The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-25
BIG BUILDINGS.
,noonEpa on aEvEnAL N pALLAa.
stages OF Construction Attained On .
numbsr OF Mercantile ksi"biish'
sssnts- Number OF Mechanics
Enipioyed and wases Paid
A New Hank and 0ther
Enterprises,

Tho many now building enterprises do
tsrmined upon by tho business oommunll,
ofDallas arc getting under Roadway, or In
favorable state Of development Many house,
have, 10 tho last few weeks, been considers
bly, enlarged and several very oostly nov
onas finished UP, and are now ready for 90
cupallon,
A HERALD reporter yesterday visited .
number Of tho most prominent building
In course OF erection. Work on tho new
Wholesale grocery house Of Mesap' schnoI'
dor A. DAVIS, 10 bo the largest In Texas,
holng on Pacific avenue, Market
aud Elm streets, Ia being pushed
forward vigorously. The basement walls for
tbs main part Of the house, fronting on Kiln
street, arc nearly finished 10 tho surface OF
tho earth, Tho walls aro Of brick, twenty
two inches thick, and rest on brick iOundn-
lion walls four feet thick and extending three
feet below tho basement bottom. About
ibirty.lye men are employed on the building
In all capacities. Th0ro 10 great scarcity
Of brick Just nj present, and tho brick work
on this building will have 10 bo suspended
for At least week allor to-day, ~ tho sup
ply Of brick In tho city has boon occurred for
other cOntrActa.
Tho Wholesale grocery house Of 4. l..
MaraalIs, between Main aud Elm on Murphy
street, Is In u very advanced state Of con
struotlon and Ia being showed right ahead BY
force Of about forty men. The
heavy stone foundation md basement walls,
four feet thick, arc completed. Those walls
give basement ton feet In tho clear, extend
Ing tho entire length and width Of the build.
Ing. All the material for the building 10 now
on tho ground except tho brick, which Is be-
Ing hauled. An abundance for tho compile
ton Of the work he's been secured. The
building will be ready for occupancy by tho
LIST Of June
The building on Elm street near Lamar oc-
cupied by Messrs. 0rtllcb & Co., PadgItt
Bro. and Joseph Monczer, recently "cavcd
In" has been rebuilt TO great extent and
now has tho appearance Of new building.
A force OF about twenty men are NJ work
and expect 10 have II ready for occupancy In
ION days
Among tho finest stores In tho city aro the
two on lots No. M and ~ Kim street. Just
being finished up by Mrs Cookrell. Ih0y
will Be completed by May lst. About twenty
mon arc now nj work, but much larger
force has been employed until recently.
Excavation operations for basement and
foundation walls have been inauguratod on
tho lots of Huey Il Philip, extending from
Elm street through to Pacific avenue, on
which they propose erecting u handsome and
costly two.story brick business house for
their hardware trade. They have now about
fifteen mon employed but will increase the
number to above thirty in about week,
The foundation walls for NJ. Wohl's now
store are we'll under why, about three doors
west of Huey Il Philips house. Tho build
ing Is 10 be 25x75 feet, and two stories high.
Ten men are laying stone and hauling mate.
rial, but n large force of brick-layers nnd
carpenters will soon BIO put on. The brick
work will begin next Thursday.
Meredith Bros. are breaking ground for
their two-story brisk at tho corner Of Main
and Sycamore. II will be ready for stone
work foundation and brick laying next week,
whena large force Of men will DO put on
and the building erected.
About twenty-five mechanics are engaged
in repairing and remodeling certain portions
of the Grand-Windsor hotel and enlarging
tho building somewhat An addition, TO be
used MS a private Office. is being built on the
rear of tbe La Grand wing.
Messrs. Brit,on q Long. the contractors
for rebuilding the Court. bouse ara nusbng
their operations "a fast as labor can do h
Thev promise tho neonle Of Dallas connty
the 6andsomest caurt.house in tho State
They propose giving them building "as fine
-. LII. g. Z. Al
completed and much of II in position. Thirty
men brick LAYERS csrpen,ers TN.
ners and lsborers. nre emnlovea
now. Tho force will he increased next, wax
10 FORTY. The GALVANIZED worls eor cornices
windows etc. will'be commence On Mon.
day. Tbere Il nothing more To- be done On
The stone work. The lire did no damago 10
the stena;ng walls Tho secona storv will
he somewhat remode,led from what 4 was
before the Ara. There will be nina ordinary
sized rooms instead of Ave larger ones 40 he.
fore. The i,rst story will ne be CHANGED.
Ths a.,aarJ Iii, hoo ,,;.t,,i,, MI,
II will bnya two larce rooms fonr anita.
rooms. and tho necessary railways The
h,;id;na whor con,nIo,ad u;,i ho " sa,,;N
So,;c stS,a 10 .rch;tar,rro u oil, bo
Al hn donaa s;~,r' s',r r,at h;sh ~ ,',h;nh
MI, So ,"mn.cIn Nth c,oou ~ c WIZ ~
S;. ~ Mho WIN 'a W. s,Sus ,ee. y.
clock will he heard fns ut least Ave niles
and tr,mmeS on ,he ins;as ' "A''n'N
Tho ranor,er N h;a nnusds forna all A.
,...n,a,tp 80 iahan G,,,,, s,sn,, , . o., so
~ No asr.nd co. an supp,e', auJse ~,
mt what could ha msom~,lv " a,rnI v Tn