The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-04-01
FAIR HAVEN HAPPENINGS
LATEST NEVIS FROM BOTH SIDES or
THE RIVER.

AAncfOlt DfotherA shlpoysters to EhE''h"
Present Status of the River Bridge
Electric Railroad from Morris Cove to
Foxon-other Items of Interest.
The projectors of the proposed cleo
trio road from Morris Cove to FoNon
claim that they will build the line the
coming season, if the general assembly
gives the permission. The East Haven
and Morris Cove Railroad company has
authority to build between the two
places mentioned above, and has petit
toned for amendment to its charter in
order to build to Foxon about four miles
from East Haven. The capital pro-
posed is about $150000. Captain James
M. Townsend, George II, Thompson and
Lyman Granniss of the annex, were be-
fore the railroad committee yesterday
and spoke in favor of the petition.
r. F. Burwell, the dentist, has re-
moved from the Central hall building
to 902 Chapel street.
| Hiram H. Bishop, hoseman of steam
| er 5, has been placed on the retired list
and will draw half pay, or $425 per an
nun.
Judge Gable of Lombard street fin
ished his term in the city court yester-
| day morning.
| Henry Mozellino of Perkins Institute
| for the Blind at Hartford is visiting his
| parents in the annex.
Captain James M. Townsend, Charles
| H. Bates, Warden f. w. ], Sizer and
| Henry S. Lancraft attended the charter
| hearing in Hartford.
| Matthew Cornwall has been engaged
/ as organist at st. James church.
| Mrs William Sheffield and daughter
Ruth are visiting in Hartford.
Rev DR.. Sage will preach in ex
change with Rev. w. F. Fennell of Mer-
| iden, Sunday.
Conductor Fahey Of Fair Haven ran
the legislative train yesterday.
Rev. George I. Brown, rector of Trim
ity church, Branford, will preach at
! Grace church Friday evening.
Lancraft Bros are shipping to Eng
land from 100 to $50 barrels of oysters
per day. These shipments have been
| going on since November but will ter
inmate for the season In about ten
days. The oysters are small and Sc
lected stock, and those heretofore ship
/ ped have been for opening, selling by
| count. The stock that is now sent
| abroad will be planted and marketed
/ next fall, the same as plants are treat
| ed here. Lancraft Bros. have shipped
\ rs w cr1o nd
| having exported a large aggregate
amount.
/ Contractor John Beattie of Leete's
Island was over this week to inspect the
| work on the piers Of the new draw
/ bridge He says he will lose at least
| 900 on the contract. On one pier
| alone the penalty was 800 day for
| thirty days. For one Of the piers the
| excavation Of the final two feet of the
| foundation, he says, will require sew
eral weeks time, owing to the difficulty
in getting tides sufficiently low for the
work. For several weeks the wind has
prevailed from the southeast, so that
the digger has been able to work only
two hours day He says the founda-
ton for the abutment referred to above
is deep enough without going down the
additional two feet required The work
has been hampered by many unfavor-
| able conditions and no contractor would
be expected to complete the job within
the time originally specified. Contrac-
tor Beattie states that the work has
been hindered through the delay of the
gas and water companies in getting
| their work out Of the way. Under the
circumstances, he says, he is doing the
best that could be expected.
The store of L. w. LoveIand, a grocer
at 1875 SaItonstall avenue, was burned
out yesterday afternoon, his entire
stock being destroyed by blaze which
started at lis. Mr.. Loveland has no
clerk, and so he closes his store when
he goes to dinner at his home, SO Pop
lar street. He left yesterday at 1890
and at about 115 Mrs. August Sickert
who lives upstairs over the store, smell
ed smoke and discovered that the store
below was all ablaze.
The alarm was sounded and when
the firemen arrived the store was filled
with the flames. The blaze was quick
ly extinguished, however, with very lit
tie damage to the building, but the
stock in the store was totally de-
| stroyed.
The stock was valued at $4,000, and
was insured for $1,000. There was s125
in cash in the money drawer, but this
save thorough wetting, was uninjur-
ed. The cause of the fire is unknown
1t is supposed to have originated
through spontaneous combustion.