Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-18
WEST HAVEN NOTES.

The Continued Growth and Pros
perity OF the Borough-The Horse
Railroad Company,s Enterprise-l
LOolkinE Forward rs Well as
ssLOoking Backvardss-The Future
of Savtn Rock Real Estate-The
borough Authorities Crave Com
crete ACKNOWLEDGEMENT To-
morrow In the Grove.
There will be preaching in the grove,at
Savin Rock tomorrow, Sunday, at p. m.
by Rev. MI. Poteat pastor Of Calvary
Baptist church, this city; subject: ''The
New Testament Answer to the Temperance
Question" -
The Teutonia Manner Choir hold their
midsummer festival and picnic at Railroad
Grove, Savin Rock, next Monday after
noon and evening.
The horse cars and public resorts have
not yet reached the average returns this
summer. This is owing to the unusually
long cool spell during the last six weeks.
Travel is, however, again heavy, the re-
turn of hot days of late starting the people
for Savin Rock, and especially family
parties.
The West Haven Horse Railroad COM
T.
prise in laying the additional track from
New Haven to the Rock, and the enter
prise is being appreciated by the
public at large. The road went
| twenty years without paying any interest
on it's stock, but of late the stock has be-
come valuable and is now above par. The
| new Improvement spoken of has cost the
| road many thousands of dollars, but will
prove paying investment in the end,
whether horse cars or electric cars are run.
The double tracking has been done in
| West Haven and Savin Rock are here to
stay. West Haven is continually growing.
| It's growth outside Of Savin Rock begins to
show every year nowadays. There was
a time not long ago when the borough
grew slowly. It was for 100 years one Of
the old time New England villages, and it
still retains enough of the old landmarks
| to identify it as such, but the borough is
| fast outgrowing its village limitations and
| fident that before the present generation
passes away West Haven will be annexed
| to the town of New Haven, the same as the
east side is. Savin Rock property holds its
| own in valuation and is likely to do SO.
| As shore resort it is worth millions of
dollars to New Haven, and New Haven is
| now large city and the demand for shore
cottages will be greater, not less. WOOD
monthly the-Se is growing constantly and
before a great many years have rolled
by there will be no doubt a
line of cottages on every avail
able spot along the shore, from
Savin Rock to Woodmont It requires no
gift of prophecy to predict this for Savin
Rock Where now are 200 or more cottages
and hotels, valued at about half million
dollars, land and all was an almost I'M
broken section of forest groves, pasture
land, huckleberry bushes and marshes, no
less than thirty years ago, and the whole
shore could have been bought for great
deal less than the princely cottage built by
John G.. Anderson.
The rear of Robert Loveday's Oak cot
tage at Savin Rock was discovered in
flames last Monday, and but for the cool
ness and prompt action of the proprietor a
serious confagration might have resulted:
AS it was, the damage will not exceed SIS,
although it was found necessary to tear
down large part of the roof.
AT sAvIN ROCK LAST NIGHT.
Company K, veteran corps, of Hartford,
made an excursion to Savin Rock last
evening and took dinner at Hill Brothers
Homestead. They left the Capitol city OF
the 5:35 train and all report a most enjoy
able time. They returned to Hartford on
late train last night.