Evening journal., 1916-01-15
BUSY YEAR AHEAD
FOR BUILDING TRADE
Hotels and Residences viii
Go Up Outside Wilmington,
MIR. Thompson Says
MANY CONTRACTS
ARE BEING RUSHED

Business conditions in the build
ing trades look particularly prosper
Gus for the coming year." said John |
Dockery Thompson. Jr., architect, to- /
day. land while details cannot be |
given as to location or clients, my /
Office has an unusually bright out |
look" For a syndicate of Philadel- |
phia. Boston and Central Pennsyl- |
vania capitalists. Mr.. Thompson has |
made sketches for two hotels, one in |
an Eastern Pennsylvania city, 80 by |
so feet nine stories high TO cost |
$500, 900 and one for one of the larger |
cities. 175 1913 feet, % stories high |
costing with furnishings S2,50O,00O |
These have the prospect of immediate |
development In addition to- the above |
Mr.. Dockery is preparing plans for
additions and alterations to the Pros
pect Park NJ T.. Church; also plans
for alterations and additions to two
of Wilmington's already large de-
partment stores and has received sew
eral inquiries for work OF rather an
important character He is preparing
final drawings for alterations. addi-
tions and complete fireprooing one
Of Wilmington's already popular fur
niture storage houses,
John j. Kennedy. architect, is
drawing plans for the rebuilding of
the Massey Furniture Com
pany building, Seventh and Shipley
streets. which was recently wrecked
by fire and will complete them in two
weeks time when bids will be asked
for. There will be five stories and
basement The building will have a
frontage Of 65 feet on Seventh street
and SO feet on Shipley street. II Will
be Of slow burning construction with
heavy plank flooring and protected
steel framing. The building will be
of daylight construction, being prac-
tically all window glass on the eX-
terior walls. this being especially the
case on the first and second floors on
the Seventh and Shipley streets sides.
The structure will be designed along
the most modern lines and Will be of
the loft type II will be constructed
OF rough texture brick trimmed with
ornamental terra Gotta There viii
he one passenger and one freight ele-
vator.
w +. Hance. architect. has COM
pleted plans for the remodelling of a
moving picture theatre on Maryland
avenue owned by the United Develop
ment Company An addition 80 by sc
feet is TO be erected There is to be
second floor over a portion of the
theatre which will contain an Office
and mems and women's dressing
rooms The adeitlon win be con
structed OF brick.
r. Iae awarded the
contract for alterations and additions
to the home of John S. Mullin, at
Holyoke. The plans were made by
brown and Wniteside, architects. A
third story is to be added and other
changes made.
John T.. Healy and Sons. contrac-
tors. have practically completed a
second story addition to the spinning
room at the plant of the Electric
Hose and Rubber Company. The ad-
dition is 220 by 80 feet The work
had to be done while the plant was
in operation. and despite this fact
was completed in five weeks. One
hundred thousand feet Of hose now Is
being turned out daily at the plant.
Edward Candy May, architect, has
completed plans for bank building
for the Sussex Trust Company al
Laurel. He also drew plans for
new building for the Peoples Ma.
tional Bank at Laurel and received
bids for the construction of the build
ing which were opened by the direc
tors of the bank on Tuesday. The con
tract has not yet been awarded.
7. A. Bader and Company. who wal
awarded the contract for the con
struction OF f. D. Lackey and Com
pany's new brokerage office and ofiic'
building. at No. 923 Market street
has commenced operations.
Architect Robson Lea PerOt, o
Philadelphia. has awarded to tn
Pomeroy Constructor Company. o
that city. the contract for a larg
stone residence for Philip f. duPon
near Mendinhall, Pa.
Brown and Whiteside. architects
have completed plans for sun parlo
and porch which will be added TO tn
home of Mrs. A. I. dupont at Green
hill
Local contractors have submitte
bids for the construction of a larg
clubhouse for the Yorklyn Athleti
Club. II will be so feet long and 3
feet. 4 inches wide, two stories il
height
John J. Kennedy. architect, is draw
ing plans for alterations and add
fions to a large department store O
Market street. which will about dou
bic its present size. Il will be OF stee
and brick. with terra Gotta trimmings
The same architect has prepare
plans for alterations and additions {
a large residence at Claymont and ha
submitted a sketch for n propose
school and church building at Co
lngdale, Pa.