Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-10-09
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

orVery Successful Festivities - Pro-
posed Improvement OF tho Morris
Cove Highways - To Remove En-
cr0achmcnts on Forbes Avenue and
Establish q Building Line - Rigged
in the Block Island Ssyle-Calllng ON
a Patterson for sunny France.
The talk of the borough of Fair Haven
East yesterday was of tho Aremen's parade
and festivities that are to be conducted to-
day. For weeks the local fremen have been
preparing for to-dsy's celebration, and their
efforts are destined to be rewarded with
abundant success. When the east side fire.
men start in to conduct parade or enter
tainment, they usually make red letter
affair. Following is the committee of ar.
rangements: For the hose company. D. B.
Cornell, E. w. Alderman and D. E. Wright;
for the hook and ladder company, Walter
Eddy, Charles Henderson and Henry Sham
non. Chief J. ]. Dayton is chairman of the
committee. The line will form on North
Quinnipiac street, and will move as near 10
O'Clock a. possible. The Quinnipiao Hose
company and the J. J. Dayton Hook and
Ladder company, with apparatus, will have
the right of line, and escort the visiting
companies which will form as follows:
ven with old No. 3 and the 8. Of v. drum
corps, the Wallace Hose company and car
rage, and the Simpson Hook and Ladder
company with truck of Wallingford, the
Guilford Fire department. the West Haven
fire department and engine, q delegation
from Echo Hose and Hook and Ladder COM
pany Of Shelton, delegation of the sons of
the Veteran Firemen's association of New
York and a delegation from the Ever Ready
Hook and Ladder company of Meriden. The
Fair Haven fremen will have the Second
regiment band, j. P. Stack leader. d. B.
Cornell 10 foreman Of the hose company, and
Walter Eddy of the "hooks." The line will
form on North Quinnipiac street, the right
resting on Grand avenue, and the line of
East, countermaroh to Hill, to Center, to
Prospect, to Pleasant, to Center, to Grand,
to East Pearl, to Quinnipiao bridge, to South
Quinnipiac, to Grand and dismiss. After
the march collation. prepared by the local
fremen will be served In Bradley's Hall,
Grand avenue and Front street. The follow
ing are expected as guests:
Hiram Camp and A. O. Hendriek of New
Haven, David Ross of Wallingford, Horace
Wheeler of Shelton and the chiefs of West
Haven and Guilford; also ex-Chief Hyatt of
Meriden.
The citizens are requested to decorate
along the line of march. In the evening
ball will be given in Quinnipiao rink. This
promises to be fne affair and . fitting wind
up to the days festivities. Tickets are SELL
ing rapidly at fifty cents each. 81. 8. Con-
nell and George Kripps are the committee of
arrangements. Stacks orchestra will fur
nish music.
The new forty.two-foot schooner Artsme-
STA that O. w. Hoyt recently launched has
been presented to his son, Clifford Hoyt. The
little vessel is rugged according to the Block
Island style, with two mssts and msinsail,
foresail and jib. The Artemesia 10 not prop
erly fitted with sail power as the set of can
vas is too limited in area. Next spring the rig
will be changed to sloop, and then the owner
will take the vessel to New York and race
her with some of the crack forty Hooters.
With sloop rig the little schooner will
spread double her present sail area.
The proposed widening of the highway
near the Cove House at Morris Cove will
prove very important addition to the main
drive at that point. The road and bridge
committee of the board of selectmen inspect.
ed the proposed widening recently and were
favorably impressed with the proposition. It
is proposed to widen the road for q distance
of nearly one thousand feet. On the east
side Hudson Forbes offers to sell sufficient
land for the widening for $500. This strip
varies from ten to twenty feet in width and
affords all the necessary land to be taken.
To appropriate this plot would leave the cot
tage fronts on the west side intact. The
offer of Mr.. Forbes is believed to be very
fair. The improvement should be made be-
fore the opening of the cottage season next
summer.
On Forbes avenue that runs from the Tom.
linson bridge to Four corners, the town is
attempting to make proper building line.
The town owns Q roadway sixty-six feet In
width, but for number of years there has
been gradual encroaohing SO that the road
varies all the way from forty to sixty feet in
width. The old Burr house nearly 100 years
old, near the bridge, all but two feet of
which is in the highway, Is being demol.
ished, and new house IL to be built on the
building line to cost about $1,000. Several
other lot owners would build If there was
proper building line. Some of the propries-
ors would lose q frontage of 1 1000 feet and
seven feet wide. Nearly all of the twenty |
owners favor the improvement but are in
clined to ask for assessment for damages
which the town Is not disposed |
to allow, as the change lie looked upon as
real benefit to the owners. 1t IL probable |
that the town will have to 80 to the Superior |