Morning journal and courier., 1886-01-30

The soldiers monument is to be placed | short distance east of the old Stewart resi- dence, and work will be commenced early | this year. This will, when completed, be not only an ornament to the park, but 1 it will also be visible for many miles around, especially from Long Island Sound. Com I missioner Farnam has, at his own expense, | caused four large rustic arbors to be erected | in different parts of the park during the | past year. affording both places for rest and | protection from showers. The city has al ready expended about S64, 900 on the park, and private individuals, in money and land, | about $50,000.
 | The greatest need of the park at present is l the acquisition of the land west of the line of 1 View street and a stretch of land along the | banks of Lake Whitney. The annual appro-
 priation of the city is insufficient to do much l more than to keep in good order and slightly improve what land we have, and | the commissioners are hopeful that public l spirited citizens will appear to supplement | the good work already done by Messrs. Far nam, English and others.
 | The receipts for the last year were $22,-
 394 63. The expenses were SIS, ,932. .92, not l including the moneys spent by Mrs. Farnam | on the Farnam drive and by Commissioner | Farnam in erecting the arbors. The com missioners feel under great obligations to | City Engineer Hill for assistance and coun- | sel in developing the park in all its features. The Derby Railroad. The income of this road over operating ex- penses in the last year was $63, 792 15. The operating expenses were less than in the pre- | ceding year, so that while the decrease for | the last year was $7, ,46S. .67 below that of the previous year, the net decrease was only $1,- | 230.S9.
 During the past year the company have paid to the city for interest on their note and mortgage bonds the sum of SIS, ,25O. No set l tlement of the accounts between the road and l the city has been made, nor has anything looking to an adjustment of them been done during the year except that at the annual | meeting of the stockholders it was voted l ''that the New Haven and Derby railroad company for the time being are hereby authorized at their discretion, and whenever any legal and proper adjustment can be made to that effect, to make such settlement and compromise of the debt due by the company to the city of New Haven as in their judg ment it will be in the power of the company | to meet" From the foregoing vote you will perceive that the matter of settling the count is liable to come before you, and if it does have no doubt that you will treat it | with all the consideration and care that it's importance demands.
 The Breakyater. The pla1. of using a system of breakwaters for the harbor of New Haven was devised several years ago by some of the best engi- neers of the federal government. It provides for one breakwater several hundred feet in length, running generally from northeast to southwest across the south east entrance to the harbor, so as to protect vessels lying in the lower harbor from the southeast winds; 21 ,217 feet of this part of the breakwater is, at cost of S22O, 900, com pleted, and it contains 1S9, ,S9S tons of gran ite.
 But it is not of much use either for vessels passing through the south until the other
 portion of the plan is completed. The harsor must be protected by the other
 breakwater which is provided for in the plan. There is line of rip-rap running from northwest to southeast across the south western side of the harbor.
 When this is finished a complete harbor
 of refuge will be provided, and vessels can enter and lie at anchor without fear of in
 jury from sudden shifting of the wind from southeast to southwest.
 The sooner the work is done the sooner
 the commerce of New Haven and the Sound
 will derive benefit from the expenditures al-
 ready made.
 It is to be hoped that inc work, which is
 certainly of national as we'll as local i'm
 portance, may be pushed forward to comple-
 tion by liberal appropriations. The city of New Haven has interest in the
 matter, and suggest that proper action be
 taken to induce our Senators and Represen-
 tatives in Congress to interest themselves in the matter.
 Some objection has been made to the
 breakwater so far as it is completed in that it tends to gather an accumulation of mud upon the inward side.
 It is claimed by competent engineers that when the southwestern breakwater is com pleted the two together will operate as jatty and the channel of the river will tend to deepen and wash out the mud rather than to permit it to accumulate behind the break water.
 The utility of the portion already con- pleted was demonstrated in the recent gales ,liF than two hundred vessels both steam and sail on each occasion sought it's protection.
 By actual observation and calculation upon each of the occasions referred to millions and millions of dollars worth of prop erty were sheltered by it.
 With the recent improvement in Hell Gate, Long Island Sound is to be of in- creased importance one of the two en- frances from the ocean to the metropolis of the nation, and located about mid way between New York and the ocean and at the widest part of the Sound, 1t can readi- ly be seen that the breakwater is vastly more than local affair.
 The Free Public Library.
 It is needless for me to speak of the necessity of and the manifest ad- vantages of free public library. It affords me great pleasure to announce that there is a great probability that this year will see inaugurated free library in this city. As l many of the chief obstacles which presented | themselves in the past have been removed, sincerely hope for a renewal of the public ! feeling which existed in it's favor, and that | the efforts which were suspended from time l to time will be renewed with redoubled vigor | and that you will cheerfully assist and en- courage the movement. 1
 IH Memoriam.
 It was with sincere regret that we heard in l October last of the death of our city clerk, | Timothy J. Crowley. MT Crowley was a | young man of noble character and sterling | honesty You who knew him can truthfully | bear me witness when I say that the city of | New Haven never had more conscientious | and capable servant. He was always polite | and mindful of the rights of others. Always prompt to accommodate the public to the ex- tent of his ability, and he never allowed his own sufferings to warp his judgment or make was associated. He bore with forti- tude the bangs of a long sickness. MT. Crowley native of New Haven, educated in the grammar and High schools, l and printer by trade. In 1881, 'S2, 'e3 and 'S4 he filled very acceptably the office city clerk for two years, and dying as he did in October, 1885, he had not then completed 8 whole year in the position of city clerk.
 l have dwelt quite at length the mem- ory of Timothy J. Crowley, not alone for the reasons above spoken of, nor because he was | a warm and trusted friend, but to hold up to the youth of this city character worthy of emulation.
 By perseverance, hard labor and honesty he had made himself dear to large part of our citizens and demonstrated in his own l person the value of an honorable life.
 The Lord in his mercy saw fit to remove ! him and for us is not to question his acts, and in treating of the memory of MT. Crowley we are, know, a unit in the belief that his was life worthy of our praise.
 Conclusions.
 In conclusion, gentlemen, it affords me great pleasure to congratulate the city upon l the fact that you are so we'll able and quail fled to serve with honesty and honor in her behalf. Fully conscious as I am of your de- sire to do only what you believe to be for the best interests of the city, I respectfully sub init these my observations the affairs of the city to your consideration, with the hope that the Almighty, who watches over all, will preserve you and guide you to conscientious performance of the duties and obligations re- lated to your official positions.
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