, 1881-07-17

has been made on the Interior. The raplt
progress Of the work assures its completion
i at The time contemplated early in the fall
The contracts have not been let yet for the
mrchnery Of the new Bridgeport pumping
works, aud will not be for Some iittle time.
Proposals have been sent in by George Whit
taker '& Co., of Brooklyn, y: f., who pro
4 Mcdonald. the only local bidder, tot
$l92O01: by the Quintard Iron Works, OF
Sew YORK City, for Sl47, 500; and by the
Continental lroH Works, ,:alst, Ut New York
urdlg On the bids, and will pro Jaliy submit
the results to the Mayor and Commissioner
OF Public Works within a week or so.
The old Hayeriy Theatre bai!dlng bus been
street wall was left till the last in order to
facilitate operations by furnishing an exit
through the doors and windows to the work
men engaged In tearing down the remaining
torn down simultaneously with the other
walls the worknen would have been unuble
to go through these exits referred to, in view
OF the danger tu be apprehended from the
wall. Now that the remaining walls are
down. and the other sides present clear
coast for the laborers to work In. the Dear
ia street YAH bn;s has pss tacked *
cnimneys and cornice. The work Of
| laying the northernmost foundation. in the
| alley Just north Of the puilu(nL has already
begun, and number OF tWefve-feet square
| been set apart for what will certainly be
about as massive piers as EYER Eo into Il
building. II will be two weeks YET, und per,
haps more, before the site is dis'nantled Of
work Of erecting it's SUCCESSOR fairly begins.
The following were the principal building
permits issued during the week: Marshall
Field. four-story brick stable, 7oxl0l feet,
$s5,oo9; Alex King. three-story brick stors
t and dwelling, 4Sx15, Nos $50 and
333 Division street, $S,0u0; j. Schmidt,
| 1hree-story brick dwelling, 2lx70, Four
G. +. iiercher, two theee-stury brick dwell,
lnes +5x63, Nos. 395 and 357 Larrabee street,
Sl4.000; B. P. Hutchinson, tllrce-story brick
dwelling, S4xsl. No $50 Wabash avenue,
BRICK dwellings, 4lxH. Nos. 49 and st Thir-
tieth street, SU.O00; Fred Wlk, turee-story
brick store and dwelling, 2ox70. Chicago
avenue, near Ruulsey street, $1,000; J. B.
Brown, brick elevator, 1o1x34o, Nineteenth
Lang, tws-story and basement dwelling, 3Jx
IS teet, No. I7G Sedgwick strrek, $50: ii.
r. Datmicke, three-story and basement store
and dwelling 25xi;5 feet, No. 20H Stute street,
SG,0OO; ~ +, Frank, tllree-story and base
lnent dwelling. 90xSo feet, Third avenue,
near jackson Street $40 900: Baxter & Ro,,ill-
son, two-story dwelling, 23x00 feet, West
GTgtgte;S ailu inroop sllsets, StoV, Ausust
bn,,se 5Sx75 feet cnrncr % ~ aHin anI W.st
Fifteenth streets, S5,U0O: W, Simon. three
story and basement dwelling, 2lN66 feet, No.
3sn , west f"urteentE street. s4,oW
,otra,dor hn VIZ, eei Mer. !1se9
lumber ,t1;ce ard dwrli''ny - hv 81 fret
Archer avenue nrar Quarry street, to cost !
Si.5oo; II. Anderson, three-storv and base- |
inSnt store ana dwelling, - by % teet' No |
shn,s mteA s..es, ' ~ uVs. 9o.voV, ~ ~;
dwelling. 81 bv 81; feet Nn 10 iarrahre |
street, to cost $500: Nortl, Chicago City |
Railway Company, two-story car-house, 81
a oy lao Ieet, ttyo~1rh ~. aEemne near hacine
ond h,san,ant d,v"1nts III ~, ~ f'et ~
4S9 West Fourteenth Street, to Gust S4.7vO.
The plans have been COMPLETED for lhc new