The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-27
Says Reports
Against Firm
Are Malicious
Source of Report Sordid,
D e c la r e S Inventor,
Who Says He Will
Clear Com p any S
Name.

ION my return home last
night" said Simon Lake today,
my attention was called to
some articles which have re-
Gently appeared in the local pa
pers carrying New York head
lines regarding the Sunshine
Homes project: a business en-
terprise which | believe will be-
come a very important industry
TO Bridgeport if it is not killed
in its infancy by the misleading
articles that have been publish
ed in the local and metropolitan
journals.
Il have always heretofore found
the Bridgeport press cooperative inJ
building up Bridgeport industry, and
my experience with the press gener-
ally is that they are fair when they
have the facts before them. [ also
note that there is an effort on to
boost Bridgeport by the Retail Board
of the Chamber of Commerce. I take
it for granted that this spirit of fair
ness still exists in the press and in
the minds of the public when they
know the facts.
The unfortunate part of the situa-
ton in regard to Sunshine Homes is
that many lies, malicious. slanderous
into the press, the source of which is
a sordfd one and will ultimately be
exposed. but the stigma will remain
attached to a company which L be-
Heve to be a worthy Bridgeport en-
terprfse, because the retraction and
denials which will be published will
probably never be seen by many of
the people who have seen the libelous
stories.
Delivery Behind Time
1t is true that the company ac-
cepted orders for a number of houses
and that the delivery of these houses
Is behind because of failure to receive
moneys which were promised the COM
pany to complete it's equipment which
would enable it to complete its con-
tracts. The building of Sunshine
Homes is a manufacturing PROPOSE
ton not an individual one. We ex-
pect to build better houses for less
money than have heretofore been
built 1t is som ething new, people
can not understand it any more than
they could the possibilities of the sub
marine boat when L first brought this
business to Bridgeport in 1900, yet in
the years since that time the Lake
Torpedo Boat Co. has paid out over
$50 900, 100000 in labor and I venture
to predict that the Sunshine Homes
Co. will continue to exist irrespective
of the malicious attacks that are be-
ing made against it and it bids fair
to develop into a very large business.
1 also feel free to state that none
Of those who have purchased Sun
shine Homes will lose a dollar through
any action of the Sunshine Homes
Company or its officers.
Many of the houses on order are
not yet due-no orders were taken
last spring as enormously stated in
the papers. The first order was for .
a house to be delivered back Of STAN
ford, Conn. That house has been
d delivered, A miles from our plant.
Some of the other houses are under
The last ordinary
houses had built Tor myself pre-war
were nine months behind in their de-
livery, and there is nothing unusual
about the delay on the delivery of
the 6Inshine Homes that should have
been delivered last fall and winter.
All customers are compensated by
OF delay has been the lasck of promis-
ed capital and to the persecution of
have appeared in the newspapers
have had every tendency to prevent
capital being invested in the com
papy. which believe otherwise would
president of the company, is a gem
tIeman with high ideals; he has
worked, as well as the other execu-
lives of the company without receiv-
ing one penny in salary, and has made
personal sacrifices to ASSIST in erect
ing an industry primarily designed to
aid the people in getting suitable
homes.
To Reopen Plant, He Says
1.-The only criticism that can be
Justly made is that the company re-
led too much on the contracts and
promises of others for capital, to be
put into the business. I am sure that
Mr.. Lafferty believed that this CAPT
al would be forthcoming. Since this
has come out have had
offers of assistance from
people I have never heard of before,
put of course cannot accept any as
sistance from outsiders while the
company is under a cloud Never
heless negotiations have been made
or getting ahead on the building of
sunshine Homes for such of the com
1anys customers as still desire their
houses, and I expect the plant viii be
.e-cpened the first of next week to
start this construction