. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. which nowextends to all countries in tlic world, lie was liinn in Bridgeport, May 21, 1871, of themarriage of Samm-l and Kli/.alictli Icnlield, bulli icpnscntiitivcs of old American familiesand l)<)th natives of this city. Up received liis education in the local schools and wlicnseventeen years old went to work in the shi|)ping de|)artment of the Watson Iron a short time he entered the employ of the Price & Lee Comjjany, where he remained fora year. For two years ]ir was willi tlie Cornwall-Patterson Company and for four yarswith thi Hriilge
. History of Bridgeport and vicinity. which nowextends to all countries in tlic world, lie was liinn in Bridgeport, May 21, 1871, of themarriage of Samm-l and Kli/.alictli Icnlield, bulli icpnscntiitivcs of old American familiesand l)<)th natives of this city. Up received liis education in the local schools and wlicnseventeen years old went to work in the shi|)ping de|)artment of the Watson Iron a short time he entered the employ of the Price & Lee Comjjany, where he remained fora year. For two years ]ir was willi tlie Cornwall-Patterson Company and for four yarswith thi Hriilgeport Cop]ier ( onipaiiy. lie then went to New York city, where he remainedfor about thirteen ^-ears. during wliirh liriie he was associated with tlie Waite & BartlettManufacturing Company and later with tlie Van Houten & Ten Broeck ManufacturingCom|)any in the manufacture of .\-ray maeliinery, being superintendent of the former com-panys factory. On the i:itli of Maicli. ), he was nuule secretary of the ,\tlas Sliar. IIAKRY G. Pi:Xl-lELD liKIDGEPOKT AM) VICINITY 533 Company, located at No. 230 Nortli avenue, Bridgeport, and has sinee held that ollice. Thecoiieern was estahlished in IJOO in small quarters near tlie corner of Water and Unionstreets. In less than a year the business had grown so that the present plant was erectedand one hundred men are now employed on an average, althougli sometimes as many asone hundred and twentytive are employed. Tlie company rewards tiie loyalty and ellicieiicyof its men by a protit-sharing system wliereby five per cent of the net profits are given tothe employes twice a year. Casper Lesko has been in the employ of the company forseventeen years and James Sedenski and Stephen Hornock have been in its employ forsixteen years each, while a number of other men have been connected with the company for along period. Their product is of a higli (piality and their market is the entire world, therebeing no country to wliich their output has not b
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