Morning journal and courier., 1882-04-07
The SeIden Farm Bought.

The special town meeting for voters to
pass upon the proposition to buy the Selden
farm for new town farm was held yester-
day afternoon at Loomis' Temple of Music
at o'clock. There was small number of |
citizens present. Town Clerk Shuster
called the meeting to order and read the call.
Charles r. Whedon was appointed moder-
ator. Mr.. f. S. Andrew, in behalf of the
Selectmen, read the following statement of |
the whole matter
The attention of the Board Seectmen was called |
to the seden farm by the administrator of the seden
the town of New Haven at Its appraised vaIue and |
which price was nearly one half of what offered
the late Mr.. Selden by the representative of the |
town.
The selectmen at of their meetings got an ex-
preston from several members of the Board of |
Health who recommended that they look the matter
and they also stated that to eventually the
acial.
The selectmen, therefore, commenced to examine |
and to negotiate for the farm and they procured for
the town of New Haven refusal so days, the
purchase of the farm at given price. The Select |
WEIGH, Gardner Morse, L. W. sperry and NJ zunder, |
ESQ, the surviving member Of q committee Of the |
for consultation and advice At the said meeting the
full plan presented and carefully considered and
the joint meeting voted to visit the farm in question
as committee of the Who'll and the result of that
visit was the unanimous opinion that 1t for the
interests of the town of New Haven to purchase the
Selden farm, called, upon the terms offered and
by the suggestion and advice of the advisory COM
mtee the Seectmen issued the call for this meeting
of to-day and they spectfully ask your advice ana
direction in this matter.
They would like say that this is no special plan
OF theirs but this offer, coming to the town as 1t
does. the Seectmen unanimously feel that this is
opportunity to valuable tract of land at
a very low figure.
And while the Selectmenwoud not recommend that
any immediate removal of the amshouse be con
sidered, yet, by having the Selden farm, gradual
mOVal CT ulO De ma 3o 50 eventually the aims
house could be removed from its present location to
place just remote enough to be desirable and con-
venient by its removal put upon the market the
valuable land owned by the town fronting Martin,
Elm and other outlying streets
The Selectmen further to say that the 257
acres of the Selden farm together with the 40 acres
could be worked to advantage by the labor which the
town sometimes has surplus Of and thereby these
tracts of land would be decidedly improved and the
value increased
In addition to the farm there are 25 80 head of
CATTLE some 40 tons .of hay, straw etc. q horses,
cluded in the purchase price, and when taken alto
decidedly of the option that the town of New Haven
fsred.
No remarks being Forthcoming from any
body, the following votes were read and were
adopted unanimously:
voted-That the Selectmen of the town of New
powered to purchase for and in the of the town
of New Haven, the farm known the o. e. Selden
farm, including the stock hay, grain and farming
material, and the Town Agent is hereby authorized to
draw order upon the treasurer of the town for
not exceeding twenty thousand dollars (s2O0OO)
for the payment of the
Voted-That the Board of Selectmen of the town
of New Haven be and they hereby directed to
procure from the next General Assembly such egisla
ton may be necessary to to the town of New
Haven any tract or tracts of land belonging to the
town of New Haven, which may be located within
the limits of the town of Hamden.
Town Agent Reynolds made statement
which brought out burst of enthusiasm
He said that the actual figures that had to be
paid had not been mentioned as, had it been
given the owner of the farm might be in
| jured in case the purchase should not be
| made. They would now give the actual
| figures for the whole purchase. Tt would be
| $4,000 for everything. The meeting then
| adjourned
| Under the Horse Car Wheel.
| About o'clock last evening as car 3,
driver George Merrills, of the State street
line was approaching Forsyth's laundry at
the upper end OF State street, Walter F.
Allen, about twenty-five years old, attempted
to jump on the front platform while the car
was in motion He lost his foothold and fell
under the car, the rear wheel passing over
one of his legs near the ankle, badly injuring
it. The man, who was considerably under
| the influence of liquor, was conveyed to his
home on Mill River street. 1t was thought
| that the leg might be saved. The driver
stopped the car as soon as possible and does
not seem to have been to blame for the acct
| dent.
The New East Congregational Church.
! The contract for the erection of the new
edifce for the East Congregational church,
| Humphrey street, has been awarded to E.
M. Andrews, of Moosup, for $4,000. The
plans are by r. G. Russell. The site of the
new church is an eligible lot on Humphrey
street near the corner of Orange street. The
audience room is to be about fifty feet square
and will have a seating capacity of between
| four and five hundred. The seats will be
| placed in circular form with each row eleva-
| ted above the one in front of it.. Connected
with the auditorium will be a vestry with g
| seating capacity of one hundred. Towards
| the erection of the church there have already
| been pledged subscriptions to the amount of
$13, 900. Rev S. HI. Bray will probably &C.
cept the call to the passionate.
Suicide of a Farmer i'm North Branford.
I AT NOrLu DrauIOTO wednesday, u
farmer named Hiram Hollibird,. ffty-five
years old, committed suicide, cutting himself
In the body With butcher knife He was
found just before he died in the barn by his
son, whom he told he was tired of life. He
lived but short time after being found, and
he expressed no regrets over his rash act
Mr.. Hollibird had been in i'll health for some
Of h17f
neither his wife nor his son anticipated that
the man would take his life, The deceased
was well-to-do and was respected citizen of
North Branford and regular attendant at
church. He began his residence in Connec-
ticut about ten years ago, coming with his
family from Massachusetts. He was un-
doubtedly insane temporarily.
Personal.
Ex-Governor English and ex-Congressman
Brandagee have been busy in Washington
urging an appropriation for naval purposes,
to be expended on the site for a navy yard at
New London.
Marcus G. Hawley, of Newtown, starts for
California next week.
Mrs. F. N. and Frank s. PARROT, of Bridge
port, were in Naples, March LIST, and were to
leave for Rome on the Goth.
Mr.. L. F. Curtis and wife, of Bridgeporta
start for California next week on a visit.
New Haven Boy, the pedestrian, is severely
| sick with neuralgia in the head.
The President has nominated L. J. Jones
to be postmaster at New Hartford.
John Hutchings, well known dentist in
Middletown, died yesterday of consumption.
| Reminiscences-The Late A. b. Lewis.
The father of the late A. B. Lewis was
proprietor for a long time of drug store.
The store was on Chapel street and stood
where Burgess & Burgess hat and fur
store is day. The father was Nathaniel