The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-04-28
ICURES ASKED
On DAVID SToTTS
HISTORY HOTEL
New FireproOf/ Hotel To BE
Known as Washington
Hotel
sFAIRVIEW AND DETROIT
BANKS BUILD BRANCHES
Building Operations Improve,
According to Report of Build
ers & Traders Exchange

! Building operations In the city and
state are showing signs OF increased
activity. due to favorable weather con
ditions. The weekly report of the
Builders & Traders exchange. ind.
Gates a slight improvement in the
volume of work reported during the
past week, but plenty OF work is in
sight. During the week work was
started on a number OF contracts pre-
viously let.
The new History freproof Washing
ton hotel for David Stott, is the larg-
est building on which figures are be-
ing taken. Among the contracts
awarded this week was one for a
branch Office of the Fairview Savings
bank on Mack and Townsend-aves,,
and another for the Detroit Savings
bank, Oakland and Clay-aves. Albert
Kahn let for the Burroughs Adding
Machine CO., the excavating contract
Tor the new four-story brick and con-
crete factory building on Second and
Amsterdam-aves. The most promi-
nent mention Of work from the state
this week Is the awarding OF the new
History fireproof Pantlind hotel build
Ing, Grand Rapids. to the George A.
Fuller Co., of New York.
Following are the awards for the
week: Frank Il. Hill let for G. j.
Buckley, contract for new brick resi-
dence on Rhode Island, near Wood
ward, as follows: Mason, Frank Har-
ris: carpenter, Geo. Fl = Davis; roofing
and sheet metal, Wayne Roofing Co;
painting, Thomas Clinton.
Albert Kahn let for the Hudson Mo-
tor Car Co.. additional contracts for
depository building at their plant on
Je6erson-ave. east, as follows: Car
penter, Vinton Co.; plumbing Dom
AID Miller Co.; heating. Johnson Il
Larsen Co.; glass. Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Co.
Van Leyen & SchiIling let for the
Sister of Mt. Carmel parish, OF Wyan-
dOtte, the general contract for new
brick and stone residence to A.
Marks, OF Wyandotte; mason. cut
stone and steel to Barnosky & Jonas.
Stahl 4 Kinsey let for the Fairview
Savings bank, the general contract
for . branch bank and fiat building
on Mack and Townsend-aves., to Her
man Nehls & Co. ~"
Geo. ". Pottle let for VIM Inner
man. the general contract for his
brick two-family fiat building on Della
ware-ave.. near Hamilton-ave.. as fol-
lows: Plastering. Ball & Dearling:
roofing. Robert Perry.
Albert Kahn let for the Burroughs
Adding Machine Co. the excavating
for their new four-story brick and
concrete factory building on Second
and Amsterdam-aves., to Jos. NJ.
Hughes.
A. e. French let for Berry Robinson
the general contract for his brick res
idence on Blaine-ave., near hamilton
ave-, TO e. K. Hartford, No. 1913 Bel
mont-ave.
John Scott & Co., let for the De-
troit Savings bank. the contract for
cut stone for their branch bank on
Oakland and Clay-aves, to Batchelder
4 Wasmund Co.
the general contract for a one-story
brick garage for the Aluminium Cast
ings Co., on Chene and Finfey-sts,
French q Fleisher let for Max kra-
kovsky, contracts for his three-story
brick and steel warehouse building on
Macomb-st.. near Hastings-st.. as fol-
lows; Mason. Martin Burkheiser;
carpenter. Simon & Cooper,
John Scot q Co.. let for the Mich.
gan Stove Co.. contracts for brick ad-
ditich to warehouse building on Je.-
ferson and Adairaves, as follows
Mason and concrete, Frank Goddard.
Inc; steel, Russell Wheel 4 Foundry
Co.; carpenter. vinton Co.: roofing
and sheet metal, Chas. Sauer Roofing
Co.: painting and glazing VIM. Deid-
rich. ~