The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-20
MORRIS COVE JOTTINGS
FEATURES or INTEREST At TINS
NEARBY SHORE RESORT.

summer Cottages and summer Cottaeers-
The Season In Full Blast-uistoric
Grounds Indian and Ruth,.ss In
Vaders-The Towns Tax List Largely In
crensing-Many Improvements in All
observation-disclosures of Real Estate-Im-
provements at the Towns parks-Tbe
Late Hon. James Gallagher.
~ MOTIFS Cove and vicinity are historic
gXounds' and interesting traditions
aboundA ssgarding the early settlers
their trials and tribulations with the
Indians on the beautiful elevation
known as the Palisades. So menacine
and turbulent were the Indians at
+ times that the settlers had to have a
pallsade enclosure into which thew
could retreat at night for safety ana for
defense against the relentless savages.
Inc settlers in time Increased in num-
pers ana got the upper hand and then
peace came. The landing of the Brit
lsh foe in the war of the revolution
and their march UP the main street in
10 New Haven, their burning while en-
route of the homes along their march
their shooting of citizens, the brave de-
tense by the handful of villagers from
Inc places of ambush, and the depreda-
uons IN general made by the red coats
nave all been we'll portrayed in our To-
cal historical annals. Then there are
historic Beacon Hill and Black Rock
lori, now known respectively as Forts
wooster and Hale-named in honor of
brave General Wooster and the mar
tyred Hale. Many are the incidents
connected with this part of old New
Haven which would be of interest to
recall, to this present generation, if
some one would collect them and put
them in enduring form, even the half of
what is told to-day by the old inhabi-
tants.
Since the time when the steamer
Chief Justice Marshal went to pieces on
the rocks at South End there has never
been more people in Morris Cove and
lighthouse Point then were to be seen
there on any one Of the last three Sun
days, and the extension of it's road
to the lighthouse by the New Haven
street railway is appreciated by the
public. 1t seemed as if there were thou
sands of people there last Sunday, July
10. What would the red men have
thought at seeing these horseless char
1ots--fery chariots by night-bringing
these throngs Of city folks to where,
leaving behind toll and care, the heat
and CRIME of the workshop, the kitch-
en- and the household cares, they could
breathe the sea air and see the big
waves roll in and break upon the cold
gray rocks, to their hearts delight and
their bodily and mental refreshment
and Improvement. Car load after car
load of living human freight came
down to the Cove and the Point last
Sunday until In wonder it was asked
where they all came from.
All is growth and development along
the east shore and contiguous locali-
ties. Legion in number are the new
houses and summer cottages, that are
being erected in the Cove and at the
new and beautiful Morris Park, the
latter only SO recently laid out and
beautif1ed by our townsman, Lieut. Ed
ward M Clark of the Foot Guards, son
of the late Massena Clark, who has laid
out miles of new streets at Morris park
and whose enterprise was not stopped
by the rocky formations which had to
be cut through in laying out the new
streets Summer cottages and perma-
nent homes are springing up on all
sides In Morris park, and it requires no
gift of prophecy to foretell that this
park will be studded with cottages in
all directions in the near future. The
park is named Morris park In memory
of the Morrises and the venerable Nor
ris house near the park, of revolution
airy and British invasion history.
Mr.. Twiss, treasurer of the National
Savings bank, and Mr.. Judson have re-
juvenated the houses near the descent
of the road to the Cove, which they
had removed from Fort Hale park
where they stood on the flats just be-
fore one comes to the foot of the Pals
AIDES, and have made of them very at
tractive cottages. Rev. Mr.. Garfield
bought the Ward mansion and has had
it repaired and painted and has made
1t a most comfortable house in which
now resides his brother-in-law, Mr.
Clark the dealer IN pictures ana WORKS
OF art on orange street.
Ex-Selectman forpes mas removed 70
MS ola homestead Wnere ne was W, II
thaving sold ms FAMOUS hostelry' ,hs
noted FORBES mouse, now owned anu
conducted by Glllern q Quinn ana now
to be known as the MOTIFS cove nOtel)