The daily news., 1900-04-07
AMONG The
BUSY BUILDERS
Work of the Week Done By
Union Men.
An Interesting Report on New Build
ings. REPAIRS and General I'm
prOvements. Reported Business
News by the Efficient for The
Agent of the Carpenters Union.


The Hotel Escampia is receiving some
necessary repairs which have been noted in
our local columns.
The new infirmary has received its finish
ing coat of paint. tan color with light gray
trimmings. Altogether, it presents very
neat and beautiful appearance and Will he
known hereafter as St. AnthOny's Hospital.
Union carpenters are erecting a large
two-stOry boiding on DeNilliers street, be-
tween Belmont ard Wright streets, for Geo.
r. Green. The lower floor Will be used as q
furniture house, the second floor for IA hail.
Henderson Benjamin's pretty little cot
tage, corner OF CONle ana Gadsden streets,
contracted IN MrsSrs. Watts & Lewis, - I'M
ished and turned over to the owner.
Union carpenters have another twO-stOry
dwelling IN course of erection for j. J. Me-
Caskill next to tho one nearly completed
for the same gentleman. on the corner OF
Baylen and CerVantes streets.
The foundation OF a. V. CIubbs large
warehouse on the corner OF rarragOna and
Garden streets is nearly completed.
The foundations for two neat cottages for
A. Grpenhut are completed on East Ger
vRnteS street near Alcanlz. They are con-
tracted to A V. Clubbs.
A dwelling on south C6yle street belong
ing to Mike O'Leary has been neatly re-
paired.
\ crew OF G. Il. Turner's men have re-
paired the outbuildings at the residence OF
r. {. Brent, at lOS East Romano street. Mr..
Turner also has a crew OF men employed
building about seven miles of fence tnClos-
ing the property owned by Mrs. Basrs.
about two and One-hali miles north OF the
city.
John Rauscher is having an addition
erected to his dwelling on Gregory street,
between AlcaniZ and CevallOs streets. Mrs.
Sarah Hoe tons residence, 5l2 Seventh ave-
nue.. has undergone slight repairs. These
two Jobs are contracts of NJ. J. CLARK.
Messrs. West & Petty have the contract
Of onp-rOOm house for A. A. Fisher on
North Spring street.
r. h. heine has a crew of men employed
building himself very desirable dwelling
just north OF the round house on Jackson
street.
The frame is up for a beautiful fve-room
cottage for b. Il. Pepper on l4th street near
StOddart's avenue contracted TO r. Nj.
Williams Co.
The dwelling owned by Will Durham,
corner of DeNIIlIers and Romano streets.
has been moved out on a line with the
street. is being remOdeled and repaired.
and will be used in the future as a gT Gerry
store. The work is being done by Chas. II.
Turner.
some slight repairs have been going on at
the store of @. MorTassO, also repairs AT the
store of McKenZie-oerting Il Co, bOth on
South Palafox street.
Employees of }. NJ. CrOna are building a
tOur-rOom cottage on last Main street FOR
the Pitt Mil 90.
our sanctIfied friends Of East Hi.l. who
have been carrying on prolonged series %
days and building houses during the week
day are >tIll enjoying the rights Hnd priv
lleEes that are denied, the tax PAYERS OF
Pensacola; by Sub-cOntracIlng without IL
c"nse. which the city laws prOhiblt but
which IN this case have not been enforced.
The contractors no doubt are r-aping
rich harvest from these wandering saints,
because, II we have been informed cor
rectlY, Il or - of them are housed ia an or
binary 6-Or I-rOOm dwelling. thereby re-
ducing the cost of the living fOg each inul-
Vldubl. They work from lI2nt Iill dalk IN
OrUer To make the wages that any me
ChNnIc ought to earn IN q H-huur day
work. In order for the carpenters Of PEN
SacOla To compete with TINS Clas, Of labor. il
would be necessary for at least h or Ordl-
nary families TO eat. sleep and exist under
one roof, and that root covering NOT over :
rooms. such mOuc OF existence de-
.ency alone tprbId>, Yet We are brought
Iutu competition with jhls cIds> Ot l%Gur
mat pT.HcftS TOT Our sou = salvation at
night. and works to the Ottrlm-ut OF our
physical necessities during th@ uay. such
la u-tfcr should not To- allowed. and. above
al. the IceuS'. law should be- enforced.