Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-07-24
LARGER BARN FOR
CITY Trolley Co.
AT Same Time Company
Builds More Commodious
Quarters For Men
ARCHITECTS HAVE
MUCH WORK ON HAND

Local contractors are being asked by
Wilmington end Philadelphia Traction
Company to submit estimates for an ex-
tension to the car sheds Of the company
at Delaware avenue and dupont street.
According to the plans prepared, 1t is
proposed to tear down the machine
shops, store room and stables along Gil
pin avenue and extend the sheds from
Delaware avenue to Gilpin avenue.
Nearly forty feet will be added TO the
length Of the sheds The main shed, IN
~rluding the addition. will be Isl feet
long and 68 feet wide. There are three
ether sheds which viii be somewhat
shorter. and each viii he about forty
feet vide. Fireproof doors are to be
provided
3d.
Contractor Fred samworth Is making
rapid progress on the siXtyfoot addition
to the office building Of the Wilmington
and Philadelphia Traction Company. on
Delaware avenue near Clayton street
II is expected that il will be completed
-bv September J. The addition viii con
sist OF one large room which win be used
for lecture and meeting purposes, and
win have o basement. and both will be
squipped for the comfort and the con
yenience If the employees.
Contractor Charles j. Doueherty las
been awarded the contract for making
general alterations TO the grain elevator
Of the Philips Thompson Company, al
the foot of Fourth street. Work viii be
started within a few days. The plans
for the alterations were made by Archi
.ect Roscoe G. yindall.
Mr. Tindall also Is completing
plans for bungalow for Edward Z.
Hanna. The bungalow IS TO be built
at Lake Eloise. Polk county, Florida.
Mr. Hanna will occupy il as a winter
residence. It will have six rooms on
the first door and two on the second
and the sides will be covered with
red wood shingles.
Architect John J. Kennedy has
completed plans for the bank build
ing of the Perpetual Savings and
Loan Association 10 be erected at the
northwest corner Of Ninth and
Orange streets and the plans will 60
. out on Monday. II will front So feet
on Orange street and 20 feet on Ninth
will have three stories and basement
and will be built of stone about the
base, terra Gotta walls, and tapestry
face brick for the dcorways and cor
nices. On Orange street there will
be three groups of windows and one
group on Ninth street. On the first
floor there will be Office rooms a
large burglar and freproof vault will
be located in the basement The Ital-
. ian Renaissance style Of architecture
"a ofr
ture will replace small store now on
the corner.
= Architect Kennedy on next Thurs
day viii complete plans for the re-
modelling Of the Pennypacker prop
erty on the southwest corner of Tenth
and West streets for the Knights OF
Columbus. He expects to award the
contract on Wednesday for the
plumbing and heating for the nev
$4,000 parish school for Our Mother
of Consolation Church Chestnut Hill
Pa.
Revised plans for improvements I,
: Mt Salem Church which include az
addition for Sunday school purposes
will 90 out 10 the builders for esti
mates on Monday. They we're draw
! by Architect Edward Candy May
Bids will be opened one week later
Mr.. Candy stated today that the new
chapel for the Christian Missionar.
+ Alliance at No. 504 West Fifth stree
will be finished about October /.
John Z. Healy and Son and w. =
Haddock and Co.. are among tn
local contractors who are preparing
estimates for the new home to b.
erected at Selborne Farms, near Cen
treville, for Henry NJ. Candy. Their
will be three floors and a basement
The structure will be "a by 33 fee
with two wings each &c by Is feet
There will be a laundry and stor
room in the basement On the frs
floor there will be a living room. hall
diningroom, study. kitchen and maids
diningroom. There will be seven be-
rooms, a sleeping porch and a sewin
room on the second floor. while on tn
third floor there will be a playroom
three bedrooms and a nurses room
The walls will be of brick and stone
John e. Healy & Son. contractors
have practically completed a hand
some residence for J. F. Laffey. a
Seventeenth street and Rivervie1
avenue. Fine residences for ]. ]
Hoey and Harry Speakman also ar
nearing completion. The former /
located at Twentieth and Boulevar
and the latter at Seventeenth, stree
and Mt. Vernon avenue. These con
tractors started work yesterday O
six two-story apartment houses nea
Riddles Chapel for the Joseph Bar
croft and Sons Company. The cos
for the six will be about $40 900.
Architect w. E. Hance is drawn
plans for q bank building for the Del
II aware Trust Company OF Chester
will be p by 40 feet and two storie
in height. II will be constructed {
porcelain brick
THORPE FOR HARRISBURG.
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