Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, July 30, 1914, Page 10

s - havia i the week in compares over $200,000 banvki Jodge bullding in New London, scl houseé addition in Bridgeport, a number of one, two and thrée-family ho_r: in all parts of the State. volume of new work for which plans are beéing or mlmt«d wad very slight last week. Amén‘t Projécts reported are store and tene- ment blocks In New Haven and Hart- !&M addition fo laundry plant in| ateérbury, large addition to factoriss in Thomaston and _Bridgeport, new buflding for the Y. M. C. A. in New London, schoolhouse work in Norwaik, ind a number of smallér projects Various parts of the State. 8ix Months’ Buifding Record. Reports to Bradstreet's from in | 150 of the United States show that | ng the first half of 1914 permits Were issued to the number of 145,026, 48 against only 141,767 permits in the Mike period of 1913, a gain of 3.3 per cent. These figures would indicate that fore structures were built this year | than last, but the estimated value of the building done or permitted to be was $438,769,000 this year for six months, as against $472,667,000 in 1913, a decrease of 7.1 per cent. In other words, more building but a smaller’ total value is the salient feature of the half year's operations. NORTH WINDHAM. Charles Kenfield of Willimantic has purchased & building lot of Mrs. Frink | doing the and is soon to erect a bungalow. NIANTIC. The trolley company has recently built a waiting room at the Crescent Beach end of, the line. THe first. floor for the new convent ~bullt on the east side of St h’s church, CIiff street by = the Fenfim & ‘Charnley Building Company is now completed and some of the i Joists for tne second floor have been put up. The brick work is up sill high and many of the window trames are on hand ready to be put in. ! “TPhe conyent is te be of two stories in height with an additional top story which will not be finished. - The di- ‘mensions are §7.3x54. 'In the basement ! thére are to be playrooms for the boys .&ng girls, a laundry rovm and a etc. The basement floor is to be of jconcrete. On the first floor there will be a \large school room, 4 with a Kkitchen, refectory, music room, recep- | tion roem, chapel, sadctity, pantry and a main hall over 7 feer m wiath. THere are to' be (wo stairways lead- i torthe fiogr abave one of the stair- 'S to be located at the tront ot tne vent and the other at the rear. he second floor is to be provided with seven chambers, another large hoal and a community room. The flooring throughout is to be of | rift Alabama pine and the inside fin- {ish will be of North Carouna piue with sheatbing in the kitchen and | pantry. There will'also be & spacior porch on the front side of the buil ing.. The convent wilk be fittea with ail conveniences and will be modern in" every respect. Changes I Laurel Hill Residence Peck, McWilliams have a force of | by Charles A. Dowsett. The building | is being changed into two flats of eight rooms each with bath and sleeping porcnes are to be built. There are to lus new entramces, open fireplaces, tile bath rooms and the flats are to ) be arranged in Colonial style through- | out. All modern conveniences are io i be installed. Mr. | plans completed for landscape garden- {ing. A part of the grounds has been already laid out according to the plans and as Soon as the changes to the| mainder of the grounds will be laid out. The work will probably. be com- pleted by the middle of September, The Norwich Electric company are company have the contract for ftne painting. The plumbing and heating contract has also been let. Mr. Dow- sett will occupy one of thesflats. 100-Foot Brick Chimney. Peck, McWilllams ang Co. are build- Morphine nor Miseral NOT NARCOTIC. Bivpeof 0d D SHATELPITURER 5 THE Cmrnmi‘ COMPARY, _NEW YORK. =~ GASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought in Use For Over Thirty Years Contractors and Owners should get our prices for TIN, COPPER aad GALVANIZED ing your orders. WORK before plac- PIPING FOR STEAM HEATING . Large stock of Mill Slnllu always on haad M EYWELL Hot Water Haating mgldeflRuden‘fn'm e ! men at work making extensive changes ! to the residence on Laurel Hill owned | Dowsett has had | residence itself are completed the re- | wiring and Rochelle and | ing a 100-foot chimney for the Wil- cox Fertilizer company, i Mystic. Window Frames Set In, At the new Thayer building lqumtn‘umbera(th(vnn. dfl:t‘m-mnmmlnm.m W Storehouse Material on Hand The materia! for the new storehouse to be erected at the plant of the Amer- ican Strawboard ()nmpflny has arrived and as goon as the of the old storehouse which ~was du(royad by fire recently have been cleared up, the ‘erection of the new storehouse will be <cemmenced. Piazza For Central Avenue House Martin Carroll is having & piazza built on the front of his house on Cen- tral avenue. The floor is now laid, thé frame erectea and. the roof is being put on. The work will soon be com- pleted. Plans Are Being Figured. The plans for the proposed addition to the clubhouse of the Norwich Lodze | of Elks, No. 430, on Main street, are now being figured. It is plannéa to build &n addition =abou $8x41, two stories .in height with basement. It wiil be of brigk construction with terra cotta trim and vuicanite roof.” The Hgnting /1$. to be by eléctricity. The plans weré drawn by Architects Cud- | worth and Woodworth. i Changes In Taftville Building. | Mrs. Amelia Vinol is having a num- | ber of changes made In the house Gll[ School street, Taftvill, formerly be- longing to the Hendrick's estate. ! Among other improvements being made is the laying out of a lawn. NEW LONDON. Work s soon to be started on ex- tensive changes to the Cronmin Bufld- ing on State street, owned by J. D. Cronin. A new front will be built on the first floor, and eome extensive changes made. Flanders Bungalow. Plans have been completed by Archi- ! teet- Dudley St, Clair Donnelly and are | | now out for figures for a frame bunga- | {low to be erected a: Flanders for Leon | { Buzzeli, The plans call for s seven- i room house, with ail improvement | cluding -~ electric lights and furn: heat, It will-cost about_$6,500, Ceontrast for Lodge Building, \ Smith & Perry have been awarded | the eentract for the erectien of tne ! new building for the Union Ledge, A. | F. & A. M, on Greeme street. Smith | } & Perry will let ail sub-contracts, ex- ; | cepting the heating, which will be let | Work will be started ‘tiis | i | separately, week, New Garage. Plans have béen completed for a concrete block garage and stable to pe erected on Brewer street, to take tne place of the buildings reuntiv destrov- | ed by fire. The building will be lflAi feet, and will have a slag roof. First Floor Laid. Contractor J. A. Dolan has the first | floor laid on the brick addition he is j erecting to the store of S. A. Gold- ; smith in the of State street. Mr. { Dolan is>alse building a stone ware- | house. for Mrs. Lubchansky in the rear of Bank. street. | _The building committee of the board iof directors of the Y. M. C. A. met | at 3.30 Monday afternoon for the pur- ipose of examining plans for the new huilding, submitted by Archite:s | James Sweeney and Dudley St C. Donnelly of New London and L. E. ,Jallade of New York. The members “of the committee are George S. Pal- mer, chairman; N. M. Ruddy, E. D. Steele, Frederick W. Mercer and C. A. | Greene. It is expected that a choice will be made shortly, after which bids for | construction ~ will be advertised for. | There'is a_strong public sentiment :n favor of having a local architect for | the building. MIDDLETOWN, Wells & White have the contract for [ the carpenter work, Dennis O'Bricn the mason work and Frederick H. Weatherby the plumbing in connec- tion_with the new residence which will be erected on Home avenue for | Herbert L, Clark, 242 Main street. George Griswold is the architect aad the plans provide for a frame house, 52x33 feet, with slate roof. It will have seven rooms,” provided with hot water agat and other modern conveniences. Vork is now started on the foundie tions. \ Addition to Storage Building. The Frisbi€ Motor Co. have started work on a frame addition, 16x80 feet, | ome story high, to be used for a stor- age building, on College street. _ It will have prepared roofing. Benjamin North will do the mason work and tae ‘3nrpemer work will be done by, the| ay. H | f Frame House. Work will be started at once on a frame house to be erected on Mt. Ver- non street for Henry Hanson. It will | i have six rooms, provided with all the ! modern :conyveniences, Receiving Bids for Church. | ~Estimates are being . received for a I'new church to be erecteéd by St. Ga- briel's R. C. Society, of which Rev. | John J. 'Fitzgerald of Poguonnock is the pastor. The plans provide for a brick building, 51x115 feet, with Iu- diana limestone trim, granité sills and reinforced concrete steps. It will have | | steel truss raof ‘and altérnate bids well | | be received for slate or tile roofing’ It | will have electric wiring, steam heat, ornamental plastering and other con- veniences. Reason for Gladne Some of the Progressives claim that 1t is a_choice between Rooseveit and | Sulzer in New York. Aren’t you glid ! [ you don’t live in New York?—Wash- ington-Herald. The Fenton Building Co GENERAL CONTRACTORS NORWICH, CONN.’ STETSON & YOUNG cm;pentersand sunders W ;in New England, compiled by The F. move. . Now this rumer has became & certainty, Work was nu-goi by James Young and force g s wesk. The most of the Iu-vhr ulldings are A WHOIEY & CO, Telephons 734 12 Ferry Strest Y. F. BURNS ,Heaung and Plumbing |« 92 Franklin Street ROBERT J.COCHRANE QAS FiTTING, PLUMBING. $TewM FITTING 1€ West M-m‘MNoNfdn.Cflm Agont for . & ©. Sheet Packing IRON CASTINGS FURNISHED PROHPTLY‘BV THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY (0. Dealers in Lumber, Shingles, Paper angings, Paing, Ol's and Glass 25 Seventh Street. ‘Telephone connection. incubator cellar. It is planned to move all the houses just across the for the . present. Theé brooder houu will be made into tow: houses while the others will remain as they are. The plant was built in 1896 at a great expense and fitted with -n upl to date brooder system which eé: years ago was done away with. Repairing Residence. Mrs. Margaret Sears is havipg her house painted and otherwise repaired. Her son, George, who is on his vaca- tion from the life saving station 1t Montauk Point, is doing’ the work, assisted by his son. NEW ENGLAND BUILDING WHEN YOU NEED enything in Oroceries, Can Goods. Confectionery oy Temperance Drinks drop In to the little store of MRS. M. LEION, 100 Thames St Headquarters for Cigars and Smokers' Aziicles DR. N. GHBERT GRAY The statistics of building operations gt B P 3 Bailey’ ‘35."?51 Main St ontracts _awar: o e, Juy g iley’s o, ain 23nd, 1914, $100,212,000. e Ao s b Contracts _awarded corresponding R " period 1913, $96,245,000. Comracts ' awarded corresponding: N period 1912, $113,216,600. Contracts’ awardsd .~ corresponding | FURS STORED period 1911, $96,450.000. + 3 Contracts _awarded ~corresponding by | period 1910, $95,429,000. Why net atttend to it now? It wiil Se Contracts awarded corresponding | fully as easy and coxvemient for you M. BRUCKNER #'éf:":::: 3:L’:r'd‘z°d° corresponding | © DAe the work domy now as lster 81 Franklin Street period, 1908, 353,091,000, when It may be freeziLg weather. Contracts awarded corresponding| Estimptes cheerfully furnished ca period 1907, $77,248,000. iny work you need done Ccnln::'s : lv_’v-rg&(‘l corresponding period 1 67,758,000. < Comh'cotsl ':w:;d&‘d corresponding .l. F. TOMPKINS Station Moved. period 1905, $61,346,000. . The treliey station of the Groton & Contracts awarded corresponding 67 West Main St. BTnien. rnh Dat Desh Sosed to period 1904, $50,275,000. | its new location on Cutler street and a Contracts awarded corresponding [ncw upper track will be laid from the peried 1903, $63,161,000, ton waiting room. This will be a ! main line to the freight yard. Contracts awarded cerresponding|great improvement as the addition of e pe("“::lr‘n':(" 57;1‘;3::;-;:0 # aing | the freight station has darkened the A Big Apple Crep. period 1901, $68,324,000. poniing [ Toom to a large extent. Frisco railroad man has figured o S s R e e T out that the apple shipments from the NOANK. STONINGTON. Ozark apple district will re quire be- — | tween 3.000 and 4,000 cars. Last year d steamboat hotel on Pearl | 1,223 cars of apples were #hl| ped from nd the residence of Charles E. | the regio: Improved methods in care A new window is being put In the ‘The west side of the Groton and Stoning- | street Tel 541 park at Halstead, which noted ad ané of the objects of interest alcng the Santa Fe trail by reason of its conpection with the life of the fa- mcus old Indian fighter and scout Carson, has been suitably labeled on It; with thi A Speciaity Also” LADIES" WAISTS 6. 5. FAIRCLOUER'S, Thamesville . A. E. MAINE -wothing Better In the Market 219-225 Central Ave. DR. 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