Milford chronicle., 1906-07-27
MILFORD ENJOYING
4 BUILDING BOOM.
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willard Morgan is building . neat
residence for Mf. Hendricks at Ras's
Mil. 1t is now ready for the plasteFeFs.
The residence being erected for DR..
F P. Ruhl by Vincent Nj. D. Harrin0-
ton is nearing completion and Il is *: *:
pected will be ready for occupancy BY
August 10th.
John F. Housman is making exten'
sive Improvements and alterations in
his dwelling, Second and Montgomery
streets, South Milford. The work is
being done by William T. ShOckley'
The addition to the handsome home
Of DR.. Frank L. Grier, now in course
Of construction by Contractor Rateliff,
is well under way and will be the source
of many additional comforts and con-
veniences to this already spacious resi-
dence.
The residence Of John w. Weleh on
North Front street has been moved
back several feet from the building line
and raised to permit Of cellar being
constructed beneath. Hot water heat
will be introduced and spacious porches
will add materially to the beauty OF
the house.
John Ingram, of Slaughter Neck,
contemplates moving to Milford as soon
as he shall have built residence which
he is now contemplating on South
Second street, near Fisher avenue, on 8
lot rented from Mrs. E. A. Fisher. He
is expecting to begin work in few
days and the house will be a very
pretty seven room cottage.
w. P. Pusey & Son, contractors from
Snow Hill, Nd, have about finished
the brick work on the residence being
erected for Former Governor William
II. Watson, north of town, by John w
Ratcliff, Contractor and builder. They
are doing the brick work on the new
Chronicle Office being erected for COlOne
Townsend and will probably finish this
by August 10TH. The brick work of the
Public School building and that Of th'
Trust Company was the work df thu
Puseys, father and five sons, all excel
lent mechanics, and each job Of worf
they finish is an enduring testimonial
to their handicTaft.
The new Chronicle office will be com
pleted about October 1st, and will b'
one Of the most substantial building
in the State, and indeed by far the bes
adapted for the business for which i
will be used. The first floor will con
tain the general business office, COlOne
Townsend's private Office, stOreroon
for paper stock and the press room. L
will be fitted with all modern sanitary
conyeniences and there will be a fire
proof vault, in which the books Of thu
Chronicle and the expensive electro
will be kept. The 2nd story will con
tain the editorial rooms and the com
posing room which will be 36x43 fee
in size with Is large windows thus as
suring ample light and air. The build
ing will be heated by hot water anC
there will be an elevator to take tn
forms from the composing room to tn
press room and return them same way
There will be a furnace provided for tn
burning Of all waste paper and refuse
The motive power will be q gasoline en-
CINE. The paper cutters will be just out
side the stock room door most convent
entity placed. The press room and stocl
room will have floor Of cement and al
other floors will be North Carolina pine
The front will present handsome ar
pearance, the first story being virtual,
all plate glass. The Intel course vii
have rain drip about three feet wild
and the windows of second floor vii
be surmounted by q galvanized irOl
eornice four feet high. Above the centT
Of this will appear the words in boil
relief "lS78-MilfoId Chronicle-19O6
and such will be the new home Of tn
Chronicle and we hope if possible ths
it's benefit for good in the cOmmunit
and it's popularity as a newspaper ma
he commemorate with Its surrounding