Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-07-16
WIDENING AND BROADENING.
A Growing City-Spreadihg Out in All
DirectiOns-Street Railway Exten.
siOns on IL Sides.

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4 Growing City-Spreadihg Out in All
Directions-Street Railway Exten-
siOns on III Sides.
New Haven is growing in all directions
east, west, north and south. The build
ing of the State street horse railroad gave
al impetus to the building up of the Cedar
Hill portion of the city and the Miller's
garden section. These sections being
handy to the big manufactures which
cluster about 80 profusely the eastern part
of the city were bound to grow rapidly,
and the horse railroad gave it a boom at
once, which has been we'll kept up ever
since, and the intervening streets between
State street and Whitney avenue have been
in the intervening period built up 80 that |
now, with few exceptions, there are few |
building lots left. The City Point section |
has been growing very fast in the last ten |
or twelve years, as the numerous new and |
comfortable looking residences down
that way attest. West Haven
has grown immensely, owing in part to
the introduction of the horse railroad, and
now, with the electric road and speedier
communication with this suburb of New
Haven, still more rapid growth Is ex-
pected. The east shore is undoubtedly to
have big boom owing to the electric road
Whitney avenue has rapidly come to the
front in the last Eve years, as the many
beautiful new and costly resi-
dences on this fine avenue attest to the
passer by. The western part of the city
out West Chapel street is likely to have
boom now in the extension of the West
Chapel street branch of the Fair Haven
and Westville horse railroad out to the
Yale field. The outlying section of the
town beyond the old terminus of the
horse railroad at Norton street has lain
quiet and dormant awaiting the railroad
connection which it is now to get in
few weeks. All along West Chapel street
the desirable building lots have been
bought by people of means and influence
and nearly the whole thoroughfare is now
occupied by handsome residences out ss
far as Norton street and little way be-
You'd. Frank S. Platt and Mr.. Davis have
been among the last ones who have erected
residences on West Chapel street, upper
part. The building of the horse railroad
extension to the Yale field is now rapidly
progressing. The most difficult part Of
the work, the laying Of the turn out on
Norton street, is nearly completed.
The remainder of the work will be rapid.
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the Yale field. Already signs of building
activity are manifest in this location and
one of our enterprising real estate men,
Mr. E. NJ. Clark, has already sold quite
number of lots from his large plot of fine
building lots opposite the Yale field, which
are being sold at mere nominal prices. Al
ready aome of our city business men and
thrifty mechanics have purchased lots to
| build themselves little and tasty homes.
Mr.. Reynolds, who takes care of the Yale
| field, has also purchased one and has al
ready erected nice rocmy residence
upon it. Mr.. Perry, another citizen,
has bought one and is about erecting a
comfortable abode upon it. Westward
the star of New Haven empire is now ap-
parently taking it's way. 1t is not at all
unlikely that this section will be adorned
with many comfortable homes in the near
future. One large vacant plot of land, and
a very desirable one ON West Chapel street,
upper part, is the big lot owned by Mayor
Sargent and which he bought just after
the war. This he bought with view to
erecting palatial home upon it, but sub
sequently he changed his mind, finding the
present home he occupies on the market.
He has leased the big lot to the New Ha-
ven Athletic association for their use for
athletic purposes at 81 a year, and has
never called for the dollar, practically
donating the association the use of
the land for the encouragement of
the associations objects. Although the
mayor has held this land over twenty
years, the rise in value of the property
will atone for much of the expense it has
occasioned in the way of taxes, interest on
the outlay and public improvements.
The West Chapel street extension will
be done in time to land passengers at Yale
field when the fall games begin.
The city is passing through period OF
growth and development never surpassed
in its history, and veteran observers proph
esy big things for New Haven in the neal
future, owing to the recent extension Of
the West Haven railroad to City Point ano
it's adoption of electricity; the building Of
the Morris Cove electric road, the extern
sion of the West Chapel street road, and
the coming probable extension of the State
street road following its adoption of cleo
tricity, as referred to in another column
An important source of New Haven'f
growth is her manufactures, which are 81
numerous and many of which are of sucf
extensive character. While on this point i
may be mentioned that two of our larg,
factories are to be enlarged. Our enter
prising contemporary, the Weekly RECORD
of this city, we'll says:
"Besides the new building of the New
Haven Carriage and Wagon Co. Architec
Robinson is soon to make plans for another
extensive enlargement of Peck Brothers &
Co.'s plant. AS evidence of the RAPID
growth of this well-known company, il
was expected that when the large building
on Chestnut street was erected a shor
time ago a large room could be sci
apart in it for reading room for the en-
ployes, but the entire big building has
been occupied for business purposes and
another building is now absolutely neces
sary.
New Haven's industries areenjoying 6
particularly prosperous period, Judging
from the number that are finding 1t nee
essary to enlarge their manufacturing
plants to meet the demands for theil
goods. The Weekly Record has reported
no less than thirteen new industries or en-
largemeuts of existing plants within the
last few weeks and there are more in con
temptation. Among the latter there Ia one
concern that has about completed range
ments for increasing its capital stock and
building new factory sufficient to double
its facilities. This course was necessitated
by an impoesibility to fill its orders. Thus
it goes"