The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-20
Blocked With snow.

Q. U, W.-Manufacturors' Railroad
 Blocked With snow.
 One of the carts used in removing snow from Grand avenue was accident ally backed off the dock near Gainesville bridge yesterday afternoon. The teams were backed up to the edge of the dock and the carts dumped This cart was backed too far and went over into the water The cart was hauled out late in the afternoon.
 Y. G. w. Jefferson, treasurer of the Short Beach Improvement association, is about to advertise for bids for the removal of garbage at the beach the coming summer. It cost about $45O last season to remove garbage for the cot tagers and the work was satisfactorily performed.
 H. H. Davison of 1887 State street machinist employed by the Winchester Repeating Arms company, had a finger caught in a gear this week and it was considerably injured pr. Park the at- tending physician, believes he will be able to save the member from amputa- ton.
 
 the new station A two coats of paint on the outside and the roof. They have completed painting the inside of the building.
 East Rock lodge, A. o. U. w., has sent resolutions of sympathy to the family of R. B. Farren on the death of the lat ter The memorial is engrossed on parchment and was drawn up by J. P B. Ricketts. A similar memorial has been sent by Degree of Honor, No. ?, having been prepared by Mrs. J. L. Wetherwax; this memorial was placed in handsome sealskin album. The en- crossing of both sets of resolutions was by c. H. Blakeslee.
 When Blatchley avenue, between Grand avenue and Pine street, was hardened with crushed stone last year. | the property owners were ordered to | lay brick gutters They had just laid | cobble gutters and objected to paying for both By an arrangement with the board of compensation they will have to pay for the new gutters only on one side l of the avenue.
 East Rock lodge, No. 38, A. o. U. w, will hold it's regular meeting this even- ing There will be initiation exercises besides some special business and a | lunch will be served after the lodge bus mess is over
 The Fair Haven and Westvile road | has two or three flat cars engaged in | removing snow from Grand avenue, one | load being equal to the loading of sev- eral wagons.
 There is very good sleighing in the outskirts of Fair Haven, particularly up the Montowese road. A number of | sleighing parties are being talked up.
 The Manufacturers railroad is block aded with snow and several cars are de- layed at the manufactures along the f line.
 The Dayton Hook and Ladder com pany gave a sociable at the Firemen's hall on Forbes avenue last evening.
 Among those who attended the ban quet of troop A of cavalry Tuesday night were R. O. Eaton and F. r. i Thompson. Captain Luzerne Ludington of Fair Haven was toastmaster.
 Mrs. W. P. Niles of Lenox street, who has been very ill with pneumonia is now slowly improving. She has been very i'll and her condition was the sub iect of much solicitude on the part of her family and many friends. She has been attended by two physicians and a nurse. Mrs. Niles is not able to see any of her friends as yet, and it is believed her disease has passed the critical stage,
 H. F. Potter of Montowese, who has been very i'll for the past ten weeks, was able to sit up for a couple of hours on Sunday. He suffers severely from n.rs~--