Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-07-02

ber of people who had come to him at the
beginning of the year for plans had not
! had planned eight houses which mad been
proposed TO be erected, but only one was
being built; the others had been postponed
or given up for THE present.
Will Hustle on theCheap Work.
There was no doubt that lot of cheap
work would be done during the fall Con-
tractors had finished up what they had been
engaged upon, and it was likely there would
| be some close figuring on what work was
being nut in hands. He was now receiving
bids for the erection of the new Grace
Lutheran Church on Sidney street, south
side.
Architect W. Ross Proctor has work to the
amount of $50 OO0 which will be proceeded
with this year. Mr.. Proctor did not think
any big work would be placed in hands TINS
season. The strike has prevented that.
Now that it was apparently over, there
would be a good deal OF work done, work
which could be finished before winter set in
tects or contractors had suffered loss Work
had been postponed, that was all. .
William Kaufman, also an arch1tect, salu
that only such work as oonld oe easny Eyonds mn,
ished in a few months would be put IN nanus
now. He could not see how the arcnltects
had suffered any loss. The outlook for pusl-
ness had been very good tins year, Dat .,1ae sne
would have been put in hands. He hao apouI
$50 900 worth of work which would De done
this year.
Architect T. ID. Evans said the strike had
given him chance to finish off plans he had
been engaged upon. He did not CONSIDER
that the contractors or architects nad sur
fered any loss The loss was confined to the
workmen and business generally; Con-
tractors who had undertaken work were
held safe under the clause respecting strikes,
and none of them had to pay any penalVles
for non performance.
Pushing the Southside Enterprises.
Mr.. Evans has drawn plans for block of
l6 tenement houses on the Southside, which
will be built at once. He was also receiving
bids for the reconstruction of the Ge1mania
Bank building on Wood street. This also
would be proceeded with at once 1t might
cost in the neighborhood of 100000.
Alexander Dickey, builders supplies, eX-
pected to see a fair trade during the TALL. He
thought that much work which could be
done in a short time would be put into hands
right away.
At the office of Owen Hutchinson, whole
sale lumber, it was said the firm was ngurlng
on what trade it might expect from now TO
the close of the year. 1t was expected tnat
a fair amount of trade would be done. Win
in the territory adjacent to Pittsburg was in
a very favorable condition.
The following are some large jobs wh1cn
will be proceeded with at once, or are now
in course of construction. The Magee build
ing, Fourth avenue; Gregg building, Lacock
and Federal streets, Allegheny; the Hen
ricks building, in Virgin alley, $4,000; Frank
lin Schoolhouse; General Manager Schwabs
new residence, Braddock. The principal
contracts which were nulliffed at the begin
ming of the season, in consequence OF eX-
pected trouble in the trade, are the Nande-
grift building, corner Water and Wood, and
the Schmidt building, corner of Liberty and
Sixth street, work costing about SSOO,OO0