Evening journal., 1915-06-12
$4,000 NEW HOME
FOR CITY ELKS soon
Handsome New Building to
Be Erected at Delaware
Ave. and Tatnall
ARCHITECT WILL
OPEN BIDS JUNE II

Architect John Dockery Thompson, Jr.,
has completed plans for the Elks' Home,
TO be erected by the Elks Home Building
Association Tor the use of Wilmington
Lodge of Elks, at Tatnall street and
Delaware avenue. Bids will be opened at /
Mr.. rhompson's Office at noon on. June
! IL. II is estimated that the building will
cost S35 600. and that together with the
/ site, the entire outlay viii be $4,000.
lhe building proper will be 10 feet by
81 feet
Tho plans call for a handsome struc-
ture three stories IN height with base
mont root garden is also provided.
The building is TO be Of brick with
stone and terra Gotta trimming
In the basement there will be located
bowling alleys, grill, exercising room,
| kitchen. boiler room and shower baths.
On the FIRST floor there will be a social
room about 80 feet by 60 feet, with al
stage at one end There will be al
women's reception and retiring room.
Stores will be located on the Delaware
avenue front There will be entrances
on both Delaware avenue and IatnallI
street which will be connected by al
corridor.
There will be a lodge room about 30.
feet by so feet on the second floor This
room will be the height OF two floors. In
addition to this room there will be on
this floor a billiard room. secretary and
treasurer's room, candidates reception
room and ante rooms.
On the third floor there will be eleven
dormtories, some with private baths
There will also be shower baths
The roof garden is to~occupy the en-
tire roof. There Is 10 be a covered prom
enade around the outer part OF the root
The roof of this promenade will he OF
Spanish glazed tile. There will be a
stage at one end of the roof garden and
accommodation for an orchestra. In one
portion Of the garden will be a servery,
which will have a roof over II and will
have dumb waiter running 20 the
kitchen. There will be numerous elec'
tric lights On the roof garden and an
electric sign burning 2O00 XIV.
Bids are being asked for under a gem
eral contract Alternative estimates are
also requested which will not include
the roof garden.
To Improve Hawkins Building.
Local contractors are bidding on al-
terations to the store building of Viii
IlhNN IH lNMhlilF a US we 80 aNhA
street. The plans were drawn by Archi
tcct Leon Wilde Crawford A new store
front will be put in on the first floor
and large bay windows on the second
and third hoors There will be an addi-
tion erected in the rear on the hrst floor.
The FIRST hour is now ffty-three feet
deep, and IL will he extended 100 feet
from the front building line. The addi-
tiou will have a skyliqht six feet by
twelve feet. The display windows on The
first hooi will be set in metal frame ant
sils
To Enlarge Convent.
Architect John ]. Kennedy is draw
ing plans for a two-story 30x70 foot
addition to Mount St Joseph Convent,
at Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia. The
addition will cost about 100000. In
the addition will he located the
kitchen, diningrooms. pantries, cold
storage plant. etc. The interior
kitchen walls will be lined with en-
amel brick A large skyight will
be placed on the second floor. There
will be composition floors and steel
sash. The plans will go out TO the
u contractors within a week.
N The club house. which the J. A
Bader Company will construct fol
4 the Hercules Powder Company EN-
O ployes at Kenvil, n. j.. will accommo
date thirty-hve persons. Its construc.
tion was made necessary owing tC
I'M the fact that boarding accommoda
o. ticns in that place are becoming YER.
gs limited II will be Of neat design.
re- Architect John J. Kennedy has com
he pleted nlans and specifications fol
he plumbing and heating for the Ss0,00'
VI school building in course OF erect
rot ton for the Church OF Our Mothe
re- of Consolation. at Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia and the contracts vii
nd be awarded this week The Conwa,
ieh Company, of Philadelphia, is doinl
ay the stone and terra Gotta work
inc The William II. Jones contracting
re- Company Us taking estimates on plan
his for a $1,000 bungalow for John Jacob
M al Bellefonte, and a $4,000 bungaloV
ms, for Jcmes Hastings, az Montrose. Th
eN- company has started work on turn
in ing the building at No. 500 Pen
70 street into an apartment house.
BE- f. three stories high and As feet b
ow Is feet and belongs 10 the Sempl
on. estate II was formerly used as
rye lodge building.
see Architect John ]. Kennedy ha
ION. completed plans for the factory
be erected at Third and F'renc
streets for the Dolmarvia Manufa'
ors turing Company. J. A. Bader an
is- Company has received the gener.
contract and has already startc
HE work on the excavations. The plar
on- call for a building four stories
~ height with basement. The buildir
will be OF reinforced concrete ar
net fireproof throughout. II will ha'
cs steel sash.
,et The work Of erecting a large add
ton 10 the Christian Missionary A
ar- lance Chapel. No 50f West Fif
co street. is progressing rapidly. A.
sharpe Is the general contractor al
md Edward Candy May the contractc
~ The structure is almost ready for q
,n5 second floor ioists
Contractor r. T. Reed has be-
II awarded the contract for a residen
.es for George II. Willen. al CARGO
farm. on North East River, Nd. n
ust plans we're made by Architect p
sst ward Candy May.
nth Architect Edward Canhy Nav W
next week ask for bids for n
he's residence 10 be erected at Sixteen
eel end Riverview streets.
William d. Haddock and Compai
are making excellent progress on 4
erection Of an ONCE addition for q
sion Edge Moor Iron Company. at Ed