The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04
NEWARK'S RECORD YEAR.
Almost Si6.OOO,OOO In Building
Operations Planned In ~ Months.

NEWARK. y. J.. Jan. 3.-History was
made in the building operations in New
ark during the year just closed. when
new structures, representing an esti-
mated aggregate outlay of sl5,s0i,l13.
This is the largest amount Of money
ever spent on buildings in this city in
any one year the best previous high
mark having been made I'm 1909, when
about sli,0O0,000 was expended in a
building boom. The grand total for 1919
was SLICES 5S, more than sj.0oo,000
less than the outlay of last year.
The department also handled close on
to- 100000 worth of building plans
during the month of December, which
establishes another record. According
10 statistics compiled by Superintendent
Of buildings William T. O'l;ourke there
was gain Of about 30 per cent in the
building operations in Newark last year,
while most Of the largest cities Of the
country were showing a decline in the
building market
The new ordinance extending the fire
limits on frame buildings, which covers
practically the entire city. went into
effect Thursday. II was on account OF
this that there was such big rush for
permits during December. About 500
permits were granted last month. more
than one-third of which We're taken out
during the last week of the year.
Permits for thirtN-thr.o three story
frame three family houses were taken
out by the Union Buidir- Company to
be erected I'm different sections of the
city at cost of 500 600. Fifteen of the
dwellings are To be built at 500 to 72S
Mount Prospect avenue, in the exclusive
Forest I'm section. representing an eX-
pcnditurc of 100000. About $4,000 will
he spent on thirteen houses In Seymour
avenue, Rose terrace and South Tenth
street. while 500 600 more will be spent
on five other houses in Avon avenue
and Rose terrace.
Andrew Radcl of bridgeport is another
heavy investor in the frame buildings
| lie has been granted forty-slN permits
for buildings. on which he Is going Ia
spend about $4,000. Thirty-two of the
buildings are tn be two and one halt
story single family houses in South Fiji
tenth street and Fourteenth avenue
which Will mean an outlay of SIPS 900
while fourteen other houses for three
and five families in South Thirteenth
and South Fourteenth streets and Four.
teenth avenue will mean an additional
output Of S6l 600.
| About 100000 viii he involved in eight
! three family houses In Eighteenth and
! Nineteenth avenues which are to hc
| built for the Grafton Investment Com
pauN and Matthias lIltgcn. Milton NJ
. tnGcr is tn build fourteen three story
frame houses i'm South Sixteenth street
! between Eighteenth aud Nineteenth
avenues at cost of $4,000. while the
Guarantee Land and Improvement
Company is going to build five thrc,
story frame houses, with stores ON tho
| ground floor, AT an expenditure of
| 1900.
Morris Rachiiu is building a row Of
five three story frame houses i'm South
! Tenth street, Third street and Banl,
| street tn cost $4,000. Samuel Kazlofi
will build five more three story franz.
, houses in Fifteenth avenue and South
! Tenth street that will cost $4,000
Charles II. Waag, Louis Simon and Her
man and Minnie Horn are building
twelve three story frame houses in Six
tecnth avenue, South Thirteenth and
South Nineteenth streets which viii
cost SG6 900