Evening journal., 1920-01-03
BUILDING TRADE
ISFAIRLY GOOD
Work Goes Ahead, Despite
High Costs in Every
Line
TWO THEATRES FOR
NINTH WARD FOLK

! In spite OF present day conditions IN
the local building trsde. many Local
architects, builders and contractors to-
: day expressed Themselves opt.mistlcally
In reference TO The year 1920 A well
known local architect said: 'I have
never seen so much work, either build
/ Ing or in prospect
10 Is only fair TO state that a few
I Of the men engaged 10 the building
tl"de DID not take such a bright out
look on The operations for this year.
but they were IN the minority. u Is
/ thought NAT when Spring comes that
conditions WI automatically improve
The onlce Of John GINNING, Jr., Is
busy these days NJ Canrinz has Just
finished q row Of houses on Frank n
4 street near Lowering avenue and Is
/ building another row OF similar resi-
dences on Lowering avenue near H3r-
/ cock street John +. McNabb Is the
contractor
! Mr.. Canning announces that the tail
or shop Of Harry Goodman on Sixth
street west OF Shipley street. Will be
finished within a short time and that
the new and improved restaurant build
/ ing 0f the New York Restaurant Co. on
( the south side OF Tenth street. between
Shipley and Orange streets. would be
ready for diners within ten days
DEMOLITION OF The building at No $40
Market street, which site viii be 0ccu-
/ pied by the Boston Cloak Store. Is pro-
crossing rapidly. and work on the new
/ structure VIII be started probably some
! time next week.
/ The big concrete and brick garage Of
lsador Kei 0t Fourth and French Sts.,
Is finished. and VIII be ready FOR Occu-
pancy within a short time. This slruc-
/ ture is Of concrete and brick consiruc-
ilon, and Is i2O by 30 feet, being one
story high
Brown and Whiteside, architects. Inc,
report good progress on an operations.
This nrm has charge OF the renovation
and rebuilding OF the Kresge Building
which was destroyed by fire recently.
IiaddOck and Company, general con-
tractors and builders. announce that
the building trade was fairly good con-
sidering the season. Favorable progress
Is being made by the company on the
$4,000 residence OF Harold $. Schutt.
at Parkway and Grant avenue. This
modern residence is built OF brick and
stone, and will be one Of the dnest
structures In the residential section Of
the city Edward Candy May Is the
architect.
Haddock and Company Is also build
ing a warehouse for The Standard KID
Company al Fifth and Church streets.
The cost will be about 5000.
Excavation work Is complete on the
Jnger garage at Twelfth and Madison
streets. The structure will cost about
$4,000.
The fine Georgian period house Of Dr
Harrison w. Howell. at Seventeenth
street and Bringklc avenue, is ready
for the plasterers. This residence VIII
cost between $4,000 and S35 600. Fran
son and Edert are the architects.
The new machine shop for Trump
Brothers Machine Co. is now up 10 The
second floor This building Is of con-
crete and steel I-beam construction.
Bids will soon be asked for the new
Brandywine Picture Theatre, which
will be located at Twentieth and Mar
ket streets. The building viii face On
Market street. extending along Twen-
tieih street. There will be provision
made for two stores. one on each SIDE
of-the entrance. The structure viii be
freproof construction throughout.
George w Raudman, OF No. 603 Concord
avenue. is president Of the company
which is building the theatre. n. C
Tindall Is the architect.
This will make two fheatres for
"Brandywine Village" as This part OF
Wilmington used 10 be called The
new building OF the Strnd Theatre IS
rapidly nearing completion at Twenty
,hird and Market street.