Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-04-30
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IMPROvEMENTS ABOUT TOWN. 4
Handsome Changes Just Completed
In One Of New Haven's Most Con-
spicuously Located BuildiDgs-An
Historic Corner.
One of the most conspicuous improve
mente made In the city In the past year IL
that which has just been completed at the
Glebs building, corner of Church and
Chapel streets-an Improvement not only
conspicuous, but one artistic and hand
some, and by 1t . uniform and symmstri-
cal appearance Ii given to the whole line
of fine stores of this entire block from
Church to Temple streets-the effect being
admirable and all the moro creditable, this
being 10 central portion of the city. By
this improvement handsome gain In size
II also made to each of the stores of
the Glebe, HauH Brothers gaining about
four feet moro width on each side. and
sandsrson, on Church street, the Forsyth
dye laundry Office, Wilson & Harmon and
II. O. Perry gaining an addition of about
four feet to their respective store fronts.
The change has, however, not been simply
q gain In room nor uniformity In the lines
of ell the stores in the block, as the
projectors of this improvements recognising
the opportunity afforded and the fact that
| this corner is conspicuously before the
| eyes of the public have beautified the
fronts of all the stores of tho entire build
ing by adjoining them with elegant large
lights Of plate glass, some of the largest
and finest to be seen in the city, and by
beautiful decorative work of character
BETTING go slightly aud prominent loca-
ton, while the proprietors Of each of the
stores have in turn decorated and adorned
the windows. adding to the beauty of the
| frontage all along the lines of the building.
Chapel street 10 gaining in. the slightly sp-
pearance of it's stores, and future genera
ton, perhaps the next, may behold lines of
handsome buildings from Temple to Union
streets, or even to Olive street, which will
be credit to the city, stately and impos-
ing. The march Of improvement In this
line was we'll begun by the cree
ton ef the stately Insurance building
by the late B. Noyes, the English building
by the late Ex-Governor English, tbs
Charles Aonson company building by Mrs..
owners of which are Henry L. Oowell OF
this city and Mr.. W. e. Sanford of New
York, . former New Havener, who holds
specially dear in his semi-invalid days the
memories of the days of his youth of long
| ago spent 30 largely in the city of the tall
| massive branching elms. A few other
| modern buildings there are In the Chapel
| street mercantile section, and but few.
| The rest are reminders of the days when
the city was but provincial town of small
dimensions, most Of them reminders of the
days prior to the days of the iron horse and
the advent of telegrsphy and of the day.
when New Ravens suburbs were in wha,
are now densely populated regione. And
now comes the fine Hubinger building Il
help beautify and modernize Chape
street, the work upon which IL already
80 well begun. The identifying of Glsb,
building corner has brought thousands o.
congratulations from our citizens to Mr.
Cowell, the resident owner, who has beef
early and late experimenting the changes
giving personal attention to the work spar
ing In consonance with the wishes of hi
co-owner and his own, no Just and wis
outlay In the work. Our well known an,
esteemed townsmen, Mr.. Ransom Hills wa
the contractor for the printing and glazinI
which was one of the most important con
tracts In the plate glass line that has eve
been done In this city, as glance at tn
stately arrays of broad and massive light
Of this beautiful glass sttests. The ioine
work contract Was executed by Georg
Phelps. who has borne hand in q Rrea
deal of important building work done Il
New Haven in the last twenty years
William Allen was the architect, in accord
ance with whose plans the work was ca,
ried out.
Notable also In this connection is q beau
tiful Transformation affected by II. c
Perry in his new business home in thi
building For month the store has bee
undergoing improvements, which ara no,
nearly contaminated and make this tn
finest store in high class fancy goods Il
Connecticut. The window displays of ele
CANT goods in lovely settings and under tn
white light of kaleidoscopic mirrored cleo
made q strikinely brilliant sight viewed b
Thousands on Chapel street Saturday even
ing:
Inc dlebe building corner has q hfstor
of great interest dating back to the earlies
days of New Haven Colony, as the publ
are generally aware, and Mr.. Sanford, VIII
is joint owner with Mr.. Cowsll, is q de-
scendant of one of New Ravens oldes
families. He has also three distinguish
sons-in-law, men eminent and honored
Hon. Morris Seymour of Bridgeport
Charles 81. Woodruff, son of Judge Wood
ruff of Litchfsld, and Judge Hornblowe
of New York, whose name was go reoentl
before the nation through his nominstio
by President Cleveland for the high homo
Of place on the supreme court bench G
the United States.
The old historic elm on the opposite Col
ner, with it's commemorative breastplat
erected upon its broad bosom by on
townsman E. O. Beecher, telling of it's On
tiquity, dating back to the day of the deaf
of that great American Benjamin franklin
has witnessed many changes which spea
OF New Ravens growth and development
and none perhaps more wonderful tina
those 1t has of late witnessed in the con
slant passing and rspsssing of the "fier
chariots" of various electric roads wtfc
start from the corner where its broad root
enter the soil and have their foundation.
When you buy candy buy Huylers. e
Hewitt & Co., selling agents. apl9 If