The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-08-18
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Doings ut the Special Meeting in Bridge
 port Yesterday.

Doings ut the Special Meeting in Bridge
 port Yesterday.
 A special meeting of the Connecticut
 Oyster association was held at Bridge
 port yesterday afternoon at the rooms
 of the Bridgeport board of trade, Rep
 resentative oyster growers from all
 parts of the state were present.
 The meeting was called to order by the president, Henry c. Rowe. After
 the usual opening proceedings the sec retary, M. c. Sanford, read letters from several members regretting their in- ability to be present. The secretary read the call for the meeting, and the president stated the reasons for calling the same at this time. Reports were presented by the com
 mittee on legislation, and by other standing and special committees. The president called the attention of the meeting to the revision of the statutes relating to shell fisheries, which has been prepared by MT. Mathewson, clerk of shell fisheries. This revision Is sub- mitted to the Oyster Growers associa- tion for their consideration, and if ap- proved by them and by the shell fish commission, the next legislature will be requested to adopt it.
 It was arranged that one copy of the revision should remain in the pos session of the president of the associa- tion, where it can be consulted and ex- amined by any oyster growers in New
 Haven and vicinity; the second copy
 given to Marshall E. Morris of Bridge
 port, where it can be examined by any
 of the growers in that locality; and the third copy to Vice President Albert J. Hoyt of South Norwalk, where it can be examined by the oyster growers in that vicinity
 At the previous meeting, the president of the association was authorized by vote to appoint committee to consider this revision. The president appointed all the members of the standing com- mittee on legislation of the association, l to consider the revision, and this com- mittee will report at the annual meet | ing on the second Tuesday in October | The president, who by vote of the as- sociation represented it before the com mittee on rivers and harbors of the CiIllCo hoLdtCS SollS5 SooS III pClldAA oA provements to navigation at New Ha- | ven, reported, and received a vote of l thanks for his services.
 I MT. Rowe stated that some months 1 ago 1t was reported in the newspapers | that there had been a slight hostile alusion to the movement for improve I ments at New Haven, on the part of a l certain gentleman, temporarily in 1 Bridgeport. Mir. Rowe said that no such feeling existed in New Haven with ! reference to any improvements at l Bridgeport, and that while generous I rivalry between the two cities is nat | ural, he thought it important to keep | that rivalry on courteous and friend 1 ly basis, and that so far as he was con- i cerned he should be glad to aid in en- | deavoring to secure Improvements for any of the harbors in Connecticut. 1 The various other matters of interest l to the association were considered and discussed by Messrs. Henry c. Rowe of | New Haven, Albert J. Hoyt of South l Norwalk, Marshall D. Morris of Bridge l port, George F. Lancraft of New Ha- | ven, H. D. Pausch of Greenwich, John | L'Hommedieu of Rowayton, William 1 H. Hoyt of South Norwalk, and David l c. Sanford of New Haven.
 ! George E. Lancraft of New Haven | presented an interesting report of the 1 temperatures of the water on his plant 1 ing ground in six and seven fatlloms of water, which he has taken for success 1 i've years between 1873 and 1898. He l has found that as a rule the best "sets'
 have occurred in those years when the
 water reached the highest tempera- 1 tures iii July, when the attachment of l 'set'' takes place. This report was dis cussed at length, and created a good | deal of interest.
 l After thorough comparison of views,
 all opinions were harmonized, and all
 action taken was unanimous.
 I On motion of MT. Pausch of Green
 wich, the president and secretary were l requested to send a communication to
 Major Smith S. Leach, United States
 engineer, in charge of this district, call
 ing his attention to the injury to the
 Port Chester natural bed by the de-
 posting of large quantity of ashes | by a steamer on said bed.
 The association passed a unanimous vote of thanks to the Bridgeport board
 of trade for the use of it's rooms, which
 were rendered to the association | through Hon. Zalmon Goodsell.