Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-11-03

CITY OF GARDINER
The Years Building Operations
ln That Busy Place.
4 Lewiston Man Dies From The Effects
Of Injuries ReeeiTtd Friday.
Bangor Physician Goes Insans--Ia-
dictmenfs Found at Belfast.

Especial to the EESSEBro JouRsAL.1
GARDNER, Nov. 2 The JOURNAL is en-
abled this morning 70 present to its readers
carefully compiled and authentic record
Of the amount Of building and repairing
which has been carried on this season in
the city of Gardiner. 1t is q most credit
able showing. The greater part Of The
building il confined 10 certain localitiss
Souh Gsrdi1sr has made a most substan-
tiai growth. and in the city proper the lar
gest part of building and repairing has b. en-
carried on in Ward 4. which includes the
New Mills district. Genital Street aud Elm
Street have been urnsusly lively as re-
CARDS improvems nts in the buil4irg lire
The character of these improvements is
most excellent. The thiry-sx dwelling
houses erected are large ami roomy ard the
mprovem' n's Of q public nature are solid
and substantial. The work has been done
mcsty by our own contractors and builders
proninsnt among whom are Moore, Brown
& Co J w Lssh, VIM. Fl Houston and
James HodQkins. The following is q brief
outline OF the building, repsirs and i'm
rrorements commerc i or completed this
season;
COOPERATION aud Busir ess Improve
ments.
The immense sulphite pulp mill of the
Richards Paper Company in Ward 6 is the
principle plart erected tLi. season Work
on the foundation was commenced in the
fall Of 1889, hut the superstructures have
al Eaa tnJ Tka =.
one Of uie finest In the Stite and has been
ere ted at an estimated cost of SsC0 600
It has already been described in the col
Bmns Of the JOURNAL. 1t is rapidly near
ing com Dls ton and will be ready for opera
ton in about two weeks. The plant COM
prises a saw mill, engine room, boiler room,
sulphur room. digester mill. machine room,
stock room. shippin g room and Office.
Ar the Copsecook mill of the 8. ID. War
rem Paper Company complete remodel
ing of the entire plant is now in progress.
II will be virtually a new mill when the re-
pairs are completed. The buildings sre
now din stoned ss follows: Rag room,
35x52, two s,or es high. dust tower Of brick,
lJxl5; engine room, l35152. three stories
high: mschine rooms. 62xlI5. with base
ment; siorehouse, 0xl00. three stories
flEU DtltE uDdtt, Dl.DAfS. Fhk STORE
house. renewed, TIE estimated cost Of
the repsirs is Sl25 COO. The plans wcre
made by A. II. Twombly, the architect OF
the company and the work has been car
red on By the company itself, some 80
men teing employed sinre June 24th. The
capaci of the mill will be a little better
than doubled. Five new Victor water
wheels have been placed 10 furnish power
ri
per per day when completed. 1t will prob
ably be in operation again January lst.
The Augusta, Hsllowe!l & Gardiner
E'ee,ic Il. X. Company has erected its
power station in the rear of the Oakland
Mig. Co.'S plant the present season. The
frame Of the building is of wood, covered
witi cot ugated iron. Its estimsted CT
is 10000, including dynamo, new
gires ard btilers aud the other appsrs ~
Of the rosd within the city lmirs. III G
building of he road has been of much ban
eft to the c ty.
The HOllingsw 1rth Whitney paper
company has erected an immense she'd III
ij feet 80 feet posted. for the storage of
raw dust used as fuel by this company Its
G ; was about S20c0 II has carried out
repsirs, put In new machinery and built
iNo new nflug'S. tue eitl't amount count
ing about $500, The company is now
erecting stable l0I 81 feet in dmen-
sion.. three stories in height. to be thor
opghly ventilated and heated by steam. 1t
will cost 5000.
The Name Central X. K has built new
freight station 1876 20 feet in dims nsions
st Gardner proper. ard at South Gardiner
Ward g. has erected new engine house
& 1.
has teen laid in the yards here and at
South Gardiner, and a new watering tank
and crane for hosting large machinery
have slso been erect. d. 1t is estimated
that the entire cost will reach SIS COO.
TIE Crest Falls Ice Company in Ward 6
are repairing Their houses. placing new
10 horse power boiler and 80 horse power
engine, with two Ilxl6 cylinders, and put
tirg in lsrse amount of new machinery.
They have also built large wharf. The
entire cost of repsirs is about 81 600.
Joshua Gray Sons have repaired their
saw mill AZ a cost Of s5 900. The changes
Include the introduction of steam feed. a
new gang tdger and changes in the location
of the lsfh, shirgle and clapboard machines.
The mil is now ore of the best arranged in
the State
The Haley Ice Company has built two
new rooms on their houses, at a cost Of
about S5 coo.
p II. Wi1slow is row erecting brick
block on Water street, the only new busi
ness block to he erected this year. 1t is 80
feel front, 80 feet deep, three stories in
height, sni will be one of the fnest in the
civ It will cost a. 900.
Lawrence Bros. have built three sheds,
3sx6i feet. 2sx60 feet, snd 20xi2 feet in
| dimensions The coat was $1,000 for the
! three structures. They have also msdc
| improvements on the raehines and build
, inys t1 the arount of $500
| Van X. Beedle & Co. have built a new
wharf in the rear of their bed slat factory
in Wsrd The expense was $1,000.
| A. II. Potter has erected a coal shed on
| Atkins wharf. 36x62 feet in dimensions,
Z at cot Of s5i5
| Harvey Scfi5ner is row erecting luu-
| her shed in the rear Of his machine shop.
| 1t is about 2016o feet in dimensions and
will cost shous $500
Harry Ri hsrds has erected new boat
house at a cost of ) 90.
| .Iudson Hall has erected a small store
! south of G. A. X. Hall in South Gardiner,
/ at a cost Of about $50,
r.. HatSh Das Yepsfrtu tile interiors n1 tne
Bosnian and Store blocks on Water street,
! at an expense of about 5000.
! City Improvements
| The old city hal! on Church street has
teen thoroughly retit;ed and RI modelled.
i, row contains police station with sew
en- cells, room for the confinement OF
women, police court room and private room
l for the municipal judge and city marshsl (;
rooms for the city lquer agency; alder
mems room and common council room
ard a large room for caucuses and ward
room. The expense of this renovation wss
ahnu. 81 POO. The main room st the high
seheol building bas been fitted with new
desks, new blacktos have been placed
in some of the rooms, and other improve
n,an's made 10 The smaunt Of about $500.
The city has grsded The lot sbou. the Cen
,rsl street school building at an expense of
about $3.50 1t has expended $500 in i'm
proving the grade of Lssrsnee hill in
ward s. and has paved portion of Depot
SQUARE at an OUTLAY of about 5000. These
spec al imbrovmenfs bsve been made In ~
litior 20 the regular work upon the high
ways carried on every year.
Church Impsovemerts-
The repairs or tie Congregational church
..A .~~x o,r,rarced t~ss xesy wars