Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-08-29
CEDAR HILLS BUILDING BOOM.

The Most Notable Ever Known I'm
That section of New Haven-RE0ny
New HOuses-OIher improvement
The New Depot-The New Neck
Bridge
Cedar Hill is now seeing a great building
boom, the greatest in its history, and the
community Of houses that is fest forming
promises to keep on growing until one of the
most live and prosperous colonies near the
city Is made of it. The boom is chiefly
about the vicinity of Cedar Hill avenue,
State and Ferry streets Six new houses
have been recently built on Cedar Hill ave-
nue. by Mr. William 81. Fl. Hewitt. All of
these are already sold and more are to be
erected soon.
One of this row of six houses, all on the
west side of Cedar Hill avenue, five are for
two families and one for one family. No.
has been purchased by Mrs. Julia II. Churchill
of New Britain, and is rented by her. No. 6
moulder at Sargent's, which he occupies
No. 8 has been purchased by Mrs. Julia NJ.
Churchill of New Britain for rental. No. 10,
purchased by Abraham McGinty, a freight
clerk at Belle dock, for dwelling house.
No. 10, purchased by Henry Grabb, 8
macllnlSIy IOf d dwelling nouSe. nv. IL, eno
one family, has been purchased and is occu-
pied by Michael j. Roach, blacksmith. All
these have been completed but a short time
On the same side, corner Grace street, Law
yer Julius Twiss has built two two family
houses and one one family house, about the
same size as William Hewitt's. On the other
side of the same corner, not
far from Mr.. Twiss' houses, on the
corner of May street, the Concordia
society have built one two-fannily house and
rented it; also one on May street, near the
avenue, which is nearly completed and sold.
On State street, just above the corner OF
Grace, Jacob Schwenk, a confectioner, has
built fine two.family house which ne mas
rented. Opposite to this, corner of Ferry
street, is what is known as the Ralph ID.
Park land, where Mr. Park, now publisher
of Hartford, but formerly a principal of
Wooster school this city, resided. This house
was destroyed by fire and the land has been
purchased by William H. Hewitt. He has
sold the north lot to Mrs. Charlotte Moore of
State street. She will build there this year.
The corner lot on Ferry street has been sold
to John H. Clark, the Meadow street grocer,
who will erect store and tenement building
on it this year. On the remaining lots Mr..
Hewitt will build five houses before the end
of the year, three of which will be two-fam1ly
houses and two will be one-family houses.
He has one house already up, the floors laid
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ground broken for third. All will be done
by Nov. 1. Two are already sold.
The railroad company are also making
some improvements near this place. They
have eighty men at work filling in the TRAM
gular piece of ground near Tin Bridge june
ton and level tract fifteen feet wide will be
left on the south side of the Air Line and
on the north side of the Shore Line track to
James street tunnel where persons waiting
for trains may promenade. The sand used
in filing is procured from the high embank
ment between the Blatchley avenue and
Ferry street bridges. The improvements are
in charge of John Garvey.
Another improvement proposed is the re-
moval of the hand car shed from just west OF
the James street tunnel to the east side of the
tunnel.
A new double arm semaphor signal for the
government of incoming Air Line and Shore
Line trains has besn erected at the Tin
bridge junction.
The masonry and iron work of the Blatch-
ley avenue bridge over the Hartford and Air
Line tracks has been completed and the ap-
proaches fixed so that the structure is ap-
proachable fo= teams.
Work on the new Neck bridge is being
pushed forward and the State street horse
railroad company are building large shed to
store their cars which cannot now cross the
bridge. A narrow causway is built for foot
passengers. The heavy brick teams from
North Haven are forced to make long de-
tours, as they also can't cross. The new
bridge won't be done for three or four
months.