Arizona republican., 1919-08-30

The handsome new Heard officel building and home for The Republican, to be erected by the Commonwealth investment company on North Central avenue directly across the street from the Hotel Adams, soon is to rise in the air and be a material addition to the modern business structures of Phoenix Work of Wrecking the buildings on the site, which extends from the Con- solidated railroad ticket office to the alley, 70 feet on Central avenue, is to start Tuesday morning, according to J. w Martin, the contractor who has the general contract for the construction of this modern building. Tenants in those buildings already are vacating prepara'- tory to the raging of the frame build- ings.
 Much Excavatins Work
 As soon as these buildings have been wrecked, the work of excavating for the basement and foundation is to be- gin. There is to be a large amount of earth removed from the site which is 146 feet in depth, as the finished base ment of the building is to be II feet in. height. The excavation for the col umns and footing and also for the pit for the presses for The Republican Is to be much deeper.
 The basement is to be made abso- lutely waterproof, Contractor Martin states, and will be reinforced to with stand water pressure should the under ground water rise at any future date sufficiently to cause upward pressure.
 Definite announcement of the actual starting of construction on this new office building and modern home for The Republican has been somewhat de- layed because of the strike on the Pa cific coast, but arrangements for the erection of this building have been completed to such an extent that 1t be- came possible last night for MT. Martin, the general contractor, to set day for the starting of the work.
 To Be Phoenix-B Built
 The new Heard building, by which name the structure will be known. is to be a Phoenix built structure entirely. All of the sub contracts have been let by the general contractor to Phoenix men and Phoenix firms The following sub-contracts have been given by Con- tractor Martin:
 The contract for all the plumbing work has been let to the Horrall Plumbing company of Phoenix
 The contract for the painting and finishing has been sublet to the Kirch- efer company of Phoenix.
 The contract for the installation of all the electrical work in the building has been awarded by Mir. Martin to the New State Electric and Fixture com pany of Phoenix.
 The plastering contract has been given to Duncan Macdonald of Phoe- nix.
 The contract for furnishing all the lumber and cement to be used in the construction of the new Heard build ing, one Of the largest contracts let by Mir Martin, has been given to the J. D. Halstead Lumber company of Phoenix.
 To Push Construction
 It is assured by MT. Martin that the new Heard building will be at least four stories in height and may go to seven stories, depending largely upon the number of leases closed by pros- pective tenants before the foundation of the building is entirely completed.
 It is the intention of the general con- tractor to push construction of this building to completion as fast as pos sible which will depend upon the de- livery of building materials. Organiza- ton and equipment are being perfected Mir Martin says, to have the new Heard DulQiQS III SndpS lOr OCCupaHC5 at the earliest possible date, and this should be early in the spring of the coming years, it is stated. providing there are no delays in the delivery oi materials.
 The new Heard building is to be the finest and most completely appointed structure of it's kind in the southwest A home has been planned for The Ari- zona Republican which will be second to none in the country and a pride alike to the newspaper and the city
 Strictly Up-to-Date
 The new Heard building will house also the Dwight B. Heard offices, now located at the northeast corner of Cen tral avenue and Adams street. The en- trance of these offices will be in tht middle of the frontage on Central ave nue, the business office entrance tC The Republican being at the corner near the alley, and the entrance to ths offices at the extreme south next to tht Railway Administration ticket offices
 The building will be of reinforced concrete throughout, entirely fireproo and with every convenience in the mos up-to-date office building. The iron elevation of the building will be O terra cotta and glazed brick in as de