St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-06-10
Building Notes.

This may be a hard-time year. but the
amount of building and the extensive
repairing going on in St. Johnsbury
would not indicate it.
Work is being rushed on the Brunette
block, corner Of Railroad and Portland
streets. The frame work is already up
for the ground floor. The building will
be 6S feet square on the ground and
three stories high. The ground floor
will be divided into three stores, the
second will be given up to Offices and
tenements will occupy the third floor.
There will also be a basement store
opening on Portland street, the other
stores facing Railroad street. This
building will be a great improvement to
the street making a solid block from
Eastern avenue to Portland street.
The foundation and cement floor for
w. A. Wright's garage are completed
and he is now engaged in making the
cement blocks for the construction of the
building The garage will be Al by 50
feet and either two or three stories high.
The first floor will be used as a repair
shop and the remainder OF the building
will be fitted up for the storage of
automobiles, paint rooms, etc. When
completed it will be the second garage
in the state constructed entirely of
cement, the other being a one-story
affair at Rutland, and will be absolutely
fre-proof MIR. Wright expects to occupy
the building early in July.
Contractor Hamstead has % men at
work on the new jail at present. The
foundation is all in place and the
material is on the ground ready to rush
the building to completion.
Rickaby and Gauthier's block on Port
land street is nearing completion and
will be ready for occupancy by the first
of July 1t is two-story building, 2S
by 3S feet and will be occupied by John
McLane as blacksmith and repair
shop.
NJ. NJ. Caldbeck is laying the founda-
ton for two-story tenement house on
Elm street 1t will be "a by 40 feet in
size and will be finished into two tene-
ments.
H. A. Chesley has finished the stone
work on the foundation for his two
story cottage house on LAFAYETTE
street. He begins next week on
the wood work and expects to have
the building completed this fall. The
dimensions are rs by 81 feet.
James Foye has improved his Summer
street house by raising the roof on the
annex and adding two stories. The
building will be finished off into three
tenements in fats, with all the modern
conveniences. The changes add greatly
to the looks as we'll as the value of the
property.
The Improvements on A. Gosselin's
Portland street residence consist of
remodelled ell part and the addition of
two-story piazza and bay window.
The proprietors of the Summerville
Wood Yard have gone into the coal
business and have erected coal shed on
their siding in Summerville.
Repairs are being rushed on the Union
block and the hrst floor will be ready for
occupancy in September 1t is hoped by
the owners that the second floor can be
rented for offices, while tenements will
occupy the third Gordon Weeks is also
engaged in repair work on his block,
which was recently Quilted by fire.
c. F. Beck is raising the roof on the
main part of his Concord avenue resi-
dence, one story, and thereby gains four
rooms, as well as improves the looks of
the property.
A seven-toot piazza is being built on
the south and west sides of John Beck's
dwelling on School street.
Mrs. Frank Hudson has made alter
atoms on her house on Harrison avenue,
which will give her another tenement.
She will occupy the new tenement her
self and rent the main part of the
building.
c. G. Flint has moved the old Daniel
Streeter house, which he recently pur.
chased, from the site on Prospect avenue
to lot on Harvey street, where he will
at once put it into shape for renting. A