Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-16
NEWS OF CONTRACTS
AND DBJ|LL|NGPLANS
Offices Building for Lawyers to
be Ready Next Month, Near
Court House.

Henry Canbv May, architect, du Pont
Building, has plans IN preparation ior
an ornate residence nj lIurlock, Md. he
design showsa panish feeling, and the
construction will be very substantial,
calling for hardwood floors, Dcnison tile,
electric wiring, exposed plumbing, hot
water heating, and an isolated water
supply plant.
Roscoc &. Tindall. architect, has award
cd the contract on the Myron G. Hendcrer
residence To GUSTAV Lysander. Tho
contract for the office bulls ng Mt Beech
street and MARYLAND avenue, also for Mr.
JIcudcrcr. goes To Charles ]. DoughCrty
Ernest " Samworth has the brick and
concrete work and the Noe-W adlow Co
~ Philadelphia the steel contract on the
american Nulcanizcd Fibre Go. work at
Newark
! ! Kennedy. architect, has called for
bids. due today at hls othcc IN the Ford
Bmldng. on his plans for three story
brick apartment house at Seventh and
Washington streets, and four houses and .
garage adjoining The owner Is &. fodol-
~kv
BIDS on the Mcmahon building at
sixth and King streets are also tn hc III
to-day and il IS hoped that active work
will begin ON this Improvement at an
early date,
\ smnll alteration which will however,
interest the numerous public that passes
,imlv through the corridor ot the Ford
Buld ng. IS also on the boards III MIR
kennedy office II will provide n shoe
shining shop and manicure parior on the
trst floor. of the mann lobby for Rocco
Ahhosufn. who has the hnot-hlack stand
privilege tor tho building
For the Same owner, who recently
acomrcd Inc property at 81 Market
street, adjoining tho Opera House. Mr
kennedy Il planning alterations and addl-
tinns winch Will provide fnr two stores on
Tho street floor aud either offices or apart
mrnts On the upper floors
4 contract for generators, motors,
lights and wiring for the nov finishing
house If the Iessup and Moore Paper
Company@ Nugustnc Mills has Just been
received bv the Ilatric contracting .
nf III West Eighth street. and amounts
in about 4.OhO Tho same contractors
have also ON thrlr hooks recent orders tor
two lzoatcd electric plants. one At Castle
Haven. near cambridge. Md, which VIII
furnish hight and power tor the estate,
On ITO volt. = XIV rating and involve
,hout $4,000 the other on tho farm and
summer home az Richard Crooks at
Nuic summit Tho lighting Of the resi-
.I.nrc tenant farmhouse and various
,uthuldmrs will utilize ~ volt. XIV
mtht Roth those plants are Of the
Genco tvpc \ contract fof wiring and
fixtures complete throughout e cdar-
rlft the residence of Nlr. ]. Il y dge
kcnnett square. once the homo oi
Hayard TAYLOR rs also recent
Tho nov structure erected for lenuys
| millinery al Doh West Ninth street, by
| gibbons and Moore was formally opened
tG3av. and Is considered ono of the hand
soonest of recent similar buildings The
Store front IS finished in Tennessee arhle.
the uppcr stories in smooth stuCco haries
II Tlndall and Son were architects and
general contractors
Tho Todge building. on King street Just
uorth of Eleventh IS not intended. as tho
r,amc might seem to Indicate Tor the
recommendation of fratcrnal orders In-
toad IT viii probably bc CLOSELY connect
IA with orders of court since II has hecn
designed especially and viii be devoted
almost entirely 10 LAWYERS, offices. The
owner Is George Lodge ami the building
l> named after him Twentv-SIx separate
suites are planned. some Of which may Of
course be thrown together The entire
ION floor will be occupied by Francis 4
| PrIcp. civil engineer. formerly IN the
| Church Building At Tenth and Market
streets Planned for completion last fall
: hut held rp l1 Inc adverse building con
! drtians Gibbons and Moore are now
Enabled to announce that II will he IN
readiness for occupancy Aprl p Brown
| and Nhitcside are the architects and
| lIndalI and Son tho general contractors
William u HaddOck & Co coutrac-
tors have begun the work Of remodeling
. the former Holt restaurant on Fast
Fourth street. near Market for Pappas
brothers. tia new lessecs. The present
arrangements Of the first-iioor dlnlngroom
VIII bc materially altered and the entire
banding renovated throughout
They have 50 far completed the office
ltcratlons on the groupd floor OF the Odd
ellows Building, Tenth and hing streets,
that the now tenants. the CORTLAND L.
Ticrson Co. will move In next week, and
h. the building At Jwcnt Y-sccond and
Tatnall formerly the GIsh Laundry, that
he new occupants the Hammond Iaun-
try Co. expect to take possession next
tuesday
The j. : Hamilton Co. masons, have
,o new work under way, but have been
cpt busy since the good weather came IN
arriving 10 completion several jobs
arted earlier IN the season They have
nI~hcd their suh-contract for brick-work
nj the alteration for Caleb Stabler.
Lcventccrth near Rivervlew avenue. for
hich Haddock d Co. were the general
contractors. The masonry contract On the
.ddition to the Mullln Building Seventh
nd kine. and on . houses for Or Willard
smith. Broome street between Fourth
md Fifth Is also practically finished
The building az l07 French street
ormcrlv occupied by Longs restaurant is
,cinc demolished 10 make way for the
new structure to be erected for the use Of
he Globe Restaurant Co. Of Washington,
n c.. who viii occupy il IS one Of their
cham Of up-to-datc lunch rooms-plan-
ned ior this city
IEp MANY HAD HER CHANCE