, 1881-02-13

IT,
The .cnt-stone contractors have received no
tice from their men that they shall demand SO
cents additional per day after the 1st Of
March, and the carpenters tnat their men
will asll S. after that date; but tho general
VIII vii be- s that ali MECHANICS viii be clad Wien Wien
the season opens to work for the same wages
US last year. There is a constant influx Of
new men from other places, and, although,
there will be- considerable work done. it is
hoped by builders that neither materials nor
wages Will remain higher than last year.
for new brick at $3.50 and 81: but lumber Az
erages ST. 80 per thousand higher than last
year. The mills in the city are generally
busy ~ filling country y.0 orders nbs 1Gr nlS hn;;
Sucker than at this time Inst year.
In view Of the uncertainties about wages and
the price of new brick. and other material,
builders nre holding back, and new enter
prises will not show themselves in any hum
ber for several weeks to come.
But the number of
NEW RU1LDrNGS:
to be put up will be very large. There is
every reason to believe that there will be
more building this spring than III any other
in the history Of Chicago. except lmmedlate]y
after the great fire. Last week permits were
tssbsi to Said T. s twostoTy Hts3 brc s
feet, on North Water, between La Sale and
Clark streets, to cost IS, 600; top. J. Maloney
to erect a two:story brick dwelling.
9x5s 5sv st feet r. Wesf gesf 52a''taa to Answ hesr
Kiyasinocls, to put up 4 oie-story brick cot
tase, 2,x43 feet, Blackhawk, and llalsteu
streets, to cost 81, 600; to joseph Murclla, to
erect i onc~story dwelling, 21X4G feet, on
Throop street, to cost S1o9; to l.. e. Riggs,
to 9Hiid twoStef fteT aq nm s,fea Rrfs tx
cost S4,000; to NJ. Lane, % put up a two
story brick dwelling. 34x334 feet, Lincoln and
Sclswick streets, 70 cost S3,S0o; to Charles
Ruppcrt, to build Il two-story and bascment
Drl;k st1s 4wsg ax x?e ss dt Girl ~ : Ws Shse
to erect two-story brick ax1e-grease factory,
37x74 feet, on Illinois street, in| Kinzie's addi-
ton. to cost $1,000; to JoltH T. Cross to
erect two.story and baseme43t brick dwell
6uii 6uiid 'i tii,reeestory '', dwelling, 3s24xSo
feet 25G Michigan avenue. to cost $1,000;
Conrad Seipp, five four-stOry Storos. Nos :957
to 373 Franklin street, Sl0o,000;. Heades s.
McAuley, twostory brick tank, at the
s7.500; Louis Deitzt, a-story store and dwell
ingon Larrabee and Sophia streets, 5000;
Frank Stearbora, three-stOrS store: and
dwelling, at the corner Of Lake and Leavitt
streets 5ooo; II. Meieys, o!1ee,story cottage,
1L NO. 1Ntl1l1-llfSL SlJGtts
The Illinois Central Railroad Company
will add to its dock improvements at the foot
Of Randolph street during the present year
pier, 800 feet wide and 1,00o feet long. 1T Il
cost Of $75,00o. It will run parallel with the
pier built by the Company III 1Sso;
least, from her dependence :on other cities
~ SUPPLY OF PRESSED BRICK.
4 firm Of brickmascrs, with 4 capital OF
SIS, QUO, has just concluded negotiations for
a large tract OF land on the North Branch,
pose to establish the manufacture Of pressed
brick. The clay will be brought from the in-
terror Of this State, and the manufacturers
expect to be able to produce as good an artl-
Gle as the Baltimore or. Philadelphia brick,
at prices which will meet the market.
Work on the
NEW G1ucosE-FAcronr
of the so-caIled Chicago Sugaf-Rafining Com
pany has proceeded SO fur that all the piliNg
aud Gaping has been done, and the masonry
is now beilig laid. It is calculated that. all
the foundations up to the Water-table will be
finished BY March L.; About 3.o00.0oo or
4,00o, ,o0O bricks are in the yard, and the MEN
are hauling more III every day, SO that, as
soon us the weather will permit, work on the
building can be pushed forward. In order
that the present weather may ba taken adj
vantage of, all the dimension-stone is being
L large number Of important building en-.
.terprises are waiting fur the settlement Of
the new site of the Board OF Trade.
.,. -; RENTS = ~.
aze ysry firm Yiti SnIxsEsa tendency to
si0n men have been matle.aware: Of this in
the past week or fortnisht, when they nave
learned that for the coming year they must
pay all advance of 10 per cent On this years
rental. Even at this date before the 1st OF
May no refusals are entertained by owners;
the advance must be consented to at once or
the commission man runs the risk Of learn
ing any day that his store mas been leased to
other parties. W. D. kerfoot IL Co. have
rented all the upper floors Of
THE BORDEN BLOCK,
at the northwest corner of Randolph and
Dearborn streets. The tenants are mostly
lawyers, and the rents range from S3GO to
$1,000.
LOANS.
4 large portion Of the loans from week to
week is sums borrowed for purchase money,
and is obtained at E to per cent During the
week, there were forty-siX mortgages rec
orded, securing loans for S12,s4G aud 10
trust-ieels, securing S23o.3i0, i0,-maklng 4 to-
tai Of 156 loans of $303, lSG.
Petitions for the
VACATION OF LA SALE STREET
south OF Jackson street for the new Board
Of Trade building have been presented to
the Common Council. The first petition is
signed by Charles and D. D. Tracy, IF Erie,
Pa, and, after praying for the vacation Of La
Sale street, it goes OH to state that the pcti-
TONERS are the lawful executors Of the Tracy
estate, and the owners Of most Of the lots on
the east side of La Sale street, between Jack
son and Van Buren, streets. Next come some
half-dozen petitions from La Sale street
property-owilers, with the following names,
and property represented, attached: James
W. Paxton, owner 0f ST feet front;
George l.. Otis, GO feet; b. r. Hutchinson, SO
feet; l.. B. Otis, 2l7 feet; r. Schl0esser, 130
feet; l.. S. Major, liz feet; Martin Andrews
s. feet; c. &. Peck, 1:3 feet; Benjamin E.
Gallup. So feet; Charles Hitchcock, So feet;
James Otis, los feet; G. n. Dodge, 50 feet;
Mortimer & Taper, 1S9 feet; Leopold Meyer,
33 feet; Page Il PhiM, 81 feet; John Mason
Looplis, 1G5 feet; National Life-1nsurance
Company, by j. A. Ellis, President, S0 feel;
Couch estate, by William II. Wool, attorney,
$50 feet; Charles ". and 5. Leonard Boyce,
by S. Leonard Boyce, LOO feet.
The petition from Sherman street property
OWNERS is signed by John u. Parker, owner
Of rs feet; Henry Schoeltkoff, so feet; S. W.
Ransom, Is feet; Edwin Bralnard, 43 feet;
Hiram Kelly, so feet; George Il. Leonard, 25
feet; Z. 3. Mathews, II. B. Mathews, Jr., and
II. b. Mathews, 25 feet each.
The petition from Pacific avenue property
owners is signed by Fred r. Sears. owner of
fifty feet: J. S. Farlow, fifty 1eet; II. and L.
Keep, 100 feet; Edward Mendel, ninety-seyen
feet; Malcolm Mcneil. fifty feet.
Tic Common Council Committee on Streets
and Alleys, South Side, took up the whole
question on Friday: The, Board Of Trade,