Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-04
253 PERMITS
IN LAST YEAR
Building Work Totals Close
to Million Dollars.

Building permits were issued dur.
ing 1912 for factories, stores, tene-
ment houses, home buildings, addi-
tons, ETC., to the approximate value
of $818,207, exclusive of permits of
about $4,000 for the grammar
school addition, manual training
school building and central heating
plant building. The permits num-
bered 253. Between June /, 1911,
when the Office of the inspector of
buildings was inaugurated, and Jan
uary 1, 1912, 1873 permits were al
lowed, which represented a value of
about 100000.
Building Inspector Michael j. Me
Namara says the outlook this year
in the building line shows the bright
est prospects. He believes the twelve
months of 1913 will exceed all previ-
Gus such periods in the building up
of the city.
The class of structures erected
during the past year have been as a
whole of a superior order to those
formerly erected by builders. One
reason given for this is the opulent
prosperity which surrounded the in
dustrial life of the city, and also the
fact that plans for buildings have
to meet certain requirements Of the
building inspector before a permit ia
given for their erection. This obvi-
ates the building of "shoddy' struc-
lures merely for Investments.
During the past year a number OF
the manufacturing plants have add
ed big additions to their factories,
handsome store structures have been
begun within the business section of
the city, new factories, garages and
shops have been started or complet-
ed, and the residence sections have
been greatly enhanced in value and
beauty by the addition Of imposing
and valuable buildings. The erec-
ton OF clubhouses and homes have
also played a prominent part in max
ing a greater Perth Amboy.
Among the prominent additions to
the manufacturing plants, for which
permits were issued, are as follows:
Standard Underground Gable Works,
factory, east side of High street,
north of Washington, $4,000; New
Jersey Terra Gotta Company, fac
tory, west side of Cortlandt street,
SOutA u Hall fCAuO OVV, ala
other in Cortlandt and Catherine
streets, $4,000; Roessler & Hass-
lacher Chemical Company. fireproof
brick building, southeast corner Of
Commerce and Front streets, fac
tory, $1,000, brick and steel factory,
east side of Mechanic street, north
of DeKalb avenue, to be used as a
gas producer, $4,000, also a build
ing IN Rector street, north of Com
merce street, $4,000; Chesebrough
Manufacturing Company, an addi-
tional freproof building in Sheridan
street, south OF Paterson street,
$4,000; American Smelling & Re-
filming Company, f%ireproof, steel and
concrete buildings on the company's
grounds, $10,250; Raritan Copper
Works, brick extension to No. l pow
erhouse, $4,000; c., Pardee Steel
Works, freproof, rolling mill and
storage, $500; Joseph H. Eckert,
fireproof machine shop in Front
street, $4,000.
Numerous stores and office build
ings, which range In value from
$4,000 to $1,000, have been started.
Among the most costly are the fol-
lowing: Miss Agnes Kant, northeast
corner Of State and Smith streets,
stores and Offices, $4,000; Reuben
Mailer, stores and dwellings, east
side of Madison avenue, south of
Smith street, $4,000, also $1,000
extension for hotel; James F. Burns,
store and dwelling, southeast corner
Of Oak street and New Brunswick
avenue, $1,000; Fraser Brothers,
stores, 1873 to 1914 Smith street, VA
836; Lyman Wedeen, brick store
and dwelling, block 14s, lots 26, 81,
%, 20, 80 and 81, $4,000: Samuel
Mandel. stores and dwelling. 1913 to
1876 Smith street, 1880; Julius
Simmer, storehouse at 337 Maple
street, $4,000; Joseph Gadek, brick
extension to hotel at 872 State
street.
Most Of the dwelling houses rang
ed from $1,000 to $4,000. Among
those around $4,000 r as follows:
Mrs. Lena Kreielsheimer, dwelling
in Gordon street, near High street,
$4,000; Albert Leon, dwelling,
southeast corner of Kearny avenue
and Hommann place, $4,000. A
number of large tenement houses
were begun, ranging as high as
$500.
The nurses home built last year
cost about $10,500.