Evening journal., 1915-10-23
BREAK GROUND FOR
NEW CITY BAKERY
Freebooter Company Orders
Work Rushed On $3.50, 900
Property
START WORK ON
RUBBER co. PLANT

GROUND was broken yesterday TOT the
new baking plant for the William Frei-
hofer Baking Company at Thirteenth
and Lincoln streets. Because of the
fact that the bakery Of the company
At the northeast corner OF Eighth and
Orange streets had been so greatly
damaged by fire recently that it was
condemned by Building Inspector An
derson it had been intended to erect
a temporary building on the new site
Thirteenth and Lincoln streets. This
plan, however, has been changed and
all the buildings there will be of per-
manent character. City Council had
granted a special permit for tenn
porary frame building.
The company will fit up quarters in
the building at Eighth and Orange
lstreets which was destroyed by fire.
These will be occupied until the new
plant can be used. Contractor Joseph
S. Hamilton has torn down the build
ing to the first floor. A new roof will
be placed on the building and the
structure thoroughly secured and re-
paired. The building adjoining has
been secured. In these buildings will
be done the baking and packing while
the basement will be used for -four
storage. IL is expected that these
quarters will be ready in month.
Two buildings are to be erected at
Thirteenth and Lincoln streets now
and another building which will ad-
Join these structures will be erected
on PENNSYLVANIA avenue as soon
AS they are completed, making a
building operation costing from $780,
900 to 100000. All the buildings will
be OF brick and concrete, with terra
Gotta trimmings.
The buildings to be erected first
will cost $4,000. They will contain
the oven room, mixing room, making
room. packing room, wagon shed and
loading room.
The building to be erected later
on Pennsylvania avenue will contain
the general offices. cake department,
-four room. and mixing room. II
IS proposed by the Freebooter Com
pany to merge its Philadelphia
bakery with the Wilmington plant.
The new building will occupy an
entire block.
Local contractors are bidding on
plans for the erection Of garage
10 be. erected at Ninth and French
streets for DR.. S. l.. Mckee. The
building will be 53 feet 8 inches by
107 feet 2 inches. It is 10 be two
stories in height and have a base
ment. The floors win be OF REIN
forced concrete.
The Ashley House Sewage Disposal
Company Of Chicago, which have the
contract for the installation OF a
sewage disposal system for the hand
some new home being erected by
Josiah Marvel near Wooddale, is
asking estimates from local contrac-
tors for the construction of the plant
which win include what is known
as the Ashley residential biological
.ank.
A contract has been awarded tC
Lenderman Brothers to build a 10.
foot roadway on the property Of
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital
running in from Eighth street, pass
ing the entrance. and going out OF
Adams street
w. Z. Craven is building a collec'
ton OF private garages in the real
OF the Irish-American Hall for thu
use OF the members OF that anC
Other organizations.
John e Healy and Son yesterda.
started TO drive piling preparatory t.
the erection of a large warehous,
for the Electric Hose and Rubber
Compan at Twelfth and Dure streets
The building will be PAS feet lonl
and 81 feet wide, one story high an'
will be used for the storage Of raw
materials.
George II. Spackman has pur'
chased the James II. Wright propert,
At Holly Oak at a cost Of $4,000.
d. B. Jones has purchased, through
Gibbons and Moore. the property a
Elsmere owned by Joseph A. Ranck