Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-03
PROSPEROUS YEAR
IS That Through Which Au-
gusta Has Just Passed.
Many Modern and Expensive Homes
Built in 1892
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Augusta aanazi growth j. a subject. than
which none can scarcely Be more interest
ing 10 il people.
The material gfo~th Of our city during
the pas, year. cannot he fully presented
within the lifast. Of this article bat sareiy
enough, can he found here TO satisfy tho
most ineresiuieas, should uei exist, of the
steady, healthy advance Of the Capital City
in what eonduees to the prosperity Of il
citizens.
The new buildings erected this
year that Is Just closed have not included
many large strasarsss the aggregate value
of whieh greatlysweiI the totals Of amounts
expended We lave seen completed during
the year one putsie building. which meets
more noticeable need than perhaps any
that could have aen constructed. the new
Opera House, rrfeet gem. ahoraing the
comforts and eossenienees usually found
only In the METROPOLITAN citiss. Then too
this building soivs problem that hal az.
itaied the city fsssrs TO considerable de-
gree. viz, suitabs quarters for TIN city Of
fees. These aretad 10 the second floor of
the Opera House Block and are suitable for
an ereditsbic to tk city.
One hotel has ben built that replaces an
old structure on d. principal street AMI a
handsome brick flock has gone up on
Water street when before were old WOODEN
bniIiings that reflected anything but eredi,
on that part OF thsstreet
The handsome xammar school building
for the Williams District has been COM
pieted and opened the pupils this year
The finest residsse in the city, that Of
Hon. J. Manchesk Haynes. was nearly
destroyed by fire sriy in the fall having
been completed butt few months. Il is
being rebuilt, howetr, and will vie with its
former msgnificene indeed throughout
the city Il notsb indication OF our
prosperity is that frs have worked to the
advantage Of August old buildings burned
being replaced by me substantial and or
nsmcn,ai structures The sites are too
valuable to long lie noecupied.
While for the past Tee or four years there
has been an unu-uaamount Of building
nevertheless good refs are scarce and the
prices are high.
While not indicating specially the city's
prosperity il is yet Pr.er to mention the
changes and improvements on buildings of
public nature 1 considerable sum
was expended By the county in
providing a suitable ~ tirc-proof place
for keeping the valaaln records in the
register of deeds depaeient. This office
now is the best equiml in the State.
Some .le,o 900 has been spended in making
attractions and repairsipon the Insane
Hospital Extensive rpairs have been
made on the postoiiicc huiing
During the year, Col. i q. Staples has
taken comparatively viii land, but pos
spessed of abundant NATAL scenery, and
transformed the whole iito a beautiful
park. This pleasure resoiattractcd thous-
ands from out the city nring the past
year and afforded eujoyma for more of
those in this city. Severalbousand dolars
were expended here durinri,e year in new
buildings and improvement. The large
building at the entrance, l. 'fOdeon' or
amusement hall and yariousinail buildings
were erected.
Somewhat In contrast wthle few prcvi-
Gus years Is the fact that u bniiding of
new homes has been generalver the city
and not principally contisl 10 one or
two localities. notwithstanding the
almost mushroom like growi of the pas,
three years in Stapleton nj Cushnoe
Heights there has this 5ar been no
reaction in those thrifty snb,bs and new
houses continue to go up the' with every
season.
Never before in the hstorysf tho town
have the painters and piamers been so
busy as In 1899 This is Il mixed indica-
ton that the year was a pr.perous one
with Augustans. Many ar the homes
which the past year he through
the skill Of the painter Become an
ornament 10 the city ri have in
many instances assumed u mosnodern air
But when one stops to consid the homes
already built. that have been hed the past
wear with modern Injuries as VII as con-
venienees the conviction hecons settled
one that the people of this busyburg must
be the possessors of ample meas and that
into these homes at least, thsyear has
brought prosperity. Improved vstcms in
heating, hot water steam and fhace. i'm
proved sanitary arrangements. chant bath
rooms. these are some Of the
many indications all pointing torrI thrift
and its generous rewards.
The homes built during the pastear are
of a substantial class. While ne,and res
licences are included in the list nsas of the
homes are far above the average ad each
and all with comparatively no eceptious
represent at least moderate ueG The
majority of them are constructed s,n i'm
proved methods in architecture aDcontaiu
modern appliances for cnsuriny Esl san
itation and excellent convenience Ap-
pended are brief descriptions of Aprinci-
pal buildings erected during lss; also
those upon which extensive repas have
been made
While building operations aroasi the
pulp and paper plan, of the Cushn Fibre
Co, in this city have not been lsrgehe re-
suits have been. The building forAe big
paper machine thst was put up wssot an
expensive one. built as it was rs an tiition
to the wood pulp mill. The addition the
business Of the company and the inciase in
skilled employees. however wss aua large
and it should he remembered th this
is only preliminary step to anotfe and
similar one. The paper mill cost bout
$50. 600 and this spring another vi he
built. The sulphite pulp mill viii % be
enlarged, already new and iargerseeI
digcsier has been ordered for the sMhite
mill. Probably $4,000 has been cxend-
cd about this plant the past year
Mr.. J. Z. Wyman has built on Ugh
street. the new street running through and
recently laid ont in excellent house iosstwo
new houses the past season. hseh nase
contains eight rooms, are nicely Red
throughout ami must have cost at hist
$3.50 each.
Mr.. $. w. Tibbetts reu,oielled Msc
on Court street and built a news stshle b.
resen,iny an expenditure of about S2's'
Mr.. Horace North built two M
ern Queen Anne two-ssery hotes
on Green street place. making u
houses that he has built since going .;
of the book business. Ia both are mode
fittings bath ROOMS. hot aud cold water, e.
The doors are Of hard wood, the mantle
are modern and the hesrtlss tsis.t s'1si ,he
arr heated by furnaces. A. L. Fuller ~
in the cellars. Ssein did the grading, A. +
Nichols the mason work. Fred Ellis me ca
renter work. Ward. the furnaces and pap
ing and J. IL. Cegan Co, the bath rooms
Cost of both houses estimated az aeea
Ssupo.
c. II. BurieiSh has erected GA taf's
SQUARE, State street, this year wo-s.es
house in the Queen Anne style OF srvh'se'