Morning journal and courier., 1892-01-25
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.


Her Ninety-seventh Anniversary-A
Foreign Charter-A Busy Lum-
Der Mill-East Haven Statistics
Building Items-Quiet in Police
AHairs-Accepts the Call-The Shore
Layeut-Morgan a Good Talker-
Business Mt Graves, Shipyard-
Various Matters of News.
The friends of Mrs. Emma Sanford went
to her home, 142 South Front street, Sat-
urday evening, to assist in celebrating her
ninety seventh birthday anniversary. The
old lady, who is in vigorous health for one
80 old, enjoyed the affair very much.
The schooner James M. Seaman, that was
built for the Fair Haven shipmaster of
that name, cleared from New York on Sat-
urday for HAVANA, Cuba. The vessel will
load there for port north of Hatteras.
The Seaman, which has seldom been to
this port, was built in Maine.
DR.. G. B. Adams has had touch of grip,
but was attending to business as usual
Saturday.
Aliens portable sawmill is turning out
lumber quite rapidly in the Foxon woods.
1t is now located in the DR.. Morris woods.
East Haven vital statistics for 1891 show
that there were So deaths, 2 marriages and
II births.
The J. ]. Dayton Hook and Ladder
company has been invited to attend the
ball of the Eaton and Burnham company
of Bridgeport for Friday evening, and of
the R. NJ. Bassett company of Birmingham
on the evening of Washington's birthday.
Lowe Brothers have contracted to build
| frame house on Dixwell avenue for Nor
ris WEIGH; also three tenement house
24x4S feet on James street, between Clay
| street and Grand avenue, for Michael
Ward. The price of the latter house is to
| be 81 ,OO0 The cellar has been put in by
John Miller, 49,
1t has been very quiet in police circles
on the east side since the year came in.
| Officer Mack has made no arrest as yet.
| The pulpit of the Grand avenue Baptist
church was supplied yesterday by w. G..
Maui of Yale, divinity student. The
pastor of the church, the Rev. E. G. Sage,
Is again confined to his home by illness.
The proposed change of layout for the
double track of the Shore Line road
| through Fair Haven and the Annex is still
| interesting our people. If the layout ia
changed SO that Fair Haven will be given
the 60 by, it will not be regarded as a SO.
rious blow. Since the Cedar Hill station
! was established it has been largely used by
Fair Haven people in the western section
Probably as many people ride on the ex-
press trains as on local trains, and the
former have to take these trains at the
Union depot. And further, since the
freight department was taken away, the
usefulness Of the Fair Haven depot has
deprecated. SO, If another layout IL
adopted that will eliminate the numerous
grade crossings and do away with the pro
posed overhead bridge on East Grand ave
nue., 1t will in the end prove beneficial tt
| this section.
Post Commander VIM. E. Morgan, who
read his paper on "Connecticut and tb,
meeting Saturday evening, made a pleas
ant impression as a speaker
Although there is nothing doing jus
now at the shipyard of George M. Graves
there is likely to be renewal of activity
in the spring. There are seven yachts lait
up in winter quarters, including the new
Yale launch and . small steam yacht. II
tho spring and early summer these it'll
vessels are fitted out and this of itself give
quite business. Captain Graves is alst
talking of building large tug boat TO-
not been placed but there is considerable
prospect that it will be. If this vessel i
built there will be lively business at tn
yard. The proposed contractors for tn
new boat desire her built here where
will be 80 convenient to equip the hull witt
boilers and machinery.
1.-The call extended by the Ferry stree
Congregational church to the Rev. J. q
Reid, late of Colorado, has been accepted
The people of the parish are quite please
that they have secured this clergyman TO
their pastor.
The schooner H. H. Hanscom has al
rived at Belle dock from Baltimore witt
: coal for the Consolidated road. This vel
} sci, which was equipped with steam hois
ing power not long ago, is worked niue
> more satisfactorily and the crews who hav
sailed on the vessel have been great
pleased by the improvement.
The gospel temperance meeting was &C
= dressed yesterday by Mrs. Phelps.
, The inclemency of the weather on Nor
,, day evening, January 10, made necessar
the postponement of the athletic entertain
8 ment which was TO be given under th
auspices of the Cedar Hill Giants Bas
3 Ball association in Quinnipiac rink.
3 | committee of the association has decide
to hold the postponed entertainment
the polo rink on Saturday evening, jar
3 uary 80. The managers promise to give
grand athletic treat.
The gospel meeting at the Young Men
Christian association yesterday afternoo
q was conducted by Mr.. Charles N. HUI
2 bard. 1t was one of the most interestin
. meetings ever held in the associatio
l rooms.
t The gymnasium classes will meet on Wee
! nesday instead of Thursday, this weel
l Boys class at 4:30. Mems class at 8.