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Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31
ROCKVILLE.
Savings Bank Under Construction to.
 Cost $50, 0,ooo-MiII Work.

There has been very little building in Rockville during the past year, al- though considerable money has been expended in repairs and enlargements. There have been only few houses built, including a small house by Nel son Wellspeak on East street, at a cost of S2,000. George Scheets, house on Union street, $2000, and John Larry, souse on Union street, $2,500. The White Corloin company, division of the United States envelope com pany, has built a large addition to their mills for a storehouse, at an estimated cost of Sf5,000. The Rock manufacturing company, has expend- ed a large sum in putting in big penstock to carry water from the canal at Exchange block to the lower mill, and a<big concrete Hume has been built to connect the penstock with the canal.
 Charles H. Hammond has spent about $2000 in remodeling the Ham mond residence, and improving the grounds on Elm street.
 The H. Wales Lines company is at work on the construction of a new banking building for the savings bank of Rockville, which will cost some $50,oo0 or more. The iron work is now bein~ placed The building will be of Indiana limestone of the Greek style of architecture, and promises to be one of the most attractive and modern banking buildings in this part of the state.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31
BUILDING ACTIVITY IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT
STAMFORD SPRINGS.
Buiidinn During ths Year Has Been Lisht-New Garage and Residences.


 There has been little new building in Stafford during the year 1914, and although the carpenters have been ] kept fairly busy, a good deal of the work has been confined to repairing. There has been only a small amount iof construction. The Standard card Fclothing company has erected a two- istOry brick building 78 by 7S. at its plant, on Westford avenue, and now
 has an up-to-date equipment for {, turning out it's product
 Edward Mann has built a two- {story house on Converse street and ! tzans Hansen has a new house about l, ,completed on Keefe plain. J. Giotta is tfhe owner of @ small house in the lane leading from Westford avenue to East Main street, and a two-story house of Fred Moore. Mr. Moore's
 house was destroyed by fire a few montas ago, and he is now building a barn and in the spring will put up a house. Samuel Kusiausky has en- larged his Main street property by building on in front good-Sfzed three story brick addition. thus nak- : ing two good stores on the first floor rand enlar0ing the upstairs tenements.
 The largest building contract of the i year is the new Hudson garage on Main street. This, however, is only fin process of construction, and it will be several weeks before it is com pleted. The Rhode Island worsted company has bought land and made plans for the erection of several houses for it's employees, but no build ing has yet been done.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31
STUDY THE APPLE MARKET.

The pTices on apples are at the present time very good. and those who are making a study of the sit- uation feel that the chances of it's improving are very small. This is because the western New York grow CTS and buyers as well as the large growers all over the country last fall stored their large crops. The cold storage people report that the storage never contained so many apples as at the present time. This means that many apples are going to be placed on the market during January, Feb ruary and March which will pretty nearly supply. the demand. Many farmers and others have apples stored in their cellars which they have been holding for better prices. If a large quantity of these is placed on the market when the cold storage material is, they will not bring. as much as the cold storage fruit will, and on the other hand they will lower the prices Of the storaSe apples The ieague therefore suggests that an who have apples in their cellars study the mar ket very closely and dispose of them at .trne first 7ounortunity when they think that the prices are the best. In many cases that time is the present because the apples have ripened rap- idly in tho cellar and decay has al- ready started in.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31
MORE GLASS HOUSES.

There is an increased tendency among market gardeners to construct small greenhouses. They are almost indispensable for the starting of early vegetabIe plants and they are also of value in the forcing of vegetables, thus furnishing profitable and pleasant employment when out of door work
 is not rushing. Quite large percent age of those who erect small houses decide within a. few years to increase the area of glass for the purpose Of engaging more laroely in vegetable forcing. This makes it possible to pro- vide profitable employment for the men during the winter time and when the weather is too rough and stormy for work out of doors. The possibility of extension should always be taken into account when building green houses, however small they maye be.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31
APPLE TREE STUBS.
Should be Cut of for Protection
 When Not Much Frost Therein.

Much of the pruning of apple and other fruit trees which has been done in the county in the past has not been any too carefully done. People seem to desire to cut off the limbs as rapidly as possible rather than as care fully possible. Many trees are seen with bad stubs on. Such stubs never heal over: on the other hand, they have a tendency to crack. Moisture and varying weather conditions act on the wounds and make Q. fine place for fungi and wood borers to work as the wood rots. The result is that within a few years a large cavity Is made in the stub which extends down into the trunk or branch of the tree. Such cavities can be filled or covered at a great expense, but they are needless cavities, because if all the wounds are made up close and parallel to the trunk or branch, and if they are properly dressed they will heal over withins a few years instead of rotting and forming cavities.
 Many farmers can well afford to go over their trees and cut off the larg- est stubs at. odd times during the winter. Care should be taken, how ever, not to prune the trees when there is a great deal of frost in the wood, as experience has shown, that this tends to siujure the trees. Prun- ing of the smaller branches and the live branches is not recommended for the winter time, and this suggestion is given at this time only to encourage thaose who have much pruning to do. especially those who have many such stubs to cut off. They should exer- else care in avoiding @ period when there is a great deal. of frost in the wood for doing this work.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31

Page street: frame dwelling, W. ". Beekwiths Kinney avenl1es Thomas A. Crowley. Williams street, frame dwell ing, two stories; frame barn, BosWeh Longo; c. D. Moves brick Sunshine building; alterations Broad street and Boswell avenue, frame dwelling. J. J. Desmond; one story frame. zo1r4e laun- veranda, Pearl street; for James OACcnnell. 9x3o; alter barn to garage, Mrs C. W. Gale, frame: frame addi- tion, Division street dwelling, ". H. McQuirk, 12x14;. frame cottage. Eliza beth Ray. Winchester street; two story 1sx22 frame addition to No. g Copper street dwelling, J. Materino; Eiks' building addition. 41xSs, two stories; St. Joseph convent, 6sx47x2S; Salva- tore Salvidios two story cement;
 street; four story. 52x101, Chestnut street, Max Gordon: frame addition, 43 Union street. Mrs Machines: W. s. A1Iing building, alterations: change roof Franklin street T. F. Burns
 Frame dwelling, Boswell avenue, Rich Selz, two story, S4xz6; frame shed, 14x14, L. Sardinsky. Maple street; addition to fraEn barn. Morris Markof,
 9x12, Elizabeth street; from building,
 with tin roof. 426 Main street, 1sx35, Bruno Pedace; from dwelling. Linden Parkway, Nelson V. Porter; From addi- tion, 14s Boswell avenue, Mary Kel- leher. 12x13; frame garage, Asylum street, M. L. Bergstresser; frame dwelling, Lincoln avenue, Mrs. Sarah
 Melee. s2xs6 brick garage, Everett B, Dawley, Laurel HiH avenue; frame greenhouse, 10x15x17, G. A. Church
 Mowry avenue; frame brick bakery,
 20xS6, Boswell avenue, Harry Kern:
 brick and frame store and tenement North Main street, L. Rinella; frame
 barn. 14x20, BerkIey road. Paul Skin derl frame garage, Mrs. W. T. Ward West Thams street, 15x20.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS

spring and early summer. In order to meet the needs of the plant then available food must be supplied for immediate use: therefore the value of a fertilizer for such use must be based on its supply of readily available plant food In the case of corn, a long growing crop. material furnishing food which will become available over a greater length of time should be used. In most cases stable manure is ideal for this purpose, with the high grade fertilizers for the shorter-growing gen in the form of nitrate of soda. or other readily soluble material should be used, whereas tankage may be satisfactorily used for corn
 There are a great many materials which can be and are used in the making of the fertilizers whether mixed at home or at the factory. In either case it is desirable to know what is being used so as to deter mine its immediate uee. The analysis found in the bag of fertilizer will show the total amount of plant food. but will not show how readily avail able it is. However the availability is judged somewhat by the grade, as in most cases there Is more likely to be better grade of material used in the high-grade than the low.
 The cost of handling, hauling, freight, storing and applying of enough material to get the desired food in low grade fertilizer is so very much greater than the similar expense in the case of the high grade fertilizer or the chemicals which are mixed at home. that often the low grade fertilizer is the most expensive form in which to buy one's fertil- izer. To determine what grade or material should be used, one should know how much is desirable to apply the needs of the plant on the soil in question, and also have a knowledge of the analysis of materials to be uEed in making the mixture.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31
BUILDING PERMITS
 DURING PAST YEAR.
seventy-Eiaht Were Granted For New
 Work and Alterations.

During the past year there was a total of seventy eight building per- mits issued to Norwich property holders, for the construction of new buildings, cottages, bungalows and barns and for additions to other the first quarter, twenty-seven in the second quarter, twenty -one in the third quarter. and fourteen in the last and present quarter, making a total of seyenty-efght. The permits issue follow:
 First Quarter.
 A. Ableman. frame barn, one story, 2ox2o: Eugene Mccarthy. frame veran- das 6x24, two stories, No IT Maple street: Levine Bros, frame barn, FOX 30, Elizabeth street; frame dwelling, Charles E. Lamb, Pearl street, 26x26, with ell; addition to dwelling, s7 Me chanic, '12x15, D. A. Kinne, M. Kadish; Joseph George, 14x24 frame bakery, Summit street Mettte M. Porter frame dwelling. 26x30, Maple park way; frame dwelling, 24x44, two story. Henry Troeger. Boswell avenue and Lorenzo street Reliance Yarn Co., frame building. East Main, 1Sx27; wo-family frame dwelling, Henry Troeger, Lorenzo street and Boswell avenue; Blackledge, frame shed, Barnes street, Adam Rabonski; Mrs. Lila M. Browning, frame dwelling Spring Garden avenue: frame bunga@ low, Samuel Lambert, Russell and Hadley streets; John D. Hall, Russell road, frame dwelling; Helen B. P Huntingdon, frame dwelling, 1S2 Broad street; Sterling Machine com pany. extend building F feet, truss roof, furnace and chimney.
 Second Quarter.
 J. J. Desmond, story frame gar age. 12x20, Central avenue; George Maynard, frame piazza, Cliff Terrace: E. c. Sterry, brick addition, Thames square two story; H. H. WhaIey. 24x 24 frame addition, ? story. 10 Garter avenue; W. H. Gordon, 12x16, frame addition, North Main street, dwelling; Joseph Christina, frame addition, 6x2O. 70 Boswell avenue: H. B. P Hunting ton. frame cottage 2S Maple court, eSx33; H. B. P. Huntingdon, frame bungalow. 2s Maple Court, 26x42: H. B. F. Huntington. frame house. 29 Maple Court, S0xST: frame garage, Pearl street, 17x1s, Charles Fl. Lamb; frame dwelling, 27x28. George L.. Gotham, Hedge avenue extension: frame garage, 1Gx1S, Elizabeth street, Levine Bros; frame dwelling, Mrs. J. R- Fowler, Main street; Chappell coal shed; Herbert D. Rogers. story frame dwelling, Cahoon street: Carpenter Manufacturing Co. 43x2S, 2, story frame addition, Newton street; artela- tion barn for store. 4x12x14. 61 Foun- tain street, Fred Froscillo; frame bungalow, Arthur Simpson, Francis Frame dwelling, 1sxz7, Pratt street, M and Johanna OAConneIl; frame dwelling. 32x27, T. M. Shields. Cres- cent street; frame garage, A. Simpson, 1oz16, Francis place; frame dwelling, Berkeley street, M Karakula; frame bungalow, ". T.. Stebbins, 18th street; frame cottage, Russell road. 1-2 ssto- ries. C.. I. Rathbun; frame dwelling, 20x2e, Newton street. with ell. Mrs. Kate Dwyer; frame dwelling 23x2S Russell road, Had1ey Potter: Peter Davis, brick oven building, one story, 17x25, Forest street.
 Third Quarter.
 Fl. c. Peck, new frame dwelling and garage, Sachem street; John McWil- AAas--zNN kxame dwslHS-L Ae<aa xooup&
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31

house owned by Walter Miagski. The house was built within the past year and was completed about five months ago by. John HeibeL There are eight rooms, four on Q, floor.
 Other property owners in this sec- tion but whose houses do not appear in the nicture are Henry Troeger who has built a modern two story frame dwelling, 22x44 on Boswell avenue, north of St. Mary'S cemetery: Joseph Ghustie who has erected a frame ad- d1tion 6x20 to his building and Paul Skinner who is constructing a. frame barn 14x2o on Berkeley Road.
 At EIks' Home.
 At the EIks addition the roof has been planISed but nothing of note is being done on the interior work.
 Foundation In.
 The cob'oIestone foundation is in for the house being erected on Elizabeth street by c. L Rathbun for Frank Will bur. The frame work has not yet been started.
 Started New Walk.
 Sullivan. Ramage and Purvis have completed the mason work on the Shields Thurnm building on Frank lin street and on Wednesday poured the first course for the new sidewalk They also have the contract for the erected on Williams street for Dr. T. A. Crowley.
 Robins Court Bungalow.
 Work has been started on a frame bungalor to be built on Robbins court for Herman S. Case. The house will De 30x30 and will. contain five rooms William H. McQuiri< has the genera contract, and Sullivan, Ramage and Purvis have the mason contract
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31
SOUTH MANCHESTER.

Estimates are being received for moving a building owned by Mark Cheney to a new foundation near the present location and remodeling the same for a modern residence. When completed it will have eight rooms, provided with furnace heat, modern plumbing, gas and electric lights and other conVenienceS-
 William Enneman has been awarded the contract for the new clubhouse to Fe erected on Eldridge street for the Sub- Alpine Athletic club. The build ing will contain club quarters
 Julius Jensen of Birch street has sold to Michael Heckler of New York city a site on Birch street adjoining the land of E.. J. HoII Mir. Heckler contemplates the erection of a build ing in the sprin~ which will be occu- pied by an up-to-date restaurant.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31
POULTRY RAISING.
Result of the Experiment of the Be.
 sinner.

Tn the Poultry Raising" department of the current issue of Farm and Fire side. a contributor tells in part as follows his experiences as a beginner at poultry raising:
 "The first of November, 1918, l bought 24 White Leshorn hens and 92 Of the larger breeds for mothers.
 The first eggs were sold December 9th. As write. September 10, 1914, l have sold 176 1-2 dozen eggs and re- cefved therefor S4I.
 '1 set 30 dozen Leghnrn egEs from which were matched 300 chicks. No record was kept of the eggs eaten, but Q close estimate shows that not far from 20 dozen were thus used. making a total of 281 dozen eggs produced. The large hens had but little time to lay. as we kept them busy matching and breeding.
 "At the end of June Ishad 200 chicks started in good thriving condition. Then three tramp cats and a skunk got busy, and when 1 got them exter- minated I had only s5 chicks left. I then began setting hens again and matched 70 chicks and dozen Runner ducks.
 My income from eggs and brofiers sold and young stock on hand up to September 20, 1914. was S111. The cash outlay to that date for feed was s55. leaving 8 balance of $7e for labor and interest on the investment in the hens at the start
 Wheat was purchased at 90 cents and oats at 50 cents per busheI 4 good many carrots were fed for green feed. These cost 35 per ton. The yards were never empty of green chopned grass or some other green stuff, for have learned that grain is not the only feed necessary to pro- duce results with laying hens. keep all our chickens young and old. in parks or yards of 50 by 100 feet, we'll filtered with straw, and SOW the grain fed in this straw in fair weather. One pint of oats is fed in the morning and a pint of wheat at night to each 12 hens. --
 Crushed quartz rock is kept before the chickens all the time. also plenty of charcoal and lime. The hens had no oyster shell and no meat except
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31
PLANT FOOD
 AND FERTILIZERS.
Some Important Facts to Consider
 Relative Thereto.

Plant growth depends on the amount of plant food found in the soil ready or nearly ready for i'm mediate use by the plants. There are thousands of dollars worth of plant food in our soils, but the farmer of to-day is figuring its primary value for it's immediate use. In like man. ner the food value Of ton of fertil- izers depends on what its immediate value is, usually during the first sea- son and in many instances during a very short season As an Illustration hay crop. one that grows and natures in comparatively short season and a season when the soil Is found in a
 condition not favorable for the libera- tfon of great amount of available food because itsis cold and wet in the
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31
NEW LONDON.

The matter of awarding the con- tract for the temporary heating plant at the Connecticut College for Wo- men has been deferred until the Jan uary meeting of the trustees. The cost will be about $29 9,O00. Ewing & ChappeiL 101 Park avenue, New York are the architects.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31

now and then a jack habbit which l had killed. I shall feed both oyster shell and meat scrap next season. shall also try an incubator next keeping only Leghorn hens and Run ner ducks
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31

Waterbury-Those who attended the meeting of the Waterbury Wo- mems club Tuesday afternoon re- ceiyer many helpful suggestions as to beautiful house decorations from a most interesting talk given by Henry Bailey on 'Refurnishing the Home"
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31

Seymour. Rev. Dr. Josephus Tragftt S4, a retired Episcopalain clergyman, died Sunday night. He is survived by two daughters and two sons, one of the latter being Rev Horatio N. Tragitt, who is located in Missouri. !T@4E9
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31
MYSTIC.

Work has been started on a. two family house on East Main street for Allen Avery. and the foundations are being laid for cottages on Academy lane for James Watrous and on h. dustrial place for Thomas Hickson
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31
STORES.

The bids have been received for the new machinery school building to be erected by the. Connecticut Agricul- turai College. The award of the con tract. will be deferred until after meeting of the trustees has been held. The plans for the building were pre- pared by Architects Unkelbach & Perry of New Britain and have been described in detail in previous is- sue. The following is a complete list of the bids.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31
BUILDING OPERATIONS
 IN NEW ENGLAND

Statistics of Building and Engin- eering Operations in New England as comniled by The F. W. Dodge Com 7asru FaIIov7.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31

Lewis A. Miller, Meriden. ,61e H. Wales Lines Go, Meriden. 12,990 Torrington Bldg Co, Torrington 13,o6S Doyle & Murphy Co, Williman-
 tic .....-.....-.. 13,115 Tracy Bros. Co, Waterbury. 13,594 J. A. Dolan. New London. . 13,725 Latham & Crane, Willimantic. 14,433 Fenton. Burns Co, Norwich =. 14,S00 Conn. Engr. & Cons. O., Nor
 wich .................... 14,s57 Edw. F. Miner Bldg. O.. Wor-
 cester .................... 15,2S3
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31
". TYLER BROWNE, M. D.,

Eye. Bar. No.e. Throat, EleetrIcfty.
 x.RAY Violet Ray. Mechanical MaasaEo. Hours: 10 a. m. 70 { and 6 to D m 175 Broadway. Norwich, Conn. Take Franklin St. car to -Dr. BrowneiAN neDld
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-31

H. c. Peck, new frame dwelling and garage. Sachen street; John McWil- Aas-s-zN 6xaue dwalIz<L Ae<aR xoorn&
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
S. e. r. Electric Ry.

5:s5, 500. 1902. 1902. zoo. 400. sso2, 500.
900. liza.
1902, Sunday night only.
LIMITED. SOUTH
6:33. s:53 1888, 1888, 2:53. 4:53. 6:53.
12:l4 Sunday night only. and to Flint only.
Cars NORTH, LOCAL
TIL. s:12. 1912. 1872 2:12, 4l2. 6'l2, sos.
1926,
ii24. 1921 Sunday night only. and to Saginaw
only.
LIMITED CARS NORTH
9:21, 11:21, 1.21. 1921. SCI. 7:21. s2l.
Limited cars South make close connections at
Flint for Detroit
These cars leave Mt Morris and Birch Run APP
proximately is minutes earlier or later than at
Clio.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1914-10-02
Praying for Peace

A cynic writes to The News in pro-
test against the proclamation of Presi-
dent Wilson, setting aside Oct. as 4
day on which the people of the United
States are to pray for peace in Europe.
1.-The God of our faiths knows there
is war;" he says. 'He does not need
our small pleadings. for He is all wise.
Then, of what avail is prayer"
The writer finishes his letter with a
quotation from Omar:
'And that inverted Bowl they call the
Sky,
Whereunder crawling coop'd we live and
die.
Lift not your hands to 1t for help-for
1t
AS impotently moves as you or |. -
This is an age of materialism. Sci
ence, commerce, Industrial evolution,
our every mode of life, has done part
to weaken in us the faith of our faith
ers; and the new faith, the bigger and
broader belief, is still in the making.
We long for the soul in earnest. No
man has ever done great thing unless
his faith in that aim was absolute. The
athlete, who does not believe firmly in
his proves droops and loses the strug-
gle; the poet whose soul is not electro
fled by the thought that prompts him,
fails of his epic. All history tells US
that the souls of men have been stirred
first by an unlimited faith before
mighty deeds have been accomplished.
The child is made happy and gentle
and loving by firm belief in the good
ness of the spirit of Santa Claus. Man
rises to height by his faith in his wife
and the loneliness of his children, by
the good he sees in the men he meets;
and he is exalted by the firmness of his
faith in Divine Providence. Faith he
must have if he should seek the
heights.
To wish our fellow-man well turns
loose within our own being the foun-
tains of good. To aid another is to
exalt ourselves. ut is more blessed to
give than to receive" If man prays,
sincere in his belief, with his whole be-
ing attuned to the earnestness of his
soul, he finds within himself a peace
and happiness no man can destroy.
President Wilson calls on the people
of the United States to pray with al
the faith that is in them for peace il
Europe. Let us suppose that this cal
is needed by every resident of our ma
ton. Over 10000, 900 people kneelinf
devoutly in prayer, purified and exalted
by high faith in the eternal triumph
of right, of justice and of peace. A
mighty army unit, all thought con
centrated on ultimate world happiness
Will we not, ourselves, be bettered BY
it? Will we not be in finer mood wher
the sun dawns in Europe and the war
weary legions lay down their arms, t.
offer them comfort in their sorrow, ant
bring step nearer the millenium-tha
step being, perhaps, world peace tri
bunal, the disarmament of nations, and
eventually, brotherhood of the PEG
Piles of the world?
"God moves in mysterious ways, hi
wonders to perform. detroit Even
ing News.