Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-12-05

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The erection Of. he svo new buiidinss o.
ths Kennebee Light and Heat Company
which are sitsAsed innediaaely above the a
honse 90 upper Water street. resulted frou
the action Of the city government whereby i
The dynamo building 10 s0x55 feet and con
tains the dynamo which has capacity Of SOC
lights and furnishes electricity for all thu
Thomson Houston incandescens lights nou
used in this city. The boiler house 10 annex
ed and 10 SlxlA feet in dimensions. The
power 10 furnished from boiler fed BY the
factory and which 10 conveyed directly into
the furnace BY means Of . blower. The
building cost about $4,000.
On the corner Of Water and Central streets
1t the New Mills. the city has erected hand
come and we'll appointed two story school
building. plane for which were made by Mr..
Z. E. Lewis. the architect. Ii contains swo
school rooms having seating capacity Of l20
scholars with commodious Anterooms for
both sexes. The building cost $500 aud is
building special care uas taken in the matters
Of ventilation and sewerage 70 secure the
beet results Of applied science in this direct
ion.
The city has also erected hesrse house At
Oak Grove Cemetery at cost Of $500.
P. II. ellison has erected . large three
story wooden carriage shop, 1890 feet, on
Maine avenue. and A. II. Potter, the coal
merchant, and Bradstreet Bros., lumbermen
of South Gardiner, have erected email two
story wooden structure for Offices.
In addition to the above, private residences
have been erected - follows:
Cottage house, Cornelius Daily, Spring
street. $500; two story house. Harvey
Scribner. Water street, el20O; new stable,
DIR. c. s. Jsckson, Autumn street, $500 !;
cottage house. WIN. Bradstreet. Autumn
street, 500; dosble tenement house, Capt.
James Walker. Highland avenue. $1,000 !;
two story house, John l.. Stephen
cen, Highland avenue. S25O0; two-
story house for james McCausland,
Highland avenue, 1890; cottage house.
Tevi Turner, Highland avenue, $1,000; cot
tage house. Samuel Jewett. Highland ave-
nue.. $1,000; two story house. Otis Blaisdell.
Highland avenue, $1,000; two story and .
half houses, Seth Galloway. Clinton street,
$500 each; cottage house, n. LeClair, Plais-
ted street, $500; two story house, Pray
Bros. Harrison avenue, $500; double tene-
ment house. James Robinson, Water street.
ei000; two story house, John Cunningham
Spring street, el40O; two-story house. Mrs.
Levi Lancaster. Brunswick street, $500;
stable, Capt. Walker, Pleasant street. $500;
stable. Methodist parsonage, Highland ave-
nue., $500; stable, John Watson, Liberty
street. $500.
In the line Of repairs the most extensive
are those which have made almost q new
edifice Of the Congregational church on
Brunswick street. These changes and ad-
ditions have been made under the pastorship
of Rev. X. W. jenkins, and include the
raising Of the church and the placing Of .
vestry beneath. an addition on the rear, .
new spire and new interior decorations
The repairs including the grad
ing of the lot will reach = figure very near
5000. Berry and his painters are now en-
gagged in the interior decorations and it 10
probable that the church will be ready for
dedication at some time in January.
W. c. Jack. the proprietor of the w0olen
mill on Water street. has made extensive
improvements on the mill building, included
In which are new floors, q new elevator and
= I'd q new office and the addition of much
new machinery. 1t 10 estimated that his re-
pairs on the building alone will amount to
about $1,000.
Rogers block, on the corner OF Water and
Main streets, was extensively repaired in the
spring and early summer, about "a 600 be-
ing expended in Improvements. The old
building was entirely remodelled after plane
made by Z. E. Lewis and an addition to
accommodate the Maine Trust Company and
other Offices erected on the exet side, front
ing Maine street. The block now contains
handsome Offices for A. M. Spear. o. B.
Clxson, Wm. Perkins and G. ID. Libby on
the second fat, while the upper floor 10 Oc-
cupied entirely by the publication office Of
the Home Journal.
Other business blOcks repaired are the
Coliseum recently purchased BY the Atkinson
House Furnishing Co., the interior front of
which has been remodelled and frescoed at an
expense Of 5000, and the repairs on the store
owned by Mr.. z Hatch and occupied by Mr..
o. Tyler. which have been made At cost of
5000. The Gardiner Refrigerator building
has also been extensively repaired.
In addition to this repairs have been made
on private residences as follows: General re-
pairs including an addition to the house of
James Kelley, Mt. Vernon street, $500;
general repairs on residence Of DIR. Giddings,
Brunswick street bath house, Harvey Scrib-
ner. Brunswick street. $500; general repairs
and addition to house of Martin Chamberlain.
Central street, 5000: general repairs, house
of Capt. James Walker on the corner of
Pleasant and Church streets. $500; repairs,
house of Barstow L Nickerson, North street,
$3.50; shed added to boarding house, G. W.
Day, High street, SIPS; large shed added to
house, Chas. Track, North street, $500 !;
public bath room, Youug's Hotel, $500.
The aggregate value of the new buildings
erected and repairing done will reach about
$50, 900 in round numbers. Most of the
work has been performed BY GARDENERS con
tractors and builders, Moore, Brown & Co.,
8. N. Maxcy Mfg Co., VIM. II. Houston.
J. w. Lash, Benz. Smith and Jas. Hodg-
kins, but some has been done by outside
contract.
As regards the prospect for the coming
season it may be pronounced ~ encouraging
on the whole. There 10 good prospect that
the water power At the new mills will be
more extensively utilized by the erection Of
large factories, and there 10 also talk of sew
eral new business blocks on the street.