The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-10
Notes of the Building Trades.

phonse Colletta. Consideration not given.
Notes of the Building Trades.
Plans have been completed by Hymaa
Resensohn, OF TAT Broad street, for the
erection of a store and tenement building
which will be built on street,
between Spruce street and Waverly ave
nue.. The building, which will be of brick
construction, will measure thirty-nine feet
IN width by eighty-four feet in depth, and
be owned by Mark Brooks, of 2SS Wash
ington street. Two front and two rear
apartments, consisting of four and five
rooms respectively, will be arranged OIL
each of the four floors above the basement,
which will be divided into two stores. The
front of the structure will be faced with
~llight-colored pressed brick and be trimmed
with terra Gotta. According to the specifi-
cations the building will have a Stag roof,
galvanized iron ~cornice, fire escapes, dunno
walter. ranges, slate tubs. enameled bath
room fixtures. mantels and other improve
ments except heat. The store fronts VII
be of plate glass and the ceilings Of
stamped metal. The owner will build by
days work, and is ready for estimates on
all materials. The cost of the building is
estimated at about $4,000.
From plans by the same architect as
above Samuel Katz, of Summit, N. j., will
erect a four-story aud basement tenement
house of brick construction on the north
side of Central avenue. between First and
Second streets ground for which was
broken last week. The building will meas
use "a by 100 feet in ground dimensions and
be four stories in height. The basement
will provide two stores, with living rooms
in the rear, while the four floors above will
be ivide into two apartments, consisting
of four rooms and bath each in the front,
and two apartments in the rear, each con-
sisting of five rooms and bath. The struc-
ture will have a Stag roof and be faced
with pressed brick. with limestone trim
mings. The specifications call for tiled
bathrooms, cypress interior trim, galvan-
lied iron ~cornice. fire escapes, slate tubs,
ranges, mantels, concrete cellar bottom
and all modern Improvements except heat,
including metal ceilings and plate glass
fronts in the stores. The owner builds by
days work and buys all material. The
estimated cost is placed at about $4,000.
David B. Provost, of Y Broad street,
Elizabeth. as architect, is ready for es-
Inmates under a general or separate con-
tract for the proposed addition to the
Roman Catholic Hospital of st. Elizabeth,
located on the corner of South Broad and
Pearl streets in Elizabeth. According to
the plans the addition will be three stories
and basement in height, Of brick construc-
ton. covered with cement stucco. and
measuring 116 by IS feet in ground dimen-
3ions. A wing measuring % by AZ feet oil
the same height and construction will also
be erected. The floor plans show a boiler
room. laundry, dining-room, nurses dor
mitory, community room, solarium, two
wards, surgical ward and fourteen private
bedrooms. The plans, prepared by Brown
& Won Beren, with offices in the Elk
! change Building. New Haven, Conn, who
appointed Mr.. Provost as experimenting
architect. The specifications call for a
Stag roof, fire escapes, laundry machinery,
plate glass, steam heat, gas and electric
lighting and all modern hospital equip
ment. including ventilating and tempera-
ture regulating systems. George Huey, Of
Z Water street. Boston, Mass, Is the neat
ing and ventilating engineer.
Edward V. Warren, of % Clinton street,
| this city. has completed plans and is
ready for estimates under separate con-
tracts for the erection of a private resi-
dence for Nathaniel Duke, of 80 Watson
avenue. East Orange. The dwelling is
designed after the Colonial style of archi-
lecture and will be located at the corner
of Yale terrace and Walker road, West
Orange. The plans show a building of
frame construction, two and one-halt
stories in height and measuring 81 by %
feet in ground dimensions. The first floor
will provide a dining-room, kitchen, pecep-
ton hall. buffers pantry, and q large
living room, with paneled hardwood walls
and a beam ceiling. The second floor and
attic will contain four and three bedrooms,
respectively. The specifications call for an
asbestos sbingle roof, steam heat, plate
glass, hardwood floors and trim, tile bath
room. cabinet mantels and all modern i'm
p~rovenlents, including combination gas and
electric lighting. The architect will super
intend the construction and award all con-
tracts. which he estimates will total about
$500.
Ground has been broken for the erection
of eight double family houses on the west
of Lincoln avenue, between Delavan
and Elwood avenues, by the Calvert Con-
struction Company. Each building viii
measure 30 by Y feet in ground dimensions,
be of brick construction. and two stories
in height. The buildings will be faced with
different colored pressed brick and have
roofs of Spanish and green glazed roof tile.
families will be accommodated In each
building. Specifications call for hardwood
floors and trim OH the main floor, steam
heat, tiled bathrooms, mantels and ali
modern Improvements, including gas and
electric lighting. The mpan designed
the plans and will erect the structures by
work. The cost of each building is
estimated at about $4,000.
About $4,000 will be expended by SAVING
on the erection Of It store and two
family dwelling on North Eighth street,
$50 feet north from Chester avenue. Ac-
cording to the plans as prepared by Thomas
E. Hicks, of 80 Broad street, the building
will be three stories in height, measure Is
by 80 feet in ground dimensions. and be Of
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