Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1892-09-03
TO BE wIDENED.

the Junction OF State, st. John
streets and Grand Avenue be Made
Twenty Feet Wider-The kellogg
Property Not to be Disturbed-St.
John Street to be Widened to Olive
Street-AH Persons Present Char
acterize the Locality as Extremely
Dangerous and tho Improvement
as Vttally Necessary.
So great was the interest taken In the
widening of Grand avenue and |
st. John street at their junction with |
State that the aldermanic chamber, where |
the committee on streets met last evening
for the purpose of hearing and considering
the recommitted order on the subject, to-
gether with the proposition to-widen the
roadway at northwest corner of State and
Elm streets, was filed with representative
business men of the city, who were present
in reference to the matter. Among those
present were: James D. DeweI, F. A.
Belts, DR.. g. A. Lindsley, DR.. G. B. Adams,
Edward MCGOWAN, D. h. Clark, J. II. Bar
low, Aldermen Bromley, Moore and Gil
huly, F. d. Belden, Captain @. g. Ford,
g. s. Norehouse, j. Birney futile, Colonel
s. J. Fox, Councilman Fitzgerald, W. J.
Atwater and others.
-Four members of the committee were
present: Aldermen johnson and Keane
and Councilmen Beecher and Peck.
Promptly at o'clock the meeting was
opened and the hearing began.
The first person to be heard in favor of
the proposed improvement was James D.
Deweu. He strongly advocated the wild
ening of both Grand avenue and St.
John street, claiming that they were
extremely dangerous. He stated that
he had had three wagons wrecked at this
junction in one day.
G. s. Morehouse of Tuttle, Morehouse &
the most dangerous in the city and should
be repaired at once. The city is growing
rapidly and the danger is increasing every
day.
DR.. NJ. A. Cremin favored the widening
of Grand avenue, and claimed that ST. John
street also much needed widening. He
stated that he favored the widening not
withstanding the fact that profess
sionally the widening would be det-
rimental to him, as he often was
called upon to take care of victims of
accidents from this locality. The drug
Rists on both corners frequently had the
victims brought into their stores. st.
John street, he claimed, was so narrow as
to be nearly always go blocked up as to
render it almost impossible to get through
and that he had been blocked there himself
for half an hour at q time and now drives q
block or two out Of the way simply because
| It il next to impossible to got throughit.
Dr.. 9. B. Adams. also favored the pro-
posed widening in consequence of the e1-
treme danger of the locality. He reported
| that he knew of almost an unlimited num-
Der of accidents which had occurred at the
place and that he had lost two wheels
from one of his own carriages at this
point At one of these times his daugh-
ter was thrown out and seriously injured.
He was of the opinion that his experience
differed but little from that of many
others.
DR.. @. A. Lindsey characterized the To-
cality as the most dangerous in the city
and said that the danger was constantly
| increasing and that the needs of the pub
lie demanded that both should be wi.
dened.
J. Il. Barlow called the place veritable
death trap and said that he was surprised
that the city should stand such q place TO,
eveu a moment. He further claimed that
two a week the year round. He had also
seen within the past five years two hacks,
while on their way to q funeral, drop
down in their tracks in consequence OF
losing the wheels and the occupants being
dumped out upon the ground.
Others who were present and spoke in
favor of the improvement, the arguments
being all in the same line as the one above
reported, we're E. MCGOWAN, Colonel S. J
Fox, Mayor Sargent, F. o. Belts, John R
Douglass and D. 81. Clark.
cAo- H.
widening of the corner of State and GRAND
avenue, but strenuously opposed the pro
posed widening of st. John street, the
commissioners property being located or
the latter street. He claimed that tn,
widening of State and Grand avenue was
positive necessity and should be done .
once, but that it would block the Who'll.
thing to tack the widening of st. Johl
street on, as it would be impossible to SO
cure an appropriation with which to d,
the work and it would be impossible to d.
without an appropriation.
Alderman Bromley also opposed tn
widening of St. John street while favorip5
the widening of State and Elm streets, thu
weight of his argument being that tn
city could not afford to do the work a
present and that there was no immediate
necessity for this part of the proposed i'm
provement.
Others who opposed the widening of st
fJohn street were Alderman Gilhuly an,
James b. Cooper.
The proposition to widen the junction o
State and Elm streets, by cutting off a pol
, ton of the Kellogg property, was not gen
orally approved by those who favored tn
widening, it being the general impression
; that the Improvement should be made b
, widening the southeast corner, and that b
80 doing all that was necessary for publ
i. safety and the accommodation of the pull
Lie In its use of the thoroughfare at thi
, important junction would be accomplished
In executive session the committee vote
to adhere to it's former action, which prt
vides for the widening of the corner c
? State street and Grand avenue, and also {
, st. John street to Olive street. This actio
provides for the widening of the junctio
of State street and Grand. avenue by tai
ing about twenty feet from the southeal
2 corner of Grand avenue and State stree
: and following the layout as originally mad
to Olive street. The committee also vote
, not to widen Elm street by cutting off
portion of the Kellogg sidewalk on tt
Q northwest corner of Elm and State street
To Adopt Hats and Dress.
J: An ad iourned meeting of the Oolumb