Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, October 30, 1913, Page 10

SOUTH MANCHESTER. | New Paper Mill To Be Erected At Parker Village 85x120. E. L. G. Hohenthal & Son have the contract fa« the carpenter work and Charles O. Treat the mason work for | a new paper mill to be erected at Parker Village for a new company which is being organized by Willilam Foulds & Co. The main building will be 85x120 feet, ome story high, built | | | of brick, of modern mill construction. There will also be a boiler room 40 feet, and a dry room, 28x86 feet. Work Started on Theatre. Edward J. Holl has started work on | his theatre building on Birch street. The first story will be arranged for! two stores and the remainder for a! theatre. Thete will be a new slag| roof. metal ceilings, steam heat, ! electric lights and new plumbing. | A brick addition, 11x3) feet, one and | two stories high, will also be erected. Block Roofed In. The new block being erected at the | orner of Bissell anl Foster streets 3. Grube, now all roofed | Robinson is the Contractor, | Gorman has the mason work, | Bros., the plumbing, BEdward the electrical work and M. of East Hartford the paint- Bostwick of Haftford did | Hurlbt H"( hn rnnnni’ Notes. . Baker (o. have work the new laundry and Summit streets ' for Sharpe Bros., proprietors of the new model laundry. The building is be- ing built of concrete and will be 30x one story high. Robinson is remodeling John barn and garake at Man- chester Green, is building an addition on John C ett’s house on Main street and is remodeiing a garage for Ferris Bros. The F. Contracting The L. C. well along, on reservoir on James ginerring & re building the con-! crete foundation for a store om Cooper mreet for Emil Johnson. Stamford.—Tree Speclalist Joseph O’Neil has completed work on the trees in Central park. These are very old trees and are in need of almost com- ! stant repair, CHILBREN are pale and fril —sackward i cludm-—um‘fi mnched “Faces and poor poor_blood—their minds and bodies are actuaily starved be- cause their regular food does not_nourish. Such children need Soott” E-ublflaboveeverydungdse it contains nature’s rarest life-giving fats; it is essentially food value— blood4ood and bone-food, free from wine, alcohol or harmful drug. Scott’s Emulsion often builds many times its weight in solid flesh— its medicinal, tonic and nutritive properties make all good food do gond. 17 1S NOT A PROP, BUT A ROUNDATION FOR STUEDT GROWIE. Every Drugyist Has 1t Aveid Substitutes. 113 Soott & Bowne, Bloomfiedd, N. J. FERTILIZER GROUND LIMESTCNE AIR SLACKED LIiME. Brick, Cement, Sand, Lime, afi hard Plasters and Prepared Roofirg. Best Roofing Piint in the market Full line of Sewer Pipe. THE UPSON WALL BOARD IS INEXPENSIVE WATER PROOF AND IN HANDY S1ZES. Largest Storage Capacity in City A N. CARPENTER Tel. 171 23 Commorée COAL AND LUMBER. | ' | Uus.lity uantity Uuickness ! | We have a full supply of Clean, Fresh Mined Why not get in YOUR supply before bad weather arrives?) CHAPPELL C0. | Geal and Central Wharf Brick, Lim Lumbsr TELEPHONES and Gomant | M. C. HIGGINS COAL HIGH GRADE COAL Office and Yard 203 North Main St Office Telephone 1257 COAL Free Burning Kinds and Lehigh ALWAYS IN STOCK D. LATHROP Office—cor. Market and Shetucket Sta, Telephone 463-12 J. A. MORGAN & SON GOAL Office 57 West Main Bt., Teicphene 15 Yard Central Wharf, Telephens §34 PROMPYT DELIVERY | Eaton, | of oRe or { Fenton-Charnley contracts CHANGES AT CITY HALL FINISHED Municipal Building Put in Excellent Condition—Contract Awarded For New Pump House at City Light Plant— Work on Branche Bungalow. The different workmen are about completing the various detalls of the changes which tor tne past (wo months in hall building. The common chamber has been thoroughly over- hauled, the wails have been painted two coat work in leads and oils, and tinted in a very pleasing color. woodwork has all been cleaned and two coats best spar varnish applied; a new ceiling has been placed, having deep panel work in heavy relief; a new car- pel has been placed, new elect % the city ing installed, chandeliers have been bronzed, and Wednesday workmen were replacing the paintings of the mayors of the city, and with “the fur- nishings put in best shape, the room will be in as good form as for a num- Ler of yvears. It will be used for the next meeting of the city fathers, for the first time since the changes re commenced. The police court foom has also been totally refinished, same as the coundil chamber. ; The side walls have been tinted in two coat work in leads and oils; the inside blinds put in the best of repair; all interior woodwork has been cleaned, and two coals best spar varnish applied to the whoie. All fur- nishings have been included in the change. There has dalso been a new metal ceiling of pleasing design plac- ed, and it is expected that the electri- cians will finish their work today. This total changing also includes the judges’ room adjoining the police court room, | locker rogm and the lava- same fioor, The whole exterior of thé bullding has been cleaned; the old granite trim has had a bath applied to remove the stains and blemishes of 42 years, and now matches the new granite at rear of building, -added a few years ago. The whole exterior wood and metal work has had two coat work of linseed 0il and Atlantic white lead, the old the police Lory on the work being scraped with wire brushes |- o before the new wa, applied, and today the building shows in as perfect shape as at the time it was built. Th: four dials on the clock in the | tower have been put in the best of shape and painted in black, The old i colors were in gold leaf, making it im- possinle to see the figures at a short distance, but it was decided as prefer- able to use black, for distance and per- manence. The committeee in charge of the work has been the mavor as chairman, the county commissioners, representing the county, the selectmen, representing the town, and Mayor Murph repre- senting the city. e work was placed in charge of Architect Preston, and es- timates were asked from bidders with- in the county, and were awarded follows: The painting to W, A. Smith & Cp., New @.ondon, they being the lowest bidder the eleetric’ wiring to Chase & Co.lowest bidders; the rk to Charles T. Whit- aker, lowest bidder. The cleaning of the granite was by The C. A, Kuebler €o., the only bidder that responded to the reauest for estimates, The work has been faithfully done, and places the building in first class®condition for a number of years to come. Enciosing Bungalow. The bungalow being built by Stet- & Young on North Washington street is being enclosed, preparatory to interior worl Branche. The shingles will be asbes- tos, red in color, and John Johnson has that part of the contract. New Pump House at Light Plant. Bids for the construetion of a new pump house at the municipal lighting plant in Greeneville were opened at the office of Architect (. H. Preston by Supt, 8. J. Kehoe Wednesda noon, The contract was awa L. M. Young, representing the Connec- ticut Engineering company at a prie of $1,000. The estimates submitted werea s follows: Connecticut Engineering compa $1,000, Charies W, Burton $1,19% Morgan Williams $1,441, The Fenton- Charnley company $1,660, Peck, Willlams & Co. $1 The pump house will be loeated on the bank of the Shetueket. Work be started af ence, and the structure should be completed in a few weeks It will bé of reinforeed concrete, The leeation of the present house is te be changed se that it will operate the 750 K. W. turbine inde- pendent of the big turkine, Thus the! two ‘will be independent, avoiding any jack of power through the diability the other. metal ceiling w pump. LOCAL CONTRAGTORS BUSY. Activities of Fenten-Charniey Com- pany in Past Year Shows a Total of Nearly Half a Millionsin Contracts, _ A number of important building contraets have been completed by the Building company during the past year, work amounting Lo a total of $497,000, The ¥enton-Charnley Building Co. got a large amount of work during the past year, having been awarded amounting to $497,000, Just a year ago this time, they were breaking ground for five buildings at Storrs for the Connecticut Agricultural college. The dairy barn, a large build- ing with hollow tile walls, plastered on the 4nside and stucco on the out- side, with concrete floors and slate roofs, and fully equipped with all the latest devices making one of the neat- est and cleanest dairy barns in the state 'was completed about three months ago. The horse barn which was com- pleted about the same time is a large building of the same construcflon as the dairy barn with creosote wood blocks for the floors, and likewise fully equipped. The poultry buiiding. a modern three story brick building with offices, class rooms, etc., for making complete t in all departments of the poulitry is _just completed now, e addition to the agricultural hall, another briek building, and a large addition to the present building, con. taining all the modern deviees for test- ing milk and eream, making butier, fce eream, etc, with laboratories and class rooms is just being completed, Koons hall er the dormitery build- ing, the largest of the five bulidings, is a thres s building of brick and hellew tile, completely fireproof ia every way with shewer baths, plunges, ete, .to he used as & boys' dermitery. This is praetieally finished at the preseat time, ““The buildirgs have heen buiit der several different arehitecis & ne H a at & tetal eost of $125,0068. The 8t Stanisigus ;_hllh:h at the eorner of Btaie and ¥im ' sireetls ai ew Haven. cast stone mumnus, "and hdving the basernent finished.as a school, ‘costing about $55,080, was Hiished about the hrs( uf Apr alsg fnished adoui the same #ii nu “the 80, Josephis chush at Shel- ion, Conn. al a cost pf adbout 319,000, The'church was built a few. years az. but oniy the basement was finished at en have been in progress ' counctl | The | The owner is Herbert R. | | ® The Me- | will | Conn,, built of brick with | the time the church was built. The church has new been finished complete, having a wood ceiling and is one of the prettiest churches in the state. »The company is just completing the basement of the St. Pius church at | East Lynn, Mass.-at a cost of $16,000. The St. Bernard's rectory at Rock- ville, Conn., a large brick house of modern construction costing about $16,000 is now ready for the plasiering and will be finished in a short time. Great progress has been made on the All Hallows school building at Moosup, Conn., and the brickwork is practically finished at the present time. This building will cost when com- pleted abeut $35,000. 2 The Academy of ‘ building ®at Baltic, cost about $33,000, tered 'and ready for | I the Holy Family Qonn., which will i$ now all. plas- the interior fin- Kosciusko-Pulaski building on i street, which when com- | pleted will cost about $3¢,000 is all plastered and the finish floors are now being laid. There are to be two steres the The 1 North Main on the ground floor and the copper store front construction will be put in_place in a few days. The brick work on the new Windham high school building was slar(ed on Monday morning. October This building is to be 8 modern thrée story fireproof building to replace the one recently destroyed by fire and will cost about $12,000. The company was recently awarded the contract for the new armory and | auditorium at Storrs college which, completed, is to cost $37,000. This | bullding is to be fully equibped with a large drill shed and auditorium and s to have bowling alleys, etc. The excavation for this building was start- ed the first of the week. | The bids as submitted to the com- | mittée were as follows: i Fenton-Charnley Co,, orwich $53,400 { Casper Ranger Cons. Co., Hol- yoke, Mass. .....t. Lewis A. Mille Meriden . Doyle & Murph Norwich i'l'l cy Bros. Co:, Waterbury H. Wales Lines Co., Meriden Thomas Malcolm, artford ‘ NEW LONDON | Work Underway on Some Houses and Others Conumplated Mrs. M. W. Adams of Highland, N. Y. has purchased a building lot at tilenwood Park as a site for a hand- some residence. Mrs, Adams will build a frame house, the exterior to be plastered. A garage will also be | erected. Contract For Plumbing. J - Work is well along on the new house on Gardner street for W. K. Sheffield, the plan for which swere | drawn by New York architects. H. | R. Douglas, Inc, _has the _general confract and the ‘sub-contract for the plumbing and heating has been let to Newman Bros. Contract fer Garage. Fred Hull has the contract to build the proposed garage on Ocean ave- | nue for the Lawrence Hospital. John {J. Ryan put in the foundation As previously reported the building will be of brick, 30x50 feet, with a con- I crete floor, steam heat and gravel roof. Proposals for Furniture. Charles H. Thompson, chairman of the city hall building committee has | proposals for vault fittings and mov- | able furniture of steel construction to be installed in the new city ' hall ! building, A bond of 310000 is ‘re- quired for the faithful performance of the contract. Glenwood Park Hpuse. Duffy-Payne Co, are drawing { plans for a house at Glenwood Park :lor T. M, Waller, It will be a frame { house, with a stuccoed exterior and | shingle reof, There will be be eight { rooms and one bath and the house is { 1o be provided with furnace heat and every convenience | Stee! Arrives. | Some or the sieel for the Mohican building annex has. arrived and the | work on the supersiructure will pro- ceed, Operations at the building have been «t a standstill, pending the ar- rival of the steel, While the stors in the Crenin { building is being rebullt some changes are alsp being made. A brick partitien that formerly divided it into twoe steres will be removed | and the delay at present is in the | failure of iron girders and pillars te | arrive. Untii they are erecied the | carpenters eannet finish the eon- struetion of the fleors. Plastere have finished their werk plumbers are rearly threugh, eleetrieians will be done with their work in a few ! days and the metal c¢eiling builders will follow them. POQUONOC. New Schoolbuilding Will Soon Ready For Occupancy. The building committee and the school committee of the Seventh dis- trict in Pogquonoc are considering with much satisfaction the fact that the new school building of that wil- lage will soon be ready to open. |The committees began to see an end to the troubles that accompany the erection of a new public bullding and the members of these committees have certainly experienced their Share of trials and tribulations. 1t is expected that the school will be ready for opening shortly after Thanksgiving week, although ., no | definite date is set. the new building. heating facilities have been installed, and doors have arrived, The seats, in' until the decorators have pleted tinting the rooms, Willlam H, Trail, school committee of the disirict, states that the new school buflding will be dedicated with an appropriate program of exercises, com- { Beveral speeches will be made by prominent men and ths day that Poquonoe dedicates her medern sehoolhouse will be a giad ceecasion in the village, ‘ BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND The statisties of Buiiding Ppera- tions in New England as compiled by Fhe F. W. DPodge Company, follows: r ont § le Oei. 1918 3149 55 068 Contracts tq9 Oct. 1972 lontracts o Oct. 1911 Contracts’ te Oet 1910 Eontracts o 198y Contracts 1968 Contracts 1907 Contracts 1906 Contracts 1905 Coniracts 1804 Coatracts 1903 fl()ntl‘..lcli 1982 Contracts 1901- 97,128,000 In France one person in tweniy is titled to wear a military decgration. Marked progress has been made on | The plumbing and | desks and blackboards will not.be put | | permits | stated that he would GROTON LONG POI| NT. . Finier Suiiiok Hae. Eatdnin Camp= bell—Moving Club House. Contractor Hewitt hag closed a.. contract ‘with John Campbell of Nor- wich to build a fine summer home at the corner of Shore avenue and Beach road. Mr. Campbell contemplates building another cottage ' on the boardwalk. { Contractor George McDonald of Noank has secured the. contract to build a handsome bungalow for Mrs. Willlam E. Batés of N c on her lot | in Crescent street near the ciubhouse, | It is rumored that a mangnificent | coltage, costing many thousand dol- | lars, is to be erected on Clubhouse point In the near future. I K. A. Stiles of Leonard's Bridge, while visiting the Point Saturday, build one or cottages at the Point. Contractor McDonald and force of | workmen are moving the clubhouse to its mew site, about 50 feet from the present location. Electric wires are being installedsin the cottage of James J. Smith at Bluff Point. Howard Fitch of Noank is do- ing the wurl\ more DEEP R|VER The new schoolhouse being erect- ed by Wise & Upson of Hartford is now roofed in. The sub-contracts were given out as follows: The elec- tric work to the Shaffer-Marsh 1‘0.I of Hartford; plumbing, heating sheet metal work to Bacon Bros, Middletown: 1ting to LaPlace | & Eagan; Berger W. | Nelson of Hartford; roofing to R. F. Adkins & Co. of Hartford, and the iron work to the Hartford Iron | Works. | " MIDDLETOWN. T- Johnson & Burns, Inec, frame cot- Architects are preparing plans for a tage, 27x30 feet, to be erected In Middletown for Mrs. G, B. Hurlburt It will be provided with all the mod- | ern convenience: | MYSTIC The barn of Rl)llhl S. Ketchum near the north end of Pearl street is being removed to allow of the. construction of a bungalow for J. Alfred Mc- Donald. BUILDING AND BUSINESS. Less Construction Than During Same Period Last Year. The manner of sales of real by warranty deed in the town ported in The Commercial Record the past week is a trifle smaller for the corresponding week of year, the figures for 1913 being and for 1912, 344 Mortgage loans for the same period were $813,068 and ‘- .061 for the two years, respective- for than last incorpora- the past week the last week of Octobep of 19 Nine. new joint stock compa- nies were formed, with authorized capital of $748,000, against seven new companjes with capital of $146,000 a vear ago. The five bankrupts reported for the week have total assets of $17,820, and of $30,436. as compared bankrupts a year ago, with $2,300 and liabilities of number of in this State “in tions leads 2. the new liabilities with two ts of l‘he volume of building business, as shown by the pefmits issued in the cities “of New_ Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury and - Stamford, is somewhat smaller thanw for the last - of October, 1912, During the week 106 permits were granted in these places for buildings costing $183,130. which compares with, 98 for buildings costing $211,997 last year. 6 An unusual number of new projects are reported for this time of the year. Some of the more important projects | for which contracts have ' been 1Tet | during the week are, fine residences | in Stamford, Saugdtuck and New | Haven, carbarn in. Norwalk, store- house in New Haven, post office in Ansonia, and one, two, three and six- family houses in New Haven, Bridge- | port, _Hartford, terbury, Derby, Shelton, Watertown, Naugatuck and | Madison, | Plans for new projects reported this week include, $100,000 residence |in Stamferd, with smalier residences !in the same city and Norwalk, the | | remodelling ©f a business block in | Norwalk, store and tenement blocks in Bridgeport and Bristol, busine block in Hartford, factory in Bridge- | port, clubhouse in New one, thres and six-family | New Haven, Bridgeport,- Hartford and Middletown, There were seven s ‘in Norwich last week to six a r ago while mortgages for the n'fl»et(l\r weeks | were $10 000 and $11,200 In New Londen the sales last week numbered five and the mortgages amotnted to $9,800 Last year for the same week they were seven and | $14,200 C. M. 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