Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1914-07-16
Building Operations Under Way.

There are several large building pro.
jectss under way in Charles Town and
Ransom. which will run into the aggre-
gate cost of from $Ioo, 900 to $2oo. 900,
and will make one Of the busiest seasons
in the building trades in the history of
the town. One of the largest undertake
ings is the cold storage warehouse of the
re. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage
CorporatioTin Ransom, Its cost is es-
timated at $4,000, and when finished
will make the largest warehouse Of its
kind in the Shenandoah Valley. The
work is well under way. with the exca-
waiting. completed and the concrete work
started, which will probably be the
Largest single piece of concrete ever
completed here. The foundations for
the new station of the N. & w. Railway
Company are nearly completed. and be-
ing about 200 feet long and running as
high as rs feet is considerable job OF
concrete work. The building proper is
to be Of pressed brick. and when COM
pleted, with about 400 feet of train sheds.
will make one OF the handsomest sta
tions on the eutire system. The build
ing, together with the grading of the
site will cost over $4,000 Messrs.
Wade & Graham. of Roanoke, have the
contract for the erection Of the building.
Mr.. H. P. Cline has the contract for the
erection Of the Goetz & Miley block.
probably the largest building operation
IN the business part of the town. The
foundation has been completed by
Messrs. Woody & Baker, aud the brick
work will be built by the same firm. II
will be three story building and will
contain three large store rooms with a.
depth Of 100 feet on the first floor, with
six or eight dwelling compartments on
the second and third floors, and will cost
from $4,000 to $2s. 900. The ware
house erected by Hyman Wiener, the
well-known junk dealer on North George
street. is about completed, and with
other improvements, will cost about
1000. There are several new resi-
dences in course Of construction, which
will improve the residence sections ma.
terially. Myers Brothers, of Middleway.
are building stabling with 100 stalls on
the horse show grounds, and Mr.. w. n,
Wiltshire, of Millvlile. has contracted
for the erection of a commodiouS grand.
stand. The new Baptist church will be
completed by August /. and turned over
to the Building Committee by Mr.. H. p.
Cline. the contractor. Excavation has
been made for a commodious addition to
the Parish House ofthe Episcopal church
and Mr.. H. o. Trump, the Contractor
win push the work to an early compile
ton. Mr., John .. Johnson and Messrs.
Glaize Brothers, well-known contract
ors. have considerable work ID prospect,
and expect to be busy until the end of
the season. Our painting contractors.
c. w Taylor. F, L. Wartenbae, F. D.
Davis and W. W. Johnson. have large
amount Of work in prospect, both new
aud old, and taken altogether, the i'm
provement in Charles Town and Ram
son and vicinity during the year 1914
willruu close to the half pillion dollar
mark. Money is now being raised, with
bright prospects of success. for remodel
ing aud enlargiug Of the Charles Town
Hospital building, which is not only
badly needed. but is very worthy OBJ
ject as well, and we havs no doubt that
this Improvement win 30 under way