The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-30

the CnamDer brought the appHCdGOu III
signed; and when l remarked that l
was surprised not to find his name on
the list of membership, he replied,
well l had made up my mind that l
would not join until l was asked"
There are hundreds of young men to-
day eligible who should be members of
this chamber, willing to share in some
of the burdens, and contribute the
small amount of annual dues, and by
doing so assist the development and
growth of the city. Will the new men,
bership committee double our member
ship.
HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS
A great effort should be made by our
committee on harbor and followed with
persistency until accomplished, to Sc
cure from the United States govern
ment a new survey of the channel
which has already been asked for. I'm
usual efforts should then be made each
year by our committee on harbor to
secure ample appropriations to carry
on the work of digging out and widen
ing until we have a channel wide
enough and deep enough to properly
accommodate the commerce of this
port.
The work now in process at the mouth
and outside our harbor, commonly re-
ferred-to as the New Haven break
water. should not have the name of
New Haven associated with 1T neither
at home nor in Washington, as the
appropriations from congress Tor TINS
purpose should be referred to and
known as appropriations for the I'M
provement of Long Island Sound.
WIDENING AND EXTENSION OF
STREETS.
Our streets are too narrow for the
traffic. 1t is becoming more apparent
since the innovation of electric cars
and wheels and to properly accommo
date the people to-day certain streets
should be widened and others should
be extended. Orange street should now
before further building distractions in
tervene be extended to Water street,
either from Crown or from George
street, the latter implying but slight
expense at the present time, as but
two pieces of property fronting on
George street would be affected and a
direct line to Water street would ter
inmate between the buildings of Stod
dard, Kimberly & Co. and c. W. Ives
& Co., the entire route having no build
ings of Importance to be surrendered.
With the proposed change of the rail-
way station accomplished it will have
but two avenues leading to it, and
an approach on one side only which
is unfortunate, as all large railway
4 stations should have an approach from
4 two sides, and the approaches will be
1 insufficient, and at times perilous. In
fact it is dangerous for private car
\ riages to approach the present station
from either of the two streets, Meadow
or State, with all the electric cars, dou-
BILE tracks or turn outs, vehicles and
4 bicycles which one encounters. The
extension of Orange street would be a
N great relief, and one street would be
u reserved for private vehicles.
\ State street should also be widened
by setting back the curb one or two
Il feet each side.
Center street should be extended to
Il State, and continued to Wooster street.
1t is time to start. Will the commit
tee on town and city Improvements and
municipal affairs consider this ma liter
this year?
THE OLD GREEN AND WIDENING
OF CHAPEL AND CHURCH
STREETS.
1t is especially appropriate that this
old organization should act as spon-
sor and keeper and protest against any
tendency to destroy and obliterate the
/ traditions of the past.
One very important matter that is
commanding the attention of the pub
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chamber to consider, discuss and upon
which to place itself on record I refer
to- the proposed invasion of the old New
Haven green, which has been for 25S
years the pride of every generation; a
green unequalled in picturesque loca-
| ton to anything that exists in the
center of any city in any country. The
| question that is now confronting us is:
Shall we dispose of portion of it for
| terminal facilities? or accept a better
offer apparently of renting portion of
| it for 999 years. With the four railway
tracks on Chapel street between Church
and Temple street, the three between
Temple and College streets, with a
stand for hacks and express wagons,
it frequently occurs at this point when
three cars meet and are abreast each
other in passing, with a hack OCCUPYING
the entire space between the northern
track and the curb and carriage and
a bicycle happen between the southern
rail and the southern curb that all
cannot be accommodated and some one
is exposed to danger 1t is not improb-
able that owing to these accumulations
a portion of the square may. necessari-
ly be invaded for roadway purposes
between Church and College and Chapel
and Elm streets, in fact this move is
absolutely necessity to-day and will
surely be made in short time.
NATURAL ADVANTAGE OF LOCA-
TION.
While we canot present to manufac-
turers the alluring offer of unlimited
and additional capital, free factory sites
or an abatement of taxes we can offer
them natural facilities and location for
manufacturing purposes that are I'M
surpassed We have railroad and wa
ter communication, contented and intel
Iigent artisans trained to their work,
many of them owning their own homes,
and when the Manufacturers Street
railway is completed from Cedar Hill
along the line of the river and harbor
to Grape Vine Point, coal and iron may
be f1oated to their doors on one side,
with ample railroad facilities for the
distribution for manufactured products
on the other no more convenient or