Morning journal and courier., 1891-08-12
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.


 Captain Dadman and the New Yale
 Launch - MT. Granniss' Bantam
 Lake Business-The Big Rfnk-An
 Opportunity for a Good Speculation
 Improving Grand Avenue ROad-
 way-Looking Forward to Camp.
 Captain George w. Dadman is thinking strongly of taking party in the new Yale launch to Camp Watson, at Mantle. The launch will be hauled out at Graves yard this week to have the bolton cleaned. With her 100-horse power engine and coil boiler capable of developing 25O pounds of steam, the boats best time has been four teen miles an hour She has ran from Belle dock to New London dock, ffty-two miles, in four hours. The old launch had only 30-horse power engine. This craft is still owned by the Yale navy and is held for sale through Manning's yacht agency, New York, and is held at $500. The craft cost $3, TOO. She is a twelve knot boat.
 Smith Granniss, who is on his farm near Bantam lake, writes that he has not sufficient boats at the lake to supply the demand of those who wish to hire. He is taking few boarders also. He expects to return to Fair Haven in the fall.
 Major H. H. Strong is at the head of the company of six persons who own the big Quinnipiac rink on Grand avenue at the corner of Bright street, which is for sale. He says the company will not do anything in the way of repairs, for the building has never paid. It was built for polo rink, but polo went down soon after it was completed The roof leaks and the build ing needs renovoting It is 8 very handy place for entertainments: There should be arrangements so the big hall and thrown together at will then it would answer for small gatherings or the great assemblages held there every year. If some one, or company, would buy the rink and fit it up conveniently there would be money in the business Just such large hall is needed in Fai, Haven, and it will be 8 mistake to teal down the building. Should it be removed there would be no large hall in Fair Ha ven.
 The new signs ''West Chapel street. and "Depot and Steamboat" painted or the Fair Haven cars of these respective routes, is great accommodation to the people. At the car shops on Grand ave nue, Master Mechanic E. w. Easter is put ting the box cars in fine shape for the fal and winter business, including repaintine and vanishing.
 The barge Adamant has brought load of plaster to the Adamant Plaster com pany.
 The work on the new sewers will soor begin. The contracts are for new sewer in Chapel, from Lloyd to Ferry, and ir Blatchley avenue, from Chapel to Salton stall avenue.
 The new house which Mrs. Adelint Strickland is building in Grand avenue near Ferry street, will cost about $4,800 It will be two stories, with eighteen rooms and finished in hard wood. The con tractor is J. A. Thorpe.
 The late Joseph M. Carleton, who died at the hospital, had been ill with con sumption the past three months. He wal thirty years of age. He was 8 brother ot F. o. Carleton of the New Haven Steam Supply company.
 Workmen have begun at the east end O. Gainesville bridge to dress with fine stone the roadway of Grand avenue where need ed, covering with loam. The work ha. progressed to Gaines street.
 Repairs at the rolling mill are progres sing rapidly. This overhauling includes the cleaning of boilers and the rebuilding of the furnaces where it is necessary.
 The Fair Haven members of the c. N. G are looking forward with interest tt "camp week."
 Ralph and Joe Kantrovitz have recent, opened new barber shop, with all tn latest improvements, on Grand avenue near James street.