Evening journal., 1913-08-02
WEEK IN The
REALTY TRADE
Contractors Would Charge
Architects For Estimating
On Certain Jobs
RUSHING WORK
On DU POINT THEATRE

II was learned this morning that there
has been some agitation aiming idcai
contractor, and builders about the way
IN winch their bids have been handled 10y
certain architects and there is now a
mo, encnt ON loot among ihcm to charge
To, al, bid, that the, submit ON Jobs OF
certain character One contractor said
he had submitted bids on unc project
three time, and each time was low man.
lis bid was rejected however, and The
contract awarded TO higher bidder
The contractors say that 1t takes too
much tinic. aud costs too much money to
bother with propositions OF ihis nature,
aud that ii certain architects do not
have more regard tor hem iacy will have
10 make charge Tor bidding ON plans
to cover their losses.
The real estate market and contract-
ing business is suffering mll az the
present time and Tor the last three
week, there has been little doing.
Much interest centres in the awarding
of the contract for the Chamber OF Com
merce loft building. The hid, ior the
Job we're To- he opened yesterday after
/ noon. but 80 far nothing has been dune
with them and the contract has not been
awarded. The bidders ure Cmmp a Co..
IJ. g. Dmk. Jacob Myers a Son and Irwin
/ & leighton. al Of Philadelphia; ". d..
! lladduck & Co.. lntnall Brown Co.. ~.
$ Reed aud Brother tunpun, and ". H..
lune- & son local contractors.
Rushing Theatre Work.
Work on thc DUPONT Theatre is he
! inG rushed and everything indicates
that tho theatre will hc finished in
/ time for the opening night on October
u.
The inside work on the entrance
corridor has been started aud the
dressing room extension roof has
been put in place. All The ornament
al cornices are hcing put up and The
walls of the auditorium have been
topped on. This is one of the first
times I'm Wilmington that the interior
work on building has been started
before the roof has been laid. Tho
root will be Of concrete and work on
T Il will be started next week.
Ono of the features of the now
building that is attracting the attcn-
tion OF scientific man and those in
tcrcsted in the usc of concrete Us the
large proseccnmm concrete girder
that is being placed above the stage.
& The cirder was the idea of Mr. Bader
who has the contract FOR building uf
the theatre u takes the place of a
/ hig steel grder aud mammOuih arch
that Is usually used IN stage con-
si'ruction OF this kind. The uirder is
about . feet high and SO feet long
II sustains the 40 feet OF brick vail
and all of the top rigging
The Brincklo estate awarded the
contract for two beautiful hOnses "a
Harry 7. Reed yesterday afternoon
Tho houses viii be erected ON West
Eighteenth street near Riverview
avenue. When completed they will
sell for about $1,000 each Tho
houses have a central hallway One
them is TO be of mission style and
the other colonial. They are ~ by
"A feet and have an added Kitchen
wing. Tho houses viii he furnished
in white wood. with hardwood floors
and birch donrs.
e. r. Price and Company have
asked for bids on three houses 10 be
erected Al Sycamore aud Rodney
streets for Thomas j O'DOnnell and
1 Charles Heckman. They will con
tain about rooms and bath and will
he Two stories high
BIDS have been asked for on the
new hotel which Is 10 br erected
AT Eighth and King streets for Mrs
Emma c. Simons The hotel is cx-
pcctcd To cost about $4,000
=. l.. Rice and company also pre-
pared piumbin~ plans for public
schools No. ] and II.