The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-10

ducted a factory for light work and repairing. On John street Hiram best light work and held a valuable clientage until the death of MT. Gates, who was a man with many friends. Mich ols Brothers moved their factory from Nichols near Huntington. down to John street, and continued a bus mess which, long before the Civil war was extensive because of the Southern market.
 After the death of MT Haight, his partner, Elisha Hubbell, built a car riage factory in East Bridgeport, just above the U M. c. company's plant. IL was in his boiler room that MT. Hubbe1I baked that famous pie with one hundred chickens inside the crust and presented it to the St. John cutting the pie. there was such a frightful odor that it broke up the fair, and all present fled, unfed.
 Gave Work to Thousands.
 These various carriage factories not only gave employment to a large pro portion of the citizens of the Bridge port of long ago, such as body ma.k- CTS. biacksmiths, pattern makers, vers and others, but the carriage in dustry was the beginning of such other industries as the Spring Perch company on John street, the Aetna Spring and Axle company on Cannon street, the Bridgeport Spring and Axle company on East Washington avenue, IEe 1OL1IlnSOn SpTlnS anu Axle company on Cannon street. the White Manufacturing company. plat ing lamps, and so forth, on Cannon street, the B. K. Mills Coach Lace and Wood Bending company on John street John Sammis paint store, on Water street, Ferguson and Howard leather dealers ,on Fairfield avenue, S. Sterlings Sons, iron and steel, Wa ter street, GeC~ge Lathrop and Sons, hubs, spokes and felloesS on East Washington avenue, T. Hawley and company. hardware dealers. on Water street. who supplied firth wheels. vlips, belts, shaft jacks and all sorts of carriage hardware.
 Incidentally, after the death of the three Wood brothers George H. John son and Enoch P. Hincks continued the carriage business for many years, under the firm name of Hincks and Johnson. After that firm retired a new building was erected upon the site of the famous old Wood Brothers building, at the corner of Broad and Cannon streets where nowadays John finest of mems suits and overcoats siviug his customers the same satis- facion that was obtained by the GUS toners of Hincks and Johnson and Weed Brothers of long ago.
 My Kingdom for a HorSe!''
 With the beginning of the present century the knell of the horse-drawn vehicle was sounded Dobbin is dis appearing and the few carriages that are left are mouldering towards an end If perchance one is left and needs a new wheel, a new axle or a rubber tire set. where. oh, where, can such things be duplicated? Instead have come the fiery dragons called automobiles to eat up gas" eat up space. smash things generally, kill anyone who gets in the way rip, roar drive people almost crazy. and leave a streak spf ruin in their wake besides costing fortunes to keep them going
 Were not the old days Of slow go- ing, behind a faithful nag in a com fortable carriage, more sane than the whirlwinds of today? During each year there are as many deaths in the United States by automobiles as this country lost in the last war.
 Would il not be a good idea to ask Congress to vote bonus to each sur vivor of those killed by automobiles :?