Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-01-03
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Ihe result may, however, provo TO be a
blessing in Disguise. The number OF
building operations being restricted this
year, all the available houses will be
rented by March 25th, when the annual
movings take place and the deficit Of
houses during the present year., may
probably 90 10 swell tho BUILDING ope,a a.
.iuns for 1899 Besides. there Ia brisk
demand for Duying property o. ~ shown
by the weekly statement OF real estate
transfers TINS active real estate market
will undoubtedly induce the builders and
contractors to start new work in the
spring.
Wilmington has not added very ma
terially TO tho number OF her Industrial
establishments during the year, but
nunhar o. those already in existence have
greatly enlarged their plants. as is shown
by the big erecting shops built by the
jackson d Shatp Company planning mill
by the HYrian IL hgliinRsworth Company:
large additional factories to the extensive
morocco manufacturing plants of the
5ohn q. Baker Company and Charles
Muliia ;new eartlaee factory Of Samuel
J. White; additional mills TO the piaat OF
the Dianond State Iron Company
AhR iNAAp LApt -oSuEa Wy hlG u tdIu vi
Trade is, however, drawing the attention
Vt the outside world 10 WIlmington's
standing In tine industrial world and 60
her advantages and facilities for manu-.
featuring parposes. The book will serve
as IN excsllent leayen to awaken local
patriotism TO realization OF the necessity
of attracting new industrial enterprises
TO this city if Wilmington is expected to
keep aStride of acme OF her riga's and
competitors. This excellent little book
has already caused numbers Of ipqnities
to be made aud, bs matter OF fact, asvs-
raj new enterprises are on the eve OF To-
eating here, and reasonable hope pre-.
walls that several mois can be Induced to
locate here before another year.
From mercantile standpoint the city
has taken very pereeptinlr strides, The
g-atsion Of seserAi ihiig pnu' gs4'.e 4 /. lsss
notably the Qaiglfn 4 MGll5u AID
Oroshv = Hill hrt1ttprt1 Nst# hg5r a
marked addition to wiimiugton's bust
ness interests and one which cannot be
over. ss,imeied. The promise of the early
establishment of Wholesale iobbing
house will be another big stride in tho
same direction. Tbs biggest christmas
trade ever done in Wilmington Was trans.
acted during the past few days and this
is sufficient indication of the general
prosperity psryading the masses
II the present year has not been go
fruitful in new buildings as the previous
one, there is some consolation ia the fact
that this years. operations included a
considerable number Involving a large
outlay of money. If there ia one thing
OF which Wilmington can 30 proud, az
compared to her Hieter cities OF the same
size, 1t is her architectural beauty. AL
though she has been rather nigRardly in
the past in making pubic improvements
her private improvements have always
been commensurate with her large wealth
ena the prominent position which she
occupies rs tie metropolis OF Delaware.
Ii is gratifying to say that the various
executive brenches Of the city govern
nient have begun to realize sense OF
their duty and much nsoded pubic Inn
proysments have been begun or are con.
templated in the near future
| Below viii be found list Of notable
building operations tiniahed during thu
| present year with an approximate nost Of
/ the money involved in the transaction
W. X. Crosby Btose, Nas COS, 6U7. 500
Market stroet, cost $65 000 Red Mems
Wig yam Company, hall on Shipley street
between Fifth and Sixth streets, cuAt
! $25 900; Leonard G Van Kleeck, dwell
ing, Pennsylvania avenue and Van Bateu
street, COST $4,000; Thomas McOorhiv,
dwelling, Delaware avenue and Van Burer
street, cost $4,000; Hoistein Harvey
dwelling, Delaware avenue hetween
Franklin and Bsoome streuts, cost x45 600;
j. Miller Fhomas, store, No 6O4 Market
streetr COST $4,000; Samuel j. White,
carriage factory, second street between
Orange and Istnall streets, cost S25 900
IL. Victor Cause, dwelling, Penn
aylvania ayende and Rodney street
cost $4,000; Willard 8, Pyle, dwelling
franklin street between Tenth Ant
Eleventh, cost $4,000; 4 Allen Hillss,
dwelling, Seventh street between 0laytot
and dupont, cost 1900; pubic
school No. 10, Seventeenth and Uniou
streets, cost $40 000 Bal ore e Phila
delphia railroad station, Water and Mar
ket streets (Sishoat sround) oetwear
Sll, 1000 and $4,000; Home for Friend.
less Children: through Joseph L Oar
penter, Jr. ,26 dwellings,, on Ninth street be
tween Monroe and Adams, and on Mon
~ 49, tuhuio hbthsts bbLWeen Eigutt
and Ninth, cost SIS eco to 80,0u0
Daniel McKenuey, seven dwellings, sAiIt
street between Harrison and Franklin
sl7 500; James B lrkley 4 Brother store
No, 800 Market street, cost 8 900; job,
hulvena, 10 dwellings, Sherman stree
between Poplar and Lombard, COS
Sl5, 600; II. B. Judd, dwelling, Broom,
street between Thirteenth aud Fourteenth
cost $4,000 to $4,000; Thomas Nc
Corhie, 10 dwellings, north. east cornei
Ninth and Pine streets cost BIS, 900; W
d Austin, seven dwellings,, Second ant
Poplar streets, cost Sl4 600; L T. Grubt
Y Son, ak dwellings, Spruce hstweer
Tenth AND Eleventh streets cost 81 600
Thomas J. Fitzsimmons, seven dwellings
Second and Monroe streets cost $l3 QUO
William Beadenkopf, dwelling. eorne
PENNSYLVANIA avenue and Brooms street
cost $4,000; Il. d. Seeds u Son, Nv,
dwellings Thirteenth between FRANKLIN
and Bf0ome streets, cost S25 900; sam
hrm, TWO dwellings, Adams between Tent
aud Eleventh street, cost $40 900; N. B
Gulhert, five dwellings Franklin betweel
Seventh ard Eighth streets, cost S25 COO
George G. LobdeIl, Je,, dwelling Broom,
street between Gilpiu and Shsllcruss ave
nuea, cost $4,000 to $25 600; Tindal
Brothers, row of dwellings, Kirk avenue
between Jackson aud Van Buren, streets
cost $25, 900 to $50 900.
There arc number of other rowa d
dwellings and other buildings, but thu
1 above are the nrinoipaI nDan