The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-04-19
BUILDING OPERATIONS
PLANNED IN BARRE
In the List Are Business Block, Add.
tion to Block, Post Office, Garage
Clan Gordon Lot Bought
by e. A. Drown.

With the intention of building an au-
tomobile garage, Ernest A. Drown has
purchased Of Clan Gordon, Scottish Clan
the vacant lot at the corner of JefTer-
son street, just back of the Aldrich IL
brary building, it being the site which
was bought by the fraternal order with
the purpose OF building a lodge home,
but which purpose was not carried out.
! The lot has a frontage OF 100 feet and
runs back 80 feet to Bolster tenement
house, while on the north side is the
property Of Mr.. and Mrs, j. NJ. Perry.
| The land was part OF the old French
estate and is about the only parcel of
the old Central baseball park which is
not built on. For ten years 1t has been
used for gardening and for storage. At
present it is occupied by the exterior
materials for the new Aldrich building
to be erected this summer at the corner
OF Main and Elm streets. work on which
will probably be started soon
Mr. Drown states that he is not GER
tain when the building Of the garage
win be started; but the plans are al
ready drawn. The plans call for two
story building OF brick, measuring 100
feet by 90 feet, with fiat roof, covered
with gravel and pitch roofing. The
ground floor will be occupied as auto
mobile storage and office, with entrances
on two streets 50 that automobiles can
be driven through. The second floor will
be used for repair work. yucanizing and
painting. Mr. Drown intends to use the
building for his own automobile agen-
cies.
A large addition to the rear OF the
r. ID. Ladd company's store in the Wood
the work on which will be started at
once. The addition will be next to the
old city hall and will extend back 20
feet and in order to leave a driveway,
the eastcrly side OF the addition win
slant back to the building at about the
middle OF the width OF the whole block,
making the addition three-eornered
The II, d. Ladd company will use this
addition for their market refrigerator
and storeroom on the first floor, and
on the second floor the bakery depart
ment will be enlarged by the INSTALL
ing OF another large brick oven In the
basement the cooling plant will be in
stalled. The market refrigerator. which
is now in the store, viii be removed,
thus making much more room In the
store and the new refrigerator will be
considerably larger than the old one,
Preliminary surveying for the new
federal building to be erected at the
corner OF South Main and Prospect
streets began this morning under the
direction Of Joseph Flood, a represent.
ative of the Westchester Engineering
Co.. who will superintend the construc
tion work from start to finish. The only
progress to be made this week will be /
the setting Of stakes on the site of the /
building. This viii consume but lit I
tie time. Monday il is expected that |
excavation work will be commenced on
d small scale at least 1t is under I
stood that q retaining wall will be start |
ed at this time Mr.. Flood stated to- /
day that eight or ten men would prob
ably be placed on the job Monday, and /
that this humber would be increased I
from time to time
The firm OF Morse 4 jackson, dealers
in lumber and coal, are planning extern
siye improvements and enlargements at
their coal pocket Off Hills crossing this
spring. Application for building per.
nit was made at the city council meet
ing last night. and work will be started
soon. 1t is hoped to have operations
under way by May /. Plans now drawn
all for an extension and elevation of
he present building, which viii great
" facilitate the handling of the com
1any's products. The contract for in
;talling an elevator of improved model
las been let to the Gafrord Wood Co. f
il New York City. The radical changes
n the building proposed are brought
bout through the increase in the com.
,any's business during the past few
ears. When completed, the new addi-
ions viii double the present storage
apaeity of the coal pocket.