The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-04
AT OLD FORT HALE PARK,
ITS GREAT ADAPr1BILITY FOR IM-
 PORTAST IMPROVEMENTS.

PORTdST IMfhOvEME
 
 uhe Beauty of the Views From the Pail'
 sades-The Recent Changes for the Bette'
 at the Park-other Improvements soor
 to be Made.
 The town of New Haven has In Fort
 Hale Park most valuable tract oi
 land. susceptible of great improvement
 and development into most beautiful
 park: 1t Is composed of hill and dale
 water. iand hill and mountain view. an
 extent of vision for hundreds of miles,
 starting at Guiiford or Falkland light,
 round through Long Island sound, take
 in Long Island Itself. the "iightship"
 or the "shoai ground" light houses,
 breakwater and jetties, then strat-
 ford, Milford Point, Woodmont, Savln
 Rock. West and New Haven, Orange.
 Tyler City. Woodbridge. Bethany.
 Hamderf West and East Rock. Sleep
 ing Giant, Hanging Hills of Meriden.
 wallingford, North and East Haven,
 Lake Saltonstall Park, Branford, back to Guilford, a magnificent panorama
 unsurpassed by anything in this coun-
 try, and the majority of New Haven
 people, as a general thing. don't know
 1t. The town of New Haven has bought and paid for all this beautiful spot, pro- cured for a public park for all time, in-
 tended 1t as place where the people,
 the rich Gbut more particularly the peo-
 pie of small meanS can go, and under
 the shade of It's splendid old and young
 oaks and other trees, enjoying the
 beautiful scenery, the extended and magnificent water view, the refreshing and invigorating sea air. fresh, cool, from Long Island sound, which old . ocean supplies every six hours out of her abundance sends in through the sound into New Haven harbor.
 What is wanted is to have people of New Haven know what bononza they have in this park, and to have them avail themselves of its advantages and 1uxuries, all of which is as free as the air which they breathe, the people of small means to know what a treasure they have at their own door, which, if they have not the ten cents to pay car fare, is so near they can walk, as 1t is only about one and half miles from the city line, and all. in the town of New Haven. The park commissioners are spending all the money they can get in beautifying and improving this delightful spot; they have removed all the old buildings, driven out all the geese, ducks and chickens which roam- ed about there and which made it such 8 nuisance for those who wished to en- Joy the beautiful green sward and shade, so that now the lady with her white dress need be in no fear of hav- ing 1t soiled by coming in contact with the geese, ducks, etc.: every nuisance has been removed, and parents can feel perfectly secure in having their nurses take their children and roam about these beautiful grounds, or wade in the cool salt water or bask in the sunshine and picking up shells on the beach.
 The people should know that here they can take their baskets of provi- sions and picnic under the trees where hundreds can be accommodated and there being space enough for different parties so that no party would inter- fere with the other. The majority of. people don't know that instead of fir- ing picnic grounds, here they have good picnic grounds free, that thiss is, the peoples park. Many think the grounds up at the palisades or on the plais- ance are private. The people want to understand they are public. Every man. and woman in the town of New Haven have a right there and an ownership In those lands which they can enjoy in a rational way. No intoxicating drinks will be allowed in the park. There is "a superintendent of the park and an off, cer to protect the parties who come and arrest any disorderly persons should they enter the park grounds. There is no saloon or drinking place anywhere near the park. 1t Is as secluded as any private residence or as any private park. The Morris Cove electric road, under the direction of the park com is contributing and will continue to contribute material aid,and In the near future 1t Is expected a fine pavilion or casino will be erected in the swa1e between the high land of the Pla1sance on one side and Sunset view on the other, where music and dancing can be enjoyed, during the moonlight nights of the simmer, and where the heat is so.much modified by the sea air flowing up through this swale that one hardly realizes 1t is hot in the city, and both recreation and health are secured. [ The electric cars of the New Haven | Street Railway company leave corner Chapel and Church streets every twenL ty minutes for Bort Hale park and Morris Cove, fare ten cents. Parties ran leave the cars at the station on the park, between woodward and Townsend 1 avenues and walk through the park | to sunset view" on the Palisades on l the "Piaisance' to the entrance at,l Morris Cove and take he cars at that l entrance or parties can ride to Morris l Cove, leaving the cars at the Morris l Cove entrance, which is between Cap. tain Belcher's store and house, and go | to the "Plaisance" and Palisades" .hen to "sunset ,view'' and take the ,ars at the station, on the park, be- ,ween Townsend and Woodward ave- 1ues. Superintendent Thompson will lirect parties where they can have heir picnic spread. In the near future t is intended to,erect bath houses for he people, but at present the funds Of he park commission will not allow that for with bath houses come he necessary attendance and the com- mission is too poor to attempt that low! If some benevolent person would put it into the hands of the would put into the hands of the