Evening journal., 1917-10-13
news OF THE week
N BUILDING CIRCLES
Wilmington Leather Comp.
any Completes Elaborate
Addition TO Plant
MANY SMALL JOBS
NOW UNDER WAY

J. A. Bader and Company, contractors,
who are engaged IN conjunction work
at Camp DiA. Wrightstown, n. j.. are
rushing the work there TO completion.
II is expected that the work on tue new
hearo will be so iar advanced as Co
permit of its being opened during the
coming week. -Four large stOrehouses at
the cantOnmUnJ have been cIim4l.u uy
th bader firm, and the construction oil
another Is TO be commenced mex week.
The Bader Company has commenced
the construction OF 100 houses and
large store at Blairsville. Ia. "a. Da'nes-
boro, Pa, the firm a. erecting ten
houses for the Empire Coal Mining
Company. and are building IN rty houses
at Claymont for the Worth brothers
Steel Company, TO be occupied by the
employees Of tbecompany.
In Wilmington this company has
recently c'mpl ted iho erection of five
dwelling houses at 1'w ntieth ond Tat.
nall str cts I r he Home Building Com.
Iany. Work is also being done toward
the erection Of twelve other .o..es m
this neigh orb I'd for tie same company
The houses are to be twl 80 ~ six
rooms, brick front, with concrete blocks
the contract for the erection Of two
time card buildings for the Harlan &
hollingsworth Corporation was recently
awarded to J. A. Bader & Co. One Is 10
be built at the Justison street entrance
10 the plant and will be ~ by 20 feet
IN dimensions. The other will be erect
ell at the West street entrance and is
to be % by % feet. Both buildings win
be one-story high OF concrete and brick.
Roscoe Cook Tindall, architect. has
completed plans for the now showroom
and repair shops for the FOss-Hughes
Motor Car Company. The building viii
be two stories high, Of stone and stucco
construction, 100 by $50 feet In dlmen-
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. Baynards Bids have been
received from Philip Lynch, W. d. Had
dock & Co., j. E. Healy & Son, Charles
Bryce and Joyce & Kerrlgan. Il is I'M
derstood that Mr.. BaynS>d contem-
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
ton Of the Lodge ONCE building on
King street, between Eleventh and
Twelfth streets, have commenced work.
The buildings occupying the site for
the Office structure are being demOl-
ished.
What, according 90 expert underwrit-
ers, is one Of the finest examples Of a
flre-proof building to be found in this
section Of the country Will be turned
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 FIRE prevention or the miti-
cation OF fire damage has been looked
after, and the result IS the nearest TO
absolute nrc-pr0o0ng that architects
have yet been able to find.
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 80
feet deep. The building has been con-
structed OF reinforced concrete. Mono
liihic 1reproof and daylight cOnstruc-
tion was followed throughout.
The exterior Is really beautiful and
presents a sharp contrast to the other
buildings in the vicinity. IL has been
finished with cement, but new feature
was added in this connection. The ce-
ment was painted white, with black
ornamental trimmings. Tile decorations
showing the seal OF the company-a
blue castlc-wiil be placed at the top
Of each Of the pillars on the outside OF
the structure The symmetry OF the
building, the effective use OF paint on
the cement and the thing combine to
make the building look like a theatre
or eOmo suc1 building