Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-12-09
SEASON JUST PAST
Great REPAIR YEAR
Many Big Jobs Also Finished
and Others Are Now
Under Way
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
DELAY BUILDING PLANS

more having been done in the way of
improvements to homes and altera
tons and additions TO residences and
business structures that ever before.
It. is explained also that this Is in
keeping with the conditions just now
the need Of greater capacity in husi-
ness plants requiring additions and al
terations and a desire to improve liv-
ing conditions showing itself IN all
sorts Of improvements.
There has. however. been great
deal Of separate building, especially
i'm business structures, more having
been constructed within a year or
two than for many years before. The
approach of the Christmas season Is
holding up a good many contracts, II
is declared, many people for whom
plans for new structures have been
drawn having put them away until
after Christmas" which means that
there will be a delay Of a month or
so on many plans already under way.
There is no limit to the number OF
small jobs. however. and contractors
and builders. almost without excep-
lion, declare they are very busy Most
of these are fixing up about homes,
getting ready for the winter, making
chances and additions and the like.
This sort of work has been unusually
active this fall. IL is said. and is now
beginning to drop off On account OF
the lateness of the season.
Bids probably will be returned next
week and the contracts let at once
Tor the erection of a new power house
for the Joseph Stoeckle Brewing Com
pany at Fifth and Adams streets. The
structure is to be placed opposite the
present building with a front on Fifth
street of IS feet aud extending back
1906 feet on Adams The front eleva-
ton shows an unusually handsome
structure OF terra Gotta and brick
with terra Gotta trimmings and orna-
mental iron and grill work about the
doors and windows. The base OF the
building is of stone. The windows are
of wire glass with steel sash. The
building is fire proof. The old struc'
ture now on the site is being torn
down to make room for the new build
ing which will be erected on the clear
ed site. John Dockery is the archi'
tect.
The ]. A. Bader Co. reports the
foundation for the hall of records at
the Hagley yards of the DUPONT Pow
der Company now we'll under way. the
old building having been removed and
the ground cleared up for the new
structure. The foundation is OF brick
and concrete and will permit an extern
sion TO the present hall of records
sixty feet long.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
new warehouse for the Hilles q Jones
Co. in the rear of the machine shop
Al Ninth and Locust streets, the first
story being built and the frames and
steel ready for pouring the concrete
of the second story level
AT the new Security Storage Ware
houses now being erected az Sixteenth
and King streets, the concrete Work
ers are putting in the first story con-
crete and erecting the large forms LOT
the concrete work OF the second STORY
The new plant for the BurdeI Oxi-
gen Company. being erected near the
mower house of the Wilmington and
philadelphia Traction Company. is he
ING enclosed with hollow tile walls
and the steel frames for the roof are
in place. -r
The Bader Company also is Install
ing the large reinforced concrete
foundations for the Wilmington and
philadelphia Traction Company at the
Rrandvwine power house for the pur-
nose OF supporting the large new tur-
bine engine that is to be installed
there
During the past week this company
has completed the last of the concrete
foundations and anchorages for the
American Railways Company in con-
nection with the electric equipment Of
tbe new Pennsgrbve-Salem trolley
system. The work consists OF ser
les of concrete sub-stations at Shir-
lev woodstown. Deep Wafer ana
Pennsgrove. n. j., and Pigeon Point
Delaware.
The men of this company also have
recently returned from Farley \. j.
where they have just completed the
welfare house for the dupont Powder
Company.
~. Kennedy. architect reports bids
received for the handsome new
Garage 10 be erected fof william G
Coke. at Bellevue. Del. and held under
advisement The completion OF the
pians and specifications for the struc-
'ure. said 10 be ono Of the most beau
iiful ofsits kind recently designed. was
nnnOunced last week
Work on tho building FOR the Del
marvia Baking Company. 70 he erect
Cd NJ Fourth and Union streets. IS
progressing rapidly and II IS expected
,he roof will he mt On next week.
Brown and vf1iteeid9 architects
announce matters well under way in
The construction NJ two new GARAGES
one for w o nuale at Delaware ave-
nue and Riverview avenue. Of English
design. with space for two automo-
hiIes and quarters for the chauHenrs
The structure IS Of brick and hollow
.ilo with = slate roof The other. ver7
-imilar ~ arrangnment. for Glenn
Peadenkopf. IS N Rodney and Four
seenth streets ~ Colonial design. OF
brick CONSTRUCTION. Tho contract has
heen 'et IN this latter building Ia
Tahn p Hcalv and Som and work IS
now under wav.
A 8 Reed ond Rro'he- Connanv
renori work wall under wav AZ Fourth
and Jackson streets where additions
sr~ being made n the morocco nlsn'
~ Charles neaae~kout and COMPANY
workmen arc digging out the cellar