Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-13
STORM STOPS WORK
IN Bull DING LINE
100000 Corporation Formed to
Handle Large Contracts by
Four Local Firms.

John T. Healy and Sons William D.
Haddock and Company, \ ;. Reed
Brother and Company and Joseph 1
Hamilton Co. have organized the Builders
Corporation of Delaware. capitalized at
$1,000 with the view of handling b.
their combined facilities any large contract
Federal or other that MAY develop in
connection with housing plans for vii
mngton
The building AT s06 Market street,
whlch has been run FOR some time rs the
LAFAYETTE Hotel is to b. rcdecoratcd and
opened again Us the Washington The
city ha. had LAFAYETTE Hotel for nearly y
century in various locations. and the
name would bc an appropriate on" for
any builder 10 adopt. and right along tire
lnc Of tradition
Brown and WhitcsIdc. architects ere
planning additions 10 the exterior features
of G. II Spackman's residence II Holly
oak IN the way Of porches and terraces
which Will require alterations 10 ground
| floor uIndow4 aud doar- in extensive
greenhouse will also Ic built near the
| house
III" Gcncrl Chemical Co, Claynonf
has given the contract for ~ residences, .
| dormtor1 aud boarding house - stewart
| Walla Company. Holly Dak
| Edward Canty AIaY architect. has or
/ the boards pl4n- for alterations 81 an old
| Colonial hoiI~e ~ We4tche4tor. p. and
1 a garage on the same estate e accommo-
| date four machines
| The Pusey ,S Ioncs ca arc understood
| to have under consideration plans for The
| erection of i number of house for thor
| worhmcn IN this city. SItnliar work. pro
| yIdinr 200 houses are being carrlos out at
/ the plant of thc Penn Shiphiuliiug Co
nj Gloucester \ J.. which i q subsidiary
/ Of the Puscy & Jones Go
The consideration III the recent purchase
hv AIllard L DavI. Of tho properties
/ S27i3. SO and S3l Market street, ~
tending through 10 SbIpley Is gwen out a.
| S~5, 600. which figures nearly s. 900 per
foot of Market street frontage
William d. lIaddock Il %. are the loW
/ bidders on The contract for The livestock,
i and exhibition buildings for the Delaware
/ state Far Association on the new grounds
F.! at l~1nvrc, for which John ID Ihornp-
| son. Jr Is architect.
The Pyrites Company, Ltd, viii build
/ d drying room and factory building u tie
! foot Of ChTlStlana avenue, dong the work
/ itself from lis own plan~
The benjamin + shaw c. viii build =
onc-story warehouse 81 IL teet u
second and Pine strref-, doing the WORT
with their own labor
John W Chapplc oi Guvencourt Will
/ build brick dwelling - Broome and
Beech streets, 10 by IS feet IN plan at Al
estimated cost Of $1,000 George :
Charles and Son have the general contract
| Melvin Charles is the architect
George W Seeds IS the contractor for
alterations to 9l5 Shiplev street Of which
| George NJ Pcrce Is the owner
Miller Brothers are TO make alterations
in their store 1t Tenth and Wilson streets
! f. r. Nans,.nt an Son have the contract
The stormy weather Of week has int
fcrcd with al projects under way that Wert
not housed in and caused actual danaet
IN many cases " Nall- were blown down IS
Fifth and I3ro0mc and al FwentH-seventl
and Harrison for which ] T Owens ant
Son and George Randman are respeetivel,
the contractors Work Was suspended OF
the steel construction work Of the du Pon
addition. owing 10 the high winds, bu
the holst-way on the Orange street sid
was carried up to the full height IN spite 0
| the storms