Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-08-06
BUILDING
BOOM Is
GROWING
Half Million in New Opera
tions Published Is Now
Under Way
SOME BIG PROJECTS
Include Banks, Big Industrial
Buildings and Stores
Work for Many

Some idea of the prosperity In
this city at the present time may De
obtained from the fact that within
the past few days building opera
tions amounting to considerably more
than a half million dollars have been
started. These new operations do
not include any of those on which
work has been under way for some
months past, but are so new that In
some instances the plans as yet have
not been filed with the building de-
partment, although notice has peen
forwarded to the department that
the first steps in the construction Oh
The buildings are under way.
Perhaps the most important or
these is the new building of the
First National Bank for which ex-
cavating began today on the lot at
the intersection of Smith and Maple
streets. This was the last vacant
LOT remaining on Smith street from
the Central railroad to the Staten
Island ferry, and has been reserved
for several years by the bank for lts
proposed building ON which work Is
now well under way.
The entire lot. 100 by 100 Feet
will be excavated to depth OF four-
teen feet. This work Is under the
direction of Graham & McKeon ana
Is well underway today. 1t is ex-
pected that a period of ten days will
be needed to complete the excava-
ton at the end of which time act
nal construction on the building Will
be started. The building. which Is
TO be of marble and brick construc-
tion, four stories high. will cost
S4O0, 900. 1t is expected to have the
building enclosed before cold
weather.
Adjoining the new bank building
to the north on Maple street. new
three story building Is in the course
of construction. Excavation has al
ready been completed for this build
ing and the concrete foundations
placed. The first floor of this build
ing which will cost in the vicinity
of $4,000, will contain three stores
and the two additional stories will
be arranged as lofts suitable for
small manufacturers. This build
ing. which will be of brick and terra
Gotta construction. is being con-
structed by Alderman John e. So
field. J. P. Westergaard and Dauglas
Fraser. Mr.. Westergaard said to-
day the building will be ready for
occupancy within a few days. A
lunch wagon now occupying a part
of the property will move to a new
location.
Extensive operations are under
way on the erection of a new con-
crete building at the Lehigh' Valley
railroad yards, to be used for the
thawing Of coal as 1t is received for
shipment at the dock here. This
building will cost $48.000. The struc-
ture is long steam heated affair
heated by steam into which cars of
frozen coal are run in the winter
months. The heat is So great that
by the time the cars leave the other
end of the building the coal has been
thawed out. This system has been in
use for several years at the Pennsyl-
vania coal docks at South Amboy.
Ira r. Grouse has the contract for
the building of a new building or
addition at the plant of the Standaro
Underground Cable Company here.
The exact cost of the building could
not be learned today. Some definite
information concerning this building
was promised within the next few
days, however.
Aside from these buildings, which
are to be used for strictly business
purposes, many private dwellings are
under construction in various parts
of the city. Some are nearing COM
pletion while others have just been
started. According to information
obtainable from local brokers, these
houses are leased or sold soon after
operations on them are started.
1t was roughly estimated today
that within the past year that build
ing operations in this city have
amounted to more than $2,000,000.
This does not include the amount
spent or to be spent in the railroad
grade crossing elimination which is
progressing rapidly here.