The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-07
NEAR CLOSING THE SEASON
LABOR DAY, TO-DAr, BRINGS THE CLOSING BIC RUSn TO SATIN ROCK.

CLOSING BIC HUSH TO SiEIN hOCh' Notes of the West Shore--A Few Words
 rospeetive-Probabie Transfer of n
 Very Valuable Piece of shore Real Estate
 -NIen of Energy and Public spirit-pays
 of Yoro-Thc Cottagcrs The Hotels-The
 Departing Bluc Fish,
 Savin Rocks entertainments as q
 summer resort for the multitude and 0
 place of recreation and rcfreshment,
 and for days outings, have maintained
 their old time hold on the public, and
 the season which is now drawing to
 close has been an average one, despite
 the drawback of much unreasonable
 weather which has been encountered
 at various stages of the season. The
 and the hotels have had a fair seasons
 business. Great praise is due the man
 agement of the electric road for it's en-
 ergy and praiseWorthy enterprise in
 providing constant daily attractions for
 the people in the grove and Of supe-
 rior order of merit; and for making the
 many and notable improvements which
 so favorably impress all visitors in and about the grove. The place has been greatly benefited by the removal ot the big ball ground fence, which shut off the view of the big sea water and the
 breezes therefrom from the multitudes in hn y,innin and hv the tc1nS- ference of the scene of contests on the diamond to the opposite side of the track and the erection of the enclosure, with all necessary equipments, at that
 much more appropriate location. This, with the conversion of the old ball
 ground into a beautiful park with an electric fountain and miniature lake in
 he center, is a vast improvement, and when the many trees which have been set out in the park become provided
 with umbrageous branches in abund- ance the shade there in the hot days of
 summer will be delightful.
 The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company, by its en- terprise in providing many popular ex- cursions to Savin Rock Gas well as to many other points in and out of the state), has earned the appreciation of the public, as they have afforded many delightful opportunities for thousands of people living inland for getting to
 the seashore, and these excursions have helped fill the coffers of the shore mer- chants and helped out their receipts of shekels amazingly, despite the hard sil- yer times and the superabundance of
 cool days during the season.
 It is not unlikely that the Sea View house will change ownership this fall as Mir. Hodgdon of the Tontine and Fremont hotels, this city, has been ne- gotiating for its purchase with Secre- tary Kelsey of the West Haven cleo tric road, and has the refusal of the property until next month This large | hotel, which was erected by the late George R. Kelsey, father of President | Kelsey, was q great step forward at | Savin Rock shore and contributed at | once to the further development and l Improvement of this Coney Island re- | sort of New Haven. By some it was | considered a risky experiment., but MT. l Kelsey's great sagacity was right in 1 this, as in his many other business en- l terprises which contributed to the up- i building of Savin Rock and West Ha-
 ven, and was also felt on the St John's | river, Florida, and points along that route. The enterprise which he dis played is being equalled by that dis | played by his son, Israel R. Kelsey. i whose progressive spirit and large bus mess enterprises. both at home and in other cities are characterized by the
 same business energy and activity which distinguished the late George R.
 Kelsey.
 To-day 0abor day) marks in the
 records of business at the shore the
 practical wind-up of the season. With | fine weather to-day a myriad of people will find recreation at Savin Rock and at Lighthouse Point as we'll After La
 bor day business is light at the shore. ] A few of the prominent restaurant pro-
 prietors will keep open while longer. 1 among them MT. Putnam, whose place remains open until near October, but | at the hotels the guests are fast de- l parting. and yet September and even October are considered by many cot l tagers as the most delightful months of the year for stay at the shore. The little bluefish will now disap- | pear There have been hundreds of piscatorial artists angling for them from the docks at Savin Rock and from
 other available points, and good catch
 es have been made and some good fish | ing will probably vet be done, but the
 swarms of these snappers are prepar- l ing to migrate to the deeper waters, 1 having now grown large enough to
 venture out into the mighty deep.
 FUNERAL OF ADOLPH WODTKE.