Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-12-10

Notes About improvements In New
Haven.
A new industry has been added in this
city at the foundry and machine shop on
Whitney avenue and Audubon street
known as the McLagon shop, of which Fire
Commissioner Farnsworth is one of the
leading men. This is the manufacture of
brick-making machines, branch of in
dustry the concern grated on to their
other work not many months ago, and
which has rapidly prospered. They are
now sending brick machines to all parts of
the United States on orders from custom
ers. One sent not long ago was to the
order of Mr.. Pierpont, q brick manufac-
turer near Richmond, Va, who formerly
for years held responsible position with
Butricks, then on Whitney avenue, and
afterwards in the friedrich manufacturing
business at Berlin, Conn. He removed
to Virginia for the benefit of his family's
health, and reports received from him by
friends in North Haven, his boyhood home,
are that he is meeting with much success.
AT Ex-Governor Bigelow's big boiler fac
tory at Grapevine point they are filling
orders for western city for machine for
the burning of the garbage collected about
the city at municipal expense. This
method of disposing of the garbage appears
to be giving much satisfaction. The cop
per coils for the machine are made by an
other New Haven concern, A. H. Bucking-
ham & Son.
The large new mandatory which B. H.
Douglass & Sons, the New Haven confec-
tionery manufacturers, are completing,
will be done and ready for the firms occu-
pancy May 1, when they will move into it.
The change marks another epoch in the
business development of this old estab-
lished house. They own the E. S. Wheeler
building on Crown street, from which Mr..
Wheeler removes February to his new
building which Smith, Sperry & Treat are
erecting at the foot of Commerce street,
between the Derby railroad tracks. Doug
lass & Sons will occupy the Wheeler build
ing for Office and counting room purposes
and for the storage of manufactured goods.
In the rear of the building is another brick
building which was two stories high, but
now four stories, the firm having added
two stories more. In this building the
firm will have four floors S5150 feet each
and an elevator. Also new boiler and
engine house has been built and is lust
completed, 50x60 feet. In this will be
large engine and boiler of seventy horse
power. A large, tall chimney has also
been erected, which is eighty-fve feet in
height and tall enough to be q landmark
from the harbor. The firm has right of
way to State street, through which they
will deliver and receive goods under cover
Electricity for both Lighting and power
will be generated on the premises by dy-
namos, which are now contracted for. It
will be the first business concern in the
city or state whose premises will be sup
piled with both electric lighting and pow
er made on the premises. The Edison sys-
tenn will be used. The present engine and
boiler used by the concern at the Doug
lasses present stand will probably be pur-
chased by the owners of the Sheffield
block, for heating the entire block and fur
nishing steam power also for the various
firms and other occupants of the block,
desideration which will be hailed with
pleasure by the various firms, and no doubt
add to desirability of this prominent State
street business block.