Evening journal., 1916-05-27
BUSY week PASSED
IN BUILDING circles
Old Work Being Finished
and Many New Contracts
Now Under Way
MATERIALS HIGHCOST
NO LONGER DRAWBACK

Increasing activity has marked build.
ing conditions in Wilmington during the
past week, it is declared by architects
and contractors. business is picking
up and | have plans under way Tor sew
eral new buildings was the report
given by nearly every architect visited
today. f.. H. Rice, Jr., Co., J.. Jane,
BALLET, Roscoe G.. Tindall. John ID.
Thompson, lr., and John j. Kennedy all
reported several big Jobs ON. Edward
G. May, Brown & Nhiteside and Wal
lace +. Hance reported they were busy
and had a number of promising under
takmgs under way.
Complaints Of scarcity Of labor con.
tinue 10 be made by contractors, tins
heing one difficulty in getting a good
deal of work done that has been con-
tracied for earlier in the season. This
caused hesitation on the part of prop
crty owners who proposed building, but
within the past two or three weeks. 1t
is declared. building matters have been
picking up, indicating that necessity of
getting worl, done has overcome the de-
tering high prices of materials and scar
city OF labor.
Work is progressing on all old
buildings more rapidly than for some
time. and many new undertakings are
started The Delaware Terra Gotta
Company has just been delivering in
stallments of 100000 bricks for the
Realty Construction Company, Of Bir-
mingham Ala. which has the contract
for construction Of the new residence
for John J. Raskob at Claymont.
Bricks have been delivered for the
work at Ninth and Tatnall streets and
work on the new apartment house at
Thirteenth and Washington streets.
on the new High School building, and
on the new building at Seventh and
Shipley streets, so that the company
supplying these has been well occu-
pied. At Twelfth and Orange streets
work on the $4,000 dairy being con-
structed for Joseph S. Hamilton has
been going on with rapidity. and sup
ply Of materials for this building has
caused activity with the Terra Gotta
Company.
j. J. McCluskey, contractor. has just
completed three houses at Oak and
Rodney streets az an expense Of near
ly 10000 These houses are now
about being offered for sale.
John E. Healy & Son report that
they have under consideration a resi-
dence for G. ID. GarretsOn, at No. %
West Twenty-first street. and alter
ations to the residence of Francis e.
Lynch, at No. 1902 Franklin street.
Haddock a. Co. arc estimating on
the Pennsylvania Railways new
roundhouse and sub-ofice at Todd's
Cut.
E Canby May reported that Had
dock and Company were bidders on
an undertaking at Middletown for
Mrs. Rosa Webber The work in.
cludes alterations and additions to
two stores owned by Mrs. Webber
Mr. May also reported that besides
the new building proposed for the
Y. NJ. G. A. he was working on a
number Of large buildings, but that
they were not In condition now to
give out
John J. Kennedy reported that he
was very busy just now. but that
nothing was far enough under way to
speak about. The outlook is promis.
ing, he declared.
At the Office of A. S. Reed and
Brother Company # was reported
that they had all they could do.
Most of this was small work. il was
explained, matters which concerned
cleaning up and clearing up, but
which occupied many worlkmen. and
had caused good deal of activity i'm
spite Of the fact that there was moth
ing in the nature of a large contract.
Mr.. Reed explained that he had been
delayed by lack OF a sufficient mum.
+ Der of laborers.