Evening journal., 1913-06-21
$4,000
BID FOR OLD
CITY HOTEL
Although Offer for Clayton
House Property is Reject
ed, Sale May Come
Later
HURRYIKG WORK ON
THE DUPONT THEATRE

the Clayton House is to be sold to New
York parties who expect to remodel (
the building or to erect a new one in
its stead that will be one of the
largest and most modern Office build
ings in the city Morris & Tazewell, /
real estate brokers who have charge !
Of the building. were interviewed by
q reporter from THE EVENING /
JOURNAL yesterday afternoon re-
garding the sale of the building. Mr.
Morris said the building was for sale,
but that negotiations for II were of
a. the present time. He said that New
York parties had offered s140,000 for
the building but that it had not been
accepted because the terms did not
suit the owners Mr. Morris admit
ted however, that next week a mem
ber of his firm would go to New York
TO see parties concerning the sale OF
the building, but they we're not the
same parties who had made the s140,-
00O offer for the property. What they
will do with the property If they OBJ
tain it Mr. Morris could not say. But
It is highly probable that it will be
remodeled and made into an office
building.
InElSIODneI -. WdlQs REPRESENTING
New York parties, who purchased the
Friends Meeting House property, at
Ninth and Tatnall streets, with the
idea Of building a row Of stores on
Ninth street and erecting a large
apartment house on the Tatnall street
side of the property, stated to an
EVENING JOURNAL reporter yester-
dad that so far nothing definite has
arrfIrl raeagaffan Fhn time nf
building on the lot However, plans
OF the stores are being prepared by an
architect and work on them will prob
ably be started in the near future.
The apartment house may not be built
for some time.
Tatnall c Co. have purchased the
property at Tenth and Harrison
streets for the Friends, who will
erect a meeting house there to take
the place of the old meeting house at
Ninth and Tatnall streets The prop
erty was purchased from George s.
Allmon.
. A deal is pending with J. Jackson
Peirce & Son for the property at No.
705 Tatnall street, which is owned by
Colonel Robert II Taylor. II is un-
derstood that a business man is after
the property, and if it is sold It will
he converted into offices. The deal
has been practically completed, but
the negotiating party wishes his name
withheld.
DUPONT Theatre Work.
The new DUPONT Theatre is going
up rapidly and for the first time since
vcrk was started on the building
come idea Of its outline and size can
now be obtained Contrary TO the gen.
eral impression, the stage will face
Eleventh street.
The work of laying the floor Of the
auditorium was started yesterday, and
the two columns that will go 10 the
ceiling beside the FIRST boxes are IN
der construction. Last night about
scventy-hve men worked on the build
ing by electric light and every effort
Is being made to have It completed
for the opening night, which will be
the first week in October. An outside
elevator shaft for conveying material
to the top of the building has Just
been finished. The shaft is 100 feet
high and is built in two sections, one
for carrying cement and mortar and
the other for carrying building ma
terial.
Bader & Co., contractors for the Du-
Pcnt Theatre. have also received the
contracts to build two large moving
picture theatres IN Philadelphia. One
OF them is to be erected for William
+. Butler, at No. 1926 Richmond
street. Il will cost about $4,000 The
other, is for a moving picture theatre
two stores and apartments, to be
erected at Germantown avenue and
Tupehocan street, at a cost Of $40 900
avr,, fe ror.sI1rr aff y, g
the handsome residence at Seven.
teenth street and Greenhill avenue
for L. Munford Taylor. The house
was designed by Brown & Whitesides
and is being built Of hollow tile and
stucco
w D. Haddock & Co. are bidding or
a theatre to be built IN Chester for L
f Conness, who conducted the Avenue
Theatre in this city last winter A
the time Of the closing Of the Avenue
Theatre this spring It was understood
that Mr.. Conness was seeking a the
atre. but that his players would come
back 10 Wilmington again next win
ter, and that the two theatres woul'
be conducted by Mr.. Conness. Th
new theatre will have a seating capac
ity of about 1900 people, and will b.
modelled along the same lines as som
Of the most exquisite playhouses i
the country.
The A. S. Reed and Brother Com
pany Is bidding on a brick wall an
gates for the St AIMS Episcopa
Church, at Middletown, Del.
W. r. Jones & Sons broke groun
yesterday for a handsome home to b
built at No. 2403 Harrison street, 70
W. II. Jones. The house will be con
structed of white ruff marble and vii
have a Spanish tile roof The whit
marble is the same as will be used !
the construction Of the McCab
Church, and It will be the first resi-
dence of its kind in this vicinity. Til
Interior will be hardwood Throughout
The house will contain about te
rooms and bath and will cost NOR
than $4,000
The Jones Company started wor
yesterday on a bungalow for th
Misses Mcconnell at Seventeent
street and Riverview avenue Th
house will be of brick and will co:
about $4,000.
The same firm is building porche
for Herbert H Ward, E. u. Miller an
Frank Fedwell. The porch for NJ
Wards home will be Of concrete an
will be quite an addition to his res
depce. al Fifth and Rodney streets
With the announcement that tt
corner storeroom of the Wilmingtc
Institute Free Library Building wi
be leased for two years TO a tailorin
firm, It appears as If the board of
rectors Of the library have given U