The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-25
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT IN
 LAUNDRY.
Whist Club ReuniOD-MTs. William
 Rowe's Illness-R. R. Freight House < Losses by Rolling Mill Strike, Etc.

Whist Club ReuniOD-Mrs. William Rowe's Illness-R. R. Freight House Losses by Rolling Mill Strike, Etc. # The Nonpareil Laundry company, which for years has conducted the laundry business on Blatchley avenue, near Grand, has changed hands. It has been conducted by Charles L. Wright, who now retires from the active man. agement, but is to retain an interest in the concern. Alderman Cornelius H. Conway Is to be the managing stock holder and will have the controlling ln- terest. The officers of the new com pany are: President, Cornelius H. Con- way; vice president, Charles L. Wright; treasurer, Owen A. Groark; secretary, William F. Beauton. MT. Conway is president of the Domestic laundry on Grand avenue, which he started several years ago. He is well acquainted with the laundry business, and under his management the Nonpareil will un- doubtedly thrive exceedingly well, as it has in the past. For the present the two laundries will be run independently of each other.
 The whist club composed of men who formerly belonged to the old Calumet club, with their wives and few others, held a reunion and dinner at Bartlett's shore dinner house, East Haven River, last evening. Most of the members of the club were present. The club con- sists of MT. and Mrs. Ernest H. Craw- ford, MT and Mrs. Friend H. Francis, MT. and Mrs. James Nelson, MT. and Mrs. James Lavigne. MT. and Mrs. J. A. Thorpe, MT. and Mrs. H. F. Arthur, Frederick Gutbrod, Mr. Conklin, MT. Potter, Miss Roberts and Mrs. Lamb.
 Lincoln D. Granniss, of Charleroix, Pa, son of MT. and Mrs. C. W. Gran miss, of Foxon, is home for his vaca- tion.
 Harry T. Brown. of the Yale station, who has been substituting for few days as clerk at station A, left last night for Oyster Bay, Long Island, for a fifteen days vacation. His place at station A will be filled for the present by Philip J. Brady.
 The friends of Mrs. William Rowe are very sorry to learn of her serious Illness at her home in Baltimore. Her husband was member of the firm of H M. Rowe & Go, prominent Balti- more oyster concern. They were resi- dents of Fair Haven some twenty five years ago, and in recent years have spent much of their summers here,
 It was reported yesterday that the Consolidated road ere long will build a freight house in Fair Haven on the line of the Shore Line road to give better and much needd shipping facilities. The new house is to be situated on the Shore Line division of the road in Fair Ha- ven at the junction of the old and new tracks. Orders have not as yet been is- sued instructing the building depart ment to proceed upon the work but it is thought they will be within the next two weeks. The new building is very much needed in this vicinity as the fa- cilities of the road here to handle the freight which comes into it is at present insufficient.
 The residents of F'oxon are congratu- lating themselves over the new rural free delivery which is to be given to them on the first of August. The mails will leave the East Haven postoffice, stopping at Cosey Beach, East Haven Center and Foxon.
 It is claimed that the losses to the men out of work owing to the strike at the rolling mill already amount to 5 over s1s,OOO The pay roll was about S4,500 per week and the mill shut down over four weeks ago. During the shut down some extensive repairs have been made to the furnaces. boilers. etc. There is no prospect of an early re- sumption of business. The contracts have gone to other mills.
 The annual picnic of the East Pearl street M. E. church was held yesterday at Double Beach.
 Dr. and Mrs P. s. Robinson have gone to Massachusetts for an outing of week and will visit friends.
 MT. and Mrs. Lucius Bunnell of Bal timore are visiting Fair Haven friends
 George Walker of Front street goes to-day to Portchester to visit his sis ter.
 Louis L. Adler, the Fair Haven mer- chant, is very i'll at his home on Green street.
 Mrs. W. R. Francis of Portland. Me. is visiting her parents, MT. and Mrs Hogan of Downing street
 Mrs. E. R. Griswold of Hartford is visiting at H. W. Crawford's on Clinton avenue.
 fDr. E. K. Roberts sails from New York on Saturday and will be abroad all the summer for the benefit of his < health.