Morning journal and courier., 1881-07-22
AFormer New Haven Man.

The well known prominent dry goods firm of Flint & Warren, Bridgeport, has decided to leave Bridgeport and engage in business on a larger scale in New York. To carry out this plan they have leased store in the fine new McCreery building on West Fourteenth street, New York, six doors from Broadway, and open there September l. The building is six stories in height, and is provided with every possible convenience known to first class buildings. The store they will occupy is two hundred feet by forty. MT. Warren was 8 number of years ago leading and prominent member of the New Haven Grays, and is an ex-lieutenant of the company. His many friends in this city, among whom are a number of our leading younger merchants and business men, will wish him all prosper ity Mir. Prindle, in the Bridgeport Stand ard, says:
 Messrs Flint & Warren have been in
 Bridgeport good many years, and have during that time built up large business, and have become one of the institutions of our city. In common with all who have the prosperity of the city at heart, we shall re. pret exceedingly to see this or any other bus mess firm leave us, but at the same time we
 shall wish them all manner of prosperity in their new field. They are wide awake, ener-
 getic, go ahead business men, and we have no fears but what they will succeed wherever
 they may think best to locate.
 An Item for the Next General Assembly,
 A petition for permission to bridge the Thames river at New London will be present ed to the next General Assembly. It will be
 brought in the name of the New York, Prov.
 idence and Boston Railroad company, but the
 New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail road company will virtually be Q party to the proceeding. Naturally there will be some opposition to the bridging of the Thames coming more from Norwich than from New London. On this question Norwich will oc cupy the same position that Hartford did or the the question of bridging the Connecticut years ago. The question ss to the effec ! which bridge will have on the future of tht ! navy yard will naturally have considerable weight in determining the attitude of the cit | izens of New London. There are differences | of opinion as to what the effect on the navy ' yard will be, some holding that bridge vii
 not seriously interfere with the yard, and oth
 CTS that it will certainly lead to it's abandon
 ment. The New London Dag thinks that thu
 terminus of the bridge on this side of thu I river will be above the city at point or
 Winthrop's Neck, and that the building O | the fridge will involve the removal of th' present passenger depot at the foot of th' parade to East New London and possibly tn, l removal of Shore Line track from the watel l front to the rear of the city on the west.
 | ,srotou CentennfaI-The Naval DIspla1 on the Sixth of September.
 It is gratifying to know that the Navy de pertinent takes Q lively interest in the ap preaching celebration of the one hundredtf
 anniversary of the battle of Groton Heights In correspondence between Secretary Hum and the Hon. John T. Wait, who is chairman | of the naval committee of the centennial com mission, the secretary says: 'I have, accord | ing to your request, ordered Admiral Wyman | commanding the North Atlantic feet anG Captain Luce, commanding the training squadron, to be present at your celebration l with such;portions of their respective com
 mands, as in their judgment may be conven l tent to order there have directed these of ficers to communicate with you on the sub \ iect." Arrangements for the occasion ar progressing finely, and every day brighten | the prospect of such celebration as ha never taken place here. With the entir l brigade of the Connecticut National Gua-t l representing the attack on old Fort Griswold | the army officers and garrison of Fort Trum bull representing the defense, and the arra: \ of splendid naval vessels in our broad anC beautiful harbor, there would seem to be lit tie or nothing left to desire but good lucl ' and fair weather er-NeaU London DGY