Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-20
NEW HAVEN YACHT CLUB
Off For Their Tenth Annual Cruise
At Thfmble Islands Yesterday-Of
For Greenport To-Day.

At Th1mble Islands YestefdaY-Of
For Greenport To-Day.
STONY CREEK, Conn, July 19-(Special.)
OFF for Money Island, Stony Creek. The
yachts of the New Haven club, which are
to participate in the tenth annual cruise,
had all arrived at the Thimble Islands
rendezvous at o'clock to-day. The Flora,
Rear Commodore Hammer, was the last to
arrive. The Sea Belle, with Commodore
Seymour and Fleet Captain Durham, ar
rived early this morning. The other
yachts at ancher this afternoon were Mari
ota, Stranger, Phyllis, Carrie W., Trio,
Dare Devil, and the Schooners Diana and
feet to-day. The Rival and Ceres failed
to appear, the latter being unable to make
the run on account of the sea running out
side. The greater part Of the fleet will
start for Greenport tomorrow at 8
o'clock. On account of the heavy down
pour of rain Saturday afternoon and even
ing, the yachts did not leave for their
cruise until this afternoon, when they sail
ed for the Thimbles. L.
Personal Notes.
DR.. J. II. Smith has been guest at the
Eureka hotel, Block Island, for a few days
past.
Frederick D. Meigs, the clothier, has
purchased land on Beach street, Savin
Rock, and will erect a cottage there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. Brockett and
child of 1867 Chapel street leave for the
Litch6eld Hills to spend the summer.
Miss Dora B. Sieter, registered letter
clerk at the postofice, is spending her ff-
teen days vacation at Riverhead, L. I.
Mrs. Stevens of Wooster place has gone
to spend the balance of the summer with
her daughter at the Morgan cottage, Savin
Rock.
Captain J. Rufus Oskins has moved into
a new cottage just erected at Shell beach,
east of Lighthouse Point, by Captain A. P.
Ludington.
Miss Lizzie Henderson,, graduate of
the Hogarth academy has obtained posi-
ton as typewriter in the Office of Henry L.
Hill & Co., bankers, corner Church and
Chapel streets.
Horace E. Clark, sop of g. W. Clark,
coal merchant on Long wharf, purchased
the steam yacht Wizard from New London
parties and arrived in the harbor last Fri
day. It will be great addition to the
pleasure craft in the harbor.
Lawrence B. Bidwell, jr., civil engineer,
eldest son of the well known chief engineer
of the New York and New England road,
died at Port de Paix, Hayti, June 20, OF
blood poisoning, aged thirty three. He
graduated from Trinity college in 80.
The New State Maps.
The commissioners of the state topo-
graphical survey professor William H.
Brewer, DR.. James H. Chaplin and the
Hon. John w. Bacon), are bringing thei,
labors to close. They have done an ex-
cellent work.
These maps, published by counties, are
the result of the Omitted States geologi.
cal survey" the federal government max.
ing the survey and preparing the plates
for the maps; the state paying one-halt
the expense of the survey, and for print.
ing and publishing the maps. But the
state, having provided for the work in
connection with the United States govern
ment, has not made any appropria ion TO,
printing the maps 1t was intended thai
the legislature which met last January
would provide for the printing. It will
undoubtedly do so when it gets into work
| ing order. Some of the plates are ready
| for the printer.
| The maps will be of two kinds; one in
| sheets, drawn on larger scale and giving de-
tail of topography ;the other wall map, on 6
| smaller scale. The commissioners say:
| s'The first Gin sheets) will be on scale
of about mile to the inch. Each sheet
will be about IA by 10 inches and will
| cover about 220 square miles of territory
The sheets are drawn irrespective of town,
| county, or similar lines, and extending 8
| quarter of degree of latitude and longi.
| tude. They are in conformity with those
being prepared by the general government
| for other states, and will doubtless form,
| ultimately, a part of great atlas of the
whole country"
"Twenty Of these sheets fall entirely
within this state, and fourteen others along
the borders will overlap into the adjoining
| states, making thirty-four sheets in all
They are intended to so fit each other al
| the edges that any two adjoining sheets
may be mounted together should the con-
| venience of the user demand it. But all
mounted as one wall map for the whole
| state would make a map about nine feet
long, which is too large for convenient
use.
Therefore wall map will be prepared on
half that scale, with all the roads, town
lines and similar features, but the eleva.
lions and natural contour of the land will
be- in less detail"
When issued, the sheets will be on sale
at probably rs cents each, and the wall
map will be correspondingly cheap.
The commissioners have performed
their duties in creditable manner. The
task imposed upon them was by no means
light one. But they will send out maps
of great value to the people of Connecti-