Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 1, 1913, Page 13

For over seventy years this Company has been endeavoring to serve the insuring public of this State, and has aimed (1) TO CONDUCT ITS BUSINESS CONSERVATIVELY AS RELATING TO ITS OWIi SAFETY. (2) WITH A POLICY OF LIBERALITY AND EQUITY TOWARD ITS PATRONS. That it has merited success in the former is evidenced by its consistent growth and expansion; in the latter by its freedom from a contested claim for fire loss during its entire history.’ : Though State-wide in its scope, this Company is primarily a local Institution—being, in fact, the only Fire Insurance Com- pany with a Home Office in Eastern Connecticut. Seeking to be strong solicitation is made for local business, and lines will be gladly accepted through any local Insurance Agency. A specialty is made of insurance on private dwellings, household furniture, barns and contents; but mercantile - risks, churches, school-houses, and public property will also be underwritten. s LOSES PAID SINCE ORGANIZATION. ceees.-...$820,000.00 JAMES K. GUY JOSEPH D. HAVILAND WALTER F. LESTER FRANK H. ALLEN HENRY H. GALLUP. S. ALPHEUS GILBERT HOME DIRECTORS CHARLES R. MARVIN N. DOUGLASS WILLIAM H. PROTHERO JOHN F. SEVIN OFFICE Thames Loan & Trust Company Building, Shetucket Street, Norwich, Connecticut. EVIN : EDWIN A. TRACY 3 OTTO E. WULF THE MAJESTIC, SHANNON’S NEW BUILDING. A Record for the State in Ground Area Covered by Mercantile Building—Corner Plot 200x226 at Water and Shetucket Streets — 100-Foot Garage and Eleven Stores — 40,000 Square Feet for Roof Garden. estic, and covering the largest ground plan te devoted to store and mercantile reed concrete building on the lot at Weter streets promises to be the most notable n the vear now begin E ready has the brick foun- r walls up on the 36-foot & at the west end of three stores, ea h 70 the difference in grade be- of the lot on the Water street fror siructure, with a tower at the corner the cornice, and surmounted by a flagstaff. The en io..ing will have 130,000 total square feet of floor space, making it rgest mercantile building under one roof in the city. Thera il be 11 stores on the ground floor and a garage 100 feet square, ee of these Stores and the garage fronting on Shetucket street. Floors for “Majestic” Garage. Ze on Shetucket strect is nearly 200 feet, and of this the first 100 feet at the south end of the lot, next to the American house, will be for the Majestic garage. It will occupy three stories, having room for 100 cars on the main floor, with ladies’ parlors znd lavatories. The second floor will be given up entirely for auto stor- age, while the third floor will be used as a repair shop at the rear half, the front being for storage. The repair room will be conneccted with the lower floors by a large elevator and direct run from the Street. There will be transfer tables to place cars on the sides of the building without demanding the customary space for car tueming - etc. Oil will be supplied by a new system on the ground floor, ang in immediate access to the street, avoiding the customary soiling of sldewalks. The whole siructure will be reinforced concrete, made in fireproof form, making -storage safe In every. particular, -especially fhrough the winter months when safe and long storage is demanded. The balance of the front on Shetucket street as well as on Water street, will be of the same reinforeed concrete construction, with light celored brick for the front and fluted columns, and will contain stores fitted with plate glass fronts and copper trimmings, each Store being free from posts, with steam heat and electric wiring. All wiring will be in the open condult system, accessible at all times for repairs or tracing. The plumbing and heating pipes will be in open work, for the same reason. The system of heating will give individual or total Blant to each tenant, as desired. The sidewalks will be arranged with prism lights with coal chutes and with ash elevators to remove debris. 2 The upper part of the corner buildings will be partitioned off with hollow tiling as wanted to suit the tenant. Roof Garden of 40,000 Square Feet. The roof will be one total large unobstructed area, and as the building size is about 200x226 feet, will give a clear total space of over 40.000 square feet for a roof garden, or other demands. The tower, 24 feet square, projecting above the roof, will provide for dressing rooms or other apartments in connegtion with the roof garden. There will be a parapet around the whole roof on the outer parts, 1his to be four feet in height to insure safety to the public. This will be in reinforced concrete. The roof will be covered Wwith a smooth roof- Ing tile, waterproofed. Not a Stairway in the Building. Accerding to Mr. Shannon's plans, the Majestic will be a stairless Buflding, since access from one floor to the other will be provided by fmclines !n the hallwaye, set at a grade of 1 inch to the foot. In this respect it will be entirely unique in Norwich, and, in facl in the state, All partitions for building interior will be hollow tile in proper #hickness and every part of the building will be in the usual fireproof eonstruction asked for Ly the National Board of Fire Underwriters. Bvery building constructed by Mr. Shannon in the last few years has DBeen on these lines. They are more expensive than the ordinary wood corfstruction. yet the fireproof invites the tenant who wishes to ®ave fullest protectién, Ail materials are now ordered and being held subject to contrac- tors’ demands as wanted. - In conjumction with Architect C. H.®Preston, Mr. Shannon has * developed the plans for the building, studying each detail and adopting " and incorporating many ideas of his own which have come through his experience in previous comstruction or through study of the most modern- appliances for such a structure. Mr. Preston also did the architectural werk for the Shannon building and the Auditorium hotel, two other buildings belonging to Mr. Shannon, whose real estate Boldings exceed by a wide figure those of any other single land owner in the city. In Mr. Shannon's ownership of real estate his policy is 5; eonstructive onme, and a convincing proof of his confidence in the will be a three-stors growih of the city and his wiliingness to do hig own part to that about, - STATE ROADS IN TWO COUNTIES. Nearly Half a Million Expended in the Past Year in New London and Windham—20 Miles in Each County —Contracts for About $250,000 in New London County and for $202,331 in Windham — Varied Types of Construction Used. State road construction under the direction of State Highway Com- missioner MacDonald was carried on in the two counties of New Lon- don and Windham at an aggresate expenditure of close to half a mil- lion dollars in the past yea In cach county this work resulted in about 20 miles of new road of gravel, macadam or graded type, the amount expended in New Lon- don county exceeding that in Windham, as the former territory had more of the expensive macadam construction than the latter. - IN NEW LONDON COUNTY. Twenty Miles of New Road to Be Added by Work Under Way or Contracted For—Surveys of Hartford Turnpike and of Norwich to Groton Road. Just at the present time New London county has road w tracts running for nearly a quarter of a million of new state roads, these touching all parts of the county, and some of them recently let. Others are practically completed, and when all represented the guarter million_are completed it will mean an addition of about 20 miles of new roads, well built, and eliminating some spots that have been sources of trouble and complaint for a long time. Bestdes these that are finished or under way, the prospects are bright for several new roads in the near future. The near completion of the four Eldredge contracts will put into use roads that will be much appreciated. These are two in Volun- town, gravel and macadam, of about 2 mile: the Preston road, of a mile and a half over ¥ox hill, representing about 315,000, and a mile of grading in Ledyard, below the Drawbridge. Franklin to Willimantic. The Franklin road to Willimantic, about three miles of .graded road with trap rock top dressing, is about completed at an approximate cost_of $28,000. In- Colchester there is a $30,000 contract of about three miles of gravel road. This has been a particularly heavy job. The contractor is about to start on the Lisbon river road to Jewett City, a stretch of five miles, which is one of the biggest contracts ever sent out by the state highway commissioner's office in a good while. It represents about $60,000 of macadam in the borough and gravel to the Plaintield town line. The heavy and rqugh work will probably be done through the winter. About $20,000 more will be spent in carrying the road to the Plainfield town line. This is not so heavy a piece of work and will probably not be started till spring. In East Lyme there is special macadam and tar with asphalt on top to be laid. This is 5500 feet at about $18,000. The stone and tar will not go on till early spring. + London to Salem. The contractor has started a similar road, two miles, at absut $33,000, in Waterford, and will probably do heavy grading this wimtery Trunk Line To Connecticut Riwer. With the completion of these last two roads, a through trunk ¥né of about 18-to 20 miles from New London to the Conmecticut river will be perfected. A contract for between $5,000 and $10,000 for the Nurwich waed from Occum to Baltic was recently let and the Hamover road in Sprague has been advertised. Maps have been turned in to the highway commissioner's office fos three and one-half miles in Groton, connecting Poquomock and Noanig closing up a trunk line by way of a cutoff east of Fort Hill roed, whicl will give a pieasant grade between the two places. Maps for a continuance of the Preston road over Foxr hill tq North Stoniugton village, 10 1-2 miles of veory heavy werk, have alsg been made. Work has been started on a survey of the Norwich o Grotog road on the east side of the Thames, about 10 1-2 mfles. A survey has also been started of the Hartford turnpike from New The road will be surveyed for a distance of ning miles from New London. = OVER TWENTY MILES OF STATE ROAD. % sy f = Built in Windham County in the Past Year—Conlracts for $202,3%1.q Completing Two Trunk Lines—Surveys Made for New Vreac L i, For a proof that the state’s money on highway construction in 49e 1 (Continued an Page Fourteen) 1 o | E — . S DQRW—‘{Efi_fEEm s g ChR.PresTon: Arcr.. E\'@RWHEH. Conms. .