The Detroit times., 1912-11-16
FACTORY BLOCK
and CHURCH IN
WORK PLANNED
Builders and Traders Exchange
Reports Building Operations
Steady in Detroit
REPORTS INDICATE
STATE WORK QUIET
Awards for the Week Are Mostly
Contracts Completing For
mer Awards

A large factory building for the J.
c. Wilson Body Co., and new brick
church for the Holy Trinity Evan
gelieal Lutheran congregation were
the chief pieces OF new work report
ed this week to the Builders q Trad
-ers- exchange Building operations
for the week continued about the same
in volume as last week, and most OF
the contracts awarded were additional
contracts on buildings which had
previously been announced
Work is reported to be rather quiet
in the state though few large build
ings will be ready for figures soon II
Is expected. The chief of these is the
new Pontiac high school building and
the plans for this structure have been
received by the Builders & Traders'
exchange.
The principal awards for the week
are as follows:
Frank l.. Molby let for the Detroit
Carpet Cleaning works, the general
contract, except the plumbing, heat
ing and roofing for addition and al
terations TO factory building on Gil
man-st., to Bert Wileman. plumbing
heating and roofing to be done by
owner; Baxter, O'Dell & Halpin let
for Il. M. Rothman, contracts for his
three-story brick hotel and store
ave. and Vandalrd., as follows: Ma.
son, Henry Carew; art stone. The
Maui Co.. plumbing and heating, J.
II. Kennedy painting and glazing, G..
Kilwinski; Albert Kahn let for Berry
Brothers, Limited. contracts for a
storage tank at their plant at the foot
or Leib-st.. as follows: Excavating,
j. G.. Palmer; mason, Thos. e. Currie;
roofing and sheet metal, J. ID. Gambler
Roofing Co.; carpenter. Vinton & Co.:
Fouls Hamper let for Hugo Sherer,
the general contract for his brick
store and fiat building on the corner
OF Woodward and Hancock-aves., to
Edward o. Finn, No. sos Sun building;
the same architect let for the Italian
Lombardie club, additional contracts
for their new brick club building on
the corner OF Erskine and Riopelle-
SITS, as follows: Plastering, Schnei-
der Brothers; roofing and sheet met
nj. American Roofing Co.: electric,
Gustave Reifstahl mason. Ed. o.
Finn; Pollmar & Ropes let for the
Priscilla Inn Co., the mason and con-
crete for their flve-story hreproof no
tel building. as home for working
girls, on the corner OF Ledyard and
Cass-aves., to Frank Goddard, Incor,
porated Donaldson & Meier let for
the Home Savings bank, contracts for
a brick addition TO branch bank build
Ing on the corner OF Mt. Elliott and
GTatiot-ayes.. as follows Mason,
John Finn & Co.; steel, Russell Wheel
& Foundry Co.; architectural iron,
Monahan e. Ducharme; carpenter,
Winkler G. Auch plastering, Gustav
Jahnke; roofing and sheet metal. }.
ID. Gambler Roofing Co.; electric, City
Electric CO.; plumbing. Albert Roulo:
heating, Swartz Brothers; painting
and glazing, @. A. Kruger q Son:
George V. Pottle let for the Murphy
Iron works, contracts for a new brick
factory addition at the foot OF Walker
ST. as follows: Mason, Goodenow IL
CHM; carpenter. J. n. A. Haberkorn
Co.; Crane & Pennington, architects,
Windsor. let for the Leggett & Plat
Spring Bed Co. the general contract
for a new brick and concrete factory
building TO be erected In Windsor, to
George Haugh and A. A. Shelby, or
Windsor; Spier. Robins & Gherke,
architects, Detroit, let the general
contract for a brick and stone library
building for the city Of Marshall to
o. ]. Reniges, OF Marshall. MINI.