Evening journal., 1914-03-14
REALTY TRADE
GROWS BETTER
Architects and Builders Ex-
peCt Spring Rush to
Start Soon
TALK OF PICTURE HOUSE
ON CITY HALL SITE

Spring weather has brought out a
number of Jobs for local contractors, and
in a week or two the annual spring rush
Of business will be on. Several of the
architects report that they are preparing
plans for residences and business houses.
"A number of store owners are also con-
templating Improvements.
Real estate men are answering in
quiries for houses for renting purposes.
Under the law of the State all lessees
Of property from year to year who in
tend to vacate the properties must give
notice to the landlord or his agent that
they viii vacate on or before March 25 in
case they intend TO vacate in June, ae-
cording to the local custom. Many such
notices have been received and real es-
tate men are busy renting properties
and hunting them up for their clients.
Many inquiries are also being received
tor houses in the country.
The contract for a residence for Will
liam G.. Robelen. at Claymont, has been
awarded 10 John f.. Healy, and the work
on the house will be started at once.
The residence will be of Colonial style
Of hollow tyle with a shingle roof. The
house will be 40x4O feet and will contain
IL rooms and q bath. Plans were pre-
pared by Brown & Whiteside.
Practically all the contractors in
the city will bid on the two handsome
buildings for the Delaware Industrial
School for Girls at Claymont. A
description of the buildings was pub
lished in these columns several weeks
ago. The buildings will cost between
$4,000 and S60,000 One Will be
used as a school building and the
other as a domitory, containing a
dining hall, Offices and also rooms for
the instructors. The buildings viii
be of pebble dash and will be situated
on the farm recently purchased by
the school near Claymont. The
houses will be built ia the center OF
a woods. Bids are due on March %.
Michael Pennetto, who has con-
Quoted a barber shop at Ninth and
Madison streets, has had plans for a
new shop drawn by Roscoe Cook
Tindall. The front of Mr.. Pennetto's
residence, at No. GA West Ninth
street, will be torn out, the floor low
cred to the level OF the street and
a model barber shop built There will
be room for five chairs, but for the
present only three chairs Will be In
stalled. The shop will be finished
in Chestnut and will be one of the
finest shops in the residential sec
ton of the city Bids are due on
Tuesday.
W. II. Jones and Sons are bidding
on a handsome residence for James
OHara, to be erected at Twenty-third
and Boulevard The house will be
frame and will contain nine rooms
and bath. On the first floor will be
a reception hall, 11x1210, a parlor
l1x12. There will .lso be a laundry
on the first floor. A porch 25X7 will
extend across the front of the house
The most important announcement
OF the week Vas that the j. IL. Way
and Sons Company would locate in
Wilmington and would build a $780,
600 steel and concrete building
Brown and Whiteside are preparing
plans for the building, and J. A.
Bader and Company have the con-
tract for its erection. Work on il
will probably be started the last OF
April.
It is rumorod that several business
men win attempt TO acquire the pres
ent City Hall as a site for a moving pic
ture house as soon as il is vacated ang
the city Offices and courts moved to the
new joint city and county buildings arr
completed. One prominent architect hai
been pproached in the matter an'
asked If he thought he could preparl
plans for such an Arrangement. He vii
not allow his name 10 be used.
j. and NJ. Kennedy are drawing plan
for alterations and additions TO tn
residence of Paul Steinke at Fourteenth
and King streets. Another story an'
rear addition win be added to the hous
and apartments made ON each floor. Tn
plans will 90 to the contractors mex
week.
Charles II. Tindall and Son are pre-
pairing to build handsome residence 70
William II. Newlove at New Castle. Tn
house will be a modern one in all re
spects and will contain nine rooms an
bath. The same firm has been awarde
the contract TO make repairs to th
Mcdowell store at the corner Of Shall
cross avenue and jackson street at
cost of $3.50.
Charles H. Tindall and Son viii max
repairs to the Hardcastle Art Store o
Shipley street, between Fourth an
Firth streets The store was damage
by the fire that wrecked the Verge
store. ON Wednesday.
Arrangements are about to be mad
lOr the laying Oh nearly Afouo Accb y
six and five feet cement sidewalks a
Concord Heights, and the setting O
an equal amount of curb. On
advantage the home-seeker finds a
Concord Heights is that of continuou
sidewalks from the heart of the cit
TO every home built at this beautiful
home section.
A we'll known local architect
about to draw the plans for tw
handsome residences to cost abou
$4,000 each, which il is propose
to erect on the two large plots o
the Boulevard, Concord Heights.
Building operations will be I'm fu
blast next week at Concord Height
If the present fair weather continue
Arrangements have been made
start on at least twelve houses
Present indications lead 10 the b'
lief that at least so new homes wi
be under construction in this fal
growing section of our city
July I.