Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 1, 1914, Page 23

Norwich of large sums and designed J. T. YOUNG BOILER COMPANY FOUNDRY, NORWICH From all four of the cities in New London Vew London, Willimantie and Putnam—as weil as the berough Danielson and the vutlying towns, building operations invelving to have an imperiant bearing upon the civio and Windham counties— and industrial life this territory in the future were in progress in the past year with the result that the total shown in building ope tions in 1913 is $1,916,400, a gain of $318,1%5 over the total of $1 in 1912, and nearly equaliing the $2,000,000 shown in 1910, which highwater mark for some time past. C total in build} tributed §1, & operacions in the Windh year, New Li oun 62,450 and county, §5: Building Permits in the Four Cities. Such an increase in amount also 2 gre: involved indicated ber of bullding permits issued in the four cities. They showed 1912 covering construction work the sum of $1,39 which wa d to $1,693,200 in value and 318 in number of perm 1913, struction work of the covering $635,500 in val The erection of new dwellings was & , for which a total of 137 p , where 64 permits were actor 1 nits was issu Ssued in 1912 for $245,000 In new dwellings. The construction of new buildings for mill, mercantile, stor 1001 tal purposes was a contributing item, as indicated by 49 s at an estimated expenditure of $892,550, whereas in the year be 70 on 42 permit amount was In the miscellaneous class, ineludiny ns, & r with repairs and additions the permits n n d outlay of $1 as compared )45 estim: in value mated at a total the vear before o towns in two counties the con 200 compared to the SHANNON'S MAJESTIC AND THAYER BLOCK WERE TWO BIG NORWICH CONTRACTS. With State Hospital Work Sent Norwich Building Figures for 1913 to of Norwich was proceeding on half $100,000 or in number, $671,350—City Building Permits Were 68—$336500 in Mercantile and Store Property—$120,500 in New Dwellings—$175,450 for Hos- pital Buildings—Balance in Miscellaneous Construction and Re- pairs, In contrast to 1912, ruction work in the city and town a dozen big contracts, involving more each, big building projects in 1913 were decidedly less but nevertheliess thiree big contracts undertaken, when consi wit aggregate of lesser work, sent the total for the year up fc tigures over $60,000 better than 1912, when the city and town showed a total of 3605, The past year it was $ 0. vear a total of 88 buildings in city cne or Mercantile and store mder In the comstruction work represented by the new contracts of and town were affected, which w the city. The whol ore than in 1912, ard 68 of ber of new buildings was 56, which was 5 less than the year be- and 36 of these werc in the city The following is the summary of mate amounts expended contracts Norwich Building Summary. Amounts. 0. Permits. pre 7 Manufacturing AL S RS 500 New dwellings . crrees - 36 120,500 Barns, garages and repairs . . P - Dwelling additions and alterations ..... con Hospital buildilngs ...... e K shal Howard L. Stanton i 1913, the same number as the year t the city of Norwich showed a total in building opes s of $4. as compared with $128 in_the city limits the preceding year 1913 figures included $ ings for nd store property $s, Represented by the 63 building permits issued through Fir 0 for new dwellings, $12,500 new manufacturing uses, $386,500 for new buildings for mercantile $17,725 for alterations and repairs to dwellings and 5 for barns, garages and miscellaneous work. In the and one were el ions in fra The three m and Water 36 new buildings for was six less than the yea each t permits for 1ann; 36 New Buildings in City. which permits of brick and concrete and concrete alteratio e property. marshal issued a dozen permits in the fi e ‘taken. o before, six were to be 0f brick, 28 of frame and frame. s in brick property and 23 for altera- t quarter second quarter, 13 in the third quarter and 1ths of th osted the Norwich figures were the big contra n's new Maje ¥ Judge John M S iilding at the corner yer's big store and off , which here ing on the corner of Franxlin and Bath streets, and the new contracts for five buildi t the Norwich state hospital, for which an appro ¥ > as made by the legislature of 1913 Began Section of the Majestic. the middle of tne year Mr. Shannon took out the permit for nstruction of the Maje oceeded with the work on one n of the building, which naily all completed will ent over the lot at the corner of Shetucket and Market streets, with & three-story fireproof building of nea 0 feet frontage on Shetuc street and 226 feet on Water street building will have 180, teet of floc flog garage 100 feet square, three of these stores and the fronting Shetucket street »ace of the wha about 40,000 square feet, is to be a a roof garden, e part upon which the first work has been done up present time is the western part of the buiiding, acing Water str ni nearest Market street. This part of the will be comple the construction of the oth aken up, as it resent time tie w ntire There will be 11 pr building en complete jus cantile building th e ground garage building, to the which is the section build section is This sec- n is 62 wide and will in three stores on the first floor, with offices or n the upper floors. The stores each to be thout with depth of 70 feet. The entrance to the upper 1 anway at the corner of the building neares stree The front of t ng is of b ick, with cement columns, and e beams and floors stairs are all of cement. Partitions on the per floors have n been placed, pending decision as to what use these fioors will be put to. In the middle o the contract for cost » squ ete building, in The neighborhood of Starts Thayer Block. he kst month of th. the erection of the Thaye t the corner of Franklin and Ba are. It is to be a four-story f with brick covering for the $90,000, it is understood year Judge Jol tront pressed n AL block on the lot streets, fronting reproof reinforced 1 hayer 100 feet 100 feet con and is to When completed t will be the finest looking building on Franklin square. The excava- tion for the foundation ana piling on which it is to stand is now under way. There will be four large stores on the main floor and the three upper floors will be fitted for offices, either single or in suite, with connecting doors. Heating and lighting along modern lines and a fast- running elevator will bring the building to up-to-date requirements Because of the swampy nature of the land over which it is to be erected, the building is to be placed on 300 oak pillars, each 25 fect long, with 12-inch heads and 8-inch points, the center postings demanding a of 10 It is completion, At the silk mill of basement for manufacturing purposes the street a tofore all preparatory tages of For John T. pilings each, the 10 in ciuster have a strength of expected he main floor 20 ton: 0 ton will Estimating for capacity the construction take about 10 ment. Increased Silk Mill Eq inerd & Armstro; put in, giving and 5,000 square fi the E floor on more was 5,000 et fc weaving has been done on the upper work on the main ficor. Now half of the manufacture will be carried out in the basemer The other haif of the main floor weaving on box locms, and the weaving remains New Foundry Buildings. better accommodation of a constantl, mc orage pr is a increasing busines h piling nths for lden are feet Here- and eparatory and half the Young Bo! Co. erected a new brick foundry buils on land at the head of s avenue on Central wharf. In e new foundry w 1 has a capacity of 15 to tons a day, the ¢ makes’ wn C: ngs which were former bought ¢ The new building is 136x66 feet and 16 to 18 feet feet plates, with a height of 28 feet at the peak. The building i ported on g as the ls at this point is ali made land. An up-to-d; building for their use was provided by the new brick foundry b ing erected for the Pequot Bra Foundry compa tis ! 100 feet long and 40 feet wide, with smokestack 50 The Iry is equipved with eight furnaces. Main Street Block. On the ular shaped t at the corner of Main and Market streets, W Ward erected an attractive look new b ess %, three stories in height, with a 32 ntage and about 40 feet r its greatest depth. The building has buff brick front. with lime- 1e trimmings. T! ground flc nakes one store, with g lass electric lighting and steam heal Polish Society’s Hall. v the Kosciusko-Pulaski Corporation a fine 'w building was ere d on North Main street posite the gas and electric works. It is of brick, two stories, with_cement stone trimmings and buff brick front, and has a frontage of 55 feet and depth of 90 feet. At the front of the street floor are two siores, ome about 42x26, the othe with plate glass windows for cach store on either side of the doorw Back ¢ the stores are a lodge room, 26x50, nd a clubroom, 28x2 reached by a side entrance on the ortherly side of the building. At the f f the building between the stor are the en- trance and stibule, which leads to the second floor, wh 3 feet occupies the greater part of the floor NSW DWELLINGS ERECTED IN DANIELSON 076 N 834 Y58 Pon-Ari e Total for 1913 in New London and Windham Counties—318 Building Permits in Norwich, New London,Willimantic and Putnam, Involving $1,693,200—Construc- tion Work in Towns Showed $223,200 NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING, NEW LONDON are committee the stage ide. rooms, checkrooms and a g: feet, with toilet rooms and dress g stands detached, so that it ha and is equipped with modern electric light fixture formally opened last week. New Freight Shed. | ry, and at the r | ms on eith building w The Of considerable mportance to the frelght st wise a great aid to the railroad employes in the t fre was the addition to the freight shed at the New road freis house at the dock. A big platform, covered over s to mw a | shed, was built at east side of the freight shed, in out 240 feet long and about 37 feet wide at the south end 15 feet wide a the north end. Six cars can be loaded and unloaded from it at same time, PAST YEAR WAS BIG ONE FOR NEW LONDON BUILDING OPERATIONS Total Was $600,400 As Compared with $505750 in Year Before—im- portant Mercantile Buildings and Many New Dwellings Erected. | Never before have prospects been brighter for w London than at the present time, although dur e r 19 magnificent Manwaring building in State street w nd now fully occupled, and the Municipal building is nearing comr | as is also the Mitchell hospital for contagiou seases whic ) be under the Me Hospital management e fra ri f | ur-story annex e Mohican building is place and i g closed in and excav has been commenced for the Plan n NEW TELEPHONE EXCHANGE BUILDING, WILLIMANTIC cost about $150,000. s is to be a five story building with four | stores on the ground flocr and the other floors to be devoted in the main to offices, although a newspaper will be given a h building. Besides, work has also been commenced on new the | building in State street, which is to contain two s and offi Wonden's College Buildings. Besides proposed erection of many dwelling have been accepted for five buildings for t ¢ for Women and bids for the contract of cons 1 be | ready for the conside of contractors, = en there is the dock for which propriation | lion dollars has been made. The contrac sub been awarded, the work commenced, and the contra or the build- ings are to follow. Preliminary work for t tion of b railroad bridge across the Thames has bee ess for sseve months anc before the vear ends the actual work of g will n. Therefore it can be truthfully said that e p building line for 1914 are brighter than ever before W Long During the year 1913, 145 bullding permits wer ted, which was 37 more than in 1912 and the varied line of buildings dicated by the following summary New London Building Summary. Dywellings, fra 60 - | Dwellings k or stone ) | Other new frame build 29 o | Brick, mercantile 4 g 1500 Alterations and addition: 39 L ing operations of $94,630, the respect tota o were 69 permits t i durlng 1913 whish was more than st ¢ ot 423, 1S against $17 ) w while in er was 29, the o ik | was $§3 buildings for mercanti ses in 1912 ¢ building, the Manwaring building and tror Sparyard street and the t of constr g 23,0 in 1913 with § permits issued, three more t of construction was $61,000, or $175.000 less granted for tions and additions tn 19 \ $42.530 in 1913 there were 39 permits granted otal expendi was $51,400, an increase of $7,85 TWO NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN WILLIMANTIC'S CONSTRUCTION Total Represented in Contracts for the Twelve N Building Permits Issued Numbered 43—$5 Dwellings. Willimantic’s total in building operations f. estimated at $251,450, which Is less by nearly $23,00 . in 1912, a banner vear on account of the erection of many i ings, but & gain of about $20,000 over the vear previous. 2 building permits were issued during the vear, 26 of wh . dwellings. The more important public and semi-public which permits have been issued are the new Wind and the Natchaug School, ¢ N. E, Telephone com the Congrogational parish se, Jc s garage, ar building on the Methodist church property Building Summary, The following is the approximate summary for the yes No. is. Value, / Dwellings, frame Pl i son $59,000 Dwellings, bric concrete .....:...... 2 Brick or cement mercantile ......... bl Other new frame buildings = i R School build rick and cement. Church building, brick ...... > 1 Alterations and additions WIS T ey, O W Copyright by James Sweeney, Architect PUTNAM REBUILDING TO RESTORE DAMAGE DONE BY BIG CONFLAGRATIONS IN PAST YEAR. New Structures to Replace Those Burned—Academy Remodeled For Parochial School—New Telephone Building. Putnam’s fine new ie list of building evements there duri structure of meat and a rance and ¢ tion in what is to be= om > of own, for other e junction b ¢ ar just closed has witnessed the beginning he rebui 1l eventua 1t in the covering over str a blackened the buildings I aton and nd dwelling sa I t practically bare its raflroad has erected concern, for on School the manu- located, has es the sum of tlding operations in Putnam b Remodeled For Parochial School. \ b & ak £ importance during summer of 1913 w i h the Academy of N the Providence stree city was taken over by St. Mary’s parish from the S lercy, who removed their school to Mt Joseph's seminary school. and remodeled for use a parochial The old the pupils of the parish was razed. The academy as deled provides a dozen school rooms and provides a home for the er vy Ghost, the new teaching order that replaced the Not a great number of have-been erected in.Putnam steady growth throughout the year which have been put up on streets 1913, but i parts of the city. Many improvements have been made to property by the owners, as adding verandas, making extensions, a etc. While the year 1913 has not been marked by any great om it has not passed without being marked by comsiderable tivity. Mill companies have made improvemenis and ex- to their plants, a process of remodeling and modernizing the Morse company has been commenced. ting Coming Year Promises Much. promises mich to Putiam with relation to mew vear ihe government will commence the con- leral postoffice building at the site purchased on the Main and Grove ts, and at the present writing fine opportunity for Putnam to get @ big mew or the housing of a brand new industry, ing plant DANIELSON EXPERIENCES REVIVAL IN PAST YEAR IN GENERAL BUILDING OPERATIONS. More Than Two Score New Dwellings Erected and More Are to Follow —Mill Addition and New Freight Station. After a period of several vears of practical stagnation in the build- sperienced a revival of a decided nature during 1913, nner year for a long time as regards construction of two score new dwellings were erected during the to meet an :nt need of homes for housing t that have come here as the result of the ex- . companies’ While the showing of the past been highly tory, it but marks the beginning 1 as a building boom. There is still a cry for mare awelling num becn planned for building as scon 2s the Industrial Place Section Develops. A dozen of new dwelling to I erected for e con erseers and in tw e Dborough's e pia Danielson Cotton company and the Connecticut Mills any. Th vy has can: agent, W. S. Brown, the ible temem on Water t. These ho a wit includ- s =~ Other dwell me type er > ny during 1914 At Industrial place \ave been erected during the past vear for warkers Con nill e of the new dwellings are owned by m trial place section of the town has now taken o ppearar z village and is the scene of day and nigh strial activ houses are needed there to meet a 1 demand an e hat they will be supplied during 1914. While najc e dwellings bullt in 1913, are located In w0 groups e southern and one at the northern extremity of worough, there h building activity in various seotions Danielson, ir £ Main, Furnace, Chapman, Riverview S r where the Indications are that all available 1 lots will be occupied by houses within a short time, Continuance of Building Activity Expected. r 131 has witnessed the taking up of every vacant : been a time when it has been so difficult to hire sui This_copdition stll prevalls and centractors look £ N ing Spurt Guring the new yeas, Outside of fow important structures have been:erected z 19 DUl b @& big stock heuse nd a ddition to this structure, v s business buildin soved o in part remodeied irprovements io @welling house property has alsa been widel f © map Notable fm- 8 were Aeehanic sireet, the ap= pea which has been greatly improved and the vaiue of all prap= increased the s that sect sen is far-mere desiFable residentl: han has previously been t \mong . 1gs of the past year in Danielsan is tha ed station of the ¥ i cempany on