The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-20
CITY IMPROVEMENTS.
An Extensive Steam Ttnware man"ia0
tory-Other Buildings In Progress.

A large wooden building has recenty oeen
erected on Line street, opposite Nassau, Ny
Mr.. q. Wragge for Messrs. H. a. DUO d eon'
dealers in tlnware. It is eighty feet long Dy
forty feet wide, and one story, OF hfteen iee0,
in height and is covered with tin rool Oh
the ordinary form, we'll supplied with SKY
,Iobts Ills designed as steam mandatory
for ,Inware. An addition Of twenty feet long
"a about to be made to the. rear.
Messrs. Due & Son have made arrange
ments to furnish it with the most I'M
proved machinery for making up every
kind of tnware. Some. of this ma
cblpery has already arrived and been put In
position, and the rest is expected to reach
here from New York In lew days. 1t is
worthy of remark that one OF the machines 10
be used in this factory is entirely new, and is
AN Invention of Mr.. q. a. Due, Jr., the
Younger MEMBER of the firm. 1t is used for
scanning tinware by steam, and Is calculated
to do the work of five men. This will De the
only steam mandatory OF tlnware IN tne
Atlantic States south Of Baltimore, and Will
have capacity for turning out nVe nunorea
dozen pieces of assorted tinware per day, and
will give employment tofrom twenty-five TO
ffty hands. 1t will be In full operation oy
the frs of September next.
On the lot No. 81 Market street, Mr. Frede.
rick Lucas Is building three-story prlcK
structure for Mr.. A. LANCER. 1t Is twenty
three front by forty-eight deep; will have
SQUARE windows and doors, cemented front
of cream color, aud fat roof The walls are
already completed. The building will be fin
Ished by the first of September. The ground
floor will be occupied as wholesale and retail
frult and produce store by Mr.. LANCER, and
the upper floors as residence.
On the north side of Horlbecks Alley, near
Meeting street, Mr. J. d. Houston Is erecting
a neat TWO and half-story brick dwelling,
thirty feet front by sixty deep, for Captain
Sim Adkins. 1t will contain two plazzas, iour
upright rooms, with dressing rooms and pan
tries, and two attlcs. The exterior will be
covered with coat Of cream colored cement,
and the chimneys ornamented with neat tops.
It will be completed about the 10Th OF Au'
gust.
Messrs. Edwin Bates & Co. have extended
their store, on The corner of Meeting and
Plnckney streets, forty feet to the rear. The
addition Is Two stories high. The first story
will be used as packlng-room for goods sold;
the second as an extension of the salesroom
for clothing. Tae work is superintendent by
Mr.. John H. Lopez, and will be finished BY the
10th of August.
The handsome mansion on the north Side
OF Atlantic street, one door from the East
Battery, owned by Mrs. Street, Is being beau:
tilted by fresh white paint and stucco, and
when comp sted will, with Its handsome gar.
den and fence, be one of the most prominent
ornaments of that attractive locality.
Mr.. William Graham, the painter and deco
rative artist, at No. 14O Church street, and
No. 554 King street, has recently executed
some handsome aud extremely creditable
work, upon both the outside and inside OF the
numerous buildings that are now either in
process of erection or renovation In this city,
and is about to give another illustration of his
artistic ability. In the interior decorating of
the first floor Of TIE NEWS building, No. ls
Broad street.