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THE FARMER: SEPTEMBER 4, 1909 al.nni..u ,iir,.4, -----1 it i-Tnr ramS'ilni fr---- :- SAVE'" ' AND AID LawiJ r Buy ttie LOT NOW as Ihls is your ::M Ycui have said when North Main st. looked like a country road and lots in the vicinity of St. Vincent J Hospital were being offered from $300 to $500 each v that's a good buy, that's three years ago today you i, would have to pay from $1,500 to $2,000 for a lot and make a big first payment you anticipated the future ; all right in your mind you thought the opportunity would wait on you, but it marched ahead. Only people vmn. money can purchase Mam St. lots now. The way;to purchase Eeal Estate is to buy when prices are j, lowwhere the location is good buy in advance of . improvements and building of homes, for when the improvements are made and people are building houses prices soar and whileyou are debating the matter another opportunity is lost. At Fairview . Lawn there is the best and last chance a mechanic,, cierK, omce or protesionai man, tne men of modern . means will ever have for purchasing desirable pro perty within 10 minutes of the City Hall Hight, Dry, Healthy beautiful view of the city with Long Island in the distance. . Everyone-is seeking homes along North Main St. Three homes on Thorne St. and cellars for two more being dug, house on Clark St. 'house on Birmingham St. where six months ago it was green fields. 50 to 60 houses built within the last twelve months north of St. Vincent Hospital. . . Are you going to purchase now this fall? jump in the band-wagon of prosperity! Next year prices will advance. Than $2.00 down on. each lot and 50c a week will be withdrawn. - Act now remember at Fairview Lawn you are buy ing in a select neighborohood. Nearly 200 pleased purchasers are our willing witnesses to the fact that if you buy at "Fairview Lawn you will get a square i deal be within easy reach of the work-shop, store, school, churches, improvements are being made. The finest residential part of the city has commenced to show its value as house after house is erected and grounds improved. The city has just completed a magnifiance-Boulevard on North Main St. now is your opportunity to Buy! LAST OFF ORTU MITY to purchase, house lots at reasonable prices on eacy payment plan within ten miniitpa nf u,it n- ' ment $2 down on each lot-50c weekly until paid. Founes hfve bell rTby VXftLllvof property easily acquired as you may do today at Fairview Lawn. Titles guaranteed byu Knann bS?? ' Where many have bought you can buy without hesitation-where purchasers are DrotPrfpri ihcSPLT ? plan for the best good of all. You buy now, take advantage of tne ffltoS?tt5r-t certain ?ne rapid increase m value of your real estate holdings-on a couple of lots Tat Fairview Lawn wCfvoSSS6 : a Sunday or a Holiday and jump up and down on your lots and veil "This is minp'Mt vZ n 5 . the owner of a pair of lots at Fairview Lawn. The whole family will tSSwIi ft. mm. Sept: i mmmmm " ' $2.00 Dollars v Down 50 cents Week ly until paid - for ' HERE'S YOUR CHANCE! Beautiful Fairview Lawn on easy payment plan the best opportunity of the day. The best place in the city for a home Come YOU and look it over. To reach lots. Take North Main St. car to end of line 10 minutes' ride fare 5c. Salesmen on the ground every afternoon and all day Monday. Salesmen bear red badges. V No Interest r No Taxes No Extras VVarantee Deeds Titles Guaranteed J. A. Richardson, 923 Main Street Willi B iirr & Kndpp -'.Bankers Phone. 1892 ,i hi in h i iii ii ' " v - ' j I ' - " " - I ' " ' "" ' I. I M .. I ,, ., . , I j - . 1 - wri.-iiltiViai'wra-ir--nwni-i-iiii - n m i i nm mum mm mi n fR . iniiinn .iihiM..ni.i . "RED HEAD" IS A CORKING CRUISER v Toperty of Miss Franklin, It v Was De signed and Bnilt Here. TRIAL TRIP YESTERDAY At the builders' trial trip yesterday afternoon the "Ked Head," the new I cruiser recently launched at the yards ; of .the, Bridgeport . Motor Company j showed' herself to come up in every iyway to the specifications required by lier nurcbaser. . Irene Franklin, . the widely known ; vaudeville singer and whose, song "Red Head" has been sung; the world over. The trial was frontf the can buoy off the. Bridgeport light" house to the red 'spar marking fcthe channel at Black Rock Harbor. J?or tne penenx or tne pany on uunu the trial was continued to tne bar at the Bridgeport Yacht club, where the party of newspaper men who were to see that Irene was getting the square thing-, were entertained by Secretary H. H. Braufcigan of the Bridgeport 1 Motor "Works. ' I motor boat line. The . actress had I wanted for some time to acquire a comfortable cruising vessel and at her last appearance in this city, through. !her husband; Bert Greene, placed the order with, the local builders. A price -' was set and the Motor Works , were to turn out the best they could within the limits of expense agreed 1 noon. Shortly afterwards Miss Frank lin', as she is known on the stage, went to Europe w-nere sne is now piaying. ) Word that the boat was completed j was sent her a. rortnignt ago ana sne I immediately wired for a complete set tof photographs of he craft. , They were sent on and she has expresssed herself as perfectly satisfied with the local product. Through a mere chance - the name of Bridgeport will De seen Hsh accounts OI JVliss j?Ta.rLKiin a liib I pictures of the boat all nave in the i back ground the word Bridgeport i from the sign in . the Motor Work's I yard. - ' ' ' "tuv Head" is 31 feet over all, 8 ft I 6 inches beam and is of the. modified trunk cabin variety. The hull is of I cedar while- the rest of the boat is oak. - Inside "the cabin, which extends from " the prow, to within 8 feet of the stern, are three -rooms,' a. sleeping cabin with ' four regulation ports, and accommo j dations for three, toilet, and the af ter cabin in which is the cooking stove, ice chest, pantry, and sink. This room is used at the same time for the dining room. Here also is .the engine, a two cylinder, two cycle motor de- ' veloping 14 -horsepower. The motor - is controlled directly from the wheel. - The- engine at the trial yesterday ran with perfect ease, never skipping or pounding; and driving the craft 10 . mi lea an hour. Control of the boat is with the reg ulation, wheel stealing as all large ves sels do, in the opposite way to that which the boat turns. On a small sector the speed of the-boat is con . trolled and at the; right of the pilot is the- clutch. The boat can easily be manipulated by one man as was dem onstrated at the yacht club when one -of the crew took it in and out among the anchored boats there, backing atnd starting at ease aridv bringing the ves sel to dock. ' -- The interior furnishings are in red and are artistically set off by the nat ural oalc finishings. A gas plant has been Installed and the Interior welt, lighted. Out In the-cockpit under the canvas canopy are -comfortable wick- er chairs. The1 cockpit is provided j with a tight floor and is self -bailing, jUttue - scuppers oliajvlns the water in Jthe pit to go out but not to come in ""jib xiiw isi. vmwjine is scorea lor- i with means to allow any overflow from-the tank, should it be filled be yond its capacity to go overboard. Practically every part of the boat is distinctly made in Bridgeport. The wood "of course is not grown here but the construction of- the boat from the planing of the planks to the painting "J- me nuni is aone Dy local, workmen. The large castings for the engine were made at the Pequonnock Foundry and an xne Drass ntungs, ; the shaft, pro peller and the like are all made here. uuesday the boat will be turned over to Irene Franklin's . representa tive. It will be taken to New York where it will be -used. Up to that time the public is invited to inspect the woric or tne iinageport builders. NOTED PLAYWRIGHT WHO UNDERWENT OPERATION IN PARIS iN "THE MERRY WIDOW," JACKSON'S THEATRE, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7 ROBERT HUNTER TO BE LABOR DAY ORATOR Noted Socialist Author "Will Deliver' Address at Sea side Park." Clyde Fitch, the noted American playwright, is ill in Paris, where he la SKETCH OF HIS LIFE Robert Hunter, the talented speaker eported to have undergone a surgical Trtwn the Party has secured cu wmo iit?i- ja.uuT aay, is one or the leading minds of the Socialist party today. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and has devoted his life to the betterment of his fel low men. He has many Bridgeport friends who will undoubtedly be on hand to hear him speak from the band stand In Seaside park on Mon day afternoon. Hunter is the son of a wealthv man. ufacturer. He was born in' Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1874. He secured his early education in the nublirt schools and later he graduated from the University of Indiana in 1896. soon after he left college he en- operation. Mr. Fitch went to France something over a month ago to. wit ness some theatrical productions, look after his interests in connection with the use of some of his .plays in the European theatres and finish two Plays that he was preparing for pro duction in New York this season. He was in his usual health when he went abroad. Clyde Fitch was born in New York in 1865 and began writing plays as soon as he left school. He has written . more than a score of successes. Selling Out the Stock and Fixtures. Only a short time remains for the disposal of all the fine apparel for women and misses,, that is now on tered tmblie life and shnwert rr.ai Q hand at the Laborde Co. The oppor- tivitv. H w fho nrmni,in. tunity of the season to have largely tary of tahe Chicago Bureau of Char upon wearables of the highest oharac- itiea. sutierintendeTit r,t th m.ioi snr hOVcm4na I j, L. r . . . : "'""fr-" "- .uu ny tmu x orK university settlement, a desk, linoleum. National cash regis- member of the Child Thnr. rrn.mi.. ter. Tungsten lamps and fixtures. The sion, a member of the commission for Laborde Co., 1044 Main street, opposite the Prevention of Tuberculosis, a Howland's. . ....... member of the Academy of Social and -- v. ' .. - . ? :.., ...... ......... Political Sciences, and a number of other learned societies. 1903 Mr. JIunter became the hus band of Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes and from that time has resided in New York nd - at Noroton, Conn. As an author he is best known from the books, "Tenement House Conditions-in Chicago," "Poverty" and" "Socialists at Work." ' . ; ; . . It was not until 1906 that Mr. Hun ter joined the ' Socialist party. To study the European' political and trade union conditions he spent manv months in England; France, Germany and Italy. He is a member of the National Executive committee of the Socialist party and largely through his efforts the Inter-Collegiate Socialist society was organized. This is an organiza tion to promote the study of Social ism in the American universities. Mrs. Hunter, like her husband, is a hard, worker ; in the movement. A week ago Robert Hunter spoke in Mil waukee, the strongest American So cialist center. There were 30,000 people in his audience. BUILDING NOTES OF LOCAL INTEREST New Theatre to be Built in Fairfield . Avenue Next to Hotel Atlas . Labor Day Excursions. Op Monday, Sept. 6, two special ex cursions will be given on the steamer Park City to Port Jefferson, N. Y., leaving Bridgeport at the foot of Fair field avenue at 10:15 a. m. and 2 p. m., returning leaving Port Jefferson at 12 noon and 5 p. m. These arrangements will give parties taking the 10:15 a. m. trip nearly six hours on Long Island. Those wishing to take the 2 p. m. trip and spend one hour and a half in Port Jefferson and enjoy an invigorating and pleasant afternoon on the Sound. Round trip tickets issued for the day. Tuesday, , Sept. 7, leave Port Jefferson 7-a. m., returning leave Bridgeport 4:30 .p. m. i Wednesday,- Sept." 8. fall time table goes into effect, leave Port Jefferson 8:30 a. in., returning leave Bridgeport 3 p. m. daily, Sunday ex cepted. ; Automobile transportation given careful .attention: WANT CENT A .WORD. Other Building Operations Work will be started soon upon an other theatre for this city. The con tract will be let on Monday for a new building to be erected on Fairfield ave nue, near Broad St., for Mrs. Lillian' L. Ashmun, the plans for which are by Architect E. G. Southey. The building will be 85x100 feet, three stories high, of brick, with a front of Harvaxd brick and black headers, tiled cornices ornamented with stucco, panels of col ored tiles. A driveway runs through the building, on the left of which will be a largo store, and the space on the right will be arranged for a moving picture theatre, but so planned that at some future time it may be trans formed into two strces if desired. This section will have a stage in front. and retiring rooms and toilets for both trance. The room will be finished in trance. The room will be fineshed in white, with ornamental metal ceilings, and will seat about 1,000 persons. The second floor will be arranged for a large assembly hall, 60x100, with a gallery running around the four sides of the room The roof will be carried on steel trusses and covered with as phalt. The building will be heated by steam. The plans for the hew East End plant to be ereoted for Max Henkel by W. A. Smith Building company pro vide for a. building 60x200- feet, of brick, with a sawtooth, roof and cost ing about $30,000 ... Plans are now being" figured for an attractive residence to be built on Congress street for Attorney Henry Ej Shannon. The house will be construct ed of concrete blocks, and the exterior will be covered with stucco, with a red slate roof. There will be 10 rooms with two baths, the interior being finished in oak, with hard wood floors. Every modern improvement . will be provided, including hot water heating and gas and electric lighting. Work has been started on the apart ment block to be erected on Elm street between Broad and Harrison sts., for the First Undversalist Society. The building will be four stories high, of brick 38x70 feet. It will contain about 60 rooms.arranged for first class apart ments, with 12 baths and heated by steam, ueorge w. Jackman: 240 North avenue will supervise the construction of the building, which will cost about S15.00Q. . Plans have been made by Architect josepti A. O'Brien for extensive im provements to the building on East Main street, corner of Jane, recently purchased by F, J. Ostrofsky: The present building will be remodeled for five fiats of five and six rooms each, with stores on the ground floor. Plans have been made for remodel ing the building on Golden Hill street, belonging to Thomas Morrissey. The present four story brick building will be changed over for two families, with new steam heating and plumbing sys tems. Work will be started soon upon a frame house on Park street, for John Taylor. It will be 40x58 feet, arrang ed for four families, with five rooms for each. Work has been started on a frame house on North Main street for Cath erine Donovan. There will be a store on the first floor and a tenement above. Work has been started on a frame house on Caroline street, for A;' Mra zik. It will be 38x40 feet containine six tenements. Harry Cowles will do the mason work. The buildinar now on the site will be removed to a.nnth. r location. Contractor A. Sherman has Btartd work on a frame house, 24x37 feet, "d Carroll avenue for himself. ZT At' the , semi-weekJy meeting of tE4 board of building commissioners heM last evening permits for new struct tures, the aggregate cost of which is $20,100 were granted as follows: . XT P. W. Murray, four family frajOT dwelling, south side of , Pearl street; Christopher Gats, two-family f ranis' dwelling, south side of State street The Summerfleld M. E. church , so ciety, brick addition to basement,north side of Barnum avenue. r - Rappaello Poposso, frame store, wt side of North avenue. " y The Canfield Rubber Co.. a one-ntn-ps brick addition, west side of RailrOaa avenue. J. Weinstein, frame barn, west side of Wallace street. " rTT- L. Lery, frame barn, 300 Ogden SXi Henry Beutelspacher, foundation wall for building at 300 Fairfield aTE nue. ir J. H. S. Jones, - two-story franra building, west side of William street, L. Svenson, three-family fracm dwelling, corner of Linwood averma and Norman street. The aggregate for the week in new ' buildings was $42,165. . .,?-! " A pretty social for the, members- the younger set of the City was given last evening at the home of Miss Han Fox at 35 Brooks street. Tb evening was spent in games and daSiS ing. Vocal solos were sung by "itc Wendell Hotz. Master Harrv Denny played several selections on the v'QUn and duets by Mae Hanbury and May Price. Lillian Fox and Gladys Relily ' met "with enthusiasm from the party. A supper was served late in the evei ing. Those present were the Misses Lillian Fox. Giadrs "ReiDv Mat. bury and May Price and Messrs. Lea Downs Of St. Thomas' Semi iel Kenny, William Sterbineky, Harry iouiiy, iiiu xiartna px. a 1 t