Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-05

On Monday a wage reduction affecting the building trades went into. effect, and although there had been talk of walk out no contractors reported any men who stayed out. The carpenters and masons claim that they are working under protest until a settlement by arbitration is reach ed. The carpenters have been getting from ST 1-2 cents an hour to 95 cents an hour, while the masons have been getting SLIP 1-2 per hour. The reduction estab- fishes the, minimum wage for the carpen- ters at 75 cents an hour and the masons at 90 cents an hour
 The painters, who also received a cut in wages on Monday, refused to work on the new scale and walked out. Many of them, however, are working on their own initiative and taking contracts for them selves. They do not call the walkout a strike. but simply protest against the reduction.
 During the quarter just closed 1s build ing permits have been issued by Fire Marshal Howard L. Stanton. These per- mits include six for frame garages, one for frame house, four-for frame barns l and sheds. one for stone narn, seven | for alterations to frame buildings. This is about the normal average for the first quarter of the year but does not include many large contracts.
 | F.. c. Crowell is to erect a frame house of the coloniel type on Elmwood avenue. | The building will be of frame construc- | tion, with seven rooms, in which there
 will be hardwood floors and trim. The foundation will be of stone and concrete The exterior finish will be of clapboards
 and shingle roof. There will be a garage
 in the rear of the house. The plans vert
 drawn by Cudworth & Thompson and ths contract has been let to P. F. Sweeney.
 A six-room seni-bungalowI to bt
 erected on Geer avenue by P. F. Sweene,
 for Conrad J. Schuler. The interior finisi
 will be in hardwood and plaster and tn.
 exterior finish will be in stained shingles
 The foundation will be of stone mad ce
 ment, with brick underpinning Ther ' will be large porch on one side of th'
 house.
 A building permit has been grante, James E. Mccormick to erect a fram garage at his home on Perkins avenue
 The garage will be of frame construction . 1sx30 feet. The building will be of mod
 ern construction, with cement floor an l foundation.
 5 Louise Armstrong has been given per
 mission to erect a frame barn on Josep
 street The structure will Be 15x2i fee
 and one and one-half stories in neigh ( The sides will be in shingles and the roc s will be done in composition freproof rooi | HIS poPCl'
 e Peck, McWilliams Co. has the contra, = for the erection of a large garage for (
 A Chamberlain on his property off Wal A ren street. The garage is to be SKI - feet and Is feet high. The building vi = be of frame construction, with concre-
 floors and wood walls The exterior fiji IT ish will be in slate covered shingle ,t There will be brick chimney in u c building.
 n, The work on the renovation of ti n Young block at the corner of Frankl E and Main streets is nearly complete 1t Several of the rooms on the second fo E. have been made into offices, while tl Ig third floor has been fitted up for a roor ,h ing house. Contractor P. F. Sweeney r. doing the work.
 The work on the addition to the pro ,d erty of Adelard Lambert at 20 Frank y, street is well along. Part of the c h. frame barn on this property has be
 torn down and a brick addition 11x2o be being erected The building will be us he as garage. P. F. Sweeney is doing t sn work.