Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-28
CITY IN MIDST OF
BUILDING BOOM
CONTINUED From First Pascl

ly attractive and the increasing cost of
materials has added further to the
burden of the builders
AT that Harrisburg is in the midst
OF mighty enthusiastic building
boom just now. September was a
record month and the increase in OPP
erations as compared to the same
month of 1915. placed Harrisburg
in the unique class of second on the
list of Ill of the larger cities of the
United States October will run high
too, although the approaching winter
months has served to slacken things
a bit.
Half Are Garages
To date some thirty-seven permits
have been issued and oddly enough
about fifty per cent are for automo-
bile garages. OF the thirty-seven
structures for which permission was
given to build this month, just eigh-
teen have been given out for garages.
The biggest operation perhaps, is
the new Pennsy freight station in
South Second street and the adjacent
warehouse. The walls are steadily
rising on these jobs and before the
cold weather calls halt on activities,
1t is believed that the structures will
be under roof.
construction. Chisuk Emmuna, the
new Jewish synagogue at Sixth and
FORSTER streets has progressed as far
as the first floor; across the street
the new Messiah Lutheran church
walls are above the first floor.
The New Churches
The brownstone front is being built
into the new st. Lawrence German
Catholic church in State street and
its adjoining parsonage. Augsburg
Lutheran church at Camp and Sixth
streets is pretty nearly ready for oc-
cupancy and City Building Inspector
j. III. Grove says it should be finish
ed within the next couple of months.
Remodeling of Covenant Presbyterian
church in Peffer street, near Fifth, is
almost finished.
Business and manufacturing struc-
lures are moving rapidly toward
completion too. The new Dauphin
Cigar company plant at Cameron and
State streets is practically finished
and the great Star Laundry building
at Sixth and Herr streets has pro-
gressed beyond the third floor De-
lays in shipments of materials was
seriously felt on that job.
Business Building
Davis and Hargest have finished
the foundations of the big garage in
Muench street near Third, while at
Geiger and Fourth streets, Jennings
IS,
have pushed their new building to a
short distance beyond the first floor.
Meyer Gross is hustling work on his
new slaughterhouse at Currant and
Sayford streets and operations Incl
dent to the extension of Swift and
Company's plant at Seventh and North
streets, are well under way.
Nathan Frieburg has nearly finish
ed the remodeling of the four-story
building at Cherry and Second streets.
which he purposes using for a ware
house and the Pennsylvania Milk Pro-
ducts Company is hurrying work on
it's new plant in the west end. The
construction of an addition to the
plant in Geiger street has been OBJ
1ected to by residents in the vicinity.
but this isn't interfering with the
contractors evident desire to put on
all possible speed.
In the Central Section
In the central section of the citv
the new c. r. Boas building in North
Second street is probably the biggest
single job. Foundations are prac-
tically completed for that $4,000
operation. Work was begun to-day
incidentally on the new garage that
Elizabeth Shearer planned for Cam
eron and Mulberry. 1t will cost
$4,000.
George Meyers and 7. w. Dill have
combined forces in the construction
OF the concrete retaining wall Just
south of the Mulberry street bridge
for the extensive building improve
ments contemplated there.
New Bungalows
While many contractors are at work
on business structures, dwelling
houses are not lacking for attention.
John F. Barnhart has work pretty
we'll under way on the two bungalows
he planned for 1928 Forster street.
and John B. Prowell has begun work
on handsome bungalow at Twentieth
and kensington streets. Two dwell
ings of similar type of construc-
ton are being built in the rear of $40
Schuyikill street and David r. Bauder
has the ground work for his bunga-
lows at 1S12-14 Chestnut street well
under way.