Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 17, 1914, Page 8

' numbered seven, with ; $49,066 and labilities of $61,980, com-. . corresponding week of the past few — Real estate sales by warramty deed reported iu the various Connecticut ' cities last week numbered with mortgage loans of $165,932, dur- were 249 sales, with mortgage loans of $706,399, and in 1912, 278 sales with loaus of $877,170. last total capital stock of $285,000, a rec- ord comparing favorably with the Petitions in bankruptcy last week assets of ng with seven petitions, as- sets of $11,593 and liabilities of $37, 307, filed in the corresponding week of last year. During the past week in the cities of New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, ‘Waterbury and ford. Eighty. four permits were granted for new buildings, costing $297,491. Last year: in the like week 93 permits were granted for buildings costing $164,885. Contracts awarded last week are for residence work in Greenwich, New . Haven, Hartford, Bristol and Stam- ford, factory work In Bridgeport, a.\-] terations to power station in New Haven, tenement houses in pord. | New Haven and Bridgeport, and a small number of cheaper houses in various parts of the State. New work, for which plans are either being prepared or estimated, continues, to be lighter than a year ago. Included under thise heading last week is a new schoolhouse in Greenwich, factory in Bridgeport, res- ident work in New Haven, Hartford, and Greenwich, apartment hotel ‘in Stamford, storehouse and garage in Hartford, and brick store and ten- nt building in New Britain. Norwich had ten sales of real es- tate iast week to seven a year ago. The mortgage loans for the two weeks were $25,100 and $118,996. In New London there were four sales last week to seven a year ago the loans for the two weeks being $1,500 and $26,800. STETSON & YOUNG Carpenters and Builders Best work and materials at right prices. by skilled 1s bor. 2 ‘Telephune. %0 WEST MAIN ST. PLUMBING AND STEAM FITTING IRON CASTINGS FURNISHED FROMPTI,Y’ 8Y THEJALGHN FODRY 0 1. F. BURNS Heating and Plumbin 92 Franklin Street _ ! Robert d. Cochran GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING, 10 West Main Strset, Norwich, Conn. Agent for N. B. O. Sheet Packing. Phone 881 MODERN PLUMBING is essential in modern house as electricity is to lighting. We guaran- tee the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fariest prices. Ask us for plans and prices. J F TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street Call Up 734 WHAT YOU GET in PLUMBING is more important than what you pay. If we install the PLUMBING you're sure of the RIGHT system at a moderate price. A. J. Who!y & Co. 12 Ferry Street ing the like week of last year there. The handsome new convent erected Just east of St. Joseph’s church on Cliff street at an approximate cost of $11,000 is now compieted and is being occupied by the five sisters of the par- ish, Superior Mother Pancratius, and Ssters Theodosia, Boromea, Ladislaa and Potmuna. ST JOSEPH'S -CONVENT COMPLETED Three Story Brick Building Costing $11,000 Now Occupied— Progress on Addition to Elks’ Home—Cottage for Emil Johnson in West Main Street. finished off and hard wood floors will be Jaid. - There will be a piazza on the front and the house wili be supplied with city water. . The house will face the south and will have sunlight the greater part of the day.. It will be 22 feet wide and 27 feet deep and will be located about 15 _feet back from the'roadway. The addition to the west side of the ‘The building, which has been named ! building at. No. 426 East Main street St. Joseph’s convent, is two stories in ' recently purchased by F. Buoano is height with an additional story whaich however is left uncompleted. This now completed and is occupied by the owner as a store. The addition is one third story will be finished off later as | story .high. and. of wooden construc- the parish grows in size and more | tion. room is demanded. The convent is 54 feet wide and 67 feet long, and is of brick construction with a gabled roof. In the basement there are playrooms for the boys and girls, a laundryroom, a store-room and coal bins in addi- tion to the heater etc. The basement floor is of concrete. On the ground floor at the front and just off the main entrance hall is the chapel handsomely furnished and fin- ished in mission style. Across the hall which is seven feet in width is the re- ception room also finished in mission style and near the reception room is the large dining room. The kitchen and pantry are located at the rear and at one end of the rear there is a class room about 25 x 30 which will-accom- modate about 80 pupils. On the second floor there i{s anocther class room the same size as the class room on the first floor, and there are also a community room for the sis- ters, seven chambers ‘and a «bath. Neither of the: class rooms are yet in use but will be opened up to the pupils probably by next year when it is expected that the school roll will be greatly increased. On the third floor, which as stated above,-is unfinished, there is space for four more rooms. The rooms throughout -the building are electrically lighted and also have provision for gas fixtures. The build- ing is steam heated and hot and cold ‘water have been installed. 11 the concrete footings, foundations, wel's efe. have forms made of 4 x 4 studs and 11-2 Inch matched spruce £heau g 1s used _ All columns in the basement are Lally . filled columns. There are two stairways from the ground floor to the second floor, one being located at the front and the other at the rear of the building. ‘The flooring throughout is of rift Alabama pine and the inside is of North Caro- lina pine with sheathing in the kitchen. There is a spacious porch on the front side and the entrance to the rear leads around the west side of the building. Rev. 1. Macie‘ewski, the rector of the chwirch, expects that the new convent will he blessed. some- time before Christmas. Another West Main Street Cottage The cellar work has been started for a new residence to be erected for Emil Johnson of Avery street, on the fot just west of the old Governor Brown house at East Great Plain and the erection of the frame will prébably be started'in a week or two. F. W. Larrow who has charge of the cellar work has a part of the foundation in and is workin~ on the excavation. The house will be of wood, two stories high and will contain six rooms, three on a floor. The interior will be nicely and ing your orders. 23-25 WATER STREET, Contractors should get our prices for TIN, COPPER aad GALVANIZED WORK before plac- PIPING FOR STEAM HEATING Large siock of Hill Su;pliss siways en band Specialty of HONBYWELL Het Wat fieafigfig J. P. BARSTOW & €O. Owners NORWICH; CONN: It is about.13. feet deep and there.are two_.large show windows on either side of the entrance which is vestibuled. Work at Eik’s Home. 2 The roof trusses.are now up at the addition being built at-the Elk's -home on Main street. and the roof will prob- ably be cowered in by the end of the week. Little is being done on the in- terier work as the workmen are push- ing .the roof work along to comple- ion before the cold .weather sets in ih_earnest. . Contractor. Chafles L. Rathbun now has tie work well dlong on the new building he is erecting at East Great Plain for Austin Rathbun. The- cellar work is completed, the frame is up and the exterior is about completed. The cottage is to be two stories in height and will contain Seven rooms, four on' the ground floor and three on the upper floor. The interior will be finished in-Odk and the ficors will be of hard wood. The Fall Co., have a force of car- penters . at work building a new fence around the piazza on the front of the house located at the junction of Sa- chem,: Sherman and Lafayette streete and occupjed by the Misses Corertine. Piazza Finished. The new piazza on the front of thc house at No. 12 Lafayette street and owned by the Falls company is now completed and a wooden railing has been built around’ the edge with a gateway located at the centre. Ground Floor Timbers, The heavy timbers forming the sup- port for the first floor of the new res- idence being erected on Sachem street by Henry G. Peck, have been laid and the frame work will. probably be com- menced soon. Plastering to be Started. The new Sunlight building on Franklin street is rapidly approaching the completed stage and it is expected that the placing of the plate glass windows for' the four stores will be started next week. The partition work on the ground floor is daily -advanc- ing -and the plastering will probably be started in a day of two now. FISHERS ISLAND. An addition of a couple of rooms is being made on the old dairy house, which a number of years ago was con- verted into a tenement for summer help. Each year at the Mansion house more help . is needed’ and these two rooms are for sleeping purposes. A. C. Jensen and Peter Sorensen, who have been building a cottage for Mis Mary McGoldrick of New York have nearly completed it, and Mr. Sorensen has returned to Fort Terry to join his company as sergeant after a furlough of three months, part of which was spent in the west and the rest in partnership with Mr. Jensen on the island here, 3 extra heavy copper gut- 'tm m’ gs and new tin roofs on ::nau-m the cottage of M. F. Pe of Hartfora and. building an cent seawall. =5 tenement house for 3. E. Stmons at 67 Montauk avenue is. being closed in and is nearly ready for plastering. - Building Permits. Mrs, A, H. Frink, 29 Cottage street, “addition. o A. ‘A. ‘E. Burr, Ocean View place, T 3 Miss Cleona Noble, Lincoln avenue, addition. ’ C. H:. Hull, Vauxhall street, two- story frame building. dl?{‘r.' O. Greenenwald, Parkway, ad- on. S. Shafner, Main and Federal sireets, garage, A Mrs. Ida Helbrad, Ocean avenue, frame building. 3 J. .E. Linicus, Montauk savenus, frame house. Armstrong & Perry, rear 310 Bank. street, brick building. S. B. McMullen, Bradley street, al- terations, S. Patterson, State street, altera- tions. W. A. Harvey, Ocean avenue, frame e. street, frame shop. A. Minuccl, School street, bungalow. Gertrude C. S. Grout, Ocean View place, frame residence. MIDDLETOWN. J. E. Southworth, 154 Lincoln street, has been awarded the contract for & new residence to be erected on High street for D. L. Briggs, 220 Washing- ton street. If will be of frame con- struction, 24x32 feet, and will be pro- vided with furnace heat, electric lights and modern gllxmbin‘. ‘Work has been started on the erec- tion of a new house on High street by Salvatore Mazzotta. It will be of frame construction, anged for two tenements and will be provided with furnace heat, modern plumbing and electric lights. The owner will build. Mrs. Hi Donohoe, 127 Grand street, will have work startedq at once on the erection of a frame cottage on Spring street. It will contain six rooms and will be provided with mod- ern -conveniences. The work will be done by the day. C. A. Allison, 81 Wain street, will have work started at once on the erection of a two family house on Greenwood avenue. It will be of frame construction, and will be pro- vided with modern conveniences. James OConnor has work underway on. the erection: of .an' addition to Michael J. Bransfield’s house on.North High street. CHESTER. C. J. Bates & “on’s new brick fac- tory is . now “tically completed and the mach ‘s being received from their p! in Newark and placed in position. The firm expects to have everything ready for the new branch of the business to be- gin operation by January 1. The difficulty being faced now is to find enough available rents to accommo- date the workmen who are plan- ning to move here from Newark. Louis M. Brooks is constructing a new house in Liberty street the con- tract being in the hands of Harry Moore. MOODUS. Hall, Lincoln & Co. are installing electric motors in their factories here to run them until the water supply is again adequate. They have two of the largest factories here and have large orders for cotton duck, which they manufacture exclusively. It is under- stood that the goods are to be shipped to Europe. . A, Greenberg begun the ersc- tion of a building on his premises to be used for a public hall. It will be used for moving picture shows, mak- ing two here, DEEP RIVER. A. M. Pratt erecting a two- building adjoining = Dickinson bakery, which he will occupy completed for his- office. et e s 2 BUILDING OPERATIONS Dr. story Bros’ ‘when ‘the porches. 5 Martin & Sons have a force of men Talk this over with your neighbor. Fundamentals of Good Farming. are op- ideas in they ought to stop and ask tolkwun:-ior instance: ;7 Did I ever know of an instance ‘where a farmer, or his farm, or the has suffered farm. that :‘g ‘;::; &mm ::' ’tgnlllty by follow- iples? Are not all of the abandoned farms in the east and the run-down farms the result of being man- aged by men who were ignorant of these principles and who did not cul- tivate ,their brains as well as plow their lands? ke Did I ever eee an ignorant, mulish kind of a farmer develop and. improve a farm? y Did I ever see such a man take hold of & herd of scrub cows and by the use of well bred, registered sires grade up his herd, say, from 150 pounds to 350 pounds of fat per cow? Can I'look around me and say that ignorance and refusal to be progres. sive in knowledge and good methods hes ever brought prosperity to any farmer or any. community? On the contrary, has not such prosperity fol- lowed aiways the footsteps of those ‘who have tried to make themselves in- telligent? . Now, there are two ways for the farmer to oppose vprogress. First by open opposition, such as we used to meet when Wisconsin first established the farm Institutes, What would we think nowadays of leading farmers coming to an institute meeting, as we once heard- them, and bitterly de- nouncing the whole schéme? But such men have been converted from the error of their ways and we hear no more of it. Second, by stubborn indif- ference—refusal to read or take any steps to inform themselves of what s the true view of this thing we call farming. It is time that the average farmer got over his conceit. It is time that he looked the facts in the case full in the face. It is time that he saw how the land is losing its fertility, to be an | intelligent man and farmer. It is time that he saw in full the tremendous. tax that poor cpws, the product always of ignorance of the laws of breeding, are loading him down with. It is time that he woke up and shook off his foolish conservatism' that is holding him back from the rewards that ought to come to him. Mistakes will be made, of course, but the mis- takes fhat come to a-man when he is earnestly seeking the best truths are not half so hard to correct, or expen- sive, as those mistakes that come from, refusal to know what we ought to know about our own business. From Hoard’s Dairyman. . Common Sense‘in Buying' Fertilizers. “Following a hint ‘in’ one of our weekly farm papers, the agent drove out the other day to the farm of what ‘we call one of our up-to-date and pro- gressive farmers. Eus land is' good, his buildings in repair, his stock clean, contented and. profitable. All around there wer signs of thrift and far- sightedness. He was one that others could well look to for example, yet upon talking with him it is found that in spite of all his labors at the end of the vear his showing is poor. We looked at his potatoes and asked sev- eral questions as regards to their cul- ture, etc. He told us that potatoes fol- lowed corn, were thoroughly cultivated and .sprayed several times with Bor- deaux mixture for - blight and with paris green for bugs. We then asked him about his fertilizer, and to our great eurprise he did not know; he knew the prices, and that is all. Here was what we would call an in- telligent -man, hard working, whose stock was the envy of his neighbors, and yet he did mnot think. His hard work could not stop financial leaks caused by his neglect of study and ng. He did not know the analysis of the fertilizer, but he knew the price. He didn’t know whether he paid a big price for a poor fertilizer or a fair price for a good one. He had no idea of ammonia, phosnhoric acid nor pot- ash, yet he paid his hard earned cash for tons of fertilizers “just as good” as some other brand a dollar cheaper. Here was one leak. like the || DIAMOND RING DIAMOND LAVALLIERE DIAMOND SCARF PIN DIAMOND BROOCH DIAMOND : CUFF BUTTONS and other DIAMOND JEWELRY forthe HAMILTON HOWARD ELGIN WALTHAM or BRACELET WATCHES ™ . You Are Sure of Reliable Goods At Reasonable Prices : —AT— FERGUSON’S when the young stock suffers a great deal through lack of proper housing and care. The cold winds, often carry- ing rain and snow, have a penetrating effect. which the youngsters are unable to reslst. Their coats are not thick and heavy nor are their constitutions such that they can withstand. these cold spells of weather without the an- imals becoming chilled. Dairy animals are known to have thin skins and are thin haired and not adapted to face the weather as some of the beef breeds are. A few cold, wet days will check growth.and much time in the develop- ment will be lost, if it does not result in stunting. Many promising young- sters are stunted this way every year through neglect of the owner who really meant to provide for them. It is a poor way to ecomomize either on money or time. b 2 Farm. Accounts. Many. farmers are wondering why | MULCHING A STRAWBERRY BED. Is Protection Against Danger of Al- ternate Freezes and Thaws. The time has arrived when all who have strawberry beds should consider mulching them. In some localities it may not be necessary to mulch, due to sandy soils, a very well drained soil, or the fact that snow forms a contin- uous blanket during the winter. The aim should beor; ‘;m:let::n:g plant the peris o ?n‘gl::d thawing of the surface of the ground, which are so likely to .occur in the East when there is no snow upon the ground. This alternate freeze and thaw tendldfo heave the plants t of the ©Eare mast be exercised in the selec- to be used for mulch- This farmer’s case i3 paralle} to hun- | T dreds of others; the price and not the worth governs the transaction. It is | hard to understand this attitude of the farmers when they have countles; numbers of government and state bul- leting explaining all these facts - to them. These contain a wonderful fund 00 shavings are too fine to use. would also require some coarser terial on top to hold them down. Buck- wheat straw, rye straw, hungarian grass and marsh bay are all good for they do not make more profit out of “their but very few ‘go to the trouble of trying to find out why or l'helu thte leaks are. Farm Bookkeep- ng is not so very complicated as man: ah;k lttv;?mbe. Ehsle lecdoul!‘.:‘lhuulg ep each crop and in that way ‘see ‘just what is b!{gglngr}:ln profit and just what is causing the leaks. - Accounts should begin either Jan.-1st or April 1st. H. F. Keyes, the f: mandgement agent at Storrs college, or the county agent will be pleased to start any.farmer in the county on a set of books for the . coming. year. There is also a farmers' builefin, Ne. 511, which ean be had by- asking the county agent or by sending-to thé. ed- lto:‘ and chief of the division of publi- cations, department of agriculture, Washington, which will Kh?e.u the necessary {nformation to get one start- ed in this accounting. This is another AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS | way that we can stop up some of the Teaks in our methods of farmi mm--‘z_m:mmmm of the Massachusetts state board agriculture, gave a very imstructive IN NEW ENGLAND. Statistics of Building and Engin- eering operations in ew England as compiled by The F. Com- pany folow: Contracts to Dec, 9, -8155,669,000 Contracts to Dec. 9, 163,202,000 Contracts to Dec. 9, 193,066,000 Contracts to Dec. 9, 186,906,000 Contracts to Dec. 9, 153,282,000 Contracts to Dec. 9, 159,613,000 Contracts to Dec. 9, 103,521,000 Contracts to Dec. 9, 126,212,000 Contracts to Dec. 9, 118,717,000 Contracts to Dec. 9, 104,822,000 Contracts to Dec. 9, 93,673,000 Contracts to Dec. 9, 98,304,000 Meeting the School Children. For the pdst few days the county agent has been visiting the school children in different parts of the coun- ty to taik upon the subject of agri- cultural clubs. Tuesday was spent in the southern part of North Stonington with the supervisor of schools. The children were asked as to how many had gardens or stock of their own, and it was gratifying to ses that many had one and some both. At an early date the complete list of county prizes will be sent to all of the schools of the county. - The contests will be held wiiti t:ywck—)udx&ns. corn, potatoes and dtry. Maasachusetts had 42,000 boys and girly interested in ‘work last year. 't is high time that we paid -more at: tention to these youngsters. Many parents who have not made a success cf farming are loath to encourage their children to enter these competitions. The exact purpose of these is to show ths chiidren that money can be made i they tend to.:business. Of course, some wall fail, as they do in any enter- prise, hut'we should not a move- the action of ‘We need COUNTY IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE DATA By - DIRECTOR MURRAY D. LINCOLN the co-operation of the parents in keeping the children interested. If a town as a whole is against a proposi- tion, and a few narrow led citizens are. doing all possible to. put obetacl in the path of the work, is it any question. that the interest of the puplls is lost? Give the boys a chance and. see what they will do. I Co-operative Buying. I It is time to begin to think of buy- | ing fertilizers, seed, spraying material, i chemicals, implements, lilme and so : forth.. The agent is collecting prices, ! freight rates and the like, and soon | will send out a circular letter to the i members of the league stating th same. Meanwhile send in a card as to what your wants are going to be this | year and so help the mnt% pared with ices and - q % Don’t wait as we did in the case of ap- Ple barrels until the time when they are wanted ely and then won- der why the delay. earlier we lgeem- o The The lined up, the better will be the the last few weeks that several car- of information concerning the use, the composition and other facts about fer- tilizers. Agricultural papers are con- tinually hammering so to help the farmers in their selection of the prop- er-kind, amounts and for what crops. Any farmer who blinds himself to these opportunities and is mentally too lazy to study into this important subject will probably find that fertiliz- ers.do not pay and in fact it will be found that in 99 cases out of 100 where a farmer concludes that fertilizing does not pay it will be found that the fault is with the farmer and not the fertil- izer. As a general rule, fertilizers low in plant food are too expensive, in pro- portion to the higher grade fertilizers, to be used economically; while the ones containin= a larger amount of plant food are cheaper in the long run. Re- sults at a fair cost are what the farm- er works for. In most cases a fertilizer will pay big interest on an invest- ment, but you should know what your crop requires and what analysis you are buyving. ‘Send in a list of the crops you are going to plant to your agent and let him help with this problem. It will well repay for the extra effort. Is Your Seed Corn Safe? “ Is your seed corn for mnext year se- lected, dry and stored in a safe place? It is not only necessary that the corn be selected during the harvest, but care should be taken in storing it. Corn not thoroughly dried is often injured by the cold ‘in mid-winter. The best precaution against damage of this sort is to see that the corn.is well dried in both ~rain and cob before the winter begine. They should be hung in a well ventilated room. If the ears-are in the proper stage of maturity -when harvested this will not be necessary. ‘These remarks about the care of seed corn are perhaps well worn, yet dozens of farmers are still using the same old primitive methods. » It is a proven fact that testing corn will result in anywhere .from -5 to: 15 bushels’ .Increase per .acre, yet how many of the farmers in this coun-; ty do it? = - * gy Care of the Dairy Hesifer. * ‘ ‘The season of the year is at hand ulching, if care is exercised to ob- &nc m{sflal which is clean and full of weed This mulch should not be put on untll the ground Iis ries from getting dirty during heavy rains. Some growers rake the mulch entirely off from the beds early in the spring, cultivate between the rows until the harvest season approaches, and then “place the mulch back onto the bed up m‘l:\rdl Lhenl;l.u;tu. m:; rotecting the les. 58 a ve good method, but is rather expensive. FARM ACCOUNTS. Should be Started First of January or April. It is very noticezble that the farmer who is making the greatest success is usually keeping a fairly accurate rec- ord of his farm operations. These records should begin at the beginning of the vear or April 1st, as at this time date the year's crops have been consumed or sold. Surely the least that any farmer should do is to have an annual inventory m: ‘This will show what he has taken in from his vear'’s work. A record should be made of what the crops are bringing in, as well as the returns of the various other departments, so that one can determine more accurately which is profitable and which is not. Farmers' bulletin No. 511 on farm bookkeeping should enable one to etart such rec- ords satisfactorily. RATIONS FOR HOGS. Frequent reguests are coming in re- lative to the best grain ration to be fed ‘Where profitable results are the ration parts, 4 parts