New Britain Herald Newspaper, February 10, 1928, Page 2

"NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, co BOARD OF TRADE PLANS _ NEW HOME FOR ITS “WHEAT PIT” |7 F GOMEDIANS 2555 The Chi e present bui wheat pit, an institution of American economic life, is to have a new home. ’ The ing, shown at the left, is to be replaced by the 40-story skyscraper pictured lt tho right, under plans of the Chicago board of trade and John A. Bunnell, its president, Bo- low is a typical scene in “the pit.” Chicage, Feb. 10.—UM—Chicago's historic board of trade building, spanning La Salle street with its or- nate and mid-Victorian architec- tural furbelows, s to be replaced by | & 40-story structure on the site! where the eld building has stood since 188¢. Architects have com- pleted plans for a building to cost $10,000,000, ‘When workmen swarm over the ol4 building, to lay its girders in the dust of falling brick and masonry, there will pass a Chicago landmark, the walls of which have housed swift drama, tragedy and comedy of for- tunea tumbling and swirling to the ebb and flow of the goiden river of ‘Temporary contro} of the world's price of wheat has often been at| stake as Keen-witted traders pulsed | around the raised platform where the rise and fall of prices are re- corded, P. D. Armour, with his bristling mutten chop whiskers, and Joe Lei- | ter, son of the Chicago merchant prince, years ago engaged in one of | the most epic struggles of the wheat pit. Lelter, buying with bewildering rapidity, sought to corner the wheat market, of the world and was ap- parently accomplishing the feat un- til Armour, founder of the packing concern, moved millions of bushels from Duluth to Chicago, spending & fortune in employing every possible means of transportation. He broke the Leiter corner. James A. Patten, another veteran of the wheat pit, years later, saw possibilities in the prevalence of black rust in South America and bought every contract he could.| Patten, however, says he believes a corner in wheat impossible be- cause too many countries in differ- ent climates grow the grain. There has been drama in the gal- lery as well as in the pit. Once, ll; years ago, a maniac suddenly opened fire with a revolver on the traders below. Three employes were in- jured and thereafter for a time al' visitors were obliged to-obtain per- mits. On another occasion a fanatie, ob- sessed with the belief that “the pit" was the cause of the farmers' finan- cial {lis, sought the lives of leading BLAIR & BRODRIB 170 Main Street traders. The alertness of a board employe frustrated him. The wheat pit in the proposed building will be a far cry from the present one. The building itself | will be monumental, rising ~to a! great tower with liberal use of set- | backs. It will be constructed Df’ Indlana limestone, with a base of granite, The pit will be located on the third floor and will measure 165 by 130 feet with a 60-foot ceiling. An heroic ornamental friege, depicting the purposes of the board, wilj rise above the windows, The 37 floors above the trading room will be rented for general offices, READ HERALD CLASRIFIFD m‘ FOR BEST RESULTS \|EURALGIA orheadache—rub the forehead —melt and inhale the va; Viens tid HARD WORK REALLY Toil to Do It Hollywaod, Cal., Feb. 10 »—One of the funniest things about the fun- ny-men of filmdom is that practical- ly none of them skyrocketed out ef school into film fame. In their pictures thess comedians :;.“.h at all rules o!hm 'tnnlu Inr all of which audience laugh. - FRIDAY. !’EBRUABY 10. ma. nene of them seems to have had the luck to stumble inte screen sue- | stage ocese without & rigorous preliminary art of being funay. of the early lives ocemedians i tact, wull uumuuu-u they be- high achool to high-salaried roles in big pictures, Charije Chaplin was & child when he won his first byret of spplause in en English music hall, but he was & veteran actor by the time he reached ocelluloid. Raymend Grif- [ nte the by W. C. Fields ran away from home at the age of 11 to become & jug- gler, and at 15 a beer garden in At- 2 L el § ing got such an earh | went into musical comedy. Clester learned all about circus | Conklin even studied a 1ittle law be- HERE'S ALL THAT'S LEFT! We Place What Remains of Our Stock Right Before Your Eyes! 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