The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1890-05-30

wilmot. 1t Is to be 3Sx42 feet, two and
a half stories high and will contain all
modern improvements. The contract
price is $500. One popularity about
the house Is that the plans, which were
drawn by Henry A. Lambert, call for a
frame mortised ,.tenoned and put togeth-
err after the fashion prevalent years ago
and the house, instead of going up piece
by piece, as Is commonly done to-day,
will be raised In the style of ancient days.
The house will be finished with hard
wood interior and cut shingles on the
outside.
LoNGsTAFF & HURp have commenced
the foundation for the new brick build
ing on Cannon street, next the former
Y. M. c. A. rooms.
i w. Il. JEssUp of 80 Adams street, East
End, has all but finished the unique Sum-
mer home of George ID. Chapman at
Fairfield and is now re-modeling his
home. One story additions on either
side have been carried up to the height
of the main house, which has been rails
ed several feet and greatly altered, a bay
window being placed on front and side.
The entrance hall is in quartered oak, Mr.
Jessup's Office being at the right. On
the parlor, finished in quartered oak,
with wide bay window looking
out ON Adams street. At the end of the
hall is the dining room. likewise in quar-
tered oak, with bay window on the
to ltl,
access Is obtained by three flights of
stairs, while "a bath room and all sleep
ing rooms open from it. There are two
bed rooms and large open attic above.
| JOHN DALTON of South street, East
End, is now engaged on house on West
street, East End, for Mary Barring,
2ix2S feet, arranged for two families,
costing about $il00. He is also building
another on the corner of Union and
South streets for George Felix, which
will be completed in about a week. 1t
contains two tenements and a market,
the latter to be occupied by Arthur Fe-
lix. This Is 42x20 feet and cost $1,000.
As soon as these are finished, Mr. Dalton
will turn his attention to six-tenement
A house on Lafayette street, which is be-
ing put up by Michael o'Kane, Main
street saloon keeper. This house is to
be completed by September 10 and Mr.
r Dalton's contract is for $500.
GEORGE M. HUBBELL of South avenue
is to begin work on the large and elabo-
> rate brick block which John McCord is
building on Fairfield avenue. 1t will be
fitted with all modern conveniences and
will cost about $4,000.
w. S. HURLBUT has sent half n dozen
men to Deep River, where a handsome
and expensive house Is built for Mr. Jen-
nings. He has considerable work in the
city also.
STONE & BRONSON are busy as ever
in all parts of the city.
VANsToNE & VANsToNE continue to
rake In new contracts and have their
hands full of new and partly completed
houses.
at work on a Summer home for the work
ing girls of New York, near Port Jeffer-
son, L. l., besides work in the city.
A. j. RIVERS has finished "Clover-
HURST Charles Y. Noyes's Summer
home at Trumbull and has been busy
with jobbing and his large hotel on How
ard avenue, which will be known, as
shown by the gilded carving above the
entrance, as Howard avenue hotel" II
Is now ready for the inside painters and
will soon be ready for the grand open
ing. There are AZ rooms, besides the of
flee, restaurant, parlors, etc.
ii. II. NETTLEToN is driving work as
usual and has on hand, besides the cot
tages for G. S. Cole, the houses for A.W
Wallace, the handsome residences fol-
Wilbur Hobbs and l.. ID. Plnmb, con
tract to build two large four-tenement
! houses for Marshall E. Morris. He /:
one of the busiest men I'm the city.
w. A. SMITH will soon erect several
stores on land recently bought of Mrs
: Sanford ON State street.
BOWLING & BoTToMLEY, mason build
; ers, are to put up the Hough block on
State street and an addition to the almi
!. house, all of brick; they do the mason
work for George Kingston's new house
on Ann street and Hough avenue.
The NEW METHODIST CHAPEL on Col
orado avenue has been plastered and will
soon be ready for services. 1t is neat
and tasteful in appearance, but, to many,
looks as much like suburban residence
as the exterior of a church edifice.
CONTRACTOR III. III. BoTsFoRD has
moved the West End Congregational
church about 125 feet and turned it at
right angles, its former front now facing
the south. The building stood on jacks,
midway between the old and new foun.
dations, Sunday.
AN EXCELLENT QUALITY OF BUILDING
SAND, of which there is said to be a scar
city in the city, is found in digging for
the foundations of the new block which
Lacey Brothers are putting up at the
corner of State street and Howard ave-
nue.. The cellar Is finished and masons
are putting up the foundations walls.
The building, which is about 40x52 l-2,
will be of wood, three stories high and
will contain two large stores and four
tenements, the latter of six rooms each.
The entire contract is held by Talcott
Barlow Of Black Rock avenue, who ex-
poets to have the building completed by
Fall.
MORMON CHURCH CHARTER.
ii. N. Ayres, Bishop block, Bridge
port, gives away the piano and two sew
ing machines, next Monday, June Q, al