Morning journal and courier., 1884-05-13
City Improvements.
Activity in BuiIdinx operatfo

AG1ANAIy Ah u1AO1AK OpefAB1OD6s
 The spring, gentle spring, approaches gradually hesitatingly. The unwary citi- zen dofs his overcoat at noon and sallies forth full of hope and buoyancy and returns home in the evening with a bottle of cough syrup remedy. The trees hesitate to put
 forth their buds and blossoms for fear Of
 winterward north winds and no one but the
 organ grinder feels assured that it is spring.
 The centennial committee are busy arranging
 for New Haven's centennial anniversary,
 knowing that the 4th of July is as certain to
 come around as the tax bill ana that prepara-
 tiOns must be made accordingly. These are,
 on the whole, busy times for the nasons and
 carpenters. Mir. George D. Cover, of Cover
 & Mansfield, has his new brick block on
 Orange street between Clark and Humphrey
 just above his residence, well started, the
 basement and first story having been nearly completed by the masons. The prospect of
 other new residences being erected in the i'm
 mediate vicinity this year is quite favorable
 Gov. English has his new building on Grown l street between Music Hall and Church street ] nearly completed as far as the external work | is concerned. He has not yet begun work l on the blocks of residences he has in contem- 1 plation to erect on Wooster street near War
 ren, and they may not be erected until
 another year. The wing of the county court house is well advanced \ toward completion. It will not be | fully completed till well along in the summer there being good deal of joiner work to be | done in the interior. The new building on Chapel street above Burgess Burgess is l up and being rooted. Considerable inside l work remains to be accomplished. There IS, I as we have hitherto stated, only dim chance l that Yale will erect new dormitory this l year. It will probably be erected some other Il year as $50, GOO more are wanted, and the l New York Sun, which shines for all thinks l Yale wants considerable more money In order
 that she may pay her ablest professors
 higher salaries than $3'5Oo year,IIne tIa present price. The new addition to the Elm l City Dye Works is about completed, and MT. \ Stewart of East Rock fame has some of his | long row of tenement houses
 near Neck bridge apparently no \ nearer for renting than they were | a year ago, but when done and tenanted there l will no doubt be 8 material addition to the school population of that section Professor I Mixter has the foundations laid for his new I residence on Edwards street, next to Pro- lessor Summers, and good, solid foundations | they are. Many small houses are to be seen I in process of erection in all parts of the city, ! houses costing from $1, 900 to $1, 300 to put l up. The good example of James Hillhouse l in tree planting is not forgotten and in many parts of the city citizens are planting shade I trees, mostly elms and naples. The Higby house, on West Chapel street, has been completely overhauled and given French roof and presents 8 very attractive appearance.
 Considerable work has been done by the carpenters at the shop on Day street in prep aration for the business of wRtchmaking, which has alre ady been commenced in the building A number of hands are now at work and more will be added right along. The Messrs. Hugo, the grocers, now located on State street, corner of Clark, occupying two stores for grocery and meat market respectively, have the foundations laid for a new building on Edwards street, corner of
 Nash street, which they will occupy for their
 business.