Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 20, 1913, Page 10

NEW LONDON. Four Story Brick Addition to Mohican Hotel—Two Brick Cottages. New l.ondon, March, 19.—Frank A. Munsey is to erect a four story build- ing of brick adjoining the Mohican | hotel to which it will be connected. The plans for this are practically com- pleted angd it is expected that the con- tract wil] be awarded and work begun me time in April. The building now Standing on the lot has keen purchased by C. W. Ferris, who will utilize the lumber and brick in it in building a cottage at Quaker Hill. The pumbing and steamfitting material in the house was bought by HEimer E. Kenerson. The work of tearing down the house will be started within a few days. Brick Cottage. Antone Enos, foreman of the Thomas ‘Hose company, has broken ground for a brick coftage on the former Bragaw property near Rosemary street. GROTON Schoolhouse Plans Selected—Fire Headquarters Considered. Groten, March, 19.—The plans for the proposed new district school for the Seventh district in Poquonoc, have been accepted by the committee. aArchitect Donnelly is now making working plans for the competitive sketches. As soon as the plans and specifications are ready, bids for the erection of the schoolhouse will be ad- vertised fcr. The schoolhouse will cost from $16,- 000 to $18,000. The members of the committee having in charge the erec- tion of this schoolhouse are Everett L. Crane, Charles Noyes and Joel M. Kenyon. Fire Headquarters. The proposition seems to be gaining in favor in the borough of the making the second district hall, on School street. over into a suitable fire head- quarters, thus doing away with the need of purchasing a parcel of land for a new building. The hall it is cilaimed, can be moved as far back as necessary and made wider, having a new briek front, and the natural slope | of the land on this lit would obviate | the necessity of building a hose tower. The place is cemtraliv located and with | a good two-story building made of the present one, woulg cost much less than almost any other pian. STATE INDUSTRIES GROW. Additions Planned to Large Plants in Waterbury, Hartford, New Britain and Elsewhere in Connecticut. Waterbury continues to lead the cites of the state in industrial build- ing. The American Pin company. is about to build extensive additions (o | its already large Waterville plant. The largest of the new buildings is to be a factory of brick and bluestone, four stories high and 250x60 feet on the ground; and also a power plant build- ing 44x180 and a pump house of brick, 16x24, cncrete coal bunkers 48x88 fect, a concrete foundation for a radinl| stack, concrete pit for oil tanks and u 1,000 foot tile drainage system. The French Manufacturing company is to add still another structure to its Robbins street plant; this is a brick and steel buflding one and two stori high and 40x110 feet in size. A one- story brick addition is being made to the plant of the A. H. Wells company, tube manufacturers, 26x51 feet in size. The Connecticut company, the New Haven road's trolley corporation, is to build a large car barn of reinforced concrete construction and a brick, steel and comcrete structure as an addition 56x95 feet to its power plant build- At Platts Mills, a Waterbury suburb, the Bristol Manufacturing company will shortly start the erection of Mt three-story brick factory building 160 feet in size. The Manufacturers Foundry company is erecting a new office building, two stories high, of | brick and limestone, x60 feet, and a two-story brick and concrete building for the storage of patterns 35x65 feet on the ground. The Waterbury Buckle company is completing a new factory on South Main street which will pr: v of its plant. T over the state there is increasing activity in industrial con- struction. In Hartford Myers & Gross, | manufacturers of women's clothing, are adding a brick factory one and & half stories high and 36x114 feet. The P. & F. Corbin division of the Ameri- | can Hardware corporation in New Eritain has contracted for two build- ings in heavy frame and concrete con- struction to be added to its annex plant, one 50x60 feet and one story high and the other 90x40 and the sam height. The Corbin Screw division has | taken out a permit for a steel storage shed 12x95 feet in size. Other New Fritain comstruction includes a one- | story brick building 40x105 feet for a district headquarters and storage | house of the National Biscuit company. 1 The Pratt-Read company, which was planning to remove more or less of its business from Ivoryton, is to increase its manufacturing facilities fnstead by | the erection of a four-story factor structure of brick, 60x150 feet in size, and is having plans prepared for a large lumber storage shed. Baer Brothers, makers of bronze powders, will shortly build a factory of hollow tile. two storfes high, in Stamford, and the Yale & Towne Manufacturing com- rany is to make another extensive ad- | dition to its Stamford plant in two large brick and eteel buildings of fire- proof construction. One of these is t: | be six stories in “~‘eht and 50x200 feet on the ground and the other one anc two storles high and 296x245 feet size. In Branford the Malleable Tron Fit- | tings company is to add to its plant a | one-story brick and steel building for | an annealing department. and in Der- by the Derbv Gas commany is doublinx its capacity by the erection of a new retort house which duplicates tha® built last year. The Winsted Hosiery empanv is adding a new four-story brick facto; 2x60 feet in size. !UILD'NG OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND. The statistics of building operations in New England compiled by the F. W. Dodge company follow: Contraets to Mar. 12. 1913.. $24,370.000 Contracts to Mar. 12, 1912.. 24,785,000 Contracts to Mar. 20,814,000 Contracts to Mar. 22,866,000 Contracts to Mar. 20,996,000 Contracts to Mar. 9,442,000 Contracts to Mar. 20,405,000 Contracts to Mar. 16,588,000 Contracts to Mar. 18,096,000 Contracts to Mar. 10,956,000 Contracts to Mar. 12,387,000 Contracts 14,672,000 Contracts 19,883,000 Contracts 8,113,000 Contracts 9,319,000 Contracts 7,892,000 Contracts 8,432,000 Contracts 5,667,000 Contracts 3,651,000 Contracts 6,818,000 Contracts 7,868,000 Contracts 6,487,000 Contracts 8,698,000 Coutracts 4,480,000 8Bilk Mill to be Respened. South Coventry, Conn., March, 19.— The silk plant of the J. J, Dady com- pany here, which has been 1dle for some three vears becauss of conditions in the trade, is to be recpened shortly a full force of hands. _ Emil M. Fox, proprietor of the Prov- | ~Victoria A. Hasseldon to Margaret idence bakery has purchased the prop- [J Preston. iand and buildings 16| erty on the corner of Franklin street | Hedge avenue. from John E. Fanning and wili take | talter A. Heath to Eddy U G | possession May 1. The property is|er land and buildings on 28 | now occupied by the bakery, Treat's | pince. | pRarmacy, Mr. Fanning's studio and Grace T.ee and Elsie Kennerson -to | the shop of Louis Nelkin, tailor. The | preq Kennerson, land Dunham street. | property extends from the Vannis | istate Frank O'Hara to Margaret O, | property on Franmklin street to the |y Gleason, land and buildings 180 corner and extends back along Willow | Boswaell atvenue, | street to the building of the Max Gor- |~ \argaret Counihan to Mary Couni- | don & Son Corp. Mr. Fox has pur-|pn.n 1ang and buildings on 34 Boswell | chased the property to enlarge his | avonue. i | present quarters by taking over a part Ervin R. and Josephine Smith to of the studio. He 18 at present un- | azpiooaret . B McCormi land and| able to supply his demand for bread |y iidings 3 West Pearl street { and will put in a new oven in_ the |~ 3o "8 By e < e | Margaret E. McCormick to Ervin R. studio, increasing his output by half. | < METERIEL T MIEoTmICk 0 BV B The rest of what is now Mr. Fan- 2 e T ning’s studio, not taken in by the bak- o Blmer | ery. will be used to enlarge Treats |, A% e 5 pharmacy on the rear. The annex ‘g&‘i’ns‘“" builiinge . on |to the bakery building will eonmfinue |5 ;. 4 \Rockwall §o city of Norwich, PEQUOT BRASS FOUNDRY ADJOINING NORWICH NICKEL AND BRASS CO, IN HARVEY LANE. AT | | FOUNDRY READY BY MAY FIRST Pequot Company Will Do Business in New Plant at That Date—Offices of Thermos Company—Other Building | Notes—Real Estate Transactions. Daniel Mack to K. Bullard, 1and on Bliss place. Phebe J. Pendletcn to Jabez H. Contractor C. M. Williams now has Ernest his men at work laying the concret: | ticor in the new foundry of the Pequut Bai- | Brass Foundry company. With the |ley, land at Yantic. excepigon of ihe office ell, the building Plainfield Land and Building Co. to is practically completed. The eigh' |Frank R. and Isabell C. Denison, land | furnaces have been installed and tb« |and buildings on Maple Court. 59-foot stack has just been completed. Timothy Harrington to Marguerite It is expected that active operations | T. Harrington, land and buildings 92 Talman street. Marguerite T. garet J. Edwards, 92 Talman street. Estate Mary Ellen Keenan to Rose Ellen Keenan, land and buildings 435 Boswell avenue. Ellen A. McGuire to will be begun in the foundry about May 1. For Thermos Office. Work has been started on the refin- ishing of the old Mason house, to bz converted into an office building for the American Thermos Bottle compa- The paper has been removed from Harrington to Mar- land and buildings Raffaele Frus- ?fip walls and the ceilings and wood- | celli, 40 Cedar street, land ard build- work painted. The work of decorating | Ings. - is in the hands of D. S. Underwood Heirs of Michael Birracree to Raf- | facle Fruscelli, land and bulldings 40| Cedar street. Albert A. Rist to Thomas W. Allvn, | land and buildings on Rogers avenue. William Burke to John W. and E abeth M. Burke. land and buildings Boswell avenue and 2 Reynolds street. Elijah B. Woodworth and Joseph A. Cloran to Salvatore and Rose M. Sel- vidio, land on Golden Heights. John R. and Adah B. Lewis to gie Richmond, land and buildings on and the building promises to be most attractive when the work is completed. The building has 12 rooms and the main living room, 33x17 feet, is well adapied to the purpose of a main of- fice. Preston Brothers have the con- traet for the electric wiring and fix- tures. New plumbing and heating fix- tures have been installed by Thomas F. Burns and J. F. Tompkins. Mr. Burns is completing the air, gus and water piping in the factory now. } An- | New ' machinery, apparatus, etc.. are | Prospect park. now arriving at the new factory, which Augusta R. Riley to Fran outside of minor matters is ready for |letti. land and buildings on - occupancy. lin street. Pushing Work at- Storrs Harriet L. Huntington to Harriet H. | s Smith and Mary L. Haines, land and | Work is progressing well on the newv Connecticut Agricultural college build- | PUildings 374 Washington street. Catherine T. Mu to ;"pé;\sm‘:\l(,f\’;{;i‘ ‘foé“:)';nt’fi')‘ffhg’p:‘_‘e Rinella, land and buildings on North >o | Main street \ 2t Rozse bapiiasy the cow barn are | Zohn E. Barry to John Demis, land Hoss -2 £ i and buildings 72 Summit street i slate. These buildings are constructed | 27¢ PULGmESs 72 Bummlt sECE. of hollow tile with stucco work on th- | ( FTanEln B brown to —Ad<is 24 | exterior. The ‘men are now workinz | Spencer. land and bulldings 14 to 24| on the upper story of the dairy build-"| Broadw: = | g bt le nearly ready for tha| ¥rances A. Bushnell to Fred H. rcof. - This-building 48 of brick with | Cushman, land ang bufldings on Corn-| oo j1ng road. T R o okd in Tho denscll. “Frederic, Ay Gallip:to: Alfgad L, Bai struction of the new dormitory, which | D€ 1and or Salem e ‘ i< now ready for the reinforced con- | Patrick J. and J. 1cCall to '"“i" ot Booes . This attnotine o - o: | Meynard, land and buildings on £ brick with hollow tile partitions. place. _ LU The foundations of the poultry | 49hn and. Margaret Winters to Her- | building are to be started todav |man S. Sears. land and buildings 69| (Thursday). This building will be Myers avenue. X i brick with wooden floors. Estate John 4,hu‘dr-n'm Grace l.ee anc Fred and Elsie Kennerson, land | Changes to Bakery. Dunham street. I to be occupied by the tailor shop. lendien Foklcrcllieiraat Mr. Fox plans to put in a laige en- v Faone | trance to his bakery from the Willow | Thomas and Theresa)Orien to| street side for loading and unloading adlea T1_Dotdyiang s Eanay | {of goods 'and materidls. ‘The Frank: |land and buildings on;Sunvside ave-| lin street entrance will remain in it& | RUe. < D T T e e Fanfile "Alofain o "B 5. AJofson, t 8 t 8 h S 1 by = W Ny AR TasToniovad. Dy (Continued on Page Eleven.) REAL ESTATE TRANSFERRED. FISHER'S ISLAND Seventy Parcels in Six Weeks at Town | Harry ~Ferguson to Have Cottage! Clerk’s Office. Built on Middle Farm—Hay Harbor s Club. In the last six weeks real estate S transfers on 70 parcels of property| Fisher's Island. March 19.—Tt is re- have been recorded in Town Clerk | ported that Harry Ferguson will es- Charles 8. Holbrook's office as fol- I[a_bl‘sh a residence here the vear; lows: Estate James H. Perkins to Phoebe E, Perkins and Clarence S. Perkins, land and buildings on Pine street. Heirs of David T. Lanman to Chas. E. Hopkins. land Norwich Town. Rose M. Hall to David D. Disco, land and buildings No. 5 Grove street. Fannie C. Hendrick to Jewett City Savings bank, land and buildings at Taftville. | Willimantic Lumber and Coal Co. to George W. Allen, land and buildings on Whalom park. Isaac F. Goodrich to Marion IL. Bjork, land and buildings 66 Elizabeth street. Estate Viola I. Goodwin toc Marion { around and will have a modern cottage built near the Middle Farm in the near ; furure. and ov ee all the work of the farms of the island. Changes at Hay Harbor Club. The Hay Harbor club has had an ad- dition made to the reception hall, making it nearly double the size, be- sides a new plazza being put on. Ow- ing to a greater number of members being enrolled for next season there; was Jittle room. EAST LYME. Architect Dudley St. Clair Don- neily of New London is drawing plans is! L. Bjork, land and bulldings 66 Eliz- | for . a residence at East Lyme for abeth street. Leon C. Buzzell of New London. The | Cesidio I.eone and Antonio Colletti | house will be of frame and stucco | construction, finished in hard wood Sr., to Antonio Colletti, Jr, land and buildings on Franklin street. floors. 1t will cost about $10,000. John, Frank and J. W. Kern to There will be nine rooms in (he Charles Kern, land and buildings on |house. Tt Is to occupy a site next to Potter Manor. the fine residence of Mr. Buzzell's Hadley Potter to Alex. Gromko, land | parents, Mr, and Mrs, O. A. Buzzell. It and bulidings on Potter Manor. is expected that work will be started gene and Henry Douville to Ma- jabout the midcdle of April. The house is being built by Mr. Buzzell for occu- Whalom park. pancy by himeelf and his bride-elect, Abram Abramowitz to Louis Center, ! Miss Marguerite Hill of New London. land and buildings 66 Myers avenue. iThe wedding is planned for the fall thing Herbert, land and buldings on SOUTH MANCHESTER. Several New Hounaa Are Being structed and Contracts Have Let. Con- Been South Manchester, March 19—Will- a frame two-family house to be erect- ed on Summer street for E. T. Loom- is. It will contain 12 rooms with fur- nace heat, electric lights and modern plumbing. Contracts For Cottage. Dwight Blish has been awarded ‘the contract for the erection of a new house on Edgerton street. for Henry Sanderson. It will be of frame con- struction and will contain six rooms, with all modern conveniences. House on Griswold Street. William Kanehl has completed the | foundation for a new house for him- self on Griswold street. It will be a two-story frame house, and w tain seven rooms, with furnace heat and modern plumbing. House Ready Fo rPlastering. The new two-family house being | erected on the Middle Turnpike for | Miss Nora Cunningham is now about ready for plastering. The new two-family house being | erected in East Hartford on Moore avenue by William Kanehl for him- self is now ready for plastering. MIDDLETOWN. Swimming Pool For Wesleyan College Will Be 30x75, Middletown, \larvh 19—Plans are | about completed for the new swim- | ming pool to be erected here for Wes- leyan college. It will be built on Wil- lis avenue, and will be 30x75, with gallery on three sides. New House. The carpenter work has been started on the new house to be erected at 1 's corner for George F. Redford 7 Wilcox are the carpenter con- nd Mylchreest Brothers have The house will con- finished in hardwood. the ma n work tain eight rooms, Bids For School. Bids were received until 3 p. m., to- day for the addition to the Central school t Portland The ple were prepared by Architect Walter i | Crabtree of New Britain and provide addition, 28x70 feet, with brownstone trim and There will be four rooms, 1 heat extended, slate black- boards, wire wardrobes, etc. for a br stories high, 3 BUILDING AND REALTY, Substantial Gain in Permits Through- out the State During Past Week. The number of real estate sales Connecticut last week by warranty deed is 299, against 283 last year, while mortgage loans this year amount $724,142, againat week of last year. Four petitions in bankruptey, assets of $20,672 and liabilities $23,808, were filed this week. ar in the corresponding week petitions, with assets of 28 and li- abilities of $36,724, were filed. The 17 new incorporations, with cap- ildal stock $45,534,000 ,were report- ed. The record of building permits in the four leading Connecticut cities shows a substantial gain this week, 84 g thits for new buildings costing $248 being granted. A large number tracts have been week. In Waterbury work has been started on two large buildings, and in Stamford contracts have been let for an addition to the electric light plant, which will cost over $20,000. Contracts have also been awarded for a storage warehouse in Meriden, an apartment block in Bris- tol, factories in New Britain a Hartford, large apartment buildin In Hartford, and several fine resi- dences in New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, Stamford, New Britain, and a large number of one and tyo- family houses in almost all the of the state. The amount of new work for which plans are being prepared continues to increase, which makes the outlook for of important awarded during con- the Just tactory |a busy season very good. Plans are being figured for factories in Stam- ford, Waterbury and Bridgeport. New schoolhouses will be built in Stamford, Willimantie, Southington, Portland, Derby, Seymour and Wallingford. In Meriden plans are being prepared for two large apartment blocks, and in New Haven and Hartford several fine residences and apartment buildings are reported. In addition there are many smaller projects, such as one and two-family houses, and tenement blocks in most of the larger cities re- ported by The Record. There were 13 sales here last week to seven a year ago while mortgage loans for the respective weeks were $2,155 and $962. New London had seven sales week and two a year ago. gage loans were and $4,750. last The mort- respectively §74,450 DEEP RIVER‘ Pratt, Read & Co. have started work on the erection of a new factory, 60x150 feet, four stories high, on Bridge street. They are preparing plans for a large lumber shed which will ha started soon. al two | in | to | 20 for the same | with | cities | |Opiut Morphine nor Mineral ' |NOT NARC OTIC. THE CL!\TALR COMPAXT, NEW YORK. k Exact Copy of \anprr | | iam Kanehl has taken the contract for ! i and should get our prices for TIN, COPPER |} and GALVANIZED ying your orders. . Bears the ' Signature Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY. REW YORK CITY. & - Contractors Owners WORK before plac- PIPING. FOR STEAM HEATING ; Large stock of Miil Supplies always on hand Specialty of HONEYWELL Hot Water Heating 23-25 WATER STREET, J. P. BARSTOW & CO. NORWICH, CONN. [ STORAGE Largestsy capacity in the city. A N. CARPENTER 23 Commerce St All kind\: of Mason Build- ing Materials, Small Trap Rock for, driveways and walks. CON.TRACTOR +FOR EVERYTHING C. M. WILLIAMS dealler in | SUPPLIES arul BUILDING i MATERIALS of all lkiinds. ESTIMATES cheerfully given en CONTRACT3}WORK. Tel. 670 | 216 MAIN ST. % THE FENTON-CIRARNLEY BUILDING (0., Inc. GENERAL. CONTRACTORS NORWICH, CCENN. 3 'WALL PAPERS A full llne of the above w.bh new additions coming along, includiing those with cut out borders. Moidings and bands to match. ', Mixed paints, muresco and tinis; aldo art glass imitations. We are in the market for pa biting, paper-hanging and decorating a¥l the P. F. MURTAGH 82 and 94 West Mair Street. R Phone B [ PLUMBING AND STEAM FITTING |Any Leaks in That Roof or Gutter Pipe ? | | 1t there s, it 1s thae very best ime | t now to have them repaired and | don't walt or put it off. Call us up at once and let us put your roof and conductor pipes in first-class order tor thne winter. [ A.J. Wholey & Co., Telephone. Sanitary Plumbing A peep Into an up-to-date bathroom {18 only less refresbing than the bath freclf. During the summer you will nore look to the bath for bodily vt I will show you samples and )t the porcelain and other tubs | ‘e you estimates for the work | g them in in the best manner $ sanitary standpoint—and guar- the entire job. . E. TOMPKINS, ‘est Main Street GIBSON Lin anu dheet Metal Worker Richardson and Boyntoa Agunt for Furnacez West Main Street. Norwico. 1. F. BURNS, Heaiing and Plumbing, 92 Franklin Street ROBERT J.COCHRANE Gas Fitting, Plumbing, Steam Fitting. 10 West Main St., Norwieh, Conn. Agent N. B. O. Sheot Packing. > Canr sorld Notwithstanding the Fire we are still doing business at the old etand_and the quality of our work is l;um tite same as ever—“The Best.” hiug but skilled labor employed land e St e e e Ay STETSON & YOUNG, Carpenters and Builders, Telvphone. 60 West Main 8t Pies, Cake and Bread that canuot be excelled. Plione your order. Frompt servica LOUIS H. BRUNELLE 10 Carter Ave. (East Side) 1