The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-16
NEWS OF FAIR HAVEN
INTERESTING D0INGS ON B0TH
SIDES OF THE QUINNIPIACK'

Postmaster Moore's Coming Change of
Base-The Standard oil Company
birthday Anniversary-op Cars Wore
Comfortable-The Second Consrega-
tional Cnurch's Recent Business Meet
ings.
About sixty friends of Mrs. jean
nette Hughes paid a visit to her on the
occasion Of her birthday anniversary
at the home of her daughter, Mrs, o.
a. Rose, III Quinnipiao street. Her
friends congratulated her upon her
good health and extended their wishes
for many returns of the anniversary.
line supper was served, and the oc-
casion was very pleasant for all at
tending.
Several open cars were run on the
Fair Haven and WestVille and the
New Haven Street Railway, yesterday,
Some of the weather prophets say they
will not be running long, remarking
that this warm weather will not be
lasting and even predicting another
snow storm.
The supper to be given this evening
by Morning Star lodge, d. of r., at
the residence of Mrs. Robert Wilson on
Clinton avenue, will take place from 6
to o'clock. There is promise of a
large attendance
The New Haven Water company has
been making sounding in Quinnipiac
river this week on the line where the
Saltonstall mains are to be laid. The
attendant expense of laying these
pipes will reach several thousand dol
lars.
r. N. Barnes has on exhibition at his
East side store a cannon ball that was
thrown in at Beacon Hill by the Brit
ish in 1912. 1t was picked up by his
grandfather, the late Frederick Barnes,
a militiaman and one of the defenders
Charles Cook Of the East side bakery
has purchased a new bakery wagon of
McLay, and horse for the outfit of
George Bradley.
When the Fair Haven branch post
office is relocated 1t Is expected that
William III. Moore, who has been in
charge for so many years, will be trans
ferred to the New Haven postoffice,
where he will be given a clerkship.
This change will be at his own request,
as he does not feel like assuming adj
ditional responsibility consequent upon
opening the new station. There is a
growing sentiment in favor of locating
the new station at the corner Of Grand
avenue and East Pearl street.
The representatives of the Standard
Oil company have not relinquished
their hopes of building an oil station
in this vicinity, notwithstanding the
local opposition to the scheme. If the
plant is to be located on the west side
of the river permission will have to be
obtained from the common council.
T. G. W. Jefferson & Son has COM
pleted painting the residences of Mrs
G. A. Baldwin of Quinnipiac street,
Mrs Samuel Potter of South Front
street and E. p Goodsell of Clinton
avenue.
THE SECOND CHURCH.
To the Editor Of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
The floating debt of the Second Con-
gregational church, Fair Haven, is
only about $780, as 5000 was raised not
long since by the efforts Of the ladies'
society of the church and contributed
toward reducing the debt, which had
been 81 100 This excellent work by
| the ladies was greeted with great sat
| isfaction not only as a result of their
enterprise, but as a further evidence
| of their love for Zion and the high es-
| TEEN and appreciation in which the
pastor Of the church, Rev. ID. M. James.
| is held by this congregation, and not
| only by them, but in all the section
| with which he has been identified for
| the past half dozen years. An episode
| which occurred at recent meeting at
| the church has a much different aspect
when the exact language used by Mr..
| Hemingway is considered. 1t was re-
| ported in one of the papers that Mr..
Hemingway Cat the second meeting on
the pastors salary question, when ne
had at request moved for a reconsider
alton of the vote lowering the pastors
| salary, chided the members, who, at
the previous meeting, when the salary
was reduced, had set like "skunks' and
| never opened their mouths in protesta-
| ton at the proposed reduction. 1t APP
pears that in the heat of the meeting
people present did not hear Alright and
| that Mr. Hemingway used the word
| "stumps,' not "skunks," as was re-
| ported This puts an altogether diff
| ferent phase to the matter. Mr. Hem
| ingways position in the matter as
| there has been so much said in the
| public prints, should be stated to set
that estimable gentleman Alright in the
| case, and this is given without his
knowledge He has always been a
sound financier, as his large wealth sol
idly invested attests, and he has ever
| maintained that the finances of a
church should be run on sound bust
ness principles.
Some years ago he together with the
late lamented Lucius Rowe set them
selves at work to extinguish the church
debt, which was then 81, 800 BY dint Of
earnest work they secured the whole
amount and extinguished the debt
But only a few brief years passed be
fore the church found itself in deb
again, and this time to the amount o.
81, 100, with a prospect of a further in
crease as time rolls along. This amour
as has been stated, the ladies Of tht
church lessened by $780, 1t was this
state of affairs from which the move
ment for a reduction Of expenses ena
mated. The church, though holding it;
own in spiritual success, was crippled
somewhat owing to the removal b!
death of three of it's most liberal Civ
ers, Messrs. Lucius and Albert Row