The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-12
A FAST GROWING SECTION
AROUSED FROM rs lone CON-
TINUED QUIErUDE.

Many Noticeable New improvements
Along the East Shore-Mr KendalIs
Elegant New Home on the HilI-The
Scores of New Houses Changes All
Along the Cove and Lighthouse Point
Roads-The New Road The poquols Big
New Improvemc Many New Cottages
-Othor Notes,
The main roads from the city to Nor
ris Cove and the Lighthouse give great
evidence of the continued growth and
prosperity of New Haven and the
changes made in this. section of the
town in the last few years, especially
since the trolley roads began running,
are wonderful, Old East Haven and
the east shore aWoke from Rip Van
Wrinkle sleep when the trolley car gongs
began to ring and has kept on growing
right along, One of the first and most
noticeable and expensive new improve
ments that greets the eye as one. goes
to the east side is the slightly and hand
some house which Mr.. ~ w. Kendall,
the brewer, has erected on the top of
the hill Immediately overlooking Forbes
avenue, 1t is visible for miles around;
and the house, which is of the size of
ordinary houses and already occupied
by Mr.. Kendall, is only the rear part of
the very handsome home which he is
to build for himself, Just below the
house also on the hill top are the foun-
dations for Mr.. Kendans barn, which
is thus also in process of erection; and
one the east side of the hill we'll UP
towards the hilltop work has begun for
the erection of three or four great
mower Conservatives, which will be a
part of the equipment of Mr.. Kendall's
grounds. The land for the residence
and its surroundings includes the whole
hilltop overlooking Forbes avenue, and
+he side of the hill and was bought by
/ Mr. Kendall Of Isaac T.. Brown and
Alfred Hughes, two we'll known citi-
zens of that section. In this section in
the last five years a score or more of
small houses have been erected. Fur
Their along as you go down Townsend
avenue past the fine old homestead Of
Mr.. G. E. Woodward, the family home
stead erected in 1912 on the site of the
former Woodward homestead,-you
pass house after house of recent erec-
ton. Slightly Wooster Park with it's
drives, it's copses and it's historical rec
ord and tablet is next passed; and next
the beautiful home on the hill with fine
grounds of Mr.. Henry H. Benedict
Next more new houses near the road
side are passed, and there the eye is
greeted by the fine mansion residence
of the Messrs Townsend and the Nit
| chell residence with their beautiful
grounds. Further on a big force of
| men is at work with c. w. Blakeslee' S
foreman in charge building the new
| long and much needed turnout of the
New Haven Street Railway, near the
Cove. The Cove road in front of the
many beautiful cottages is next passed
| over, a road cut down recently in width
nearly twenty feet, which is greatly de-
plored by the general public, this being
| so important a driveway of the east
shore. Soon looms up in Veiw a big
| grand looking structure imposing in
size and dimensions and already rooted.
| This is the big new Pequot house,
which Is vast Improvement over the
old structure which the fire devoured a
| few weeks ago. The enterprise of the
| Pequot Building association is worthy
| Of very high praise Further on past
| the pleasant cottage so long the sum
mer home of the late Hon. James Gal
| lagher, and various other cottages, one
| passes the Morris house, which Is ia
| nous in local history from revolution
| airy days, If not celebrated in story
and song; and just below is the new
| Morris Park which is another big new
| development of the east shore and is al
ready dotted with new and handsome
cottages, although the laying out of the
park was only begun a year or so ago,
Thousands of dollars We're spent in
| laying out new streets and hundreds OF
| tons o: rock were blasted out by the
enterprising owner of the park, Mr.. Ed
| ward NJ. Clark of this city. Although
| just laid out a large number of lots
have been purchased, over twenty OF
which were bought this year by people
| who will erect handsome summer cot
| tages upon these lots. Among the new
| houses erected is one on Morris street
by Mr. Hastings, stenographer for Peck
Bros. & Co, this city, who has a very
| handsome and tasty cottage of pretty
architectural design costing about &c.
! 500 to build, and which he is already
| occupying, although the finishing touch.
es about the place are yet to be made
| Then there is a new cottage erected by
| Mr.. NJ. F. Johnson. who Is a salesman
| in RObinsOn's CroCkery store on Church
| street, this city This is also on Morris
| street, which is named after the Morris
| homestead. Mr. George F. Corner, the
| popular and prosperous grocer on State
| street, corner of Clark, this city, alsC
has one. This is a comfortable, COSY
| summer retreat. G. b. Shepard so wei
| and favorably known all over the city
as formerly a driver for years for S. S
Thompson, the baker, has built pleas
ant little place for himself and family
on Morris street, and has been appoint
ed resident agent in charge of Morris
| Park by the owner, Mr.. Clark. Mr.
| Shepard's son, H. w. Shepard, has also
| built a house in the same vicinity, anG
| his brother, c. B. Shepard, who, though
a young man, has had considerable ex
| perience in navigating the blue seas
| has just erected a big hennery anC