Morning journal and courier., 1894-03-07
CHAPEL STREET CHANGES.

CHAPEL STREET CHANGES. Tor the Spring of ,94-An Elegant Large Now Kieht.stOry Building In Place of the Present Townsend
 Block-The Coming New Hubinger
 Building Other Improvements
 Here and There Along the Street.
 Many spring changes on Chapel street will occur this year, as in preceding brings. The owners of the Globe building | will soon begin the enlargement of the TWO fronts of the building. On the Chapel street side the front will, when the change s made, be on . line with that of F. M. Brown & Co.,, which will add quite num- ber of feet to the size of the stores in the building, and the enlargement on the Church street side will bs fully as con- spicuous. The whole will be handsome to Chapel street.
 Marsden 0. Perry will make $1,OOO worth of improvements in the fine store which he has secured in this building, which is much larger than his present store, from which he removes in time to occupy his new store, April 1. The i'm provements he proposes to mako will make about the finest store of It's size on Chapel street. Just few doors above, Snow, the confectioner, Is very busy completing his decided to respond to urgent requests from many patrons to provide fancy cake de- partment, for the delivery of these goods to customers and for serving in his ice cream department. The equipment, which will cost handsome sum, is about com pleted.
 Down the street further Kirby, the ie weler, is making preparations to hand somely fit up and equip his new store, to which he will remove in a few weeks, his removal and that of De Bussy, Msnwsring & Go. and M. O. Perry being necessitated owing to the coming erection of very handsome and substantial new building on the site of the old one by the Messrs. Hu binger. The new building will be great improvement and help redeem Chapel street from it's antiqusted appearance in spots.
 On the other side further down the 0. c. 0. company has just effected 8 very handsome improvement of their store which speaks for itself to the passers by and tells of enterprise and push.
 Up the street, opposite the bsautiful Osborn hall and across from the Now Ha ven house, big and splendid eight-story new building Is to bs erected in the place of the Townsend block. The new build ing will be notable addition to this fine location and with the erection of the hand some and elegant new Warner building by H. A. Warner, recently completed, and the work yet in progress opposite of 1o onpi 6oauf hilt 6orrnf- tory for Yale (shrough the muni6cenoe of Cornelius Vanderbilt this portion of the city fig being vastly improved.
 of assistants are busily engaged in pre- pairing plans for the new large Townsend
 block.
 This property is owned by Hon. James
 M. Townsend, who proposes erecting the new structure.
 The proposed building is to be 50 feet front on Chapel street by 80 feet on Col lege street, and is to be from six to eight stories high, probably eight stories. This
 matter is not fully decided upon yet.
 On the first floor there is to be three
 large stores facing Chapel street. All the
 floors above this are to bs made
 into apartments for families and
 students. It is to be constructed
 Ou tu0 uIopIOOk UT b1U"-Uutuluk pldLs ! u6
 material to be used is mottled brick, with
 stone trimmings and terra cotta decora
 tions. The building will bs very hand
 some in design and interesting in de
 tail Arched window. and oriels will
 break up what might be the monotony
 of the front and side facades. On the cor
 ner will be a circular tower extending from
 the second story to the top.
 The main entrance will be through 6
 wide srched doorway. into large vesti
 bule. This vestibuls will be foored with Mosaic tile and beautifully decorated. Di rectly opposite this entrance door will be the passenger elevator and to the left of this broad staircase, leading to the top ot the building. Besides this there is to be { freight elevator and general dummy eleva tors. The apartments are to be divided SC as to include three or four rooms each workmanship and convenience. The uppel floor will be designed for restaurant laundry and kitchen.
 The building is to be heated by steam and the indirect system will probably b. | used. It Is to be lighted throughout b! electricity and supplied with a system O call bells and postal servics. It Is to b. | superbly finished in hard woods, oak ant cherry being used. The cabinet work will
 be highly polished in the natural colors O the material.
 Some weeks yet will be required to com plete the plans, after which process of con etruction will soon be started.
 HISTORIC CORNER. The interior plans may be changed some | what, contingent upon applications tha 1 may come in for special uses of the uppe portions. The plans may call for suites O
 rooms, or for premises suitable for fami ! ly, or may be arranged to provide for lgh ! manufacturing purposes.
 This corner is quite historic corner. l was bought by MT. Townsend's great grandfather and great uncle over 100 year ago. They, with I. K. Townsend, were il business on that corner a hundred year ago, and this corner property has been fl
 the family ever since that time. Tn! l property of Issac Kneeland Townsend
 originally was bounded on the west b, 1 property of the famous Roger Sherman | where the Republican lesgue house nov ! stands; on the north by Chapel street, eas | by College street and south by the lot or which the College street Congregations l church is now. All of this property hal been from time to time disposed of excep | the corner plot, which has remained in tn, possession of the Townsend family, sni ! who now propose when the leases of ten l ants of the Townsend block expire to bullc the structure above spoken of.
 This corner was the business center o the town 100 years ago. The princips hotel of New Haven, at that time-th.
 hotel where General Washington and staff | stopped once when here-was where ths New Haven house now is. The postofics ! was then where the dining room of tha hotel is now, on College street. William H. Jones was then postmaster. Under hii administration the postofice was removed
 to the Tontine. His son, Captain William
 s. Jones, the last member of his family l died in Boston and was buried recently ir Grove street cemetery. He was the oldest living captain Gin ags) of the New Haver Grsys, coming next in the captaincy after Captain James M. Townsend. The latter is and has been for some years the oldes, captain by commission of this honored company.
 Fire in WOodbury. WATERBURY, March 6.-H. L. Hitch. cocks wagon shop in Woodbury wae
 burned to-day. The fire originated from