Show musin 9 S af i news of new york town outlined in brief form chicken farm now on waldorf roof r sa s1 ll 11 I 1 1 NEW YORK Bing hain Is tho the happiest man in n new york not ding bing linia who Is at the head of our police department but ezra 0 who Is at the head of the engineer ilig 1 and I mechanical departments of tho the wal dorf dorfAs astoria torla Ding liam Is happy bo be cause after urging ho he has at last persuaded george C holdt boldt to him to establish a chicken farm farin on the roof of the magnificent hostelry on fifth avenue over which mr doldt boldt presides 0 bingham la Is a farmer from the far west A big stalwart fellow with the breezy atmosphere of the prairies still clinging to him during the warm spring summer and early autumn when the doors and window s were all open and bingham could breathe something like pure air lie ho did not mind living in the waldorf astoria but when the alio lato late fall and winter months came and like every ono elso else doing indoor work ho he had to bo be doused many hours of tho the day his hia mind rover reverted ted to the old life in tile west and lie ho longed to bo be back on tho farm raising live stock of sonio some sort 1 I dont see sea said bingham to mr doldt ono one day why now yorkers dont have some sort of farms on tho the roofs of 0 course they cant hayo have dairy farms but they might havo have chicken farms or squab farms wo we cant havo have farms said bald mr doldt boldt but we can call have root girdens both summer bummer and winter and this winter wo we will open a garden on tile the root roof of tills this hotel which will be as good all aa a 0 farm wo we will spend to make tills this winter garden and sun parlor the th finest in the world amy la Is your chance bingham you may have chickens ostriches or birds of para dise up there if you yon like so BO long as aa they are an attraction t bingham saw and took it with tile the result that he has in a few months built tile the finest and plate chicken ranch in tho the world on tho the roof of the waldorf As torla |