Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-28
1T MAY GO TO MILFORD.

Tho Electrical Branch OF the Clock
ComPany's Business May be Traus.
ferred TO Milford Parties.
PRESIDENT Hiram Camp of the New Haven
clock company was seen by COURIER man
last night and stated that nothing definite
could as yet be made public regarding the
transfer of the entire electrical business Of
the New Haven Clock company to Milford
parties. The arrangements have not been az
yet completed and it is not know that salts.
factory terms can be arrived at.
Some time ago the company started the de.
partment for the manufacture of various
electrical appliances and electrical apparatus,
The venture did not prove paying one, and
1t is generally understood that the company
has sunk quite large sum of money. The
plant was necessarily expensive and the
workmen employed in the department COM
manded large wages. This, with many other
things, made the department. a source of
great expense to the company. Not long ago
there was some talk of abolishing this de.
partment altogether on account Of the ex-
pense.
The Milford parties have large amount
of money with which they intend 10 conduct
the enterprise. Tho plant, if secured, will
be transferred to Milford.
ICE MEN BAND FOR SUMMER.
About Fifty Present at Yesterdays
ConventIon-Plans for Summer.
Ice will cost very nearly 81 a hundred to
consumers during the coming summer. This
is one of the conclusions arrived at by the
fifty ice men from all parts of Connecticut
who met in convention at the Tontine hotel
yesterday afternoon.
President George P. Rogers of New Lon.
don called the meeting to order with a Jew
remarks upon the crop. We have failed to
get any crop in our part of the state, and I
know this to be true in all parts of Connecti-
cut, said he. Formerly we never took into
account the cost of harvesting the crop, but
this year what formerly cost us $500 will
cost US $50, 090 to place in our houses. This
year only about 4, 900 tons Of ice have been
harvested in Connecticut, while 400, 600 tons
are consumed.
afterward held the business meeting, at which
the officers of last year were reelected. They
were: George P. Rogers, Hartford, president;
70. A. Epson, Bridgeport, vice president; F..
f. Bishop, New Haven, secretary; William
NJ. Charter, Hartford, treasurer.
The next meeting will be held in Hartford
on the third or fourth Thursday in April.
The ice will probably cost the dealers $40
ton and 80 per cent. of this will be shrink
age; that is, the dealers lose two-thirds of
what they house at the opening of the season.
Most of the ice is harvested in Canada and
along the border Of the United States.
Cautioned Against Sneak Thieves.
House owners are again cautioned against
admitting strangers into dwellings under
any pretense whatever when members of the
family are absent. "A man called at resi-
dence on st. John street yesterday afternoon
during the absence of the family. He rang
the bell and asked the servant girl if the
"boss was in" When told in the negative
he said he had been sent to fix the water
pipe. The girl refused to admit him. No
such order had been given to anyone, and
there is no doubt that had the girl admitted
him his object would have been plumber.
The fellow who called was of medium
height, smooth face, light hair, and wore a
derby hat and brown and black striped
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