Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-03-26
MAYOR WILL APPROVE
WATER BID. CONTRA
ACTIVITY OF
THE BUILDERS
is REPORTED


ers OF this city is prevalent. Many
new houses are being erected and
numerous old places are being paint
ed and generally overhauled. All of
the local contractors are busy, al
though some Of the jobs are small
ones.
Ira r. Grouse has large contract
for the Didier-March Company, at
heasDey, for which he is erecting a
large new pressing shop 2OOx100l
teet in size. 1t will be two stories
high and of brick and iron construc-
ton. He is building a 60x40 foot
addition to the Sewaren hotel and is
erecting the large Boynton building
in Smith street, near State.
Architect j. K. Jensen has plans
under way for numerous proposed
new buildings in and about this city.
| He has drawn up plans and specif-
cations for the new rectory for the
Italian Catholic Church of the Lady
OF Our Most Holy Rosary, in Bar
clay street. The structure will be
two stories high. He also designed
three story brick building for Jo-
seph Long, to be erected at Maple
street and New Brunswick avenue;
The Boynton Brothers market
building and N. Adolph Nielsen's
new building at New Brunswick ave-
nue. and Fayette street.
Benjamin Goldberger, an architec-
| tural engineer, with Offices in the
scheuer building. has drawn plans
for a number of handsome resi-
dences in this city and vicinity that
are now in the course of erection.
He has completed plans for hand
some bungalow for Christian Peter
sen, to be erected in Tottenville.
Work will be started next week. He
also designed two-story frame res
idence fer Max Gihian. of this city;
the new residence of Albert Leon
and Leo Goldberger at Brighton ave-
nue. and Gordon street, as we'll as ex-
tensive improvements to the PralI
homestead at Port Reading.
S. F. Gerlufsen & Company. deal
ers in masons' materials, with head
quarters in Sayre avenue, are fur
nishing material for two new resi-
dences being erected for Jens Soren-
sen in Mattano place Mr.. Sorensen (
Is doing his own contracting work. I
They are also furnishing material I
for new building at Hopelawn for |
Thomas Jensen, that Is being erect /
ed by Mr.. Sorensen. They are sup
plying mason and general building
material to the National Fireproof-
ing Company, for a three-story
building for Math Stecker in Wood
bridge, and for the four new resi-
dences being erected for Harry /
Wolff, in Lewis street.
Considerable contracting work is
being done by the Fred Christensen
Construction Company. They are
erecting two two-family dwelling
houses for John Christensen in
Meade street and combination
dwelling house and shop for Wige
Clausen, of New York, in Lee ave-
nue.. Mr.. Clausen's building will be
partly two story and partly one
story. The residential section will
be 30x16 feet and two stories high,
and the shop 22x16 The shop will +
be equipped with two embroidery
and handkerchief stitching machines.
This concern Is making alterations
in the police station.
Edward Koyen, dealer in building
and maker of cement
blocks, is furnishing material for
four double residences for Peter Pc
tersen, in First street. He fur
nished material for a new residence
in Water street and for two new
buildings west of Alpine cemetery.
He is furnishing cement blocks for a
new residence for Emil Hansen, in
Madison avenue, for which ground
was broken yesterday.
George w. Hoagland, contractor,
builder and plumber, of 403405
Park avenue, has the contract for a
$4,000 building for Wendell T. Nc
Kown, at Colonia. The building will
be two stories high and of frame
He is also doing
work on the new residence of Albert
Leon and Leo Goldberger, at Brigh-
ton avenue and Gordon street.
j. N. Kennedy, plumber, of 5S1
State street, has numerous contracts
on hand He is doing the plumbing
frame building for ID. Goldfarb. in
High street: the plumbing and heat
ing in a new two-story brick build
ing for Thomas Smith, in Madison
avenue; the heating work in George
Kozusko's hall, at Hall avenue and
street; the work in the
new FStlOry LOI lut magyar He-
formed church, in Kirkland Place, f.,
besides plumbing and heating work I
IN a tbree-story building at Roose-
Gelt and a building in Metuchen.
Carl c. Christensen, mason con-
ractor and builder, whose headquar- ;
.ers are at State and Paterson ,
streets, has numerous contracts on ,
land. He is erecting a handsome :
hree-story double brick building for
\. Adolph Nielsen, at New Bruins
wick avenue and Fayette street; a
wo-story brick building for Marius
sorensen, in Barclay street; two
tory frame residence for L. p Han d
zen, in Jeffreys street, and a two !,
tory frame dwelling for MIR. Nell
on, at Melville.
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