Trolley trips through New England .. . arkNew York, 7o miles. BRIDGEPORT CONN. Boston, 190 Hotel: Strdtfield (rooms $1 up). Restaurant: Irwins (Arcade). Bridgeport, owing to its excellent transportation facilities andthe energy of its public citizens, has become the strongest indus-trial center in Connecticut. On every hand its immense factorieshum with industry. Sewing machines, metallic cartridges, brassgoods and graphophones are the leading products. Bridgeport men were Elias Howe, who originated the placingof the eye in the point of the sewing-machine needle, and PhineasT. Barnum, o
Trolley trips through New England .. . arkNew York, 7o miles. BRIDGEPORT CONN. Boston, 190 Hotel: Strdtfield (rooms $1 up). Restaurant: Irwins (Arcade). Bridgeport, owing to its excellent transportation facilities andthe energy of its public citizens, has become the strongest indus-trial center in Connecticut. On every hand its immense factorieshum with industry. Sewing machines, metallic cartridges, brassgoods and graphophones are the leading products. Bridgeport men were Elias Howe, who originated the placingof the eye in the point of the sewing-machine needle, and PhineasT. Barnum, originator of the Greatest Show on Earth. TheBarnum and Bailey circus, which for half a century has delightedthe small boy, and played before the crowned heads of Europe,still keeps its winter quarters here. Those who have an afternoon to spare will find a pleasantlycool Sound trip in the sail to Port Jefferson. When the electricline is laid thro to Patchogue on the South Shore, this will beNew Englands natural entrance to Long SEASIDE PARK, BRIDGEPORT Description: New York to Boston and Portland 15
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