The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-01-24
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM BOTH
SIDES OF THE RIVER.
Ohc Thousand Barrels of Cement for
the East Chapel street Draw Arrives
Mrs. Rachael A. Covert, Aged SO Years,
Died Yesterday Other Notes
cd neutrality-suspicious. Notes.

Died Yesterday Other Notes.
rived yesterday from Jersey City with
1000 barrels Of Alpha Portland cement
Tor w. A. Warner & Bro. This is a fine
barge and only two years old, and the
hrst time it has been here The cement
is to be used in the East Chapel street
draWbridge. Engineer Smith, who was
on the barge Witter, when it sank near
Jersey City, came up on the Hennig.
He says the barge and cargo was in
sured, and the only loss was on the
deck load of bone dust. The barge was
cut through with ice, and the cargo
which was cement, consigned to w. A.
Warner & Bro, was lost. Mr., Smith
says the barge will soon be raised, put
In order and will probably be running
to Fair Haven again. The barge Hen
mig will go down to Belle dock or Canal
dock and load cord wood, shipped by
rail from Haddam, for New York.
William G. Cooke of 1926 Grand ave-
nue., who has been housed with grip for
four weeks, was able to be out for the
first time yesterday.
Mrs. Rachel A. Covert died yesterday
at the home of her daughter Mrs. Can
field. at 210 Forbes avenue She leaves
five sons and one daughter Her age
was eighty-three years. For forty years
she was a member of the ST. Johns
street M. E. church and afterward
joined at Epworth church.
Home council, No. 3, Brotherhood of
Relief, will hold it's annual meeting at
81 Grand avenue, this evening at 8
o'clock.
During the past week several tele-
phones We're placed in several East Ha-
ven residences
Andrew F. Austin has been appoint
ed administrator on the estate of the
late Mrs. James Heaton of Montowese.
Epson & Grannis have finished fill
ing their ice houses at the Foxon pond
and have begun to make a big stack
near the houses. This stack will con-
tain several hundred tons of ice and
will be the first to be disposed of. Sew
eral dealers were housing ice yesterday
1t is probable Upson & Grannis will
cut sufficient ice in Fair Haven SO they
will not be obliged to store ice in the
Congamond lake houses this winter.
The Fair Haven and Westville Rail
road company has begun operations
looking to the double tracking of the
old New Haven street railway line from
Four Corners to the hill approaching
Morris Cove They have gang of
men loading earth taken at the cut and
transporting it on flat cars for use In
filling along the section that is being |
graded. The rails for the second track
will be laid in the spring. and then It
will be double track road nearly to
Morris Cove.
William. Kaerle has sold to Timothy |
e. Norton twelve feet of land on |
Townsend avenue, and IS feet of land |
on Florence avenue.
George N. Coe. the liveryman, has |
Just purchased handsome cob horse, |
a stylish driver. He has also bought
two good road horses.
DR.. Burdett S. Adams has been nomi-
mated a member Of the board of direc-
tors Of the Connecticut Humane society |
His father, the late DR.. c. B. Adams,
was a member for many years.