The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-22
D0INGS IN FAIR HAVEN
THE MANUFACTURERS STREETR. F.
 NEARLY COMPLETED.

A Fair Haven Bound Schooner's Rough
 Experiences in Stonns-Fair Haven
 Hunters Luck in North Guilford-Per-
 sonal-Quinnipia Conclave A Stray
 Partridge.
 The petition of one hundred residents of the annex for the extension of Pros pect street, which has been referred to the board of selectmen, is deserving of success The matter is important and the petition should be granted.
 At the big republican parade to be held here next Wednesday evening sev- eral of the city organizations will take part The sperry Gold legion have vot- ed to turn out.
 It is expected that the Manufacturers Street railroad will be ready for opera ton by November 15. The linemen have already begun to erect the wires and the tracks are nearly laid. The motor to be used is one that was eX- hibited by the Westinghouse company at the worlds fair in Chicago. The charter limits the trains to be hauled to only two cars each.
 The schooner John L. Treat has sailed after discharging a cargo of about 400,- 900 feet hard pine lumber for the New Haven Steam Saw Mill company. It is possible that two or three more car goes will arrive this year. Much less lumber has been brought in from the south than last year, when two or three vessels could be seen all at once lying in the stream waiting to be unloaded.
 The members of Quinnipiac conclave No. 313, l. O. H., at their meeting Mon- day evening discussed the project of securing a new hall, the committee ap- pointed having reported progress, The conclave meets in s. of T. hall in the Central building and it has been pro- posed to move into Masonic hall. The report was finally tabled for the pres ent.
 The schooner Rebecea M. Wall, which left Fernandina, Fla, in Septem- Der, bound here with a cargo of hard pien lumber for the saw mill company, has had a very boisterous time at sea and has not yet arrived. In the severe September gale the vessel was obliged to put into Beaufort, s. G. In a dis abled condition and was finally driven ashore Several days thereafter the craft floated and after repairing was taken in, tow bound north The re- cent hurricane gave the vessel an- other setback and she was lowed into Hampton Roads; the vessel was leak ing badly and it was with difficulty the pumps kept her from sinking. After further repairs are made the big ocean tug will try again to bring the schooner here.
 Clifford Hubbard and George Worten went to the North Guilford woods on a hunting trip and returned with two quail one woodcock, one rabbit and two gray squirrels. They report seeing many gray squirrels but the wind pre- vented them from securing but two.
 Yesterday morning a stray partridge was seen feeding on grapes from a trellis in Perkins street yard Several years flock of quail were seen in the same yard. Sf
 The digger having finished dredging for the center pier of the drawbridge was moved just west yesterday and be- gan digging for one of the rest abut- ments Contractor Falcon, who laid the Saltonstall water main in the river, went down In his diving dress yester- day to examine the bottom where the center pier IA to be placed. Workmen began digging on Grand avenue and East Grand avenue for the land piers Contractor Beattle came over from Leetes Island to Inspect the work.