Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-24
STILL DULL IN
BUILDING LINE
Alterations Are Few
and Small.

Again there are no new plans announced
for city structures of any noteworthy size,
| and permits for alterations and additions,
which can usually be relied on to ''fill in
the totals for the week are very few in
number, and below the average usually
| recorded But active work is being pushed
J on number of projects that date back in
/ their beginnings, and builders are not
complaining, as they have about all they
care to handle under the conditions.
4 garage to cost $500 will be erected by
| Harry S. Lynch in the rear of his property
| at Fourteenth street and Riverview
| avenue.
1t has developed in the course of the
| canvass for the forthcoming city directory
! that there IS n very low percentage of
vacant houses in Wilmington, at present
OF course this Is n fact well known tofall
those in touch with conditions prevailing.
but 1t Is of interest to have the fact
brought out independently through such
competent source
Brown d Whiteside are making plans
for the alterations required in the Viii
mlngtOn Auto Co.'S building by the
widening of Delaware avenue Ii Is not
contemplated to do anything with the
old Avenue Theatre walls at present.
4 model of the new rooms provided for
various purposes by the improvements of
the Hotel du Pont Is on exhibition in the
lobby, and serves to show the relation
between the interiors, IN water colors,
which have been on view for some time.
The ballroom, IS by IS feet is entirely
new, being included III the addition To the
building now nearing completion 1t IS
on the ground floor, and runs through to
Orange street, west of the new entrance.
which is AT what was before the corner Of
the Eleventh street front The foyer and
grand staircase are gained by rcarrange-
ment of the space, including part Of the
former blue room The banquet room
is on the second floor, above the foyer and
grand staircase, and will be 4Sx52 feet
in dimensions The reconstructed lobby
viii measure 70 bv G6 feet
The entire arrangement Will add to the
privacy of entertainments hv separating
the new rooms from the hotel proper
besides adding considerably to the avail
able space for purlic and scmi-publlc
functions
r NJ Hood Of New y lorl> is the arch
tcCt
Tho contract for factory building nj
Marcus Hook National Anllinc Chemical
CO. owners has been awarded 10 the
Austin Co. Bulletin Building, Phladel-
phia Concrete construction with Stag
roof, make the two-Story building l0ONl96
in plan frcproof Steam heating and
electric lighting are called fcr
According TO Senator William Nj Calder
of New \ ork. the total building operations
of the country. which in 1918 amount cd
to 81 500, OO0, 600, Will bc less than
$500, 600 600. outside o. government CON
>tr1iction
Government appropriations 70 date arc
$4,000 600 In the same connection, he
saws The building industry is q national
facility Its product lS IN great demand
and Will he in even greater demand when
tho war j. over 1t s therefore ia the
interest Of the public welfare that tins
national faclhtv should nc conserved
Additions 10 the store 602 Market
street. costing $1,000, viii be made hy
Sheppard 4 Myers J ; Badcr x GO are
architects and viii he contractors
Active work Is being done in pushing the
excavation for the new garage building 1t
Tenth and French streets. 10 he occupied
by the Piercc-Arrow 4 gency 4 steam
shovel has been nut in operation and IS
scooptng out the dirt by the bucketful
Tho exterior work on the addition 20 the
Nullin store. al Sixth and King streets.
Is finished and the street front is nearly
ready for the glass Concrete pavements
havc been laid on both streets which Will
soon resume the condition Of FEASIBILITY
Tor traffic. which has for some months been
more or less blocked, and new era IN
business progress in the neighborhood viii
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