Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-07
SOME ACTIVITY IN
BUILDING CIRCLES
Important Industrial Housing &
Project Under Way in Nearby
Community.

Architect +. Candy May is about to let
the contract for additions and alterations
tn a garage on West Seventeenth street,
plans for which have been ready for some
time, and it is expected that work will
begin next week.
The same architect plans for extensive
alterations To a house, and garage near
Lancaster, Pa, are under way, and will be
ready for bids in about six weeks Plans
for a house and garage at Hurlock, Md,
are completed and bids will be invited
next week.
The reconstructed "Old First" Church,
in It's new site on the Park Drive, is
nearly complete; contract for the loaded
glass has Just been completed with II. j,
Smith and Sons of Philadelphia, which IL
about the last of new material required.
II. ID. Uaddock Il Co. are contractors
for an addition to the beam house of the
New Castle Leather 60. at the northwest
corner Of Eleventh and Wilson streets.
The garage building at Tenth and
French streets, to be occupied by the toss-
Hughes Co, when completed has reached
tho level of the first tier oi beams, the
forms of which are IN place, and the steel
rrinforcrmonts in process of placing. n
stage of progress which should assure the
structure being available early next year
Twenty of the houses at the Union Park
Gardens operations were completed aud
turned over 10 the Liberty Land Co, last
week and the same rate nf delivery IS CN-
pccted to be maintained hy the contract
ors, the INnch CONSUMPTION ompanv.
for the next few weeks The operation
will continue until all III 800 buildings
are completed il IS stated
Four hrick garages arc So be built AT
2l3-l5 West Iwenty-htth street by Joseph
" Rulien They arc to be 20Nl0 IN plan
and cost $3.50 each
Model housing hy The government m
connection with waI plans has made clear
to industry the necessity for providing
homes for It's operatives a. least on q par
with the standards SGT M by the govern
ment MANY such communities Wer.
developed as evigencie- ~ war and others
arc expected to follow IN peace times
Nona thcac lincs the National Anime i
Chemical Go. completed as an eNlFrl-
mont some time ago. FOR the Marcus
Hook plant. in tho village If Naman $, on
he Delaware, - frame dwellings, sue
cess, IN this undertaking determined the
company to huild a permanent village of
Substantial homes and with that IN view
II selected 4 traCt VI land about a halt a
mile from the works. overlnoklng the
Delaware rivcr, and convenient 90 the
Chester and Wilmington trolley line
Althnugh the landscape plan Is rcctangu
lar. the straight line appearance has been
obviatcd somewhat Nv locating the houses
AZ varying distances from the street
space has been reserved for a park, which
forms the centre uf the development, and
4 childrcns playground i also 90 be I'rn-
yidcd
rhc houses of English design. arc Of
hylrk VAN ing ~ color low slate roots
hrokcn u, gables and dormcrs IN some,
extend down over the porchca The hous
~ are being constructed IN rows OF slN 80
eleven. and oi clghi different tyTes
Fltv-four of tho houses are planned to
have a liyineroom two bedrooms and
bath, with combination dining-ruom and
kitchen ack. vhilc SO will have front hall,
lvlng- room, dining room, kitchen, and
three bedrooms with bath. All houses
have front porches
central heating plant viii 10 away
With coal worries, and permit q sub
Stantal itivl economy and provide n
stantancous hot water. both summer and
wlntcr. for every house The houses are
ID have electric lights. While the kitchen
equipment mCiN1t~ khH IaAtAte 'tiA1 ettt-
tiunary tubs.
I hc larger type 81 house Is costing
something over $500, wh,lc the smaller
houses will each cost over 5000. cN-
elusive of heating, grading. etc The VII
lagc. IN addition to the dwellings * 10
have q general store. cafeteria. and a
dormtorv building 81 accommodate -
mon These buildings arr designed IN
character with the houses
FW Van Loon. oi Philadelphia Is the
contractor. and all plans Tor the develop
incnt werc prepared IN the engineering de
partment of tho National Aniiane &
chemical Company Inc under the dlrec-
tion of George Nj Cady architect. With
NJ + Medary. Ir 4 \ chairman u
the Phladciphla lIoueing Association as
crns,lltant The plans Tor the heating
we're prepared by Isaac II franc@, OF
Philadelphia