Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-12-27
New Modern Iiouses On Pine Street.

New Modern Houses on Pine Street,
| That comparatively new thoroughfare
Pine Street, only few years since called
cont In the woods" has received ar
addition of three houses this season, Of
such character as will help to maintain
its growing reputation as the handsom.
est street in town.
On bis lot on the west side of the
street, next south of the Methodist par.
sonage, ]. F. Plummer has built bum
galow about 81 so feet, with front
portico and back veranda. On the first
floor are four rooms and q bath, the
living room having fireplace, on the
second floor a ball, three rooms and
large closets. There is good basement
under the whole, and it is heated with q
hot air furnace. The finish throughout
will be of oak, which Mr.. Plummer got
out last winter. The outside of the
building is completed, but work on it
will 60 on through the winter, and it
will not be ready for occupancy until
some time next season. E. j. Record
has been in charge of the carpenter
work.
Next to Mr.. Plummer's on the south
is the house built by Writ Stanley this
season. This is a colonial house, &c 10
feet, with kitchen annex Is 80, q ten
foot piazza across the front, and small
open piazza at the side door. There is
a cellar under the whole, with walls Of
solid concrete. On the first floor are a
wide hall, large parlor, living room with
| fireplace, dining room and kitchen. The
finish on this floor is of curly birch, and
is very handsome. On the second floor,
besides hall and closets, are three sleep
ing rooms, bath, aud an outside sleeping
room over the piazza, fitted with win
dows so ii can be closed in. The finish
on the upper hall is Of cypress, in the
sleeping rooms of white enamel, and In
the outside sleeping room and the kitch'
en- of hard pine. There are two large
plate glass windows in the front. The
floors are of rock maple. The heat is a
hot air furnace. j. 81. Cole of West
Paris has been in charge of the building.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley are about ready to
occupy the house, though there is still
quite a little work to be done on it.
The building of the Congregational
parsonage, which is on the opposite eide
of the street, has been in charge of o.
car E. Barrows. This house is 20 2S,
with piazza on the front and north side.
There are a large hall and three other
rooms on the first floor, and four rooms
and bath on the second floor. The base
ment is of good height, with walls of
cement blocks, and contains hot air
furnace for heating. On the first floor
the finish is cypress, with hard wood
floors. The house is just completed,
and Rev. Mr.. McWhorter and family
have been occupying it for the past few
days.
Aside from Pine Street. the only place
where any plurality of houses has been
built is in the Gary Street section of the
village. Fronting on Gary Street, and
on the corner of that and the unnamed
street running south to the Norway
Branch Railroad, Bradbury Barnett has
built a comfortable house in bungalow
style. On the cross street which runs
by the Barnett house Mrs. Mary Tucker
has built a cottage house. Both these
houses are now occupied.
P. A. Millett, who some time since
built an ell and stable on High Street,
and has since lived there, has added on
the front the main structure of the
house. This is only partly closed in,
and he is working on it as he has oppor-
tunity. When completed it will make
house of eight rooms.
Malcolm c. Briggs has the foundation
in for house on the west side of High
Street, which he expects to build next
season.
A. l.. Holmes, who purchased the
Stowe house, so called, on Main Street,
has done an extensive job of repairing
and enlarging on both house and stable,
and he and Mrs. Holmes are now occu-
plying the place.
The only extensive destruction of
property by fire during the year was at
the c. Freeland Penley house on High
Street, where the stable was entirely
burned, and the house badly damaged.
Mr.. Penley sold the place to A. G.
Maxim, who is now doing the work of
repairs on it, rebuilding the house prac-
tically on the old lines, and he will put
on stable later.
Although we increase our number OF
houses very slowly at South Paris, we
do not let any considerable term of years
60 by without putting something into
public buildings. This year it is the
Methodist church which is receiving
attention, and, as is we'll known, this is
due to the generosity of William Deer
ing of Chicago, who contributes largely
toward the new building. This is in
deed the largest piece OF construction
work that has been undertaken here for
some years. 1t is yet too early to give
any detailed description of this work.
Suffice it to say. that the old Methodist
church of wood is being replaced by an
other of native granite, which will repre-
sent when complete with furnishings
something like 1922, 900. Except the roof
covering, the outside of the main struc-
ture is now complete.
Turning to industrial establishments,
an addition was built on the rear OF
Davis Block, which, while 1t gives some
of the other tenants little more space,
was added for the express purpose OF
eularging the capacity of the Paris Home
Bakery, of which F. w. Walker is pro-
prietor. In his larger space Mr.. Walker
has added second large oven, machines
for mixing run by electric power, and
other equipment, and has now one of
the largest, best equipped, lightest and
best ventilated bakeries to be found in
the state.
A small addition to one of the build
iugs at the Burnham & Morrill, corn fac
tory has been put on, which will aid in a
Encouragement of the plant so as to
make its capacity nearly double what 1t
has formerly been.
Additions to other industrial establish
ments include brick tin plating shop at
the Paris Manufacturing Co. and lum-
Der shed at the Mason Manufacturing
Co., besides other improvements which
add to the plants of these our large in
dustres.
Not to mention an epidemic of hen
houses, there have been numerous other
additions of small buildings about the
place, and in general the buildings and
grounds have been kept up to that
standard of condition which calls out the
frequent comment from strangers that
this is "a nice, neat town."
Zeal That Outruns Itself.
As an illustration of ignorance and ex-
travagance of statement in good cause,
an article in a recent health magazine