Evening journal., 1917-09-22
news Of week IN
BUILDING CIRCLES
Many Operations Deferred
Because of Uniavorable
Trade Conditions
$4,000 CHURCH
CONTRACT IS LET

High cost Of materials and the
scarcity Of labor are assigned by
contractors generally as reasons for
the dullness in building operations.
Very few contracts are being let Just
now. and most Of these are OF the
provisional nature. In addition, a
large number Of building operations.
that were soon to be begun, have
been cancelled or deferred. pending
re urn OF more favorable market con-
ditlons.
Blame for the lack OF adequate
housing facilities in Wilmington is
laid on the Legislature by number
Of big operators who insist that new
homes Will not be provided until the
statute forbidding the loaning OF
money on buildings, until two months
after their completion. is repealed.
One man, who makes a specially
Of leasing houses and apar' ments,
said that he had had no less than
1000 calls for homes or flats within
the past two weeks. very few Of
which he could supply. He questions
the sincerity of certain men VINO are
loud in talking Of relieving he hous-
Ing congestion because OF their de-
pendence upon he banks for loans.
The banks. he said. are insisting that
The two mon hs set by the Legis-
lature shall elapse after the COM
pletion of any building before they
viii advance money on IT,.
At he offices Of John J. Kennedy,
architects, I'm the dupont Building. il
was said that C. ] Dougher.y Is rush
ing work on the construction Of a
garage and chauders' quarters for
Charles 3. Holiday near Cossart, Pa.
The contract. which calls for an eX-
penditure Of $4,000, was signed two
weeks ago
L was said also that the brick
LAYERS would soon start laying the
tile on he bull sAgs which are to
be completed wllnin the next three
or four months.
The new tile floor that IS being laid
IN st. Paul's r. G. Church. Delaware
City, the Rev. Joseph A. Lee, pastor
Is nearing completion. The work IS
being done by the international Tile
Cdnpany, OF Wilmington.
At the Offices of Edward Candy
May, architect. IN the dupont Build
Ing. it was announced that the con-
tract for the erection OF the Polish
Baptist Church. TO cost $4,000, az the
corner Of Franklin and Elm streets
had been let to Martin Tomczyk. II
was sold also. that the contract for
the cr 'ipn Of a horse barn on the
T. N 1acchus estate at SnGerly
Nd, hal been let % A. N. Strickland
and Sons Of TlktOn Nd
Wilmington High School annex
which mas been in course of erection
for two years, is expected to be com
pleted by November 1. according "a
A s Reed, Of the firm of A. s. Reed
and Company. contractors. Il is hard
" likely, however, that tho BUILDING
FIJI be used for school purposes by
tho Board OF Education before the
openiug OF The February term.
THE annex. So by 1S3 feet In d.
mems ons. Will contain 3S class rooms
In addition 10 a number OF labor
atories and lecture rooms. The plans
for the building were drawn by Wal
lace Euqene Hance. The basement
is to be used for gymnasium pur.
noses. and me entire Eleventh street
side Of the building on the fifth iiooi
has been laid out for drill room
Mr. Reed stated that 5000 barrels
Of cement had gone inio the coh
struct'on Of the building, While th'
structural steel, when bought haS
cost approximately $l3 600. The re
enforcing steel cost $4,000 and ootl
these last items have almost doubled
their price since bought by the con
tractors.
Tho work Of making an addition
10 the dupont Building has been de
layed on account Of the non-shipmen
OF steel. while the foot'ngs for M
steel frames have been In place TO
a month or more, no work can b'
done until the steel arrives. All th'
excavation and foundation Work ma
been compile ed
All the work of tearing down IN
old city buildings at Sixth and KIM
streets 70 make way for the new Mul
lin addition has been completed, ant
the work on the foundations has beef
begun. William d. Haddock ant
Joseph Hamilton are the contractors
st. Andrews parish house has 0eel
practically complete and only IN
finishing touches remain to be pu
10 the building. II is two storie
high with a basement, and Is bull
l. shape around the church buildin
at Eighth and Orange streets,
A. s. Reed and Bro'nor Compan
ia doing alteration work for m
Baker Machine Company. the Meta
Contracting Company, and az Ain
scow's restaurant. Mr. Reed has prac
iically completed the work Of erect
Ing a garage for Robert Smith, a
Second and French streets.
The Standard Bitulih hic Compan
has awarded the contract for III
erection Of three concrete bridges o
the Lincoln Highway. between 'E's