, 1889-04-11
NEW IMPROVEMENTS.
Business Blocks Contemplated and in
Course Of Erection.


Ing some of the new buildings for busi
ness purposes to be erected during ;Le
coming summer. The space in these
columns will admit of but n refer nee to
business blocks and at some future date
we will speak of the residences that are
to be built Mfssrs. Whiteway and
Schroeder furnished the reporter with
descriptions OF the Sterming block, the
Tucker block, the Cnines block and Pior-
eer block. The Kuhn building will be su-
perintended by Jonas Gise, the we'll
known builder. George Sterming's
block will adioin the Central hotel, on
Water street, and will be 30xS0, 2 sto-
ries and basement, will be of brick,
with stoae trimmings, aud will be used
for stores and offices, OF which, on the
second floor, there will be four suits.
and two stores on the ground floor.
The building Will cost Sll 900,
Horace Tucker willbuld at the cor
uer now occupied by L. B. Hastings &
Co, at the corner OF Water and Adams
street, a black OF three stories and a
basement. The building will he of
brick, aud there will be three stores on
the ground floor and the two onper
stories will be divided into Offices.
There will be entrances on Adams and
Water street. The building will be
completed about the first of September
ard will cost $4,000.
The Gaines block, to consist of three
stories and a basement, will be built of
brick, on the lots next the Franklin
House. There will be two stores on the
ground floor and forty rooms up sfairs;
these will be used as oftices and for
hotel purposes. The building will be
finished by September 1st and will cost
$4,000
On the lots on Water street, opposite
the post office, will be erected the hand
some brick and stone buildings of the
State Bank OF Washington and +. W.
Pettygrove, to be called the Pioneer
block, and those to be built by Capt
Tibbais and Judge Kuhn. The two for
mer will be 55x90. They will te three
stories and basement, with n wide stair
| way going between. Tue Office floors
| will contain thirtytwo rooms and will
| be let as offices. Taese will be finished
| by the middle Of September. The cost
of the two buildings will be in the
| neighborhood of $4,000. .Ir. Petty
grove has already rented the store in
his portion of the building.
Mr.. J.J. Daily. the architect, whose
Offices are in KuhR's white block, has
| made the plans for the Kuhn business
block which is to be erected on Water
street, at the corner of Polk street. The
building will have full basement un-
der the entire building, the floors of
which viii be cemented. The base
ments will be the same size as the floors
directly over them, which will be 25xSG
each. The building will be either three
or four stories aud Will be OF brick and
iron, with cut stone trimmings. There
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and between the two inside buildings
will be 10-foot stairway leading to the
Offices Oh the second and third floors
All Of the wood foisbing on the upper
floors will be redwood and cedar. 1t was
the intention of Judge Kuhn to use the
the upper floors for hotel purposes, bu
he found that he would have but 4s
IsIeepiDg rooms, 30 that that idea hal
been abandoned The building will bt
lighted by gas throughout. One ad
vantage in the store rooms is series OF
iron columns between the rooms, thu
enabling the owner to throw into on'
building, when the business demands
rooms for wholesale houses. The blCcl
will be completed by September l5tt
J, and will cost about $4,000.
Cart Tibbals' building will be oD tn
. end Of the block and have front o.
IWa.er street, having two stores, on'
on Tyler street. The upper floors vii
/ con tain twenty-three Office rooms. Th
2 building will be forty-fye feet high, til
= same as IL KuhE busin ess block. Th
r basement will be eight feet deep. Th
g Captain has relted tie corner store au
s the building will be pushed rapidly t
completion. II will be OF brick wit
pI green sandstone trimmings aud will cos
OIL $4,000.
Among the residence properties d'
signed by Mr.. Daily is one for j.
8 Hoag, chief engineer of the Port Towr
send Southern railway. 1t will be bui
D | in the modern Queen Anne style, wit
7. cathedral windows. aud will contain
s rooms, It will be located in Kuhl
q vile and will cost $1,000,
= The Hastings building, at the corn
e OF Taylor and Water street will
It three stories and a basement. On Il
d corner will Ie tower from an orio
l. window, the height to the top OF Il
a cupalo will be SO feet. The bui!diI
l. will be OF brick and iron. with galva
ir lied iron cornios. The ceilings in Il
Ie three stores on the ground floor will
). OF iron, something entirely new to &
q buildings in this city. The upper foo
a will have about forty-two rooms. {
the UPPER floors will be five bay wi
ie dows, three on Taylor street and two
o. Water st ees. The Office rooms will
b. hard finished, in natural wood and W
ht be the finest in the city. The cost
D. the building will be $4,000. The bio
~ will be flushed by September lst. T
en- Hastings estate is also building @
I'd rugated iron workshop. fronting
IS. Washington street. the dimensions
II which are 2715x95 feet.
u The James Hastings building, n
almost completed, at the corner
Water and Tyler street, is Of three s
ed ries and basewent, brick, with SIC