The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-07
BUILDING is 3.
RATHEE ACTIVE
WORE NOW BEING DONE ON
LARGE STRUCTURES.
Tba Wa'ls of st. Mary's Seminary,
In the Northern Part Of the City,
ayass Reached the Third Story.
.gcogress of the Work on the Ar
piory-Digging for the Founda-
tions Of the New Y. M. c. A.
Building-Many Small Dwellings
Are Being Erected.

trade to be- experiencing very much OF
a boom, according to precedent, but it
isi experiencing Il nice little boom Just
az, the present time. and precedent is
;oYerthrown.
One Of the largest buildings in course
?0f construction lis the st. Marys semi
mary which is being erected by Con-
,,stractor Conrad Schroeder on Adams
avenue, just beyond St. Joseph's
Founding Home.
This building is 200x11S feet in size
and is being, constructed of brick. with
stone trimmings 1t Is to be four stories
high. and the walls are already beyond
the third story. The building was
planned by Architect John A. Duck
WORTH. and will be rather plain in APP
pearance this being relieved to cer-
tain extent by an elaborate stone
portico and entrance.
The cornerstone was laid last Satur-
day, by Rt. Rev. Bishop NJ. J.!IHoban.
assisted by, Rev. J. A. O.Reilly and
Rev P. J. McManus. The ritual pro-
scribed by the Catholic church was
carried out, the services being wit
messed by number OF Sisters from
the various converts in the city. In
the cornerstone. in n'addition to COPIES
Of the daily papers, were placed the
relics of several saints and history
ofSthe Order.of the immaculate Heart.
.... THE ARMORY.
Contractor Schroeder also has under
way the new Thirteenth regiment ar
,nory. at the corner of Myrtle street
and Adams avenue. This is now over
half completed. The administrative
bulldog has reached the second story
and the drill hall is ready for the roof.
Some little difficulty has been experi-
cnced in securing ths big. steel trusses
for the roof and the work has been de-
layed on that account. Mr.. Schroeder
is fully confident that the building will
be completed by April 1, which is the
time limit fixed by the contract.
The work Of excavating for the new
Young Mems Christian association
sbuildinE, at the corner OF Mulberry
street and Washington avenue. is pro-
crossing rapidly, but will not be fin
ished in time to admit the beginning of
active building operations before early
spring. Solid rock is being met with
and blasting has to be daily resorted to.
AS excavation has to be made at one
end to depth Of over thirty feet be-
low Tie street lcNel, IHlS Is du cSpeSldl-
ly tedious undertaking.
The Scranton Coal company is erect
ing two large washeries. one on Key
ser avenue, near the Briggs mine, and
one To utilize the coal from the Mt.
Pleasant mine. These will cost $4,000
each and will be equipped with all the
latest and most improved machinery.
1T IS BEING REBUILT.
The first of the buildings wrecked
by the big explosion on Lackawanna
avenue last August to be rebuilt is
the building occupied by Loreniz's
drug store, at that time, and owned
by the Lobeck heirs. This is being
reconstructed into Il four story pressed
brick front with stone trimmings and
will be ready for occupancy before
winter sets in IN earnest.
These are all the large buildings
now being built but there are large
numbers of dwelling houses of moder-
ate cost, ranging from $1,000 to $4,000
being built in various parts of the
city. Especially is this true in ithe
/, Twenty-tirst ward, where Il number Of
houses are being put up on the plats
of ground recently opened west of
North Main avenue and between
Cemetery road and Pettebone street.
One of the leading architects of the
city said yesterday to Tribune man
that while small dwellings were be-
ing put UP all over the city that a
large number of persons desirous of
erecting good sized structures of var
ious kinds We're waiting till the re-
suit of the election is known before
letting any contracts or even direct
ing the drawing of plans.
1t is understood that in the near
i,future competition limited to local
exclusively will be started
, Cfor plans for IL new Merchants and
aMechanics' bank building to cos. $780,
tVoA. Two sites for the location of this
. STRUCTURE are said to be under con-
sAl4ration. One of these is the north
Mest CORNER of Washington avenue and
, SPRUCE street, now occupied by "rhe
HnDkery," land the other,is the north
easr'Forner of Wyoming, avenue and
SpW'de street, now. occupied by the
p, Ianuley block ~ e. N.'' .