The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-06
s0RE FAILING OFF
IN BUILDING ACTIVITY
REPORTED FOR WEEK
small Buildings Still Form the
Bulk Of the New Work Among
Detroit Builders
CHURCH AND SCHOOL PLAN



building operations for the week Al
reported BY the Builders and Trad
ers' Exchange. Most OF the new worh
~ made up OF small buildings but
there 10 q church edlfice and school
IN the list for the week. Two impor
t4nt contracts. awarded during the
week, were the contracts for the ser
vice building for the Detroit General
Hospital and the contracts for a fac
tory building for the Murphy-Potter
The Builders and Traders Elk
change reports that April was one or
the most active months In the his
I0fy OF the organization. More than
700 building reports were received and
\ 400 sets were placed on file, including
the work from smaller cities in the
state.
Among the principal awards OF the
week are the following:
Albert Kahn let for the Detroit
Creamery Co., additional contracts
\ for the new building In Fairview, as
follows: Painting, Rissman q Man
nassau: glass. Pittsburgh Plate Glass
CO. The same architect let for the
Detroit Creamery CO., the hardware
Tor their new buildings on the corner
Of Adams-aye. and Cliffordst.. to Gregg
Hardware Co., w. b. Stratton let for
the Detroit General Hospital con-
tracts for the new service building,
on Hamilton Boulevard. as follows:
Mason work, A. J. Smith Construction
CO.: carpenter. Vinton Co.; plaster
ing, John Hanley; painting and glaz-
Ing, James Roach Co.: flooring and
sheet metal, The Albert F. Pudrith
CO..: plumbing, Harrigan 4 Reid Co.;
tile. william Brady & Co.
Donaldson q Meier let for Kern
Bros. the general contract for the
rcnodeling Of the Loyal Guard build
inr. on the corner or Griewold-st anu
Grand Riyes-aye.. to yinton Co.
Albert Kahn let for David King, adj
ditional contracts for his brick stores
on oratiot-ave., az follows: Steel, II.
-. Lewis; carpenter. l.. N. Beaker;
hardware, Buhl q Sons; glass, Toledo
Plate Glass Co.: floors, Venetian Mar
bic Mosaic Art Co. Burrowes Il
wells let for the Murphy Power Co.,
additional contracts for new factory
building I'm Milwaukee Junction, as
Follows: Cut stone, w. 8. Piggins'
Sons: steel, Henry b. Lewis. The
same architects let for 8. X! Pitt
man. contracts for his residence on
Seminole-ave., near st. Panl-ave., as
follows: Mason. Corrick Bros; paint
Ing and glazing, Brede & Shroeter;
tile and marble, z. J. Netting Co.
Polfmar q Ropes let for Phillip Van
Zile. additional contracts for his six
family brick fiat building. on the cor
ner OF Forest and Second-aves.. as
follows: Plumbing. Brant q Stanley;
painting, George Pienicki; glass,
Schroeder Paint q Glass Co.; tile
floors and marble. Art Mosaic & Tile
Co.; weather strips. Davis Screen &
Weather Strip Co. C. +. ]. Barnes
let for william Barteies contracts for
his brick residence. on Hancock-ave.,
near Second-aye., as Follows: Mason
work. nowiwsld Bros: roofing and
sheet metal. ]. d. Gambler Roofing
Co.: plumbing. A. w. Schultz q Co.;
glass, Michigan Ornamental Glass
CO..; painting. II. A. Otto; plastering,
Thomas Leadbeater; heating, Schultz
q Kiehler; tile floors. George H.
Mehling.
W. M9ic0mbOn ~ HlBBtnDOtham let TOT
John Lambert. additional contracts
Tor brick addition TO HIS residence on
virginia-ave.. near secohdave., as fol-
lows: Roofing. and sheet metal, De-
troit Cornice q Slate Co.; plumbing,
Harrigan q Reid Co. Richard II.
MARI let for, the Monarch Laundry
CO., the freight elevator for their new
building. on Woodwardave., near
Peterboro-aves. TO the Haughton Ele-
vator q Machine Co. Harry J. Rill
let for John Prentis. additional con-
store building. on Woodward-ave., TO
be- occupied by Himelhock Bros, an
y. Pudrith Co.; electric. Iron City
Hlectric Co.; painting and glazing,
James J. Roach Co.; plastering. H.
n ua~hnN Ht.