Cumberland, . Md.—Reports state that plans have been prepared for a new courthouse by Garnett County. Cost, $75,000.
Dallas, Tex.—C. W. Bulger is preparing plans for two extra wings to the Baptist Sanitarium; cost, $150,000 each.
J. B. Winslett, City Secretary, -Writes that no architect has as yet been selected for the proposed city jail.
Dayton, O.—The Trustees of the Union Biblical Seminary, it is said, have decided to erect a $50,000 building.
A six-story buiding, 135x121 feet, of brick, stone and machine construction, will be erected for the Green & Green Company, Weston Green, president.
Denver, Col.—The Armstrong-Turner Millinery Company will erect a five-story fireproof building on Champs Street, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth Streets. Cost, $100,000.
Des Moines, Ia.—Architects Proudfoot & Bird, Crocker Building, are preparing plans for the Polk County Jail to be built near the court-house. Cost, $100,000.
Chas. Hewitt & Sons Company, it is stated, will erect a six-and-a-half-story building at a cost of about $50,000.
It is proposed to introduce a bill in the coming legislature to appropriate $50,000 for the erection of a Governor’s mansion.
Detroit,Mich.—A$200,000 edifice is tobe erected, according to reports, at Woodward and Hancock Avenues, by the members of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. Rev. S. S. Marquis, rector.
Dublin, Ind.—N. O. Nelson, of St. Louis, it is stated, will erect a factory at Dublin, eighteen miles west of Richmond, for the manufacture of plumbing supplies, cost to be about $100,000.
Duluth, Minn.—The directors of the Metropolitan Theatre (Wm. H. Longstreet, Manager) are said to be considering the erection of a new theatre to cost about $100,000.
It is reported that C. W. and G. L. Rapp, 100 Washington Street, Chicago, are mak
ing working drawings for a theatre which F. A. Sater will build in this city, to cost $150,000. It will front 65 feet with a depth of 160 feet. The front will be of stone and brick and the interior will be fireproof. There will be a parquet, balcony and gallery. It is to have a seating capacity of 1,600.
The Duluth Elks propose to erect a seven-story clubhouse to cost $120,000. It will be located on First Street adjoining the Board of Trade Building.
Plans will be prepared by J. A. Wagenstein, architect, 401 Providence Building, for the erection of a new court-house in this city. Estimated cost, $500,000.
East Liverpool, O.—Smith Fowler, East Liverpool, O., is at the head of a company capitalized at $100,000, which proposes to convert the Milligan block into a hotel with no rooms. No architect announced.
Edmonton, Alta, Can.—Reports state that the Imperial Bank of Canada will erect a new building. It will be on a Tyndall limestone base with Calgary sandstone superstructure, three-story. Costing $75,000. Johnson & Barnes, architects.
McDougall, Secord & York have let contract for the removal of buildings on the site where they will erect a five-story brick, stone and steel hotel, to cost $100,000.
Elkhart, Ind.—The School Board is reported to have accepted the plans of Robert A. Bradley, of Fort Wayne, for the $60,000 high school.
Evanston, III.—The University Guild has accepted an offer of the trustees of the Northwestern University to provide a site on the University Grounds at Orrington Avenue and University Place. The Guild Will erect on the site a three-story art museum and clubhouse to cost about $100,000.
Fort Wayne, Ind.—Reports state that William H. Goodfellow has ordered plans and will soon invite bids for the erection of a new modern brick and steel fireproof hotel. The building will be four-story and
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GreeNcastle, Ind.—-C. W. Coffin, secretary De Pauw University, writes that no architect has yet been selected for the proposed Carnegie Library, to be erected at the University, to cost $50,000. E. H. Hughes, president.
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