The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-07
ALONG THE EAST SHORE,
4 NOTABLE ERA OF MATERIAL
 PROSPERITY.

Many Changes of Interest-Great Changes
 in PrOgress Below Morris Cove-A Large Number of New Haveners to Build Cot
 tages in That Section at the New Morris Park-New Cottages Erected by Jeremiah
 smith S Sons, MT. Shepard and Various Others-The Old Morris House-People Now SuInmerlng at Morris Cove.
 Many changes of note of interest to the public are going on and have re- gently been made in the southern part of New Ravens annex and at Morris Cove. Morris Cove emerged from its rural and ancient quietude when the Cove cottage era opened. and emerged still further when the electric road built to it's doors. Now signs of the further development, which the electric road has fostered, or made possible, are annex. A New Havener returning to this city after an absence of only six years was astonished and amazed on taking a ride on the cars to Lighthouse Point to behold the numerous new dwellings, all of them comfortable and many of artistic appearance, which are to be seen near Four Corners, on Wood ward avenue and in the Cove. Verify wonderful changes have occurred In these sections in late years. The east shore of New Haven harbor is rapidly Improving, and in few years more the southern annex will be populous por- ton of New Haven. Great improve ments have been in progress for year past in the southern part of the annex, below the Cove. A large tract of land has been purchased by one of our prom inent citizens and converted into build ing sites. Nice broad streets have been laid out and graded, and great changes in general have been made, and in a short time the place will be teeming with cottages. Already many building lots have been purchased by ,enterprising citizens. This new section is attracting much public attention and is known as Morris Park" It embraces the greater part of the Julius H. Morris farm, which was one of the oldest and best farms of East Haven's s many good ones. This ancient farm has now yielded to the inevitable, and will soon be thickly inhabited with cot tagers and prominent residents. AL ready number of cottages have been erected, and the indications are that the location will be rapidly built up. The following New Haven people have within a few weeks purchased building sites of MT. Edward M. Clark of this city, the proprietor of this new park: Charles B. Shepard, who is with s. S. Thompson & Co.,; Edward O'Brien, the builder; Frank c. Shepard, William E. Perry, two lots; Edward O'Brien, who is in the stone business; Edward J. Hegel, John w. Hegel, two lots, and Herman A. Hegel, all well known New Haven men; Rev MT. Collett, Joseph Olson, Oscar Olson, Sarah &. Baldwin, the artist, and Patrick Me Gushen, two lots.
 MT. Shepard has erected a very sub stantial cottage, MT. Dore and MT. Foley have each built one, and Jere- miah Smith & Sons, the famous oyster merchants at City Point, have built a very handsome cottage. The last three or four named parties purchased earlier in the year.
 MT. Clark is entitled to much praise for his enterprise and push in purchas- ing and developing the property in question. There are thirty acres in all in Morris Park. It lies between Nor ris Cove and Long Island Sound on the upland, commanding a beautiful view of New Haven harbor, Long Island Sound and Morris Cove and adjacent territory. The purchase of building lot carries with it the ownership of a strip of land only a short distance away fronting the sandy beach of New Haven harbor. This strip Is for a bath house and bathing purposes The beach is easily accessible and there is always deep enough water for bath. ing at any time of the tide. The names of the new streets in this new Morris Park are as follows: Morris street named in honor of Mr. Morris, who owned the Morris farm; Cliff street Shepard street, Ocean View street Meadow street and Orchard street MT Morris retains his ancient homestead with a plot of land adjoining, all the rest of the farm being now Morris Park The Morris house is the famous ole stone house. which was fired by the British when they invaded New Ha < ven and afterward rebuilt by the Nor ris'
 A large sum of money was expended by MT. Clark in improving Morris Park in laying out streets, of which there are in the aggregate a mile and half and over 10000 cart loads of earth were moved for grading purposes and many hundreds of tons of rock were blasted out A force of from twenty to thirty men has been at work for about { year in bringing the park into its pres ent beautiful and attractive condition
 Many of those who have bought lot. intend to reside at the park the yeal round, the location being handy to tn electric cars and nearly all the pur chasers intend to build right away, sC that there is to be a building boom ii that section at an early day.
 Situated only short distance iron this city and easy of access by thu electric cars is the pretty summer e sort, Morris Cove, facing the harbo- with one of the best bathing beaches on the coast. At the north end, th, Cove is separated from the old For Hale Park by the Palisades, two bolC