The Detroit times., 1912-04-29
BUILDING ACTIVITY IN
SMALL LINES INCREASES
MANY CONTRACTS let
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Stores, Residences and Apart
ments' Figure Chiefly
in the List
sMALtER CITIES BOOMING
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Builders and Traders Exchange
Reports Many Awards of
Small Buildings
sMALtER CITIES BOOMING

An increase in the volume OF build
Ing work 10 shown in the weekly re
port OF the Builders and Traders Eek
change. but II still is made.up chiefly
81 residences and apartments and
small stores. The awards for the
week were practically all small, bat
there were a large number OF build
iugs let. There Is also a great deal
OF activity in building lines reported
from the smaller cities out in the
state, and Windsor is said to be en-.
Toying the biggest building boom in
rs history. The work In the state
includes several schools and churches.
Among the principal awards of the
week are the following:
w. r.. N Hunter reports the follow
ing additional awards on the F. NJ.
Sibley residence on Burns-ave.: Paint
Ing and glazing, t. A. Esiing Co.;
lathing and plastering, John L. Aus
tin: roofing and sheet metal, p. G.
Bertling: plumbing and heating. Max
Klein. Albert Kahn let for b. Swartz
the contract for the wrecking OF old
buildings to make way for new brick
stores on Napoleon-st.. near Russell.
It.. TO the Ray wrecking Co.: Poll
mar & Ropes let for the Detroit Wood
oieum company the mason work for
their new two-story brick factory
building on Walker-sts near Wood
bridge-st. to Putnam a Moore: Bur
rowes q Wells let for the Murphy-Pot-
ter company the mason and carpenter
work for new brick factory building
In Milwaukee Junction, 10 T. Garlic
ton; Hansel. French & Fleischner let
for Victor Slesinger the mason work
for alterations and changes to a i've
story store building. on the corner OF
Cass and Jefferson-aves., to w. IS.
Pocock: Harley & Atckeson let for II.
c.. Hodges the carpenter work for his
eight-story brick and steel family
hotel building on Center-st., C. w.
Canley; G. #. J. Barnes let for Will
liam ST. James, contracts for his
brick four-apartment building on Sew
enteenth-st., near Assist, as follows
mason work, Goodenow & CHM; car
penter, Frank Bowl: plastcring, Rob
ert I. Edwards; plumbing, o. H.,
Helm; electric, Gustav f. Riefstahl
Co.: painting, III. A. Otto: glass,
Michigan Ornamental Glass CO.. heat
ing. Peninsular Stove~Co. @. Howard
Crane LET for the Boulevard Theater
Co, the mason and carpenter work
for their new theater building ION
.Cratiotave.. near the East e0rand
boulevard. to Wallace & Karp; John
Scott q Co., let for Arthur O'Connor
contracts for his brick residence on
SeminoIe-ave., near st. Paul-aye., as
follows: mason work. Corrick Bros;
carpenter, Conrad Keller & Co.; plas-
tering. John Fl. Laurie; roofing and
sheet metal, Detroit Cornice & Slate
Co.: plumbing, James J. Crumbley;
electric, Crook Electric Co.; painting
and glazing. Dean Painting Co.: art
stone, The Maui Co.. The same archi-
tects let for the Grand Laundry Co.
contracts for new brick laundry
building on the corner OF Lafayette
and West Grand Boulevard, as fol-
lows: Mason work, Frank III. Goddard,
Inc: steel, Henry B. Lewis; carpen-
ter. Malow Brothers; roofing and
sheet metal. J. D., Gambler Roofing
Co; painting and glazing. H. J Dean
Co. no NTE