The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1891-01-23

largely added to for both wholesale and
retail custom. The new firm has the
best wishes of its friends.
During the absence in the South OF
William j. and Warren B. Nichols, Brad.
ley Nichols is in sole charge of the real
estate and loan office at 3 Warner build
ing.
i w. G. Mead, the insurance agent whose
office is at Warner building, is to build
a two-family house on Shelton street,
East Bridgeport. 1t is to be near Kos
suth street and will be an ornament to the
locality. 1t will cost $4,000, Will consist
of II rooms, six for each family and con-
tain all modern improvements.
Fred Blake of the D. M. Read Co. and
John w. Cottrell of r. E. Parsons & Co.
are to build handsome double house on
Shelton street, near East Main, where
they recently bought of p. Il. Barnum.
The Coulter 81 Mckenzie machine COM
pany has leased the factory and foundry
of the Watson iron foundry on Knowlton
street for one year. The lease was made
through w. c. Mead.
| The family of James l.. Gould is at
present in New Haven, Mr. Gould coming
to Bridgeport daily to complete the set
| Element of affairs of the firm of Gould q
Stiles at the Farmer office.
Spargo & PARROT have bought five
building lots of B. Nichols & Sons; two
are on Harral avenue and three on the
proposed new street from Harral avenue
to Olive street.
One of the prettiest and most conven-
| ient]y arranged houses on lower Warren
street is that just finishad by John E.
Porter. 1t stands at Nos. 81 and SO and
is ready to occupy. Mr. Porter expects
to move there from "a Warren street, oc-
cupying the lower floor at No. 81; his
brother, Andrew j. Porter, who is secre-
tary of the Housatonic road, will move
into the other part about February l..
The house, which is 34x51 feet, is admir-
ably arranged. The house has u rooms,
six for each fiat and there are also two
nicely finished rooms in the attic. There
are separate entrances and each fiat is
entirely separate. On the outside, the
house is of pleasing design and is paint
ed in variety of colors, harmonizing
nicely. The fancy shingles on front and
sides are painted in. contrasting colors,
the body of the house is drab and brown
and the blinds are dark, almost black.
The three front rooms, hall, parlOr with
a wide and pleasant bay window, sit
ting room, are finished in shade of
cherry, with stained glass windows and
attractive mantels and chimney pieces.
The dining room is in ash and the kitch-
en- in North Carolina pine. The arrange
ments of the other fiat,up-stairs, are SIM
liar. The most striking feature of the
house, perhaps, is the flood of light
which pours into every room. The en-
tire house is one of which Mr. Porter
may well be proud. 1t is credit to the
contractors, who were: Architect, A. III
Beers; carpenter, j. III. Burnes; mason,
Whelan e. Whelan; painting, Muirhead
Brothers; plumbing, Alderman John
kearns.
Brown & Flemming of New York have
a contract to build the breakwater off
Bridgeport barber, from the "tongue''
II 200 feet east, for which Congress has
$4,000 as starter. A
light house and fog bell are eventually
to be placed at the east end of the break
water.
A. j.. Beardsley & Son are to dredge
Wilson Point harbor, for which Congress
has appropriated $50, 900 to enable the
Housatopic system to run larger freight
boats to New York.
The collection of city garbage, which
has been in the hands of Philip Carr, has
been secnred by John Il. Donovan for
$4,000 for the second, $4,000 for the third.
There has been complaint of the slack
in which the garbage has been
collected by Mr. Carr and Mr. Donovan
agrees to do better, removing the gar
bage to piggery in Fairfield where he
will fat 500 hogs.
Albert Winter, the brewer, has bought
Ritzel hotel, corner of Main and Whiting
streets.
Miss Lillian, daughter of P Selbie, has
gone to Washington, D. c., for her
health.