The daily news., 1900-02-10
NO. 7
\EW WORK
BY Busy BJ.LD8}S
Interesting Report From Busi-
ness Agent of Carpenters.

Interview With &. L. Parker About
4 PensaCoIa's Sky Scraper once
BniIding-New Buildings and Re
pair Work Being Done by UnSou
WOrkmen
Messrs. Watts & Lewis are build
ing neat cottage for Joseph Licata
on DevIlliers street near Romano.
WOrkmen at Langford's ship yard
have launched the two lighters
which they have nearly completed
and have started to build two more
Union carpenters have neatly re-
paired the dwelling at 30 West RO-
mana street.
Thos. b. Turner chief train dis
patcher for this division 0f the l.. &
y. 4. r., is having a beautiful little
twO-story residence erected on North
Hill, corner Of Palafox and DeSOtO
streets. NJ. }. Clark has the con-
tract.
The store room formerly occupied
by &. H. Turner al "a South PalafOx
street has been fitted up for the
RAIDER Furniture Co., also neat
stable and wagon shed for the same
III III. WI. II. INtHudlA Aldu the
contract. Mr.. JAS McHugh's resi-
dence Is completed and Mr.. Kendall
and men have been kept busy patch
ing numerous roofs the past week.
The dwelling being built by a crew
of union men at the corner Of Jack
son and Devilliers streets is COM
pleted ana occupied.
The w. A. D'Alemb rte addition
over Walkers book store Is COM
pletod. The building will be used
Tor offices and will be occupied by
DrS. Simpson, Bruce, McCreary and
Mcmillan.
The re-idence Of Mrs. f. NJ. An
dcr-en. near the corner of PalafOx
and GddSdeu streets, which caught
and was considerably damaged by
fire a few days ago, has been re-
covered with shingles, IA new porch
put on in front and several other
changes have been made on the in
terror, which l. nearly finished.
Work on the new addition tO the
hospital at the corner of q trden and
Baylen streets is progressing nicely.
The wOTkmen have about completed
the storm sheathing and Smuggling.
The above two j lbs are contracts Of
a. V. Clubbs.
Mr.. j. &. Green Is having a new
ebert sidewalk put in front of his
property from Hayne street up Bel
mont 10 AlcaniZ. then up AlcaniZ
about half way of the block. Mr.. II.
X. Davis has the contract. Mr.. Da-
Wis has also just completed a hand
some artificial stone porch floor at
the rear of J. A. Walker book store.
City Tax Collector Neils Mex.
Orrting ha. contracted with Earnest
ShackelfOrd for four fDuT-rOOm cot
|, tages to be erected Oh East Gadsden
street. The work is already pro-
crossing rapidly.
Mr.. Turner has completed the
} Walker Anderson residence on La
Rua street, between Paldfox and
l Baylen streets The building is Of
handsome design, the material the
best in the market, and the work
manship cannot be eXcclled.
The old school building on Church
! street has been removed and turned
into IA very de-irable dwelling.
The new cottage Of Mr.. Scarrett
Moreno close to the dwelling above
mentioned il nearly enclosed and
will be completed ia the next ten
days.
Mr.. Turner has another repair lob
under way which il on East RO-
=. mana street at No. -. occupied Dy
Mr.. 5. JOyner. The roof j. being re-
-hiugled as well a. several other
necessary repairs.
. In an interview with &. T. Parker
= Of indianapolis, who is stopping at
/, the Ponce de Leon hotel on Iuten-
. dencia street, Mr.. Parker stated that
I. he had closed a deal with Il. II. Pitt
q for the property just north OF the
pO5tOffice, now occupied by the Har-
, gis pharmacy, J. NJ. Goes book
. store, Mic Apostles restaurant, The
, DAILY News and II. =. Whites job
printing plant, and that he intended
to erect a six--tOry steel and brick
building, with all the modern con-
8 veniences, to be lighted with cleo
g tricity from its own plant, TO have
Q hot and cold water in every room.
d with two passenger elevators and
: one freight elevator. The building
il TO be ~ feet front and 10 deep.
d There will be comparatively little
d carpenter work about this building.
o The material principally used will
It be steel, brick, -latIng, etc.
Y Mr. Parker said he would he COM
PEELED to bring wfrkmeu here TO do
d the iron work, But the carpenter
e work he intended to give 20 the PEN
e sacOIa union men.
u 1t appears from Ms talk that he
70 must have had some experience with
2 uOn-uniOn men, and dOe- not want
to be EUmbUged with "a lot Of uD-
skilled meu.
u He further stated that he was
II heartily in sympathy with organized
labor. We would be glad % welcome
many more such men % our city
i Mr.. J. VI. CrOna has completed the
10 beautiful two--tOry dwelling for Mrs.
% Henry Wright on East Gregory
street. and Will begin work Monday
u on a handsome seven-rOOm cottage
: for &. K. johnson on LaRua street,
= between sth and 9th avenues.
D You can have the best glasses that
are made fitted by Df. wilcox OF
Chicago now at Andersen. The Jew