Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-22
A GRowIrG CITY.

lncluueS NIby tOAAe, oI Oyato1 ~
the location of public park in that beau
tifully situated portion of our city. Al
ways favorite place of public resort and |
visitation on account of its "sea GRIT east |
ern boundaries, its lovely views of harbor |
and sea, historic old Beacon Hill, Fair Ha- |
ven heights, etc. it commands, and it's
bathing beach, it seemed all along emil
nently fitting that a public park should be
established there, and now the number of
it's visitors on fine days is greatly in
creased. On these lovely spring days par
ticularly this is very noticeable, and one
sees people on foot and people in hand
some carriages on the City Point
roads and avenues in unusually
large numbers in the afternoon espe-
cially. The park commissioners have
had the usual signs posted up in
conspicuous places on the park lands CIV
Building fires, etc. This is yet the only
sign TO show that the land in question is
public property, the work of improve
ment that is to beautify the now open
fields being thing Of the future, when
funds are available for that purpose. The
mark land extends from Fifth to Sea streets
and from Howard avenue on the west to
the harbor shore and the park property
includes also large extent OF meadow
and beach lands and the mud
fats as far out as the channel.
The park can thus be greatly enlarged on
the east by earth filing, and some Gay
will be a miniature seaside park, like
Bridgeports, in the beauty of its seaside
attractions, and excelling the latter in the
beauty and variety of the views seaward,
and landward across the harbor and city
ward. Lovely views are afforded from
this section of the old East Haven hills,
Fair Haven Heights and more northern
landscapes, to say nothing of the view
seaward, where ''the stately ships go by"
Twenty years ago this tongue of land, half
a mile or so in length jutting oat seward,
having the harbor on two sides and the
| west river and meadows on the west,
was bare plain with hardly
| a house upon it until the extreme
| Point itself was reached, where was the
same cluster of houses and oyster shops
that there is to-day, excepting that in late
years the oyster business has grown great
| ly and handsome oyster steamers land at
| the docks instead Of big sharpies, and that
several new and stylish houses, barns and
stables have been erected. Among the
latter may be noticed in passing, a stylish
and ornamental new barn with accom-
panying lattice work which Mr.. George
Smith, the oyster merchant, has
erected on his wharf in connec-
ton with his oyster storage buildings.
1t gives picturesque appearance to his
wharf property, and it's bright colors en-.
liven the scene along the Point. About
twenty years ago people began to appre-
ciate this section Of the city for building
purposes and residence after residence has
been erected, especially in the last ten
years, until Howard avenue is now lined
with modern style, we'll built houses, all
the way from Cassius street down to where
street, which was opened four OF
five years ago through the en-
terprise of the late Massena Clark,
has in that short period wonderfully i'm
proved. 1t is already we'll lined with at
tractive looking houses, and Hallock ave
I nue. which bears the name of the late Ger
ard Hallock, is now looking up and bids
fair to be in the near future companion
| to Howard avenue in handsome appearance
and the number Of well built residences
upon it. The intervening cross streets al
along are fast being occupied by new
dwellings, all of good class, and the whole
section is select, while the prices asked fol
the land we are told are exceedingly mod
crate as compared with those in any like
eligible section of the city.
The change in this section in thirty year,
is wonderful. Thirty years ago this sec
ton was bare plain. Here regimen
after regiment lay encamped preparation,
to going to war. Old soldiers, who wer
members of these regiments, revisit eth
old camp grounds with peculiar interest
and are amazed at the transformation tn,
spot has undergone since they "fell in
for rations or marched in company or bat
talon drills over the wide extent of fields
which are now crossed and re-crossed by
fine streets, occupied by many dwellings
Hardly vestige of the cold cedars' re
mains. There is reminder tina
the beach is fine one fol
bathing purposes as one enterprising fam
lily, whose home lot abuts the water, an
| nounces on sign in front that bathing
houses are to let in the rear. Among the
conspicuous new residences now being
erected on Hallock avenue is a large com
Portable looking one which will contain
twenty or more rooms and which is being
erected for an ''Old Ladies' Home" by one
of our church organizations.
Greenwich and Kimberly avenues have
also made rapid strides forward, and the
locality where the old baseball grounds
were only few years ago is now almost
entirely occupied for residences. Kim
| Derly avenue Is TO De 1urLQoT improved Dy
the cutting of three or four more new
streets through from to Greenwich
avenue, across the Clark estate lands
which will prove both desirable and con
venient for the public.
Among the many well butt houses of re-
cent erection or now being erected are
Mr.. Gillespie is building one on Cedar
street which will be nice addition to the
locality; Mr.. Gage, chief engineer on thu
John H. Starin, one on the west side o.
Howard avenue just below Third stree
and near the Methodist church; JacH
Lucy, the switchman, one on Howard ave
nue. few doors below Mr.. Cages, same
side; Mr.. Colwell, one on Howard avenue
east side, corner of Third street; Mr.. Ray
mond, bookkeeper New Haven bank, one
on Howard avenue near Fifth street, {
house of stylish design, fancy shingled or
sides; George B. Hanover, the druggist
one on Howard avenue, east side, just be
low First street. Beside these another new
house is being erected on Second
street, on the north side, and severa
on Hallock avenue, beside the Old Ladies
home. On Cassius street, corner o.
Howard avenue, is Mr.. Hanover's new drug
store, which is already one of the estab
lished institutions of the section. The
new residence of Julia Rida on Cassiu,
street scores one more for this locality
and b. A. Leighton, corner of Howard
avenue and Cassius, is one of the best ir
that locality. There are other coming i'm
provements soon to be made in this sec
ton among which will Le the extension a.