New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-14
HEAVY BUILDING SEASON
old md NEW CONTRACTS.
7ttEe Unions BehaCe 1t VII Be a
Prosperous Year.

life af the statements made last fan that
.+.-.s were making trips TO Europe because
Unsettled state OF the building trade left
,t..'e +5 do. builders who were seen last
- 49, Tribune reporter said that there were
F-r,-t rrrsrects for plenty Of work this sea-
The e-aguaticn Of last wear, owing 10 the
81 shutdown by the building Trades En-
s., ,eso-sa-ioa left Just SO much more
,r5s- contract 10 be done this year.
F- % ,ra largest contracts is that for the
y--s1 Brunswick. which under ordinary
,,.,--e would now have been nearly finished.
--7-l. IL lemoIishing the old building has
tea- started. There are dozens and dozens
s.,sve5 buildings on which work was started
80 call. and which VIII furnish work for
80 - ,,-s-ia~ics for q good part Of this sea-
,-t,.evsr may happen, the employers say
ali ra no lockout this year. II the aTbi-
- agreement IS broken the unions viii not
= .o-eurted. and men wiz be put to work
-. Competent men are 10 be found William
- secretary of the Building Trades En-
.,-vs-s' Association said:
-, t-. che r71,lt OF The workers themselves
- IS NOT plenty OF building this year. The
- 1orIa not stand another year s cessa Slo-l
-,.-s Tie Baltimore IRE W-l give eLLlloS -
~. - Io-a I do not know. In any case,
tl---,,sr+ ri be plenty Of building. I take
..s,', In statements that inns year WiI see q
+--D in building operations. hAlol-'5s az
rss5ed and they W--l so Nr
-s,-eseutatiye Of lowering & Garrigues Of
-. --1r LEAGUE said that the prospects were
= Cor rIrr-v Of work, provided there were
7, exoeutional building troubles. People VINO
ia business IN New-Yo,k and FOUND their plsl-
-. extending would not allow the phantom or
..-.,,,e 1ata~ troubles 10 interfere with their
plans. .---.. o.
,,-.i,ps5 would not have made the coming
f,,15nr season anything more than a respect
er5s one but when 10 this Is acoed lAe lu-
,--1--Iated contracts or last year, Il M44l AloAe
80 ibrff5irC season o. good one, though not a
boom season by any means. There nave ueeN
some bigger seasons 49,.
The t6tai amount Of projected new buildings
IN Manhattan and The Bronx I'D 10 the hrsl
,eak in March this year was ZJS. ana the eSit-
mated cost was S1,l63.ato. For The CORES po4u-
INC period Of last year 216 new buildings Were
rr0iected al an estimated cost OF Sloo"4, too
IN BROOKLYN between January Of TINS year
and the first week In March the number OF new
buildings projected was J6-, at an eslllnal1o
cost I'D s. OSl ODI} Tor the corresponding pc
-ioA Of last year 43l new buildings were pro
3acted at an estimated cost OF S3.ee2olV. III
BROOKLYN there were many more houses aill
fewer Office buildings projected 1han IN Man
haitian one large Office building sometlne'
gives employment TO enough men IN lls con-
etrucfion 10 populate a small village, and plans
are no be rIed for a number OF Office and lot'
buildings each Of which VIII give Work 10 IRON
500 20 2eep people.
n is aerse5 nv contractors that the OPENING
Of the subway 20 the public VIII start a boon
m tie building OF houses FL The Bronx.
Bronx contractor said yesterday:
The speculative builders did little or nothln1
for4r This year they viii have their clall-
M hslU5irr residences ia The Bronx. and il vii
Be- a prosperous year there II the labor unions
behave themselves. Il q is not prosperous j
viii be the fault Of the unions.