Morning journal and courier., 1888-05-07
APRosPFRous PLAoE.

Houses to Be Erected There-Rents
 Lower Than in the Cfty-NumeFous
 Improvements of Late Which Have
 Been Made-Prepnr1ng for Memorial
 Day-The Soldier Dead-Manufactur-
 CTS and other Business Interests.
 The residents of West Haven are getting more and more proud of the place in which they live. When one is asked about the place he points his finger with pride to the growth of it. Within a year past percept- ible change has taken place and now that little borough is on the high road to pros-
 perity.
 A prominent West Havener was very en-
 thusiastfc over the place yesterday. 'tI tell
 you," he said, ''that West Haven is a very
 enterprising place. Everyone seems to feel
 that he has some special interest in the well
 fare of the place, and he therefore leaves no
 stone unturned when an opportunity arises
 to do something for the benefit of the place.
 There are no croakers who try to keep things
 back. All are working i'll harmony for the
 benefit of West Haven; and that is one req son why we are so successful. By our enter
 prise in putting in new improvements we are inducing many people to come here The demand for houses is greater than can
 be supplied. Houses are being built fast as possible, and are rented for from $10 to $15 per month. This is much cheaper than rents in the city, and here there are yards which give children good chance to play, or for flower gardens or lawns. The air is better and purer, and tell you what it is, West Haven is not as dead as some people have imagined. aDuring the summer there will be large influx of people, many of whom will be per- manent residents, while the others will go to the shore just for the season. The place is now very attractive as 8 summer resort and think there will be more summer visitors here this season than ever before. New sum- mer cottages are goi.g up. Many large and l elegant buildings will be erected as perma- nent residences. West Haven is easy of access \ to New Haven s the two places are connect | ed by steam and also horse cars, and this IS | 8 great indueement to business men who oe- { sire to leave the city cares and troubles De- hind after their days work is over. They ! can come down here and have real 5olld comfort.
 | "You see that lately we have had electric ! lights put up and it is not the dark, dreary | place it used to be. We are getting awak- | ened to modern ideas and we are bound to have them carried out whatever the cost. Another thing greatly to our credit is the fact that we have city water. We will not ! always have city water, for West Haven has
 8 company of it's own; but owing to legal \ troubles it is not furnishing the water just | at present. The company laid all the pipes, l and when the legal difficulty arose the city water was turned on through their pipes. | The reservoir leaked and the company sued | Contractor Redfeld, claiming that it was | through his negligence that it leaked. The | latter said it was the eompany's fault. It is expected that the trouble will be settled in the Superior court before June, and the water will be furnished
 us by our own company. In regard to the electric lights; 8 larger number will probably l be erected West Haven is making rapid ! livelier than ever before. Just watch the | place for some time to come. We won't get left, can assure you"
 | The West Haven Memorial association, ! composed of veterans of the late war, will \ meet in one of the borough rooms to morrow 1 evening at 8 o'clock to nominate officers for \ the coming year and to make arrangements | for Memorial day. All old soldiers and sail- ors are cordially invited to attend. The town has generously voted $50 for the veterans to | use on Decoration day to help pay the ex- penses, and the teachers of the public schools have been invited with the scholars to assist ! the veterans in their praiseworthy undertak- ing.
 Mir William Brown of the firm of Coe & Brown, leather dealers in this city, has pur- chased the late residence of Edward Futile on Center street, and will soon occupy it:
 
 borough, and it would repay some of the en- terprising real estate owners to build on some of their unoceupied land. Cheap as well as high priced rents would be quickly taken up, the demand continually increas- ing.
 The Water Pipe company are doing a big business and have enough orders ahead to last nearly all summer. In fact all of our different manufacturing companies are doing 8 good business and employ large number of workmen, both male and female, especial | ly in the buckle and cartridge shops. ! A good many of the mechanics and labor ! ing men that reside in the borough are em- ployed in this city. Between forty and fifty of them come on the early train which ar- rives in this city at 6.35 am, and nearly as many clerks and business men come in on the train which arrives at TAO. Besides there is a large number come in on the horse cars.
 Measles has been very prevalent in the borough the past two months, visiting both young and old, but some are convalescing. There was a report that there was 8 case of smallpox on Campbell avenue, but happily it proved false. Our physicians have, how ever, been busy vaccinating and a good many are around with sore arms. The cottage owners on the shore are hay ing their lawns put in order and their cot- tages renovoted so as to be ready to move in | when the heated term sets in.
 Mrs. Hsnford Lindley and daughter arr | rived last week from their home in Florida. \ She was former resident of the borough. Her husband and son are expected some time
 this month. They intend to spend the sum- mer here.
 With the three tickets to select from the { voters at the borough meeting to-day will have a chance to take their choice. The I election promises to be very lively and a large vote will undoubtedly be boiled.