Evening journal., 1918-02-23
NEWS Of Week IN
BUILDING CIRCLES
Contractors Get Busy While
Weather Conditions
Are Better
MANY PLANS NOW
ON THE BOARDS

Moderating weather this week, has
given builders a chance to resume work
that has been abandoned since the first
OF the year. The contractors are push
ing their work with a rush hoping to
make up for the time lost through the
weather conditions.
plans are being prepared by J. j. Ken
nedy. architect, for a moving picture
theatre for John L. Tobin, to be erected
in Delaware street, New Castle. The
building s5vin seat 500 persons. Il Will
be built with tapestry brick 'front.' stone
trimmings, and will be modern In every
detail.
The Plans for the apartment house and
four dwellings, for G.del Podolsky, at
the southwest corner Of Seventh and
Washington streets, will be out for BIDS
about the middle Of next week. The
building, which will be three-stories
high, win consist Of nine apartments,
with four rooms and bath each. Each
dwelling will contain eight rooms and
bath. Both the apartment building and
dwellings Will be built along the most
modern lines.
Mr.. Kennedy is also drawing plans for
a four-story addition to the Mcmahon
store at Sixth and King streets The
building win be 60 feet by IS feet in di-
mension and will be OF slow burning
mill construction and modern in every
detail.
Joyce and Kerrigan, contractors, re-
sumed work last week on the construc-
ton OF the Cahill building, at Second
and French streets. The second-stol y
brick work was put up during the week.
The building is TO be three stories high.
Work on the addition to the Mullin
store. at Sixth and King streets, was re-
sumed last week, by w d. Haddock and
Company
The work Of demollshing the His
torical Association building at Tenth
and Market STREETS, was also again taken
up. &. c. May Is the architect for its
removal.
Plans have been completed by w E.
Hance for the construction Of a store
and apartment building at Nos. iO6-0S
West Sixth street, for ]. Edward Rey-
nolds and Son, TO cost $4,000 II will
be Of brick two stories high and i've
apartments.
Bids win be received about March
by Roscoe C. Tindall for a bungalow for
David Masters, at Cragmere. Plans for
the building are being redrawn by the
architect The structure is TO cost Si0-
900. and will be Of hollow tile and stone.
Mr.. Tlndall has completed plans for
a storage barn for Myron Henderer at
Marshalton. II will be two stories high
and % by 40 feet in dimensions.
Separate bids will be asked by w
Howard May for a rear addition ans
general interior alterations to the apart
mcnt house Of James T. Chandler. al
No. pa West Ninth street. The addl-
tons viii be three stories high and 40 by
20 feet ~ dimension. Z. Candy May is
the architect
r. c. Tindall has completed plans
for alterations and additions to the Of
fee building Of A. L. Henderer Sons, at
Maryland avenue and Beech street The
addition. to cost $1,000, Will be two sto-
ries high and 30 feet square.
Mr.. Tindall has also under way plans
for the store and apartment building,
to cost $1,000, for Dr. stephen L. Mckee,
at Nos i03-05 Delaware avenue. The
building win be three stories In height
and IS feet by so feet in dimensions.