The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-01-07
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CANAL
TUNNEL no BEGIN SOON.
Lumber and Machinery Have Arrived
Admiral Foote Post Visiting Commit
tee-Denth of Mrs. Dickinson.

Mary Jane, widow of William H.
Dickinson, died yesterday morning at
1920 o'clock at the home of her son-in-
law, Patrolman Charles N. Meigs, in
the seventy-seventh year of her age
She had made her home with Mr.. and
Mrs. Meigs since their marriage, over
twenty-five years ago, at 81 Wolcott
street She had not been in good
health for several years, suffering Sc
verely at times from bronchial asthma,
but was not obliged to take to her bed
until the evening before her death. On
Wednesday she was taken very i'll and
coughed nearly all The day and even
ing. She was a native of New YORK
city. Her only near relative was her
daughter, Cornelia A., wife of Patrol
man Meigs. Two other children, Will
liam and Sarah, died number OF
years ago. The deceased was member
of the Grand avenue Baptist church
She was woman of fine traits of char
acter and a large circle of friends will
learn with regret of her death. In her
family she was devoted to all and the
loss there can never be made up. Her
love and devotion in the home made 1t
the brighter for her presence. The fun
eral services are to be held at the home,
81 Wolcott street, Tuesday evening at
o'clock. The burial will be in Madison
on Wednesday morning on arrival of
the train leaving this city at II O'Clock.
The construction of the canal and tun-
mel to bring the waters of Farm river
ipfo Toly Calf eto1 will mo ra hIIc
ness pretty lively in Foxon and vicinity
for some months to come. AS before
stated, the New Haven Water company
has let the job to Pittsburgh contrac
tor for about $4,000, and preparations
are now being made to begin the work.
Upson & Grannis have taken the con-
tract to put up the shanties where the
.laborers are to live, and the past week
many loads of lumber were carried to
the scene of operations. Some of the
machinery has arrived and is being set
up, but one lot went astray on the cars
and has not yet arrived. The canal con-
struction is not regarded as big I'M
dertaking, but the boring of the tunnel
through Saltonstall mountain is huge
task Work will begin at each side of
the mountain and the tunnel will unite
at the center. Very nice work must be
done in order that the two sections ex-
actly meet. Compressed air will be used
in drilling.
A new quartet sang at the Grand
avenue Congregational church yester-
day. As before stated, Mrs. Clara Oke
son. soprano, and Miss D. Gertrude
Duell, contralto, will sing in the new
quartet, but the other two singers have
not been secured, nor the new organist.
h Fred Delay shot gray fox on Sal
tonstall mountain Friday.
William A. Waterbury, for several
years a resident of Fair Haven, for a
long time past superintendent of the
Shore Line division, has been appointed
superintendent of the Air North
ampton, which has been merged as one
division of the Consolidated railroad
The change takes effect February l. Mr..
Waterbury has been in the railway SER
vice since 1857.
The fourth of the new big cars was
added to the Branford route yesterday,
making car every twenty-four min
utes.
Among those appointed on the sick
visiting committee of Admiral Foote
post, G. A. r., are: Eleventh ward,
Joel T. Rice; Twelfth ward, Luzerne F.
Barnes; Fourteenth ward, Giles w
Clark; Fifteenth ward, ID. G. Mechan. |
The committee for the Fair Haven |
cemetery are William E. Morgan. Lu- |
zerne F. Barnes, James Mcclure; East |
Haven cemetery, c. c. Kirkham.>
e. d. letters of Exchange street, for |
six years clerk in the office Of the Belle |
dock division of the Consolidated road,
has become salesman in the store of the
Wissner Piano Co.