The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-05
LATEST FAIR HAVEN NEWS
OF THE TRANS
 FER OF FERRY ST. CHURCH.

It's Work Hereafter to be Carried On
 Under the Direction of the Grand
 Avenue Congregational Church-Tbe
 Building Was Donated by the Late
 Hiram Camp at Cost of SIS OOO--
 Marriage of Miss Edna Church.
 Announcement was made yesterday morning in the Grand avenue Congre- gational church of the transfer to that society of the chapel in which the late Hiram Camp was so much interested, and for the maintenance of which he gave so liberally is to be carried on hereafter by the Grand avenue Con- gregational church and Bible school.
 The property of the Cedar Hill union society has been transferred to the First Ecclesiastical society of Fair Ha- ven in order that the wishes of the late Hiram Camp may be compiled with as far as practicable.
 Nearly twenty-five years ago a small chapel, formerly the property of the Grand avenue Congregational church was moved from Fair Haven to Middle town avenue and in it was established a mission Sunday school in which Hiram Camp was much interested. As the work enlarged it seemed best to those interested to form a church for the convenience of the people of that vicinity. As the chapel was not of suf- fioient size to accommodate the fast increasing numbers who desired to wor- ship there, MT. Camp at an expense of $lS,OOO built and donated to the Cedar Hill Mission society, the church build ing in Ferry street on certain condi- tions, which, not being fulfilled, the property was to revert to his estate. After completing the building MT. Camp found the expense had far ex- ceeded his expectations and on inform ing the members of Cedar Hill Union society of the fact they, on receiving the deed of the church building, gave and deeded the chapel to MT. Camp who converted 1t into two tenement house and it has been used for such until the present time. At the decease of MT. Camp this tenement house and a generous sum of money was left to the Cedar Hill Mission society by the terms of his will. This society, with generous aid from the Home Mission society, the Congregational union of !, tc at+r late Horace P. Shares and the Rev MT. Luckey, pastor of the Humphrey street church, carried on this work as nearly as possible, as authorized by MT. Camp until for various reasons, some four years since, the church disbanded and it's members connected themselves with the Grand avenue and other Congrega- tiCnal churches in the city The church building was then rented to the English Lutherans who worshipped there until they purchased the building in Law renee street, where they now worship
 After the Lutherans vacated Rev Alexander Irvine rented the building and the name Bushnell hall was sub stituted for Ferry street church. Mir. Irvine established here a so-called Peo- ples church, using parts of the build- ing for club rooms, etc. As this build ing, according to the condition of Mir. Camps deed, could be used for no such purposes, the Cedar Hill union again took possession and decided that MT. Camps wishes could be fulfilled by some well organized church and as this territory is so situated that it naturally seems to be connected with the Grand avenue Congregational parish, that church and society were asked to take the property and take charge of the religious work of that section.
 When Dr, Isaiah w. Sheath pastor of the Grand avenue Congregational church, commenced to arrange for def mite and efficient work in that vicinity, two serious difficulties presented them selves. First, he found that the con- fusion and noise caused by the almost constant running of trains on the New Haven railroad so near the church building made it impossible to conduct church services, and second, according to the conditions of the deed of the property, this building could not be sold or transferred. The first of these difficulties was overcome by establish ing branch of the Grand avenue Bi- ble school, with sessions held in the church building each Sabbath to ac- comqnodate those residing in that vicin- ity. The second difficulty was over come by the persistent efforts of Rev. Dr. Sheath, assisted by the superinten- dent of the Bible school of the Grand avenue Congregational church, A. G. Mcintyre, in arranging with the heirs of MT. Camps estate to release their claim on the church building in order that it might be transferred to the ec- clesiastical society of the Grand ave- nue Congregational church.
 After this release was obtained the property of the Cedar Hill union so- ciety was legally transferred to the cor poration. This transfer was made last Tuesday evening when Frank F. Fow- Ter and D. R. Pollock, who were ap- pointed a committee by the ecclesias- tical society to receive the property did so and yesterday morning Dr. Sheath made a full statement to his people, outlining the work to be done in future. He said in part:
 Many faithful efforts were put into the work in the last twenty-five years and the workers will always be re- membered for what they did. There re- mains for us the moral obligation to 5O what wa can to cora fa,, tba ro1ior