Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-03-19
A BUILDING BOOM
WILL FOLLOW tbs SETTLEMENT OF THE
DEMANDS OF THE CARPENTERS
Some Of the Improvements in Contemplation and
Under Contract 10 Be- Erected During
The Coming Summer.

An amlcdOle az uSLm euI VI tuS oAtsU-
ing differences between the carpenters
and contractors OF this city, which ap-
Dears very probable at present, will be
followed from all indications by an I'M
usual activity IN the building line, while
a strike will have the reverse effect.
Architects and contractors say that
great many people who contemplate ex-
tensive improvements are awaiting the
result OF the carpenters demands before
taking any action. IL is also stated that
a great amount of work In the building
line is made contingent upon Setlstac-
tory settlement of the differences be-
tween the carpenters and their en-
plOyerS.
Among the improvements 10 industrl-
al plants which will be made during the
coming season will be n five story brick
building at Bloch Bros. tobacco factory,
in the Eighth ward. The building will
be 100 feet wide and $50 feet long, and
will be built on the slow combustion
MAN. similar in many respects TO the
Raer building. The building will have
"a door space Of more than $4,000 square
feet, or about an acre and half. 1t
will be equipped with two elevators,
and switches from the Terminal, Ohio
River and B. & o, roads will run into
the building. 1t will be used for storage
and warehouse purposes, enabling the
firm 70 use the space now devoted TO
those purposes in the present buildings
% increasing and lettering the present
facilities in the different departments.
A NEW POWER HOUSE.
Architect Hamilton is preparing plans
for new electric power house for the
Wheeling Electrical Company. This
company has its plant at present on
Thirty-sixth street. This location is
not central one, and for that reason is
undesirable The site for the new
plant has not vet been selected. The
building will be OF brick, and very sub
stantial II will be equipped with the
latest improved machinery. The build
ing viii approximate $4,000 in cost.
Among the many improvements TO
business houses to be made during the
season, are those Of Geo. w. JOhnson's
Sons, and L. 5. Delaplain, Son & Co.
The Johnson building will be entirely
remodeled, with a view to making 1t
one Of the finest retail stores in the
State. Architect Hamilton has pre-
pared the plans, the contracts have
been let, and work will be COM
menced tomorrow. hurry Bros. will
furnish the stone, Hamilton Bros. the
brick, Beltz, Flading & Co., will do the
carpenter work, and Philip Albinger
the iron work. Two stories will be add
ed, making the building 70 feet in
height. The plans call for handsome
front OF Brooke Terra Gotta Company's
buff brick, aud Cleveland free stone.
The Improvements will cost between
So. 600 and $4,000
The contracts have been let for the
improvements to the Delaplaine build
ing, according to plans prepared by
Architects Leiner and Faris. Two
stories will be- added, and g handsome
front put I'm. The work will be COM
menced about April 1st, and will be fin
shed within 60 days.
The Lauge building at the corner OF
Fourteenth and Main, and the EGerter
building az the corner of Eleventh and
Marker, will be substantial improve
ments. Both have been described in
the REGISTER.
BUILDING NOTES.
Architect c. p. Hamilton has pre-
pared plans for four tenement houses
for II. 4. Shriver at the corner Of Eff
teenth and McCu!loch streets. They
will be built OF frame, two stories high
and will cost about Sc, 600.
Messrs Bodley and Gilligan have re-
ceived the contracts for the brick and
stone work respectively for two dwell
ingS on Sixteenth street for Mrs. VIM.
Juergens, to cost about $4,000.
Wood Bros new planning mill on
Thirty-third street, is receiving its
equipment OF machinery, and will soon
DO 10 operation. 1t will be second TO
none in the State.
Architects Leiner & Faris have COM
peted plans aud specifications for a
business house and flats for C. II. Copp,
az the corner Of Zane and Penn streets,
on the Island.
Work has been started upon the foun-
. dation for Henry BieberSen's business
house on South Street, on the site
Of the building recently destroyed by
fire.
The new electric power house of the
street railway company, on Forty-sec-
ond street, is finished, and the plant is
receiving its equipment Of machinery.
Wood Bros. have contracted TO build
the Florence Birmingham memorial res
idence on Ohio street. Work has been
commenced on the foundation.
The ornamented stone front Of the
new Peabody building is about ON
p.cted IL will be ready for occupancy
in May.
Contractor VIII Hamiton'S new resi-
dence on the Island is almost COM
pleted and will soon be ready for occu-
pancy.
Lou Swabacker, the Main street mil
liner, will shortly erect q handsome
S., 600 dwelling on North Main street.
Architect Z. b. Franzheim is at
work upon plans for the extensive i'm
provements at the Fort Henry Club.
Architect Chss. P. Hamilton is build
Ing q handsome residence near Sci
bert's, out the National road.
The foundation for DR.. E. c. Myers
handsome dwelling on the Island is
about finished.
SPECIAL sale for one week only, Eight
day Solid Walnut Clocks, OF best make.