The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-12-03
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
SIDES or THE RIVER.

New Residences Started-A Christmas Re-
minder-Bunnen Drum Corps-The
Caisson = Personal - improvements of
View Street, Cedar Hill-A Good Run.
Quinnipiac conclave, No. S1S Improv-
ed Order Of Heptasophs, has Issued no.
tees for the annual meeting to be held
in the lodges new rooms. Masonic hall,
No. II Grand avenue, next Monday eve
ming. At this meeting officers will be
elected for the ensuing year and after
wards a collation. will be served in the
banquet hail. John o. Rowland is
chairman of the committee of enter
tainment.
j. H. Augur has lost his valuable
spaniel dog, Jerry" the animal having
been killed by one of the Ferry street
electric cars.
About fifteen yachts are in winter
quarters at George M. Graves boat
yard on the east side.
s The Bunnell drum corps will give a
dance in town hall, East Haven, on the
evening of Tuesday December 10,
A painting of the old lighthouse, exc
cuted by Mrs Frank Brett, is on eX-
hibition in the window of w. S. & e.
H. Rowe's store. 1t has been donated
for the Odd Fellows fair and $50 tickets
are to be sold for it's disposition.
3. S. Bradley of the east side pur-
chased three very fine fatted hogs yes
terday; two raised by Harvey F. Hem
ingway weighed 437 and 1896 pounds and
one raised by Virgil Rose of North
Bradford weighed 378 pounds.
The caisson for the center pier of the
new drawbridge is now down thirty-one
feet and is to go down about fourteen
feet further before it rests on hard pan
below the deep mud of Quinnipiac
, river. Since the caisson was placed
over the excavation the curbing has
been built up about twelve feet addi-
tional in order to give sufficient height
and the seams calked so as to be water
tight. There is now about 700 tons OF
stone in the caisson, built up in courses
In pier formation. This includes some
500 tons of granite facing and 200 tons
of backing; for the latter work the
blocks of East Haven red stone used
in the piers of the old bridge were util-
ICED. 1t will take from 800 to 900 tons
of stone to sink the caisson to its proper
place. One more schooner load Of
granite arrived from Leetes Island
this week. When the pier is built III
above the high water mark the heavy
bolt hooks will be released and the
curbing separated from the heavy
planking forming it's foundation.
Work has begun on two new resi-
dences in East Haven and the foun-
dations are we'll advanced. Irving
Hoxsey is to build a residence for his
own occupancy on Tyler avenue, nearly
opposite Conductor Beach's home. The
contractors are Chidsey Brothers. An
other house is to go up on land Of
James McLay, lately owned by Mrs
Jerome Forbes and located on MAR
street.
A Christmas entertainment for the
Sunday school of the Grand avenue
Congregational church will be giver
in Polar Star hall, Christmas night
The committee of arrangements con
sists of superintendent T. S. Coleman
Miss Jennie Griswold and Miss Ger
trude Bradley.
Contractor Falcon, who has been lay
ing the water main across Quinnipiat
river, is now engaged in putting ii
screens near the dam at Lake Whit
ney.
Mr.. Franklin B. Schuster, the manu-
facturer, ran far ahead of his ticket il
4 the election Tuesday in the Twelfth, {
strong democratic ward. His election
would have been a source of mucl
n ocro m 70 icfr no
of the ward and to his many friends
and business associates generally, ant
q had he been chosen the common coun
n Gil would have gained another able ant
\ efficient member, man fully acquaint
ed with New Haven, it's history anC
Il needs. He has already rendered mark
ed service to the Twelfth ward, TO
through his influential efforts largel,
and chiefly, View street has been pro
vided by the city with a sewer running
h ast entire length, from Sycamore stree
to State street, and the street has ais
\ been provided with city water facli
ties, a. 24-inch water main having beel
n laid. These Improvements have beef
and are greatly appreciated by tn
residents of the street. The building o
the sewer in this street, it is interest
ing to note, was an extraordinary piec
of difficult work, as the trench had t.
be cut through bed rock for distanc
of hundreds of feet. A great deal .
4 blasting had 10 be done and for DO
feet the depth of rock cut through av
\ eraged twenty feet. In one place tn
sewer trench was twenty nine feet il
depth for some distance. Mr.. Schuste
y has also erected a fine residence o.
View street, which he occupies. 1t j
Il near the home occupied by his grand
K father, the late Fabian Schllster, 70
4 forty years or more, and Mrs. Schuste
Il and his father, ex-Town Clerk Schustel
f are before long to much improve thi
/ section by the erection of number q
i fine house.