Evening journal., 1917-10-13
news OF THE WEEK
IN BUILDING CIRCLES
Wilmington Leather Comp
any Completes Elaborate
Addition 10 Plant
MARY SMALL JOBS
NOW UNDER WAY

j. Il. Bader and Company, contractors,
who are engaged IN contraction work
at Camp Dix. Wrightstown, n. j.. are
rushing the work there to completion.
1t IS expected that the work on the new
heatre will be SO lar advanced as 20
permit OF its being opened during the
coming week. -Four larg. storehouses at
the cantonmenJ have Deen COM "a uy
th Bader firm, and the construction OF
another is to he commenced ncNt week.
The Bador Company has commenced
the construction Of 100 houses and a
large store at Blairsville. ls,. "A. barnes
boro, Pa, the firm Is erecting ten
houses Tor the Empire Coal Mining
Company. and are building tn rty houses
at Claymont for the Worth brothers
Steel Company, to be occupied by the
employees Of thecompany.
In Wilmington this company has
recently c1mpl ted the erection of five
dwelling h uses at 1'w nticth ond Tat
nall str cts + T. he Home building Com
pany. Work IS also being done toward
the erection of twelve other .-es IN
this neighuorh I'd for tie same company
The HOUSES are 10 be two story elk
rooms, brick front. with concrete blocks
The contract for The erection OF two
time card buildings for the Harlan &
HollingswOrih Corporation was recently
awarded TO j. A. Bader & Co. One Is 10
be built at the lustlson street entrance
TO the plant and will be II by 20 feet
I'm dimensions. The other will be erect
ell at the West street entrance and Is
TO be % by - feet. Both buildings Will
be one-story high Of concrete and brick.
Roscoe Cook Tlndall architect, has
completed plans for the new showroom
and repair shops for the Foss-Hughes
Motor Car Company. The building Will
be two stories high, OF stone and stucco
construction, 100 by $50 feet In dimen-
sions. The roof, pine floors and cleo
trio lighting are also included in the
Specifications.
Z. L. Rice Jr., has completed plans
for two dwellings TO be erected in the
northwestern portion Of the city for
Samuel II. Baynard. Bids have been
received from Philip Lynch, w. ID. Had
dock * Co., j.. +. Healy & Son, Charles
Bryce and Joyce & Kerrigan. lt is un-
derst0od that Mr.. Bayns>d contcm-
plates the erection of nifty other dwell
ing houses in this immediate locality.
Charles II. Tindall & Son, who have
been awarde the contract for the cree
tion OF the Lodge office building or
King street, between Eleventh anC
Twelfth streets, have commenced work
The buildings occupying the site fol
the Office structure are being demol
ished.
What, according to expert underwrlt-
ers, is one Of the finest examples Of a
flre-proof building to be found in thi:
section Of the country will be tugned
over this week to the New Castle
Leather Company to be used by that
concern as a storage warehouse. Every
detail which might have the least
bearing on flrc prevention or the miti-
CATION Of fire damage has been looked
after, and the result Is the nearest tC
absolute nre-proonng that architects
have yet been able TO fnd.
The building is located at Fourteenth
and Lombard streets; Is four stories
high in the rear and three in front
200 feet long and 100 feet wide and 5C
feet deep. The building has been con-
slructed Of reinforced concrete. Mono
lithic flrenroof and daylight construc'
ton was followed throughout
The exterior is really beautiful anc
presents a sharp contrast TO the Other
buildings i'm the vicinity. II has boel
finished with cement. but a new feature
was added in this connection. The ce'
ment was painted white, with blacl
ornamental trimmings. Tile decorations
showing tho seal Of the company
blue castle-wiil be placed at the tot
Of each Of the pillars on the outside O
the structure. The symmetry OF IN
building, the effective use Of paint OF
the cement and the tiling combine Z
make the building look Ike a theatr
or some such building.