Morning journal and courier., 1891-04-29
auEnx AS TO ITS ExFEDIErCY.

QUERY AS TO ITS ExPEDIENCT. Opposition to the4gLayout of the Proposed Parallel Railroad to New York-West River Park to be ,Seri- OusIy Mutilated - St. Lawrence Cemetery Also Cut Throush-Other Opposition. 'sS
 Some very strong objections have cropped ont here to the parallel railroad to New York, which has been proposed under the name of the New York, Bridge port and Eastern, and which was yester- day given hearing before the railroad commissioners; that is, if it is to adopt its planned layout. This will not only run right through the middle of the new St. Lawrence cemetery, destroying the plan for the Derby avenue entrance, but it will cut mp the beautiful new West River park, sacrifice almost too great to ask of the people even for new road to New York.
 At the meeting were present Commis- sioners Hayward, Woodruff and Seymour, Mayor Sargent, Corporation Counsel Dris- coll, City Engineer Hill, Park Commis- sioner w. W. Farnam for the city of New Haven, ex-Speaker Hoyt for. the town of Greenwich, J. F. Moran for the cemetery, F. Wayland Fellowes, who owns some property in Saugatuck to. be appropriated by the new road; President Parrott of the proposed road, and Attorney Hurlburt, it's counsel. ?, MT. Moran opposed the proposed layout on the ground that it would cut off from the Derby avenue side four-ffths of the most valuable frontage, destroy the plan for the entrance already stated, and 80 re- duce the value of the, whole cemetery to comparatively nothing. He also quoted a section of the statute, which provides that layout through 8 cemetery must, to be ef- fective, be unanimously approved by the commissioners. .-r.s -
 MT. Farnam showed how seriously it in- terfered with the plans for the West river park, cutting it in two and necessitating inconvenient changes in grade of the park drives; and also, he remarked, it might be a source of danger to those who were to enjoy it's beauties.
 Colonel Hoyt also denied the legality of the corporation, and stated that he would road opportunity to reply, at the meet ing to be held to-day in Greenwich at his request.
 Corporation Counsel Driscoll of course opposed it, as it interferes with the park system.
 Naomi Lodge.
 Naomi lodge No. 1, D. of R., I. o. O. E. will hold sociable at Sassacus armory this evening.
 Meeting of Townsend Avenue Resi-.
 dents.
 There is to be meeting of the residents of Townsend avenue at Chamberlain's fur niture store, corner of Grown and Center streets, on Thursday evening, the 30th, d o'clock, to discuss the matter of getting the water from Four Corners to Morris Cove, in the Annex All interested are in vited to attend.
 HIS CLOTHES WERE DAMAGED A Student Asks for Compensation From the Board of Health. The board of health received g commu 1 nication last evening from James B. Beck ett, one of the students in the house o1 Elm street that was quarantined owing t. | 8 scarlet fever scare. He asked for com pensation because of damage done to hi clothing from Immigration with sulphur AS the Immigration was done at the reques l of the students the matter was tabled The health officer reported that so far il this month there have been 69 cases O scarlet fever, 12 of diphtheria and one o typhoid fever.
 No action was taken in the matter of tn complained nuisance of the Fair Have1 distillery stable, as none of the petitioner were present.
 Hnd,o,S& .>ao.4o5 1. 4ho 1,oo,1 II, result of his visit to the Iockup last Mon day morning, and the board voted to con fer with the police commissioners with re gard to having better ventilation of tn premises.
 THE COLLEGE CREWS. l Representatives of the Blue an' Crimson Meet at New London . Some Agreements.
 NEW LONDON, April 2S.-Represents tives of Yale and Harvard college crew met this afternoon to confer with tn local committee and railroad officials in re gard to renewal of the agreement t row races on the Thames course for tn next five years. All the paragraphs in tn long agreement were amicably agree l upon, except those relating to charterin an observation train to college crews an giving each crew $250. The former woul
 not be granted by the railroad committe and the local committee could not grant
 cash gift this year, but would do so tn other four years. The committee ha
 raised it's share of the $2,500 required fo improvement of the quarters and course and the charter for a press boat and rail roads were ready te pay their share. Ina
 was all they could reasonably agree to d
 this year, and requested the college me-
 to yield this point. The representative of Yale and Harvard were not prepare'
 to yield, and would not give decisiv
 after further consultations with the crews