The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-01
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
THE BUILDTNG IMPROVEMENTS AT THE HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS.

The Needs of This Important Worthy Charity-Mr, Elisha Tilden's s1st Anni- versary-A Very Pleasant Family Gather ing--Increase of Business at the Rolling
 Mill.
 The managers of the Home Of the Friendless have experienced unexpected delay in getting the new building on Clinton avenue ready for occupancy. It was expected the inmates would even now be occupying the snug and comfortable new quarters, but the de- lay in setting new boilers and getting the steam heating equipment in ser vice has prevented. In about week, however, it is believed the new build ing will be ready. While the building has been under construction only seven inmates, with the housekeeper and ma ton, have remained, the others going among friends, or to boarding places Two have died, Mrs. Lawrence at the aged of eighty-four, and Mary A. lles aged about seventy years. Mrs. Whar- ton, who lived at the home about twenty years and is a helpless invalid, and two other feeble women will not return, and the children have been per- manently placed in families, but the re- mainder of the old ladies, it is expected, will return.
 The work yet to be done is the renova- tion of the brick wing on the front. There are fifty-six sleeping rooms in f o,,I nnIJ11 ba | furnished for about seventyfive people if the requisite funds were available; l but the building operations have some what interfered with the work and the l funds are very short. The friends of this worthy charity must rally in strong force if the necessities of the large number who apply for admission to the home are to be met. Already there are sufficient applications to fill the new buildings, but with available funds the managers will only be able tc open a portion of the building. Considerable furniture and other | equipment is needed. Several churches have each pledged to furnish one o1 the sleeping rooms. The furniture usec in the old building was old and is un fit again to be used. The annual do- nation will be held this month ant the managers hope for a more gener ous response from the public than ever before.
 The eighty-first anniversary of Mrs Elisha Tilden occurred Saturday and 1T the evening representatives of three | generations gathered at the home of hl' daughter, 322 Exchange street, tt celebrate the anniversary. Grandpa | Tilden, since the death of his beloved and talented consort has resided at tht home of his eldest daughter on Ex change street Mir. Tilden was one O the old-time settlers of Derby and in hi active life has seen many changes il that towns affairs, as we'll as in th' country at large. His daughters, Mrs D. c. sperry, Mrs. Inez Thomas, Mrs L. J. Mundelin, and Mrs. Ward Bailey and the grand and great grand child ren. were present and in the few hour of pleasant reunion made the evenin. enjoyable for Grandpa. MT. Tilden ha
 been noted and ingenious mechan
 and made many Improvements in whicl
 the public has been benefited. Thos
 present at the reunion with their fam
 flies, were MT. and Mrs. D. c. Sperry
 MrS. IneZ InOHldS, MT. duu MTS. Wdf'
 Bailey, MT. and Mrs L. J. Mundelin
 also Gilbert Hedges of the Yale Lay
 school
 The activity at the Fair Haven roll
 ing mill is welcome news, as a larg
 number of Fair Haven employees worl
 there. Thirty-fve new men have re
 gently been put on, having come her
 from Hamilton, Can, Chicago an
 other places. Both mills are runnin
 night and day, and it is difficult t
 supply the demand for iron rods. Tn rolling mill dock is busy spot of late } as many schooners and barges arriv with scrap and pig iron.
 : Oscar w. Cook was a member of tn
 committee on laws at the meeting C
 the grand lodge, Knights of Honor i
 session at Hartford; and T. G. W. Jef |, ferson was member of the committed on the state of the order and applica fipnc and p-ripvanpae