The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-10-13
PLANS TO HANDLE THE CROWD Which Will Attend the Yale- Princeton
 Football Game November 20.

EoOLDaii "aHe NONelnDer ~. ! At the meeting of the board of se-
 lectment last evening a communication
 was read from Mayor Farnsworth ask
 ing the cooperation of the town gov-
 ernment in so widening Derby avenue
 near the town line and widening the
 bridge across West river so as to lessen
 danger of accident from the large
 crowds which will undoubtedly throng
 the road in the vicinity of Yale field on
 the occasion of the Yale Princeton foot
 ball game on November 20 The com
 munication of the mayor was in full as follows:
 Luzerne Ludington, President of the
 Board of Selectmen:
 I have been applied to by officials of the Yale corporation to take some
 measures to regulate the traffic on the highway in the vicinity of the Yale field at the time of the great game
 next month The city has recently put
 the bridge over West river in good re-
 pair and althought it IS a matter of comparatively short time when a new bridge will be built, some way might
 be devised to widen the present bridge, if only for the safety of the people at tending the game. l do not think, how
 ever, that widening the bridge would do away with the danger unless the roadway on the town side of the bridge was considerably improved. Of course, as matters are now out there there is danger of an accident which might cost the city and town a good deal for dam ages I think, in addition to doing all that can be done to improve the travel ed way between the city side of the
 bridge and the entrance to the field, some police should be provided to regu- late the crowd I am sure that part of
 the roadway belongs to the town of Orange. I would like, if possible, for a conference to be held with officials of the city of New Haven, the town of New Haven and Orange and the Yale | field corporation on the ground and very soon to consider the whole matter and devise ways and means that will conduce to the safety of the people and the good name of the general govern ment involved Will you do me the favor to communicate with the proper
 officials of the town of Orange, asking them to attend such g. conference and
 advise me of the result?
 | Yours very truly,
 F. B. FARNSWORTH, Mayor. | After the reading of this communica- ton it was announced that arrange
 ments had been made for a conference of the mayor, the director of public works, the city engineer the roads and | bridges committee of the selectmen of | the town of New Haven, the selectmen | of Orange, officials of the Fair Haven and Westville Railroad company, and
 of the Yale Field corporation to be held | this afternoon at Yale field
 l It was announced that as there are | in the town outside of the city forty | streets bearing names the same as those of streets in the city, it was | deemed advisable to change the names of these outlying streets. It was de- cided to hold hearings, at which pro- l posed names for these forty streets, of which the present names will be changed, would be heard. Next Mon
 day evening a hearing will be held in regard to those stree,s in Westville. and on Wednesday suggestions will be heard for changes of the names of the
 Fair Haven streets, which have dupli- cates in the city.
 | Edward Stevenson of 97 Townsend | avenue was appointed a special town constable.