The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-04-04
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
INCENDIARY FIRE IN EARN ON
 EXCHANGE STREET
NIiikman Discovers and Extinguishes It-Tyvo New Oyster Boats-BuiIdinE


 Improvements-Pe Etc. About 4 o'clock yesterday morning a milkman riding through Exchange street discovered flames issuing from
 the barn of William H. Rose, fish
 dealer, livng at No. 14S. MT. Rose was notified and without waiting to dress rushed out and extinguished the fire. The fire was evidently set from the
 outside and burned a space by 5 feet. Several brushes and other barn uten sils were burned. The barn is owned by George Durant of 35 Eld street. But for the prompt discovery the barn must have burned, but the wind blew the flames away from MT. Roses house. It
 is believed to have been an attempt at
 incendiarism and the police have been notified.
 Sunday evening the choir of the
 Grand avenue Congregational church will render special service of Easter
 music and the pastor will make a short address.
 Warner-M Miller company have received
 800 tons of fire brick and 1,500 barrels Rosendale cement. Now that boats are again running on the Hudson river they expect to receive building materials
 freely.
 An important improvement is being
 made to the two-story frame house in
 Chambers street, owned and occupied
 by George Barnes. The house, several feet from the rear end, has been cut
 in two, moved back and ten feet built
 ty1 @nf t1A nIl s;,ytKa additional rooms. The work of nov
 ing the rear section was watched with considerable int terest. The addition will prove a great improvement to the house.
 Two new oyster boats are to be added to the fleet this season. One of the boats, for the Narragansett Bay Oy- ster company, whose stockholders re- side here, the building has been briefly mentioned. This boat has been Iaunch- ed and will soon be ready for working in Naragansett bay. The hardware and anchors were furnished by the w. A. Warner & Bro. Go. of this place. The boat was built at Kennebunkport, Me, and will cost, when completed, about s10,OO0.
 Another boat is now building in Strat- ford for Frederick F. and Frank E. Brown, of the east side. This boat will have capacity for about 900 bushels of oysters. She will be propelled by steam.
 The steamer Isaac N, Veazie, owned by the Dyer Transportation company of Providence, has been chartered by New Haven parties and is being re- modelled in Providence, preparatory to going into the oyster business. Almost every year sees an addition to the local fleet of power boats and illustrates in some degree the growing importance of the oyster industry.
 Governor McLean's reappointment of Dairy Commissioner John w. Noble, for two years, naturally means the re- appointment of Robert O. Eaton as deputy commissioner MT Eaton has received congratulations in advance from his friends in this vicinity. He has made a good deputy, but his friends wonder how he is to swing so many offices. He is said to be a can didate for sheriff and if he wins out he will probably resign as dairy com missioner. But Bob is not taking chances and will remain deputy dairy commissioner until he becomes high sheriff.
 An addition has been built to the house of James F. Scott. in Clinton avenue, which much improves the 
 Henry A. Niles house in Fulton street has been improved by a new bay window and other additions.
 Van Buren Lamb of East Pearl street has gone to Wilmington, Del, for Il stay.
 George Ball of the east side caught two bass at Saltonstall Wednesday. Each fish weighed six pounds
 MT and Mrs James C. Field, on their bridal tour, stopped over Sunday with | his mother, Mrs. George w. Palmer of | avenue. They have return ed to Suffield.