Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 1, 1913, Page 11

LLETIN, WEDNESDAY, rations In 1912 In New London and Windham Counties--295 Building Permits lséfiued in the Cities of Norwich, New London, Willimantic and Putnam Building operations that reached 2 total of $1,597,215 in New Lon- don and Windham countles in 1012 sent that year to the high water mark, exceeding the year before'by $82.065. when the total estimated figure was $1,465,150, and nearly equalling 1910, when the bullding construetion work reached e figure of $2,000,000. In the four cities in this territory, the constructive work was large in the past twelve months. Norwich sHowed a total of $609,965, in contrast to $257,830 in 1911 and $488,030 in 1910. New London also was on the upward trend with figures of $305,750 against $405,500 in 1911 and $282,425 in 1910. Putnem’s figures for 1912 -were small as compared with $185,000 in 1910 and a small fraction of that amount in 1911. In Willimantic the year 1912 recorded a total of $275,000 in building work, which exceeded the sum of $282800 for 1911, but w short of the amount of $335,550 shown in 1910. Contracts in the out- Iving towns of two counties represented the sum of $201,500 in 1912 to $415,000 in 1911 and $385,000 in 1910. Buiiding Permits in Four Gities. Along with the tofal fgure in amount expended went al increase in the nu of building permits issued in the four These were 2 representing an expenditure of $1,395,715, where they 911 and 219 in 1910. In the vear's record in the cities 64 perm!ts e issued for the erection of new dwellings at an estimated expenditure of $245,500, to 101 new dwellings in 1911, at $282,500. or buildings to be occupied for mill, mercantile or store purposes there were 42 permits, representing $892,270 to be expended, as against 43 in 1911 at a figure of $379,650. - Covering buildings of a miscellancous c sarages, sheds, together with repa tions and aiter were 97 permits at a figure of 380,945, compared to the of 61 at $1 :ter, such as barns, tions, there 1 showing NEW FACTORIES AND HOSPITAL BUILDINGS SENT NORWICH TOTAL TO OVER HALF-MILLION $609,965 Was the Figure for 1912—Mercantile and Manufacturing Class Represented $154,345 in Building Operations—$358,925 in Hospital and Sanatoriums—$32.000 in New Dwellings—61 New Bui'dings in City and Town. r 1912, the city and town of Norwich can both report building operations exceeding in magnitude the figures of either of the two preceding years by several hundred thousand dollars, In big contributors to the total of $609,965 for the vear in city and town were the fine new $106,000 factory of the American Thermos Bottle company, the $40.000 plant erected for the. Mackay Copper Process company, these two being neighbors in their location on Laurel Hill, the New London county tu by the state at a total plant-cost erculosis sanatorium under erection of about $80,000, and the erection of new bulldings at the Norwich State hospital which will represent a total amount to be expended of over $253,000. Compared with the 1912 total of $60 only $ . 9,965, the vear before showed 57,850, and the year before that $488,030. Under the figures given --They Show $1,395,715~Sum of $201,500 Expended in the Towns THERMOS BOTTLE FACTORY AT NORWICH WITH MACKAY COPPER PROCESS CO. BUILDINGS AT THE LEFT Two Buildings with Exterior Finlsh in Cement. The two buildings erected by ‘the company are finished on tha The office bullding is of high, and containing the main office, the office’ of the chief execulive, and the engineering department, where plans for various plants all over the world, wherever process may be in use, are drawn. Main Plant Along Railroad. The main plant is located on the spur track close to the main road of the New York, New Haven & Hartford line, and is convenient for the unloading of ores and supplies, which makes the plant easily accessible by boat. The equipment of the plant, which will treat 30 tons of ore at a charge, includes four crushing machines to reduce the ore to the proper degree of fineness, automatic:machinery for conveying the ore, chemical storage tanks, chemical pumps, the electrolytic refining works, vats for leeching the ore with chemical, nstruction within the city limits of $128,270, divided as follow: o manufacturing property, 370 miscellaneous repairs. a gain of two over the ar, and the remainder were for alterations, additions or 39 were to be of frame, The permits for additions or repairs covered on 20 frame on 6 brick Thermos Factory with 90,000 Square Feet. that the 120-foot brick actory will be completed, the name which has 1sehold word, almost, in this cit banks of the Thames at Laurel Hill, where the erection tory brick factory for the American Thermos Bottle after the contract was On the boiler house stack, which be done at the $73,000 for new exterior with and painted white. for new buildings bungalow style, one story the Mackay or cement. when it is expected - There is also & dock on the river, will be blazomed progress since shortly part of June. outside construction to a large motor generator for the reception of patients the first of February. Prier to the forma opening, medical men of eastern Connecticut will be given an oppor- tunity to inspect the sanatorfum, and on the Sunday previous to t: opening the working people of Norwich and vicinity will be invited to look the plant over. About 20 eastern Conaecticut patients now 1 other state tuberculosis sanatoriums will be transterred to he new institution as soon es it is open. Insurance Office, Foundry and Hotel Entrance. Of the more extensive building operations in the city covered these statistics was the alteration of the Geer building for the N London County Mutual Iire Insurance company, which is elsewh described, the extensive alteration in the Broadway front, office Iobby of the Wauregan house now' under way, and the beginning of new brick foundry building by the Norwich Nickel & Brass Co, T is to be a one-story building of brick, 100x40, with a 40<foot bri stack. The brass foundry, equipped with eight furna s to occup: a room 60x40 and® the balance of the.building will be for storas The building will have sprinkler fire protection and is expected to Teady for occupancy by Februa: 1 Foon g9 WILLIMANTIC'S NEW BUKDINGS Total Construction Work Was $275,000—Gain of $42,200 Over Preceding Year—32 New Dwellings at Cost of $110,000—State Armory at $50,000. During the year 1912 Willimantic has enjoyed a steady grow the matter of new bulilding, which has been the case for the past f or three years. Forty-one building permits wero Issued during year, 32 of which were for new dwellings. Virtually thres public bu ings have been erected during the year besides one state buildt: new $50,000 armory on Pleasant street. The other bulldings, be styled public, are the new Gem theater on Main street, the new M. C. A. adoining the theater and the new St. Paul's Episcopal chur at the corner of Walnut street. The latter two are not yet o t and the state armory will be dedicated on the Slst inste The amount expended in bullding operations during ths ye: approximately as follows: State armory, $50,000 (appropriated by the legislature); Y. M. C. A, 345,000 (raised by popular subscription): Paul’'s Hpiscopal church, $25,000; Gem theater, $30,000; new dwellines $110,000; new business addition, new shop, addltions, stc., $15,000. T .o total, $375,000, Was a gain of $42,200 over a year ago when the toia building figures showed $232,800. NEW LONDON BUILDING OPERATIONS PASSED THE MARK OF PRECEDING Y . . Total for 1912 Was $100,250 Greater Than in 1211—Varied Line Construction Represented $505,750 in Contracts, New London's total in building operations for the year 1312 ex- ceeded the vear previous by $100,250 on figures of $505,7: 1 compared with $405500 in 1911. Contributing to this showing, whi Word. PHERMOS is 10 bs orked inlarse buft letters in the electricity used in the refining, and the heating plant for both NEW GEM THEATER, WILLIMANTIC the total number of new buildings erected in 1912 was 61, of which 42 whole number of buildings affected was 87, 1s a dozen mor n in 1911 following . general summ: mounts expended or contracted for in ification and Amounts. 31543 Total 42 New Buildings in the City. In building”permits of all kinds issued through Fire Marshal How- ard L. Stanton, y of Norwich made the ¥ame record in 1912 as befc total of 68 permits, at a total estimated outlay and down the face of the stack. Machinery Expected in the Present Month, January, it is hoped that the plant can be ready inery moved from factory here, which has which marks one of the most remarkable In a whirlwind 20-day subscribed $78,468.35 to purchase the elte and as an inducement to get The fine modern factory bullding New London County Tuberculosis Sanatorium. through the active interest anti-tuberculosis work, backed up by the efforts of the Board of Trade and Norwich business men, and coupled with the could produce a site not equalled elsewhere in the county, commission chose the Post farm in Norwich as the site for the Nes London county tuberculosis sanatorium and began necessary buildings at a contract cost of $58,000, exclusive of furnish- When the sanatorium fs completely will rank as a $90,000 plant. Norwich people fact that Norwich ome of the city's e erection of ial movements ever known in the citizens equipped and furnished ion of the factor mos compan. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND WARD AT N. L. COUNTY TUBERCULOSIS SANATORIUM, NORWICH Six New Buildings in the Plant. The six principal buildings are of frame construction and occup a particularly sightly,location with southern exposure and a charming view down the Thames river and over the surrounding country. central group of four buildings consists of “administration building, 44 by 61, and three stories high, to which are connected feet wide and 275 feet from one end to the other. wards, each accommodating about 20 patients. each ward is a commodions porch 14 feet wide, which will be used by Each ward contains a large brick fireplace and each is abundantly lighted and ventilated by doogg and double windows. The two wards sre joined to each other and to the administration on the rear of which, directly this page is the result and represents an expenditure of 70 in its construction, not including machinery equipment, Building 312 Feet by 103 Feet. e product will pictured on about $106, bear the mark of Norwich, ntire floor space of 90,000 square feef, on three floor: Through the sidehill point, the basement floor is only half e full width of the upper floors, but of full length with them. type and heavy mill comstruction The new factory, feet I by 103 feet wide. e & The wings serve as DA oD ot e On the south side of roof is of the monitor is the tule throughout the building. ack leads up from the railroad past loading platforms at river front and also to the boiler nouse. The old Mason residence on the prop- the patients in suitable weather. each end of t There is to ba a wharf and dock on the river. the ofiice building. Mackay Copper Process Testing Plant. addition to the industrial ast vear of the two buildings making up the ay Copper Process company. on Laurel Hill and on the banks of the Thames river adjoining the This is a new industry for Norwich, and one t @ great deal of attention in the scientific world, as it irgical principle in the extraction of copper from building by an ample corridor, rear of the administration department, will be the service department of two stories. The administration building will ining rooms, the doctors’ and matron’s offices, and accommodations on the upper floors for the superintendent and the staff of physicians and contain commodious kitchen and life of the town is the reception and exam- the erection in ation of the M It is on land The service building will sdining rooms for patients and staff and quarters for employ! At some distance from the central group of buildings are the two The accommodations provided will bottle facto; Ay 5 i Tk incipient wards, east and west, make this a 96-bed sanatorium. The house on the Post farm is to be used for the dwelling of the sanatorium farmer, there will be an incinerator and all other necessary apparatus and appliances to make the New London county the ideal one of its kind and a model for the rest of the state. It has just been announced from the office of the state tuberculosis commission that the New London county sanatorium will be opened for e in full operation by the middle of January, it 1t already in the small testing plant at the copper works, which was made ready for the analysis of ores on a small scale several weeks ago, a number of interesting tests have been carried out, and hemical and electro-chemical methods employed in the extraction "n high efficiency. copper have ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, WILLIMANTIC, PARTIALLY . CONSTRUCTED NEW STATE ARMORY, WILLIMANTIC NEW Y. M. C. A, BUILDING, WILLIMANTIC makes 1512 the best in some time in the building lins, were a varied line of bulldings as indicated by the following summary: New London Building Summary. & No. Permits, Dwellings, frame .......... R Dwollings, stone ......... 3 Other new frame buildings 23 Brick or stone, mercantile .. 5 Brick mill BWIAINE «eeneveinananne T Hospital for contaglous diseases B | 20,000 Alterations and additions 13,550 bt e More building permits by 20 were issued in this year Included in the construction work of the year, finisk cess; were the three-story Manwaring Hospital building for mer purposes, the three-story Armstrong building on Yard and the LaPoint factory. In the buildings classed 8 mercantile is included the new city hall. Six more dwellings than in 1911 were begun or finished. -The whole number of new bulldings was 16 more than in 1911. For the future a recent announcement by the Mohican company shows that it is to build a four or six story building on property pu chased on State street, adjoining the Mohican hotel It plans to divide the ground floor into two spaces—one will be for the Mohican store, the ofher for rent. It is considering using the space in the new buld- ing above the ground floor for hotel rooms snd a banquet hall Tha space now occupled by the store in the hotel buflding will be used for the hotel dining room. The space now occupled by the dining room on the second floor of the hotel building will be turned into rooms end apartments. LITTLE NEW BUILDING IN DANIELSON. Total for the Year Not in Excess of $10,000—Six Building Permite— Motion Picture House Erected. Only six permits for bullding were issued by the warden and court of burgesses in Danlelson during the yeer 1312. Of the six, only on was for a dwelling, one was for a greenhouse, and the other four wera for additions, the total of buflding operations for the twelve months in the borough being not in excess of $10,000, this indicating that build- ing was practically at a standstill. The only bullding of importance constructed within the lNmits af the town was t¥at of the Killingly Realty company at Dayville, a two- story frame structure, to be used for motion pictures and other enter- tetnments. PUTNAM HAD LITTLE CONSTRUCTION WORK. Brick Addition to Manhassett Mill Was Largest ltem—Putnam Poundry to Enlarge Plant in Coming Yean Putnam passed through the year 1912 without witnessing any ma- terial increase in its property values by the construction of new bulld- ings. Of the number of building permits approved by the commen council nearly all were for additions or alterations to existing bufld- ings. The destruction of property by fire was far in excess of the amount represented by investment in new bufidings. The préncipal new structure was_the brick addition to the mill of the Manhassert Mfg. Co. With the close of the year, however, comes the snnouncs- ment that the Putnam Foundry & Machine Co. will bufid s big sddie tion' this spring, which will allow of doubling the: capacity of the.plant,