Arizona republican., 1913-09-20
CHOOSE SYSTEM
 FOR B|G BLOCK
Mrs. Laurabelle Hageman and II. M. Davenport Visit Tucson to Inspect Construction Work and Return Greatly Impressed

Mrs. Laurabelle Hageman and II. 1 Nj. Davenport, two of the principal 1 directors of the Gardiner Investment company, returned yesterday from d trip to Tucson. taken for the purpose ! of making a firsthand investigation l ot the process known as the Aiken { Sy stem employed in the construction 1 ot the Dr. Schrader hotel building in 1 the old pueblo and now rapidly near ! ing completion. Mrs. Hageman and i A1r. Davenport looked into every de- 1 tail of the work as carried on i'll | Tucson and besides talked with many people interested in building who have familialized themselves with the sys- | tenn, and upon returning home Yester- ! day expressed themselves as more | than pleased with the work and con l Vinced of it's practicability | It is announced now that within the next ninety days there is little doubt i that actual work of constructing the i proposed Gardiner block, covering ! pretty nearly all of the city square ] bounded by Washington and Adams 1 street and First and Second streets. ! will have been commenced. The mar ket portion will likely be the first 1 upon which work will begin as there 1 are several leases yet uneXpited or ! the Washington street front which i will make it necessary to withhold | the commencement of work at that 1 point until the tenants have secured | quarters elsewhere. Principal among 1 these is the New York store which will be able to move into it's new
 quarters shortly after February l.
 The past week in building circles has been active as usual, although but
 few permits were issued from the office of City Building Inspector | Howard B. Claflin Work upon the
 Pratt-Gnbert building. the Luhrs i block, the Ackel building, the New York store home and the St. Mary's | Catholic church is going along rapidly. Following is q list of the permits 1 issued by City Building Inspector Claflin during the past week:
 Mrs. Sarah F. CoverdaIe. permit
 for frame barn, GlS North Sixth
 street.
 J. c. Phillips, permit for one story brick flat, 400 block. South Fourth street, $500; Irwin Cook. contractor.
 Mrs. A. l.. Doran. permit for addf-
 tons including cellar to residence. TOP North Fourth street. $450: Harvey Patton. contractor.
 J. r olson, Five Points druggist rernit for modern. brick and plaster. rebbledashed residence, corner Me | Kinley street and Seventh avenue,
 5000; contractor, A. F. Jones. NJ. II. Sherman & Co., permit for new front for the building on Wash ngton street occupied by McDougall
 X Cassou; T. J. Coston x Co. con-
 tractors The changes will include a
 complete plate glass, marble and tile | front, one of the most modern ir
 Phoenix. Work has already begun
 oI. this improvement.
 John Miller permit for one story
 brick residence, 700 block East Roose-
 welt street. $1.O00: T. e. Fears, con-
 tractor.
 T. Q. Fears. permit for residence
 one story brick. S13 North Fourtf
 street $4.000; owner is contractor
 pr. R. w. Craig, permit for 26. 2>
 and 20 North Central avenue. oyer
 hauled and repaired and new skylgh
 installed. $25O; J. I. Brooks, con tra ctor.
 George Mintz, permit for addition to office building, 134 West Wash ington street, Ernest White, contract or; $35O.
 Pirtle & Co, permit for garage cor ner North Central avenue and Fill more: also two salesrooms: bufldin2 90 foot front by 1O5 feet deep; O brick with modern front. cost, $1O.000 I. B. stewart, contractor. F. J. Bennitt. permit for basemen under residence at 710 North Centra avenue, $200: T. F. Stewart. con tractor.
 Mrs. T.. E. Cooper, permit for re modelling of frame store building. 34