Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-15
ON CHAPEL STREET.

ON CHAPEL STREET.
 the Way of Improvements in the Business Center-Also Westward- A Growing City.
 The present time certainly is 8 remark able epoch in the history of Chapel street, from business as well as aesthetic point of view. For many years there has not been tho general tearing down and build ing greater, the alteration of already large business emporiums and new improve ments to be added, as is now going on or soon to be begun. r.r
 A group of business men were discuss ing this very question yesterday, and wore unanimous in expressing themselves not only as surprised, but it was some thing the extent of which they had never before known on Chapel street. Another fact which aroused their interest and called forth remarks was the steady and sure growth of the Chapel street business interests eastward, as well as in west wardly way. The progressive appearance of the street to the eastward as well as the westward calls for special mention.
 There was good grounds for the re- marks of surprise expressed by the gentle men, because the whole business portion of Chapel street will ere long present a far different appearance. A notable change now in progress is the very noteworthy transformation which is going on in Gen. 1 eral Ford's building on the corner of Chapel and State streets. The exterior General Ford's emporium doubled in size, l both on the first and second floors. The | whole building will be vastly improved. l The enterprising firm of Peck & Parker are also very busy with their store, and soon they will have an elegant new front, the beauties of which will have an at traction to the public in general.
 1 This firm, as is well known. have open l ed branch store in Fair Haven on Grand avenue, in the new block owned by Presi- dent Blatchley of the State street horse railroad. One of the most conspicuous l features of the improvements st their Chapel street store will be man. moth French plate glass window. An elaborate vestibule with Mosaic tile work l will make an effective entrance from an ar tistic point of view. But the work is not l to be all expended upon the store front, l for extensive additions to the different de- partments are to be made, and general inn provements throughout the store.
 The store formerly occupied by George L. Streeter, the jeweler, is to be taken by Samuel Goodman, of the State street firm of Engel & Goodman, for similar line of | business. MT. Goodman is greatly alter l ing both the front and the interior, and l other improvements will also grace this building.
 The building soon to be occupied by Howe & Sterson, where the firm of Wilcox & Co. was located for So many years, will [ oh yhon the present plans are completed. The whole old aspect of things there is to 5e completely changed. In the first place ad- ditions and alterations will make gain of more than 300 square feet to the room; the division wall between the two stores will be entirely removed with the exception of necessary arches for support. A hand
 some new front is to grace this store as well, and the whole when completed will prove no ordinary ornament to the street.
 Ere long Monson & Carpenter and the by them will be forced to temporarily take other quarters, for Mrs. Winchester some time ago decided to put up new, elegant block. This building will make great addition to the street. No doubt business is making it's way eastward on Chapel street and in few years this fact will
 without doubt be still more emphatically apparent. New Haven is fast growing city.
 The west end of the business portion of
 Chapel street is also undergoing changes,
 and will in the near future have others be-
 gun. Conspicuous will be the alterations
 which F. M. Brown &r Go. intend to make
 in the Insurance building. For the past
 two days Howe & Stetson have been busy
 taking down the shelving, though it will
 be probably ten days before they begin
 moving their stock.
 It is well known that the F. M. Brown Company intend making extensive addi
 tiona to not only the quarters they are now : occupying, but to those soon to be vacated ! by Howe & Stetson, which will result witt
 the addition of other room overhead to b,
 taken in, giving the firm an immense hoo1
 room, in extent such as few in New Haver would have dreamed of twenty years agt
 as being devoted to the business of sin
 gle mercantile firm.
 Mention must be made of the large addi ton which Mir. Edward Malley- has nearly
 completed in the rear of the stores occu pied by Snow, the confectioner, and the Derby Silver company, which are owned by MT. Malley. The Monson & Carpenter firm will, as is we'll known, occupy the
 quarters which the Derby Silver company
 are soon to lease, and will remain there
 while the new building on the site of theil
 present store is being erected.
 } MT. Snow will gain large room in the
 rear of his store by the addition, above mentioned, which in day or two will be ready and fitted up as an ice cream par
 Tor and Monson & Carpenter will have ar equal increase in space.
 MT. Malley will in the course of this
 year begin to build another new building
 which is intended eventually to make an
 important addition to the storeroom o1
 the firm of Wm. Nicely & Go. This
 building will be on Center street, tht
 rear of it running up close te the addition just completed
 and mentioned just above. It will be five ; stories hig gh and in erecting the building it will be necessary to tear down portion ) of the east wing of the Neely store. The demands of the large and growing business } of this firm will in time claim the entire space of this building. Further up or Chapel street MT. Moseley will ere long
 erect large five story addition to his
 noted far famed New Haven house, thu ) erection of which was deferred last year or
 account of the strike of the masons. I
 will be a fine addition and equipped in thu
 best style.
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