Telegram-herald., 1891-08-30
MORE THAN THEY UAN DO.
An Enterprising Firm of Contractors
Rushed With Business.

The present season has been, on the
whole, a busy one for contractors.
The work In hand is being pushed, but
1t will be late in the fall before
all finish the structures under con-
tract. c. III. Pelton & Co. are about
closing up work on the new engine
houses in the Seventh and Tenth
wards. The same firm has the freight
house of the Grand Rapids & Indiana
on the West Side. we'll under way.
They havet also finished the tower for
the same railroad company. The
largest contract this firm has this sea
son is the Oriel Cabinet Factory. on
Canal-st. The firm drew the plans
for the factory. The structure is $40
feet on Canal-st., with two wings each
zoo feet and SIX stories in height. The
number OF bricks used will he 3,o50.-
900 and lumber 100000 feet. The
floor space will be 100000 square feet
and when the building is COM
plete 1t will be the largest
of its kind in the West. BY
N machine constructed by the firm
all the lumber Is fitted from the rough
by single handling and hoisted TO
place designed for IL. They intend 10
have the building done and ready for
the machinery some time In January.
Besides the contrccts named they have
completed contracts for the Grand
Rapids Veneer Works, the Grand Rap
ids Brick Company, the Gum Folding
Bed Company and built several
houses.
Before the season closes they hope
TO build several cottages Last year
the firm did n business OF Si25.O00.
bnt this year they have at least $500
900 in sight and It may 60 some thou
sands above that figure. One of the
contracts completed some time ago
must not be forgotten. that of repair
ing the hospital building Of the Sold
ters' Home. 1t will he remembered
that the wall Of that building bsgan
to sprad. owing 10 the faulty con
struction and the state set about
making repairs. c. III. Pelton & Co
made an examination of the structure.
drew plans for its improvement and
were awarded The contract They
Put in thirteen trusses. the timber
being sxr0 inches. the braces SKA
inches ans; the iron rods one and one
quarter inches In diameter. The walls
were streixhtenei and the roof thrown
hack IN place and today the structure
~ "a solid and substantial rs need be.
showing no evidence OF the extensive
ret1afrR made. While the firm IL ex-
tensively engaged In building and gen
eraI contractors work. Messrs. Pei
ton A Christ have found time 20 take
out a few patents The first patent
they took ont was last winter for n
cattle guard with inclined guard
bars" SO favorable fid the Grand
rapffz 4 Indiana railroad consider ID
thss four were placed on the line 81
fhat road and they have worked 40
satisfactory that they are sslii in use
From the time they wefe put In until
| the present no animals have got
through them.
They haye tried the cattle guard
patents pending, one a conblEa ton
~ wood snd iron, and the other en-
tlreiy ~ iroa They also have pasad-
ing two pstents for railway fsness
The firm can b said 90 ba busy
when the naHbeF a contracts sre con
ssefed and has the confidence as the
isssiidinx pshiie ss sitaeSsed by the
sfFHetafess pabiie, eorpersts sad pFf
yate. they have Elafit and are build
| iag Ia this city.