Evening journal., 1915-07-10
Twelve CONTRACTORS.
after SCHOOL WORK

III Ikt UOAhOV1 ~ UOAtAA
Sealed proposals for the construc-
ton of the S150,OOO addition to the
High School will be received at the
office of the Board of Education at
10 o'clock. noon. on Monday. and will
be opened at the regular meeting of
the Board in the evening. There
Is a possibility of their being twelve
bidders under a general contract, as
twelve builders secured copies of the
plans from Architect Wallace Eugene
Hance for the purpose of bidding FiFe
we're from Philadelphia. one from
Virginia one from Camden. ~ j.. and
five from this city. Proposals will
be received for the electric work and
heating and ventilation under separ-
ate headings.
Work on the structure will com
mence at the very first opportunity.
Architect Wallace Eugene Hance
submitted plans in competition for q
school at Marcus Hook and his plans
were selected. The school will cost
$s5, 900 and will contain twelve rooms.
On Wednesday Mr. Hance will open
bids for a realty building at East
New Market, Md. for the East New
Market Realty Company. The cost
Of the structure will be about $4,000.
II will be 60x94 feet and two stories
in height. Architect Hance will have
plans ready in week for a $4,000
factory building for this city. He is
not yet ready 10 announce who will
occupy the building or where II will
be located
Elk Home Contract Deferred.
On June Il, seven bids were re-
ceived by Architect John Dockery
Thompson. Jr., for the erection Of the
proposed Elks Home. at Tatnall
street and Delaware avenue. 1t was
learned today that no contract for
the work had as yet been awarded. 1t
was stated that the board Of directors
Of Wilmington Lodge of Elks has de-
ferred action because Of the fact
that new board will be chosen next
week. and they will let the matter be
taken up by the new board. II had
been expected that about $4,000
would be spent on the building, and
that together with the site, the entire
outlay would be $4,000. While no
announcement has been made of the
bids received. 1t is understood that
the figures we're nearly $4,000 high
er than anticipated by the lodgemen.
Addition TO Church.
Edward Candy May, architect, Is
revising the plans for the addition to
Mt Salem Church which is to be
mainly for Sunday school purposes.
He will be ready TO ask for bids in
about a week. Bids were received
on June for the erection of the ad-
dition, but no contract was awarded
at that time as the building committee
OF the official board Of the church
decided on some changes which are
now being made by the architect
The building will be of Brandywine
granite to conform with that used i'm
the main structure A large room
for the main school is to be located
on the second floor with a balcony
for Bible classes and special pur-
poses. On the first floor will be a
social room and space for part Of the
school.
Plans for a fine residence In the
western section of the city are be-
ing drawn by Edward Candy May
architect and will be completed next
week when bids will be asked for
Architect Roscoe Cook Tindall
opened bids yesterday for general al
terations to the grain elevator of the
Philip-Thompson Company at the
foot OF Fourth street. Il is expected
that the contract will be awarded
next week
John e. Hesly and Son. contrac-
tors will break ground on Monday
for the new store and Office build
Nho &
corner of Ninth and Tatnall streets
tor the Ninth Street Company. The
building will have three floors and
will, be constructed of tapestry brick
and ornamental terra Gotta. II viii
be 73 by 60 feet and have two street
fronts. The first floor will contain
stores and the upper floors, offices
There will be a basement which viii
contain storage rooms in addition tc
the boiler room. The plans were
made by Brown and Whiteside. Harry
F. Mellon has the contract for the
heating and plumbing work. There
will be vapor heating system and
modern plumbing arrangements.
Architect Roscoe Cook Tindall an
nounced today that the contract FOL
the erection of a public school a
Millington, Md, had been awarded
to B. w. Duling of Millington. Th'
structure will be about so by so fee
and two stories in height. II VII
contain six classrooms.
More Houses for Bancroft Company.
Bids were received today for thu
erection of six double tenement houses
tor the Joseph Bancroft and Son.
Company on upper Crusher road
north Of Riddle Chapel. Rockford.
Harry S. Lynch is proceeding rap
Idly with the alterations to No. III
Market street. owned by w. E. Haw
kins and Company The plans wer'
made by Architect Leon Wilde Craw
ford.
Architect John J. Kennedy hal
awarded to John McShain of Phila
1elphia, a contract for the construc
ton of a two-story. 30 by 40 foot ad
dition to Mount ST. Joseph Convent
at Chestnut Hill. Philadelphia. Thl
total cost of the addition will be
10000. There will be composition
ioors and steel sash.
William S. Anderson, builder, hs
completed ten garages on the cas-