Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-01

| Contracts Signed for Future Work.
Architects. Builders, and Contrnc-
tors Tell of the building and other
Work They Have Completed in
1902.
J Conservative estimates of the amour.
Of money spent in buildings and improve
| 1nents during the past year place the sum
at rather more than sl.50oooo
There has been more than g. million
| dollars spent in enlarging manufacturing
| plants and the machinery and other
| equipment for them. and some of the en-
| terprises which are included In this are
mentioned below. On the whole the year
1902 was better year for tho building
trade than 1901.
1t is estimated that the Trigg Company
i spent In improvements at least half a
! million dollars
This year the Mechanics Institute has
| been completed and the Industrial plant
of the Virginia Electric Railway and De-
velopment Company; IN ..le remodelling
OF the Jefferson Hotel. the Franklin street
part has been completed and one of the
large brewing concerns Of the city has re-
Gently let contracts for considerable i'm
provements. a large addition has been
made to the Randolph street public school.
! The Chesterfield apartments have been
contracted for and will, it is understood.
cost about two hundred thousand dollars
when completed. The Virginia penitenti-
airy improvements have been contracted
for at a cost Of something under two
hundred thousand. The Charlotte VIII
iiams Memorial Hospital is nearly COM
pleted.
Many Churches Built.
The Grove Avenue Baptist Church has
been finished. Plans are being drawn for.
a new building for the Emanuel Baptist
Church. to be erected on Fifth street,
between Leigh and Jackson streets.
The Westminster Presbyterian Church
has been erected on Grove Avenue at
cost OF probably three thousand dollars
The new and handsome ST. Andrews
Church is about finished. and the former
st. Andrews Church WAS moved on Grove
road, thus giving another Episcopal
church.
The new Catholic Cathedral has been
contracted for new Baptist church
has been erected in Fairmont and COM
pleted at cost of something like Sc GOO.
Quite an extensive addition has been
made to the Elks Home, also very ex-
tens.Ve addition to the Westmoreland
Club. The coored benevolent association,
known as the st. Lukes Association has
well under way an extensive addition to
their home at St James and Duval
streets
The new plant Of the Continental To-
bacco Co.. in this city. has been COM
pieted this year. The Baughman Station
cry Co. has erected this year a commo-
dious business building a the corner of
Marshall and Bowe streets. Mr. F. Sit
terding is erecting an extensive plant for
the conduct of his business in the north
east section of the city.
The Virginia Packing Conpany's plant
has been completed at a cost of 100000
The Southern Stove Works have made
improvement to the extent of some fifty
or sixty thousand dollars. The Horse
Show building and other improvements
have cost it is estimated, some twenty
thousand dollars.
There has been spent in buildings and
other improvements at Westhampton
Park at least twenty thousand dollars
Mr. Thompson has erected two hand
some stores on Broad street, near First,
the handsome cafe of Sparks and Black
on Broad street. between Seventh and
Eighth streets. has been completed. The
store of Cordes & Afoshy has been rebuilt
since the fire.
Work of Architects.
The work in the city which Mr.. W. G.
West designed was store No. Il West
Broad street. for Mr.. Thos NJ Ruther-
FORE: two residences for Mr.. II. H. Beers;
on Floyd Avenue. near Leech street;
Westminster Presbyterian Church. Hard
some choir alterations; repairing and re-
furnishing colored FIRST Baptist Church.
The improvements In this church will be
second to none in the city. and also the
engine house at the corner OF Fourth and
DuVal streets. also residence for gardener
at the Richmond Male Orphan Asylum.
Other buildings designed and built by
others are: Handsome fiat for the Baird
estate, at the corner of First and Cary
on Cary street between First and FouShes,
name of party unknown. Mr. Thomas e.
Stagg is erecting a lock of residences
on Floyd Avenue. near Beach street, and
Mr.. DiggS and an associate have con-
tracted for two residences opposite the
last mentioned.
On the corner of Floyd Avenue and
Beach Street DR.. fiillsman has erected a |
residence. 1t is reported that Mr.. H. B.
Kirkwood will erect on his plot at the !
corner of Franklin and Twenty-sikth |
streets, this year. the block Of residence
buildings which he proposed to erect last
year.
Mr.. C. T. Brown vii erect a store build
ing at the corner of Broad and Bowe
streets, from drawings which have al !
ready prepared. The Virginia conference !
(NlethodisD orphanage has been finished !
this year AR E. L. Benliss residence on |
Grace street and Second is nearing COM:
pletion. There have been great many
residences erected in Lee District.
Mr.. Carl Ruerhmund reports the follow
ing: Virginia Ahattoir. Virginia Stean,
Laundry: buildings for the West End |
Park Co.
In course of tion-Private residence.
Reservoir. In contempla tion--W
81 50o.O0 agency for the r. Portner Brew
Ing Co, at Petersburg. Mr.. Ruehrmund |
has also done this work: private residence {
near Reservoir, private residence West
Avenue, private residence Church Hill.
four private residences on North Fifth
street. four private residences on Linden
street, two private residences on Floyd
Avenue. one private residence Church
HILL
Public buildings County almshouse.
Henrico.
G. ". Downs g Brother built seven new
dwellings, and eight adEi tons
Mr. Ruppard has Just completed three I
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