The Somerset reporter., 1895-10-31
Buildings, Repairs, Etc.


date when out door building operati0 Ls
for the year are drawing to close--or al
least to the time when no new projects
are entered upon-so We may safely
review the work thus far completed OF
in progress and estimate Approximately
the operations for the year in this line
This season has been busy one fol-
our builders and for mechanics general
| ly. There have Lot been a large number
of new houses erected, not nearly as
many as in some years within the past
decade, but repairs aud rebuilding have
been considerable and the construction
of public buildings and business struc.
lures have brought the sum total of ex.
penditure much above the average in our
town.
| Among the new residences completed
| tbs IL, or well along toward that desir-
able condition in town, are those of VII.
liam Donaldson, Main street; Robert
Mckenzie, Mt. Pleasant Avenue
Herbert Wentworth, Elm street; +. L.
Greenwood, Madison Avenue; T.. y
Merrill, Bush street aud A. w. Day
Jewett street.
Extensive repairs have been made by
+. \. Merrill, Esq, upon his family resi-
dence on Water street, including an ex
tension, that adds two new rooms and
enlarges two others, also a tower and
piazza, making his home one of the most
complete aud desirable in town. Mr.
Merrill has also repaired extensively the
house on Madison Avenue formerly oc.
cupled by w. II. Wildes, making it into
two tenements by dividing it into FLATS, :
and adding another story to the Ell
John o. Haines purchased the Flagg
house on Coburn Avenue and has
thoroughly repaired it. DR.. j. \;
| Merrill has made extensive changes in
his residence on Water street, involving
the elevation of the roof of the ell, the
extension OF a room and the construction
of commodious office. George Green
has renovated the of Mark Hilton house
on Water street inside and out. w. Ii
Heselton has finished off two desirable
tenements in the building at the corner
of North and Water streets and now oc
cupies one Of them as residence
There are many other instances where
repairs have been made 70 residence.
and large amount of painting. outsid,
and inside, has been INDUCED in.
The Ordway block on Water stree
now under contract will easily lead any
building erected ON our business street,
for several years past and will improy ',
the appearance of Water street, material
ly. The first floor will be divided int
two capacious stores, extending through
from Water street to Russell street, tn,
second story will be devoted to bushes
offices and the third to society halls am
rooms. Brown & Ward have construct
ed two stores on Court street, one b,
turning around and finishing the Went
worth store house already on the lot an,
the other by removing from Waite
street the store formerly occupied b,
George Wentworth, making two capa
cious stores with cellars complete
The second stories are finished for othe
purposes. a cellar has been eXcavatel
and the interior of the City Market unde
Hotel COburn has been rebuilt and refit
ted in good style. William g. Fishe
has erected two story building on hi
lot on Water street, where his old black
smith shop stood, making decided i'm
provemenl IA that locality. The lowe
story Mr.. Fisher occupies as black
smith and carriage shop and the upper /
finished off for tenement.
A new room school house is bein.
built on Leavtt street at an expense o
$4,000. The outside is completed ant
the interior is well along. The rooms il
this building will be the best in the tow
for the schools for which they are in
tended. The building is an ornament t,
the place, likewise provides school room
very much needed.
The county buildings in town hav
been improved by the purchase of
house and lot on High street, the cree
ton of a new brick and iron Jail on this 10
and by the putting in of a steam plan
in the jail basement Of capacity to hea
the three county buildings, Jail, iailer'
house and the court house. The jail ha
long been needed In the county also
house for the officer having charge of tn
jail, and the heating of the court hous
by steam is most desirable improve
ment there.
The improvement in mill propert'
here this season consists of the erection
of a waste burner at the lumber mill o
l.. w. Weston & Co., a new roof pu
upon the foundry and machine shol
building of the Mlburn Company oil
the Island, and an expensive piece o
work upon the privilege on the Soutl
side, alluded to in the REPORTER hereto
fore, the construction Of granite fun,
with the brick power house and tn,
placing of two large water wheels ant
machinery to match and 300 h. p
electric generator to furnish power t.
run the electric road to Madison for tn,
Somerset Traction Company.
Another building operation in this line
the Lakeside Worsted Mills at Eas