Morning journal and courier., 1892-10-17
MORRIS COVE NOTES.
Hundreds Enjoy the Beautiful Au-
tumnal Weather - New Improve

Enjoy the Beautiful Au-
tumnal Weather - New Improve
menss Starting Up on All Sides In
the Lower Annex-The Widening
and Improving of Forbes Avenue.
Fort Hale park has many visitors since
the Morris Cove electric road has been
running, and many of our citizens have
visited for the first time and enjoyed the
beautiful view from the palisades. Box
cars are now running on the Morris Cove
road after to-day. Hundreds visited Fort
Hale park Saturday, and many ladies took
ride over the line to enjoy the beautiful
day to the utmost. Saturday was one Of
the rarest and finest days of the whole
autumn and ftly succeeded the chain of
perfect days last week gave US.
There are three ways to enter Fort
Wooster park; one from Main street,
which is about one thousand feet from the
four corners, through Tyler street to
junction of Frost street, one through Town
send avenue through Frost to junction of
Tyler street, which two streets meet at the
north entrance to Fort Wooster park.
| The third is the west entrance, about one
Thousand feet from Epson street on Town
| send avenue.
| Superintendent Asahel Thompson is in
defatigable in keeping the parks under
his charge in the best condition.
Motors are being placed on the four new
cars which were recently received by the
New Haven and Morris Cove Railroad com
pany at their shops at "Fort Hale PARK
station"
Mr.. Moran on Townsend avenue hat
been making great improvement in paint
| ing and decorating his house.
The new house of Mr.. Smallman, the
| popular grocer on West Water street, an6
the new house of ex-Selectman Rowe, tn.
storekeeper at the four corners, both OF
Forbes avenue, are nearing compile ton
also Mr.. Wright's on Townsend avenue
and Mr.. Petsberrie's opposite Fort Wooster
park has raised the frame of his house.
Mr.. Alfred Hughes of the annex, speak
ing of the various drawbacks the Morri
Cove railroad has met with, said eft will
all come out right in the washing"
Selectman Forbes, Robert Meachen
Alonzo Jacobs, Arthur Burr and others ar
laying bluestone curb and making fin
wide concrete walk on Forbes avenue
This avenue is being splendidly improves
owing to the widening, curbing and layiu
of sidewalks now in progress on both side
all the way to four corners. This an
other Improvements are adding greatly t
the value of the real estate all along tn
, thoroughfarss.
The large elm tree which the widenin
of Forbes avenue necessitated removing
and which was in front of Mrs. Henry Al
, thur Burr's house, is to be buried, and
, large trench has been dug for that pu
. pose. The removal of the old tree is
= great improvement to Forbes avenue, an
brings out prominently the beautiful HON
, of Mrs. Burr, who is greatly improvin
her grounds by curbing and concret
9 walks.
fl TO TAKE A SOUTHERN TRIP.
l Mr.. Edward Woodward of WOODWARD
D town has finished the new barn built G
! the sight of the one destroyed by lightnir
4 and fire last summer, which, together wit
b his house and other buildings, he has pain
, | ed beautiful carmine. He has leased
. | farm and proposes to go with Mrs. Woo
i ward south this winter.
= THE WORK OF ELECTRICALLY EoUIPPING TT
STATE STREET ROAD TO SOON BEGIN.
: Alexander Thompson, esq, who has bet
It superintendent of construction for Il
J.. Connecticut Tramway company, for Bar
& McTighe, electrical and mechanical g
gineers, and who has been ill for SOC
J. weeks at the Tontine hotel, is convalescer
II and equipping electrically the State Sire
Horse Railroad company has been pu
!, chased. Work will begin very soon.