Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-10

demolished was the old Goddard mansion.
a famous house In Its day and the dwell
ing place of one OF the best-known car
riage makers OF the time.
The old house was fitted Up In a most
superb fashion by Its owner. every bit
of interior finish woodwork being OF solid
old ..blobd red'' San Domingo mahogany.
a wood that Is now priceless.
When the workmen ripped Its floors up
they found number OF English coins.
dated 1893 and 1897, along with dozen or
more American coins of the present GEN.
fury. These coins without doubt be-
longed to Goddard or some member of his
family, for the house was not built until
early in the present century.
A. A. Elston & Co. are the contractors
on this job, and they are pushing their
men to the utmost. as are the other con-
tractors, in order to get out of the way
and leave the ground clear for the city
water and gas mains now lying beneath
the bed of Federal street back to Cove
street. and thus make room for the ex-
cavating and foundation-laying forces en-
gagged on the new station.
Elston & Co. also have the contract for
demolishing the two handsome buildings
of the Wales wharf estate and when
asked to estimate somewhere near the
amount of material In the building, Mr..
Elston said:
1.-The property was built last year by
James Smith e. co. The buildings con-
Amboy brick. 10000 Bay State brick, 900
tions of iron columns 500 tons of iron beams
100 tons of cut and finished granite trim
mings, and over 10000 feet of the finest
as the day it was put in there. 1t really
docs seem pity to tear down such
SPLENDID, new buildings as these are"
These buildings occupy frontage of
1 10. 4 Iat,th pf ~ ..Ir
bounded by Federal, East Beach and
Cove streets. r. F. Meaney & Co. are
operating.
ahead of the big procession of diggers,
pile drivers, masons and bricklayers be-
hind them.
In this block. Nos. 275 and 277 were once
known as the Parker estate. and here
lery. which in its day was known far
and near among the shipping in the har-
Dor. It afterward was known as the old
Boston junk shop. and was purchased
who In turn sold ii to the Terminal Com
pany.
On the opposite or southern side of
Federal street. south of the Wales wharf
property there is a long line of coal
chutes that extends back to the cove"
but these will soon be tipped over and
torn apart.
Below these chutee are "a number of
frame and brick dwelling houses, and
then on the corner of Federal and Shaw
ing streets are twoehandsome brick build
ings facing each other. one formerly &C.
cupied by the American Tool and Ma
chine Company. which has removed to
Beach street. and the other by the Little.
Maxwell Il Co. shoe factory, which has
found quarters in Lynn.
In the block between Mt. Washington
avenue and Shaving street there is but
one building left standing. and the labor
ers are al work on this, while on the OPP
posite side of Federal street between
Kneeland and Beach streets, and extend
ing back to Cove street. the brick and
frame tenements are rapidly melting into
mounds of dust and plaster
In a few weeks at the most the great
space will be cleared and the work of
erecting the grand station will begin.
The total cost of hand and building pur-
chased for this project. exclusive of rail
road property is given i'm round numbers
as 81. U.l3 500-IsOStOn Globe. April O.