Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-08

old industries. The latter is one of
the most encouraging features of the
building for when industries have to
be enlarged and new business blocks
built to meet the demands of growing
business ii is a pretty sure sign of a
good healthy growth.
There has been nothing of boom
nature in the building but just what
might be expected of a healthy, pros
porous, growing city. Some places in
the State can show a larger number of
buildings perhaps than this city but
there is usually some unusual demand
like the starting of some new large in
dustry behind it. In Waterville, how
ever, it has been simply a steady, nat
ural growth.
There have been four business blocks
built during the past building season,
three of brick and one of wood. The
wooden building is a large one of two
stories, located just above the Maine
Central station on College avenue.
This is the Lightbody block and is
now occupied on the first floor by a
branch drug store of S. S. Lightbody
& Co, and by the grocery store of E.
L. Cove. These are two very attract
| i've stores and add much to the BUSH
ness of what is commonly called the
North End A good number of
stores has been located in that vicini-
| ty during the past few years so that
there is now business enough there for
a good sized village.
The largest and most substantial of
the new business blocks are the
Flood and Pulsifer. These, although
owned and built by separate parties,
are practically one block. The work
was done by different contractors but
is in harmony and but for the name
tablets the buildings would be taken
| for one block. They are of brick and
stone and modern in every respect.
One of the stores on the first floor is
Vacant at present, but will soon be oc-
| cupied by a new jewelry store. The
other two stores on this floor are oc-
cI1ped by the Office of the American
| Express Co. and by the music store of
Frank Blanchard.
| The Express Co. has some very fine
quarters arranged expressly for it and
therefore. very convenient. The Sec
ond floor is occupied by the offices of
DR.. T.. II. Kidder, the Drs. Bessey and
DIR. p. S. Merrill. These are among the
finest in the city. The third floor of
the Flood block is occupied by the
Keist Business College. having beer
especially fitted up for it, and that OF
the Pulsifer by a College fraternity.
| One of the Oldest brick blocks in the
city was torn down to make room for
these new blocks, and the appearance
of the business street has been greatly
improved thereby.
The third brick block has been bull
just at the junction of Main and Water
streets. This is of two stories and
good size. The first floor is occupied
by the barber shop of J. o. f. Noe
and the store of Charles Simpson
/ The second floor is occupied by the
law Offices of J. A. Letourneau and g
tenement.
These blocks are of the most sub
stantial character with modern i'm
provements throughout. That they
were needed is shown by the fact thai
they were occupied as soon as com.
pleted.
One of the industries that has grown
rapidly enough to require a new build
ing is the Sawyer Publishing Co. Thi:
was started about a year ago but wa.
completed and occupied for the frs
time during the past summer so that Il
comes in the building record Of thu