The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-06-22

~ <<r4rt Amprnveinrrt -kxceficnr Work
1ns MONEY building, at Eighth md
IaEEst streets. has attracted much attsn.
Hon. 10 architecture, by L. i. Rice, Jr.,
n 1Qlnposlte. The pilasters are Greciou
I14 Windows Queen Anne and the cornloee
<oueu, The threc-story structure IL
Esss snd three inehss with walls Has 40 con.
ttfucted and 20 heavy that two stories
@4n pe added without moving tho roof
md corniee. These will DO built Ut any
Hme 70 exectly suit any first cass society
q lodge that Will rent them a. amoderats
EIos for term Of years, Two of tbs
I3nr stores with cellars and three OF the
1Ix<1Hn Offices are already rented.
A. they are heated with hot water, have
Z{Ationary wnshstnnde. facilities for
'I1<htinR both with gas AMI electricity and
ethat modern conveniences. and bslng
tqfatsd IN the centre OF business OF city
Win q, 000 ostlmkted population. the re-
malnlnk stores and offices ure likely to be
quickly rented and can be occupied In
about two weeks
Mr. John Mcvay. the owner. Is ready to
stock several retail stores with boots,
4lloog and rubbers Mt great barenins and
~rentinue the extensive retail trade In
which he cn1oys popular confidence. re-
nrIe wholesals and retail business. He
WIN forthwith close out his stock and
9eda At his Front and Market street store,
which be has occupied for six years. and
rug BARGAINS are for all persons who
supply their wants now.
% moving TO Eighth and Market his
neW store will be supplied and fully
etockod with all lines Of new goods, in
eiudlnR fine and medium priced. aud
4Sii line % shoee made by David Fox. at
devoted friend to home industry and
home trading In Wilmington. Mr.. Fox
aid ne had just received fifteen hun.
cred lot order from Mar, Money. But the
public Is the mercantile building at Front
and Market streets. which hs vacates. II
y ~ feet b inchee by IS feet four Stories
and heavy brick wallis. 1t was built extra
strong for a Wholesale warehouse. 1t has
extra stfong joists 10 all four floors Tue
cellar is paved and severed aud can lie
Washed by stream OF water from a hose.
1uere arc stationary washstanda on three
noors and toilet convsniences on two.
ARCHITECTURAL rrHcTs.
The bun brick and dressed Brandywlne
Granite OF the Eighth and Market streets
nuiluing are made much more impressive
~ Tue Day windows. tho finals. cornices.
painting and glazina.
lhe nine FINALS. the twenty-four brack.
eta and more than one thousand lineal
teet OF Roman cornices comprise the most
impressive. conspicuous and publicly
located. galvanized Iron iob yet done In
this city. With the exec puon Of the copper
cornlce and monogram work on the
Woliaston school house 1t stands for the
best practical advertising card ever eon.
etructed by the well known Wilmington
Cornioe Works. of which Mr.. Charles Ii.
Biaine Is proprietor a. its King street.
In the painting Of the McVey Buildings
M. Richard Kelly was instructed to use
ais own taste and judgment being left
n rely untrammelled by written epeoin.
lAtione Hence the architectural effect
greatly heightened on one OF the most
lnsplcuous and impressive specimens
architecture In our city.
is an artistic Job OF house painting,
glazing and plate elass We also
Intending house builders to the McVcy
1inR with pride. They will find 1t TO
Interest TO employ him.
UP ToDATE EAEcTmcAL WORK.
" stse. kffipe and hall. with the
by building are thor.
d in the best manner and
WIN material; all tches are
flush witd.he wall and every switch Is a
double pole OF ample capacity.
There are forty-two switches. and no
circuit depends entirely OH the key sockets
81 the fixture. All fixture circuits are
separate and dlstinut from eneh other
ppe to six lights each. making the total
plumber OF lights LA electric and the same
umber Of gas.
Ihe general plan of wiring and ee.
ally large switch and distributing
and the electric wiring work were
-sne by Edwin q. Sutton O thorough
&oing. up-to-dAte electrician. who has
neen In electrical work twenty. one years
kais oirce is 7i6 shpley street
The writer learned from MIR. Money
Ht n HhllQdaiDhia hlapfrinian
nced II as thoroughgoing an electrical
5obNa he had ever seen.
SECRET OF BUILDING succEsa
lie also found the secret why this build
Ing. Eleventh and French and Eighth and
Wotlaston streets school houses had bean
pushed forward 50 systematically, vigor.
ousIy and rapidly TO completion. in the
manager, g. Louie Foster of Twelfth and
Jefferson streets. and the experimenting
Iarpenter. Lea L. Archer OF Ihirty-third
and West streets, of the A. S. Reed Il Bro
90. OF which A. s. Reed Is President,
henry Stewart, vice president aud John
Heed Jr.. Secretary and Treasurer Mr..
A<0anr said that S. @. simmons d Bro. had
pnpI*en them with thu best lumber and
mitfswork, that he floor boards OF hard
pine we're remarkably clear and OF even
Nth IN eNfy iloor and that A. s. Reed
a Bro. Co. were never suited unless they
got the best materials.
HEATING AND PLUMBING.
Direct hot water heating through "a
Vertical Flue radiators OF the Joy pattern
with quick opening wives, fr ON a boiler
OF the Humber pattern, manufactured BY
J. HI. McLain Co. Canton. Ohio lnsurss a
wrm building In tho coolest weather.
Masnesla sectional covering Is used on
fhs sA DO sed mainsiin the cellar. All rad.
iatols and exposed piping will be nicely
bronzed and finished in the most approy.
ed manner.
The plumbing is open work and SAM
larry. There are twenty three stationary
marble washstande Coach 24x2S1 with
nickel plated self dosing cocks. Washout
pedestal water closets with hardwoo
I eased tank and scat and lid OF dark cherry
Npd nickel plated work are used In
Ii the toilet rooms There are TIRES
urlnals with slate partitions HnL floors,
supplied with modern trapping and the
latest sanitary appliances. This attrac.
tive Job was done by Joseph Jenkins, Of
Eighth and Orange streets.
DURABILITY IN HARDWARE.
On the doors Of the stores will be seen
hardware In real bronze. Durability has
bean the main consideration by the Dela.
ware Hardware Company of Second and
Bblptey streets.
This Company has a specimen Job at wa
4. Muliins HOUSE, at 10Th and Harrison
streets, and will supply o. /. Swayne with
hardware tor 10 houses on 18th street be.
tween Franklin aud BIoome, and five
stores for the Wilmington Institute. The
President is Tilgham johnson; Treas, c,
l. Hhiteley and Sect. w. a. Mode,
OTHER BUILDERS AND NArKRIAss
The tin roofing and spouting were done
D, lisa S. Bullock OF Sixth Rnd Shlpiey
sIeet5, who devotes himseit and employ.
ees exclusively to this and the bast heater
u cluGi e th.' Novelty" IL is "a tu o antial
JOB and gsYe perfect satisfaction TO the
proprietor who called our attention to IL,
The plasterlnR and pavement are by the
A g. Reed d Bro. 90 The Geo. Ii. Mccall
60. furnlshed cement for the pavement.
The bricks were supplied by the Delaware
Terra Gotta Company. James II. Beggs,
{res.; James II. Begge. Jr. Yice President;
J. Z. Almond, Treas; W. Stewart All.
fnond, Sec Henry Evans built the solid