Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-06-20
BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Seen il Drive About the City Monday "A
Few Things Now Doing.

Few Things Now Doing.
! Going up High street we noticed a
new stone walk in front of A. L.
Gross residence nicely cemented.
Turning up Maple street we crossed
the level tract of land owned by j.
ID. W1tter on each side of the street to
the fair grounds. Some very good
residence lots can be had here when
the tract is well drained
T. w Burt on First Avenue had his
home nicely re-shingled this spring.
Emma PatZer'S and August HAWAI-
skies new houses on Milwaukee street
are about completed and will soon be
occupied by them. They will make
very comfortable houses.
Mrs. Ricka Schaffer'S new house on
| Broadway is also about completed and
she will move intoit this week.
A new street has just been opened
from Milwaukee street, running east
from the southeast corner of the Fair
grounds to the -Four Mile Creek road.
The street has been nicely graded, the
last of this work being in operation
Monday. The removal of the fair
grounds fence also improves the
appearance of this part of the city.
Milton MoSher has just begun the
! foundation for his new home on the
corner of Broadway and Oak streets.
His mothers house adjoining him is
nearing completion.
Just south of Mr.. Mosher'S on Broad
way NJ. e. Pillar has purchased of
Judge Webb 102 feet frontage on which
he is erecting two story house 26 feet
square with kitchen l6x24. He will
have it bricked up inside in old Cana
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stability.
j. L. Beadle, Robt. Dunaven, NJ. J.
Favel and f. NJ. Billmeyer on Wash
ington Ave. are curbing the street in
| front of their residences, building new
sidewalks and parking the intervening
| space between the curb and sidewalk
adding greatly to the beauty of the
| street.
| Steve Slattery'S residence, which
| has been enlarged and re-modeled is
being finished on the inside by W. E.
Martin, the decorator, and the eX-
terror is being painted by Ward
| Pulver.
| On the west side we found Clark
| Lyon building new sidewalk along
the front of the Consolidated Water
Power Co. and the Garrison lots near
the electric light plant on Main street,
and turning on to French street we
found that street looking much
| improved with the recent grading
done upon it.
Geo. Fahrner on Maple street,
opposite the broom factory, is having
a comfortable home built. The main
part Of the house is 16X2S feet, two
stories in height, with ellis 14x14 and
16X20. AmanduS Reinhart is doing
the carpenter work.
Opposite Fahrner'S residence, Char
| ley Peters is having his house raised
and thoroughly remodeled inside and
outside. Richard and Arthur Lau are
the carpenters.
| E. V. Baldwin, the combination
builder and seller of houses, we found
OuSy at work on pretty little cottage
near the German Lutheran church.
1t is 16X26 and 12X14 feet in dimen-
Sions, one and One-half stories high,
with pleasant looking Stoop 5x40 feet
on two sides of the house. Of course,
it's for sale.
| Lewis Fritz has new house on
| DAILY street. just off Cranberry street,
16x26, 14x1S and 14x16. The main
part is two stories high. His brother,
| Charley Fritz, On the opposite side of
the street has another new house 16x26
and 16X22 feet in dimensions two
stories high. Julius Zelmer's house on
the opposite corner from Lewis Fritz,
is the same size as Charley Fritz'S
house, and it has also been built this
spring, although the family are now
living in it.
| Turning west on Cranberry street
we found julius Demitz in a new
house on four large lots. The house
is 16X26 feet, and story and one-half
in height with two ellis, 14X14 feet in
dimensions. Under the main part of
the house he has very fine cellar
l6X26 feet in size. The property
makes him an excellent home.
A little further up the street Paul
MoSher is completing a house for
himself I6X24 and 14X1S feet in dimen-
SiOnS.
| Over near the west side high school
| building Matt Carey is having an old
frame structure made over into new
house. that will make somebody a
very comfortable residence. 1t is 1Sx
26. two stories high, with an ell 16X20.
Here we found Geo. Moulton, the
mason and plaSterer, in charge, with
! two men huStling mortar to keep him
busy. George has all kinds of work
ahead of him and has to hustle things
to keep even with the jobs.
The brick work on the first story of
ThoS e. NaSh'S new residence is
! about complete. Difficulty in getting
material has delayed the work some
| here.