The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-18

make other improvements about the
hotel. Michael O'Connell, whose hotel,
the O'Connell house, at the corner of
Beach and Rock streets at the Rock
was burned down recently, has nearly
completed new hotel, considerably
larger than the old one and will prob
ably be ready to. open his new place
early in the season Charles Miller,
who conducts the Yale billiard rooms
on Grown street, is erecting a building
on the corner between Sea View house
and the Beach house. The work is be-
ing done by c. B. and r. T. Humphrey,
the West Haven builders, who have
nearly completed the exterior work.
The building will be occupied by bar
Der shop, photograph gallery and an
ice cream parlor. Mr.. Miller will occu-
Ply the upper stories during the sum-
mer.
Farther up Beach street on the shore
side c. A. Moeller of the Blake Moeller
Electric Pump company, and also a
prominent brewer, is erecting a spa
cious cottage, which is rapidly nearing
completion.
One of the most noticeable improve
ments at the Rock is the new park,
which has been arranged on the site
of the old baseball ground. A neat low,
open fence encloses the grounds. At
each entrance of the short street eX-
tending from Beach street into the
grove large ornamental wooden arches
have been erected and are painted in
bright colors. During the pleasant
weather of the past few days hundreds
of persons have enjoyed the fine drives
| and walks around the Rock and on
some afternoons it almost seemed as if
| the summer season had really opened.
Last Sunday there was an especially
| large number of visitors.
| A new departure which will be
greatly appreciated by the public is the
running of through cars to Woodmont
| from the New Haven green this sum-
mer by the Winchester Avenue Rail
road company. Already several lemon
ade and peanut stands are opened in
the grove and by Decoration day all
the resorts will undoubtedly be ready
| to open. This popular summer resort
will probably be more largely visited
| by excursion parties from all parts of
| the state this summer than ever be-
| fore and from the efforts of the pro-
prietors of the various places it is evil
| dent that Savin Rock will be made
more attractive than ever before. The
| improvements being made by the Win
chester Avenue Railroad company are
especially extensive.
This company is making many i'm
provements and by the time that the
| season opens they will be fully COM
pleted. The principal improvement is
the removal of the ball ground to the
rear of the grove. Where the old
grounds were there have been young
trees set out. In the center of the
new park there will be built small
lake and four electric fountains will
be placed.
The new baseball ground is nearly
completed and will be one of the best
and most spacious in the state. The
main entrance will be near he stopping
place for cars in the grove. A natural
stream of water flowed across the site
of the grounds, but this has been turn
ed to one side through a boarded I'D
channel and flows now down the side
ofe the grounds between the fence and
the car tracks. The grand stand and
bleachers are at the lower end of the
grounds in the corner next to the tracks
and just in front of 1t extending dag
onally across the grounds will extend
the diamond.