Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-12
IN WEST HAVEN.

Travel to the Shore Inc0nvenienced. Tothe Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 It is fact that the spring tides every year wash out a portion of Beach street and thus prevent travel on that thorough fare for some time, when 1t is most needed for people preparing to move to their sum- mer residences. AS 1t causes considerable confusion it is surprising that there are not more complaints from people living near there. Imagine dozen or more trucks loaded with furniture, not speaking of the ordinary pleasure-seeker, having to stop at that we'll placard in front of Second avenue hotel, ''This road closed" It is then necessary for them to go back half 8 mile on Second avenue, a heavy, sandy road, and then down Brown street, which is another very poor road for heavy loads.
 This could be avoided by little expend- iture on street which is already in part opened on Blohm place, little south of Second avenue hotel, running west to the salt meadows. If it was extended across the meadow to Peck avenue it would rem edy the inconvenience now experienced and give ample opportunity of keeping Beach street in proper condition for travel when most needed. A TAX PAYER. Connecticut Sons of the Revolution.
 At the meeting of the Connecticut Sons of the Revolution in Hartford Tuesday, be- side the other business mentioned Presi- dent Trumbull in his annual address called attention to the fact that tn.dsy the society enters on the fifth year of its existence. During the past year the movement for uniting the national society with the gen. eral society of the Sons of the Revolution has occupied the attention of the president. The failure to remove the visible differ ences between the two societies whose aims are identical has proved that every meane has been exhausted for this purpose. The difficulties in the way of union were found greater than at first supposed. The Con. necticut society, however, may congratu. late itself on the fact that it is in no way responsible for these difficulties. The re. suit of these negotiations brings us to one important consideration which we must keep in view, that the vital clements of the success and stability of the general organ ization exists in the state societies them. selves, in the spirit which actuates them in the principles which underiie them and in the results to which they can point.
 The report went on to speak of the steps taken for the erection of memorial tablets at the Lebanon war office and at the Elm
 Tree in this city, where Washington slight ed upon his first visit to this state. The president suggested that the dedication o1 this tablet be made the occasion of the re
 union of the society. In closing he urged hearty cooperation on the part of local go cieties and individuals.
 The report of Secretary Lucius F. Robin son covered the usual statistics. Treas urer John 0. Hollister of New Haven re
 ported the amount received during the year, including the balance from the yea1 before, to be $1 ,526 90. The expenditures during the year have amounted $1, ,3SS 4 leaving 8 balance of $12S 56. Since the auditing of the accounts $294. 50 have beer received, leaving balance at this date ol $423. .06. The Trumbu1l tomb fund now amounts to $145.95, and the life member
 ship fund has been increased by the ad dition of $e0.
 Registrar J. G. Woodward of Hartford reported 132 new nembers received dur ing the year; of these 120 are active mem bers and twelve honorary. Nine have beel 1 lost by death. Several local histories hay
 been added to the library. The year bool for 1892 has been printed and is ready fo distribution.