The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-11-01
open BIDS SOON
on new CHURCH
ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CONTRACT
TO BE LET NOyEM-
lat WOMEN'S COLLEGE
BIDS ASKED FOR BY SUPERVISING
ARCHITECTS ON sUPERsTRUC-
TURE-MANY OTHER
CONTRACTS.

Bids will be opened on the after
noon of November 8, at 4 o'clock, for
the construction of the new church
edifce for the congregation of ST..
James Episcopal church. OF which
Rev. William Meade Clark. d. D.. IL
rector.
The new structure will be of brick
and stone, and will be n decided add
| dition to the Monument avenue sec
! ton. The new site Is one square
east of the Stuart monument. Bids
| have been made on the work by =.
| f. Ancarrow. H. l.. Matthews. w.
| A. Chesterman and the j. r. Wilson
| Company. Incorporated.
Owing to the changed conditions
| about its present church home 1T
| Fifth and Marshall streets. the rep
resentatives OF the church disposed Of
| their church edifice at that location
some months ago.
| WOnMn's College Work.
Preparations are now being made
| for giving out contracts for the ST.
! perstructure of the Wonan's College
4 building of Richmond College. Ex-
| cavating and foundation work for
! the structure will be entirely com
/ piated in few weeks for the large
/ structure. and on yesterday notices
| were posted by the supervising ar
l -
! we're taking sub-bids from such sub
| contractors as were asked to esti-
| mate on the work. Great interest
| attaches to the work at Westhamp-
ton. and the awarding OF contracts
| for the construction Of the super
! structure OF the Womans College Will
be hailed with pleasure by the friends
OF the college movement.
Hoge Memorial Addition.
AfySrx ,trfsr u
| by the congregation of the Hoge Me-
! mortal church. located at the cor
ner of Nineteenth and Franklin
| streets, for the construction OF a
considerable addition to the stroc-
ture C. NJ. Robinson is the aref.i-
tect in charge,
G. r. Valentine Is arranging for
the construction Of brick garage
at the corner OF First and Franklin
streets.
The Richmond Building Corpora
ton will expcnd s3s00 in making
repairs on their brick store at ITO
East Main street, and A Dswvishian
will erect a brick store at the corner
OF Seventh and Clay streets to cost
$1,000.
Among the twenty nine bidders
who will submit estimates on the new
| building to be erected at Washington
| for the bureau Sf E.hEthf9uA ana
Printing are w. a. Chesterman. OF
Richmond; J. Henry Miller Co,
of Baltimore. who is constructing the
new Federal building here. and the
George A. Fuller Company, the cor
! tractors on the First National Bank
I building
To Build -Four Stores
Bids will be- opened on NOV ember !
at 4 p NJ. by Anderson. Cain -
Shepherd, architects for four stores
to be erected for the W. II. Scott
estate at Sixth and Marshall streets.
Seven contractors viii submit est'-
mates on the work, which Will run
well up into the thousands. The con-
tractors participating In the bidding
will be w. A. Chesterman. G. w Da-
Wis g. Brother A. NJ. Walkup j. T.
Nuckols j. T. Wilson Co. Inc.
James Fox & Sons OF Richmond, and
George Leigh Il Brother. OF Louisa,
| Va.
Probably larger number of plans
are being made for private owners
| for residences for their own occu-
| pancv than ever before in the his
| tory OF the city. Real estate men re-
| port that their customers are anxious
TO have homes built to suit their own
| ideas. which causes good demand
Tor unimproyed real estate.