The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-10-14
Buildiu q N otes.

Se@&o4oS ANSsSSs
VIM. Mason is building house on River
street.
VIM. Gassman is building a house on
Dewey street.
Owosso is enjoying genuine boom in the
building line.
Work is being pushed along very rapidly
on John HendersOn's house on Water st.
K. f. Dudley's new potato house, 42xs4
feet two stories and a basement, will be
nearly finished by the end of next week.
A visit to the Tool Co. plant will please
any one interested in the growth and pros
perity of Owosso.
A force of fifty men, under the direction
of Geo. nj. Edwards the contractor, is busily
at work putting up the new buildings and
enlarging the old ones. This force will be
increased i'm aday or tive If it is possible to
find unemployed masons. The new build
ings, with one exception, are brick, and of
the following dimensions, one 36x190 feet,
three stories; one 36x72 feet, three
stories, one 33xS4 feet, three stories;
dry kiln 22x40 feet, two stOries a cut up
room 24x40 feet, two stories; one story will
be added 10 each of the two old build
ings 36x100 and 4SxS4 feet i'm size; the boiler
room is also to be enlarged and a new 60
horse power boiler added. The buildings
when completed will make one of the finest
plants i'm Michigan. A large addition to
the working force will be made as soon as
IL is possible to yet ready to start up.
Jas. LaverOck is pushing work along
very fast on the 10c feed barn, which he is
building on Main st. east, opposite Harris
horn, Son d Groves store. The building
is to be 66x264 feet, running across the
block from Main to ComstOck street, with a
driveway 10 feet wide running through it.
The main part of the building will be diyided
into box stalls eight feet wide, allow ug a
| horse and carriage to be driven in anu ihe
door locked. At the east side of the south
end an ell 66x66 IT. will be erected for teams
and lumber wagons, with a 80 foot drive
way between the stalls. Facing on Main
street will be four rooms 12X15 feet, nicely
| fitted up for offices and waiting rooms. The
| Main street front is to be eighteen feet high,
| as is the driveway, allowing load of hay
| to be driven through the building. The
entire structure will be built i'm substan-
| tial manner, making it warm and safe
place to put up a team. Ten cents will be
charged to drive in and leave team, five
cents for six pounds of hay and ten cents
| for four quarts of oats. We believe the
| farmers will give this barn liberal patron
~
ment.
The Estey Manufacturing Co. is making
| extensive alterations and improvements at
| its plant. The company is forced to make
| these changes to keep up with orders re-
ceived for goods from all parts of the
country. The output will be increased 25
| per cent when the improvements are all
| finished.
The new dry kiln, 36x120 feet, 12 foot
| posts, Is nearly completed. 1t is a solid
building, sheeted with steel plate, to be
| finished i'm imitation of brick, has capacity
| of 200, 900 feet of lumber. Tracks from all
parts of the yard will run to the building so
| that lumber can be easily handled and at
| little expense.
The old dry kiln will be torn down and in
| its place machinery building, 42x100 feet,
one story high, erected. In this building all
| the heavy machine work will he done.
| The old saw mill is entirely inadequate to
the demand, and will be pulled down. In
its stead modern mill, with $4,000 worth
of new machinery, will be put up. The
| mill is to be 2Sx90 feet, two stories high,
facing on Watson street. The first floor will
be filled with machinery and the second
used for savings the logs will be pulled up
| by steam power. A large band saw, with a
capacity of so, 900 feet day, will be used.
The machinery will be furnished by the
Marinette wis., Iron Works Co., who also
| furnish plans for the building. To the
north wing, 24x40, two stories, will be built.
! The first floor will be used as an engine
room. with new 1875 horse power engine;
the second floor for filing room. Work ON
all these buildings Is to be commenced at
once and will be pushed forward as fast as
! possible.