Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 24, 1914, Page 8

NORWICH BULLETIN, UILDING AGTIVITY IN EASTERN COXNEGTICUT NEW LONDON. Congregational Parish Houso Rapidly- Nearing Completion—Plans Ready for Montauk Avenue Chapel. The new parish house addition to the Second Congregational church is rapidly nearing completion, and will probably: be finished at the expira- tion of the time stated in the con- tract, Oct. 1. The exterior is prac- tically completed, with the exception of the roof, upon which the men are now working. 2 This addition is to contain numer- ous conveniences which are so neces- sary in a parish house, and which were lacking in the previous build- 'ing. A large kitchen with modern apparatus will be included, as well as five parlors, one of which will be a large one for meetings of the va- rious societies, and four small ones for committee meetings, a large bal- cony where the primary classes of the Sunday school are to convene, a " study room for the minister, a choir room and an auditorium and com- plete stage, where large meetings and entertainments may be held. In the basemeént there will be clubrooms for boys and men. New Montauk Avenue Church.. Plans are being completed by C. W. Denison for the proposed new church to be erected on Montauk ave- nue for the Montauk Avenue Baptist Church soclety to replace the one re- cently destroyed by fire. The build- ing will be of brick or artificial stone, and will have a seating capacity of about 250, with a Sunday school room seating a like number. The.cost will be about $12,000, and the money is now being raised. A. W. Brown, 447 Bank street, is chairman of the build- ing committee. Mohican Ball' Room. ‘The new ball room at the Mohican hotel is to be completed within two or three weeks. It is located on tne second. floor, occupying a portion of the space formerly a part of the din- ing room. The ball room will be a great = improvement 'on' the -dining room, which was formerly used for dances, since the floor was of stone, while the new one is to be of wood. The wood work is to be finished in a soft gray, with brass fixtures » Plant Building. H. R. Douglas, who has the contract for the erection of the Plant building, in State street, believes it will be fin- ished and ready for occupancy, with the exception of the stores on the ground floor, by*January 1. ‘The building is now about 75 per cent. completed, the work of erecting interior partitions now occupying the attention of the builders, and the roof has been laid and awaits its slag cov- ering, a waterproof paper covering now protecting the interior from storms. 3 Pluming, wiring and installation of the heating plant is going on. Inte- rior lighting, plumbing and heating fixtures will be installed after the plastering is completed, and the work of finishing the store fronts will be be- £un as soon as the roof is on. BUILDING AP g Qetivity in the Stcte During the Past Weck. Sales of real estate by warranty deed in the towns reported by The Com- mercial Record for the past week number 800, which is 13 less than re- g:rted for the same week a year ago. ortgage loans for the week were 0768.355, against $651,217 for the same week of last year. But three incorporations, having a total authorized capital stock of $160,- 000, are reported last week. Last year for the same period there were six in- corporations, with capital stock of $178,000. Four petitidons in bankruptcy in the state are reported the past week, with total assets of $10,490 and liabilities of $34,373, which compares favorably with the like week of the previous years. The record of ' building permits granted last week in the four leading ‘Connecticut cities and in New Bri- tain and Stamford compares favorably with the same week of the previous two years, but the cogt of buildings f:r] which permits have been granted less, Contracts awarded last week are mostly for frame structures of the residence and one and two-family type, a number of these being report- ed in New .Haven, Hartford, Bridge- port. Waterbury, New Britain, Stam- ford and Norwaik. Besides these fac- tory additions are reported in Bridge- port and Norwalk, brick business block in Norwich, and two stere and apart- ment bulldings in Hartford. New work reported includes post office’ buildings in Stamford and Dan- bury, brick gymnasium in Waterville, store and apartment buildings in New Haven. Bridgeport, Hartford and Stamford, brick business block apd lodge building in New Haven, factory building in Stamford, residence work in New London, Hartfora and New Haven, brick and concrete church in New London, which will cost about $12,000 and quite a number of one and two-family houses in various parts of the state, £ Norwich had ten sales of real estate last week to six a year ago, the loans for the respective weeks being $21,150 ~nd $11,300. In New London last week there were seven sales and a year ago there were four. Loans for the two weeks were $20,100 and $5,900. BUSINESS. | NEW SUNSHINE BUILDING IN FRANKLIN STREET TWO STORY FRANKLIN STREET BLOCK Work Already Underway For New Brick Structure on Corkery Property—Four Stores on Ground Floor— ‘Other Work About City. Contractors Stetson and Young have been awarded the general contract for the erection of a modern two story brick building for Charleg D. Noyes and William H. Oat on what is known as the old Corkery property on Frank- lin street. The 16t has already been cleaned up and _the pouring of the foundation has been started. The lot has a frontage on Franklin street of about 70 feet and its depth at the deepest point is about 70 feet. There is a right of way 81-2 feet in width at the lower end of the lot. ‘The plans, which were drawn by Architect Charles H. Preston, provide accommodations. on the ground floor for four stores. Three of the stores are to have large plate glass windows on either side of the entrance, and the fourth store, which will be some- what smaller than the others, will have a plate glass window at the left of the entrance. The entrance to the second floor is to be located at the north end of the building. The store entrances will be on a level with the sidewalk, and the flooring of the ves- tibules will be of terrazzo. The plate glass is to be abutted together, no frames being required as the building is to be set on steel girders. The entire front of the building is to be hand- somely finished off in gray colored ‘wire-cut brick. All other brick used in the construction work are to be dark colored, and the red brick is to be set in mortar to match. The second floor will' have plenty of lighting facilities, as there are to be twelve windows on the front side, each window 36 inches wide and 42 inches high, with a like number of windows on the rear side. There will also be windows on both south and north elevations. The window ledges are to be of granite, and above the windows there are to be four brick panels 12 feet long and one foot in height. The building will also have handsome brick cornices. The contract has not yet been awarded for the finishing off of the second floor, as this floor will be done according to the taste of the tenant or tenants. This floor will be suitable for light manufacturing, tailor estab- lishments, ladies’ dressmaking estab- lishments, lodge rooms, club rooms or offices. The basement story will be water- tight and will be nearly as light as the stores themselves, as there are to be windows on both the front and rear elevations. The basement will be sub- divided, providing separate accommo- dations for each store, and this will practically double the floor space of the stores. Three of the stores will average 55 feet in depth and the fourth and est store will be 36 feet in depth. The stores, which will be lighted from the rear .as well as the front, will equal any of their size in the city. Each tenant will have an outside en- trance to his basement by means of the right of way. There will also be a. staircase leading to the ' basement from the interior of each store. Toilets and modern plumbing will be installed in the stores, and the building will be electrically lighted. The steam heating - system, which will be located in the basement, will be sufficient to provide ample heating facilities for each tenant. The build- ing will be so located that it will re- ceive sun on three sides. In the morning the sun will shine on. the front side at noon will creep around Contractors and Gwners should gef our prices for TIN, COPPER aad GALVANIZED ing your orders WORK before plac- PIPING FOR STEAM HEATING Large stock of Hill Smppiics always on hand Specialty of HONEYWELL Hot Water Heating J. P. BARSTOW & CO. 23-25 WATER STREET, NORWICH, CONN. to the south side and in the afternoon will throw a flood of light on the rear or_western side. Because of the fayorable location of the building and the unusual amount of sunlight which it will receive the owners have decided to name it “The Sunlight Building.” Window Frames Set. At the Wilbur S. Alling block on Franklin street on the ground floor Franklin street, the old front on the ground floor has been torn out and the new window frames for the stores have been placed in position. = They are supported gn brick foundations. Progress on Majestic. The new Majestic, Shetucket and Market street, is slowly growing and at the present time the workmen are busy laying the fancy brick facing at the lower section of the second story on Shetucket street. Most of the forms for the third story on the Shetucket street side are now, in po- sition. Brickwork on Thayer Building. A good part of the fancy brick fac- ing on the Thayer block, Franklin square has been completed upto the second story and the remainder of the brick facing will be laid as rapidly as possible. Coal Poket Nearly Done. In the past few weeks the work on the new coal pocket being erected on Central wharf for the Edward Chap- pell company has been noticeable and the pocket is now rapidly nearing the completed stage. As previously stat- ed the coal pocket is to have a ca- pacity of 4,500 tons and is one of the most modern kind. It is locatéd on ? concrete foundation placed on, pil- ng. Remodeling Building. At the building on the corner of Franklin and Bath streets occupied by D. J. McCormick and others the work is rapidly advancing. According to a recent ruling the front of the build- ing has to be moved back to the side- walk line so that it will be in line with the other buildings on the street. The old front has been torn out and has been boarded up the necesary number of feet bac from the old line. The windows in the stores have also been replaced and as soon as possible fille changes will be completed. glo 3 . Thomas F. Burns will do the plumb- ing, Eaton Chase company the elec- tric work and Sullivan Ramage and Purvis of Norwich have the contract for the brick, mason dnd concrete work, To Remodel Building. Architect Charles W. Preston is pre- paring plans for extensive improve- ments to the James P. Shay building on Golden street, New London, near Bank street. The brick building will be completely remodeled. There are to two stores on the ground floor, and the upper floors are to be arranged as flats. The building, which is 30x 85, will also be eonnected with the Shay building on Bank street. There will be plate glass fronts for the stores and metal ceilings, and the building will be equipped with a new plumbing and a new steam heating system. MIDDLETOWN. Sketches are being considered bl the building committee of the Mid- dletown Yacht club for an - entirely new building to be erected on the land owned bythe club near their present clubhouse. It was at lirst planned to enlarge their present planned to enlarge the present tee has had sketches drawn for a building nearer the river, and these will probably be accepted. Joseph E. Southworth has the contract for the carpenter work for 2 new residence to be erected on Home avenue for Wladyslaw Kowalczyk, 163 Court street. It will be of frame con- struction, with the exterior stuccoed, and will be 3240 feet. It will have hot wate rheating, asbestos shingle roof, electric lights, etc. The Mattes Plumbing company are erecting a new plumbing shop c¢n South_street. H. P. Ryan of Durham is bulld- ing a fram garage on Pike place for Charles Kieft. The two double houses being erect ed on Home avenue for E. E, Foster are now about completed. Building Operations in New England. The statistics of building and en- gineering operations in New England, compiled by The F. W. Dodge com- pany follow: Contracts to Sept. 16, 1514 $124,51 Contracts to Sept. 16, 1913 123, Contracts to Sept. 16, Contracts to Sept. 16, Contracts to Sept. 16, 1910 Contracts to Sept. Contracts to Sept. Contracts to Sept. Contracts to .Sept. Contracts to Sept, Contracts to Sept. Contracts to Sept. Contracts to Sept. Contracts to Sept. 000 118,690,000 000 91,605,000 85,140,000 London yearly gives $40,000,000 to <harity. 3 CHESTER. Plans are being prepared by Arch- itect Dudley St. C. Donnelly for a fine residence to be erected in Chester for L. M. Brooks. The house will be of frame construction, in the colonial de- sign. There will be 10 rooms, with three bathrooms. The interior will be finished up with every modern con- venience, including a hot water heat- ing system and electric lights. —_—— WILLIMANTIC. ~ Horace H. Lyman ha been given the cnotract for installing the new heating apparatus for the engine house on Bank street, at his bid of $375. The other bids were as follows: Morlarty & and Rafferty $430, F. W. Germck $450. HADDAM. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, Mylchreest Brothers have been awarded the contract for a concrete vegetable cellar to be erected in Haddam for B. W. Hayden. It will be 30x34 feet, 12 feet high, and will be 'built gll underground. PLUMBING AND STEAM FITTING Call Up 734 It's a good deal more economical for you to-be able to say “that's a good plumbing job” than to say it was a cheap job. Our work is first- class and our prices are moderate. Ask us for estimates. A. J. Wholey & Co. 3 12 Ferry Street SUPP for Plumbers, Steam Fit- ters and Mills Thy Inrfinh I'fumhing Supply House Phone 13. Central Whart T. F. BURNS Heating and Plumbing 92 Franklin Street Robert J. Cochrane GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING, 10 West Main Street, Norwich, Conn. Agent for N. B. O. Sheet Packing. Phone 581 DO IT NOW There's an economy as well as com- fort. reason why you should TALK HEATERS WITH US NOW. The September cdst of installing steam, hot water or hot air heating is less than when workmen are at a pre- mium. J. E. TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street IRON SASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY CO. No. 11 25> 25 Ferey Street STETSON & YOUNG Carpenters and Builders Best work and materials at right prices, by skilled 1s bor. Telephune. 50 WEST MAIN ST. ALL GRADES OF Hamilton Watches A WM. FRISWELL’S, 25 and 27 Franklin St. DR.R.J.COLLINS DENTIST 148 Main Street, Norwich, Conn Phone 424-4 TuThS 1914 CELEBRATION DAYS Wednesday. . Thursday Friday Saturday Special Values In Every Department ‘These four days we ceiebrate, according to our annual custom, our re-opening after the disastrous fire that visited us in February, 1909. After suffering almost total tion in this fire, we re-opened in September, 1910, re-opened with a store greatly en- larged and the most attractive in this part of New England. We therefore mark this date each year by setting aside some days of special value giving, and now invite your most attractive Autumn fabrics, Costumss and Millinery. COME--AND ENJOY THESE VALUES ' The Original “Dioxogen” Made by the Oakland Chemical Co. The antl- septic which has not been advanced in price since imported chemicals have ceased to come in. Three sizes at special prices, 19c size 39¢c size b9c size A Box of Linen Finish Stationery 24 sheets of Letter Size Paper with 24 Envel- opes to match put up in an attrac- Q) tive box. A regular 25c quality. 1J¢ Children’s School Pads ' A Pad containing 50 large size sheets of paper, rules margainally with red. A very un- qu usual size and quality for the price. Pearl Neck Beads They're still the rage. At this price we offer Il holes e tieee Rifferint atsg of V[ A Beads, all fitted with gold-plated snap. Women’s Suede or Leather Handbags Regular $3.00 Handbags in a wide variety of frames in desirable shapes and sizes. sl 98 98 . Black, brown, tan, green, grey and blue Dainty Autumn Neckwear Some of the very latest ideas in Women's Neckwear, including the “Tommy Lipton,” “Gladstone” and “Medicl,” either wired -or rolled. All 50c. values. Dainty Vest Specially Priced They are made of lace and organdie, and they show in variety the many pretty Fall' designs. Some with and some with- out “cuffs, All intended for sale 25‘: at 50c. C-B Cbrsets Tremendously Reduced ‘Thrown out by the manufacturer for minor im- perfections they are practically as good as the first quality which sells for $3.00. We will not exchange, accept in return or put upon 89 approval any of this special lot. c Night Robes Reduced One-Third A lof of our $1.25 Gowns have been thrown upon the bargain table for this occasion. Dainty Gowns finished with pretty embroid- 893 ered edges. $1.50 LONG SKIRTS .... . Special S8¢c . Special 6% 98c LONG SKIRTS Children’s Rompers In All Sizes These are our 50c Rompers of both plain and fancy materials in the very newest styles. The best piay-time garments ever 39c designed for the kiddies. Men’s $1.00 Negligee and Outing Shirts Here's a celebration bargain for you. Coat- style Shirts with attached soft or laundered cuffs. They're made of fine French percal madras, soisette, and some have pure #ilk fronts. 14 to 17. Samson Galatea for 13c a Yard The regular 17c goods, 30 inches wide, fast colors, and we include our entire new Fall Stock at the bargain price. Many new designs 13 and solid colors, C Full Bleach Mercerized Damask An extra wide Mercerized Damask with all the appearance of the finest linen. It's full blesched and wears Iike iron. Reg- AL ular price 59 a yard. JC Handsome Crochet Quilts These are heavy 'Quilts, fully hemmed arnd shown in a number of vi good designs. There’s not a Quilt in the lot which is 1 85 worth less than $2.25. $ o Two Good Suitings for 59c a Yard We've taken two different weaves, hoth 44 inches wide, the correct suiting weight, and they include the most popular colors—Pebble Cloth and a Wide Wale Diagonal — and marked them down to G59%. Get 59 them now. c $25.00 Axminster Rugs for $18.95 These fine Axminsters are 9 by 12 in size, very heavy pile, and the designs are all attractive Orientals. They are remarkably good 1&95 value at the regular price, $25.00. Odd Lots of Curtains at Sale Prices ‘We have placed in one lot some Cluny, Scrim, Marquisette, Madras and Nottingham Curtains in white and ecru, which are valued as high as 2,50. Onmly two, three or four pair sl 49 of each design. o An Odd Lot of Luggage at Half-Prics The /third floor offers a mixed lot of Luggage, consisting of Matting Bags and Cases, Leather Boston Bags and genuine Cow-hide Bags in black and brown, the latter in sizés from 15 to 18. Kid Gloves at a Special Price _These are the -regulation two-clasp length in different shades of tan and in white. With the price of gloves advancing every day this is. a very: unusual opportunity. Take it 85¢ Ribbons at Celebration Price Check, Plaid and Dresden Ribbons in all “vidths suitable for girdles and for hair bows which ~ ‘we usually sell for 35c a yard have been specially marked for this celebration. 19¢ Drawn Work Bureau Scarfs We're going to sell this special lot of Linen Burean Scarfs for one-third less than usual price. They are 18 by 54 inches in size and show dainty drawn work with hem- 49‘: stitched finish. Regular price 75c. Do:You Need Some Fruit Jars? If so 'get sbme of these “Sure Seal” Jars which are just as good as the name indicates. Sce the price: Pints 50c a dozen = Quarts 60c a dozen ;i ) 40-inch Crepe de Chine for $1.29 This is our Tegular $1.59 quality end it's cheap at the regular price. We have about fiftecn shades of this popular silk in either ¢ 9 daylight or evening effects. Silk Messaline Petticoats A special lot of good Messaline Pefticoats with deep pleated flounce. Several different models in the lot for your choice. The colors are black, green, navy and Copen- ] 75 hagen. o Women’s House Dresses House Dresses of good style and quality are offered here at -a. littlé price. Your choice of 'neat stripe patterns and also 89 solid colors. c ps 27-inch Embroidered Flouncing ‘A wonderful bargain, for the war will certainly raise the price. A variety of pretty designs here, usually sold - for 3135 and @ $1.50 a yard. Women’s Fall Weight Lisle Hose of the regular 35c quality—the reputable “Tdon™ fast black make. Made with two inch hem top, spliced toe and sole and heel spliced for SiX inches. Just enough heavier than gauze weight to be durable. 23c a pair —two for 42¢ 23¢ Women’s “Harvard” Vests and Pants A light Fall weight of this famous make. Vests have high neck and long, short or elbow sleeves, also low neck and sleeveless. Pants are knee or ankle length with side band. Also Enee length tights. Common Sizes, value 50c. Extra Sizes, value 65¢c 42c “Atlantic” Flare Collar Support Designed just for the purpose of SUPDITting the back of the high soft- collars which are now the vogue. They are a positive g necessity with new styles. C