Evening star., 1901-02-02
REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Steel Construction as It is Illustrated
in This City.
FINE TYPES OF MODERN BUILDINGS
Plans for the Further Provision for
the City's Expansion.
TIERS OF INTEREST
TIERS OF NTERE S T

During the past week the iron structural
| work of the new WIZARDS Hotel was COM
peted and a flag was flung to the breeze
from the staff that springs from the roof
| at the corner of the building a. Pennsylva-
| MIA avenue and 14thzstreet. The flag is a
| large one, but at the top Of the staff it
| looks rather Insignificant to a person who
! sees it from the street The difference be-
| tween the real and apparent size of the flag
| conveys some idea of the magnitude of the
/ building, which is about completed, and
| which represents the highest type of con-
struction known to modern builders.
| The process of putting up these enormous
| structures is still so-ittle familiar that the
| facts have something of the novelty of
! anomales-for example, the building of the
| walls of the upper stories before those of
| the lower are laid. Another anomaly is
I the condition that has existed in this build
| ing during the greater part of the present
| month. When the tenth floor was reached
! above which have since been placed the two
| upper floors and the roof the heating ap-
paratus was started un and the novelty
| was presented of a building being heated
| before the roof was on.
| Seven Floors Ready for Use.
| OS course, a great deal of the heat from
| the radiators went out into the air, but
| still enough remained in the lower floors to
| enable the plasterers to keep at work. The
! result is that now the outer walls are fin
| ished, seven floors are plastered, and the
| rooms could be made available for
| use at most any time. 1t IS not, however,
| the intention to occupy the building, or any
| portion Of it, until next fall.
| Under the contract made by the builders,
| the George A. Fuller Company, the struc-
ture was to be ready for use of the owners
| by the 1st of next October, which would
| he from no IN nj
starting the work. Now, however, the su-
perintendent in charge, Mr.. Walter II.
Clcugh, says the construction will be en-
| tirely finished in just eleven months, and
on the 1st of June next he will be able to
turn the building over to the hotel company
ready for its use.
No Delay Because of Weather.
The undertaking has been a large one,
as the structure rises to the height OF
twelve stories, has q frontage Of 14O feet
on Pennsylvania avenue. and $50 feet on
14th street The walls are of steel, filled
in with stone and brick, and the roof and
all floors and partitions are of terra Gotta,
laid in cement. During the prevalence mere
of winter weather the work has gone
steadily on. The methods adopted over
come the delays due to cold weather,
which are usually regarded as inevitable
in work of this sort.
Another large building similar IN charac.
ter and now in course Of erection 1s that
for the government printing office, at me
corner of North Capitol and G. streets. II
will be the second building of this type
erected by the government in this city, the
first being the general Post ofhce Depart
ment structure on Pennsylvania avenue
between 11th and 18th streets. rms iatter
is the only example of a government build
ing in this city, and it is believed else else
where, Of what may be termed the SKY
scraper variety. 1t Is nine stories hish,
and covers completely, with the exception
of a we'll hole or interior court above the a6.e
feet bv 300 The walls OF the building are
brought out to the building line. SO as to
take advantage Of every inch OF space.
and leaving no ground for the setting,
which in a structure of such size adds ma
terially to the architectural effect.
Government Printing ONCE.
In the case Of the printing office building
the government has not sought to cover
so much ground, although ultimately 1t 1s
expected additions will be madei neither