Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 25, 1917, Page 10

BUILDING AND BUSINESS. Indications Point to a ‘Good Year Re- gardless of Cost of Material. Sales of real estate again show a gain over last year. For, the past week sales by warranty deed in the cities of the state reported in The Commercial Record, numbered 370, as compared with 203 last year; while rtgage loans totaled $1,512,025, against $1,028.070 a year ago. 3 es $787,000. ‘Last year there were 14 companies formed in.Connecticut with capital stock of over $60,000,000, the large increase being caused by the or- ganization of the Remington Arms Co. in_Bridgeport. For the first time in many weeks no ago but thres petitions, sets of $1,480 and Uabfiities of $41,692, were reported in Connecticut. permits issued last week in the cities of New Haven, Bridge- port, Hartford, Waterbury, Stamford and New Britain numbered 60, as compared with 59 a vear ago; While the cost of new construction work for the past week was $177,360, as com- pared with $431,770 last year. The week was exceptional, when compared with previous weeks, in the number of new projects that have been reported. and from all citles re- ports for a good year, in spite of the high_cost of building materials, is as- sured. Among the new work the week are a new schoolhouse in West Haven, factory buildings and a num- ber of frame houses in New Haven, two schoolhouses in Fairfield; school- house, ‘aiterations to church and con- vent, firestation and police station, al- terations to three-story business biock, 500-room hotel, and a number of ten- ement blocks in Bridgeport; & number of one and two-family houses in Litchfield for a manufe ng con- cern in that place; brick apartment block, business building and residence work in Hartford, and _two-family houses in Ansonia and Shelton smalier projects in other parts of the state. Contracts awarded include new manufacturing plant in Fairfield, two- story addition to storehouse and re idence work in Eridgeport, factory ad- dition and one-story business block in Waterbury, and factory building, six- family block and smaller contracts in Hartford. There were olght sales of real es- | tate In Norwich last week to two a! vear ago. Ths mortgage loans for the Tespective weeks were $13,900 and 300 New London there were ten sal he two respec- { sys- | t your PAINFUL COUGHS RELIEVED. Dr. King’ Discovery is a soothing healing remedy for = coughs and colds that has stood the test of For that rough that nd saps the vitality try Dr. w Discovery. Tt socthing pine balsams and mild laxa- tive ingredicnts soon drive the cold frcm the system. Have 2 bottle on hand for winter colds. croup, Erippe and bronchlal affections. At your drugsist, 50c. Lee & Osgood Co. nearly PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING CALL UP 734 Gas Attach- EFFICIENT With or Without ments but Always and ECONOMICAL— A. J. Wholey& Co. 12 FERRY STREET Robert J. Cochrane GAS FITTING, PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING Washington Sq., Washington Building Norwich, Conn. Agent for N. 5. O. Sheet Packing. Phone 531 MODERN PLUMBING is as essential in modern house as clectricity is to lighting, We guaran- teo the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert weorkmen at the fariest prices. Ask us for plans and prices. J. F TOMPKINS 67 West Main Street T. F. BURNS Heating and Plumbing 92 Franklin Street IRON CASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGHN FOUNDRY (0. Ne. 11 to 25 Ferry Street YOU DEMAND GOOD CEMENT “Complete. — including of foors and the stallati 1 of the machinery. New ad aitional 80 thaf loaded standpoint. New building supports are being set in place, new doors and windows have been installed, and when the general repair work i6 completed the building will make a very favorable home the industry. ‘The management are considering the installation of a 3,000 pound electric elevator that will be located in #outh end of the building and the set- ting up of & modern sprinkler system throughout the building. The company has hired 15 men so far and the five men from Brooklyn, with their families, have N. Y, The management of rived here. new concern, Albert M. Van Wagenen E. Turner, are very much and Walter pleased with the willingness and operation they have received from people of Norwich in helping to the industry started and of the many REPAIRING GREENEVILLE BUILDIN Alterations Are Taking Place in Factory Occupied by At- lantic Carton Corporation—Julian Street House Nearly ‘Within all probability, the Atlanticyways of assistance rendered by the Carton corporation, manufacturers of | Chamber of Commerce. folding paper box board, who have purchased the building of the Turner & Stanton company in Greeneville, will start operations in about 15 days. building, in are being t cars can be loaded and un- with one pandling, which will be very helpful from the efficiency ready in. 4 Cement floors are going into the basement rooms and the hea is'| already ‘nstalled. The nearriess to the river makes easy work of the plumb- ing, all the sewaze going overboard. ‘This makes it possible for a large number of bath rooms as well as sev- eral shower baths in the building. It is expected that by the first of May the hotel will be ready for oc- cupancy. s MIDDLETOWN. 5 Dr. Arthur = M. Mc¢Hugh has. been granted a permit for the erection of a new garage at 35 Crescent street. It will be of frame construction with Elizabeth Strest, Garage. the exterior stuccoed. The estimated Fred Wilson is erecting o garage on | cost is $400. street w! e s ‘The three-family house being erect- story in height, 10x18 feet, and will be | eq at 39 Grand street for Mr. and Mrs. constructed of wood. Salvatore Amato is now- being framed. Bungalow Nearly Finisheti. \Work is weil along on the four dou ble ouses being erected on .Whit- e e e rrenting. oy | more piace for Miss Bmily A, Shelden, T ot, opposite the Backus hos- | care of the Middletown Trust Co. One pitai The “house is of a bungalow |Of the two houses being erected by it mertee pion. T O the vst floot | the other is ready to fAnish. there are six rooms and a bath and Em on the second t.:m are t.:lm‘ ‘riwm‘;i The exterior & A Tanning across the fromt if & spacious | Tt is understood that the Sacred 2 | Heart parish of Groton ave plans yeeanda. ¥hie exteriar work is all com- | SSSr PRnt ©F C0 D ol ke The work on the interior is well ad- work on which will be started during vanced, most of the hard wood finish | the present year. has been put in and the Upson boards | A large forge shop will be the next have been set in . In the living building to be erected at the New room a fireplace 1-5‘:; with flint stone TGmngon Ship and Engine Co., plant at “will | Groton. D D it ool modern mprove, | Near the location the T. A. Scott Co ments, including steam heat and elec- | IS building a large sea wall and within tric lights. a short time it is expected that work Wi o i Bt will commence om the new shep. Work is all complete on the garage FISHER'S ISLAND. for the Texas company, on Erin street. The garage will accommodate two trucks and is 23 feet by 32 feet. single story. ‘There are two double doors besidee a single and the exterior sides are constructed of corrugated iron. for the ar- the F. M. Van Name, superintendent of the Lindermann estate at Fishers Is- land, has returned from a busines: trip to Bethlehem, Pa., where he was in consultation with Mrs. Lindermann. While there Mr. Van Name made ar- co- the zet NEW LONDON. Will Build Comfort Station. Local architects have been ade. It is planned to evect a to contain besides the comfort The cost will be $7,000. Riverview Avenue House. ec. The plans call for a frame house, ranecd fer one family, containing| Work on the old Morgan biock Contracts to ceven rooms. ng continued hstanding the | ¢ ntracts to J Altsrations to House. weather. The oul aimo-t | Contracts to 225 been started on changes iod tndex S hs of | Georgel | Gonteacts & [ on Channing street for | ol e e THo boeseny cone familyd it for the old | Contracts to s made. Will Complete Auditorium. HENS AT STCORRS EEATING LAST YEAR’S RECORD- Have Reached the 20,000 Mark a Week Earlier Than Those in 1916. invited to submit plans-for the proposed com- fort station to be erected on the Par- stone building, having a frontage of 35 feet, sta- tion, a waliting room, teiephone booths, The Weodworth & Jenney Co., Inc.. is building an attractive new house on | Riverview avenue for W. G. Cadman. be arranged for two flats, T built on and some Avenue Baptist church ' rangements for the erection of a new. $3.000 hothouse on.the estate .as an addition to the already large plant there. of which Rev. Henry F. Adams is the pastor, has secured the sum of $2.500 for completing the auritorium of the church. It is expected that the con- tracts will be iet soon. Notes. The Post Hill Land Improvement Co., has sold a building lot at Nep- tune Park to Mary Dcolittle of Nor- wich. It is probable that the property will be improved. bread of Miss Wakley, with a score of 92.5 out of a possible 100 points. NOANK. BUILDING CPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND The statistics of building and _en: gineering operations in New England as compiled by The F. W. Dodge Com- pany follow: Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts Contracts to to to to to .$ 8,287,000 - 7,307,000 ar- to to to to to months back. be erscted near the 2 provide sreater watcr ~ and another cistern will be in addition to the biz one al- Contracts Contracts Contracts ! AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS triments.—G. C. White, Dairy Depart- jment, Connecticut Agricultural Col- leze. | SELECTING AND BUYING TREES. ttake Up Mind Bofore Time Arrives to Plant Them. N Y. ooeennne o e cecenaens 375| There are two classes of people who i Miscellareous. rees and plants {12 Koshaw (Buff Rocks), ad SOEE wank Granb: " 331 | some reliable firm. The 31 Cloyes & Sulli (Buff Wyan- know what they want and order from dottes), Hartford, Conn. . 318 The hens in the contest at Storrs|54 Obed G. Knight (White Orping- ighly i have now laid a grand total of more tons), bridgeton, R. L ....... i R s R S than 20,000 eggs, the best feature of = wonderful virtues of the plants which which is the| fact that this point has last the hens are on a margin of safcty of more n the 12th week they laid 2,178 eggs, an increased yield of 126 as compared with the preceding week, and 131 better than for the cor- been reached a week earlier than year. In other words. workin, than 1,600 eggs. responding week a year ago. A pen of Rhode Island Reds entered ‘Westport, Conn., and Will Barron’s White Leg- by George W. Harris of horns from Preston, England, tied first honors with 46 eggs each. G. with a yield of 43 eggs. try Far) Albans, V Conn., and A. P, Robinson's Leghorns from Calverton, N. Y., 42,741 and 40, respectively. ing. week. Some of the pens in the contest, anybody’s birds are likely to do, some- that is to say, they do not have any well defined e, but have perhaps contracted a little cold, they are not laying up to expectation, and in some cases at any rate they seem to need a little toning For a condition of this sort the manazement of the contest has lately been trying the use of sulphur, giving a tablespoonful to 10 hens twice a week times get out of condition; up. in a wet mash mixed with milk. Three of the contestants, during the last week. ton, Mass., were on the grounds to the inside workings of the competi- tion. ‘The three best pens in each of the principal varieties are as follows: Barred Plymouth Rocks. 4 Jules F. Francais, W. Hempton Beach, L. L ....... - € Fairfields Poultry Farms, Short Falls, N. H. ..cocccvecenennnn 8 Schaff, Fitzwilliam, NH coceenees White Wyandottes. 16 M%l;rythought Farm, Columbia; e T 15 A. L- Mulloy, 21 Brayman Waterbury, Conn. Farm,Westiville, N. H. Rhode Island Reds. 50 Jacob B Jensen, North Haven, 7 Hillview Poultry Farm, St. Al- bans, Vt ... Conn. estport, White Leghorns. 73 A. P. Robinson, Caiverton, N. Y. 80 Hilltop Poultry Yards, Suffield, o, £olss. eaks easosonies 60 J. O. Le Fevre, New Paitz, GOOD SAND AND G» AVEL ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT. All Our Precducts Are Graded a nd Washed and Cost no More. Daliveries “y C. V. R. R. and by Water. THE NEW LONDON SAND & STONE COMPANY 95 STATE STREET, NEW LONDAN, CONN. Obed Knight's White Wyandottes from Bridgeton, R. I, were in second place Hillview Poul- Rhode Island Reds from St. ., Jacob E. Jansen’s pen of the same breed from North Haven, White laid In four of the above pens, all 10 birds were lay- Of all the birds entered, only one hen, namely, White Orpington No. 534, was able to lay seven eggs during the namely, Mrs. W. E. Hayward of Ipswich, Mass., George B. Treadwell of Woodbridge, Conn., and D. E.Warner, Sr.. of Bridge- ton, R. 1, were visitors to the contest In addition to pen owners, P. S. Green of Tolland, Conn., and Dr. H. J. Wheeler of Bos- WATERING COWS IN WINTER. There Should Be a Regular Time For | 1t—Should Not Be Excessive Use of Salt. he has for sale. Perhaps you give him an order amounting to several dollars for plants which later prove to be of common varieties and which you could have purchased for less than a quarter the amount paid the agent. Not all tree agents are dishonest, but why deal with a stranger when for a postal card you can ge: information in a catalogue from a reliable nursery- man? In fact, send for several cata- logues, study them, discuss the sub- ject with the fam and make out your order at your leisure. There is a right and a wrong way of using catalogues. The wrong way is to read what the catalogues have to say and then select only those varie- es or kinds which have the longest and most flowery write-up. The right vy is to put aside the catalogues and decide first what vou are going to plant, whether apples, pears or peach- es: whether you want early - or= iate varieties, for home use or for market and how many of each. For example, perhaps you decide to have ten apple trees for family use and of those ten you want a succession~throughout the season of both sweet and sour. you have something to work on. Take Your catalogues and pick out-the va- rieties which best fulflll your - ideas and requirements. In the same way select the other fruits and plants. The matter of watering cows in the wirfter shouid receive some thought in connection with every dairy herd. The fact that dairymen are consider- ing this matter in increasing numbers is an indication of its importance, If one has ever carried or pumped water for a high producing cow some idea of the enormous amount needed is gain- ed. ‘A cow producing 100 pounds of milk will consume about 250 poinds of water daily. A cow producing 20 to 30 pounds of milk will drink ciee® to 100 pounds of water if not consuming heavily of a succulent food. The exact amount required will de- pend upon the production and upon the nature of the feed. Corn silage contains about 70 to 80 pounds of wa- ter to each 100 pounds and even dry feeds contain some water. (4 to 20 pounds.) The method of supplying water is the important point. "It almost seems needless to say that the water should be good and pure, for aside from other objections one could. not reasonably expect a cow to consume 100 pounds of D e e e e eauci| The question is often askea if home production. The objection to the very | STown trees are better than those L it he grown several hundred miles 1 T e r to this question is, water will be consumed because of the | Siat, T2nY of our successful growers very unple: nt feeling of the cow purchase their trees where they can I & o lasme quantity Jof | SeCure the best stock at satisfactory ffter Sonsuming a large auantity of | prices. A saving of two or three cents It requires a lot of heat to warm wa- | o, ne¢ at the time of purchase may ter which is near the freezing point | result I @ 10ss of dollars per tree in up to 101 degrees F. température. | siure Vears. In any case. get first When in the wind, radiation of heat | orisS Stock regardless of cost. If you from the body is rapid and it is wel | G2 VIsit the nurseryman Personally, to turn cows back into the barn at so. talk over your plans and often once when watered outside, unless | ne Will make helpful suggestions in some proviston 15 mads to heat ihe |[cEard to varieties and methods of water which is_ doubtless a better | PAIinE the trees : b L L Make up and send In_your order e et o taitory arrangement |TOW- Dot wait until time to_plant 1s 108, Mot satisfactory, STanSement | the trees and then receivh word that I T o e e T e s | they are all sold out of the varictics e e e marmer, Dut at| which you decided to have—8. . Hol- the same time when the cold liquid is | ISt¢l, Horticuiture Department, Con- using up heat on the inside of the|7eCticut Asricultural College. e Lot _oouvenet and least | MOW TO MAKE FARWMS continuous concrete manger. This is PAY GOOD RENTALS. Our family has been renting farms a ractice, however, where cows are not known to be free from tuberculosis or other inféctious|for 50 years, John A. Cavanagh of diseases. The individual drinking cup | Des Moines. Ia., owner of more than a also has some disadvantages, by get- | thousand choice acres, began his reply tinfi out of order or by furnishing un- | when I asked him why his tenants sanitary tions. were successful and how tenants could It is good judgment to adopt some | Zet farms of their own, says a writer plan for making it certain that cows|in Farm and Fireside, and I have seen drink a sufficient amount of water.|many tenants come and go—with some ‘This can be done with the watering|of the successful ones going on their trough or by individual drinking cups |own farms. During that time I have in the barn, or by heating water out- | learned how to make farms pay good side, and as a last resort to turn the |rentals. I do it by meeting the tenants cows back into the barn immediately | more than half way, and by managing after watering outside. If the water|the farms as if they were factories. is real cold it may pay to heat it for [ The tenan:s and I cut down the cost of inside use. production by increasing the yield, and It is sufficlent to allow access to|we get the highest market price be- ‘water once datly when conditions are | cause we have the quality and ‘sell such that the cow can drink a good |after most of the grain in the country supply, but twice is better for a good | has been marketed. We store the grain herd. A time this as|in well ventilated, ratproof, hollow tile well as other attentions is appreclated. [ corncribs and grain bins. 3 The use of an excsss of salt to stimu- | Many things affect a_tenant's ability of more water has|to buy a farm. Health is one of the no practical valus as more water is|biZgest factors. If a man enjoys health drunk purely for the purpose of car- for see 3 312 217 360 302 273 26x36 feet, one and | James O'Connor is nearly finished-and |- over. days. A Perfection is and delivers Iéeuuse A ong-n oil. I { his window. ny New York does not have the ability to think and plan-and work as he should to make ‘a success. He needs horses and ma- chinery and a knowledgc of successful farm practice in his state. of the Cavanagh farms are grain An average year Mr. Cava- nagh's share of the crops exceeds $10 an acre; in real good years it has been as much as $12 and $14 an acre. Mr. Cavanagh receives as rental one-half o2 the corn crop, two-fifths of the small grain and $5 an acre for the pasture land.. This shows how much money the tenants are making. All of the farms are tile-drained. Where there is not enough manure produced on the farms to keep up the fertility, com- mercial fertilizers are used. Mr. Cav- anagh pays for the fertilizer. All the tenants have to do is to haul it to the farms and apply it GARDENERS’ PROSPECTS. Many Uncertai ies and Also Grounds for Optimism—A Professor’s Sum- mary of Situation for 1917. The year 1917 1s now in full swing. Market gardeners everywhere are dis- cussing what the year holds forth for them and are trying to figure out just what to do in the nature of crops, crop acreage, varieties and so on. This year is full ‘of uncertainties, probably even more so than past years. Farm- ers Go not know whether prices of vegetables will continu eto be high. Farmers do not know just what they will be able to get for labor. The chances are that it will be difficult to get any labor at all at a price which gardeners can afford to pay. Fertiliz- ers are high, likewise seeds and every- thing else which gardeners must use. Freight is uncertain, weather condi- EOM ‘may be favorable or unfavora- le. There are some things, however, which look rather encouraging. There will be more people this year to con- sume food than last yedr, and people will use a larger per cent. of vegeta- blos because of soaring prices of all foodstuffs, and the general publicity work being done as to the value of vegetables from a food and medicinal | standpoint. All know that there will be more wealth in this country this year than there was last vear; that legislation is continually being worked out more favorabie to the honest grow- er; that methods of distribution are being improved;' that knowledge as to the best ways of combating different insects and fungous diseases is being widely disseminated and put into suc- cessful practicé. Prof. Watts in the Market Growers' Journal sums the situation: up by saying that farmers should try to grow the crops at the least cost and place them on the mar- ket in the most acceptable condition. BEDDING. “Any material that is clean, absor- bent, and free from injurious chemical cal substances is suitable for beddinz in_a-dairy barn, says Farm and Fire- side. Straw is used chiefly because of its abundance and cheapness. Sut coarse hay and shavings are also used, the latter in localities near planing | mills, where they may be had cheap- “Especially in sections of the East Where little grain is raised and straw is not always to be had, shavings i 1 | Whiie»'Ydur Coal-Hod has been shrinking KEROSENE has stayed the same Coal hu been going up—and up! The papers say it may jump Go light on coal—burn | SOCONY KEROSENE f Socony Keresene costs from 10 to IS cents. guf:.“flf- Pcrfec{ion Oil Heater itwill warm any 6rdin- ary room for 10 full hours. 10 or 1S cents worth of coal is about half a scuttle-full—~and there’s small comfort in a scuttle of coal these off when the weather turns mild. You carry it upstairs and dewnstairs, wherever you want it. But the furnace s steadily burning up Get out your old oil heater, or order a new one today. Socony is the Standard O: s best grade of refined for the Socony Sign in STANDARD OIL CO. of NEW YORK asesisandi _ {IPa mu i i M.l it it 1010 _, S ¢ guaner T till higher before the wintep on when you need it s in the cellar, e dollars. See that the grocer erosene and noother, (Principal Offices) Albany Buffalo Boston = P2 COST FARMERS OF UNITED STATES MILL! By PROF. P. G. HOLDEN. £BEDS mean wasted labor. It is estimated that a man walks elght miles in plowing an acre once pver. Multiply thishy harrowing, 3 harrowing, and cultivating two or three times, and in the end fizure that all this labor has been given to the production of a crop which is only two-thirds as large as it would have been if it had not been choked by weeds. Weeds cut down the yield, damage the crop, cheapen the product, re duce the profits, rob the soil, injure stock, reduce land value: Weeds cost t} farmers of the United States more than $300,000,000, according to gove estimates. There is great loss from dockage of grain from weed seed. They Lower Land Value: A weedy farm is high at any price. Land must return Interest on inve ment. 2 Profits are dependent on what Is left after paying production cost. If land produces only enough to pay interést and labor, we will soon g out of business. . IONS The weed which 1 best able to cope difficulties is the wee which survives. are bundant se A single plant shephierd’s purse produce as mar 50,000 seeds; squ fafll iproduces 300 to 2,000; plactain may -bear . 3,000 per plant; foxtnil, from 1,000 5,000 secds; sti 20,000. seeds ;. the sian thistle from 1 to 200,080 s mustard plant, one and one-half miliion s, and so on. Cor these prolific ‘soil r bers with our food producing plants, of A Bunch of Goats or Sheep Will Clean Up the Weeds at a Profit to the Farmer. Some of the Bad Weeds. But there are other weeds—milkweed, smartweed, Spanish nee tard, peppermint, tansy, poison hemlock, jimson; morning-glory. ragwee: leaf, purslane, quack grass, wild gariic, Canada thistle, ox- daisy, I velvet weed, orange hawkweed, Johnson grass, sorrel, wild oats. o Bty othe: are common in every state. Weed seeds are spread chlefly by man sowing Impure seed; by scattering weed seeds in feeding hay, straw, screenings, and in manure; by winds, water, and snow; by animals and birds; by farm machines and railroads; by weeds ullowed to flourish in waste places. Weed Remedies. y The problem is how to get rid of weeds and keep them out. First, rotate the crops; screen all seed; cultivate frequently and thor- oughly; cut the weeds before they go to seed; use another crop; pasture with sheep; and finally keep everlastingly after them. I your wheat fleld is weedy, seed it to clover and blue grass; aunuals and biennials before they seed, pasture with sheep or hogs, Jown the perennials; follow by a cultivated crop to kill any llngering weeds, qud you will kave disposed of most varleties. To allow land to go to waste is an economic crime. Use it! Farm it! * Grow Ioodstnfls,’k not weeds! mow the to keep best: settied on only one basis, that of | fimes substituted for those desired economy, the influence on the soil be- | $he order does not arrive until long ing very slight, favorably or otherwise, | after planting time. Those who 'when applied in connection with ma- | femplate setting should carefu or nure and ‘well seattered”” . gider the varieties, the age of t and quantity of trees, and th fhe order as soon as possible. Order Trees Now. It is not too early for those who contemplate setting fruit trees to place their orders at the present time. This also applies, to shrubs, berry plants and i the like. Late ordering almost always preserited him a silver loying cup. b some disappointment to those | Jidge J. K. Fiske made the presenta- cink 1t;: Other varieties are often 'ffom. | 1o - : Rockvillei—George Talcott, sident the First National bank, ceiebrated 90th birthday Saturday. The ;':,mrs of the bank paid him a v pre