New Britain herald., 1919-08-07
19sxs k x X, Pss:AlNVII!I NEWS .CAHItL COMPANY '
 ,.t r4,} .. > BUYS PROPERTY
 < s@,. Adeline and Bernard Mason Sell Land on Whiting Street .. .. TO- ERECT *$50,ooo BUILDING
sBaseball Game snnday--Harry Ellis
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 Another important real estate* trans- action took place in this town yester- day afternoon when the w. J. Cahill company purchased the Mason prop erty on Whiting street from Adeline and Bernard Mason, through ,Aharles F, Conlin of the Standard ReaFEstate & Insurance Go. The purchase price has not been made public r+
 The transaction is of infportance'lo cally as it but adds another step to a growing industry of the town ana as sures@ Plainyille of one of the. largest Wholesale grocery houses in the staLe It can be authoritatively stated tfaat a brick building will be erected by the company, perhaps within the course of a year at a cost of $40,OO0 or $50,000 Definite plan ssfor this building will be announced 1ater.
 The piece of property purchased is sF4Aated on the Northampton division of the New York, New Haven & Hart ford ralIraad company and runs for 125 feetkalong the tracks. alt has a depth of akout 100 feet towards Whit ing street: 1t adjoins the property of the Ca'hill company on the south and extends north to. that of George L. Newton, known as the repository hich is now the property of MT. Hayes of UnfonWlIe. The new addi tion will giveT the Cahil1 company about 25O feet additional railroad sid ing. HL,
 Three buildings are included in the purchase: One Was formerly used by "BarneMY' Mason for a wagon shop and William Stephenson as black smith shop. 'It is now occupied by a yielding com pany. The other two btAdings+, in former years were used for painting and retixing carriages, wagons, etc. Of late years a soap fac tory anu paper box factory had been conducted in them. For the past two or three years they had been idle
 The Cahill company has been in the town for three years, coming here from Meriden. Edward Dyer is the traffic manager, Robert J. SkeHy sales manager, and Miss Bessie Dyer secre- tary of the local plant. The old Car ter foundry was purchased by the com- pany. Business in this district was exceptionally good and the foundry building was added to at various times. A new office building was re- gently completed. The officials found that the business was rapidly expand ing and the future would have to be faced. The Mason property was there fore purchased and should serve the company's purposes for some time to come. ..
 The three buildings included in the purchase will probably be torn down to make room for the neN building when it's erection is decided Upon.
 Harry Ellis Home.
 lHarry Ellis, son of MT. and Mrs. J. Ellis of Whiting street, returned to his home here last night after having received his discharge from the army at Camp Dix yesterday. Ellis was aS1nember of the Second Division, "esSed the best division of the A. E. F.. and went through all the engagements With the division.
 Friday or the 1vtn or the month have no meaning in the soldiers life. He enlisted on Friday, July 13, 1917. He sailed for overseas in Septem Der.