The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-17
BUILDING ACTIVITIES.

The big contract let for the McQuaid
grocery store, at Hennepin avenue and
Seventh street, and for the Harris
stores, at First avenue S and Seventh
street, assures work for large crew
Of men all winter. The contract calls
for continuous work until completion.
While the list of realestate transfers
continues large, the building list has
Stacked off perceptibly, altho the show
Bulletin contains the following building
gossip for the week:
The contract for building the court
house at Faribault, Mimi, after plans
by Bell & Detweiler, has been awarded
to j. B. Nelson & Co., Mankato, at
$S45O0
The Keith company, architects, are at
work on plans for hotel building at
Fernando, Fla It will be a modern struc-
ture turnout, three-story, pressed brick
and cut stone. There will be fifty rooms.
Cost, $50, 1000.
Charles M. Drew, 14O6 Seventh avenue
N, has begun work on frame cottage
at 534 Newton avenue N, to be 22x3O.
Cost, $1,000. He also has one at $50
Newton avenue N, to be ,24x3O, modern
interior finish and furnace. Both to be
completed about May next. Cost Of lat
ter, $2,5OO
The contract for the W.. H. McQuaid
company building, at Seventh and Hen
nepin avenue, was let to the H. N. Leigh
ton company for $4,000. 1t will be 100x15O
on Hennepin and 67x13O on Seventh
street. Work will continue all winter.
A. L. Dorr Is architect Of the building,
which will be three-story and cost
$4,000.
John Wunder is pushing work on his
contract for the Minneapolis Paper COM
pany. The interior finishing and fittings
are being put in, and the company will
be getting into their building some time
| next month. Bertrand & Chamberlin,
architects.
L. A. Lydiard, city clerk, will receive
bids until 1880 pm, Dec %, for the cree
ton of the East Side police station,
from plans by Bertrand & Chamberlin,
architects, which are on file with the
building Inspector. Deposit Of $500.
| Andrew Johnson, 4435 Aldrich avenue
| N, has begun work by the day on frame
residence at 421 Washington avenue Sc
1t will be 2sx4O, two story, attic and
! basement, modern interior finish and
furnace. Cost, $500. s.....z,..E -.5.
! J. w. Lindstrom, architect. is prenar-
ing plans for a frame dwelling for Nels
Bruce, zoos Fifteenth avenue S, which
Will be 24x2S, with hardwood floors and
finish, hard wall plaster, plumbing, bath
furnace. Cost, $4,000. @ =, =.
T. Bertrand & Chamberlin. architects, re-
port the wall nearly completed by con
tractors H. N. Leighton company for the
brick row of fourteen stores for 100 tc
135 Seventh street s, for w L. Harris
! Cost, $4,000. .#
A. E. Rydlum, 2719 Lyndale avenue N;
| mas plans for a frame residence at 3O2s
James avenue S. It will be 28x2S, two.
story, modern interior finish and furnace
! Cost, $4,000.
| KEGS & Colburn, architects are a.,
! work on plans for extensive improve
ments and changes to be made in the
Donaldson's Glass Block tearooms anc
1 other departments
! Andrew Anderson, 3743 Dupont avenue
5, has begun work on a frame cottage
24X2S, at 1855 Dupont avenue, to be com.
pleted about May I next. Cost, 81, 900.
A.sG. Peterson, 24O9 Eighth street s
has plans for a frame residence at 252:
1 Tenth avenue S, to be completed abou
April Cost, $1,000 +. -.
T.. M. Mcguire 4e6s Sixth. avenue S
has begun work on a frame shop a
SOS Lake street. to be 3Ox6O. Cost
i $2,4O0.
4 A. s. Sandberg, 1905 Thirteenth avenu,
s, has plans for a frame residence, 27x28
at 22718 Eleventh avenue S. Cost, $500
Joseph Jaros has begun work on {