Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 12, 1914, Page 10

NEW LONDON. Weather the Only Han pletion of Hotel Additi Municipal Building. ap to Com- ion—Cost of Work on the front of the addition to the Mohican building is half com- pleted, and the balance will be pushed along as rapidly as the weather will Permit. It is understood that the din ing room which the addition will mak Possible for the hotel will be one of the handsomest known in this section of _the country. The total cost of the municipal building complete, grading of grounds, stone railing in front and retaining wall on Union street, walks, etc., steel furniture for every department of the city, council chamber, and for each room, is $166,000. From the sale of $100,600 municipal building bonds, $34,- 000 were realized, leaving $72,000 to beg otherwise secured FISHERS ISLAND. The cottage of W. D. Gaillard is nearing completion and Mr. and Mrs. Geillard were nere from New York Tecently to inspect it. It was for- merly the H. Bowers cottage, but has been so altered as to bear little re- sembiance to the original. " GROTON . 1 The cellar_for a house for Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Burgo of Poquonoc is be- ing Qug on the south road. The build- ing will be put up as s00on as pos- sible. JOAN 0. FOX & CO. B Y e BUILDINGS STARTED AND PROJECTED Boswell Avenue Houses Well Along—Estimates Being Re- ceived For Two on West Side—Changes in Thumnn Building—Other Construction Notes. Good progress has been made on the | natural wood finish, has been bullt| two mew houses on Boswell avenie |and the two roomy show windows | near the head of Fourteenth street, | have been greatly improved by the| which are being built for Owen S.|addition of background mirrors. A Smith, H. . Palmer and Woodbury | large ice box measuring $x10 feet o} O. Rogers. Both houses are situated | the inside and having a capacity of| some distance from the street. The | one and onehalf tons of ice has also one nearest completion contains seven | been built in the store. Blectric lights rooms with bath and all modern Im- | have been installed to replace the gas provements. On the first floor there | fixtures and there are also a refrig- | are four rooms and on the second | erating display case and a tile counter | with marble top. A partition has been | built separating the main store from house is to be electrically lighted and the rear room in which the manufac- will be heated by a hot floor three rooms and the bath. The | | air rurnace. | In the kitchen there will be a porce- | ture of sausage etc., will be carried | lain sink with porcelain drain trays| on. In this room a cement floor has and other attractive conveniences.| been laid and the walls have been| The rough plastering is now up and | covered with corrugated iron. In the as soon as is dry and weather | middle of the room a long table with conditions permissable the skim coat | tile top has been built uy will be applied, and the interior work | sausage will be turned out, and there will be pushed ahead to completion. | is also a large cooling tank. The ma- The finish will be of natural wood and | chinery used is to be set up at the is sk end of the room. This room long leaf pine flooring will be laid. | bz o electrically lighted The other building is not advanced | so far. The frame work is all up, th here is a cement floor in the cellar roof has been closed in, and work on | which will be used for storage pur the partitions has been started his | po: When the cement flooring was house is to contain six well lighted | laid in the room above it was neces- | ] rooms with bath and all modern im- | sary to put in several heavy joists provements. There will be a pia below the floor to support the addi- on the front of the residence and also | tional weight. At pr t there are on the rear. The interior finish is to| two doors near the rear end of the be of natural wood and the fiooring | cellar, and just as soon as the weather will be hard pine. Electric 1 are | permits another door will be cut in ~—DEALERS IN— Lumber of All Kinds Lime, Cement, Drain Pipe, Fertilizers, Fire Brick, Ladde Paints, Oils and Varnishes and Salt 72 Harris St., Putnam, Conn. STETSON & YOUNG Carpenters and Builders Best work and materials at rigat prices, by skilled labor. Telephone 80 W=ST MAIN ST. | The Fenton-Charnley | Building Co., Inc. GENERAL CONTRACTORS 'NO DANDRUFF-25 CENT DANDERINE the cellar wall near the front end. New Floor Laid. .dge and company to be installed and the building will] be steam heated 1 As soon as is out of the ground the work of grading the land | are laying around the buildings will be started - at the Manhaitan store on and & catch basin will be built to| Main street and it is about half com take care of the drainage. A wide | pleted now. The recent fire caused street has been staked ou running at | considerable damage to the fleoring it right angles to Boswell avenue | being neeessary to cut several heles through the lots which afford | in it 1 order to get at blaze, easy acess to the new building When completed the buildings will be placed Werkls Biock Staisway- on the market. Woodbury ors | Stetson and Young have « has charge of the construct he building of ¢ stairway and entrance to the sec story of the Changes In Thumm Building. Blbck | owned by Merchants Taftville C. Werth on nue The alt ly purcha Thumm i Preparing Estimates. tessen on Fr street are near-| . | ing completion and it is expected that| The plan for Charles | the store will be all ready for its new | E. Lamb to be on Pearl street | occupant! the main by Saturday tore entirely morning. completed, new shelving, | are aring their GIRLS! LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL HAIR NORWICH, CONN. .~ C. M. WILLIAMS Contractor and Builder Estimates Cheerfully Given Teiephone 370 216 MAIN STREET PLUMBING AND STEAM FITTING SUPPLIES for Plumbers, Steam Fit- ters and Mills Th Norwich I’Mlfihpply House Phone 13, Central Wharf 00 IT NOW ‘hPl\mb‘ilng as it should be dome i e kind we do. Open, every joimt tight, sanitary and latest styie plumnd- ing. est of bath tubs, latest devices in water closets, sinks, and everything you can thiak of in the plumbing line. 8s_up on the 'phone, Write ot see us. We will fix you up in geod skape at a moderate price. A. J. WHOLEY & CO., Telephone 734 12 Ferry Street PLUMBING ‘Why not atttend to it now? It will be fully as easy and convenlent for you to have the work dond mow as later when it may be freezing weather. Estimates sheerfully furnished on eny work you need done. J. F. TOMPKINS 67 West Main St. PETROSILO . The new sanitary and fire proof floer- ing, All purpeses., Very attractive and @urable, Ask for particulars. C. E. WHITAKER, 655 West Main 8t. T. F. BURNS Heating and Plumbing 982 Frarl''n Street ROBERT J.COCHRANE GAS FiTTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING 10 West Main Street, Norviich, Cean. HAIR COMING OUT? IF DRY,|scraggy, just molsten a cloth with THIN, FADED, BRING BACK Danderine and carefully draw it ITS COLOR AND LUSTRE through your hair, taking one smadl | e > s nd at a time. The effect is mazing—your hair will be light, fluffy ‘Within ten minutes after an appli- | and wavy, and have an appearance of cation of Danderine you cannot find a | abundancé- an incomparable lustre, | single irace of dandruff or falling hair | softness and luxuriance angd your s C! Get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's will please you most w | Danderine from any drug store or toilet coux is as prett er. and prove that your hair and soft as any—that it and downy at fi; new hair—growing all over p. | has been lected or injured by care- A little Danderine Immediately | less treatment—that's all—you surely | doubles the beauty of your hair. 4 © beautiful hair and lots of it | difference how dull, faded, brittle will just try a little Danderine | PN SGONNECTICUT | that to house is te contain sevem rooms, nat- ural wood finish, open plumbing and steam heat. It will be about 26x40 feet. Residence for M. W. Weld. The plans for a new residence for M. W. Weld to be erected on the West Side are now in the hands of the con- tractors. The house is to be 30x40 feet and will contain eight rooms. The interfor finish is to eb naturai wood, and the house wijl be electrical- ly lighted and setam heated. To Rebuild Shea Block. Architect C. H. Preston of this city has been engaged to plan and direct FEBRUARY 12, 1914 ‘the repairs to the Lawrence R. Shea block in New London, which was re- ently extensively damaged by fire. "he insurance on the block has been paid. 55 i & NEW LONDON. Weather The Only Handicap To Com- pletion of Hotel Addition.—Cost of Municipal Building. Work on the front of the addition to the Mohican building is half com- pleted, and the balance will be pushed along as rapidly as the weather will permit. It is understood that the din- ing room which the addition will make possible for the hotel will be one of the handsomest known in this sec- tion of the country. The total cost buildjng complete, grading of grounds, stone railing in front of the muniecipal and retaining wall on Union street, walks, etc., steel furniture for every department of the ! city, council chamber, and for each From the sale of is $186,000. $100,000 maunietpal building bonds, $94,000 were realized, leaving $72,000 to be otherwise secured. room, GROTON LONG POINT. Considerable building is to be done at Groton Long Point this spring. At the present time there are eight cot- tages in process of construction by Contractor George Hewitt of Mont- ville. Others are to be put up in time to be ready for eeupancy part of the summer. Many improve- the early ments are to be made and the werk on the smsll harbor will make a big addition to the Point this summer as it will provide perfect pretection to the small boats. The work on the cottage of Mrs. W. Bates of Mystic, George H. McDonald neariy completed. will see the cottage finished. ccupied this coming seasen. he werk on the cettage of Mra. WL Bates of Mystic, whis ijeorge H. McDonald is building is nearly compieted. About a week mere will see the ecottage finished. It will be ocupied this coming seasen, is building, SOUTH MANCHESTER. Felix Stumm is rebuilding hiz house at the corner of North and Kerry strees, which was recently damaged by fire. A special meeting of the Ninth Sehool district was held in high schoo] hall Monday evening, and it was veted to increase the apprepriation for the addition to the Lincoln sehool from $35,000 to $45,000, there being ne ep- position to the increase. Bids had been received on the addition and the lowest for the addition, heating and plumbing was $37,604. it was figured furnish the nine rooms would cost 0, grading around the bulld- ing $160, 'wiring it for lights $350, clocks, $150, sprinklers for fire pro- tection $360, architects commission 00, and vacuum cleaner and fire alarm system about $1,000 more. A special meeting of the Ninth school district was held in high school hall $2 and you’ Lay 1 Liberty— It’s a Brick | Lay in a Lot of it You could smoke or chew LIBERTY by the hodful d never get enough —it’s so mellow and rich and pleasing. n a supply of it today. Keep some at home and some on the job, and it will hold you steady as a spirit-level trues a wall. << LIBERTY Long Cut Tobacco is the one pcrfect tobacco for the sturdy man who likes his tobacco rich, full- bodied and satisfying. Made of pure Kentucky leaf, aged for three to five years, so as to bring out all its fragrant flavor and sweetness. This is what makes LIBERTY always the same. It doesn’t depend upon one season’s crop, like many tobaccos. We have several seasons’ crops always stored away. Take LIBERTY on the job for a week's try-out—after that you'll always carry LIBERTY in your jeans. Sold everywherein 5c packages. THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY l E TOBRNECO | I Eiamw\il which Contracter is Abeyt a week more It will be h Contzactor ! Contracts Monday evening and it was voted to increase the appropriation for the ad- dition to the Lincoln school from $35.- 000 to $45,000, there being no OPPOSi- tion to the increase. Bids had been received on the addi- heating and plumbing was $37,604. was figured that to furnish the nine rooms woul dcost $2,260; grading around the building, $150; wiring it for lights, $350; clocks, $160; sprinklers for fire n, ' $360; architect’s commission, $2,400, and vacuum cleaner and fire alarm system, about 91,000 more. BUILDING AND BUSINESS. Considerable Amount of Work dicated By Pormits Sought. Real estate transactions as report- ed in The Commercial Recordifor the past week show sales slightly lower than in the same week of last year, but 238 being reported this week as compared with 342 a year ago. There is also a decrease in the amount of mortgage loans, the figures being $881,632 for this vear, against $1,056,- 993 for last year. There were 11 new incorporations formed during the week this _year, which is the same as last year, but the total capital stock this year is only $572,000, as compared with over one millions 'dollars last year. Five petitions in bankruptcy, with ! assets of $10,228 and liabilities of | $28,820, were filed in Connecticut dur- ing the week, which is about the, same as for the first week in Feb- | Tuary a year ago. { Building permits were granted last ! week in the cities of New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, Waterbury and | Stamford to the number of 74 for buildings costing a little less than | $200,000, while during the~. same! period of last year there were 61 per- | mits for buildings costing $121.968, and in 1912 38 permits for buildings | costing $71,950. | Contracts awarded during the week | include a brick clubhouse in South- ington, several tenement houses, ad- | dition 'to dairy building and a_num- | ber of frame houses in New Haven, | factory additten and a large number | of one and two-family houses Bridgeport, residences in Stamford and Greenwich, and several | frame houses in Hartford. Beveral new projects have been re- ported during the week. in New | Haven plans are being prepared for a cirbhanse, cold sterage plant and Dids_are being submitted for a fine| residence, An anchiteot has been se- | lected for a schoolhouse in New Br tain and two four-room schoelhouses will be built in Stratford. Plans are | also being revised for a Y. M. C. A.| building in Greenwich, Which will| cost $135,000. In Hartford bids haxei been submitted for brick warehouse, and _centracts will shortly be award- | ed for a large factory in New Bri tain. In almost all parts of the State plang for a number of smaller houses are being figured | Norwich had three sales of real| estate last week to seven the same week last year while the mortgage loans the past week were $21,400 to! nothing in 1913. There were® 24 sales | here in January to 34 last January. | New ILondon had three sales last week and four a year ago the same | week. Mortgage loans were $13,550 | for each week. In January for 1914 and 1913 New London had fifteen sales. BLACK POINT. B. K. Beckwith has a force of 25 men at Black Point erecting a large mansion for F. 8. Lord and making repairs to several of the other cot- tages there. This section bids fair to be one of the largest and most exclu- | sive summer colonies along the shore as within the past five years the cot- tages erected there are worth more than all those at Cresvent beach, which of late is doing Hitle or no building and what have been built bave been only small cottages. BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND. Statistics of Building Operations in New England as compiled by the F. W. Dodge Company, are as follows Contracts to Feb. $16,860.000 Contracts to Feb. 13,11 Contracts to Feb. 11,000,000 Contracts to Feb, 10,618,000 | ntracts to Feb. 11,437,000 Contracts to Feb. 893,000 Contracts to Feb. 656,000 Contracts to Feb. .800,000 Contracts to Feb. 205,000 | to Feb. to Feb. to to Feb. to Feb. for for for for for for for for for for for for for for 1914 1913 cts Contracts el 9 Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts 1 st Cut His Eyelid! While singing in “The Barber Seville” at New Orleans some month age, says the Pathfinder, Joseph Gra- vina, Ttalian basso, failed to duck quickly enough and received a siight | swerd wound on the eyelld when, in | the aet, Florence Constantine, Spanish tenor, lunged at him sword. Now Gravina in the sum of $59,000. with a seeks damages Manufacture of Peat. The experimental work conducted by the Canadien Government in re- | gard to the manufacture of peat prov- ed so succeseful that there are now two private eoncerns producing peat. one at Alfred, Ontario, and the other at Farnham, Quebec. Tt is said that the peat manufactured by the Canadi- an Gevernment is satisfactory for grates and alse good for cooking. Electric Traction. In Norway the Government propos to carry out an extensive scheme for applying electric traction to the rail- roads. According to an official re- port as to hydraulic resources, ihe State already owns enough water pow- er to serve for nearly all the railroads in the south and west of the country Banana Plans. Many parts of the banana plant are used in the Malay Peninsula besides the fruit. Flower heads are cooked, | generally in curries, and the inner part of the stem is also edible. Soots and tops of the young plants are used instead of other vegetables. The or sheaths are valued as eléphant der. A Mutual Painfulness. | Senator TLodge says he “tries” to support the President in his foreign policies. No doubt, and the effort is almost painfully trying to obgerv ers as it is to him.—New York World. | Wanted—An Occupation. There are two reasons why some people don’t mind their own busin: | One is that they haven't any mind, the other that they havn't any business. Harvard Lampoon Material Te Work On. Francls Bowes Sayre. the nationsi son-in-law, has returned to this coun try and will engage in_ uplife work We suggest that he uplift the Hon Nick Longwerth.—Chicago News. 1 | fi. Blackledge & Co. Bulletin Pointers WHAT TO BUY AND WHERE TO BUY elicatessen | Weare headquarters for Confectionery, Ice Cream and = Water. We carry a complete line ofl ALwAYs ON HAND Statienery and Souvenir Postcards. ~ FRESH STOCK RELIABLE GOODS . F. WGUIRE, i THUMM’S 71 FRANKLIN STREET, Opposite Bulletin Building. Iy4Th ROGLER & SHANLEY in all branches. Heating, Steam and Gas Fittings and Sheet Metal Werk. Baltie. r Personal Supervision. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Estimates Sollcited! 483 Main St. . Fine Hair Goods and Toilet Articles Hair Dressing, Mar- cel Waving, Shampooiag, Hair Dyeing, Facial Mas iage and_ Scalp Treat- ment. Puffs, Switches, ste., Made to Order from Combings. Wrs. 1.5, UNDERWDAD Chiropadist 51 BROADWAY Telephone 1302-2 Telephone. ANDERSON’S has removed to his new store in the Post Office Building, Baltic. .Contractors and Builders, Painters and Decorators. Rogers Domestic Laundry HAND FINISHED SHIRTS A Speciaity LADIES' WAISTS 91-95 Agents for Colonial Paint. Dealers in Lumber, Shingles, Paper Hangings, Paint, Cils ana Glass. 25 Seventh Street. ‘Telepheone connection. Tel. 5él Chestnut Streoat| No. 1 BLOATERS SALT MACKEREL) THE 2 POUND KIND POWERS BROS. I Have For Sale A Property which consists of a twe story house 30x40 feet, barn 20x30 feet two woodsheds and one acra of land. I also have a piece of land suitable for & livery stable which 1 will lease. WM. P. BABCOCK, PLAINFIELD. WHEN YOU NEED anything in Grocerles, Can Goods, Confactionery or Temperance Drinks drop in to the little store of MRS. M. LEION, 100 Thames St. Headquarters for Cigars and Smokers’ Articles RICH & RUBIN, 204 West Main Street, Proprietors of the New York Mineral Water Co. Bottlers of all kinds - ol Sodas, lrun Brew and Celery Toalc. Telephone 738-12 C. S. FAIRCLOUGH, DR. N. GILBERT GRAY THAMESVILLE, Graczate Veterinarian would like to have you try the Peaches, Cherries and Pineapples. OFFICE Bailey's Stable, 371 Main St Phone conmection C. E. WRIGHT, 8 Cove St., BOTTLER OF FINE FLAVORED SODAS, NARRAGANSETT ALE AND LAGER. None better. We can sell you Corn 3 cans for 25c. Sauerkraut, Dill Pickles. Try them. DR. C. B. ELDRED DENTIST 43 Broadway, Central Bu Telephons 341-3 M. A. BARBER, Machinist and Engineer. Stc—n Engine Repairs. G. E. HODGE, HACK, LIVERY, BOARDING AND FEEDING STABLE 127 Franklin Street Particular attention given to Gen- tlemen's Driving Horses. Tel 10 Hams and Bacon CURED AND SMOKED. C. H. DAVIS’ PROCESS atS. B. POTTER’S A. B. MAINE Sells the Ralston Health Shoes Better in the Market. 219-225 Central Ave. “iothing fact that It is a st Africans never sneeze nge bR o L AR RS Contractors and Owners should get our prices for TIN, COPPER - and GALVANIZED WORK befere plac- ing your orders. PIPING FOR STEAM HEATING Large stock of Miil Supplies always ea hasd - Specialty of HONEYWELL Hoi Water dleating J. P. BARSTOW & CO. 23-25 WATER STREET, NORWICH,-CONN. DINING TABLES DINING CHAIRS CHINA CLOSETS IRON BEDS ART SQUARES GO-CARTS and CARRIAGES Funeral Directors and Embalming M. HOURIGAN, FhBLOCK, PHON BUREAUS CHIFFONIERES Store 61-2—House 35-5 . NEWMARKET HOTE J. F. CONANT, 11 Franklin St. o B S Aok L Whitestone 5c and the J. F. C. 100 First-class Wines. Liquors and Clgars are Lhe best on the market Meals and Welch Rarebit Try them. order, Joan Tuckis Prop. Tel. 435