The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-02
Local Weather Report.
BRIEF MENTION.

The Illustrated Sporting News just
put at the Pease, Lewis company.
Heavy travel is looked for on the Con-
solidated railroad over the Fourth. The
Eravel out of this city to-day, preceding
The holiday, is expected to be very
heavy.
Fire Marshal Gladwin yesterday is
sued a permit to the Sheffield Scientific
school Of Yale for the erection Of a new.
seventy-five thousand dollar laboratory
lii Mansfield street, near Prospect place.
The building is to be fireproof and to be
one or two stories high.
Il. N. Hibbits. the new mechanical
Superintendent of the Consolidated rail-
road, arrived yesterday and assumed
the duties Of his position as the sue
cessor Of John Hsnney, superintendent
of motive power. He has retained Mr..
Henney's staff Of clerks thus far.
Albert q. Munson, of 191 Kimberly
avenue, who has been janitor of the
railroad building since it was built, ten
years ago, leaves his position to take a
better one in the roads service. J. H.
Harris succeeds Mr.. Monson as janitor
of the plant He began his duties yes
Herday.
III. g. Warren, vice-president Of the
Merchants bank in State street, will
act as president Of that Institution for
some time. The directors decided that
for the present the successor to the
late M, Mersick will not be elected.
MFR. Warren's private business prevents
MIN from accepting the presidency per-
ananently.
Coroner Mix has been investigating
The sudden death of Paul Byrne, of
west Haven, and finds that it was a
case of suicide. Byrne was found un-
der bench at Savin Rock park early
Thursday morning. He was gasping
and died shortly afterward. A carbolic
acid bottle was found near his body
and suicide was undoubtedly the result
nf taking the poison, although Byrne's,
lips were not discolored.
Fourth vice President e. H. Nc Hen
~ Of the Consolidated railroad, who is
ito take the trolley affairs of New Eng
Hands $S0,0O0,0OO railroad proposition
upon his shoulders, did not arrive at
his post of duty yesterday, as was ex-
pected. In fact, he will not come to
New Haven for some time vet.
Mr.. McTIenry will come here from
The Northern Pacific railroad, where he
was formerly associated with President
MelIen as chief engineer.
The Narragansett Bay Oyster Compa-
nv. consisting of local investors, has
purchased the Oyster Point steamer
Richard Law, and will add the craft to
their fleet Of boats. Several steamers
are now at work for the company at
HE oyster beds in Rhode Island waters
and the Law will soon go down the
'5ay. This steamer is one of the well
known craft seen on the oyster beds out
on the Sound. G. e. Parmelee is the
president of the company and Frank j..
Mansfield secretary.
superintendent Beede goes to Bethle-
hem. N. Jill, next week to attend the
annual meeting Of the American Irsti-
tute Of Instruction, and number of
local teachers will also attend. On
"wednesday, July 6, superintendent
Beede will deliver an address on "The
ATTITUDE Of High School Teachers To-
ward the Work OF First Year Pupils,
and on Thursday his address will be on
fsFIow to Secure Efficient Teachers. :"
Superintendent Beede will leave in
about three weeks for the state of
Maine. ..
Still another piece of property was
yesterday acquired by the New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroad for
the widening of the 'cut" through the
city, the latest parcel being a stretch
In the rear Of Patrick ,Noonan's proper
Ay at 10 Madison street. No dimensions
are given, the entire piece being as
sessed at fourteen hundred dollars.
The Smith slotting Machine Compa-
NY, of Torrington, is about to terminate
its corporate existence. Several New
Haven people are interested in this
/ Epncern,