The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-01-12
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

| President John M. Hall of the New
York New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road company said yesterday that he
had no information relative to the re-
port published in our dispatches yes
terday morning that William K. Van
derbilt had made a tentative offer to a
director of the Consolidated system to
purchase the road and add it to the New
York Central company. Many similar
reports on the subject have appeared in
various New York newspapers and Wall
| street papers. A New Haven man said
on the subject that the New York Cen
trail and the Consolidated roads were
working in absolute harmony and that
there was no particular need of pur-
chase in the case by the Central, as no
other road could step in to make trou-
BILE, and the New York Central and the
| Pennsylvania were on good terms.
Major Clark of the Second company,
Governors Foot Guards, is receiving
congratulations on his success in secur-
| ing a requisition from the state to pay
for twelve dress uniforms hats, velvet
| 1eggins and red forage caps for the
members Of his command. The Second
| company has never been in as gaod con-
dition as it is to-day, both as to equip
ment and membership.
New Haven people have taken well
to the new private mailing cards which
are illustrated with pictures of scenes
in and about this city. Mr.. Sweeney of
T. H. Pease & Son says the venture has
proven a success and that the public
demand for them has necessitated an
increased supply, and that since last
September, when the first lot was issued,
10000 of the cards have been sold, with
the sale increasing constantly. They
are very popular to send away as SOU
venirs of old New Haven. The cards
are on sale by all booksellers and at
nearly all the stores also. Foreigners
who are used to these cards at home
buy them in quantities.
The batteries of the city fire alarm
system were tested yesterday by Mr.
Wheeler, an expert from the Gamewel
company. and he said after the test
that in only two instances did he find
batteries anywhere that "stood up so
well as there. This is high compli-
ment to the work of superintendent
Grant of the fire alarm telegraph, whose
work is always painstaking and thor
ough.
This evening Henry d. Middleberger
of Hartford, deputy supreme governor
of Lafayette colony No. 161, United Or
der of Pilgrim Fathers, will install it's
officers in Red Mems hall. The install
alton this year, contrary to previous
customs Is to be for members only, but
the immediate families of the members
have been invited to witness the enter
tainment to begin at 8 o'clock, when
refreshments will be served. The bust
ness meeting will begin promptly at 7;9O
o'clock.
No. SIS men at 10:45 yesterday re-
sponded to still alarm for a fire in the
chimney of the house at 25 Clinton ave-
nue.. There was no damage. The house
is owned by Stewart Rowe and is occu-
pied by Frank Strubell.
Louis Lingelard, aged fifty-one years
of SO Wallace street, was brought to the
New Haven hospital yesterday noon
from the L. Candee g. Co. rubber shop
on Wallace street. Lingelard is en-
ployed in the shop, running a machine
in which rubber is ground. His right
hand was caught in the knives of the
machine and it was cut off above the
wrist.
gin next Monday the work of collecting
registered mail matter in the residen-
tial districts Yesterday z. Moses of |
the registered mail department of |
Washington was in the city and in |
structed the heads of departments rela
tive to the work.