, 1881-04-03
BUILDING.

BUILDING.
The Board of Education, at the request Of
the First National Bank, has directed an ap
| praisement to be made Of the old Post-0flice
| property, so that it can be determined wleth.
er to pull down the old walls or to repair.
Proposals are invited for the erection of q
new sehool-house, with twelve rooms, at the
corner Of Wright and johnson.
| The Illinois Central Railroad Company
Will build a line depot at South Park Sta
ton, corner Of Fifty-tiird street and Hyde
| in the form Of Greek cross; 4lx90 feet, and
| will be constructed Of brick and stone, with
| slate roof. At each end there will BIZ 4 wait
! ings-roon1, 225N35 feet. which will be connected
BY al arched corridor twelve feet wide On
| tie west side Of this corridor will be a re-
| tile tlckct-offlce. ExtendinEt to the north and
south will be two pagola-shaped sheds, Blk
- iegt, and eth At tte extrene ends will be two
paHlonS ioX , ffef t. Knt1S around the
shelterins passengers while going to or from
the cars on one side, aud carriages on the
other. The extreme length of the structure
will he 261 feet. Over the tcket-oftice will
ing three full stories, wl1ile ion the opposit
side Of the main building there will be a pa
vilton tower iifty-tlve feet high, while four
smaller towers, ffty-ttree feet iii hight, Will
ornament the corners Of the| main building,
and tt:t: pevll1ons at Ehe extreme ends will be
forty-two feet high. Tile depot viii bu HiiS
isled June l.
AR. Warren Leland took formal possession
ct tue Gardner House-now changed to the
house is under The fre5cO and painters
hands, and will be rctitted and furnished in
elegant style. It is ,n event in Chicago his
tory that one Of this famed family, so we'll
known to the public, has located til this city,
f11t ia in fail r.
prcciate. He has come ito stay" and thus
another will be added to our firsf-e}ass lto-
tells. In this regard Chicago is confessedly
OH 4 par with all the leading cities of the
passes them in tile size, elegance, and, in all.
respects, the superior manner in which her
immense hotels ARE kept. Our proprietors
know how to make everybody perfectly at
hOnle
IN THE BUILDING PERMITS
of the week were those to Mrs. KIeinart to
build three three-s story brick dwellings, Nos.
147 to 149 South Halsted street, ocost SlO, 900;
n. Bellsky, for one-storg cottage, 2ox40 feet,
Blackllnwk street, hear Elst0n avenue, to
cost COS 81 900; I; J. Lamsan, TOR two-storry aud
basement dwelling, 2oXoo feet, Grand bonle- Ia
to Henry Rehm. for two-story and basement
dwelling :2l5x;g feet, G2i North Wells street,
to cost 5000; to August Dethiman. for two
story and basement store and dwelling, 25x75
1Ctt, NU. llb All4NAH4eE ilFGHuG, 10 cost |
s., 900; John Baytels, 10 build tWo-story !
dwelling, 222lzx5G feet, No. 175 Rumsey street, |
to cost $3,500; Vanderktout IL Son, to put up |
a, tvo-story shop, 25yao feet, Mt Twenty |
sixth and Halsted streets, to cost ST. 500; also.
to w. Wenzel, two-storydWelling, Wentworth |
avenue, near Thirtietfl{street, to cost 5000;
to Durham House Dainage Company to
build two-story shop, sox50 feet. ut s6s I1li-
nois street, to cost Sl.5O; Rudolph Schmidt,
for thrce-story dwelling, 20xG0 feet 23a2:5,i
Wentworth avenue, to cost s., 800; G. jack
lsh, to put up tWo-3ory dwelling, 23xG0
feet. Twentieth street. lear Ashland avenue,
to cost s., 500; John Htrtnan; for two-story
and basement dwelling, 2oX3o teet, 40 Thir-
teenth street, to cost So, 600; F. Deppe, for
four-story and basement store and dwelling,
37x75 feet, 545 and 541 SedgWick street. to /
cost ST.. 600; a. Klngd, two-story and base
1ncnt store and dwelling, 30X2S feet, on Bre-'
ner, near Elm STREET.-THE cost $500; Dake
Bakery Company, fotr-story and basement
store, tj5x1S0 feet, $50 Adams street, to cost
S40,UO0.
The growing popularity Of apartment
houses in American dties is shown BY the
statistics Of building IL New York. In the
seven years ending with 1874 there were two
such structures erectM in that city. In the
six years including 1850. there
we're ,2G0 French flats built in New York,
JIG Of them III 1850.