Morning journal and courier., 1892-11-16
FAIR HAVEN NEWS.

WoOlsey Lodge, X. of HIT Was
FOggy-St. IgnatIus Society-The
Shipyard-Sonso of TemPerance-The
Shore Line Change OF ROute-The
Hearing Yesterday at the Union
Depot.
have taken place in the hall of Woolsey
lodge, Knights of Honor, Monday evening,
were. necessarily postponed for two weeks.
The interest in this lodge is increasing and
there is promise of considerable increase in
membership this winter.
A delegation from Live Oak council, A.
o. U. W., went to Bridgeport last evening
to visit Farren lodge.
The dense fog yesterday morning inter-
fered considerably with the work of the
oyster dredgers down the harbor.
The committee from the st. Ignatius T.
A. and B. society having charge of the fair
to be given in Music hall for six nights,
beginning this evening, have spared no
pains to make it success, and the mem
bers propose to make good sum of money
for their treasury.
When the shipyard at the foot of Ferry
street is in full blast and a couple of big
vessels under construction at once, as is
sometimes the case, the business adds very
much to the activity in that part of the
city; but owing to the dull state of freights
nothing has been done there since three
masted schooner was launched last spring.
But freights having advanced during the
past season, there is hope that work may
be resumed on another vessel in the
spring.
The schooner James NJ. Seaman, which
has just arrived from Brunswick, Ga,
with cargo of lumber, is the three-master
built by our townsman, the shipmaster of
that name, up in Maine.
The members of Hiram Camp and Elm
City divisions, s. of T., will give must
cal and literary entertainment in Pyramid
hall Tuesday evening, November %.
Captain Crossley, in the schooner Rob-
ert Morgan, has sailed for Philadelphia for
another cargo of coal.
The hearing at Union depot yesterday
before the commissioners concerning the
approval of layout of the Fair Haven cut
off was attended by a number of the land
owners of the annex. The commissioners
reserved their decision. The party claim
ing the largest damage is the Consumers
Ice company, which was represented by
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question is owned as follows: Louis G.
Hemingway, Consumers Ice company,
Robert W. Jerolman, julius Twiss, Har.
riet G. Howard, Rosa E. Spence, Merritt L.
Potter, George Beach, Ellen M. -Tuttle,
John g. Tuttle, Edith L. Parker and John
Parker. Several of the above were present
| and looked over the map. No one made
any opposition to the taking of land and
the meeting was an informal talk of all
concerned. The city was represented by
Mayor Sargent and Corporation Counsel
Driscoll. For the railroad there were Judge
Lynde Harrison, Superintendent Water.
bury and Engineer Curtis. Among others
present were Julius Twiss, Frank Donnel
| ly and Robert w. Jerolman. According tc
| this plan Grove street, Grand avenue and
Hill street will be carried under the tracks
with arches or bridges. Hemingway street
North Quinnipiac street, Middletown ave.
nue. and Clinton avenue will also be carried
| under. All that portion of Foxon stree
| north of the southerly line of the railroad
| property will be closed. Ferry street will
| be carried over the tracks BY extending thu
present bridges upon it's same level
Jackson street will be carried over
| Peck street and Main street are tc
be discontinued over the property O.
the railroad, but an additional his hway
| WILL % Dullt parallel TO the railroad fol
the accommodation of persons using thes,
streets. Superintendent Waterbury sale
there were three reasons for making tn,
cut off: To eliminate the numerous grad,
crossings, for lettering the lines Of tn,
road and the reduction of the grades, 81
that better time can be made by trains.
| The hearing was then adjourned and tn,
| commissioners will take the matter under
| advisement.
The New Haven Baptist Social unio1
will meet at the Grand avenue Baptis
church this evening. A supper will be
served at 7:30, to be followed with speech
| making.