The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-28
OUR PUBLIC PARKS,

Persons who visit localities but once
 year notice changes and improve
 ments more than those who are accus-
 toned to seeing them progress from
 day to day." Such was the remark
 made by one of our elderly citizens
 about the east shore, Morris Cove,
 Lighthouse Point, etc, The double
 track through Woodward avenue,
 which the New Haven street railway have built the past season, facilitates
 travel and makes the waits" shorter
 and more agreeable. Fort Hale Park
 under Superintendent A. II. Thompson
 has been very much improved; the
 paths through the wooded groves and
 secluded glens are in fine condition, the
 lawns are quite different from what
 they were few years ago. when, on
 account of the geese, ducks, etc, it was
 dangerous to sit or even walk. Now
 they are clean and wholesome, the
 shrubs are growing luxuriantly, and soon the marsh mallows will be in full
 plUOIlI, tilS SlBll ul WHICH WOulA Pe'S
 the visit were there nothing more to
 attract the weary wanderer." Anoth-
 CT addition to the park is the increased
 number of bath houses for men and
 boys which the park commissioners
 have had erected this year. There are
 accommodations now for all who wish
 to avail themselves of this convenience,
 and all free. From seven o'clock at
 night until two o'clock in the day men and boys can bathe naked. The baths
 are well patronized. Parties who come
 from neighboring towns even as far
 north as Meriden and Berlin patronize
 them and express themselves grateful
 for the privilege. There is no more
 beautiful place for picnics and for a
 days outing for those who wish peace
 and quietness than the woods and
 lawns of Fort Hale Park, and all free.
 The outlook from Sunset View" the
 Cliff Drive" to the Palisades" etc., is
 well worth a trip to see. On the Palf-
 sades are posts for hitching, so that parties can disembark and view the ex- tended and lovely outlook to their
 hearts content. There is platform
 on Fort Hale Park for passengers to alight. Many get off there and walk through the beautiful grounds and sha-
 dy hooks to Morris Cove, where they
 take the cars for home, which gives
 them an opportunity to breathe the fresh sea breezes. Pequot House and
 cottages at Morris Cove, with their well kept lawns, are lovely. Then If one
 wishes gaety, entertainments, pleasure and fun, extend the trip to Lighthouse
 Point, where they can have it to their hearts content. With the small amount of money which the park com-
 missioners have at their disposal little can be done in the way of extended inn provements, but with the watchful care of Superintendent Thompson they en- 7eavor to make every dollar expend- ed show. Fort Wooster Park wants to be seen to be appreciated, and the out look and views from the old fort are (often said by parties visiting) mot surpassed by the views at East Rock Park and are so easy of access that even children can take the foot path or driveway from Townsend avenue and ascend without inconvenience. The old fort has been preserved and the old magazine is still there, and seats have been provided by the park commission
 CTS so one can take a rest and view the landscape OCT" Comparatively speaking, very few of the citizens of New Haven have been on Fort Wooster Park, but after visiting it once they are sure to go afterwards frequently. The fort was built in the war of 1912 by the citizens of New Haven, students from Yale and volunteers from the neighboring towns, each gang giving one day to the work. It was never oc- cupied with soldiers, though one man by the name of Pardee from East Ha- ven had his head shot off by cannon
 ball discharged from cannon on one of the British ships as she left the har- Dor. There was a large crowd assem- bled on Beacon Hill (as it was then called) to see the ships leave the har- bor, when from one of the ships the ball was sent into the crowd which took off the head of MT. Pardee. The earth works which were thrown up at that time are still intact, and are well worth the visit to the old fort. To the park are two entrances, one from Main street. a few hundred feet from the -Four Corners,' the other on Town send avenue few feet from the en- trance to MT. H. H. Benedict's elegant residence, whose fine kept lawn is a fine adjunct to the park, and the park a fine adjunct to the Benedict grounds, being mutual benefit. The visitors to these parks are legions, es- pecially on Sundays, but there is room enough for all, and they are very easy
 of access without expense save the car
 fare to Upson street or Main street of five cents
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