The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-07-31
FRONT STREET PROGRESS.
Advanced Condition Of Work on
Its New Buildings.
These Nearly Finished. and fhase
Jass ccmmeneed-Thetr Final
Completion.

To behold mechanical activity, and
see what NAV he siene With t'ucsis aiad
..;sfsals. one has bat &c take a walk
along Froat strict. where the work OF
rebuilding X now 50 brisk Sueh
haunt was yesterday Rsase by PtsT-
TyrELise EScKR reporter. who noted
down the present Stains OF the COR
srrncticu work sieag that thorough
fare. between Ye>ler avenue and
University street. a. follows:
rRea JAMES r. coLCNsIa,
The basement store walls Of the
Pioneer building. At che northeast
corner Of Front and James streets,
are nearly completed, and they viii
Re finished aithin ore week. The
entire six-sgory block is 70 te ready for
ocs.gpsnev on the ist ef January.
/ The lack Of stone supply Is OCCASION
ally rstsrssing work on this, as on
other buildings, the complaint oeing
ataite COMMON.
Adjacent 10 this, snd extending 10
the corner al Cherry street, i aFiek
block now nearly completed. THIS +
Iowlnan 4 Haaferd's, and IL Is 10 be
ready fer oecupSuon next week. \
bank is 10 have lis northera corner.
Further along. between Cherry and
Columbia streets, nearly TO the latter
street. active exc8yatss1g WORK Is ''esng
done. Near the corner the basement
OF forr-storv hui ding Is finished 81 q
the structure itself i TO be completed
In sixty days.
AZ the corner Of Columbia street IS
the rising brick Gottstein baiselng,
which i about ready for occupancy.
On the west side OF Front, between
James and Columbia streets, the new
four-story brick blocks are all seii
along ln their foundations and base
meut story work. In succession along
that entire reach, work IS actively aG-
+ vanc;nr or the Star building, the
Boyd building, the Cline < Kosei-
/ berg, the Gordon, the Merchants
+ National bank. the Union block os
]. r. Lewis, that ot Uasch & Mehi-
horn. aRd the Toklas 4 Singerman
+ block At the southwest corner OF Front
and Colnn bia streets. All these ex-
/ ;end hack To Post street. Fifty brick
( LAYERS. lbs iahorers and twelve teams
1 are AT work on this double block. eX-
tending more than two squares along
3
I ished ON or before the LIST OF January /.
coLuMrIA To MARION.
On the eastern side along Front
street, between Columbia and Marion,
first is seen the WORK of excavation
With abundant brick and lime on
hand. indicating the speedy erection
of a building.
On the western side, solid founda-
F ton work Is being done with rock Tor
/ the Colman block. Employees are
( busy digging trenches for the work,
hut its scarcity betimes retards the
work.
MARION IT. MADISON.
! On the northeastern corner Of Front
/ and Marion streets. five days ago,
thirty men and three teams CONS
menced work grading off the ground
where Frye's opera house once stood.
/ On the western side along here. the
wooden alleyway bridge, projected
I from Union street down to Iesler' s
( wharf, is completed To Madison street.
MADISON To SPRING.
On the northeast corner of Front
and Madison, the MADDOX two-story
brick block will be entirely completed
/ Front street front will be ready within
I three days.
At the southeast corner of Front
and Spring work has been commenced
I on the Holyoke four-story brick block.
Ii is 10 Ice built complete by the 1st OF
! November. The iron. which has de-
hos al RI
is actively being pushed ahead.
At this point Spring street makes
close connection with the short-iine
alleyway bridge to Yesler's wharf.
SPRING TO SENECA.
Midway along the west side between
Spring and Seneca, labogers are clear
ing away the refuse and preparing for
the foundation Of q new building.
SENECA TO UNIVERSITY.
At the northeast corner Of Front
and Seneca, the four-story brick bleck
OF q. c. Phinney is nearly finished
and il is 10 be ready for occupancy on
/ the LIT day of September.
! Adjacent to this, at it's north side,
/ the grading is being done tor tour,
story building 10 be erected by Jacob
/ Levy. Work on its foundation is To
/ begin at once.
At the southeast corner OF Front
/ and University twenty men with four
teams are at work grading the founda.
! ton for the proposed Dil.er hotel.
! Just opposite, and on the west side
of Front. work is moving ahead on the
/ seven-StorY Gilman block. Its three
lower stories now reach the level of
Front street, and the FIRST story above
/ Is we'll along. Only twentv-foUr men
/ are now employed. as Mr.. Gilman
says. owing 10 the scarcity
OF hriekiayers. That gentleman
/ also estimates that about one
( half of the entire work i now
+ done because of the heavy character
of the solid and substgnt al work
done in the lower story.
/ TOTAL OF EMPLOYEES.
I The reporter, consulting with the
various superintendent of this work
along Front street, gives the gross OF
their several bodies of employees as
! follows: Laborers, ft6; bricklayers.
+ tsi carpenters, as: stonemasons. n
total, 5l3. There is al O thirty-four
/ teams.
THE GROSS ESTIMATE
Conversing with each one OF those
in charge OF work on the several struc-
lures mentioned az to their cost " hen
! completed, the total of their estimates
Is found t. aggregate the sum OF
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