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BUILDING RECORD
Eighty-ninc Permits Issued in
June, 90 of Which Are Tor
Dwellings.

Nearly half million dollars Is the
total for new buildings. alterations and
additions projected and filed during last
month As this includes no large single
buildings but an encouraging number OF
separate dwellings, it must constitute n
record
Projects ageregating 1852, is4 are COW
cred by the 80 permits issued by the
Building Department during the month
of June Sixty of these are dwellings, and
include part Of those covered by the
Wawaset Park development, amounting
to 1893 $40 altogether
, One store and II garages, one sprink-
ling system estimated at $4,000, q water
tank Mt s7,45O and a barracks ut s. 200
arc included
Additions cost up s2s, j25 and altcra-
tons and repairs $40, BOB.
Four dwellings at 250l-3-5-7 Franklin
street will be built by Charles w Gooding
Jr., who made the plans. They will cost
about 81 800 each
Joyce and Kerrigan are making altera-
tions at S13 Orange street. 10 convert the
2l2 story old-timc dwelling iLtO IN
office, which It IL rtrnored they WI them
selves occupy.
John Il Thompson. Ir viii receive
bids today on his plans for n bungalow NJ
Elmhurst, for Oscar Matthes, With V'll
be substantially built of stone, and mike
roomy and convenient dVellin...
The Ellwood Souder Il Sons . has
begun alterations on the dwelling 81 9)i
Orange street, which will be added 20
their present show room and ofhtes A
show-window will beput IN thcgrourd floor
front. and the upper floors connected y IT'D
those in the old structure
r. C. I lndeI is receiving hii. 81 on
the apartment building 70 be cn rIrted
at 2l0l Boulevard for MIR ar Il i =.
Clark Parts If the three etCrv tp, now
on the lot will he built int the nov pro
jeci, which will contain two apartments on
each If the three floors. six 81 all Those
will have three chambers, kitchen Sow
ing room, dining room and hvlrg room,
and will be built Of brick nth stucco
finish on sides and rear, and have wide
porches across tho front
Work has been begun on the alterations
in the offices Of the Wilmington Trust
Company in the du Pont Building, from
plans bv brown and Whfe~ide the
entrance from Market street haalag been
already closed
The work includes marble counters,
bronze grille and partition work, and
bronze gates in the Tenth stree corridor
which will give access 20 the reel estate
department and trust Offices. The entire
Improvement will involve several thousand
dollars, and has been held up for some time
by DELAY in receipt Of the metal work.
The William II Bramble Co will build
two dwellings at Twenty-seventh and
Harrison streets, costing s4,726 each.
Egbert Nutter IS the architect and con-
tractor
Fgbert Nutter will build two dwellings
| on Madison street between Thirtieth and
Thirty-hrst, costing g. $50 each.
An apartment house Of four stories will
be built at Thirty-sixth and Market
streets, on the "Westlawn" property
4 tract west OF Cleveland avenue and
between Fifth street extended and second
street extended will be developed for sub
urban residence property by the Edanna
Land and Improvement Co. This Is ii
the neighborhood Of the Wawaset tract Oi
the du Pont development.