Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-10
BUILDING TRADES
STILL VERY QUIET
Architects Planning Vacations and
Contractors Taking Life Easy
These Hot Days.

Another week Of virtually no progress
In building construction matters must be
noted Outside of the fetierally "essentiaf
operations, there is an almost complete
dearth of new work, with the exception of
unavoidable alterations, which are costly
To q degree.
Permits issued last week included 252
of the 506 houses planned for Union Park
Gardens, now under contract To the
Lynch Construction Co. No estimates
of cost were fled
Edwin H. Ware is architect and con
tractor for five commissary buildings
at the corner of Twenty-ninth and Bowers
streets, to cost 81, 500 The Pennsylvania
Railroad Company is the owner.
An addition to the drug store at Eighth
and Lombard streets, costing $500, will
be made by Irving J. Birmingham, con-
tractor, for DIR. Henry Spruanee, owner.
Alterations in the dwelling at 7l5
King street will he made by the John s.
Hamilton Co for Thomas Caravasilis,
who recently purchased the parcel,
which adjolns the Central Presbyterian
Church Two stores will be arranged on
the ground floor, and the upper stories
will be available for apartments, accord
ing To present plans.
BRIcKs HARD tn GET
The brick situation still remains acute
in the local territory Even preferential
government jobs are understood to he
having difficulty IN obtaining their need
ed quotas, and other operations are at
standstill, 30 far as supply of even small
quantities IS concerned
The suggestion of n supply being di
verted from Pennsylvania points, said tn
have stock available, has not proved
practicable as yet, although it may pos
slbly show results later.
HUGE SPRINKLER INSTALLATION
The sprinkler system being installed
by the New Castle Leather Company
plant, for the works at Eleventh and
Poplar streets and adjoining sites, cover
ing four city blocks In all, is said 10 he
one of the largest in the country Six
miles Of piping is required to carry the
more than 1900 sprinkler heads and the
tank now being built has a capacity Of
50,00 gallons
This is mounted on four concrete
supports and the top stands at ll5 feet
above grade II forms new and prom-
nent feature Of the skyline along the
Brandywinc coast
The Concrete Contracting Go of
Philadelphia has begun the erection Of
cement sheds and mixer plant at French
and Tenth streets, preparatory to start
ing operations on the garage building for
Dr Flhcrt Tho plot has been cleared
up. with the exception Of ono house on
the corner. and excavations are under
wav
Alterations are being made in the
building at So Shipley street, the ground
floor Of which will. it is understood, be
occupied by the McCafferty oyster house,
which has for some time been a landmark
on the corner of Ninth and Shipley in
the basement The new location is
particularly desirable from the open space
adjoining on the north, the plot of the
postofficc grounds, and as soon as the II
gets into the month, permitting, as a
contemporary has noted, oysters To be
rated as safety bi-valves, We may ex-
pect to see ''stews and fries flying from
cook 10 consumer. in the new premises.
Rogers and Thompson are the con-
tractors, and James B. Oberly is the
owner
The Quality Shop, at Third and Market
streets, is putting in large show window
on the Third street side, which has dis
placed the shine EN- up" stand that
occupied the basement