The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-03-21
BUILDING TRADE LIVELY
INDICATIONS POINT TO A PROSPER
Gus SPRING FOR CONTRACTORS.
Review of the Work Now Under Way
Crowded Condition at the
stock Yards.

Men competent to speak say that in no
spring for many years has the outlook been
more promising for a large amount of build
ing than at the present time. Many old land
marks are being torn down. The fine five
story building known as the Ballard on
the northwest corner of Ohio and Delaware
streets is about completed. The four-story
Shower building on East Market street is 10
go up at once, the foundation now being
placed, and on the northeast corner of
Washington and New Jersey streets oppo-
site the Little Hotel, number of old build
ings have been torn down and the founda-
ton is going in for four-story block of
modern style of architecture.
AT the northeast corner of Washington
and East streets some of the oldest build
ings in the city are to be torn down
to make room for a three-story modern
block. Then, in the same part of the city
the Monon freight depot is to be extended
40 feet to make room for the Cincinnati,
Hamilton G. Dayton people.
On the southwest corner of Capitol ave-
nue. and Georgia street a stone foundation
on which large warehouse is to be erected
is being laid. A large force is at work on
the cerealine mills addition. When COM
pleted these works will use 10000 bushels of
corn day.
Proprietors OF the several lumber yards,
planning mills and door and sash manu-
factories all report the outlook for business
unusually promising, for in no March for
years have they been kept as busy as this
month. Home orders are large, while all
over the State a good deal of building is in
progress, and much of the lumber and
dressed material for such improvements are
purchased in indianapolis.
There are a number of other building i'm
proVementS under contemplation, but not
far enough advanced to make them d GER
tainty. The Indianapolis Abattoir Company
proposes to still further enlarge it's plant.
The Parry Manufacturing Company is to
erect another large building, and probably
enlarged. The debris of the old Snker q
Davis shops on South Pennsylvania street
is being removed, and probably the Penn
sylVania Company will this season get in
The Indianapolis Harness Company, con-
soldated with the Gordon & KurtZ Com
pany, will move into its large new building
on South Meridian street to-day, and the
large Storehouse that the Van Camp Iron
Company is erecting will be ready for oc-
cupancy this week.
So far as residence properties are con-
cerned one may go in any direction and
see new houses going up. 1t is noticeable
style of architecture than has been the
feature in any former year. Two of the
brewery companies have under considera-
ton enlargtng their plants, and should the
knights of Pythias and the. Odd Fellows
erect their new buildings Indianapolis will
make the most rapid strides this year of
any year in it's history. The Judah heirs
building at the point of Virginia avenue and
Delaware street is now being torn down to
make room for very large three-story
building, and next week the work of tearing
down the building now occupied by the
Schrader crockery store to make room for
a modern four-story block will begin. There
are several other improvements of this class
under consideration.