Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-10
NEW ELECTRIC ROAD.

NEW ELECTRIC ROAD.
 That the Road to salton-
 stall Lake Will Soon be Built
 Action of the Legislative Committee
 Yesterday-Favorab Also to the
 Granting of a Charter for the Pro-
 posed Road From East Haven Gem
 ter to Morris Cove.
 The prospects that an electric road will I be running to Lake Saltonstall before many months are now excellent. Yesterday the l legislative committee on railroads reported favorably to the house on the petition of the company for a charter to build the road, and the house teok favorable action thereon, There seems to be no doubt that the senate will take similar action at an early day. The iron and ties for building the road are already bought. The ties lie piled up on Forbes avenue near Four Coz ners, and the rails are piled up alongside the main road from Fair Haven near Four Corners Everything, therefore, looks en- couraging for the speedy building of the road, and the company propose to build 1t as soon az possible. The route for the new road is from near four corners where it will effect junction with the Nor ris Cove electric road, thence out straight away through Main street, the principal thorouehfare in East Haven to point near the Bailey place, where 1t will diverge from the main road in order to avoid the steep hill near Saltonstall lake, at the foot of which is the residence of Hon. John Woodward Thompson. In diverging at this point 1t takes course directly across lots. striking the lake near the steamboat landing. The rosd will be wonder ful accommodation to the public in getting to and from Saltonstall lake and enjoying the fishing, sailing, boating, etc., and in taking ride on the pretty steamer Cygnet, which will make the regu: lar trips on the lake shortly, the same as 1t did last summer, to the qualification and pleasure of 30 many people who visited Glen Grove park at the head of the lake, enjoyed the rambles upon the cliffs and in the woods in that vicinity, or the fishing in the lake. Many picnic parties went there last summer and many more will go there this year. To-day g party of 300 from the Church of the Redeemer will take the sail on the Cygnst and picnic akl the grove. When the Morris Cove road ia extended through Ferry street to State street at Middletown avenue, parties from Wallingford, Merlden, Berlin, New Brit ain. Hartford, Windsor Locks and other points on the Hartford railroad can come to this city on the steam road, land at the junction of Ferry street and Middletewn avenue, and there take the Morris Cove road electric cars to Four Corners and go thence by the Ssltonstall Lake cars direct to the lake. The rails of the Morris Cove road are already laid from Four Corners through Farren avenue to the Qunnipiac drawbridge. opposite Ferry street. At this point, near where Hsnscomb shipysrd is. the Morris Cove company will build $60, ,000 power house, from which the Nor ris Cove, the State street, the Whitney av- enue, and Saltonstall Lake electric roads will be supplied with electricity.
 At the legislature yesterday the commit tee on railroads also reported favorably the granting charter to the Messrs. Street, the well known whsatine merchants on George street, this oity, to build an cleo trio road from the Old Stone church, East Haven, through Thompson street to Morris Cove. The Messrs Street are large owners of land all along Thompson street. This new road will connect with the Saltonstall road, and form very easy and available | means of direct communication be- l tween East Haven Center and Nor | ris Cove. The route of this pro- posed new road Is direct one all the way through Thompson street to the cove. It will strike the cove road just 1 this side of the Forbes house, and oovites and hotel and other visitors will find 1t very means of visiting Saltonstall lake. Speaking of the lake it was remarked by a day viewed the lake for the frst time, that 1t was almost wodder that the lake was not adopted as the scene of the Yale liar yard boat races, as here 8 four mile course Twas obtainable with only slight curve or turn in the route.
 The advent of the eIectric;railway in the annex has given a great impetus to the prosperity of the east shore. All along its
 route new houses are springing up, espe-
 cially on Woodward avenue, where dozen
 new houses have been erected, all neat
 homes. All the land on the avenue for 6
 long distance has been sold in building
 lots, there never having been before in the
 history of the section any such cal
 for land for building purposes. It it
 astonishing to New Haveners who have
 been away from the city for few yeari
 to see such signs of prosperity and growth
 as are shown on Woodward avenue, and
 on Forbes avenue as well. Forbes avenue
 side the space taken by the electric road
 there Is plenty of room for two teams te
 pass each other on each side of the railroad
 tracks. There is also more widening to bt
 done at the upper end, near the hill. The
 avenue has been hardened and top dressed
 and is greatly improved in appearance
 The value of property Is much improved
 all along the east shore, and land whict
 sold by the acre Is now commanding {
 good price by the front foot.
 Quite a real estate deal is that of tht
 Messrs. Street, the George street mer
 chants, and MT. Fullerton, the Chape l street grocer who recently bought an i'm
 portant and valuable tract of land front
 ing on Townsend avenue down near th,
 cove just before the decline of the road
 this side of the cove, is reached. Thil
 large and we'll situated tract, perhaps 1 ,00(
 feet or more, is to be cut up into building
 lots by the purchasers.