Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-01-17

city, ana II mas Tequreu IHo SoA 'ANSS
of the best equipped building concerns
Of this section. In this connection II
is worthy of note that practlcaily all
Of the building work, no matter now
large or intricate, has been awarded
to local contractors, for be it known
that Augusta and vicinity have con-
tracing concerns whose facilities are
such as to enable them to successfully
handle construction work of any size
or description, anywhere in New Eng
land Among the more prominent
among this class is the l.. f. Brad
street & Sons Co. of HalloWell, our
neighboring town. To them was given
the contract for the erection of Au-
susta's newest industrial plant, on the
east side of the river. This splendid
edifice looms no on the river front and
can ne seen by all who pass through
the city by train or auto. This mag
nificent plant was built by the cltl-
zens of Augusta for the Crossett Snoe
Co. The main building is of brick
concrete floors, four stories, and 4iX23o
feet in dimensions at one end is a
100 foot tower for the water tank. In
addition there is an office building,
boiler house, etc, the contract amount
ing to over $4,000. In time upwards
of 4Ou hands will find steady work
here. and at good wages.
Other buildings erected by the l.. f.
Bradstreet & Sons Co., in Augusta, are
the Nash School, the Green Street
School, two on three buildings, and
repairs on others for the Maine State
Insane Hospital: repairs on wing Of
the Maine State Capitol building, and
others. In Hallowell they erected the
Hubbard Free Library Johnson's Shoe
Factory, all the Industrial School, the
Mary Clarke schoolhOuse, etc. In Gar
diner they built the Gardiner Trust &
Ranking building; in Rumford Falls
the splendid Mechanics Association
Block; two large shoe plants at Au-
burn: office buildings and power houses
for the Central Maine Power Co. at
Hallowell: and. in Waterville, they put
up tie handsome Y. NJ. c. A. building,
the Clukey Block, two new buildings
for Colby College. l.. f. billiards. shoe
factory, and others. Tn the city of
Portland they erected what then was
the largest $50 apartment house in
Portland, costing 100000, and at Orono
they have built several structures for
the University of Maine, also Town
Hall of Orono. The fine dormitory
buildings at Bowdoin, Brunswick, also
We're erected by this concern At
Pennington they also erected splen-
did dormitories. This list does
not include all the important build
ings erected under contracts given
to the l.. z. Bradstreet & Sons Co.,
but sufficient to show their resources
and facilities for undertaking the larg-
est contracts to be let in the State of
Maine, or, for that matter, in any part
of New England. They will be pleased
to communicate with those who have
large or small buildings to erect, and
who wish to get in touch with a con-
Germ that las the confidence of lead
ing architects and property owners of
the state.
This building concern was estab-
Eshed thirty years ago by l.. E. Brad
street, by whom it was carried on
alone until 1863, when the firm became
l.. e. Bradstreet & Sons In 1911 the
business was Incorporated, with the
following named as officers. viz: Pres
ident. L. E. Bradstreet; Vice President,
j. p. Bradstreet; Treasurer, j. r.
Bradstreet, and Seer etary. Miss c. D.
Bradstreet. Their general offices are
located at Hallowell, where all COM
munications should be addressed. and
where they will receive prompt and
careful consideration.