Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-28

hand on the south side OF the burning barn
were saved Neither the building nor contents
were insured.
BUILDING OPERATIoNs.-Mr A. H. Ham
mond is making an extensive addition to his
brick building on May street, the two lower
stories of which are occupied by A. H. Ham
mond & Co., manufacturers of melodeon reeds,
and the two upper stories by the Worcester silk
company. The new addition is so by AZ feet
and four stories high, including the basement,
thus very largely increasing the business facili-
ties of both these establishments The whole
structure comprises frontage of some eighty
five feet on May street, and when fully occupied,
as it will be soon as completed, will be quite an
addition to the business enterprise of that sec
ton of the city. The manufacture of silk is a
new thing for this section Of the state, having
been introduced here about a year and half
ago by Mr.. Geo. r. Kennedy, for many years
connected with the silk factory at Northampton,
from the practical department of which he is a
skilled graduate. Associated with him are
Messrs. W. A. S. and R. L. Smythe. The COM
pany now make about 200 pounds of spool
per udy tTUul lllC raw
by them from China.
Messrs. A. G. Goes & Co. are about to make
an extensive addition to their works on Main
street, at New Worcester, for the manufacture
of wrenches, to furnish room for their increas'
ing business. They have removed the old dwell
ling house next north of their present shop, and
will soon begin putting in the foundation for the
10 IN ha Of
double their present accommodations.
Mr.. L. n Gates is building six tenement
brick block in Boston style, $50 feet long by As
vide, and three stories high, with French roof,
on Valley street in front of the Dread. Near by,
on Dread place, Messrs. G. c. and A. E. Bige-
low are erecting four tenement block, IN SINH
lar style, 100 feet long.
Hon Isaac Davis has begun the erection of an
elegant mansion on Elm street, corner of Oak
street. 1t is to be of faced brick, with brown
free stone trimmings, and built in the Corinthian
or classical style In size, elegance of style and
costiness, it will surpass any private residence
in Worcester county. The main building is to
be 40 by So feet, with an ell "a by "a, and three
stories high, with hip roof, surmounted by an
observatory. The main front is to be on Elm
street, with a verandah and Conservatives on
Oak street. The structure is to be supported by
twenty-inch walls, and to be built in the most
thorough manner. The two front parlors, lib
rary room and dining room are to be each about
II by 20 feet Mr.. James :. Woodwork, one of
the oldest and most experienced builders in the
city, is the architect of the building, and super
intends its construction.
Mr.. Woodwork is also erecting an elegant
residence for Anthony Chase, Esq, on High
street, similar in style to Col Dayis's, though
axyna iya nba hn1tr nf fhn
house is AZ by 49, with an ell "a by "A. This is
on land formerly belonging to the Otis COrbett
estate running back to and adjoining the rear
of Mr.. Chase's Main street estate. Mr.. Chase
will lease his old residence, which he has recent
ly fitted up with the addition Of basement
story, for a boarding house.
The corner of Walnut and Maple streets is
probably the immediate centre of more building
activity just at present. than any other section
of the city. Besides the new high school house
and the Methodist church, now in rapid prog
ress toward completion, and the addition being
made to the westerly end of the Lincoln house,
between Elm and Maple streets, two new brick
dwellings, in Boston block style, are being erect
ed on Walnut street by 5. w. Steele and j. Nj.
G.. Armsby, on different portions of the Martin
Lathe estate, opposite the high school building.
The gap between Mr.. Steele's and MIR. A. ii.
Wilder's residence is to be Immediately filled by
the location upon it of the old high school
building, excavations for which are already
being made. As a consequence of the multi
farious operations connected with the high
school building, Maple street is now in well
nigh blockaded condition, but the patriotic resi-
dents on that street overlook all present incon-
veniences in the contemplation of the great pub
lie benefits in the prospective, as the result of
these improvements, and Others which may be
made. We may then expect this street. upon
which the city has an interest of some S20O,OGO,
to be graded and widened and cut through to
Elm street. and proper sidewalks constructed.