The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-25
FLoURlsHING DEERlNG.

About 81 26 900 Put Into Houses Within
a Year-Upwards of Fifty Houses Built
Many Who Do Business In Portland Live
In the New City-A New Aims House
House Lots Opened Up BY New Streets.
The season just passed has been one OF
unusual activity in building operations
in Deering. Mr.. j. c. Colesworthy, who
probably takes as much interest in this
subject as any citizen and is thoroughly
informed, makes the estimate that there
has not been so much building before for
years. Excepting the new addition to
the Portland Stoneware Co.'s works, and
the new town farm house, the new struc-
lures are principally dwelling houses,
ranging in cost from $1,000 up to SI000 or
$4,000 each. Upwards of fifty. such
houses have been built, about Sl26,0oo
having been invested in their construc-
ton. The poor farm building, built by
the city, cost $500. OF the total amount
of money invested by the Portland Stone
ware company in the addition to their
plant we have no estimate; but it must
amount to large sum.
No particular portion of the city has
shown a tendency to outstrip other por-
lions. although building has been es-
pecially active of late. in certain locali-
ties where lots have been laid out and
new streets put through. This is true
in the vicinity of Fowler's farm near
.Libby's Corner, where the West End
Land Company. OF which the late H. n.
Jose was treasurer, has opened up new
region of building; of Linden street near
Woodfords, where the Andrew ]. Chase
lot of three acres has been cut into house
lots within few months; of the vicinity
of Chestnut street, where about two
years ago Mr.. Fred Hooper purchased a
tract of land which he cut into fourteen
house lots, and on which seven houses
have already been built.
Among the dwelling houses built there
have been some very fine ones. On
Pleasant street Mr.. B. NJ. Eastman has
erected a very elegant and costly house;
on Deering street, Messrs. Arthur Mitch
ell and L. G. Young have erected fine
residences, and here are many other
houses approaching them in value.
A large part of the building has been
by men who are doing business in Port
land, and who have been attracted to
Deering by the beautiful locations for
homes, and the excellent communica-
lions now afforded.
While building at Oakdale has not
been so active as in some years past, sew
eral new houses Ihave gone up. At the
head of Fessenden street, Mr.. Wilson
has built fine dwelling house, which
must have cost $500 or $4,000, on the lot
which he began to improve last year by
putting up stable. The other houses
built at Oakdale are on William
street, one each for Messrs. Hall, Clar-
ence E. Bangs and H. N. Leighton, and a
cell has been built for another house
which is to be built by Mr.. Stimson. 1t
is probable that very soon another good
house will go up next to Mr.. Leighton's,
the latters son having bought the next
lot.
In the vicinity of Libby's Corner the
West End Land and Improvement Com
pany have carried on considerable build
ing, constructing houses worth from
$1,000 to $4,000 each. They have built
one dwelling just beyond the Corner,
and are building another near by. Both
these houses are on Congress street. and
will be about at the corner of new
street which is to be laid out on the land
of the company. On another new street
which the company have laid out from
Congress street, and running down
across the old trotting park, two cottage
houses have been built, and on still an
other street running across the park,
called Jose street, two more cottages
have been built. The West End Land
Company is operating on tract which
Messrs. H. N. Jose, Arthur Sewall and
William G. Davis bought some time ago
for improvem emit.
On Fowler's farm, beyond Libby
Corner, block of two houses has been
built at cost of about $4,000 probably.
One of the houses is owned by Mr..
Going, and the other by Mr.. T. w. EN-
erson.
On Fowler's farm, two other houses
have been built, worth from $4,000 to
$4,000 each, and each 81 stories Mr.. Ar
thur Norton owns one of them, and Mr..
Winslow the other.
On Riverside street. which is the road
from Deering town farm to the old J.
Winslow Jones place, Martin Curran has
begun the construction of small cot
tage.
On Mitchell's Hill Mr.. Arthur Pierce
has built large two and one-half story
| residence, which will increase the city
valuation by $4,000 Or $4,000 probably.
In the neighborhood of Deering Point
there has not been great building activi.
| ty; but more may be expected in years to
come. Messrs. Wescott and Conant have
cut into forty house lots the land which
| they bought next to the Oaks, and build