Morning journal and courier., 1894-05-15
ON THE EAST SIDE.

ON THE EAST SIDE. Scenes of Great Activity in and Near Morris Cove, East Haven, Lake Sal- tonstall, Fort Hale and Fort Woos- ter-Many Notable Improvement Being Made-RailrOad Extension- What Is Being Done at Morris Cove A New Hotel and Many Cottages Being Erected-Dancing Pavilion at Fort Hale-0ther Improvements.
 The usually quiet town of East Haven presents to-day scene of unusual activity, and the work of improvement is being rapidly pushed forward. At the present time there are about 500 men employed in making the improvements, and the town Is enjoying a season of prosperity such as it has not enjoyed for some years.
 Several hundred men are busily engaged in pushing forward the extension of the New Haven and Morris Cove Railroad com- pany's tracks from the Four Corners to Lake Ssltonstall, in working upon the i'm provements at Fort Hale and Fort Wooster parks, and in converting Q ffty-acre lot on Main street into building lots. There will be about 700 building lots, the work being done for the Quimby & Brothers syndicate of Worcester, Mass, which has recently purchased the land in question.
 At the present time there is @ 600-foot roadway near this point leading from Main street to the entrance of Fort Wooster park. This roadway at the present time is not taken care of properly, but at the meet ing of the board of selectmen to night the .rL noSo xuf1I asking that the road be properly opened and kept in condition, thus shording an attractive approach to the park and also @ connecting road way between Main street and Townsend avenue.
 The work of laying tracks on the Wood ward avenue extension of the Morris Cove road will, it is expected, be completed this week. This new link road extends from Woodward avenue to the corner of Fsrren and Townsend avenues. This road will also afford a more direct route to the Cove.
 Already the Saltonstall road tracks have been laid within i02 feet of tho lake, and the bridge over Farm river, just this eide of the lake, has been completed. On Main street the poles for the Lake Salton- stall route are already in position.
 The festive Yale student has been play.
 
 Wooster and Fort Hale parks, much to the indignation of Park Superintendent Asabe Thompson, and should any of them bs caught they will be severely dealt with For some time past the students have beer stealing signs from these parks and carry ing them away, and in other instsnceI signs have been removed from ono place and erected in another, thus causing grea annoyance to many people who desire tt visit these places and have been led by th' sign posts in an entirely different direc ton. For instance. the sign reading ''T' Fort Wooster" has been taken from it proper position and tackled up on sn en tirely different road leading to some pri vate farm house.
 Sunday afternoon some vandal, presum ably student, forcibly wrenched the gov | ernment postal box which is marke. tackled 1t up at the entrance to farn 1 house half mile away. A determined of fort will be made to capture this offender and as his act is a crime against the Un:te States government he will bs most cum msrily dealt with. A number of other sign have also bsen stolen, and the indignation | of the residents is intense.
 | At Fort Wooster park fifty elm tree have been planted under the direction o Superintendent Thompson, and six foo path for pedestrians constructed fror Townsend avenue, near Upson street, al rectly up to the top of Beacon Hill.
 At Fort Hale park work will commenc to-day. Here it ia intended to make som notable improvements. The last of the ol rickety buildings which have been for g long time an eyesore to visitors at tn park, will bs demolished today and th ground laid out in lawns and flower gal dens, etc. The sea wall will also be extend ed, a dancing pavilion erected and probabl also number of bathing houses. Ne1 winter plan may develope to flood tn lawn and hold skating carnivals at tbi park.
 Building is also booming on the east sid' where number of cottages have bee erected or are in process of erection Among the more noticeable are the hand some residences of Superintendent J. \ Rowe of the, local post office and A. Blenner's beautiful cottage at Morris Gov A new hotel is also being erected at Morr Cove by Jeremiah Smith for George Smitl who formerly conducted the Towsend sv' nus hotel near the Pequot house.
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