Morning journal and courier., 1885-12-11
BUILDING OPERATIONS.

Another Large Addition to the Win-
 chester ArmOry-The Gas COmPa.
 ny,s New BuiIding-Much New
 Machinery Altering a Mission
 Church Into a DwelIing-New Res.
 fdences.
 The plot of land purchased by John Adt & Son on State street, opposite the Forsyth dye works, on which they will erect a factory, is 100 feet front on State street and has a depth of 250 feet on Mill River street. The firm expect to have the new shop ready to occupy next spring.
 Mr. w. J. Atwater of Atwater block, Grand street, proposes before long to erect g pipe shop of brick on Mechanic street, op- posite the Forsyth dye works. It will take the place of the present irregular shaped wooden structure on Nash street used by the pipe company, which is to be torn down.
 The Gas company's new building, which is being erected in addition to their present manufactory building bordering on Mill river, is quite large structure of brick and is about half completed. A large quantity of valuable machinery and apparatus for the manufacture of gas by new process IS all ready in place, having been put into position when the foundations were laid and before the building of the walls was begun, this being the only way to locate the same in the building
 The new building erected by Governor English on Church street, near the English building in which the Harmon corset shop is located, is about completed externally and the finishing work in the interior is being done.
 Mrs. Demarest, widow of the late c. B. Demarest, is erecting large tenement house on Wallace street near Collis, near the Sar- gent manutactory. It is about half com pleted, and will contain six tenements.
 The residence for the superintendent on the hospital grounds is about half completed. It fronts toward Cedar street and adjoins the hospital buildings on the west. It will have about 8 dozen of rooms. The carpenter work on the building above mentioned is being done by MT. David 1T. Clark.
 MT. Richardson, the drug and medicine dealer, has erected a handsome and roomy $10, ,000 brick house of stylish design on the entrance to York Square, short distance from Broadway. It is we'll built and equipped residence, and is nearly finished.
 MT. Edward A. Todd has erected brick house, of good size and tasteful appearance, with all the modern improvements, on Whal- ley avenue, short distance from its junction with Goffe street. Its cost is about $7,500.
 MT. Reed, contractor at Winchester's, has broken ground on Whalley avenue for the erection of $7, 500 brick residence.
 At Winchester armory work has been be- gun for the erection of another large add1- ton to that immense manufactory. The new building will be about one hundred and eighty feet in length and four stories high.
 The Cedar Hill mission building on Mid dletown avenue, which the mission occupied for several years past and gave up on taking possession of the roomy new church built for it by Hiram Camp, Esq, president of the New Haven Clock company, at his ex- pense, has been deeded by the mission, with the land upon which it stands to Mir. Camp and is being altered over into 8 dwelling
 MT. E. w. Baldwin, of the COURIER office, is erecting new frame house on George street, near the corner of Orchard. The house is completed externally and the inte- rior is being furnished with all the modern improvements. The new house will be quite handsome addition to this section, as will be also another new house next adjoining on the east to be erected by Dr. Rice, the den- tist, the foundation of which is laid Both places will be finished by spring. MT. Ar thul Treat is the mason builder of both, and Clarke & Co.,, of Water street, do the carpenter work on the former and Spring field carpenter builder the work on the latter