Evening journal., 1913-02-08
REAL ESTATE
MEN WANT A
LOWERLICENSE
Think Present Fee Of $50 a
Year Is Not Fair to the
Dealers
CONTRACTORS GET
MUCH NEW WORK

A movement has started among real
estate men to petition the Legislature
to pass a bill reducing their license
which is $50 per year The dealers
say they are doing business under
dificulties in as much as the lawyers
are allowed to practice and do the
same business that real estate dealers
do, and only have to pay a license OF
$40 year.
A. S Reed and Bro Company has
received the contract to build an at
tractive bungalow for r. r. NJ. Car
penter, at Montchanin. The house
will contain two bed rooms, a living
room. bath and kitchen. It will cost
about $1,000.
W. H. Haddock and Company has
entered bid for the construction Of
large three-story residence to be
built at Pennsgroye for the dupont
Powder Company. The house will be
lof brick, will contain all modern con-
lveniences and will cost several thou
sand dollars.
j. A. Bader and Company has start
ed work on the moving picture thea
ire. to be built for William and
and Charles Topks. I'm Camden, n j.,
OF which mention has been made in
these columns. The company sent a
force OF men to Camden last Monday
and work on the excavation for the
theatre Is nearly finished.
The Home Building Company. which
recently finished 26 two-story houses
on Twenty-ffth street. reports that
two Of the houses at Nos. 200 and 202
East Twenty-ffth street. have been
sold TO Harry ID Walker for S5.65O
Twelve OF the houses are now occu-
pied and seven are for sale. II is
understood that the company will soon
begin another project Of 25 houses
and that this spring it will erect sew
eral fine residences on lots that the
company has acquired In different
parts OF the city
Brown and Whitesides have finish
ed plans OF a beautiful little bunga-
low, to be built for Percy Garrett II
win contain three bed rooms, a living
room, bath, kitchen and pantry. Those
firms that are bidding on IL are w
d. Haddock and Company. w. II,
Jones and Sons. A. s Reed and Bro
Company, II. p Carbon and Bird and
Company of Claymont
Contractors are now counting the
work for an apartment house and two
dwellings on the Dickerson property
at Eighteenth and Washington streets
The estimated cost win be 100000
Bids for the handsome apartment
house to be erected by Frederick
Bringhurst at Eighteenth and Tatnan
streets We're opened in the office of
Roscoe Cook Tindall. architect yes.
terday afternoon. At the same time
bids were opened for two residences
which Mr. Bringhurst will erect on
fhe lot adjoining the apartment
house.
The apartment house will be -four
stories high of brick and stucco con-
struction and will contain eight
suites of six rooms, a bath and two
porches each. The suits will be fin
ished in hard wood and will contain
the latest conveniences. The house
will be heated by steam and viii con.
tain electric lights and gas
The residences will contain sever
rooms and a bath each. They viii
be constructed of the same material
as the apartment house
The contract was not awarded yes
terday because the bids for plumbing
and finishing we're not in. They viii
be opened next Friday afternoon
William ID. Haddock & Co.'s bid o
$751; was the lowest for the apart
ment Egbert Nutter, with bid o
s3553, was the lowest bidder for tn,
construction of the two houses.