The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-02
m Of rfslER AVENUE.
-. view Brick and Frame
Raildings in Progress.
...,s.s Tor Many Large kiscks
-rve Hundred and seventy
vr,e Laborsrs 1t Work.

...,s.s for Many Large Blocks
RIO Hundred and seventy
yr.. Laborsr. st work.
p4s., and performance are tNo h,as
80 hear close relation, and TO
kls ,hem at this time and see what
~ 80 done that has been planned
she ERE. PosT-IsrELLfsEscEE
~. - Yesterday put on his overaiis
"a u;r-top boots and visited all the
md uprising buildings south OF
Yssisr avenue.
az WASHINGTON STREET.
....s Washington street between
~ e.xth and the Ocean dock, he
800 .e,lye work on many subsfan-
81 new bnildings ,y
~ sixth streets. a space SDxI2u
n -; Z Ming graded of for the coR-
~ "a an addition to the Russ
M Although but six men and
uere at work there, the man
o's zoe stated that il would be of
y sn' gs,ar storys high and completed
% 5 nln Sixth and Fifth, on the
~ .ise hall block Is being filed
sea VIZ, ssrts, seventeen feet In depth,
100 IL two feet above the sewer
The work now being done
hv lanes Pollock, owner Of
- vronnd. who has Twelve men anu
Ssat teams at work.
he northeast corner of Wash
.-sssr and Third. work Is nearly done
b. ~ third store OF the Wah Chung
g " briek block. This building
t0'f s.e,nes1t Il about two-tbirds
~ ~. I'D & 10 be finished at the end
IT, ss.n rxeks. A heavy stone founda-
- - q sidewaIk and room beneath
ss sS.;.. lad along Third street front.
slslixveYx and seven iaborers are
- s.rr Adjacent 10 this and on
w.sh;ngton street the same company
= s,;iI;ne q two-story frame building,
=. hr;rk basement OF which il already
,-sds Four bricklayers and four
isho,rrs are there at work.
~ the southeast corner OF Wash
;.~toa and Second streets Is the COM
1900 soljd foundation for the brick
Ei.ek az Mr.. Cort: and work IL going
shesd on It's first story. Along its
sse.nd street front heavy piles have
seen driven, upon which broad side
wslk Is To be laid. II is estimated that
.l.,,,f one-sixth Of cort's block II al
ready built. seven briekiayers, three
esyrenters, seven iahorers and five
tame are nes at work and the build
ing il 10 he finished complete within
two months.
l'pon the square bounded bv Wash
inxtofl, Main. second and CONNER
cisi streets. fifteen laborers are at
work digging trenches for the founaa-
tons OF several large buildings IL be
erected along Washington street.
Atthe northeast corner Of Washing
ton and Commercial streets, heavy
square timber foundations are being
laid ON short, solidiy driven piles. for
the basement OF the Kittinger & Terry
four. story and basement brick block.
Twenty men are at work and the
foundation is nearly completed. This
work l. immediately eastward oppo-
site Dexter Horton & Co.'S bank.
Huge piles of brick indicate that this
block will I've built this year. Rumor
say Ii will cost $500.
On the south side Of Washington,
htween Commercial street and Rail-
road avenue. John l.angston has fin
ished laying the stone foundation for
his three-story brick. with basement
-Four carpenters, i've laborers aud
three teams are there at work The
structure il 10 be completed by the lst
Of October.
Much active and solid work ~ being
done on the north side of Washington
street clip. just across Railroad ave.
nue.. The inciines. with their sue
cessive bents. are nearly done; and to
the right of these city slips, half the
work towards completion is done on
the large frame warehouses OF liar
rington & Smith and OF Hatfield Mt
their respective wflarves. About
thirty carpenters are at work on
theni.
MAIN STREET.
lip Main street, from the old Ocean
dock clear TO South Sixth street on
the hillside. the building progresses
rs follows:
Between Railroad avenue ami Com
mercial street Is a block of FIVE
wooden buildings of modern size.
They are two and three stories in
height. and Just being finished.
The northwest corner of Main and
Commercial Is being graded for n
brick building. Seven men aud three
teams are there at work.
On the northwest corner of Main
and Commercial the excavation for a
large building Is being completed. and
like work is being done upon the adj
iaceht lot north OF il on Commercial
street.
Atthe southwest corner of Main
and Second, an excavation has been
made ready for building; aud on the
the northwest corner lahorers are at
work removing the debris and prepar
ing for bnilding foundation on the
squire property.
Between south Second and Third
streets on the north side OF Main. an
abundance of piiing is being driven
for building foundations.
At the southeast corner of Main and
Third streets, the solid brick founda-
ton for the three-story and basement
hrick block Of George kinnear. is com-
pieted. One OF the workmen stated %
The reporter that delays occurred be-
eanse Ot the slow arrival of brick.
THE cry everywhere. said he, lis
for more brick. BEING asked how
many brick IL took To make the toun-
dation OF the building there. he said :
Fifty thousand. and II took six cars
to bring them He also said the
structure would be completed within
three months. Being short of brick
hut four hrieklayers. four laborers and
Two teams are az work.
On the northeast corner ol Main
and Second streets considerable wors
has bee' done in piledrivIng and dig
sing trenches for foundations.
between Fifth and sixth streets. or
The hillside. five new wooden two
story and basement houses are nesris
Finished. They are on leased ground
twenty-five carpenters are there al
work.
Just above Sixth street. on tbs
sna'h side, a block ot six two-S;oTt
fraae buildings is being finished FOL
Adam otth. Seven carpenters. sever
la,h aud plas'efars. and four laharer'
are there at work. and all Is IN he tin
ished Ia four weeks.
JACKSON STREET.
From South sixth street down
Jackson street several new woosier
buildings are being built.
At the southeast corner OF Jackson
and sixth ihree->tofs and basemvg
frame is halt completed. 1t is ownes