Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1914-07-14
Large Building Operations Now Under
Way.

There are several large building pro- |
jects under way in Charles Town and
Ransom which will run into the aggre-
gate cost of from 500, 600 to 5000, 900,
and will make one of the busiest seasons
in the building trades in the history of
the town. One of the largest undertak-
ings is the cold storage warehouse of the
c. l.. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage
Corporation in Ransom. Its cost is es-
tlmated at $50, 1000, 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 is feet is considerable job of
concrete work. The building proper is
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pleted, with about 400 feet of train sheds,
will make one Of the handsomest sta
tons on the entire system. The build
ing, together with the grading of the
site will cost over $40, 900. 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
foundation has been completed by
Messrs. Woody & Baker, and the brick
work will be built by the same firm. 1t
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 $40. 900 to $25. 600. The ware
house erected by Lyman Wiener, the
well-known junk dealer on North George
street, is about completed, and with
other improvements, will cost about
81 900. There are several new resi-
dences in course of construction, which
will improve the residence sections ma
terialiy. Myers Brothers, of Middleway
are building stabling with 100 stalls on
the horse show grounds, and Mr.. w. H,
Wiltshire, of Melville, has contracted
for The erection of a commodious grand
stand. The new Baptist church will be
completed by August I, and turned over
to the Building Committee by Mr.. II. P
Cline, the contractor. Excavation has
been made for commodious addition to
the Parish House ofthe Episcopal church
and Mr.. H. o. Trump, the Contractor
will push the work to an early compile
ton. Mr.. John .. Johnson and Messrs.
Glaize Brothers, well-known contract
ors. have considerable work in prospect,
and expect to be busy until the end OF
the season. Our painting contractors,
c. w Taylor. F, l.. Wartenbee, F. d.
Davis and w. w. Johnson, have large
amount of work in prospect, both new
and old, and taken altogether, the i'm
provement in Charles Town and Ran
son and vicinity during the year 1914
will run close to the half million dolla
mark Money is now being raised. with
bright prospects of success. for remodel
ing and charging of the Charles Town
Hospital building, which is not only
badly needed, but is a very worthy OBJ
jsct as well, and we have no doubt that
this improv, ment will be under way
shortly