The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-03
AT THE SHORE RESORTS
Plans FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF
WOODlIONT- BY til E-SEA.


The New Casino Project-Plans for Fine
Fourth of July Celebration Completed
Fire Protection Asked For--Some of the
COttagers Already Observation-Disclosures
ofthe Remodelled and Enlarged Wood
mont Chapel on Sunday-Cottagers at
Savin Rock-At Morris Cove.
The cottages at Woodmont are now
nearly all occupied, and during the
week following the Fourth will prob
ably all be filled. This delightful, quiet
summer resort is rapidly becoming the
most popular summer resort in this vi
entity among a fine class of people. One
of the prettiest streets of the place is
Vue de rEau, which is the next street
back of and parallel to the Shore road.
1t commands view of the sound and
catches every breeze blowing.
The summer residents of Woodmont
all take a great interest in arranging
entertainment for the summer months
and in adding other features to the
general enjoyments of the place.
A meeting was held a few days ago
in the cottage of Frederick Wiser of
this city for the purpose of considering
means Of providing for the wants of
the village and to decide upon an APP
propriate observance of the Fourth Of
July. There were present at the meet
ing ]. r. Hart, e. C. Quiggles of Hart
ford, III. H. Scribner of Bridgeport, E.
Stanley Cornwall of New York, e. G.
Smith of New Haven, T. H. Brown of
New York, w. p Hatch of New York
and J. B. Hallett of Bridgeport. These
gentlemen organized Fourth of July
celebration committee, with Mr.. Quig
giles as chairman, j. R. Hart treasurer
and I. H. Brown secretary. 1t was
voted to hold an old-fashioned eagle
screaming celebration, and commit
tee of five was appointed to get sub
scriptions for fireworks. Mr.. Wiser will
attend to the details. No doubt Wood
mont will have a fine celebration
The meeting also appointed a COM
mittee to urge all Woodmont residents
to attend the special town meeting
which was held in Milford last evening
to vote for fire protection for Wood
mont. The Woodmont people were
also to endeavor to have some action
taken at the town meeting upon the
petition of Edwin Z. Sanford and 9TH
ers asking that the piece of land known
as 1.-THE Pond" be filled up or otherwise
disposed of. The petition asking for
fire protection for Woodmont and for
a sufficient sum to carry into effect
such plans as might be agreed upon Is
headed and was started by Charles H.
Bryan
AT the meeting last night commit
tee of five Of Woodmont men was APP
pointed to confer with the selectmen as
to the proposed fire engine and pond
filling, the committee to report at
town meeting two weeks from last
night.
Among those now occupying cottages
at Woodmont are the following: A. E.
Pond, superintendent of the Winchester
Avenue Railroad company, and fam
lily, Superintendent of Police Smith and
family of New Haven, G. w. Wilson
in the Hall cottage, Senator Joseph
Hawley and family, f. A. Carleton and
family of New Haven at the Harmon
cottage, L. H. Stannard and family, ex-
Mayor Henry F. Peck and family of
New Haven, Frederick Hitchcock and
family, D. w. Baldwin and family, e.
Lawrence and family, Mr.. Flint of
Meriden, Miss Minnie B. Bowles of
Hartford, who has a fine new cottage
on Vue de TEau avenue, w. N. Walker
of Hartford, A. G.. Smith of New Ha-
ven, l.. Bostwick and family, F. W.
Pardee of New Haven in the Newton
cottage, Charles Bigelow of New Ha
ven, Douglas M. Smith, E. C. Quiggles
of Hartford, A. f, Hart of Hartford
on the Shore road Benjamin Fl. Cobb
of New Haven, who has a new cot
tage, considered one of the finest at
Woodmont on the Shore road, Frederick
H. Stevens Of the Bridgeport Standard,
who has a new cottage near Sanfords,
A. B. Greenwood, J. Gibbs Smith of
New Haven, Levi G.. Gilbert of New
Haven, ]. G. Lutz, Mr.. Baker of Spring
field, l.. B. Neal of Southington, E. b..
Bradley of Ansonia, j. McEnerney of
Derby, F. J. Brown, secretary of the
democratic state central committee,
Rev Dr. Joseph Anderson of Water
bury, John w. Lowe of New Haven,
who has bought out the drug business
of Mr.. Norcross.
R. H. Nesbit & Co., the grocers of
this city, have a branch store at Wood
mont at the corner of Vue de pEau Ave.
and Cherry street, where they have a
well stocked place. The store is in
charge of w. H. Unmack and f. r.
Baldwin, both of this city.
Twenty-Five of the leading cottagers
have agreed to purchase a 800 share
in joint stock company to be known
as the Woodmont Casino company, and
it is believed that the additional num-
Der of purchasers of stock needed to
carry out the project can be secured.
The total of the capital stock of the
new company will be $5,0O0 in shares
of s100 each, and the project is being
pushed among the cottagers by Fred
Brown of New York and o. H. Clark
of Hartford.
1t is the purpose Of the company to