The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-20
OUR BIG SEA SHORE PARKS
PLACES WHERE THE PEOPLE CAN
 ENJOY AN OUTING.

Becoming More and More Appreciated Personal Residents of tho East shoro-Changes and Improvements on All sidos-Wonderfully Rapid Growth Now naven's Suburbs Growing Inn mensely.
 General l.. A. Dickinson of Hartford, brother-in-law of Mayor Hendrick, has been stopping for several weeks with Superintendent Thompson at Morris Cove.
 More bath houses are needed for men and boys at Fort Hale park They are constantly occupied during the day, and even in the evening men and boys come from the city to bathe.
 It Is estimated that over three thou sand fares were taken on Morris Cove cars on Sunday last. The number of vehicles of all kinds on Townsend ave- nue to Morris Cove on Sunday last was far in excess of any day this season.
 MT. H. H. Benedict has returned from the Adirondacks, where he left Mrs. Benedict who is attending her son, Paul, who has been quite ill for some weeks. H. H. Benedict, jr, and Miss Helen Benedict are also there.
 Colonel Fox and family have return ed to the Pequot club house from Litch- field.
 The walls of the stone mansion of MT. Kendall of the Quinnipiac brewery, on Browns Hill, are nearly finished. When finished 1t will be the finest house in this vicinity, if not in the state.
 Bicycle riders make great complaint of the bad condition of Townsend ave- rue, it being full of stones, and give the bad condition of the avenue the reason for using the sidewalk, which is much to the inconvenience of pedestrians.
 MT. and Mrs Schrieber occupy the Mitchell mansion (FernhursD this summer. Mrs. Schrieber is the daugh- ter of Dr. and Mrs. Davis (11ee Mitch ell.)
 Major Morse, ex-major of the Cover nor's Foot Guard, has improved his place on Townsend avenue by exten- sions of his lawn and the cultivation of flowers.
 Ex-P Postmaster, Captain Samuel Thompson. and his brother, Theodore, superintendent at Peck Brothers have their new houses nearly completed.
 MT. Lyman Thompson of J. D. Dewell & co. has moved into his fine house op- posite the old Morris house.
 The removal of the fence in front of MT. Chauncey Upson's house on Town send avenue opposite Upson street, is great improvement.
 MT Chatterton has improved his place very much
 A number more of new and pretty cottages are being erected on Morris Cove park and everywhere in this new mark. which was laid out and equipped with driveways only year ago by MT. Edward M. Clark of this city, improve ments are going on in the erection of new buildings, additions to cottages, the laying out of walks, planting of { trees and other embellishments. At inc shore of the harbor, where each Morris park cottager has a little plot for bathing purposes, bath houses are being made. The wonderful growth or Morris park is something remarkable, and is noted by all who visit the east shore.
 Superintendent Thompson was very angry and quite discouraged at the treatment his marshmellow flowers re- ceived at the hands of those he thought ought to and did know better. The mark commission has been to consid- able expense and MT. Thompson has given the same a great deal of atten- tion in the propagation in the last two or three years of shrubs and flow CTS at Fort Hale park, more particu- larly on the edge of the old fort and causeway where it is difficult to make anything grow on account of its prox- imity to the salt water, but he has been very successful with his marshmelows until now he has had for some days about l50 blossoms each day. He had a very choice variety growing near the bridge, and yesterday some two or three flowers were in full bloom with a score of buds, when one of two ladies who were riding along alighted and picked one stock entirely off and broke second one, which she would probably have carried away had not MT. Thomp- sons watchful and keen eye discovered the act and called to them to desist. MT Thompson thinks it very strange that ladies should be guilty of such an act, especially when there are a num- Der of sign posts near there with the rules and regulations posted thereon, one of which is in large letters, read ing, "Pick no flowers. Ten dollars fine for picking flowers There have been scores of boys and young men pass there to go in bathing each day. not one of whom has picked flower. Su- perintendent Thompson has been in the past very much annoyed by parties stealing signs and mutilating the rules and regulations, but not so much this year as formerly. He has the drive ways and footpaths at Fort Hale park in fine condition, and both are well patronized by the public; also the lawns under the trees at Sunset View and on the Palisades. Many leave the Morris Cove cars at the platform in the park, walk up the path to Sunset View, then follow the path to the Palisades, and after taking in the extended and beautiful outlook reembark on the Nor ris Cove cars at the park entrance in Morris Cove.
 Both Fort Hale and Fort Wooster parks (the latter having been put in superb condition by Superintendent Thompson, with five new seats added) are utilized this year more than ever before by family or small picnic parties @f