The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-22
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
NEW AWAKENING REGARDING
 M4NUFA ACTURING INTER ESTS.
And Their Importance to Fair Haven and the City-The M. Seward Co'-A Fine Concert Other Notes.

Fine Concert Other Notes. Fair Haven is in the throes Of indus trial expansion. The people Of Falr Ha-
 ven East have concluded that there must be some manufacturing enter prizes in that district in order to bring
 back the business of former years. Just now, the move is to get the M. Seward
 & Son Co. to locate their factory there, if possible, but it is understod that II this Is not a success there Will pc all attempt to land some other industries.
 The Deming property, formerly the A. l.. Chamberlain 6 Co.'s store, is looked
 upon as the most advantageous slte. IL has a three story brick building, With land fronting on East Grand and Quin- nipiac avenues, and a. wharf privilege
 in the rear. It Is understood the prop
 erty can be bought for $7,000 or about
 the cost of building the big store. Rep-
 resentatives of the company went yes terday to East Haven to examine sev-
 eral properties which it was thought
 would be well adapted for factory pur-
 poses. With Fair Haven East and East Haven bidding, extra efforts will be of fered the company to locate over this way. The merchants are much inter- ested, for such an enterprise would im- prove trade.
 An excellent concert was given in the Grand avenue Baptist church Wednes- day evening by the New Haven Orches- | tral club, under the auspices of the | young men of the church. The instru- ments numbered thirty-two, with Di-
 rector William E. Haesche in charge, l One of the selections, cradle song for string orchestra, was one of the last compositions by Ethelbert Nevin of | this city, who has just died. Mrs. Haesche, who was expected to sing, was absent owing to illness, and Miss Katheryn Murphy filled her place at short notice. and gave several solos in her usual finished manner. The con-
 cert was an enjoyable one and deserved a better house.
 Captain Horatio Pond, with his wife and daughter, Allie, are expected home from Florida early next week. Harry c. Wedmore will leave next
 Monday for Greenville, N. C., where
 he will be married February 2S to Miss
 Flossie J. Hanber.
 Mrs. George J. Bishop of Lenox street
 is visiting in Worcester, Mass
 There will be much interest to listen
 to the sermon by Rev E. W. Stone at
 the Grand avenue Baptist. church Sun
 day evening. His subject will be Mrs. Nations Saloon Crusade
 The Fair Haven schools closed yes- terday afternoon until Monday morning giving the pupils a holiday for Wash ington's birthday. In nearly every school yesterday there was some ob- servance in memory of Washington. The school rooms were quite generally decorated with flags and pictures, in some cases, lavishly. In several of the primary rooms upon the dismissal each pupil was given small American flag and the children waved the colors, going to their homes, very patriotically.
 The Granniss hail in the Strong school was filled with people yesterday at D. m., for the patriotic celebration The pupils of grades and and many of the parents and patrons were pres- ent. The exercises were under the di rection of Miss Story. An interesting programme had been arranged for the occasion and 1t was well given through out.