The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-04

WHAf IT A Cosrs TO Bum. - eAteF'
day evening we met Mr.. chas. Hamilton,
architect and manager OIL building con.
tracts for ]. A. Holiday, and the follow.
ing Information was developed In regard
TO the prices for building ~ compared
with last years prices:
IWhat Il the state OF the building inter.
ests at present In and around this city,
Sin o very hourishing condition; In
fact never was better"
GLOW will II compare with '7sW
Building material Of oil classes 10 from
20 10 100 per cent higher. For instance,
glass, paints and oils are 90 per cent high
or than they were last year. Lumber, llth
and shingles are % and 80 per cent high.
or; brick work Ia % per cent; tin and
galvanized work % per cent; plasteting
has advanced from 10 TO 10 per cent
plumbing and gas flxtures,h said he max
Ing 4 calculation "haye advanced So pei
cent; lead pipe and water plumbing about
20 per cent; painting and glazing about %
per cent; hardware, iron and nails any
where from % to 1875 per cent; In the mat
ter Of nails alone the advance has been
about 10 per cent; locks and cast hinges
door fixtures and fastenings are about o.
per cent higher than last year. stone work
has advanced about II! per cent; excava
ton and masonry about per cent.
"Bill timber, that Is timber sawed L
order, has advanced 10 per cent"
allow is labor now Us compared will
last year,"
Labor Is higher in some respects thar
last year. BriCklayers have been advanc
ed from g 80 to s. per day, and In somt
cases good mechanics receive IS 80. Tend
en-, who received 81 % per day last year
arc now getting 81 37a. Plasterers' wages
have not yet advanced. Stone masonl
are also about the same. Carpenters art
RECEIVING 50 q day. Painters are also re
ceiving the same wages as last year. With
few exceptions the mechanics are working
under old prices"
elbow do you account for the advance
In prices Of materials"
dItis certainly attributable to the al
vance OF material in the rough. The in
creased cost OF getting lumber In thu
logging regions, tho advance In iron ore
tho advance in lead, and crude materla
generally from which builders material
are manufactured, will think obvlousl!
explain the advance in prices In thu
above. The rise in brick work is due Il
the scarcity OF brick. The advance II
plasiering is explained by the fact tina
lath, nails, cement and hair have all gonl
up Ia prices. Gas work IS higher becausI
the fittings, &c are higher. The advance
in carpenter work is due to the advance
in lumber. Glass, lead, oil and putty L
the rise in the crude material, and unles
there ia good logging winter ahead Of lis
there will be a lumber famine" next year
and prices will he very materially higher.
What is the out look for next year o
spring."
'"Very promising, il only one half OF tn
work is carried out now in contemplation
there will not be an idle mechanic in tn
city. OF course many only contemplat
and we cannot rely on over one half Of tn
projects now on foot. have already
good slate and 1t will take me all winter t
arrange It. That is: making my drawing
and specifications"
"What is on this slate, or rather who {
our citizens are onit?"
swell, don't care to answer ths
question as some Of the persons who's
names are on it might weaken before th
time, but il carried out will have plent
to do and something to show"
Mr.. Hamilton, then, in general way
remarked on the prospects both for bullC
ing for the coming year, and the lumbe
prospects, saying in regard to the latte
larger stocks have been held here tina
ever before, one firm alone have handle
more than three million feet, thing VI
preCedented in this city. The Ohicag
market is over three hundred and ski
million short Of last year. Attributable
the scarcity Of lumber and increased saae
Of same from that city.