Evening journal., 1915-10-30
BADER CO. BUILDS
aladdin" HOUSES
Ready Made Dwellings Are
In Demand In Powder
Boom Towns
HURRYING WORK ON
THE QUEEN THEATRE

III VOALAf AA-4AA 49,
A new industry. that Of construct
ing what is known as Aladdin" houses, |
has been started in this city by J. A.
Lader g. Co., contractors. They have
purchased the Bickta factory property
in South Wilmington, which has be-
come the home of the new industry.
The property contains an acre Of
land. with buildings. Bader & Co.
have erected a wharf across the front
of the property on. the Christiana
river. An industrial railway, 500 feet
long. has been installed, which is
being used in transferring material
around the yard and from the cars
the wharf.
Bader e. Co. expect to get in active
competition with the big Western
firms which make a business Of selling
Aladdin" or ready-cut houses. They
say that with the nearness Of the
southern lumber market they are able
10 undersell the Western manufac-
turers
The plant was put in operation on
October IA, and since that time the
company has manufactured and ship
ned twenty-nine complete houses. The
houses have gone to Carney's Point,
deep Water Point and Parlin, n. J.
These are a part of an order for fifty
,Our houses.
The houses are two-story frame cot
ages and have kitchen, dining room
md living room on the first floor. and
three bedrooms and a bathroom on
the second floor. They are of very
pretty design.
Bader e. Co. have a barge which is
used in conveying the houses to Car
ney's Point and Deep Water Point
A shingle-dipping plant has been
erected as a part of the new industry,
where shingles intended for the new
houses are treated with creosote.
J. A. Bader, head of the company.
in speaking OF the new industry. said
today: I'VE have been called upon
since the first of the year to build a
great many Western ready-cut houses.
known as Aladdin houses. We found
hat, while the plan of erecting them
seemed plausible and economical. yet
there was much expense and me-
chanics' time lost in trying to locate
the various pieces, and IL actually cost
rs much money for carpenters labor
% erect these so-called ready-cut
houses as to cut and erect house
on the ground.
Recently two schooners laden with
southern lumber have arrived at the
.company's dock and much other ma
.erial has been received by rail.
The work OF transforming the Clay
ion House into a modern theatre is
progressing rapidly at the hands of J.
A. Bader and Company. The reinforc-
ed concrete work for the stage roof
md supporting columns, stage floor,
nroscenium girder and all the large
roof girders has been completed
Work is now being pushed on the
Market street end and on the concrete
salcony:.
The stores in the King street end
have been gotten ready for the finish
ing coat Of plaster. The floors of these
stores have been lowered to a new
level.
During the past ten days rapid
progress has been made on the fac
tory building being constructed by j.
a. Bader and Company for the Del
marvia Manufacturing Company, on
French street below Third. 1t is the
first modern reinforced concrete fac
fory building to be erected in Will
nington. The concrete roof has beer
finished. The work OF taking out the
forms and supports for the concrete
work is in progress throughout the
building, which is four stories high
The plans were made by John ]. Ken
nedy. architect.
A. S. Reed and Brother Company
are making excellent progress on Tho
Improvements TO the Opera House and
will complete them next week. Th'
company is erecting two new fire es
capes and also building fireproof stair
ways TO the gallery. which is OF stee
and concrete.
John ]. Kennedy, architect, hai
awarded to Gawthrop and Brother
Company, the contract for INSTALLING
the heating system in the building a
Tenth and West streets. which is be
ing remodeled for the Knights OF Co
lumbus.
Edward Candy Nav. architect. vii
ask for preliminary bids next week ol
nlans for a house in the western sec
tion OF the city. II viii be Of the co
lonial type OF architecture.
The ]. Morton Poole nlant whicl
was acquired bv the DUPONT Powde
Comnany some time ago. is being com
pletely renovated bv workmen in III
employ OF J. A. Bader and Company
The plant will be put in frst-clas
condition.