Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-21

A fine, large house, built after the lat
est model will all the modern improve
ments stands nearly completed on Chapel
street, south of Green street 1t is The
property of Mrs. II. +. Smith. and the
two most striking features are ;ne ex-
cellence of its arrangement and its dig
nifty OF appearance. 1t will cost about
$500 Hanks & Wentworth are the
builders.
Among the extensive additions that
have been built to existing residences is
a $500 addition to the King house on
Stone street. the work being done by
Hanks 4 Wentworth
A double tenement house of 10 rooms
and baths has been erected by the same
finn Of contractors for Edwin Jenness on
Arsenal street. The cost approximated.
$500
Thomas J. Lynch, Esq, has had his
residence on Perham street entirely re-
novated at cost of 5000 OF over.
One of the w. ID. Hutchins houses, on
Capitol street, has been remodelled at IA
cost Of in the neighborhood of 5000, and
another, on Oak street, has had about
81. 900 expended on it. The three jobs
above mentioned We're all done by Fl.
Humphrey & Son.
The same finn had tine contract for
the large storehouse for Taber & Reid. on
Capitol street. This cost between 81 600
and 81, 800
The house on Grove street owned by
Fred NJ. Hayes received very extensive
repairs, and a stable has been built during
the rast season.
w. D. Hutchins, the well-known real
estate man is having extensive changes
made at his residence on Court street
The stable, which formerly faced Win
throp street ha; been turned to face
Court street and is being made into a
residence, and AIesSlS. II. Humphrey &
Son are building Il garage on one side of
the stable.
The residence OF William Reid on West
ern avenue is in process of being re-
modelled. The work. when completed
will cost, perhaps. 5000
Ore of the smaller jobs which should he
mentioned as typical of hundreds of dol
lars worth of work which has been done
in augusta the past year is that of re-
novating the residence of Henry Stnrgis
on Sewall street. The ching rool" is
finished in mahogany.
Sleeping riazZas are quite the thing.
and several of them have been built this
year. Among the latest to be put in
service is that at the residence of Nor
man l.. Bassctt, corner of Green and
Chapel streets.
The moving of buildings from one place
to another is an Important palt of the
contractors work Which is often over
looked. There has been considerable of
this work during tie past summer. A
house owned hy MIS-. Maria Fuller has
been moved from Perham street to the
corner of State and Weston streets. In
addition it has been completely remodel
ed and it would lcok like a new house,
even il it should he moved back to its Did
location. 1t is occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Kraus.
A dwelling house owned by Hon. John
f. Hill. has been moved from Green street
to Weston street, and made over INTO a
double tenement.
An interesting fact is the growing pop
ularity of cSncrete rs Il building material.
A. vet no one has given an order TO any
local contractor for Il residence to be
hull. of concrete blocks, which are so
extensively advertised In the builders
MAGAZINES, but several new houses are
resting on concrete foundations, ana the
same material is being used in rebuilding
foundations, where the store or brick
foundation has become unselvceable
Among the houses to receive 4 concrete
foundation is that Of Mrs. Abbie Smiley.
Cedar street.
Everybody has heard about the cob
hIc,.'S children going barefoot Sometimes
, il happens that the material for fine
residence is gotten out in n carpenters
shop that is all ready to tumble down. but
this is not true in Augusta. All the shops
are up-to-date in appearance as well as
, eqliinment. Recently, Charles T.. Iloxic
made extensive repairs to his own es
adjustment, formerly the old Free Zap
tist church, on State street Other con-
tractors have maNe changes and improve
mcnts to their various properties.
In addition to the figures given ali I'VE
the cost of other miscellaneous reiair and
building work dore in and about the city
during 1905 is estimated conservativcly at
$4,000 in round numbers.
The largest number of aliens en-
royed in New York city are in the
clothing Industry. and 1T is because
rearly all of the manufacturing is done
in cities that the immigrants are seCre-