and trans
fbortatien lines.
THE 4o4 single and multi family
Ehe4ssea erected, independently, by the
hsps,aaaaton Arms Co, (Which huge
h,,snt was acquired recently, In o
N7. 600 600 real estate transaction, oy
ME General Electric company, through
IJoser,h p, Gay of New York;, are To-
rxated close to Boston avenue IN the
blast End section, which Is the highest
hpart OF the city,
THESE houses, which are owned now
a,v the Fast End Realty Co.. are all
hnccs,rsea by monthly tenants, and
nwere not taken over Try the General
a1ectrlo Co, What disposition VIII be
made of these privately owned,
rsmode,'' homes remains to be seen,
In ann, event, however, the location
Lpf these, and the remaining houses an
xiuded In the groups erected during
~he wcsr, in relation to the induseria.
districts, tho railroad, trolley car, ana
Siitney" lines. is such as to strengthen
TIE demand f6r them in the event that
lsy-idre,or4 carries out its Port Devel-
ppsaent program, to which. 1t may ne
seen therefore, the housing projects OF
the war period actually were planned
with unusual foresight
Ono OF the outstanding features or
yBrfdeeport's Pore Deveioprn emit pro-
IErarl is proiect, now under WFsS-
Swlicn wiz provide n deep water mar
Dor. The present hsrhor hos Gn fees
toc water, but ss feet is within a mile
yE i- Ia dock
sing space in fs.vplable locations
With the coming of port develop
imeut on a largo sSrale, and tie con-
ne-tiDg CT deep SEQ transport AZ on
with. rail and motor, Bridgeport 7iil
have the advantage in material cos,
over very many other cities OpPor-
fnnities will be provided for the dis
trfbution of r,itrates, tho refining of
crude oils. possibly the reduction. of
ore. the tanning of hides. the trans
shipment of grain and of packing
house products. besides the unusual
development of the machine trades
Manufacturing today in Bridgeport
is confined largely to the metal trades,
but is SO div ersffaed that it is difficult
ITO name the dominant product
Anony the leaders are automobiles
corsets, sewing machines, and machins
tools, submarines, arms and ammun1-
sipn- artillery. toys, electrical supplies,
kgraphopnoneS. steam gauges aspe3loS
and brake Innings, and silverware-
There is a splendid supply of Amer
Hean-born, and foreign ekilled. and I'M
saxiHed labor, the skilled workers be-
Ting trained chiefly in machine work
Bridgeport- in fact, in common with
many other New England cities, has
become what it is today. not because
lof it's proximity to raw material, but
che ingenuity skill and enterprise of
dts people.
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