The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-11-30
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
MANY NOTES or INTEREST FROM
AROUND TOWN.

The Contest In the Twelfth Tomorrow
Good Chance of EIeoting Republican or
Two-Upson and Grannis' New Ice Pond
Elections in the Lodges-William IL.
Nugent's New Building.
The nomination of Franklin B.
Schuster for councilman in the Twelfth
ward meets with great favor and the
ward ticket as a whole is an excellent
one. Mr.. Schuster is one of the best
known and most enterprising of the
young business men of New Haven
and if elected would be a most useful
member of the city government, being
qualified therefor so thoroughly by his
education and by his ability as a bust
ness man. He prepared for the Shelf
field Scientific school, but changed his
plans and devoted himself to practical
mechanics. His rare skill as a machin-
list soon won him promotion and he
filled successfully important and re-
sponsible position in two Of the large
manufactures of the state. On the
death of the late John Adj Mr.. Schus-
ter returned to New Haven and pur-
chased the business and plant of John
Adj & Son, into which he infused the
energy which has ever characterized
him and he has rapidly enlarged and
greatly increased the business, beside
making notable Improvements in the
plant. He is a son of our esteemed
toWnsman, eX-ToWn Clerk Schuster.
The Twelfth is a democratic ward, usu-
ally having from 200 to 800 democratic
majority, but with the present mixed
condition of politics and Mr.. Schuster's
we'll known popularity it is not too
much to hope that he will be safely
landed in to-morrow's vote.
Epson & Granniss, ice dealers, have
purchased of Fowler Brothers a tract
of about forty-fve acres of land on the
west side Of the Broom road, leading
to Foxon. This tract will be plowed
from Foxon river and used for an ice
pond. An ice house of about 5000 tons
capacity is now under contraction.
This ice storage will help out the houses
at Hemingway ponds, where the stor-
ing capacity is about $4,000 tons.
B. S. Bradley received two spring pigs
from East Wallingford, weighing 700
pounds; they were fatted by w. F..
Marx
Several of the lodges are getting
ready for the annual elections. The
Quinnipiac conclave, I. o. H., will hold
| the annual meeting Monday evening,
December 81. This meeting will be
held in their new quarters, the Masonic
hall, at the corner of Grand avenue
| and Front street. The Live Oak coun-
| Gil, Royal Arcanum, will hold its an
nual meeting next Thursday evening.
| Contracts for the construction of an
| eight-room dwelling which is to be
| built at the corner of Winthrop avenue
and Elm street for William FL. Nugent
| have been awarded and work begun
r. c. Lowe is to do the carpenter work
Michael Carroll will do the mason work
and Alfred Edmunson the plumbing
| The house Is to be a. handsome one and
| will be finished in oak, ash and other
| hard woods There will be open plumb
ing throughout and the heating will be
done by the hot water system.
| Diver Falcon has been at work in
Lake Saltonstall, putting a new screen
at the mouth Of the large main which
brings the water from that lake to the
customers of the New Haven Water
company in New Haven The ole
screen had become rusted and it was
necessary to have a new one.
On Saturday the members of tbs
board of public works, the mayor and
4 Joo aysJ Of 1,a,
cepted the invitation Of Commissioner
Curtis Evarts to inspect the condition
of the Chapel street drawbridge. Mr.
Evarts and the other members of the
harbor commission are very anxious
that the city shall order a new bridge
as the present one is not long enough
nor is it wide enough.
| Miss Lulu B. and Miss May S. Lima
| han, daughters of 7. H. Linafan of 81
| Ferry street, are in Paris, where the.
will complete their musical education
They will spend one year there ant
then go to Leipsic, Germany.
A lecture entitled AN Evening II
India" with stereopticon views of in.
teresting persons, places and events
| will be given by Rev. Nathan G. Che.
ney at the East Pearl street NJ. E
church next Wednesday evening. Mr.
Cheney's residence of more than si1
years in India enables him to give, az
an eye witness, a description of eacf
scene presented. There will be giver
descriptions of oriental scenery, Mo
hammedan mosques and Hindoo tenn
pies, with manners and customs o.
idolaters, animals of the country, etc
A cluster of carefully selected views
will be presented of the finest building
in the world, the peerless Tai Mahal
| This entertainment is under the aus.
pieces of the Epworth league of the
church.
The reconstruction of the Crawford
building on Grand avenue, at the hea(
of East Pearl street, is approaching
completion. The third floor has beer
leased for Masonic hall and the quar-
ters are to be first-class, affording ont
of the finest Masonic halls in the state
The lodge room is on the rear side anC
! is 44x31 feet. On the south side is
| balcony The hall will seat about 30t
persons and will be adapted admirably
for large gatherings of the order. TIL,
! ceilings are now being frescoed. TIL,
furnishings are to be very fine. Be
! tween the lodge room and the banque
room on the front is a parlor, reception
and cloak room. etc. The banque
room is fortyfour feet square and viii