The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-11
BRIEF MENTION.

High water to-day, 1924 p. m.
FIRE Marshal Gladwin has issued
permit to Abraham Stone to erect
brick building. 50 by 81 feet, at George
ana Factory streets, to cost $4,000.
There viii be three stories and ten ten
ements.
Rev. Robert T. Craig, well known
here and brother Of DR.. 6. H. Craig,
now located at Paterson. N. j., begins
his duties as pastor of the Summit ave-
nue. Baptist church in Jersey City, N.
D., on September l.
The directory for the city of Water
bury has been published by Price, Lee
& Adkins Of this city. 1t indicates an
increase in the population in the Brass
City. 1t contains ELIZA names, an in
crease of S95 over the directory Of last
year.
The schooner James d. Dewell, of this
port, is now running lumber cargoes
from st. Augustine to northern ports.
The schooner has just secured freight
on coal for Mayport, the outer port of
Jacksonville from Norfolk, at IS cents
per ton. The lumber freight brings $5.25
per thousand feet.
Myrtle chapter, o. e. S., will give
picnic on Thursday next in Masonic
home, Wallingford. The following
chapters have been invited to unite
with Myrtle: Excelsior, Mystic, Golden
Rod, Ethel and Mizpah The picnic will
be basket affair and the party will
leave on the 1886 a. m. train. #
A meeting Of the trustees of the New
Haven Savings Bank association was
held Friday night and the principal
business Of the meeting was the elect
Ing of a trustee to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of the late Charles
s. Mersick. John Brewster Fitch, pres
ident Of the w. & E. 7. Fitch company,
was elected to the position.
Work on the new gas house for the
New Haven Gas Light company on
East Chapel street is well advanced.
The brick work for the first story is
nearly completed and large number
of brick masons are being employed.
This building will be several hundred
feet in length and fronts near Chapel
street Good progress is being made
on the other portions of the new mill
lion-dollar gas plant.
BY New Haven republicans, it is ex-
pected that Chairman Kenealy of the
republican state central committee will
call the committee together in few
days for the usual summer meeting, at
which the time and place of the next
state convention win be fixed. The ex-
pectation is that the convention will be
held September IA and Is. The coming
session of the committee will fore
gather at the Pequot, New London.
The committee appointed at a meet
Ing of the Blues Thursday night is
working hard to arrange a fine celebra-
ton of the SEVENTEEN anniversary of
the company The blowout will be held
Saturday, July 80, at some shore resort
vet to be chosen. The committee In
charge consists Of Lieut.. IA. IA. Alling
Lieut. Harry Beebe, Corporal Krahl
and Private Riley. At the last meet
ing Abraham steinchus and Charles
whitney were voted into the company
The New York, New Haven and
Hartford road has asked the state rail-
road commission for hearing on the
matter of change Of the curves and
layout of the company's tracks at the
junction of Grand avenue and Olive
street. The commission has set July IA
at Il a. m as the date for the hearing
on the matter. The estimated cost Of
the work has been placed at $1,00O,OOO.
The new depot for this city will cost
approximately the same figure.
Responsibility for the collision of two
freight trains under Ferry street
bridge Thursday is equally divided
among all the men in the crews Of both
trains, and as result seven men have
been suspended by the company for
thirty days. Those who suffer for be-
ing in the mixup are one engineer, one
conductor and five brakemen. The in
vestigation conducted by the officials
disclosed the fact that these employees
were guilty Of negligence, and the usu-
al penalty followed, though in few
wrecks are SO many men found guilty
of carelessness
If the Baby is Cutting, Teeth he sure