The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-08
PALACES FOR TRADE.
Many Fine Business Blocks
Nearing Completion.
WORK BEGUN ON NEW BUILDINGS
Last stone Laid on the Dexter Horton
Delay on the Harrisburg-Im-
provement Notes.

Building operations for the past few months
have been going steadily forward and good
progress has been made. The weather has been
unusually good and masons, carpenters ana
plasterers have had no reason TO complain on the
score of bad weather.
A large force OF masons are at work upon the
lower walls of the large new brick building of
the Washington Iron Work., at the corner OF
South second AMI jackson streets. The founda-
ton is all completed AMI part of the walls are
started. II is TO be a very substantial structure,
four stories high and covering a quarter OF
block of ground.
C. F. Clancy has just started a three-story
brick business building on the southeast corner
of Washington aud South Third streets, opposite
the Phoenix hotel. The pile driver is now al
work, and the masons will start in a day OF two
and push Inc building 10 completion.
The immense amount of work required to fin
ish up the Big Harrisburg building on the south
west corner OF Cherry and Second. has delayed
the completion of the building and il will prob
ably not be finished yet Tor several months. The
upper windows are atout all in, and the plaster
Ing Is almost finished. At present workmen are
about to commence the particularly difficult
task OF hitting in the slabs of marble in the en-
trance on Second street. The slate slabs to be
used In the stairs have arrived and will soon be
put in place.
The piledriving for Cyrus Walkers new four
story brick Immediately south of the korn
bioek on Second street is about completed.
Ihis building will complete the block OF build
ings on South Second, between Yesler avenue
and Washington street.
The walls OF Otto Ranke's fine new brick
building, on the corner of Fifth and Pike streets,
have reached the top OF the second story, and
are being pushed up rapidly by a large force
In the second story the inclined gallery of the
hall 10 being put up
The workmen on the new Plymouth Congre-
gational church have the heavy brick walls
built up to the middle of the main story win
dows. The main truss of the roof is now being
put in place. few weeks more will suffice to
put the structure in a condition that will dis
play it, architectural Re Tres throughout.
Roofers are at work upon the new building at
the southwest corner OF Pike and second
streets that is being erected by Josiah Collins
and W. f. Bailey. 1t is pressed brick structure,
built to accommodate nine mercantile establish
ments, facing on both Pike and second streets.
The foundation is completed for the new
enginehouse of the Seattle Consolidated Elec-
trio Light Company on Grant street.
Plastere-s are at work apon the business
rooms in front OF the new Y NJ G. A. build
ing. on Front street, between Union and Pike.
The plate glass windows will be put in within
two weeks and the building viii then be ready
for occupancy.
The high flagpole on the corner of the new
Horton block, second and Cherry streets, was
raised few DAYS ago Ii stands on the carved
griffin, about eighty-six feet from the ground.
The pole itself is seventy-two feet high, so that
the ball on the emu is l5S feet above the side
walk All the upper stonework has been laid
on the building, the coping OF the turret on the
corner being the last to be finished. 1t is doubt
full If the plasterers will get the building com
pleted by the rainy season.
few workmen are kept at excavating the
site for the new operahouse, started by ID. K.
Baxter and Henry L. Yeslcr, at the corner of
south Fourth street and Yesler avenue Mr..
Baxter says that the building will surely be
built.
The Seattle National bank building ut the
corner of South Second street and YesIer avenue
is almost completed. 1t is one of the handsom-
est buildingsin The city, and possesses the virtue
of being one of the strongest as well.
Wa Chong's four-story brick South Fifth
street, between Washington and Main, ia COM
pletei, and the Chinese merchants who are to
occupy it have moved in. Though the building
is not in the heart of the business part OF the
city, it is substantially and handsomely built
Mr.. Marion Fryes new building on Yesler
avenue, near South Fourth street. is being
rooted. 1t covers 30x75 feet
The heavy stone work on the new Masonic
Temple ut the corner of Pike and Second streets
is up one story, and nearly all the walls are up
that high also. large iorce of masons are at
wor2, with abundant material on the ground