The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-02-22
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
DEFECTS IN NEW DRAWBRIDGE
 BEING REMEDIED.

Funeral of Little Helen Hammond School at Four Corners Closed Yesterday Flood in Quinnipiac Kiver-Parlor Entertainment at the Home of Mrs George R. Stevens This Afternoon.
 Superintendent Manary says the de- tails of construction in the new draw bridge are the most perfect of any bridge he ever erected. When asked why the draw overlapped and would not close, he said: "In most bridges the builders make the draw rather flush, as it is easier to clip off few inches from the abutments than to be obliged to build out the iron work when the constructor is a trifle short That is no fault at all. We have trim med down the west abutment, and have men to-day chipping away at the east abutment, so that we will finish that work Tuesday. The excess in width was from 51s inches down to nothing. I never saw a heavy draw that would start so easy. One man can almost start it, it is so finely poised. We have eighteen bolt holes to drill in the ma sorry so as to put in the anchor boxes and then we shall lay the electric cables. These jobs will take but a short | time if we only have suitable weather" l The funeral of Helen, the only daugh- | ter of Frederick and Bertha Sanford | Hammond was held yesterday after noon from the home of John $. San | ford, 54 East Pearl street The father of the little child, who has been very ill, was able to come down from Hart ford Two children in the same family are very i'll.
 Arthur Hemingway and his mother, Mrs. Jacob Hemingway of California, are spending the winter with Mrs. Hemingway's sister, Mrs. Leonard R. Andrews of East Haven.
 w. S. Compton and E. s. Cooper are representatives from East Rock lodge to the convention of the New England Jurisdiction, A. O. U. w., which is meeting in Boston to-day.
 It was necessary to close the school 1 at Four Corners yesterday owing to the breaking down of the heating ap- paratus.
 Surface water flower into the base ment of Thorpe's store at Four Cor ners yesterday; the damage is estimat- ed at about $10O.
 MT. and Mrs. R. B. Farren went to Boston yesterday and will remain for . LTo fc ott I,o meeting of the New England jurisdic- tion, A. 0. U. w.
 But few oysters were caught yes- terday owing to the storm. For sever al days the weather has been unfavor- able for shipping oysters and the de- mand has been rather light.
 There is a great flood in the Quinni- piac river and the waters are of a brownish tinge from the washings of the clay beds up stream. The tides were very high on Sunday and Mon- day.
 The afternoon session of the Fair Haven schools was omitted yesterday owing to the storm.
 R. w. Keast, Frank Edgar John w. Kessel and George King are members of the entertainment committee of the Young Mems Republican club.
 A parlor entertainment will be giv- en under the auspices of the Fair Ha- ven w. c. T. U. No. at the home of Mrs. George R. Stevenson, SS Poplar street, this afternon at o'clock. A fine programme has been arranged by the committee, including soprano solos by Mrs. Horton. All are invited.
 Leland Haight of Foxon has recov- cred from his recent severe illness.
 pr. R. o. Moody has removed tu- nor from the side of Mrs. c. s. Allen l of 15 Perkins street. He was assisted by Dr. Verdi and Mrs. Moody.