The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1905-08-08
LOCAL NEWSPAPER MEN
ENJOY SUMMER OUTING
BANQUET SERVED At SCOTT'S IN
CHESHIRE.

Are Guests of General Manager SeweII
Over New Extension to MilIdale-
Witness the Driving of ''Gold Spike"
by Director Van Keuren and Manager
Seweli-COnnecting Link Between
This City and Waterbury-special
Car Furnished by Consolidated Rail-
way COmpany-Many COurtesies Ex-
tended.
The New Haven newspaper men held
an outing and dinner at Scott's WaTer-
ly Inn in Cheshire yesterday afternoon
and the occasion was a most pleasing
and enjoyable one. Through the cour-
tesy of General Manager Punderford of
the Consolidated Railway company
special car was placed at the disposal
of the party and Starter James Dona-
hue was sent in charge. The car left
the corner of Church and Chapel streets
at 4:30 o'clock and reached the Inn
about $40 o'clock. The party was
strictly a private one and consisted of
just newspaper men, the ex-newspaper
men and very few invited guests. The
party numbered in all about forty.
On the arrival of the car at Cheshire
the directors car of the Connecticut
Lighting and Power company having
on board the directors Of that COM
pany, General Manager John E. Sew
ell and the state railroad commission
ers, drew into the junction at the hotel
General Manager Sewell invited the
newspapermen's party to take a special
trip over the new line from Cheshire to
Milldale and the invitation was accept
ed with thanks. The trip was a splen-
did one and was greatly enjoyed,
On the return trip both the directors
car and the press car was stopped
when the Waterbury junction was
reached and the party left the cars. At
this point the new Waterbury extension
joins the main line to Milldale and
when the whole party had left the cars
the connecting spike of gold was driven
into the tracy by General L. N. Van
Kueren, who is a director of the COM
pany, and also an ex-adJutant general
of the state under Governor Cooke, and
General Manager Sewell. While this
was being done cheers were given by
those present.
At shortly before Z o'clock the party
sat down to dinner in the spacious din
ing room of the hostelry and partook of
an excellent dinner served in Landlord
Scott's best style. After the dinner
music and games were enjoyed until
about $3.50 o'clock at which time the
special car brought the party back to
the city.
The invited guests present were Man
ager Cundell and Advertising Manager
Sullivan Of the White City; Manager
Van Buren, and Press Agent Morton Of
the New Haven theater, and Manager
Stocking of Polls theater. The three
old local newspaper men present were
Attorney Lorenzo w. Housed of Hum
boldt, Ia. ex-City Attorney Webb, and
Deputy Coroner Philip Pond, I'd. The
other invited guests who We're unable
to attend were Mayor Studley, General
Manager Punderford of the Consolidat-
ed Railway company, and Manager Col
lin of the Hyperion theater.
After the dinner Manager Van Buren,
invited all present to attend the OPEN
ing performance at the New Haven
theater on Thursday night and Man.
ager Stocking of Polls extended an in
vitation to all to attend the opening
performance in the new theater. Both
invitations were accepted with thanks.
Manager Cundell and Advertising Man
ager Sullivan also extended an invita-
ton to the press of the city to attend
the White City at any and all times,
and they were both also loudly cheered.
Chairman Roger also called upon At
torneys Webb and Pond and Thomas
| Norman for brief remarks.
| The crew in charge of the special car
was John Reynolds and James Bren-
nan.
The committee in charge of the out
ing consisted of John Roger, chairman;
Arthur ]. Sloane, William G. Myers,
Arthur V. Phillips, Harry M. Robinson
Adelbert L. Dewey, and Edward M. AL
lender.