Wichita eagle., 1886-11-21
THE BUILDERS.

The cold weather has not stopped th'
builders in their work. Old Boreas rus
blow with far more severity before he VII
be able to dampen the energy'and enterpris
Of the Wichitans or cause them to lay asld
the tools that have been SO industriously uset
during the summer in the erection of th'
grand and beautiful structures now standing
upon the streets
Tho neat and beautiful Oliver build
ing is exteriorly complete, ant
the plasterers were yesterday, as the reporter
was making his rounds, hard at work on the
interior. In front Of its near and larger
neighbor. the Hacker & Jackson block, art
piles Of mortar soon to be used upon The
walls of this otherwise completed structure.
At the magnificent hotel building now ris
! Ing as mark OF the enterprise ano
public spiritedness OF Captain Ca
rev. were found the stone cutters al
work dressing the stone trimming
the carpenters at work putting down the
floor ioist, aad upon the second story of the
front were the brick masons laying carefully
vet accurately layer after layer of pressed
| bricks.
| On Fourth avenue squad of men were
busily engaged in making the excavation
and the stone masons had the foundation
wall under way. The cupola Of the Catholic
church was what concerned the workmen at
that building.
The cut stone work Of tho Mercantile COM
pany's building on South Market has been
completed and tho recent work shows much
more progress than a corresponding length
Of time expended upon the finer and more
elaborate workmanship ON the lower story
Already the second story and the side
walls of the third are completed
and the josts for the last floor were being
put in position yesterday.
At Biting Brothers massive structure the
carpenters and frescoers were at work finish
ing up the interior.
Across the street the elegant Fechheimer
block is up to the third story, and the win
dow frames were being put in place on the
west wall.
Workmen were busy upon the city build
ing. At Lewis academy farther up Market
the brick layers were finishing the chilnneys,
and the frame work of the roof Of the new
wing was clearly outlined against the sky.
On Central avenue at the corner Of Wich-
tia street, tho Planning Mill company
has commenced building their foundation
coming down River street, the Miller build
inr at the corner of First is reached.
Here the work is being pushed rapidly to
completion; carpenters are arranging the
ioists and the brick masons have the north
wall up to the second story and the south
wall well under way.
On North Main street the carpenters were
putting in the wood work OF the front to the
Clement building.
The Getto building has reached the second
story.
The Heiserman- Cles5 block ha, all the
interior timbers up and the brick work upon
the rear and side walls of the third story
almost finished.
At the beautiful new block just completed
by the side of the Heller block the carpenters
were fixing the interior and the painters
were following close after with brush and
paint.
The Van Ness building is UP to the last
story and presents an elegant and attractive
front
The Kos Harris building on South Main
has, too, reached its last story, and yester-
day the brick layers were at work upon the
front.
The FIRST floor hoist OF the Fisher building
are in place, and the brick work is begun.