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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1923
Page
17
New York reports a steadier sentiment across major markets with a firmer tone in key commodities. Copper shows renewed strength while steel production remains high and rail car loadings set records, signaling sustained industrial demand despite earlier weakness.
Special Chamber of Commerce committee outlines 24 proposed improvements for the depot and surrounding gateway after major upgrades. Efforts include plantings along the Pequonnock riverfront, a riverbank landscaping project, an arcade from Middle Street toward Water Street, and widened Middle Street. Builders and real estate interests back the arcade and office complexes as city planners target a brighter approach for travelers and residents.
A lat compiled at the offices of Wooster and Davis lists May 17 patent grants to Edward P R Bullard of Bridgeport for an indexing device. George W Collin of Bridgeport for an electric operat ing chucking device. Fred oA Reardon of Bridgeport for an automatic steam trap. William Allen of Hartford for a feed mechanism. Thale J Tadley of Hartford for an electric bewer. William A Lorenz of Hartford for a molten metal feeding apparatus. Wilmar F Lent of New Haven for a base for portable lamp and a portable lamp. Arthur LL Staples of New Haven for a heelplate for shares of the hike. Hi Epstein of Stamford for a cylinder. Jesse AB Smith of Stamford for a type voting machine and a liner sheet. William W Dodge Jr of Meriden for a toaster. Frank J Groten Jr of Meriden for a cow and condenser treatment. Frank Ziroten Jr of Meriden for an incubating composition for electrical copper task. Allen Southington for drop opesses. James FO Nagle of Southington for a fixture for grinding bevel chisels. Norman PF Hurd of New Britain for a donor tick. Waliach Keavaney of Waterbury for a push wall replicte plate. Fon Jd Strygeanan Ferrfie's Tractor.
Work has started on the new McEldowney & Company bond dealers building by Budgeport Savings Bank on State Street adjoining its banking building. The front will be white marble to match nearby architecture. Plans for an North End library addition on Main Street are complete, a 29 by 40 foot one story wing expands the reading room with a reference department.
The tug Chal Me tuams' of New York transferred two paces of coal barges to the Robert McAlister for shipment to Shelton and returned to New York. Other vessels, including James Me Williams and John Glen Taham, operated in harbor with coal and tows. Pleasure craft and yacht activity filled the harbor with trips to Pleasure Beach planned on weekends under Captain Hall.
Washington reports a nearly 51 million unfavorable trade balance for March, with imports valued at 462.1 million and American food imports at 341.1 million. Officials note continued revision and tariff impacts, while April exports at 341 million suggest the balance may remain adverse if April imports stay high.
IRVING FISHER S WEEKLY INDEX tracks weekly averages of 200 wholesale commodity prices and purchasing power relative to 1918 pre war levels. It notes May 1920 price peak at 147 percent of prewar value and cites Dun s Weekly Review data with weights from War Industries Board index. It presents 1920 May peak, 1922 January low, and 1923 May readings.
New York May 20 8 Davies Warheld president of the Seaboard Aw Jane Halwa company urged that consolidations be encouraged where necessary but opposed the forced concentration of railroads. He said rate making provisions of the transportation act were earned by Congress and should be observed while work is done to extend use of existing facilities and improve service and economics.
Paris may 20 Mrs Sophia Vernon Hammond widow of the late General John Henry Hammond died here yesterday at eighty one. New York may 28 Her body will be returned to St Paul Minnesota for burial beside her husband General Hammond who served on General Grant's staff.
A detailed listing of prices for fruits vegetables poultry and dairy from the Marketing Bureau of the State Board of Agriculture dated May 14 includes native vegetables pumpkins rhubarb spinach and radishes with prices easing under abundant supply. Apples stay firm while oranges hold steady and five native broilers fetch around 43 cents per pound with some dressed birds offered to retailers at 70 cents. Livestock meat prices remain firm with beef veal lamb and calves showing unchanged to strong values.
New York May 29 cooperation of college professors in developing summer schools for workingmen will be sought by the Workers Education Bureau of America. The executive committee paid today and Arthur Holder, four years representative of labor on the Federal board of vocational education, was named field secretary to promote the movement nationwide.
Native vegetables are rapidly replacing shipped in offerings with asparagus, rhubarb, and spinach from Connecticut markets now plentiful. Native lettuce dominates supplies while berries arrive from Norfolk Virginia as prices range from 2 to 36 cents per quart. Beef prices rise and oats demand may shrink with more motorized transport. horses remain in use for certain industries.
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