Evening journal., 1916-05-06
NEWS OF THE Week
IN BUILDING TRADE
Open Bids May II on New
Market Street Office
Building Contract
OLD MEETING
HOUSE PASSES

- L. 0oA AtAoAn lAn HhA piano
lrawn by Brown and Whitoside, arch
itects. for the making of alterations
and additions to his residence at No.
f22 West Twonty-frst street. These
will include the extension Of the inglc
nook and the addition Of bath room,
and dressing room on the second
door Two now bay windows Will
be placed on this floor. A new third
0oor will be added removing the old
roof and old sleeping porch. There
viii be three bedrooms, a storage
room and new sleeping porch on
lhe third floor.
Plans for a store and residence for
j.. r. Brown at Penny Hill and the
Philadelphia Pike have been drawn
by w. 4. Craig. architect. The build
ing will be Of brick SO by 20 feet.
There will be a store room n feet
By "a feet and an ice cream parlor 9
feet by II feet IL inches There also
will be a Kitchen den.. reception hall
and pantry on the first floor. On the
second floor there will be FIVE bed
rooms and a bath. There will be an
attic.
A. s. Reed & Brother Company
have been awarded the contract for
the erection of an ornamental porch
TO the residence of Charles l.. Story.
al No 1905 West Ninth street. Il Will
have stone base. The plans were
drawn by Roscoe Cook Tlndall, archi-
tect.
James f. Dallett. architect, is draw
ing plans for a residence on the West
Side which will be built of brick and
contain fourteen rooms. II will be
of the Colonial type of architecture.
Bids will be received on May ~ at
the Office Of Roscoe Cook Tindall,
architect for the erection OF an Office
building at the southwest corner OF
twelfth and Market streets, for the
Misses A. l.. aud +. M. Crawford
Bids will be received at the Office
Of the park engineer on May for the
construction OF a reinforced concrete
retaining wall al Concord Pike.
Brown and Whiteside, architects.
have awarded to Gawthrop & Brother
Company. the contract for the heat
ing and plumbing for the new resi-
ience for Mrs NJ. c. Weeden, at Seven
leenth street and Riverview avenue.
Plans for the construction a new
sdfce for the Sacred Heart Church
AZ Bettertou, Md. are being drawn by
John J. Kennedy. architect. II will
be 80 by 40 fet and OF the Colonial
style OF architecture.
W. ID. Haddock g. CO.. contractors,
have completed excavations for a
large residence for Mrs. Victor du-
N..rt %
ing will cost about 100000. The
plans we're made by John }. Ken
ledy. architect
On next Tuesday and Wednesday
bids will be received by Edward
Candy May. architect for the cleo
lrcal work. plumbing and heating
Tor the new residence being erected
for Frank ID. Lackey, the well known
broker. at Grubbs Road and the Phil
adelphia Pike Haddock & Company
lre the general contractors
John L. Haley q Son. architects,
nave been awarded the contract for
he erection of private garage Tor
William Coyne. on Church Lane, west
" Woodlawn avenue Gawthrop g.
Brother Company, were given the
contract for the plumbing and heat
ing. The plans were drawn by
Brown d Whiteside. architects.
The frame meeting house OF the
Orthodox Friends which stood within
10 feet OF the rear OF the Goldey Col
lcge bHilding. Ninth and Tatnalll
streets, has been torn down to pro-
vide a driveway from Tatnall street
10 the automobile show rooms to be
located in the hrilding in course of
erection on the lot adjoining the
Soldey building. Il was built in 1929
when the Orthodox Society of Friends
separated from the Wilmington So
,ieiv Of Friends following the min
istry of ELIAS Hicks who became the
leader of the more numerous division.
which retained possession OF the old
Friends Meeting House at Fourth
and West streets. II had been in use
continuously for meeting purposes
ever since the foundation cf the SO
cioty up until tho completion OF the
new meeting hodse at Tenth and
Harrison streets.
The directors OF the public schools
in Wes; Chester have decided to re-
huild the Biddle Street School at a
cost OF S65,000, and provision will be
made for the manual training. domes-
tic science and commercial depart
ments.