The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-02
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
L1EMS OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
 SIDES OF THE RLVER.

Applications of New Voters Fewer Than
 in Former Years-Street Car Service on
 East Chapel Street Restored-The Old
 Ouinnipiac Rink Refitted-other News.
 Registrars Welch and Johnson were around yesterday taking names of ap- plicants to become new voters. Regist- Tar Welch says there is very little in terest manifested and from indications one would not believe there was an election in sight. From his portion of the ward he had secured only about twenty applications to be made voters, and usually in the same territory he would have secured from forty to six ty applications. The work in the Elev- enth ward is little more than half done.
 Schooner Henry Clay has arrived from North river with 150 tons of blue stone for w. A. Warner & Bro.
 The funeral of Miss Marietta Bailey was sole1nnized from her late home on Ferry street yesterday afternoon, Rev. Addison Moore of the First Baptist church officiating. The interment was in Grove street cemetery.
 A delegation from Admiral Foote post, of which deceased was a mem- Der. attended the funeral of William H. Howarth of 2SS Quinnipac avenue on Sunday, from the Soldiers Memorial chapel. Rev. MT. Chapman officiated. The burial was in the Fair Haven cem- stery.
 Mrs Flavia P. Farren, aged eighty mother of ex-Selectman Roswell B. Farren, died yesterday as is mention ed in another column. ....
 Irwin Granniss, son of ex-Represen- tative Charles Grann1ss of Foxon, has opened an office at No. 70 EdgeWood avenue. ..5
 For the month of October the num- Der of money orders issued at station A exceeded those of any previous month by at least 20; and there was fully as large an excess of money orders cashed.
 The reopening of the electric car line through to the city on East Chapel street is proving a great convenience and already considerable patronage has been taken from the Grand avenue line One of the managers, asked yesterday why the company did not establish a belt line via Grand avenue, stated that such an arrangement would not prove m increased convenience, especially as many passengers desired to ride beyond East Pearl street on Grand avenue. It was suggested that a more frequent +I,o y,,inVyfa was de sirable on the East Chapel street line and the railroad man replied that 1t was the intention to regulate the ser vice by the patronage. If the patron age was largely increased, sufficient ad- ditional cars would run to give a more
 freauent service to and from the center
 of the city. Broken stone is being de-
 liyered on East Chapel street to harden s the roadway. Along the approaches of the new bridge several buildings have
 been raised to the new level to facilitate business. and the Stow Lumber Co. has some of these improvements still ln progress. The bridge approaches are yet to be hardened with broken stone
 Joiners were busy at work yesterday completing the improvements at the old Quinnipiac rink building preparatory tc the polo and basket games and bicycle
 riding. The old rink has been used for < a. carriage factory by James McLay, but he decided to fit up the floor area
 for athletic games for the winter.
 nartition about four feet high has been
 erected to separate the rink floor from
 the space allotted to spectators. The ceiling is decorated with red, white and < blue cloth and the old rink presents a
 restored appearance suggestive or the
 old roller skating days. The rink was
 opened for games last evening when the season of the City Basket Ball league { was started with a contest between the New Ravens (formerly the St. Pat rick's) and the Davenports. The rink Z in its remodeled condition has seating { capacity for 1000 people. MT. McLay 1s ! president of the New Haven Polo league, c. H. Hilton is secretary, and MT. Hosmer treasurer. The manage 4 rnent will meet tomorrow at the Hote
 Garde to arrange the schedule Of games for tine Southern New England league AT EAST PEARL STREET M. D CHURCH.
 The little people of the Junior league connected with the East Pearl stree M. F. church will dress in costume ant serve an old-fashioned supper to-mor row evening from to 7:30 o'clock Ali 5 ter the supper they will render lint < programme, consisting of the old-tim songs and recitations. Later ice crean z will be served.
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