Evening journal., 1913-04-05
BUILDING
TRADE FEELS
SPRING TOUCH
Contractors and Architects
Report Much Business
Being Done
SOME SMALL SALES
REPORTED BY BROKERS

The good weather of the past week
has caused the building and contract
ing business to take another big boom
and it is rapidly approaching its
height, and in another week will be
up to its usual Spring standard. AL
ready some contractors are beginning
to be crowded with small jobs which
always come in at this time of the
year.
The weather. has also had its in
huence on the real estate business.
and every dealer in town is rapidly
clearing his boards. The demand for
small houses for rent has been es,ces-
sive for some time, and Il has be-
come a hard matter TO supply all
those who have made inquiries. Quite
number of small sales were closed
during the week and several deals
for properties of great values are still
under way.
The dealers report that they are
receiving many Inquiries from people
outside the city regarding the sale
Of property for investment purposes
and the impression outside the city
seems to be that property values are
rapidly increasing In Wilmington. ana
that IL offers very attractive oppor-
tunity for this class of investments
J. A. Bader and Company are just
finishing the handsome three-story
dwelling with garage attached on the
southeast corner of Seventeenth
street and Riverview avenue The
buildings we're designed by Brown &
Whitesides, and are of Colonial
Dutch type. and are quite different
from anything i'm the city The treat
ment of the roof. porches and en-.
trance is unusually attractive. The
house is rather large containing
ten rooms. two baths. central hall,
an extra large pantry and several
! storage rooms. Il is. Of course. equip
ped with all modern conveniences.
The garage is designed TO accommo-
date the largest cars. The property
has been placed in the hands of
Gibbons and Moore and will be ready
| for occupancy in about three days.
J. A. Bader g. Company are bidding
/ on a residence for the Greenhill
Realty Company. which will be erect
ed at Seventeenth street and Green
hill avenue. The house will conta n
ten rooms and three baths II will
be finished in hardwood tits under
stood that the Greenhill Company
plans to build several more resi-
dences of the same type in this neigh
borhood
The Bader Company is also bidding
on a ten-room residence for Leonard
Monford Taylor, which will be erect.
ed at Seventeenth street and Green.
hill avenue. The house was designed
by Brown and Whiteside and will be-
of Colonial design.
j. and NJ. Kennedy. the architects
with Offices in the Ford Eunlding, WIG
recently drew the plans for the alter
atoms for the St Paul's r. c. Church
which will cost many thousands OF
dollars, have been completing plans
for an additional story to be added to
the St Patrick school at Fourteenth
and King streets. The addition VIII
consist of a beautiful auditorium with
a seating capacity of about $50 people.
/ The room will be fitted up with a
complete stage so that IL may be used
] for many purposes. Bids for the adj
dition probably will be asked for
within two weeks.
Roscoe Cook Tindall. the architect.
asked for bids for the alteration on
the moving picture theatre. at Sails
bury. Md, yesterday The house is
owned by Messrs Green and Brewing
ton. The bids will be opened on next
! Friday. The work is expected 10 COST
close to $4,000. and the little theatre
will be one of the best in this section.
Mr. Tindall will revise the plans
for the picture theatre which is to be
erected at No. S36 Market street, and
will ask for bids on it in a short time.
1t is planned to build a stage about p
feet wide in the house, so that II can
be used for theatricals and vaudeville
The theatre will have a seating CO.
| pacity OF about 1000.
DR.. j. Bacon Stubs, Of No SOS Tat
nall street. has secured an option on
the building on the northeast corner
I of Seventh and Walnut streets. which
is now used as a second hand shop
for the local Federation of Negro
Women. The building will be con.
verted into settlement building fol
negroes The building cost S5.20C
and Dr. Stubs has paid $500 to hole
the option.
]. A. Bader and Company vii
build a moving picture tn tire at No
1924 Richmond street. Philadelphia
for villain E. Butler The same com
pany ill build a moving picture the
atre at Broad and Diamond streets
Philadelphia.