The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-05-31
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
 SIDES THE RIVER.

Work on East Chapel Street Bridge-Abut-
 ments ted-Entertainment of St.
 James, Church-Patriotic Praise Service
 Memorial Day Notes.
 Good progress is being made upon the sub-structure for the East Chapel street bridge over the railroad tracks, and the contractors, c. w. Blakeslee & Sons, expect to complete the west side ap- breaches this week. Both abutments are completed, and it is expected that the work of lowering the railroad tracks will begin this week, and the railroad company has been notified that the work should be done. The tracks are to be lowered between twenty and twenty-four inches, giving sixteen feet in the clear. The contractors have al ready laid up one thousand yards or masonry. Along the line of the ap- breaches 9 heavy timber is laid across the roadway once in eighteen feet to tie the tops of the piles in order to PASNCAlI. LlbSlll llbl puLSlb5 eiAld VII forcing out the retaining walls. The timbers are sunk one foot below the low water mark. The approaches on the west side will be three and one-half feet in one hundred for the grade of the roadway, and on the east side the proposed grade is three feet in one hun dred. But the committee on bridges is considering the plan of extending the grade to the East Chapel street draw bridge or three hundred feet beyond l the point described in the plans. This will entail some additional expense, but will afford a great improvement, for it will not only lessen the east side grade, but will result in one grade instead of two. The bridge is ready for the su- perstructure, but the latter is not yet ready. It is expected that the bridge will be completed and ready for use by September 1. The Blakeslees' con- tract is for $30,000, and when completed it will be a fine job. It seems a great pity that the East Chapel street draw bridge contract could not have begun simultaneously with the work on the bridge over the railroad. If that had been done East Chapel street would have been reopened for travel by Sep tember 1. If the contract for the new draWbridge is awarded next month the work will not be completed before Jan I uary 1. A temporary passageway has been opened up through the grounds of the New Haven Gas Light company, and teams thus get through from the drawbridge to East street. It is pro- posed to build a temporary foot bridge over Mill River, to be used while the new drawbridge is under construction It will extend from the wharf of the gas works to the Stow lumber yard on the east side near the foot of Salton- stall avenue. Blakeslee &c Sons have i sixty-f1ve men at work on the bridge over the railroad tracks. They have just begun work on $15,0Oo contract in Blackstone, Mass. The contract Is foi over a mill race The bridge is on the Providence and Worcester railroad and l the Blakeslees are building the out work.
 One of the most enjoyable and sue. cessful entertainments of the season was that given last week in St. James church parlors by the Young Peoples 1 Social chapter. The attendance was l large and appreciative, and the young people were well repaid for all theil 1 laborious preparation. The work o1 the Apt quartet was well rendered There were pleasing guitar and man. dolin selections by the Misses Sperry and the vocal numbers by Mrs VII liam Meickle and Homer Denison were most acceptably rendered, showing the quality Of their fine voices Miss Editl Barr in recitations and the songs by Miss Nellie Meickle captivated the au dience. At the close of the entertain ment strawberries and shortcake were served, and pleasant hour was spen socially.
 A patriotic memorial praise service was given in the Grand avenue Baptis church last evening. The regular choi of the church was augmented by a sec ond quartet and also assisted by Wal ter Clogston, violinist The service wal under the direction of Leader Rober c. Hart. The programme was as fol lows:
 Organ voluntary-"Cujus Animam." Hymn 696-" America"
 Invocation-Rev. L. J. Bamberg. Solo-"My Native Land' (Fessenden)- H. V. Santry.
 Anthem-'The Lord is My Strength ant
 Song (Case)-Double Quartet.
 Scripture Reading.
 Solo-'"They Died for You and Me
 (White)-Mrs. E. P. Putnam.
 p,ov var and Paenouse
 Hymn 694-"Lord, While for All Man
 kind We Pray"
 Male Quartet-"Our Native Land" CA
 Billiter.)
 Double Quartet--"We Forget Not tn
 Day" (Nagelli.)
 Male Quartet-'Firmly Stand My Ma
 tive Land"
 Hymn 692-"God Bless Our Nativ
 Land"
 Polar Star hall will be open at al
 early hour this morning for the recep
 tion of flowers, and a committee of la
 dies and gentlemen will be present t
 arrange the same. In the morning tn
 usual exercises will take place at tn
 Fair Haven cemetery. The processio,
 will start from Polar Star hall and vii