Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 1, 1916, Page 10

Gain in Number a of Permits. -d“V-m ; Teported week ao; loans: the week were &ll 7 IIWDBMAWM 51.0}1.505 year. During the week 13 new companies rave been having aggregate n.p‘tfi stock of $292,800. Last, in the, last week of the month % were eight new incorporations, wil total capital stock of $185,502, ., Three petitions” in t! est on record, namely $66, while the liabilities were $12,708. The record of the same week last year showed two bankruptcy petitions, bav: lsrig ‘-.a’sem of $12,469 and liabilities of During the week in the cities of New Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford, Water- bury and Stamford 156 permits have been issued for buiidings costing $592,- 15, while last year in the like week ued in same ci- s costing $451,615. s are reported this ¥ ding schoolhouses in Eridgeport, Milford and Oakville, fire- proof apartment houses in Bridgeport, residences in New Haven, Hartford, Eridgeport, Nerwalk, Torington and Greenwich; brick garage and storage in_Bridgeport, public garage n Hartford and 'Willimantic, factory addition in Ansonia and bank building in Bridgeport. Among the contracts awarded are residences in New Haven and Hart- port, bigh school building in Walling- ford, factory buildings in Bridgeport, ard the usual amount of smaller houses of the one and two-family type in all parts of the stafe. In Norwich last week there were five sales of real estate to three a year ago. ‘The mortgage loans for the two weeks were $2,500 and $4,200 respectively. New London had nine sales of realty last week to one a year ago the loans for the respective weeks being $11,200 end $10,750 respectively. BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND Statistics of building and engineer- ing operations in New England as compiled by The F. W. Dodge Com- pany follow: Contracts to May 24, 1916...$79,128,000 Contracts to May 24, 1915... 65,201,000 Contracts to May 24, 67,978,000 Corntracts to May 24, 65,982,000 Contracts to May 24, . 77,162,000 Centracts to May 24, 60,884,000 Contracts to May 24, . 65,434,000 Contracts to May 24, . 61,493,000 Contracts to y 24, 33,926,000 Contracts to May 24, 55,321,000 Contracts to May 24, 41,398,000 Contracts to May 24, . 39,140,000 Contracts to May 24, 32,926,000 Contracts to May 24, . 35,654,000 Contracts to May 24, . 47,975,000 Contracts to May PERKINS CAN SEE NO ONE BUT ROOSEVELT Btatement Implies That He Places the Man Ahead of the Party. New York, May 31—George W. Perkins, chairman of the executive committee of the progressive party, left for Chicago today to attend the progressive national convention. “If the republican ' convention,” he was asked, “does mot nominate Colonel Roosevelt, will the progressive party support the man who is nominated >’ 1T am for Roosevelt,” was the re- ply. New Britain—A delegation of the Polish Falcons participated in the Memorial Day parade. They will al- 80 march in the preparedness parade Saturday. { . 48,952,000 STETSON & YOUNG, Carpenters and Builders Best worg and materials at rght prices by skilled laber ‘elephons. 50 WEST MAIN ST. PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING CALL UP 734 With or Without Gas Attach- ments but Always EFFICIENT and ECONOMICAL— MODEL RANGES We furnish Repairs for all makes of Ranges . A. J. Wholey & Co. 12 FERRY STREET * Phone 581 MODERN PLUMBING Is as essential in modern house as slectricity 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 TOMPKIN 67 West Main Street Robert J. Cochrane GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FiTTING, 10 West Main Street; Norwich, Conii. Agent for N. B. O, Sheet Packing. T. F. BURNS Heating and Flumbing 92 Franklin Street IRON CASTING FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY “Work on the six houses whicti Con- tractor C. M. Williams is erecting for the Norwich Housing company on Spring Garden avenue is practically completed except for the plumbin, electric fixtures and grading. ey % %k - T ‘The houses are each 26x38 feet, two stories and a half high, and will ac- commodate two families. - Bach tene- ment wil have six rooms. The in- teriors are finished off with cypress, and hardwood floors- have been laid. All the rooms Gave been papered ex- will be painted. Some of the houses are shingled on the outside, while others are half shin- gle and half clapboard. Each tenement will have its own steam heater in the ‘basement. (s ¥ ‘Work has been started on a two- story building which P. Dion will erect on Merchants’ avenue, Taftville, which will be used for tenement purposes and a store. The building will be 36x45 feet and will be made of wood. The outside will be clapboarded. The store tront will be made attractive with good| sized plate glass windows. George Allen has the contract. On Its Foundation. The barn which was moved from Daniel Shea’s property on to the prop- erty of St. Patrick’'s church has been placed on its foundation. Fenton Bros. did thne work. Two Garages. The two garages in the rear of Chestnut street which W. S. Alling has been building are about completed. They will be occupied by Emil Fox and W. C. Chamberlain. The garage which Mr. Fox will use is all finished. Tenton Bros. had the contract, Church Work Done. Fenton Bros. have 'practically -com- pleted the work on theé house they have been building in Putnam for Father Bedard, and they are now laying side- walks areund the church. The firm has completed the moving of Mr. Lucier's touse about 500 feet. Fires in Ovens. The work on the new Providence bakery building -which is. located in the rear of Chestnut street is all fin- ished except the laying of the floors, which will_ be laid, material. The ovens have been fired for several days. Fenton Bros. were the contractors. Windows In. The plate glass windows for the store fronts have been installed in the building H. Blackledge & Co. are re- modeling for Emil Fox. Contract Let. The contract for the erection of a house on Elmwood avenue for J. W. Burke has been let to H. Blackledge & Co. The plans were drawn by Cud- worth & Thompson. Single Garage. Sarah M. Smith will erect a single story frame garage on Plait avenue. The sides will be of stone and cement GROTON. ‘The Alphons Custodis Chimney Con- struction Co. of New York has put a i force of men at work on the chimney to be built at the power house. It will agree to finish the work in 30 working days. At that it will not be rcady within the time stipulated for in_ the contract which was 25 days from the date of notification that ‘the foundation was ready. A large contract in Newark, N. J. which it was advisable to finish be- fore coming to the borough, coupled with the non-arrival of two car loads of brick for the bottom part of the chimrey, is the cause of the delay. ‘Work at Groton station is always of interest because so many changes are made in such a short time every day seeing some parts of ihe construction work not noticed before appear very prominent. The west abutment is TWO STORY TAFTVILLE BLOCK Will be Erected by P. Dion on Merchants’ Avenue—Forms Up for Fifth Story of Hopkins & Allen Addition—New ; Garages Being Built—Other Construction About Town. of special - heavy | practically completed. Most of the foundation for the east abutment is done and the framework is up for the upper part of it. The underground cement work goes down perhaps 16 feet, eight or 10 being already under ground and five or six remaining above the level and will be filled in when the grade is made. The frame work for the temporary track is very pear the water front. Most of the filling of Chapman’s cove will go in to the northward. TURKEYS. Thanksgiving-Day Birds are Hard to Raise, but the Trouble is Worth While. Of all domestic fowls it is most @iffi- cult to raise young turkeys. This is the cause of the rapid decline of the turkey industry in the last decade. At hest, turkeys .are still half-wild and when left to roam about in the woods they are more likely to live than when ‘brought up under artifi- cial conditions if they survive the skunks, foXes and other aimals that roam about the flelds in search of game. In the natural state turkeys live AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS I NEW. LONDON. To Enlarge Factory. The constrvction of a substantial i {addition to the plant of the Sheffield Dentifrice Co. in Waller street is with the dwellings thereon now occu- pied oy P. A. Sheridan and N. J. Gar- ra. - The Sheffleld Co. has but recently | completed an enlargement of its fac- tories. The ‘one now contemplated may be commenced within a ‘“few weeks or may be deferred for several monthis. Notes. Oliver Woodworth has he contract for building a frame garage on_Mon- tauk avenue for €. W. Smith. It will be 17x20 feet, arranged for two cars. Contractor Percy White has the three-family house which he is build- ing on Reed street for M. Basson ready for roofing. Contractor -Oliver Woodworth has campleted the new garage. for the F. H. & A. H. Chappell Co, on Bank street. The building is 37x29, of hol- low tile blocks, stuccoed. SOUTH MANCHESTER. and the floor concrete. The roof will be of wood, hipped and shingled. Will Build Kitchen. There wiil be an addition made to the kitchen of the City Lunch on Broadway in the rear. Th materials which will be used are wood, brick and tin. ‘The building is owned by Frank- lin H. Brown and Addie E. Spencer Brown. Fairmount Street House Changes. J. F. Starkweather of Fairmount street ‘will érect an addition on the north side of his house 8x28 feet. It will be made of wood material and roofoid will be laid on the foof. Also a veranda on the west side of the house | 6x11 feet will be erected. West Main Street Garage. Mrs. Anna Rabinovitch of No. 246 West Main street will build a single trame garage 18x10 feet. Garage on Elizabeth Street. Abraham and Saul Levine will erect a single frame building on Elizabeth street 12x8 feet which will be used for garage purposes. On Summit street Arthur E. Andrews will construct a single story _frame building whict: will be made of wood material and with rocfing paper on the roof. The building will be 20 feet wide by 24 fect long and will be 9 feet Wigh. Brick Addition. Forms on the north side have been erected for the fifth story of the addi- tion on Chesinut street for the Hop- kins & Allen Arms Co., The concrete A Hartford company has been given Ve contract for the heating in con- nection with the new recreation build- ing being erected by Cheney Bros. ‘Cheney Bros. are contemplating the erection of a three-story addition con- taining 24 rooms to the Forest House on Cooper street. Plans are being completed and estimates will probably be received in the near future. will live much better upon the ground from the start and the coop and run- Way should be moved to fresh soil at least every other day : Poults should be fed for the first time when they are 30 hours There are many different theories as to the best combiration of feed for young turkeys, but it is very import- ant to decide upon one ration.and stick to it rather than to change from ;lme to i‘ime‘;e!(ge :llm turkeys hgr’e. s 'our weeks old. ne fact upon whicl the level of the fourtn floor. The E J. | S800Id berfed & very dittle at s tistn Cross Co. of Worcester is doing the|, 2% °ften as once every two hours Rk e it Ny oo attar they hagl o te. Sbain, Dlory Lavel, their feed. An important point in the fo heine Rt B Pamerte s e o e Sugbles e hertey ;flfiieflbfidfleafly fl::ageconf floor_ledvel» The fact that they rquire E&’fx’; ani- ilding is y for window|mai protein from the time they are frames and the work in general is ad- P lcnl makea 1 Nt abcy. ) tid vancing rapidly. Contractor C. M.|them hard boiled eggs and milk as a Williams is doing the work. substitute for the flies and bigs that Making Garage of Barn. they get when in the wild state. E. A. Prentice is having the barn in; One hard-boiled egg for every eight the rear of his house on Cliff street|Ponlts added to stale wheat bread or changed into a garage. The building rolled oats mixed with hot milk and when finished will be 20x30 feet and|then pressed very dry makes a good two stories high. feed for the first two weeks. ‘The eggs should be crumbled, includirig the d:ells and all mixed with the bread or rolled oats and seasoned = sparingly with black pepper. If cottage cheese and clabbered milk can be obtained this may be ulternated with the boiled egg for the first iwo weeks. After WILLIMANTIC. Arrangements are being made for the erection of a garage at e corner of Main and Walnut streets for the cept the bathroom ‘and Kitchen, which | in old. this time the egg may be replaced by the best grade of beef scraps and the ciabbered milk kept before them all of the time. When the hirds are given free range it is not necessary to feed them meat two weeks Willimantic Grarge, Inc., of which John L. Lonard, Jr., and others are the proprietors. The building will be 50x150 feet, of fireproof construction. The contract has not been let as yet. Doyle & Murphy have been given the coniract for the new addition to the five-story brick addition to the plant of the American Thread Co. MANSFIELD. placed with finely-cracked wheat and then followed, as son as the poults are large enough to eat it with whole wheat. Corn meal is a dangerous feed for young turkeys particularly- if fed dry, because -it will ferment and kill them., Both cracked corn and corn meal should be fed sparingly while poults are young and should always be scalded before feeding. g With the regular grain ration the birds should be provided with plenty of fresh water, clean sharp grit and granulated charcoal. It is also very important that they ~ have. a large amount of green food in the form of dandelion leaves, sting nettle,” radish tops, onions tops, - lettuce, or almost anyting that is green and succulent. Turkeys do not need coddling -after they are two weeks old. It is fairly safe for the poults to go wherever they wish so long as they are not kept out in the rain. Turkeys should ' never be permitted to run over ground with chickens, ducks, geese or pigs,’ but should be’ given a clean pasture ~of their own. I is important to keep the young poults free from lice hy the use of Persian insect powder as a dust, or by a drop of olive -oil' on the head or under the wings. The secret of raising turkeys' suc- cessfully .is to.keep them. strong and vigorous from ihe start.. Good sani- tary conditions and careful .feeding will result in success when the breed- ing stock is good. SOME SPRAY MATERIALS FOR POTATOES. Soon petato vines will be coming through e ground, -and the first spray should be applied before long. How many will have the 'materials ready for this operation? No success- ful potato ruiser should fail to.spray because of the freedom: insects and disease as the increased yield which will result will more than pay for this operation. the lack of 'potash, évery sheuld do what is possible to loss. - ‘Therefore i The contract for the plumbing in the new buildings at Mansfield Depot for the Connecticut School for Feeble Minded, has been given to Moriarty & Rafferty at atout $15,000. The plans are by Architects Cudworth & Thomp- son.. MIDDLETOWN. Work will bg started in a few days on the erection of a new house on West street, Cromwell, for Carl Erk. The contracts for thé plumbing and heating and mason work for the new residence being erected in Portland for Mrs. Bdward S. Hale have been let. The house is now ready for plastering. C. Irving Hale is building a frame addition, 28x20 feet, on a house in Cromweil for Charles Larson. need much more ‘animal food than lit- tle chickens, and it is the difficulty of supplying this in a digestive form that results in disaster to many pro- spective turkey raisers. Another reason why it is difficult to raise young turkeys is that they are so easily affected by cold and damp ness. To allow young turkeys to be- come wet at any time is fatal ‘When eggs are hatched under hens or turkeys they uld be removed as they are out of the shell and placed in a warm flannel lined'basket out.of sight 'and sound’ of ‘the mother hen. After the mother has been fed and watered she should be removed with her poults to a clean new coop with a small runway. If it is early in the season and the ground is cold and is important i‘l:ljt; gg' -coop i ptboie ‘This year, due to iy ‘Eggn adeti § ANY LET UP MEANS - PEs cussing butter over-run. Average composition of butter. ' 84 per cent. 1112.73 per cent. 1.3 per cent. .. 187 per cent. Butter containing 14 to 15 per cent. meisture is of just as good quality and may possess better texture than butter containing 10 to 12 per cent., if the moisture is put into the butter by natural churning conditfons. The moisture content of our New England dairy butter runs too Iw. The fol- lowing figures were collected on eight samples of Connecticut dairy butter recently scored at the college. No. Percent No. Percent Sample Moisture Sample Moisture 1 118 5 10 12, 6 115 7 meate .2 8 Average 11.25 per cent. ‘This is even a little lower than the average of twelve samples tested in New Hamp:hire under winter condi- tions. The average of these samples was found to be 12.2 per cent. It may be well to ask why is the percent of moisture in our butter so low, and how are we going to raise it? From studying the answers given in reply to the questions asked in regard to the making of the butter tested, the only answer that can be given is, that many of the churning conditions are not as they should be and churning records are not kept and studied. To improve this condition, the butter- maker :fould keep records, participate in educational scorings and get hold of our best bulletins on farm butter- making. FOR PEACH FERTILIZERS. Hints on What to Do to Better Pro- duction This Year. Nitrogen seems to be the one ele- ment which will furnish to peach or- chards the greatest amount of food and do the most good. The horticul- tural adviser has been recommending to peach growers in all parts of the ccunty that they use nitrate of sodal alone as a fertilizer iis year in tne| this peach orchargh. To back up statement the following conclusions are taken from bulletin 150 of the station. West Virginia experiment They certainly are very conclusive and it is hoped that the peach grow- ers in Hampden county will follow these recommendations. The material should be applied now and again just before the fruit begins to mature dur- ing the middle of the summer. 1. Because of the small of published data bearing upon peach orchard fertilization it is deemed ad- visable to publish this preliminary re- port covering four years’ work. 2. Several experiment have attempted to determine tissue. trogen and potash and amounts of piosphorous. 3. eral plai experiments have been at. tempted, but accidents were so nu- very merous that the results can be con- sidered merely as suggestive, In most cases the best results were secured through the aplication of some form ot‘n'lt.msen. gave better results from the use Complete fertilizers than from plete_fertflizers. gen gave the best vigor or productiveness. 5. treated with nitrate of nigl‘oxen. fertilized trees was 2 1-2 times that of the non-nitrogen-fed block. At the end of the fourth year the difference ‘was much ter. greater. 7.. The leaves of the nitrogen blocks were healthier than the others, larger in size, about 2 1-2 times as numer- made up nearly four times ous, and greater area per tree. 8. amount stations the needs of the peach by analysis of its These show that the peach is a heavier feeder than other fruits and that it uses large amounts of ni- 1| recticut, are In the last quarter-century sev- Parly work in West V(mn{:i Of the several sin- gle elements of plant food used, nitro- results. Potash diminished development and in some cases killed the trees, while phospho- ric acid in no way influeneced either The yearly growth of the trees been double that of plats receiving no ‘At the end of the second year the bearing surface of the nitrogen- The nitrogen plats have set an ticn was the fact that in ceding contests the end of the first six over 41 per cent of their T lherl:‘ m"{utm another method of checking estimate, namely; of ascertaining the date o-nvn:ra. 194 T dute Tor on oy Sigt ell on in 1915 it fell on May 22nd. o 21st, 1916 each hen in the contest averaged to lay 85.2 eggs. Doub! this makes, of course. a litle over 17! eggs or an estimate exact accord with that made on the percentage plan at the end of the first six months. The thre: easily outdistanced all other pens in the contest. P. G. Platt’s pen of White Leghorns from Walling- ford, Pa. were first with 60 eggs to their credit. Homer P. Deming’s Rhode Island Reds from Winsted, Conn. were second with a yield of 59 eggs and Al- bert T. Lenzen’s ‘White Rocks from North Attleboro, Mass. were third with a production of 58 eggs. ‘With® the exception of the White Leghorn group the leading pens in each class are so close together that & let-up for a single week is likely to lose the best pen its place. Thus among the Plymouth Rockg the second best pen .is only 12 eggs behind the leaders. In the Rhode Island Red class the second pen is only 11 eggs behind; in the Wyandotte group there is a difference of 23 eggs between the two best pens and in Miscellaneous a difference of 15 eggs. = The College is now distributing the rules and regulations that will govern the sixth annual laying competition which has been announced for next November. The three best pens in each of the principal breeds are as follows: Pen— Plymouth Rocks. 4 Jules F. Francals (Barred) W. Hampton Beach, L. I. . 9 Rock Rose Farm (Barred) Katonah, N. Y. ............1077 15 Holliston' Hill Poultry Farm (White) Holliston, Mass. ....1045 Wyandottes. 20 Obed G. Knight, (White) Bridgeton, R. I. . barn floor, this should also be sprink- led. The above amount may be used for treating the seed for 2 or 3 acres. Formalin can be purchased at most drug or hardware stores. BEE KEEPIN of solution G. There Should'Be Strong, Active Colo- nies for Honey Season. The duty of the bee-keeper in the spring is to get plenty of bees in time for the honey flow. If i s is not done his work is a failure. The population of the colony is yeduced during the winter, especially where wintering con- ditions are not the best, and this must be correstced if the.colony is to get the full honcy crop. It is poor bee-keep- ing to have weak colonies at the begin- ning of the honey flow from which the surplus crop is obtained. After brood rearin bees need three gets under way hings—room . for heavy brood rearing, an abundance of stores and protection. A common error is to cramp the coleny by fail- ing to provide empty cells for the re- 1089 | ception If in of ezgs. early spring the weather is suitable and if nectar is available the bees will add considerably to their hoards of honey, but théy ise it so rapidly that it is seldom that any gain in the. stores.occurs even during fruit bloom. However, since the weather is uncertdin &t this séason-the bec-kéep- 27 Tom Barron, (White) Catforth, England e .. 21 P. W. Backus, (White) Chat- ham, Ontario Orchards, Groton, ass. ... 1111 41 Springdale Poultry Farm Dur- ham, Conn. -1079 White Leghorns. 69 Will Barron, Bartle, near Pres- ton, England .. .en .1150 68 Tomr Barron, Catforth, near Preston, England .. -.1080 63 Francais F. Lincoln, g mel, Conn. . .1045 52 Pinecrest Miscellaneous. 98 Oregon Agricultural College ‘Corvallis, Ore. .. -1 93 J. Collinson, (Black Leghorns) d 1007 BOYS” AND GIRLS’ CLUBS AT BECKLEY. ' The boys and girls of Beckley, Con- ing on some of the most .interesting boys' and girls’ club work in the state. - They have formed er should not depend too much on- in-, coming mectar to supply he néeds of his bees. If they are short of stores’ feed a warm thick syrup made ‘of granulated sugar and feed. lavishly. At this time one wing of the queen should be clipped so that when swarm- ing tine comes she cannot flyto the woods with the swarm. If any queen- less colonies are discovered (having no brood) they should be united with col- onies having gueens. Thls can be done by settling the queenless colony: simply on top. The stimulation to heavy brood rearing should occupy six to eight weeks previous to the surplus honey flow, and every bee-keeper should know when that comes in his locality. If he is a beginner'any bee-keepr who is older in the work can give him that information. 1f a colony has a good queen and plenty of empty cells for ©gg laying, is well supplied with stores 2 | and. is protected from cold and wind one may expect a colony which is cap- * eble of storing the maximum crop. g gone to all ‘M is trouble to Havin: t plenty of bees in the hive, the bee- per will readily see ‘that he should @o everything in his power to prevent swarming. Swarming just before or ‘| during the honey flow is the greatest drawback to a good crop. Experienced bee-keepers have worked out methods by which this can largely be prevented,- and every bee-keeper should study these methods. What the Boy Scouts Are Doing. Troop 1. Last Saturday the scouts were in the following contests: Pacing, Rob- ert Johnson, coming in third; equip- ment race, Robert Johnson; stretcher race. Robert Johnson ané Robert Sage coming in third: ~ cantipede race, Ralph Graham, Robert Johnson, Rich- ard Peale and Robert Sage, and first aid, Robert Johnson and Ralph Gra- ham coming in third, Troop No. 6. During the last week Scout Stanton has passed his pacing, cool average of 76 per cent fruit buds each | fire wlhou'bled by the use of nitrogen. ) Nitrogen delayed maturity sev- eral- days. 11. The fruit was not as the others. The as negative although 6 production was somewbat in- © 14. An experiment on young trees at Cherry Run on the same kind of ‘was carried on in a manner simi 60 per cent in the non- plats. The yield of fruit was very near- highly colored in the nitrogen blocks as in high color of. the advancing rapidly. A hike is planned for mnext ‘where more tests will be passed. BRITISH INVASION OF 3 GERMAN EAST Now Up Against a Strong Defensive Position. 31, 6.10 Londo: May .. P Brif &ndon of German “General mander) reports which is advancing down reached the south-end of . our: the Panagni Invitation to Scouts. At the first performance of the Battle Cry of Peace, the big prépared- ness motion picture, on Monday night, June 5th, all the I 1 sco ut troops. to- gether with the i:&i‘ted companies, G. A. R, and Tierney Cadets, have been invited as the epecial guests of the picture management.. All scouts who intend to go will assemble in uniform at the Buckingham Memorial at;7.15. New Council Fi Just before the parade on Memorial day, a councij sented, with the national new was flag. Viée President A. L. Peale, to Troop 5, which by virtue of its winning in the intertroop contests, was the hon- or troop for the day. large parade size, Jf blue with a yellow seal in the fittings “include’ an oak brass spear head, a rain flag belt. » German | Charged w fraud ‘The _Using the Customers. flag is of bunting, cover, and JURY IMPANELLED FOR Mails to De- P,