Evening journal., 1914-08-01
TO PUT UP
AN $4,000 Church
Bids to be Asked Next Week
for Edifice From Plans of
Leon w. Crawford
PHOENIX FIRE co. TO
IMPROVE ITS HOUSE

Adverse weather conditions, general /
decline Of stocks, pessimistic views |
on the part Of investors and the gen /
oral depression In business had
bearish effect on the realty market
this week and aside from few
trades Of minor importance neither
operators nor investors were engaged.
The sudden drop in securities has
beer felt here In an indirect way aud
has slowed up trading in real estate
to some degree. This Is because of
losses sustained by the investing
class. The hear movement has not
caused brokers or clients to act with
| confidence and there seems TO be
! general tendency to hold up until the
situation clears
Announcement was made today by
Leon Wilde Crawford that he has
prepared plans for a new structure
for the Hanover Presbyterian Church
/ and would ask for bids next week.
Mr.. Crawford says the building will
cost $4,000 and will be one Of the
finest examples Of architecture in
the East.
Sunday school auditorium, class
rooms and a gymnasium will he the
features II Is the purpose of the
congregation to erect the gymnasium
and Sunday school building at once
and 10 proceed with the church prop
er at an early date. Mr.. Crawford
expects to receive bids from all the
! In
mington.
Crawford has completed sketches for
the improvement OF the Phoenix Fire
Company's quarters He will ask for
bids on this work today. The ilremen
are to change the front of their
building and add another story and
incorporate many innovations.
Aside from the letting OF the con-
tract for the State armory TO w. II.
Jones and Company and much job
work the contracting line has been
. dull. It is true there Is much repair
b work in progress but contractors
large and small, still are seeking the
more costly contracts. The contract
for the State armory was signed yes
terday and Il Is expected that worl
viii begin at an early date LeoI
Wilde Crawford, architect for th'
armory commission, will supervis
construction.
Brown and Whiteside report tina
excavations for the foundations o
Emmanuel Episcopal Church. which
being erected at Riverview avenue an
Seventeenth street, have been CON
pleted. w. II. Haddock and Compan.
who has the contract will begin m
stone work today, according to Nh
architects. The same firm is supe
vising the improvement Of the buill
Ing occupied by the Pyle shoe stor
on Market street, and reports thI
satisfactory progress is being mad
Changes will make the structure on
of the handsomest of ita charactt
in the city.
Besides the armory contract, w.
Jones and Company report work O
several residences in different part
of the city and many repair Jobs.
Rain has prevented work on n
hospital which Is being erected D
A. S. Reed and Brother, but Mr Rec
said today that his men would g
ahead again as soon as possible. II
does not believe the delay caused ,
the weather will seriously rotard cor
struction The Reed employees an
busy with numerous small jobs an
between the hospital and these al
being kept on the move.
Wallace Eugene Hance reports
has secured contract to prepal
plans for a three-story brick buil'
ing to cost $4,000, The structul
is to be erected In Chester, Pa. III
owners name is withheld for n
present