Morning journal and courier., 1889-03-22
ACTIVITY IN BUILDING.

About one mtll1On D0Il2fD 1n tuo
 Last Twelve Months-A Remarkable
 Winter for Building ActivitY-One of
 the Most Noted on Record in she
 City of Films.
 One of the heaviest dealers in lumber said yesterday that he never before in his many years' experience in the business in New Ha-
 ven knew of so large sale of lumber for
 building purposes as had taken place during
 the past winter; exceeding in amount what is
 usually sold in three or four winters com-
 bined. He attributed this big sale of build-
 ing material largely to the fact that the past winter WAS such an open winter, permitting
 building operations to go on almost as well as if it had been spring or fall weather, but another reason accounting in part for it, was
 the continued healthy growth of New Haven "a growth that had been very marked in the
 past year and bids fair to continue the pres ent year. On every side New Haven is en-
 larging and growing bigger. Houses are constantly encroaching on the hitherto vacant territory in the immediate outskirts and
 vacant land in the interior of the city is constantly being taking up for building purposes. That this large increase in building in New Haven of late, is
 healthy and not speculative, and due to 8
 constant increase of population, is seen from
 the fact mentioned by one of our most noted
 real estate agents yesterday, who said that
 notwithstanding the large number of new
 houses built in New Haven in the last year or two there is good demand for the new houses from new tenants, while there is to be less moving this year than usual judging from the present indications. The new houses do not stand idle, and there is no in- crease in the number of rents usually to be found on the books.
 Assessor Henry E. Marsh said yesterday that the assessors were busy preparing the grand list, and that while it was too soon to state the exact increase in New Haven'e grand list this year he could approximately state that the increase would be about one million of dollars.
 MT. John Gay, of New York, has just bought the corner house opposite Webster school, corner of George and York streets next below William A. Beers block. and will build a stylish French fiat upon the land similar to that which his brother, William Gay. has erected on York street few doors above. and has nearly completed. The house on the corner is an old wood building with a brick addition and formerly belonged to the William Parmelee estate. The prop erty was bought by Mir. Gay of MT. Hillman, the ice cream dealer, who paid $4 300 for the property some time ago.
 Jeremiah Woleott, the painter, has bought of the Gilbert estate 8 lot 100 feet front and 200 deep on Grown street, near York, next the grocery store on the corner, and has had plans prepared by R. G. Russell for $4 ,50( residence which he will erect upon it. The house will be of brick, two stories high and handsomely finished in hard woods, browr \ stone and Ohio stone trimmings, and provid. \ ed with steam and hot water apparatus. He | will probably occupy it. Also the lot on II ~ .--z 1I,o4h Mr ! Gay, mentioned above, has been sold through H. P. Hoadley from the Burnett estate to Mr. Plant, the millionaire, interested sc largely in Florida railroads, and it is ru- mored that MT. Plant intends soon to erect 8 I handsome brick block upon the purchase. Also s. J. Hoggson, of the firm of Hogg son 6 Pettis, manufacturers, residing on ! York street, near Webster school and who | owns the two wooden dwellings on George ' street. next to the school is raising one of the \ houses one story higher and giving it an im- \ proved underpinning.
 Mrs. Gildea has bought of Massena Clark \ a lot 50x150 deep on Hallock avenue, neal ' corner of First street, and will build house ' on the lot adjoining.
 Policeman Hackett has bought of Massena \ Clark two lots on West street, near Column bus avenue. The combined lots are seven ty-one feet front.
 J. F. Callahan has bought lot on Elliott
  Ex-Carporation Counsel c. T. Driscoll has nearly finished the improvement of his house, the old Totten house, on Water street, corner of Meadow, and it will have store 21x46 feet.
 L. V. Treat & Sons, masons, and H. D. Franklin, carpenter, have the contracts for Stephen Sinners new carriage factory on Greene street.
 I Henry Austin 6 Son have made plans for @ two-tenement frame house on Garden street for Edward Malley. It will contain two fve-room flats and cost &, 900. Peter Carey is to build two-tenement Henry Austin & Son. It will be g by 40 feet and cost about $2 ,000.
 The contracts for G. J. Faulhaber's house on Congress avenue have let to G. & D. Bonn masons; Knoll 6 Dunn, carpenters; NJ. J. Golden plumber.
 R. G. Russell is making plans for two-
 story brick addition to c. B. Dyer's house on Dwight street.
 D. W. & D. A. Blakeslee have had plans made by R. G. Russell for 8 5000 frame cottage to be built on the West Haven shore. It will be about thirty nine feet square, with verandas on three sides and balcony on the front.
 The houses are being removed from the lot corner of Liberty and Portsea streets,
 preparatory to the erection of the new parish house for the Sacred Heart church. fell1 O'brlen, Ine naSODJ DEOtner oL Gap
 tain Lawrence O'Brien, has nearly completed another neat two-story S, ,O00 brick house on
 Mechanic street, the third he has built on that street in the last few years. Joseph Gilch, who bought 63 feet front on State street near junction with East ten days ago, has new frame barn nearly completed on the purchase.
 Nicholas Countryman has taken ont per-
 init to build three frame dwellings on How
 ard avenue, the three to cost $15, ,000, and to
 build one on Portsea street corner of Howard
 avenue.
 W. A. & H. A. Law will build @ one- story brick addition to their place on Woes ter street.
 G. I. Faulhaber will erect $4, 900 brick dwelling at No. 35 Frank street and Charles Mcclure &, ,O00 house on the same street.
 Yale, Bryan & Co.'S new addition will cost
 about $7, 1000.
 William Lovedsy will erect on Shelton avenue near Munson street $3 ,000 frame dwelling and barn.
 August Resinger will build on Cedar street
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