Evening journal., 1915-07-03
RUSH OF WORK IN
CITY BUILDING TRADE
New Bank, Meeting House
and Lodge Home to Be
Ready Soon
IMPROVING PHONE
co. BUILDING

Wilmington Trust Company. When th'
alterations are completed il will hous'
the Fifth street Office as we'll. The lat
ter viii move very shortly from tn,
Clayton House. which will be turned int,
a theatre by Messrs. Topkis and Ginns
for which plans are under way
Brown a Nhiteside, architects, hav,
completed the plans for the improve
ments TO the Second street Office, and
they at once went out TO local contrac-
tors The entire building win be remod
ellcd. The building in the rear, formerly
occupied by Rosin a Bro, will be torn
down and an addition erected to the
bank building. The front second story
of the bank building win be removed as
well as the iron balcony and the stair
way on the west wall. New granite
steps viii be placed at the front en-
trance to the bank. There will be a new
threshold. The bank building when re-
modelled and the addition completed will
extend from Market street TO Shipley
street The main. banking room win be
greatly enlarged and new screen
placed in position. The vice-president's
room and the coupon room will be in the
rear of the banking room. A terrazzo
floor will be laid in the main banking
room. A 0S-ton steel vault will be in
stalled. The walls will'be of 4 l-2-inch
armor plate steel The present vault
will be lowered into The basement and
used for fire proof purposes.
In the basement there will be a rest
room for the employees and also a
women's retiring room. The entire
building will be modcrnized. Work will
be rushed on the alterations and the ad-
dition
New Meeting House Soon.
II had been expected that the new
meeting house In course OF erection
for the Wilmington monthly meeting
Of Orthodox Friends, at Tenth and
Harrison streets, would be completed
by July /. II was stated by the CON
tractors, A. s. Reed and Brother Com
pany today that work had been much
delayed by the rainy weather. The
building is now ready for plastering
and the contractors say II will be
finished by September /. The cost
will be about $4,000. The building is
constructed Of Foxcroft stone and Is
about forty feet square The meet
ing room Is 26 by 2S feet. and there
will be a social room 2S by rs feet,
and 10 will be possible TO throw the
two into one by means Of a sliding
partition. There will be a room for
the men and one for the women. and
also n kitchen.
Architect John J. Kennedy an
nounced today that he would have
plans for the alterations and additions
10 the Pennypacker property, south
west corner Of Tenth and West
streets. ready in ten days This prop
erty has passed into the possession Of
Santa Maria Council. knights of
Columbus. and is 10 be turned into
an up-to-date lodge home.
Bids for the construction OF a
schoolhouse at Millington. Nd. will
he received up to o'clock this after
noon at the Millington bank. Charles
among the bidders. The plans we're
made by Roscoe Cook Tindall.
Bidding for School Contract.
The Board of Education al its
meeting on Monday evening. July IL,
will open bids for the erection OF the
addition TO the High School, The
bids will be received up to noon on
that day. Local contractors are pre-
pairing their estimates. The plans
are quite voluminous There are
nineteen drawings under the general
contract alone.
Architect John J. Kennedy stated
today that the plans for the bank
building to be erected by the Per-
lpetual Savings and Loan Association
at the northwest corner Of Ninth and
Orange streets would be completed in
ten days.
Improve Telephone Co. Home.
Extensive alterations and additions
are being made to the central office of
the Diamond State Telephone Com
pany. at Sixth and Shipley streets.
The plans we're made by Architect
John Windrim. of Philadelphia. They
call for a tower fire escape from the
fourth floor to the alley at the rear
with exits to the same from all floors
except the FIRST The tower is also
TO be accessible from the roofs by
iron towers. A number Of changes
are TO be made to the first floor The
commercial office is to- be enlarged
and other improvements made. On
the second floor the front Office Is to
be changed as well as other improve
ments made. There will be a number
of changes on the third floor. The
kitchen is to be removed and a new
emergency room located on this floor
On the fourth floor there will be a
new retiring room as we'll as new
lunch room. A kitchen will be in
stalled on this floor. The improve
ments when completed will make the
Telephones quarters thoroughly up
to-date- The work is being done by
Fl. e. Barton. a contractor Of Phila-
deiphia. There are to be changes
made in the heating. lighting and
plumbing.
Mrs. Anna r. Opdycke has awarded
10 Charles II. Tindall and Son the
contract for the erection Of a 5000
residence at Twentieth street he
tween Tatnall and West.
contractor William s Andereon
mas received the contract for tho erec-
non OF a bakery at Vandever avenue
and Thatcher street for Frap,, n
Webb. II is 10 be occupied nv wn
liam Nenn, baker.
Local contractors are nronar;,,,.
esumates Tor the erection of six
double tenement houses for the 10
seph Bancroft and Sons Company. on
upper Crusher road. north of Riddle
chapel. Rockford. They are TO he
constructed of brick and will be 80 by
"a feet
HOLD GIRLS FOR BURNING.
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