The Newtown bee., 1891-06-05

' MISS oopnle SnOVer or Scant0n, Tenn. and Miss Nellie Jennings of Norwalk have been with Misses Phillips of War ren street.
 Contractor A. w. Burritt re-modelled rather more than half the fronts of the Middle street and Fairfield avenue stores of the building owned by Rad- clige Hicks and expects to finish in fortnight. The fronts are made more ornamental, narrow iron columns are substituted for stone posts and large plate glass windows put in.
 Two lots on Connecticut avenue, with two in the rear, have been sold by A. w. Burritt to George Reinecke, an East Bridgeport butcher, who will build an elegant residence, barn, etc., which. with the surrounding lawn, will cover the entire plat. MT Reinecke does not intend to begin building until next Spring.
 Contracts have been made by the East End park association for a two- family house on Third street, East End. The cellar has already been dug and the house will have slate roof and modern improvements. Carpenter Belden will do the wood work and O'Brien & Schin- dler the masonry.
 An important real estate sale was completed, last week, when a strip 60 feet in width and 160 feet long was sold by Bradley Nichols & Sons and John Y. Sterling to parties from Shelton. The strip is in the rear of the Sterling prop erty on Main street and runs from Arch to Chapel streets. Six single family houses will be built there soon, three on each street.
 The city has been grading the upper part of Colorado avenue, from Fairfield to North avenues, about 2000 feet.
 Bradley Nichols & Sons have sold a lot on Stratford avenue and Broome street to Amos s. Hilton. These were the last of the lots owned by the firm on this street.
 Bradley Nichols & Sons and John T. Sterling are to put up couple of single family houses on upper Colorado avenue.
 F. N. Warrington is building two family house on Logan street, East End.
 Plans are preparing by H. A. Lam bert & Go. of Fairfield avenue for a large and costly store and flat to be put up by Bradley Nichols & Sons and John T. Sterling. It is to stand on the Ster- ling property on Main street and will cover the entire block from Chapel to Arch streets. The plans, which will probably be ready for inspection in a few days, are for building l60 feet long and so feet deep, four stories high. On three sides, it will be built of pressed brick and brownstone, while the interior will be entirely of hard wood. There will be eight stores and 24 flats, fitted with all the modern improvements and conveniences. At either end will be bay window and there will be one in front for each fiat, all extending from the top of the first story to the roof. Each of the stores will be 1SxS0 feet, we'll lighted and ventilated and so ar- ranged as to have an entrance at the ? rear as we'll as in front, private road 15 feet wide being cut from Arch to Chapel streets, back of the block. The stores will have attractive fronts and will be lighted by gas or electricity; the former will be used in the flats. The cost of the building is estimated at from $40,000 to $50,000 and contracts made as soon as possible, that the building may be finished before Winter, if possi- ble. Already applications have been re- ceived for two of the spacious stores. All the flats can be rented as soon as ready. The building will be an orna- ment to that section of the city, which has none too many structures of that character. The entire lot is from six to ten feet above the street and consists ot solid rock, with perhaps foot of earth on top. It will be necessary to blast this to a uniform depth of six feet be- low the street level and a cut of about l2 feet will be made in the front of the lot, with at least 20 feet at the rear This is by far the hardest part of the undertaking. The house now standing on the property will be removed and Mrs Sterling, who had life interest in . it, will take up her residence elsewhere
 Painter D. F. Bogey of West End will build on Clinton avenue.
 Crockery and Real Estate Dealer John T. Sterling is re-modelling his house on Myrtle avenue.
 Miss II. c. Futile of Seymour spent Sunday with friends in this city.
 John Dunn, formerly in the shoe busi- ness on Main street, died at 70 Wash. ington avenue, Tuesday, IS years old.
 Bridgeport had two church weddings Tuesday, Frederick w. Tracy, young lawyer with Lockwood & Beers, wed ding Miss Pauline s. Barrows, one 0. Storey & Roy's popular clerks, at tht Universalist church and Miss Louise O.. daughter of John O. Walker, becoming the wife of Percy s. Hill, salesman fo - llulOb & IOuUS, dt oI oohh D.
 c. A. Wills has bought c. s. Lupton'. store, 364 Fairfield avenue.
 New York wanted Barnum's statu, } for it's Central pRrk, but Mrs Barnun i, wished it placed at Seaside and tht Park City is raising $5000 to build { ] pedestal for it, over 5000 being sub scribed Inesday.. .... Ao.so 1anroaa [, enter Seaside park by Park avenue calls out stout opposition. Col Stevenson and