Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-28
CITY OF HOMES.
4 Wonderfully Large Number
Ldd.d 10 The List In 1891.

A H0lUtrluEJ L1iSc kuWDtf
ldd,d 10 The List In 1891.
The Pasnou,n.l GPoI,h vas Largely
Ia DEslllss R0uas.
Thrift. STEADY Rmpieymeni and Favor
able sea-sn Produced Grand Results.
During 70 previors :sesve mcn ht has
the city Of Augusta ,ten such al !nefssss
Of the ytsr ils. pact For several year.
rsn.a have heen bish srd With the steady
incrssss Ia pot at4,ion have become gate
.eues. The Loaz and Bailtisg Ass9c!a
10 has also been fos:srisg issi,s snorg
these Of smslisr Incsmss 20 own homes Of
,hsi. owa Financial sisss.srs IN the Western
A.ids Of !nres;men, have turned he attention
Of home capitalists 10 home investments.
ste.ey employ men. ia the industries Of Our
city, the opss log Up for house l,ss ofsval-
able sites aaa o.hsr canes have Isn't AZ
easncs that has gred Iced most favorable
results. TIE season, too, vas one specially
Gvantsgso Gus AID many btgsn building
quite late IN he fall AMI have ther homes
nearly compie;sd when they di:ns sn.ici-
pete nni.hinz ihsm lili another sumner.
While /, j, tob b:ful II sro'her year will see
such = wonderful zro,.h, get Nth the new
bieschsrJ that teems likely 10 be
erected here, The new paper mill and
other iGda trlts on the taps, there
SEEN, to be 70 reason to expect that the
rrovih- vii be ssyihiag bat steady AID
HEALTHY. OF the past yess work the most
noticeable f. l,ure Is the number Of homes
tbs, have been built About 20 OF them
haze been contracted sad ready tenants
4. uhd, aud the smoact rperGed n he city
il all cis.'ss ef building enterprises mast
sI,esd $500 COO the greater part Of IL in
ctmpir.tiseiy small Investments,
b loE sg.Vgn as nearly as cin be ssceI
ned bIigf summary " The work io1e
East Side.
TEE es.t side Of the river is nov fsst
hscyminz one Of the most popular paris Of
t.. eity With those ~bo desire homes aud
the openir Of land for housslon has been q
n ,acsabls fssture tere the p .styesr
Amopg thi fac resiisr ces that have tesB
bssua dutiog this pass year Is hat which
A = Bang Of he Afn Of B,rss Bros Is
building on Ets' Chssshu' street. IL is hot
qpiie completed bus gill be han some
hons vhsn G8isl,d Clis Fletcher
ha, had Ga rye Of the cons rIcuu' hob
P.ckatd If ms.1nrY. Some OF III paas
vrs ira.n bs ffof Cape, with som mos
% atoms by NJ; Fletcher The house ha
to icry s,rn :,ars AMI shcn comp sted viii
pslb,bl7 cost more than $500
The G,nn,tt 8 Morse concera h,ya *
pipd,d sbou, So 900 IN th,if p!sat. S
new brick bu ding on vi lI~ street south
Of the ola bulldog has nt been cJu petsd
Isss 5O17O and includes Ave lJois Tn
Offices Ia !hi. tujldlnIl ave beel lIan1i0msly
iasd up 4 haze sItesiy b en- dss.ri1ed
IN the JoiES,i Nesdy 100 people nov
q . empir ymentibe'e SnHh Clark d d
the mason rOfE ana htpFs5 II HH5 N9c
woodwork
W Mach maid buiit OF IIo'piaal
street s,wo story hous-, costing , I0O0
WlliBm Ui'g 0ubt for Lur,us HnI On
Eastern Avca0e stwo .;or, house from
d..ans made b. NJ Wiog himself. The
eoa WA sbgu' $500.
James Cui.I.sp fu It himself enc xnd
on. half story house 'n Spruce stree
,I,
Hnus. at sbDu 5000
f. ed L. Is dvsigard aud built for {. "
T.bjra rne two sld ono. hal' story h,usv
90 strure rect R,h ~ P.:k>h ltsi
- dui,rs House 500"
jane. S,vsgc has be ca mtkI1g sem bi!
Improvements on Mai. hi Al ID" hssd of
Coy street. lie ia. oul' tso toubl
houses sad ore air gl rtbli.t the farr
hou, m, ~ tiz barn sui a sa7ls. The
,h1Is ding cast him Aoou, $1,000 NJ.
S.v.ss hu tatrgfDft mao mae i
adhi n T. me p,opst'y On tae E's' SIDE
lam Foster bill; fr Nt,- Il hiGsIn a
ga, bar 2nt f.sttn III, Bc4tAG rosi
co,trl sug
M,- William Tfo to- Ia. hsl . one A.
o's halt story, e iIto,m'. hou's BAH b.
File cher T. teI, On trs-nxis Fr-t j J1n
G.tlstd dd mason ~aik Coz 5000
TIE Aagasa "a obsr Cnmpa bu,it A.
Rggt Brook cont rtshle - ne fnr Its
river moo sci.ttt ever SOC. ON it
~har' a0tth OF tha Ar.sHs shpte house
rs ieri lem VAS hu T. fut u'e in storing
waste wood Co.' $500 Ihs C mpsny
spent over 5000 o., Ttpnrs aud improve
msnts on it, teUtmsut IN .Aiog ths total
sxpeni.d $500
Sr l. Mtrisn the C1uf5C i)uer, u
huid ags cosy home On Maple street
ns.ttrg AID a ha,f home. i'' architecture
cAmtrt.ius fes,u - OF the Z icon Anne.
E+uel GAdien has had Casrgs OF the an
.,ructiln The c,H viii be about $1,000
Mr. Nrien sill build Stable On he came
lot IA the sp'i-T
Bet~ten sGaCe All 5000 we're Ipecdsd
Nihs fn,spe lllseitsl dulng the yes-.
ns~ vegetable cellar tUIl0 sli over ten
feat deep was conttruCIed. The bulldog
-o pn1erdrsinei sHd solidlY constructed
The cost Of III WAS sbou; Si0C0.
thorough overhsuing was hal of the oil
g's house and uew h ,aung sfptrstu' wss
added and sJue changes made il conncc
to-.
Mr. VIII wall hss blIit small cotssge
h1u,e inst shove psiteogiIis Cor0er at ~
Expense Of oe,%een SOD and 500
Mrs. f J Fsuh,ld /, having nice tive
story house b1il, on Murray street. Frank
Fu'ba.h has charge Of biliing. House
aside from lot $1,000.
Out on The Tosu. road Dr. l. J Croker
has had . cottage h Nc ell AID 4 sable on
the ssms 10, cIrsruceeg md on thu Psme
ro,d barr i0IGo Nj II. o M,sui-e htd
charge Of tie work The C,tsg ell and
stable co.t about $3.50 an bet sea oas
And tive iandted j ltsrr we're IQenfsd m
eubEt'e.cv. The barn cot nearly $500
Wsrrfu Malcolm hss hurt pretty sory
a,i halt c)'t,g ell All stable co'"er o.
Marr,y std rS,rl street,. Isseph ll,~s,d
OH III, wssoa w;k and " W J.eS,or
the ~cni work, p;umbing and hesling BY
Williamson Co. s100C
Ndi G. Milsr la. yrscesj On the corner
oil Bsnsot sad Marrsy stsse.s a handst m
eIsisss hou,e Howard Oil H. mssjuty
sod Fletcasf & Rjbsias "a, wood wcrs.
Fiuused 81 hsstei by WI ismssn. Et
psnss >lse1
J H,"u, is bu'l'i7g An Ill on hi, house
On Bangor sheet. $500
Mrs, - .Tid Cowsn hiss built = small
Stable On B,ugcr street $40
% School street, 80, Ssds Nj Arthur
H,d.i has had q nice siors scd half
rouse 6sit costing sooat $500 VIM
'scksnn eirpeDtsr wosE, John Emery
nnssen wcrk.
Nj. Lssis BiSisdeIl on School stree
Two and one-hslf story residence c)st sb3us
el7o0
very nice residence is being finished
ca tar Mr.. Ruth Peterson Oh correr of
Saaoei ald Bspgor streets |; viii be
nehed BY hot water sua the interior Is 10
De tai,h d in oak. Cos, sbcu, $4,000.
Wm- Wig contractor, Daniel Young
t,undaa ln..
One CT the hres. OF the smaller residents
pa' ~ da'!os the year vas the house bnllt