Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-13

notwithstanding the fact that it Is
the height of the lazy season. and
that building activity is more or less
at a standstill in many of the south
western towns there has never been
greater hustle among contractors and
carpenters and plasterers and masons
in Albuquerque than at the present
time. A glance over the business dis.
trict of Albuquerque which is rapidly
extending west and north on Central
and Second and First streets hows
that hundreds of thousands of dollars
are being expended in the city at the
present time chiefly on modern bust
ness blocks, office and store buildings.
Shipments of building material into
the city are heavy and hundreds OF
men are given employment by the
contractors. The activity which be-
gan at the first of what it was gen
orally thought would be Il dun year
in Albuquerque has continued with
out interruption and the indications
are that it will keep up for the great
er part of the year. Hardly a week
goes by without the announcement Of
n new contract being let. The build
ing fever is by no means confined to
the downtown district either. as resi-
dences are going up in every quarter
of the city, but the rapid growth l.
more evident to the casual observer
in the commercial district.
Tomorrow morning Contractor r.
stevens will operations at
the site of the new odd Fellows tenn
pie to be erected al the corner Of Lead
avenue and South Second street at ii
cost of between $4,000 and $4,000
The work of cutting down a number
of cottonwood trees at the site Of the
new building began yesterday. Thu
building will be two stories high with
basement and so constructed that a
third story may be added later. !. II
Cox has the plumbing contract.
The proposed Masonic temple which |
is To be erected at the corner of Third
street and Copper avenue at a cost Of
sos, 900 is delayed pending satisfactory |
financial arrangements by the fratern-
ity, but it is expected the contract VIE
be let before long and work started
on what will be one of the finest fra
ternal edifices in the southwest.
The advance of the business section,
out North Second street has been
steady during the past year or two, q
feature being the recently completed /
Luna Stricken building. one Of the
finest in the city. on the same block
Jacob Korber has near completion az
a cost of some $4,000. a fine three
story structural steel and brick build
ing which Will be entirely completed
in a few weeks. The Albuquerque
Tent and Awning company and the
star Hay and Grain company have
already moved into the building which
will contain the headquarters of tn
CITY government with fire and police
headquarters and offices. The city
expects to be able to move into the
building in July.
Contractor A. w. Arson, who l.
erecting the magnificent new federal
and postoffice building at the corne'
of Fourth street and Gold avenue
said yesterday hat, owing to the SLOW
arrival of necessary material it Will
be. at a guess, between four and five
months before the building is finish
ed. Practically all the steel work, the
heaviest in the city, is in place an
the walls have been completed neariN
as high as the big vaulted roof.
one of the most important public
improvements which is now pendins
is the erection at a cost of $lOo'ooo
of a new high school building al the
corner Of Broadway and Central ave
nue.. the site for which has ALREADY
been purchased at a cost of Sla,oOo.
The early authorization of q Sloo'
600 bond issue by congress is expected
BY the school board and the year
should see the building fairly under
way. On the same block at the cor
ner of Arno and Central avenue eN'
cavation work has already begun toi !