The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-28
WEST HAVEN'S GROWTH
RAPID INCREASE IN POPULATIoN
 AND SCHOOL ATTENDINCE.

New Appointments of Teaehers for the Schools-Notable Increase of Residences
 -old and Valued Employes on the Street Railroad Line-Long Records of Service'
 The West Haven schools continue to prosper and that the big new school building was much needed is amply shown by the constant increase in the number of school children and the in- crease school attendance. West Ha- vens gowth is regarded with pardon able pride by the people of this big suburb of New Haven, but the question of annexation to New Ha- ven seems to have died out for the present, nothing more being heard on the subject, and the town of Orange would be extremely 10th to part with it's richest and most important voting district. The borough is to be con- graduated upon the falling of it's ju- dicial bureau into such capable hands, and Judge Bryant's court and decisions have won for the boroughs judicial department the highest respect and ap- probation. Several changes in teachers have been made and go into effect with the reopening of the schools. The new appointees are Miss Allen, Miss Whea- ton, and Miss Welton, and the two for mer take the places of Miss Benham and Miss McCarty, both of whom have resigned. Miss Welton will probably take charge of a new room to be open ed in the school building on Campbell avenue. Miss Welton is of, this city. Miss Allen is at present in this city, and came here from Massachusetts Miss Wheaton comes from Madison.
 West Haven's continued and rapid ~rowth is amply evidenced in many trated by the fact that one of New Haven's most prominent citizens, MT, Julius Twiss, treasurer of the National Savings bank, is now building his twen- ty-third house in West Haven (besides scores in New Haven), all erected in the last four years, of which seven are on First avenue, eight on Thompson street, seven on Union street and one on Maple street, and all of which are
 
 constructed and very pleasing addi- tion, architecturally and otherwise, to the borough. All of them but two have been purchased by a desirable class of citizens, some of whom have removed from this city to become dwellers in West Haven. The two un- finished are on Thmpson street, a new street, which Is named after the Thompsons, of whom a large tract was bought by MT. Twiss. The property in question had been in the hands of the Thompson family for about 200 years. One of the Thompson street new houses is nearly finished. The other which is in process of erection, is q very su- perior house of nine rooms, completely equipped with all the modern improve ments and finished in cypress wood throughout. It is a very handsome ad- dition to the locality, which promises to continue to grow rapidly and is al- ready studded with new houses all of the better class. The marked improve ment of this section is a notable one, but it Is not the only section which is rapidly growing, several other locali- ties being in rapid process of develop ment.
 Probably on no other street railroad in the state of Connecticut are there so many old-time employees in service as there are on the old West Haven road and It's branches, now known as the Winchester avenue street railway, though why this big line, whose princi- IT should be named after it's least irnpor- tant connection Is puzzler. The three oldest employees of the road, oldest in point of service, are MT. Royce, H. C. Higgins, the we'll known car dispatch CT stationed a- the corner of Church and Chapel streets; J. 0. Prime, driver of the street cars for years and now motorman and conductor, as the case may be- and Harry Elmer. for many years conductor and now at his own desire, a motorman. Mir Royce, Mir Higgins and MT. Prime have been for about twenty years in the reads ser vice, not wholly continuous, but new CT away for any length of time. Mir Royce was for many years a conduc- tor and is now the dispatcher at the car stables and general man for ser vice.
 Ex-Conductor Al Massure is now at his old home In Maine. He Is in poor health, and all will heartily wish him all good wishes for his health and prosperity He is one of the old-t time conductors, who has pulled the bells on the cars off and on for about a score of years
 H. l.. Hills has been conductor on the road for about eleven years, very useful and efficient man. He for the last two or three years has been doing service on the City Point and Winches- ter avenue branch.
 Conductor Fisk has done duty for eight or nine years, and drove horses on the line for years
 Conductor Main, T brother Of ex- Town Clerk Walter Main, is another who has been on the line for a good while.
 Frank Fisher is also one If tEe men who has seen years of service on the line. He was driver and is now motor man or conductor, as circumstances require. Fisher owns a neat little res- idence near the lines stables, built by MT Dickinson, He has been on the line fifteen or sixteen years He and Conductor Hills and others were called into service as extras on Baby Day" at the Rock Baby Day" was the hours, and it took ali the rolling stock to handle the crowds.
 There are others still who have work