The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-03
! HOLIDAY MAKES QUIET
WEEK IN BUILDING
LINES IN DETROIT
Little New Work Reported By
Architects in City
or State.
SOME BIG AWARDS MADE
Builders and Traders Exchange
Reports Contractors Busy on
Work Previously Reported.
SOME BIG AWARDS MADE

The Builders and Traders Exchange
reports another quiet week in build
ing lines. Nevertheless the awards
for the week make good total and
there Is plenty of work already re
ported TO keep the contractors busy
Little new work was reported, how
ever, the holiday in the middle OF tie
week accounting for some Of the fall
ing on undoubtedly.
There is also dullness reported in
the new work outside Detroit, most OF
the jobs that have been reported be
ing small and not attractive TO De
troit contractors.
The principal awards for the week
were as follows:
Harry j. Rill left for st. Johns par
ish contracts for the alterations and
remodeling OF their church edifice
recently destroyed by fire. on the cor
ner OF Assist. and Lawton-aves., as
follows: Mason work, Joseph Nova
kowski; cut stone. Henry A. Beebe;
steel, Russell Wheel & Foundry Co.;
carpenter, Rowzski Brothers: plaster
ing, Charles Vogt; electric. Donahue
ct Shoebottom; roofing and shee
metal, Adam ]. Orth; painting. Al
bert Dzeatkewski; hardware, T. b.
Rayl; floors, Venetian Marble Mosaic
Art Co.; vault doors, National Safe K
Lock Co.; c. Howard Crane let for
the Boulevard Theater Co, additional
contracts for their new brick theater
building on Gratiot-ave., near Field
ave-, as follows: Plastering, Herman
j. SFrisk; plumbing and heating, De-
troit Plumbing & Heating Co.: roof
ing, Victor DHondt; painting and
glazing, Dean Painting Co.; lighting,
Jefferson Electric Co.: art stone, The
Maui Co. Albert Kahn let for the
Riverview Park Co. the general con-
tract for a concrete platform In con-
nection with their new building on the
corner Of Jefferson and Field-aFes..
to the Concrete Operating Co.; Mild
ner & Eisen let for the Gemmer Man
ufacturing Co. the general contract
for brick addition to the forge build
inG on Stanton-ave., near Merrick-ave.,
to John Finn & Co.
Chittenden & Knotting let for Rich
ard II. Nettie contracts for his six
family brick terrace building on Fred
ertck-ave., near Russell-st., as follows:
Mason work, James ]. Hickey; car
penter, Ernst Thiede; plastering, Al
bert Fritsch & Co.; plumbing, Chateau
Brpehter; painting and glazing, Viii
liam J. Lloyd; roofing and sheet
metal, Robert Hutton & Co., cut stone,
Batchelder & Wasmund Co.: heating.
Peninsular Stove Co. Baxter, O'Dell
& Halpin let for George Hunter addi-
tional contracts for his residence on
Taylor-ave., near Second-ave. as fol-
lows: Tile, Detroit Mantel & Tile Co.
hardware, T. B. Rayl Co. George w.
Graves let for the Murphy Power Co.
additional contracts for the factory I
budding at the foot Of Walker-ave.. as !
follows: Roofing and sheet metal. (
American Roofing Co.; plumbing. A !
w. Schultz Co.
Albert Kahn let for the Charlotte !
Construction Co. the cut stone work
for addition to Addison apartments
on the corner OF Woodward and Char
lotte-aves-, TO the Northern Stone &
Granite Co. Mildner & Eisen let for
the Sanders Candy Store alterations
and changes to the store adjoining
at No. 145 Woodward-ave., as follows:
Mason work, John Bollin: steel, Henry
b. Lewis; roofing and sheet metal,
Robert Hutton & Co.; carpenter, An
drew Hid; plastering, Schneider
Brothers; plumbing and heating.
Ernst Brothers; electric Stocker
Electric Co.: painting and glazing,
Brede & Schroeder; marble, j. Cor
ston Co.: sidewalk lights. Albert
Grauer Co.: carving, Gungwirth &
Seibert.