St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-26
THE ARCHITECTS.

Plans Already Completed for Nh.
merOus Large Structures Next
Year,
It is rather too early for the architects to
have many plans for buildings for next
year. as the work of last year is not fully
finished. the weather being so moderate
that brick and stone are being laid even at
this date, past the middle of December.
1t is only here and there that the designers
have prepared plans and specifications for
next year. Many of the architects com
plain good deal. and apparently with JUS
tice, on account of the cost of plans at the
present time. For some cause they are re-
Quired to be very elaborate, One plan of a
large dwelling house was shown GLOBE
man day or two ago. which showed four
elevations, the basement, each story, the
roof and frame of the whole structure,
the latter exhibiting each stick of timber in
it and the dimensions and the cost
of the same. The making of such
elaborate plans as this they say does not
pay them for their work. The per centage
allowed them. say Oh a $4,000 building, is
$3.50 or ~ per cent. That sum will not
pay the expense of such plans. Many of
the architects are not, therefore. much in
clined to take such jobs. In regard to the
building for next year they are of the Opin-
ion that the aggregate will be considerably
larger than that of this year. They say
they have noticed from the reported sales
that have been published from week to
week that a vast majority of the transac-
tons have been of mOderate-priced lots in
the residence district, running from 81. 900 to
ST, 900 or IS. 600. These lots. they think,
have been purchased in most cases to build
upon. On the other hand, there has been
a great deal of property sold in
the business part of town, upon
which it is evidently the inten-
ton to erect the coming season
business blocks. Some of the architects
even went so far as to show a number of
rough sketches they had made of business
blocks that will probably be erected during
the next season. As these were all unde-
cided upon, and were merely blocked out
roughly. they are not made public at pres
ent. The fact is that the amount of build
ing next year will depend largely upon the
business prospects in the spring. This is
more especially true in regard to business
blocks. Ii they are needed they will be
erected. If not they will not be. The
business men of st. Paul are not likely to
put any considerable amount of money into
fun of the thing" At the pres
ent time the business outlook
is very favorable for a good deal
OF building during next year. certainly of
dwelling houses and probably of business
houses. If there are no business. reverseS
between this and spring of serious char
acter, and everything holds level where it
now is. the amount OF building next sum-
mer will beyond question be larger than
ever before witnessed in ST. Panl. Archi-
teet Gauger has drawn plans for the new
residence of Aid. PetSch. Oh the corner of
Grant street and Sherbune avenue. 1t will
be two and half stories, Queen Ann style.
to be finished in hard wood. with slate roof.
s. When completed it will cost $40 900. The
foundation is already completed. G. T.
Schurmeer has put in the foundations. on
the east side of Central park, for block of
five residences. These will be three and
half stories high, brick We
neered and will cost $50. 600. Mr..
Gauger has also finished the plans for a
handsome block of six stores on the south
west corner of Jackson and Seventh streets.
This is one of the most valuable bU Siness
corners in ST. Paul. This corner has
SOMETHING OF A HISTORY.
Twelve or fourteen years ago the late
Aid. Louis Krieger erected upon this corner
the brick block that now stands there, and
which is occupied by j. p. Allen as dig
store. Although Mr.. Krieger was then an
alderman of the city, he took the liberty
of erecting this block partly upon Seventh
street. The encroachment upon that street
was about five feet. Ground was not so
valuable in st. Paul then as it now is, and
no particular attention was called to the
fact that this block encroached upon the
tbOroughfare. When Mr.. Ryan commenced
to erect the Hotel Ryan, the point
was raised. and during the past season
when he came to run the lines for the ad-
ditional block that he proposes to erect on
Seventh street. the surveys made it very ap-
parent that the Krieger block was in the,
street, and steps were taken to have it re-
moved, but as Mr.. Ryan did not propose to
do anything more than to putin the founda-
tions for his block. it was concluded to
allow the Krieger block to remain till next
season, when it will come down. In its
Mace NJ. D. Schultz will erect a six-story
brick and stone block, 50x100 feet, to cost
S45. 600. The plans have been prepared.
The block will be an ornament to that part
of the town.
". Heyderstaedt will erect two build
jngs on the corner of Broadway and
Grove street. to cost $4,000. William
Constans will erect on Fifth
street. near Robert, four-story
block to cost between SIG. 600 and $40. 600.
Mr.. Bassford has prepared plans for a
block for William Dawson, 100 feet on
jackson and 100 on Eighth, six stories