Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-06-16

IA ,rogress is being made in the
mop ~ the various new buildings
de.. ARE going up in this city. All
WIZ WI D,robably be under cover by the
VIZ F,rirter sets in, and with one OF
tius r.enrions, they will be completed.
W. hell Of the large new keg mill
du Pont Powder Co., being
ol .a d at Squirrel Run, is about com
ese0.53 and Tie entire building Will be
Eu,5 in few months. IL Will be
pllsaf the strongest buildings in this
one the country. 1t is constructed
pal. pal,ncfnral steel and stone. IL occu-
o. s',1 site which was formerly wood
pe l. only a few yards from the new
anu sun trolley line, which will
-'ske it convenient Tor the persons
living in the CITY who work tnere'
Nearly all Of the twelve stories OF
,trnctural work Of the du font pulla-
~ al Tenth and Market streets, is
naw ~, nm and the skeleton gives people
sossiny an idea of how large the buid-
viii be when completed. Ihe TACT
tbst il is twenty feet from the present
bwlding line also gives az idea OF
ysat AM improvement it will be to the
roorance ~ of Tenth street when all
y the buildings from Market to Tat
Dall are moved back that distance.
20 One Of the nearest approaches to an
.,t,relv fire proof building in this
sarr If the country will be the new
Rniiding Of the Delaware and Atlantic
TTsiegra1h and Telephone Co, on
sSib'ev street, adjoining tbs present
bn;Ising. The latest and most sue
oassful fire proef ideas are being
s5snted in the construction. IL Is
80 that when completed there will
~ los than s4eO worth of lumber in
tbe entire building. The foundation
,ork is about completed. A large
erentity OF grsnits has been delivered
there in the reugh during the past
two weeks and is nemg cut on the site.
Work on the apartment houses being
built at Tenth and Washington streets
for Fred G. Hedges is progressing. Mr..
( Hodges has nsIped them College Inn,
Albsmbra and Marquette.
me two large apartment houses of
4 General j. Parks Postles, at Delaware
avenue and Jackson street, the VIII
mipgton and Brandywins, are about
comrletsd. The work on the apart
ment houses being built at Delaware
avenue and Madison street for James
II. Kane is also progressing.
Il is expected that work will be
started in a few days on the founda-
tiop for the new Union National Bank,
al Eighth and Market strests. Another
BUILDING Of great Importance, on which
the work is being rushed, is the new
PB & W. railroad station.
The real estate market during the
current week has been Hat. The fol
lowing transfers we're recorded at the
City Registry bureau:
No. 1915 Shallcross avenue, by Johr
S. Mullin, Jr., to Albertus b. Stay
ION, for 81, 675; No. 1917 Shallcrosl
avenue to Robert n. Jenss, for 81, 675
No. 1919 to William S. Prickett, fol
t,675. and No. 1921 TO William 5
Prickett, for 81, 6I5.
Property at Sixth and jackson
streets, by Mary n. A. Mather to Aarol
N. Rice, for 81, 800.
Property at Eighth and Tatnal
streets, by Catharine Tilghman q
Samuel s. Adams, for s.. 90.
Property on the south side Of Sixth
near du Pent, by George I. Tilghmal
70 West ERd Republican Club Of Viii
nington for $500.
No. 800 Poplar street, by John hume
10 Luther Warren Ellis, for $500.
No. 100 East Sixth street, by Mar
Montgomery to John Craig, for 81, 2OC