The Detroit times., 1912-08-19
BUILDERS REPORT
CONSTRUCTION WORK
At HIGHT IN DETROIT
Contractors All Busy and Labor
Continues Scarce, Says Build
ers and Traders Exchange
MATERIAL PRICES STEADY
Several Stores and Apartments
Listed Among New Work,
But Few Awards Made
MATERIAL PRICES STEADY

The building situation in Detroit IS
little unchanged for the week accord
ing to the report OF the Builders and
Traders exchange. Actual construe-
ton work is at its height and labor
Is still scarce. Contractors need me-
chanics in all lines, and work is re-
tarded 70 a considerable degree by
the lack OF the required labor There
have been no important changes In
the prices OF building materials. and
deliveries are improving. There were
several stores and apartments listed
among the new work for the week.
There were few awards OF any i'm
portance.
The chief awards OF the week are
as follows:
Stahl & Kinsey. let for f. NJ VII
son, contracts for his residence on
Chicago-blvd., as follows: Mason.
HaTtness a. Blenmann; carpenter.
Batson & Van Howe; steel, Chas.
Amos 4 Co: roofing and sheet metal,
George f. Gambler Co; pasteTing,
William Husbner; plumbing, A. w.
Schultz & Co; electric, Sherratt
Electric Co; painting and glazing,
William Bentine; tile and marble De
troit Mantel & Tile Co Albert Kahn
let for Samuel and Isaac Goldberg ad-
ditional contracts for new store
building on Broadway, as follows:
Plumbing, J. w. PaTtlan heating, la.
cob Zerga Co: electric, Seidler-Miner
CO. The same architect let for the
Detroit Insulated Wire Co, the plumb
ing and heating for their new factory
building on Wesson-ave., 10 the c. H.
Dean Co. The same architect let for
the Charlotte. Construction Co. the
rofng and sheet metal for addition 10
Addison apartments on Charlotte-aye.
10 Robert Hutton & Co. The same
architect let for Isaac and Samue,
Goldberg, the terra Gotta for new
store building on Broadway, TO the
Atlantic Terra Gotta Co, OF Pitts
burgh. The same architect let for
the Peninsular Engraving Co, the
sprinkler system for its new office
building on Woodward-ave., 10 the
General Fire Extinguisher Co +. F.
Van Tyl, engineer, let for the Detroit
Sulphite Pulp & Paper Co. the gen
eral contract for new power build
ing in Delray ,@to Stokes & Whiting
ham: boilers, Wicks Boiler Co, OF
Saginaw, Mich Spier, Rohns &
Gehrke let for b Oppenheim, the gen
eral CONTRACT for alterations and ad.
dition 10 store on Grand Riyer-ave. TO
Andrew Hill, Roland C. Gies let for
John German, the rooang -and sheet
metal for his theater building on
Woodward-aye., 10 j. u. Gambler Roof.
ing Co Mildner & Ilsen let for W.
j. Hartwig, additional contracts for
his factory building on the corner OF
Fort and Fourteenth-sts., as follows
PlasteriRg, Hilary, Schaefer & Son;
plumbing. Frank Mohr: electric, BY
the owner; steel sash, Detroit Steel
Products Co The same architects
let for Arthur Cotton, the plumbing
for his factory building on the corner
OF Chene-st and Jeiferson.ave., 10 C..
II. Dean & Co. +. w Bowd, archi-
tect. Lansing, let for the Board OF
Education, OF Hudson, Mich. con-
tracts for school building in Hudson,
as follows: General contract, Rick
man Construction Co, Kalamazoo;
heating and ventilating. Shields q
Leadley, Lansing plumbing y. Dun-
bar, OF Hudson. The Grand Trunk
railway Is erecting one-story brick
Office and frame shed at the foot OF
Brush-st, owners doing work TO cost,
$4,000 The Packard Motor Car Co.
let the contract for the HiRib plas-
tering for the large drop-torge depart
ment, the plant on Harperave., 10
M. Finn 4 Sons.