Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 1, 1920, Page 17

% Buildi tivity in own again in 1 vesult was that building Eastern Connecticut came back into its 919 with i’ettoval of the restricti_fil:s in preceding year. e figures for New London and Windham Counties for the twelve months of 1919 ran up to a total of $3,502,380, an increase of $597,380 over 1918, when the total figuré was $2,905,000. ° New London County was the contributor of the largest figures to the general total, showing $2,652,380 of which $587,- 200 was in Norwich, $1,715,180 in New London and $350,000 in the other towns of the county. In 1918 the New London County total was $2,505,545. Windham County was a large gainer in 1919 over the $400,- 000 shown for 1918, for the approximate total for last year was $850,000, of which Willimantic received credit for $350,000, Putnam for $200,000 and the rest of the county $300,000. NEW HOSPITAL WARDS IN NORWICH BUILDING WORK Building ' work -in Norwich in the ear ran up to a total of over a on which included as the largest single project the erection of two new wards at the Norwich State Hospital. e approximate .total building figure the town.of Norwich was $387,200 where is was $178 750 a year ago. The two new wards at the State Hospital which are both in a partial tage of completion are a new psy- ward and a new tuberculo- The former is a two story g that will cost when 0,000 and will accom- e 100 patients. Its general ar- t and equipment will méike e best receiving wards in t the present time the second floor is being new tuberculosis ward anced. It is a two story ng and will cost when about $60.000. The build- beinz roofed. city showed a con- over the preceding having any large pro- he Fire Marshal Howard L. Stanton 112 bu'lding permits in con- e vear before and the to- expenditures represent- 7.200 of which $203850 was 3.250 for ad- Tn 1913 the ty were figured ued ing permits for es and 34 for new gar- The summary of permits issued > marshal is shown as fol- First Quarter. Total 13 proximate expenditures of this quarter, $19%50 was he ap fo 1 uildings and $1L830 for a and additions. 2 Second Quarter. frame .22 , brick .1 , stone .. X brick ang concrete . 1 brick and frame +2 8 2 -2 sl Total the second quarter of the year timated expenditures in build- owed $69100 for new buildings nd $230,200 for alterations and addi- Third Quarter. Total 39 In the second quarter of the year the estimated expenditures in build- £ showed $63,100 for new buidings nd $30,200 for aterations and addi- Third Quarter. Total . Out of the $59.900 expendeq in bujid- 24 ng during the third quarter, $48,500 was for new buildings and $21,400 for alterations and additions. 28 2 5 1 36 Total In the fourth quarter, the total es- timated expenditures of $76,300 cover- ed $66,400 for new buildings and $9,900 alterations and additions. City Building Summary. Permits Expenditures New buildings, all kinds 82 $203,850 Alterations, all kinds 30 $78,350 Total 112 $277,200 Among the larger building projects @f the year were the following; altera- lien of the sn-called Rawson houseat 183 Broad=ay, the residence of George C. Preston, into the Knights of Colum- b home; erection of 2 new two. story concrete building. 36x50, on North Main street by the Kosciusko-Pulaski corporation; a new frame foundry building, 30x50, built for the United Metals Mfg. Co. at Thamesville; a new one story frame weave shed, 32x68, for the Reliance Yarn Co. at Main street and Stanton avenue, Fast Side; 2 new three story, brick store- ' house, 34x55, built at 555- North Main 'addition, Thou street for Martin Rozycki; a frame 26x35, to-the mill of Car- penter Mfg. Co., on Newton street; a three story brick building, 40x80, fer the Norwich Woolen Co., 2t Thames- ville, largely to be used for storage purposes, on South Golden street; a rick boiler house.one story,. 26x35, was built for the Atlantic Carton Co., nd the Max Gordon Corporation had one , story brick structure, 54x82, crected off Falls avenue to be used for rage purposes. The Davis, Warner Co., in Greeneville had a two story frame building, . 40x80, added: to their plant. The Falls Co., greatly improved and modernized their tenement - property in the neighborhood of ‘their cotton mill by putting verandahs on ' 18 and Installing modern ‘ plumb- ing. Two important building changes in the business center of the city were fhe remodeling of the Wm. F. Bailey perty at’ 12 Bath street from a erv stable i=tp 2 modern garage and boost the fizures to big to-: 190 4 3 story brick addition, 40x113, on ithe nut street. The-purpose was to make but soon after the work had been done, the entire building was leased Bridgeport which is establishing department of its plant here. a MADE RECORD YEAR IN BUILDING IN NEW LONDON Building Inspector Benjamin R. Linicus, wih the approval of the court of common counc.l of the city of New London, has during the year 1919 granted 453 permits to build, alter and make additions, which is the largest number of permits granted in any one year in New London. Eve: permit ed required compliance the strict building regulations of the city and the work was done in i measure under the personal of the inspector in so far as the regu- lations require. The permits were divided as follows, and comparison is here made with the permits issued in 1918; | industrial and commers buildings the number was 83, as against 38 in 1917; dweling houses 121 as against 111 of which 64 was credited to the Uniteq States Housing corporation last year; garages 127 as against 41 in 1918; and alterations 122 as against 57. The permits issued in 1919 carry an expen- i BENJAMIN LINICUS New London Building Inspector. diture of $1,715.180, as against $726,- 795 'in 1918, This is a remarkably Istrong showing, especially when it is considered that there have been no public buildings erected nor no real large manufacturing plants, but is representative of the general increase in buildings thdt is made necessary by a steady angd healthful growth in pop- ulation angd industry. Following is a_general summary of he building in New London for- tha year 1919, as taken from the official records of the building"inspector: Permits Value Indusirial and Mercantile 83 $751,273 Prospects are now bright for a con- tinuation of buildinz on a big scale during 1920, as there is still a scarcity of dwelling houses, for as a rlle, be- have be:n made for rentals. With this demand there is sure to be a continu- ation of building, especially as there is a willingness to pay the rents_that are required in"order to make building of this class a paying investment. The building inspector savs that there is considerable more building in' prospect and he believes that New London will show a zood record in the building line in 1920. He mentioned as a starter the proposed Methodist church edifice that will cost -from $150,000 to $200,000. No application has been received for a nermit to build this church, but the site is pur- chysed, the plans and specifications completed and it is believed the work will be commenced in the early spring. James G. Hammond, secretary of the New London Chamber of Com- merce, declared there are sure to be mere industrial plants erccted in the city in 1820, as he is confident that more industries are to Iocate in New London. Seven new industries have come to New London in 1919 and the hustling gecretary is confident that _thexie”vovm be fully that number added in . i ER WILLIMANTIC BUILDING SHOWS INCREASE OVER 1918 During the -last few months of the year of 1919 there was a marked in- crease in the number of building per- mits over the number granted at the were sevent Luilding permits fsr sued during the vear, ten of which were granted after the first dav of September. The largest of these grants was for the erection of a new dormitory at the Willimantic State Normal and Training School, while the permit for an addition at a local printing company came néxt. Four of the permits issued were for the erection of dwelling houses.” three for .the erection of garages, two for the erection of additions to- business blocks, nine for improvement to prop- v _constructed, and one for the erection of a brick structure to be used for dormirary nipnecos The Hall & Pfll Printing Company. erected and equipped 2 two story ad- automobile building and placing a two M. B. Ring estate property at 11 Chest- a garage and automobile sales rooms by the War Corset company from | superintendence !§ for additions® | Dwelling Houses 121 $793,700 completed before ths coming of sum- i Garages 127 50 mer and will be put into‘use at the Additions, Alterat'ons 123 beginning of the fall term-in 1920. = | i Building operations nearby Will Totals 453 $1,715, mantic have also shown a slight ten- In 1918 247 $726795 dency to increase’ over ithe murnber for_1918. The largest contract fopbuild- Increase over 1918 206 $988,385 ing was for.the erection of,a new din- fore a cellar is completed apnlications | first of the year in Willimantic. There | BUILD MORE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE HERE. Is Advice of - Norwich Business Man at Opening of ' The New Year. Build for a bigger. Norwich is the advice of a well known busi- ness man of the city at the begin- ning of this New Year. He puts it this way; The gates of Norwich are wide open today for all kinds of manufacturing plants. Many new ones are starting and many more would if they could get suitable places. See what has happened in a few weeks in new in- dustries here—a new hat factory, new toy factory, new corset shop, new chemical concern, one or two pants factories, and a new hand- B soap company. .t takes very little encouragement to get these new concerns here: for they recognize the advantage' of our location as an_industrial- center. There is great need of an indus- trial building, but there is greater need today of something eise be- fore we get that; and that is TENEMENTS. There are not a dozen empty tenements in Norwich today. Suppose the Marlin-Rock- well Cc., should start their plant (and as they refuse to rent it in whole or part, they must contem- plate doing .so some time) where under the sun will the help e? We must meet this situation and it must be done at once, and it must be done by you, not your neighbor, but vou. .And that means men and § gwomen of all nationalities should do their part. .Invest your money at home and you get as good returns and better than abroad; besides you show your loyalty to your city. Necessity stares you in the face; don’t shirk it for if you do you discourage your neigh- oor. Don’t ask our Chamber of Com- merce to do it alone. If vou do that, you are doing it to let your- self out of doing vour part. "It is just as necessary for those out of that organization to do something as for those in it. We must all take a hand, If you were asked § this question, Did vou ever build a single house. or change one over to two or more apartments, what would vaur answer be? How many cou'd hold up their hands? The it is true, is seVere on ac- count of labor and material, b ren*s have advanced to meet i The best. cheapest and quickest | wav to insfease Our tenements is in the hands of those already own- ing houses, They have tl loca- tions, ard by building additions on the rear of these properties they could be changed into eight. six, many into foar, and naarly all into two-apartment houses. Two double houses on Union street have been changed lately into seven apartments and the owner doing it is well satisfied with the results. The Osgood on Church street was changed from two into seven anartments by building on the rear. These are examnles of what can be done in many places in Norwich. Take a trip through other cities 2nz2 what do you see? Double deckers. triple deckers, four tene- ments, six, eicht and twslve, and best of all blocks that will accom- modate many families. ~ We need them all. Form cor- porations and _ build blocks or apartments. The banks will help you if necessary and in a few vears these properties will pay for the~celves, “Lat us make Norwich £0000 before 1921. dition ta their- plani, which measured 28x32, which is being used for bus- iness purpnses. Stanley Steiger built a two story addition 29x8L to his building on Jacksdn street. A frm of Waterbury . contractors was granted a permit to erect a new | MONTVILLE POWER STATION IS ELECTRIC lcal eneray EASTERN CONNEGTICUT POWER CO. STATION AT M\ONTV]LLE surface and a normal rating of 230 . H. P, Automatic underfeed stokers are provided and two tapering rein- forced concrete chimney, 1613 feet high extend from the boilerroom roof, with an inside diameter at the top of 10 feet 2 inches. Each chimney serves two_boilers. Water for fire, cooling and boller feed makeup.is suppled by ‘wells grouped around a 50,000 gallon steel NERVE CENTER FOR EASTERN CONNECTICUT The farsighted vision-of an electric power plant that would eventually furnish most of the electric energy for the whole of Eastern Connecticut and reach out into neighboring states by tieing in with other power systems led to the erection at Montyille, on the Thames river, of the power station of the Eastern = Connecticut Power which began to supply pow- ninth of June las! The field and its vossib: es pre- sents a limitless appeal to the imag- ination big enough to see more whir- ring wheels of industry, more p: perous and well lighted commun more facilities in transportatioh and the general expansion of F~stern Con- necticut into a greater and greater prosperity arising from the electri- that radiates ~from power station at MBntville through all the length of the Thames She- tucket and Quirebaus valle; From New London on' the south to Mi'bury, Mass.. on the north run the power transmission lines from the Montville station of the Eastern Connecticut Power Co.; five lines in all, one carry- b'lities that be saw in the power com- pany, there were p ilanthropic con- siderations that to a great ex ent en- tereq into his Interest in financing the preposition. It was belie ed that a cheap reliable source of power in this section would attract larze industries and thus directly benefit the eastern Jend of the state and indirectly all of | New England. The Thames river off- ers exceptional opportunities for man- ufacturing concerns. The river is navigable as far as Norwich and is reasonably free of ice during the win- ter months. There is a fine harbor at New London, openinz into Iong Is- land Sound, and con~equently th’s pro- {vides a gooq s’ ippin~ ceater to all |po|ms4 In addition, this séction is served by two railr-ad systems, o”er- ng a sunpplement to water shipments. ‘the | It is in such a natural field for ‘ndus- | tri: develop™ent th-t the Enstern vne~ticnt Power Co. station was lerected with an eve to a future whose !limits can scarcely be 'predicted, As the big Montville station, with its wealth of electrical power, comes to take the p'ace of small central sta- tions or isolated nlants the resul‘ing river location making an easy solution of the coal handling and water con- densing problems. - There is storage | water tank supported on a steel tower. ~apacity for 12,000 tons of coal which [ Not less than 20,000 ga'lons of water {s d'stributeq by gravity system from |arg available for fire service, a bunker to the boilers. and can be The main turbo generator equip- aelivered to the station either by boat Iment consists of two horizontal or by rail Is!eam turbine units of: 10,000 klfétaa 0 “1di watts continuops capacity each at Eovier; Station Building, [Re P, M. irgct. connected. to 125500 The power station building is divid- | K. V. A. generators, generating threa ed into three parts—a boiler room, | phase, (0 cycle power at 11,000 volts. 86x80; a turbine room, 53x91: and ! 75 kilowatt 250 volt exciters are direct an electrical bay, 20x91 feet, the max connected to the end of the generator imum height of the building being i shaft. An auxiliary turbine driven di- feet. Under the boilers and turbines {1ect connscted citer nf 100 kilowatt on the ground floor is located the | capacity at 250 volts is provided. auxilliary apparatus. In the electri- { cal bay on the ground level are lo- cated the 11,000 and 33000 volt raising tfansformers, the house service trans- formers ang oil circuit breakers and a lavatory. Above this on the tur- bine reom level is the 11,00 volt con- crete bus structure. On the same lev- el is the office of the chief engineer, while -above and overlooking the tur- bine room is the eperating gallery and the office of the superintendent of power. Abyove this is.the top gallerytin Transmission Lines. Power for - the service station is provided at 440 volts through three 208 i K. V. A. 11.000 to 440 volt transformers, | For_service in the surroundin< di trict | there are provided two 12,500 K. V., A. {3 phase 11.000 to. 33,900 volt trans- | formers, “Y” connecteq on the high side.and neu‘ral grounded. From the i high side of these transformers cop- | per tube connections are run to the | 33,000 volt bus being connected to the | 2 vhich is located the/ 33000 volt bus | pus through disconnect switches and i colts and the other four | e ;i ‘ation will be great | il - Sl us through disconnect 1 g;r.l,znogs'ggxnu‘gla[«:h.ani\'nnfi. o.eto\f{h. Sant ;:‘Tosrflih iy :rf::cnlr} et pi‘;w’r and switching equipment. Trom the | o) circuit breakers, Four feeder cir- and west out over these lines flows | always available will solve the power |55:000 Volt gallery the fegders pass | cuite run from this bus and in add tion through roof bush'ngs to a steel struc- | 1o these feeders there is one 66000 ture on the roof from which the feed-{ yoit feeder connection to the, New ers are run to steel towers in the | gnziand Power Company's system at yard. | Milbury, Mass. Electrolytic arresters The boiler equipment of the plant | ;.. ysed for protection from lightning. consists of -four water tube honers,i Of the five foeder cireuits which set singly‘in two rows with firing alsle | joave the power station, two of the between, and designed to operate at a 33000 volt feeders run directly west, maximum steam pressure of 276 | one tieing in with a line connecting pounds per square inch gauge. Tach unit has 8,804 square feet of heating | (Continued on Page Eight, Column 4) the energizing current that to bring to fruition the dream of the development of a zreat industrial fu. ture for Eas‘-in Connecticut which may vet bz remembered as one of the greatest contributions made by the Iate Commodore Mer‘on F. Plant to this section of the st2te, large as have besn his knewn benefactions in other lipes. . For, aside from the business possi- ' tWeen | problem for many an industry and be continual invitation for the location and establishment of new business |looking for the mest favorable con- | gitions in territory and power which Eastern Connecticut will suply. The power station is located on west bank of the Thames river Montville, anproximately, midway orwich and New London, the at be- this A SALE OF ‘A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY Our Low Prices Tell You the Reason Why We Call This a Sensational Sale. dormitdry at the Willimanti¢ State Normal. and Trathing 'School. “This jwill be a -three stary drick building and will afford accomodations for 100 students. The cost of the dormitory . will be $270,000. 'The ground.at the | the site of the dormitory. was broken ‘during the month of October and it is' expected that tite building will be ing hall at Storrs and remodelling the old dining hall which is now being ; B building. | @& useq as a Mechanics. Art Several permits for the . erection of : cottages at Storrs were also given out. | ‘Wacde U. Webster, Chief of the ‘Wil- limantic Fire Derartment and build- ing ‘inspector for Willimantic, gave out the above. named permits for building and repairing: J._Deloraine Conant who was appointed fedéral in | spector during the year of 1918 having withdrawa from office” after the gov- ernment had given ., up, its: supervision of building activities in ‘Windham County. The. total amount invelved in re- pairs and new. construction’ during the year of 1919 will aggregate about $350,000 which is, over three times the amount “spent in construction. during 1918 and over twice the amount spent during 1917. = Real Estate Transfers. Real estate transfers in Williman tie during the year of 1519 amounted to nearly $1.000,000, over four hun- FOLLOWING PRICES IN ALL THREE STORES NORWICH WILLIMANTIC Ladies’ and Men’s e i Ladies’ Serge Dresses S1.24 $3.97 How Much Is One Yard of Serge Today. -Just think a Ladies’ Heavy Coats Kaitted Slocping $7.97 Germents Just Three Coats In Each Store. $1.10 Ladies’ Short Beaver Coats * $2.00 Elastic Belt Bungalow Aprons $ 1 4'97 1.24 Up-to-Date Styles. Worth $25.00 : Ladies’ Fur Collar Coats Men’s = S<lf-Oven- ing Umbrellas $ 1 6-97 $2 98 We Don't Need the Money, But We Never o ; Carry Goods Over. S Ladies’ Silk Taffeta sey Bloomers DANIELSON Sateen Camisoles,| Unbreakable flesh color, silk ribhon straps 47c Ladies’ Embroider- ed Brassieres 39c $2.00 Ladi=s’ Em- broidered Petti- coats $1.39 Dr. Denton’s " Sleeping Suits 97c Ladies’ Durham Hose, black. All sizes 19¢ First Quality. $2.00 Rubber Top Corsets $1.19 $2.00 Ladies’ ‘Union Suits 3119 All sizes. $2.00 Children’s Heavy Union Suits $1.09 All sizes. EZ Waists 47c Ribbed Men’s Black Socks dred thousand dollars of which was transferred durng the. last . three . months of the year. There were five | transfers of real estate on Main street | involving a sum of over a quarter ot | a million dollars. _ i Real estate transfers filed at the of- fice of town clerk of Windham to- tal 350, 2 marked increase over the number of transfers made during the year of 1918, There were many fmpertant trans- fers of property iccated in the. heart of the city, a few of which were as follows: Ja<ob Heller vurchased the | Tryon: Block on.Main street, and the 3 on Hill stireet, .the' total purchasing price amounting to about $40,000: Tsadore Mazzola pur- chased the Gelinas Block on . Main street for a sum.in the ‘neighborhood of $23,000; Alphonse Gelinas bought the McA*- Tresidence on Maple ave- nue the purchasing price being in the neighborhood' of $13000; "Hyman Isre- al purchased the Cunningham Proper- tv for a sum of about $12,000: the Willimantic Chamber of ‘Commerce bought the Hayden Block on - Main strect, the sum involved being' some $30,000; the Alling Rubber Company of Norwich purchased the Holmes Block on Main street, the purchasing price being about $40.000; Jacob Ce- (Continued on Pags Eight) ; j Raynes Property Infants’ Cashmere Hose 43c First Quality Children’s Heavy Underwear $5 97 and $A 97 Teddv R-=r Suits $3.47 Children’s Bunga- 43(: and 53¢ : $9.97 low Aprons All sizes. Up-to-Date Styles. Tunic and Other Effects. 39C Children’s Coafs From $2.00 to $5.00 0fl" On Each Coat. : SAVE WHERE AND WHEN YOU CAN. THE PASNIK CO. Sell For Less Dresses 47¢ $7.97 Give Any Store Your Business Who Can Beat It. $15.00 Ladies’ Serge Dresses . Ladies’ $2.00 Sateen, colored and black Petti- coats $1.24 Blankets 36¢c THREE GOOD STORES IN THREE GOOD VTOWNS—NORWICH—WILUMAN'I'IC—DANIELSON. Need the Money—But We Don’t Cnrry_ Any'Gfio;ds From One Season to Anoiher. :