Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-07-28
VERSAILLES MILL PROPERTY
SOLD TO HIGHEST BIDDER.
Entire Holdings Brought Over $63,5oo
New York Man Buys Mill and VIII
Operate lt-Gets Some Machinery.

A fair sized crowd took in the auc-
ton of the Versailles mill property Of
pany, at Versailles. on Thursday, al
thought there were few bidders. Prices
were rather low for the greater part
of the property. The auction was con-
Quoted by J. E. Corant & Co. of Low
ell Mass, and began at 10 o'clock.
with the sale of the mill itself, which
went to Charles A. Kittle of New
York city for $4,000. The superin-
tendent's residence next went before
the hammer, the purchaser being John
Quinn. The, price paid was $2,450. The
remainder of the party was disposed
of as follows: Lot 3, store property
and half-acTe of land. O'Connor Bros.
of South Boston. sos: lot 4, two
story house. John Quinn, $780, lot s.,
tenement house, O'Connor Bros, 81, 355;
lot 6, residence north of superintend-
ent's house, T. Dugas, 500; lots to
II inclusive, mill houses, H. j. Rome
of Gardner, Mass. $3.50; lot IS, con-
sisting of - 40 acres of land, largely
woodland Graham and Goldberg, Taft
Vile, S5Q5: lot 10. tenement house, T.
Dugas, $500; lots 20 to 90, inclusive,
O'Connor Bros, 1855 each; lot "a,
large house and 10 acres of land,
O'Connor Bros, 1925; lot 25. two-fam-
Gordon Smith, $3.50; lot 26. II acres
woodland. Gordon Smith. 1880 The
$40 odd lots of machinery were sold
during the afternoon to various par,
ties and brought fair prices.
Description of Mill Property.
Bidding on the mill opened at s14.-
600 Lot one, which was the MILL is
described in the catalogue as follows:
Lot l comprises all the property
owned by the company between the
Hanover road on the one side and the
Norwich "nrnaatpr tIfr L md
reserved right of way on the other
side. In other words. ali flowage
rights, the mill pond, the stone DAM
the water power privilege, the mill
yard, all the mill buildings the con-
tents of the engine room, the contents
of the boiler house, the contents of the
turbine wheel room, the contents of
the pump room, main shafting, main
belts, all fire. protection, the canal and
raceway, the land between Little river
and Hanover road land extending
from Norwich and Worcester turnpike
easterly to top of hill including con-
crete reservoir several small lots, also
the land between Little river and ire
served right of way including race
way, four cOttageS-each having six
rooms, pantry and cellar and two two
tenement houses with seven rooms,
pantry and cellar. and two two-tene-
ment houses with seven rooms, pantry
tages and houses face the raceway
and are outside the mill yard.
Total of $6a,5oO
The sale of the properties was in ev-
cry sense of the word success. The
sale progressed with great evenness
and regularity, there being an abso-
lutte demand for all the properties adj
vertised.f The sale was certainly justi-
fled by the results. Not all those who
ed of making the sale at this time
However, ''all is well that ends well.
and the sale has ended well. The at
tendance covered bidders as far south
as Tennessee and as far north as Can
ada The mill realty was purchased
by Charles A. Kittle, Cleramont View
No. Gil w. 127th street New York
city. The village properties sold in %
lots at an aggregate price of $14,S30
The two wood lots sold for 5000. The
personal property sold for s22, roo
making a grand total for the entire
property of over $63,500.
Will Operate Mill.
Mr. Kittle is interested in the Hy-
glenic Fiber company of New York, q
concern which is occupying a plant
under lease, and it is probable thai
the concern will be moved to the new
ly purchased mill. They manufacture
textile goods under hygienic princi-
pies, and quite a quantity of the ma
chinery was purchased by another fol
Mr. Kittle 1t was also reported thai
at the present time the mill would be
used for the making of yarn. The
sale was completed at Ais.
Desirable Property.
The plant is one of the desirable
manufacturing propositions of its size
hereaboutS. The mill buildings are
handsome, genteel and dignified ap.
pearing structures of exceedingly
heavy construction, perfectly placed
in a, broad enclosure (mill Yard lait
down to an extensive and beautiful
sloping lawn-landscape with shade
trees, shrubbery, made and marked
driveway-unobtrusiv equipped with
the latest type of manufacturing con
yenienees, and through the center
within very neat and substantial ston,
embaEkment walls, runs the well fillet
raceway, which adds chara cter to i
all as q place of manufacture. TIL,
water power plant includes a pair O.
Hercules Very latest type B 81 incl
horizontal turbine wheels $50 hors'
power each. in one steel case. The
steam power plant includes mode
engine room in which are the lates
err condensing steam engine, a 525 ligh
electric generator independently OPP
Grated by a New York Safety S5 h. p
center crank high speed steam engine
a model boiler room, including three
Manning type (upright) Dillon boilers
$50 h. p. each, with an insurance in
spection allowance of 155 pounds
pressure. The fire protection upol
the premises is up to the minute ant