The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-04-13
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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side. Then could the park be popular ized and thus made a thing of use as
 well as thing of beauty.
 Beautiful as the park now is it can in my opinion be made more beautiful still The Improvements do not, it seems to me, move fast enough This is not due to a lack of effort upon the part of the park commission but rath- CT because of lack of money with | which to do 1t. I would urge upon the | chamber and upon the park board to use their influence to hasten not only the beautifying of the park itself, but also its surroundings, and here I would | suggest what may not be new, that no | greater improvement can be made than | to dam Mill river near State street, the result of which would be the formation of beautiful lake. The surroundings should be nicely graded with walks and drives and ornamented with trees | and shrubbery and flower beds in sea- son; seats and pagodas should be erected in convenient places, and the lake supplied with swans and there should be boats for boating, while in the winter the frozen surface of the lake could be used for skating purpos- es, Over the river at Orange street a handsome stone bridge should be erect ed in place of the present old wooden structure The improvement to the park that this would make is easily ap- parent to you.
 THE GREEN.
 Another improvement, in my opin ion, and one that has been before sug gested by others, would be taking down of the iron fence around the old green and replacing it with a solid coping, or, should this prove to be too expensive, leaving it in its natural state.
 Fences around parks are things of the past. A public park such as this one is should in it's appearance be indicative of freedom, inviting by it's open pres- ence all who may desire to enter upon it. I would also, in season, ornament the plots under the trees running from Chapel to Elm streets with mounds of plants and beds of flowers, which could he done at small expense. On Arbor day trees should be replanted not only in the green but also in other parts of the city. All of these Improvements would tend to beautify the city and thus by it's pleasant and inviting ap- pearance, enhance the reputation of New Haven.
 THE M. SEWARD MANUFACTURE
 ING COMPANY.
 The case of this company ought to re- ceive the considera tion of the chamber It is to be regretted that an industry so long established, locating its plant on isolated ground, should be hampered by new residents locating near by who were fully aware of the nature of the business carried on, when so locating near the plant.
 In manufacturing community there must of necessity be some discomfort from the operation of the factories, and some little sacrifice ought surely to be made by the inhabitants therein for the general good.
 THE NEW HARBOR.
 For many years the improvement of our harbor has been the concern of this chamber. It is needless for me to re- count to you at this time the many ef- forts, some successful and some unsuc- cessful, that have been made In the di- rection of securing appropriations to deepen and improve it. 1 need hardly impress upon you the importance to our city of a harbor with sufficient depth of water that will enable vessels of deep draught to enter and receive or discharge their cargoes with safety. With this result obtained, in connec- tion with our now excellent railroad system, there would be a growth in that WOl11I tar fo1 enrich our city, and make our harbor an important receiving and distribut- ing center.
 It Is my pleasant duty to be able to report to you that the congress which | has recently closed it's session, has ap- propriated the large sum of $345,OOO to | be expended in New Haven harbor--a sum by far the largest that has ever been appropriated for this purpose. The credit for this great achievement is | due to the combined efforts of General George H. Ford as president of the | chamber, Henry c. Rowe and the com mittee on harbor, together with the ex- cellent assistance of His Honor Mayor | Farnsworth, as well as that of others. | which efforts would have been in vain, | however, except for the untirng and | work of our fellow towns | man and congressman, the Hon. Nehe- | miah D. Sperry. And in this connec- | tion, we must not forget that our thanks are due to Major Smith s. | Leach, corps of engineers, U. $. A., for l the valuable and important influence | eXerted by him in our behalf
 With the amount of money now ap- | great and everlasting good 1 can be accomplished for our harbor, and no history of our city can be com- plete which does not contain record of | the names of the gentlemen before mentioned who, by their efforts, have brought about this excellent result.
 THE NEW LIGHT.
 Another great and good achievement has been accomplished by our ever alert congressman in procuring the passage of an act for the erection of new lighthouse on the west end of the new breakwater. The inestimable ben efits of this light to the mariner seek Ing our harbor in the darkness of the night can best be appreciated by him, put we of the land can in a measure also understand what a beacon of hope his light will be to him who, during he tempests' howl, endeavors to seek