Evening journal., 1916-10-07
WILL START WORK
ON NEW GARAGE
Contract Let for Delaware
Motor Sales Building,
Eleventh and King
HANDSOME OFFICESFOR
NEW DUPONT ADDITION


contract for construction of the new
garage for the Delaware Motor Sales
Company with William d. HaddocS &
Company, had been made, work to be
started Immediately. The structure,
designed by Leon Wilde Crawford Is
TO be one Of the finest buildings Of the
sort in the city, it is declared, and will
occupy the corner of Eleventh and
King streets, just across from the new
public building, It will be Of freprOot
construction. one.story high and fitted
with all modern convenience in a build
ing devoted to that sort Of business. The
structure will cost about $4,000
Building matters here are just begin
ming to build up for the fall season. 1t
is declared Most Of the old work is
completed, and contractors are cleaning
mp jobs taken last year, and which have
lasted over. New work is coming in
slowly, it is said, but there appears to
he plenty Of it.
Labor scarcity and failure Of manu-
faeturers TO furnish material,
especially steel. is holding up
many jobs. CONSTRUCTION of the new
High School building is declared many
months behind because it was at first
impossible to obtain laborers to do the
work and later to obtain certain kinds
of material to work with
Work of tearing down the buildings
at Eighth and Orange streets for cree
tion of the new parish hall for St. An
drew's Episcopal Church is now nearly
completed and the old materials are
being carted away. Excavating will
follow Immediately. 1t is hoped this
work may commence this coming week
+. James Dallett is the architect.
Another job designed by Mr. Dallett
is delayed pending further completion
of the new addition to the dupont Build
inc. The new Offices for Laird 4 Co.
are to be in the center Of the new por-
ton Of the building on Eleventh street
and those of Scott & Co. on the lett,
towards the y. NJ. c. 4. building. 1t is
not known that the remainder of the
front has been let.
Placing of partitions as far 10 pus-
sible is being done with view to pro-
viding for these offices The Lard
offices also will occupy portion OF he
mezzanme floor partly over the portion
occupied by Scott & Co, with a stair
way passing down to the Laird offices
below. II is announced that veHtilating
fiues soon will be placed to provide Tor
the new offices. The presen. delay Is IN
the new one-story building erected in
the rear of the main structure. No
work of fitting mp the Laird offices can
he started until this Is finished. The
Laird offices extend into this addition.
Contract for building an addition
to Miller Brothers store at Ninth
and King streets has been let to f.
T. VanSant but Il is not known
when work will be started as the
owenrs have not entirely arranged
their plans for construction Ed
ward Candy May is the architect and
II is expected work will commence
within the next ten days at most.
The plans contemplate an extensive
addition to the north wing Of the
building and changes of the interior
to give nearly double the present
floor space.
Mr.. May also announced that he is
preparing plans and specifications
for alterations and additions to
residence on Ninth street The own
er's name is withheld for the pres
ent.
Brown and whiteside. architects,
announce that they have many plans
under way and are very busy. but
that nothing is far enough along TO
give out. Mr.. Whiteside yesterday
declared he was thoroughly salts
fed with the outlook 1T is distinctly
good" he declared. land there
seems no reason why we should not
have a good season"
John p. Healy and Son are being de-
layed on the work of construction of
the new building at Twelfth and Dure
streets for the Electric Hose and
Rubber Company on account or
the fixing OF the pier line
by the harbOr master. This
depends also on the decision OF the
government engineers, it is under
stood. and requires some little time
for adjustment. The structure is to
be placed on piling in the shallow
water along the shore OF the Brandy
wine and will be a difficult job to
handle. II is planned to push the
work as soon as IL can be started.
Progress is rapid on the new bust
ness structure and warehouse on Tat
nall streets between Eighth and Ninth
streets and the foundations for the
new building now are being laid. The
Healy Company is doing this work.
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