Morning journal and courier., 1890-10-13
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

Changes of Fifty Years i'm the Oyster
 Business - Sunday Services = The
 New Curved Switch Tracks-The
 Powder Houses-The CrossIey Ship-
 masters-Judge Demfng-More New
 Houses for Market Street-Open Air |
 Concerts.
 The changes in the oyster trade which a | half century have inaugurated are of in- | terest to study, since this industry is of so great importance. A brief historical | sketch of this trade, written in 1885, | states: s'The oyster trade is the leading l business of the inhabitants and is steadily l increasing. It commences in October and | closes in April. Then are oysters brought | here from different localities, but the | largest amount is from Virginia The last son-1835-6-there were brought from the North river 12,0O0 bushels, making 13O, ,841 bushels brought here in the season. Many of these oysters are laid down in beds. The quantity taken in Fair Haven varies from 20, GOO to 10000 bushels yearss1 1y."
 Nowadays instead of the shipments be- ginning in October, there is quite 8 little business the last of August, principally 1 shipments to Boston The beds spoken of 1 as the repository of the Virginia plants, are on the same grounds near seThe I Beach" upon which the southern oysters
 have been yearly planted perhaps for al- most 100 years. The amount of oysters received from the south at present, is vast 1 ly larger than the imports of fifty-five | years ago. It will be surprise to many
 to know that as 12,000 bushels of oysters | were brought here from the North river
 in one season. There are very few, if
 any, of these oysters coming here now,
 but there is occasionally
 sloop load arriving from Fire
 Island or Rockaway. So that the impor-
 tation of stock is nearly all from the
 south. ''From 10000 to 10000 bushels of oysters taken in Fair Haven yearly"
 does not begin to represent the present
 catch. The cultivation of native oysters l in Long Island sound in the deep water
 farms and the catching of stock by steam
 these oysters raised many fold. The his
 tory of the trade for fifty years would in deed form an interesting recital.
 The pulpit of the Baptist church was
 supplied yesterday by Rev. P. s. Evans, the predecessor of the present pastor, and
 Rev. E. 0. Sage preached at the church in Winsted, where MT. Evans has been supply
 for several months. By the aid of the Baptist
 state convention, of which MT. Evans is 1 ",
 stead and small Baptist church organized
 under the direction of Secretary Evans-a
 church and Sunday school that is rapidly
 growing. The annual meeting of the con vention will be held at Middletown to-day, l tomorrow and Wednesday, and MT. Evans, ! as secretary, will make report of his work for the past year. Several persons from
 the Fair Haven church will attend the an
 nivsrsary exercises.
 Tha ct cfo fo ho iY,
 switching cars into the new car house and
 repair shop of the Fair Haven and West
 vile horse railroad have been laid and the
 connecting tracks will be put down at once The switches are curved tracks with sharp radius, probably the sharpest
 curves on the road. The frogs are fitted
 with an improved snap switch, which is 7 self adjustable.
 The Ladies' Sewing society of the Bap-
 tist church will meet with Mrs. c. M. Meigs Wolcott street, Wednesday afternoon and |. evening. The annual meeting of the La i dies Home Mission society of the church will be held with Mrs. E.C. Sage Thursday at p. m.
 The residents of the annex who have
 petitioned for the removal of the Hazasc Powder company magazine from the vicin ity of Woodward annex, are awaiting thu decision of the board of selectmen to-mor a row evening when it is expected tha 2 | many of them will be present. These pc : : titioners will brook no refusal in this mat ' ter, but will keep agitating until the dan : gerous and menacing building is removed ! They see no reason why their neighbor hood should be damaged by this magazin,
 any more than any other section and d,
 not like to be made an unfavorable excep : ton. Since the terrible explosion of th' h DuPont powder works near Wilmington
 kl~ oe H. ,n 41 annex has seemed to be more menacing. /, MT. and Mrs. John T. Ross of Water 7. ~ town, N. Y., have just paid brief visi 5 to this place where the former used t. . live. They were of party of ,000 excur U sionists who came from Watertown to Ney York
 Owners in the schooner Jennie Righte 2 of this port which went ashore nea a Georgetown, D. O., last week, do not ap ,- prehend any danger to the vessel which :, in sheltered position. Lighters went t. Il the assistance of the vessel and took oi . some of the coal after which it was ex ,' pected that the vessel would float. Thi IL is the last vessel built at Madi ,' son under the supervision of CaI ' tain John G. Crossley, the vetera
 shipmaster. The Fighter is com
 manded by the builders son, Captai y Fred c. Crossley. The Robert Morgan d ' :. the latitude of Cape Hatteras late las IF, ID month, is commanded by a brother, CaI ID tain William w. Crossley. The Morga
 received new sails at Hampton Roads an
 proceeded to Portland, Me, where she in now due. The father and two sons ar as experienced shipmasters, and have rsrel se met with misfortune on the sea. Tn
 father has been ashore several years an
 has built three vessels, but he says b
 would be happier on the water. He say r. he may go to sea again, although hi h. friends say that the veteran captain Ina n- earned permanent vacation on shore. ic Some recent changes in property are q n follows, Samuel R. Blatchley has sold
 house on Clay street to John Kennedy, A
 bert Bradley has sold house on Lloy
 street near Grand avenue to Lewis ( IT. Newell, Mrs. Elizabeth Boehm has sol Id l to Constable Michael R. Enscoe a house ,o 263 James street, Hiram H. Thoml ,d son has sold to William H. and Sarah i Jo Ward two lots of land in the Anne, in Joseph B. Morse has sold to Cornelir # Smith lot on Peck street, 40 by 40 fee no also to Fred A. Cartice, the lot on san 70 street and of same dimensions; also be John E. Thompson, similar lot on san ne street. Hiram Camp has sold to Willial W feet. On Blake street Serene l. and File # s. Gilbert has sold a lot, 56 by 2( oc feet, to Francis F. Dole On Hugh, ts- street, in the Annex, Alanzo E. Jacobs h, he sold to Hattie E. Jacobs lot 50 feet iron m Horace F. Hoadley has sold to William I of H. Hewitt lot on Blatchley avenue, 30 | V 12O feet. Joseph B. Morse, on Peck stree B. has sold lot 40 by 150 feet to Dani rs O'Keefe. Henry l.. Cornell has sold od William s. Beecher lot 50 by 160 feet C d Townsend avenue.
 ,c, Judge L. P. Deming has begun delive
 ing ot his lecture s'The National Park" ad was given at the Industrial school at Mi, rt dletown.
 m Yesterday afternoon in the East Pea as street M. E. church Rev. P. S. Evans a, ya dressed the meeting of the w. c. T. unic ,as and gave very interesting and instructi, ,ts talk.
 m Two interesting sermons were preache v yesterday at the First Congregation - church by the pastor, Rev. J. Lee Mitchel
 The morning topic was "Women as R
 formers," at 7:30 p. m. on sMarks D ral These building permits were issued Sa ps urday:
 ol- Mrs. Ann Copano, frame dwelling ( av James street, north of Grand avenue, $ 2 by 42 feet, three stories.
 rd William H. H. Hewitt, four frame dwel