The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-08
THE NEW
SCALES
Three Unions Want Increases
in Wages.
The Plumbers viii Ask For Changes.
but Not For Increases in
Wages.
NOTES OF BUILDING HERE

notice ON contractors of the scale they
expect for the coming season. These
are the bricklayers, the carpenters
and the painters. The first named
want IS day instead of $3.50, the
carpenters 80 cents an hour instead of
2s, and the painters So. 75 Instead OF
s2.5O. The bricklsyers' scale is to 20
into effect April /, and the others
May /.
Other unions that may yet be heard
from are the hod carriers, plasterers,
paper hangers, plumbers and timers.
IL has not been announced whether
there will be any demand for increas-
ed wages from any of these unions or
not, except the plumbers.
The plumbers will not ask for q
raise in salary or decrease in work
ing hours this year, it is authorita-
lively stated. but will instead ask for
certain regulations relative to en-
ploying helpers. The plumbers will
meet soon aud arrange their plans and
present them to the proprietors at the
earliest convenience.
Building in Paducah is likely to
suffer from these demands, if indica-
tions count for anything, whether the
demands are granted or not. Ii is re-
ported that one contractor who la s
new job to be finished this spring, on
account Of bidding on it before these
demands were made known, will lose
on his contract. Other buildings con-
templated may not be erected at all at
present, on account of the increase in
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1t is said that one building contem-
plated for the business part of the
city will cost s400 more under the
new scales than the owners OF the
property figured on, and there is talk
of their abandoning il for the present.
Some of the contractors openly de-
clare that they will not grant the in
creases asked. If they do not, strikes
will be precipitated that will doubt
less have q still worse effect on build
ing. At present all the workmen are
working under the old scales and
apparently will not take much inter
est in the new scales until the time
comes for reply from the contrsc-
tors.
Plans are being drawn by Architect
b. j. Davis for three story addition
to the warehouse Of NJ. Livingston's
Wholesale grocery establishment on
North First street between Jefferson
and Broadway.
The addition will make the build
ing four stories high and it will be a
handsome structure of brick and |
stone. 1t will be of slow combustion
construction for fire protection.
Messrs. Chamblin and Dunlap, of
Paduoah, will probably get the con-
tract for erecting the new wholesale
grocery building at Cairo for he COM
pany of which Mr.. George B. Wear
en-, Of Paducxh. is q member. The
cost will be about s1s, 1000. but the
contract has not yet been let.
Capt. Harry Baldwin, formerly of
PaducaI, but now of Evansville, is in
the city OH business. He works for a
big concrete company, and will do
the concrete sidewalk work for Con-
tractor e. O. Terrell, and will proba-
bly, be here several weeks before the
work is completed.
Captain G.. W. Wilson, of the steam
or Pavonia, has closed a contract with
]. M. Rouse, the carpenter, to build
fine two-story residence at No. GAG
North Sixth street. Work will begin |
on the house at once.
The contract for two stor, double
tenement a ut to be erected in the rear
of Temple Israel, at Seventh and
Broadway, has been let to Contractor
]. w. Lockwood. The cost will be
about 50, 200.
Work is being done on West Jeffer-
son street, which is being extended |
from Fountain avenue 1t was sus-
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