Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-01
JEWETT CITY BUILDINGS
 IMPROVED DURING YEAR

The building and improvements in Jewett. City during the past year have been extensive and important and have. cost ill the aggregate, well over s1Oe 900.
 The Rioux block. formerly the Whiting block, at the corner of Main and Soule streets, now owned by Thomas A. Rioux. has been greatly improved by extensive additions and a general remodelling on the Main street front. Three stories have been built on, 1SxS5 feet. bringing the block front line out to the Main street side walk.
 On the top floor, occupied by Mt Vernon Lodge, No. 75, F. and A. M., they have been given g new room in front IS by 35 feet. which will be util- ized by the order for various purposes. The city water supply has also been piped to. this floor. On the second floor the addition has made possible the. enlarging of Rioux hall to the dimensions of 60x35 feet. Commodi- ous rooms have also been fitted on this floor for Mr. Rioux, into which he has moved his business. The entrance to the hall and lodge rooms is now on Soule street. On the street floor by means of the extension on to Soule street three modern stores have been made and are now all occupied. On Belvedere Park, on North Main street, Frank Kolbusz has erected a handsome new cottage, attractive, commodious and modern in every par ticular Frank Seyden, and John Mckenna have both purchased prop erty on the William Fogarty farm where, they have built homes for themselves. MT. Seyden's is in bung- allow style from pleasing architec- tural plans. MT. McKennas residence is a story and one half cottage con- hining all the requirements and ac- commodations of a summer and win ter home.
 The William A. Slater mills while finding no necessity for additional sutrcture work, have laid 1000 linear l feet of granolithic walk about their village, and in accordance with their | usual policy of extending possible benefit of their operatives their ten- ements have been equipped with cleo tric lights and toilet acconmodations.
 Textile Mill Improvements.
 The Jewett City Textile Novelty company has built a new office build 1 ing 30x24 fully equipped with latest | models in art metal furniture. safe and filing cabinets; with a reception | hall directors room and toilet. They have put in 3S0 running feet of gran olithic sidewalk with two catch basins to take care of surface water which l used to come down the hill into their ! cellars. They have graded up the 1 front lawn and put in retaining walls | and gutters, all in cement to match up with the cem snt sidewalks. In re- l pairing their 66 foot chimney they l added feet to it, giving extra draft. | In place of the old office they have installed a 40 foot tenter frame which will double the. output of that depart nent, They gre now installing modern electric one ton elevator with all modern Improvements and safety devices. The entire main building which was wired in 1906 has been re- wired with modern system of con duit and high candle power lights with refectors to replace the old dror light 40 c. P. system.
 They have changed over their boiler room, bringing this up to standard underwriters perfection anc by means of new door newly in- stalled can nov unload a carload oi coal in front of boilers and save ex- tra hauling.
 All winders and doublers have beer moved from the first floor to the sec
 
 and packing to one large room 66x5( and thus gives extra storage space or the first floor.
 A new clock system run by mas ter electric clock in the office will be | installed which will run five clocks placed in different departments
 through the mill and the time cloci
 which the employees ring in on and
 win buzz the time of starting anc stopping, besides calling any of the
 officials by buzzing their number al
 over the mill at, once.
 As the plant experienced consider
 able trouble with lightning several T years ago. it was recently equipped l.: with a lightning system and has jus
 had this completely covered to in
 sure added protection.
 Addition At Grain Store.
 Hsvens 6 Son, formerly the Jewet
 City Grain Store, have built on 3. one
 story wooden addition, 2Sx34 feet ; with 8 two inch matched floor sne j. ship-lap siding. This makes addet