The Detroit times., 1912-04-08
FAVORABLE WEATHER
BRINGS MUCH ACTIVITY
IN BUILDING OPERATIONS
Builders and Traders Exchange
Reports Awards For Sew
=eraEBig BuiIdings-
THEATER CONTRACTS LET
Fire-proof Warehouse and Two
Factory Buildings in Large
List Of New Work

Considerable work has developed
with the favorable weather and build
Ing operations were quite active &C
cording to the report OF the Builders
and Traders Exchange. Among the
awards Is the contract for the new
dayety Theater building and a six
story fireproof building for James
Dinan, which is TO be occupied by the
Pere Marquette railroad. The new
work reported includes a fireprool
warehouse building and two factory
buildings, besides a number or good
sized stores and apartment houses
There Ii also much small work.
Among the principal awards OF the
week are the following:
w. II. McElfatrick, New York g
II. Claim, associate architect let for
the owners or the Gayety theater the
general contract for the erection OF
their new theatre building on the
corner OF Bates-st. and Cadillac
square, TO the Albert Albrecht Co. !;
Nettleton & Weaver report the fol-
lowing additional awards on the fac.
tory building of the Timkin-D Detroit
Axle Co.; mason work. John Finn a.
Co.; painting and glazing. Winterich
4 Curtis; carpenter, Frank NJ. PAUL. !;
sheet and metal and roofing. Michi-
gan Cornice q Slate Co.; The same
architects report the following awards
on the Philip Krausman stores on
Gratiot-ave. mason work, w. +.
Kehl; structural steel, II. b. Lewis !;
roofing and sheet metal work, AM
erican Roofing CO.; carpenter work,
Conrad Keller & Co.; plastering. Gus
tav Jahnke; painting. Theodore
Krees; plumbing and heating, G. IL.
Dean Co.; electrical work, Pioneer
Electric Co.; Dunlap & Palmer report
awarding the following contracts for
a brick residence for L. f. Paterson.
on Parkerave.. near Jefferson-ave.:
mason work. Walter S. Vivier; car
penter, NJ. Esler & Sons; painting
and glazing, Brede & Schroeder;
electrical work, Donohue & Shoebot-
tom; roofing, G. w. Gilbert & Son;
plumbing and heating. Kenney
Brothers. mantel and tile, c. j. Net
ting Co.; Mildner & Eisen let for
Kolb-Getfredson Horse Co additional
contracts for their new buildings on
Gratiot,ave., as follows: painting and
glazing, William Diedrich; plaster
ing, H. Schaefer & Son: b. c. Wetzel
4 Co. let for James +. Oman the
mason and reinforced concrete work
for his six-story fireproof store and
office building on the corner OF Fort
and Third-st to Frost and Win
chester: Richard II. MARI let for the
American Brass Co. the mason and
concrete work for the new factory
building on the corner OF Trombley
and Crystal-aves., TO Frost Win
chester.
G. A. Mueller let for Mr.. and Mrs.
George Martz the general contract
for their two brick residences at New
4 Baltimore, Mich, TO Frank Harbarth.
The Smoots-Van Dyke company re-
ports the following sales:
The property at No. 457 Cadillac
ave. for Chas B. Scott, of Fenton,
to Joseph A. Jeffery. OF the Jeffery-
Dewitt Co. Mr.. Jeffery intends TO
make this property his home. The
consideration was $4,000; lot No. "a,
Brandons subdivision, on the west
side OF Cadillac-ave.. north of Water
loo. for Phillip II. Mcmillan to Har-
ry A. Wilde. for $l250; lot No. as,
west side of Coplin-ave., for Fidelity
& Deposit Co, OF Baltimore. TO John
Platte, for about $500 lot No. 40,
west side OF Coplin.ave.. for Ralph b.
Wilkinson TO Mrs. S. Z. Barber, for
about $500: lot No. 3S, on the west
side of Coplinave., for Lucy K. Gale,
10 John Platte. for about $500; lots
Nos. 1876, 1877 and 1873 ION the north
side OF Jefferson-ave. east. corner
Drexel.ave, having frontage on JEFF
ferson-ave. of los feet for Marie A.
Palms. to Josephine Cohen, for So
600 the property on the southwest
corner of Woodward and Burroughs
ayes. having a frontage of 1875 feet
on Woodward and a depth Of Ala feet
on Burroughs and 1872 feet on Cass-
ave. for w. z. Flanders. To NJ. ]. Muir
ply. The consideration OF this deal
has been withheld, but 1t is under
stood that the property Is valued at
100000: lot No. II, Briscoes sub
division, southwest corner Michigan
ave. and rwenty-fourth-st., for Emma
Schultz ct al, to Ohas. W. Formell,
for about $500; lot No. 62, Hendrie
subdivision, ON the west side OF Ham
ilton-ave., for VIM. Hilger, TO Mrs.
Andrew Jackson: consideration about
) $500; double house and lot at Nos
1913 to 10l5 Fourth.ave. for John A.
wilde, to Anton Kathrein and wife,
consideration. $500; lot No. AZ,
south side OF Burlingame-ave., for
Judson Broadway, to Floyd Haynes,
consideration, $500; lots Nos. 143, la
and Is feet OF No. las of the Lambert
Beautisn Farm, on the south side Of
clinton-st., between Beaubien Farm
and st. Antoine-sts., to Hutton Il
Nall The valuation OF this property
Is understood TO be about $4,000;
louise and lot at No. 101 Columbia-st.
east, for Mr.. VIM. Armstrong ct al,
TO Max Steingold, agent for $4,000;
lot No. 14s, on the west side OF Drex-
eLave., for Marie A. Palms, to John
Morgan, consideration, $500; lot No.
147, for Marie A. Palms, to Stanton
Clark, consideration, 5000; this com.
pany has leased the Promises at No.
223 Jefferson-ave.. for Aileen Melon
aid, to George II. Cummings. for 10
years, for business purposes.