The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-10
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
NEW BIG TROLLEY CARS AT THE
GRAND AYENUE SHOPS.

SociabIe at the Grand Avenue Bnptis
Church Tomorrow Night-BriclS for
Grand Pavement Loca ted-L Lodge Meet.
ings and limitations This Week.
The three big cars which have arrived
for the Fair Haven and Westville COM
pany are at the car shops on Grand
avenue, where the motors and other at
tachments are being installed. Each
car has four motors, with total of 100
horsepower. These cars, with such
great power will be well adapted for
running on the Branford route and in
time of storm will greatly assist the
snow-plow in pushing through heavy
drifts. The interior finishing is of ma
hogany of handsome effect. All the
fittings are first-class. The windows
are arranged to lower down to make an
open car in summer. They We're con-
structed by Brill of Philadelphia. These
cars will be ready for service in about
two weeks. Three more cars of this
type will arrive in a few days. There
are cross seats like those in steam cars
and each car seats forty persons.
The annual meeting of the Farther
Lights society of the Grand avenue
Baptist church will be held this even
ing at 7.30 o'clock at the home of Mrs.
Howard Waters, Go Perkins street. A
large attendance is desired. Reports are
to be read and the keyword of the re-
sponses is Opportunity"
eooiohJa will ba hold in the Grand
avenue Baptist church tomorrow even
ing and all members of the church and
congregation are urged to be present.
1t is intended for sociability and to pro-
mote acquaintance between the church
members and the congregation. There
will be a short programme and light re-
freshments will be served.
Contractor Blakeslee has located the
two cargoes of brick destined for the
Grand avenue paving and the boats are
expected to arrive the middle of the
week and the unfinished piece of road
way near Grand avenue bridge will
then be completed, if the weather will
permit Owing to a break in the Erie
canal the boats were delayed and are
now towing down the Hudson river 1t
will require only 10000 brick to COM
plete the contract.
The Saltonstall Sick Benefit society
of East Haven which will hold its an
nual meeting next month has mem
bership of sixty-one, and there is
waiting list of those who wish to join
when vacancies occur. The society
pays $40 week in cases ow Illness, the
limit being for twenty-five weeks. 1t
has paid out since it's organization
about $4,000 and has done an excellent
work.
Walter ]. Turner has returned from
Jacksonville, Fla; his family will re-
turn in the spring. The Turner's, with
their sister, Mrs. Harry Fowle and five
children went south October 1, hoping
the change would benefit their health.
Nearly all have been i'll with chlls and
fever and the climate not agreeing with
them they will return in the spring. Mr..
Turner says there is no place so good as
New Haven
Ex-Warden George M. Baldwin is i'm
proving the steam heating apparatus
i'm his Quinnipiac avenue residence by
putting in new boiler.
Next Thursday evening Myrtle chap
ter, o. E. S., will hold a meeting at
their rooms and officers will be elected
for the ensuing year. The sewing cir
Gle will meet in the afternoon. Previ- |
bus to the chapter meeting supper will |
be served from to o'clock. An in
vitation is extended not only to the
members, but to the friends who are |
to attend the supper, which I
will be served at 10 cents a plate. The |
officers desire large attendance at this
annual meeting.
Star of Light lodge, Shepherds of
will meet at their rooms in
Odd Fellows hall, Crown street next
evening. Several candidates
will be initiated in the first degree and
a nomination of officers will also take
place.
Fair Haven lodge No. 2, Degree Of
Honor will initiate six candidates this
evening. The lodge having been grant
ed dispensation officers will be nom
mated and elected to serve for the COM
ing year.
Commissioner James H. Macdonald
mas issued an order that the towns hav-
ng macadam roads under construction
must finish them by December s, and
his will probably stop further work on
he new road in East Haven until next
spring. The contract is not yet COM
1leted. ]
The Second Congregational church ;
letted the sum of $267 from their rum
mage sale.