The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-18
WILL FACILITATE TRADE
IMPORTANT MEASURE TO BENEFIT
 THE CTTY'S BUSINESS.

Chamber of Commerce Will Send Out
 25,OOO Circulars Showing the Many Ad-
 vantages of the City-Also Petitions
 Congress for Lights and Fog Signals for
 the Harbor.
 The New Haven chamber of com merce displays a specially marked ac- tiVity under it's present administration in reference to matters of importance pertaining to New Haven's interests. A new evidence of this is seen in the fact that 25, 900 little folded printed cir culars, embodying points of interest. speaking of New Haven's advantages. in location and otherwise, for the es- tabliShment here of new manufactur- ing plants, have just been issued and will, this week or next, be sent out to all the members under the direction of the chambers committee of publica- tion, with the request that during the month of January they will include copy of this little publication with each of their business letters, vouchers, re- ceipts, etc, which they shall dispatch through the mails that month, By this means 1t is reasonable to expect that the facts regarding New Haven's ad- vantages as a business center will be very widely disseminated in all parts of this country. and in various other countries as we'll
 The circular states that New Haven has an assessed valuation of real and n,.f1y pf that its tax rate for all purposes is 21 mills. The city's educational facilities include thirty eight public schools, high school, state normal school, man ual training school and the oldest col lege preparatory school in the country. namely, the Hopkins grammar school. As the seat of Yale university, the city attracts to itself 2.500 students. It has a public library of 35,000 volumes and a private library with 10000 books Its banking institutions are ten in num- Der, with an aggregate capital of $4,- 000,0O0 It has three savings banks, with deposits aggregating s5,OOO,OOO. There are six daily papers, three thea ters and two orphan asylums. It has an abundant water supply and an ex- cellent sewerage system.
 New Haven has eighty-six miles of electric street railway and manufac- turers electric railroad for freight pur- poses, connected with the steam rail- road system, which is the only road of its kind in New England. This road runs through large frontage of unim- proved water property, available for manufacturing purposes.
 It has park system of great value. comprising the unique East Rock and West Rock parks, which extend over 55t acres, and include two eminences some 400 feet above the city, made easy of access by beautiful and well kept driveWays.
 As railroad center New Haven is not surpassed by any city in New Eng land while water communication is es- tablished by a harbor ample for for eign and domestic trade.
 New Haven has two lines of steam boats daily to and from New York city.
 The city's unusual facilities for transportation have made it a favorite location for manufacturers.
 The circular gives a map of the city, showing the railroads centering here, and gives it's population at 105,O00.
 Also, the chamber of commerce, in response to 8 request from the harbor commissioners on the subject has pre- pared the appended petition, which is signed by all the directors of the cham Der. and is to be circulated at once to receive the signatures of a large num- Der of our other prominent citizens. It will undoubtedly be largely signed. It may be added that the United States engineers have reported in favor of the project in question. and have named $45,000 as the probable cost of the work. The petition is as follows:
 To the Committee on Interstate Com
 merce at Washington, D. C..
 We, the citizens of New Haven, mem- bers of the chamber of commerce and board of harbor commissioners, wish to urge the immediate passage of the bill, introduced by Congressman N. D. Sper- ", for lights and fog signals at the en- trance of New Haven harbor.
 We are continually having brought to our attention the trouble of entering our harbor, especially from vessels, steamboats and tugboats coming into it from the south and west, as the west breakwater is never properly lighted. We know there is more necessity for the immediate establishment of such lights and fog signals as this bill calls for at the mouth of this harbor for the benefit Of commerce in Long Island sound than any other point in it's wa ters, there being brought annually to this port over one hundred seventy-fve millions of dollars worth in general merchandise, which is either consumed at New Haven or re-shipped by mail. We therefore feel that our request is modest one, and should meet with your approval.