The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-14

4 NEW MAsONIC rEMPLE rs NOW
AGITITED.

An Important Improvement in Postal
Faouities--Another Sixty Thousand Dol
lar society BuiIdlnG-New Haven Knights
of Honor--other News.
The various local Masonic organiza-
tons are agitating the project OF erect"
ing a large temple in the center of the
city, and the corner of Church ana
Crown streets, opposite the First Ma
tional bank building, owned by the
Massena Clark estate, has been sug-
gested as an appropriate site. The
friends of the movement say that the
new temple will cost about S9Oo,OOO
A we'll known Mason said yesterday
that plans for $250,0o0 temple were
being discussed, but that as yet no
definite action had been taken, Edwin
NJ Clark, who has charge Of the site
mentioned, stated in answer to an in
quiry that so far as he knewhe had not
been approached on the matter
There has been for some time. tax on
the subject in question, but prominent
Masons who were seen last evening on
the subject said that the times were not
ripe vet for a contamination of the
project and they doubted il any action
would be taken for year or tWo,
4 INCREASED POSTAL FACILITIES
IN THIS CITY.
! Postmaster Beach has applied TO t'F
| department at washington for the
privilege of locating several money or
der and registry stations in different
parts of the city, and the prospect is
that his application viii be acted on IA
vorably. and that he will institute the
Improvement in short time.
He wants to locate one station at
the drug store OF r. E. Eggleston, $3.50
Howard avenue; another at the drug
store of r. NJ. Sheridan, druggist at
G55 Grand avenue. These offices are to
De privileged to issue money orders and
registered letters, but cannot pay or
distribute them The purpose Of the
plan is in the interest Of public conven-
fence, as the stations viii in many IN
stances save long Journey to the cen
trail office,
Mr. Beach proposes to establish these
money order branches much on the
same way that stamp stations were es-
tablished under ex-Postmaster Sperry.
The present arrangements are such
| that it is impossible for the working
people of the city to attend to the send
ing of money orders personally without
the loss of an hours time or getting
their supper late. The money order de-
partment of the local Office is kept open
until o'clock which Is an hour later
than in most cities.
| Under the new arrangement, as the
drug stores are kept open until mid
night in most cases the obtaining of
| money orders Will be much less annoy
\ ing.
| The proprietors of the drug stores at
which the local stations are to be esteb-
| lished will be paid $500 a year and 1t
! is believed that in a short time large
share Of the money orders business of
the city will be done at these stations.
STILL ANOTHER.
Another handsome and expensive
Yale society chapter house and dorni-
1 tory is to be erected by Theta XII, n
4 Sheffield Scientific school society which
now has quarters at 40 College street.
] The new building will cost from $50 600
10 ato,uVu, anu the W0fh VIII pfppdpiy
| be begun next fall. The building will
| accommodate thirty members. The Of
ticers of the association are: Arthur $.
| Cheney 80, New Haven, president;
Charles w. Hoyt 81, New Haven, sec
rotary; Horace f. Whitman SO, treas
urer; Arthur s. Cheney, DR.. II. f. Whit
more, Winslow 4, Williams 'S5, John X.
Ptnaerford 90 Earl Il. Merwif '96,
/ COOKED BY THE YOUNG LADIES
The members of the cooking class of
the Boardman Training school yester-
/ day noon entertained the board of edu-
cation to most excellent dinner. The