a clubhouse, gymnasium and other buildings. L. M. Montieth, William Manning and Ira Miller are directors.
Butte, Mont.—It is reported that plans have been prepared for a four-story annex to be erected to the Hennessy Building, at Main and Granite Streets, to cost $100,000, and also for a four-story annex to the building on the south of Hennessy Building, to cost $40,000, also to be occupied by the Hennessy Company.
Camden, N. J.—Plans have been completed by Thomas Stephens, architect, for the erection of a theatre at Newton Avenue and Walnut Street, for the M. W. Taylor Amusement Company. It is to be a two-story brick and stone building, 80x137 feet. Estimated cost, $100,000.
Champaign, III.—Temple, Burroughs & McLane, architects, McManus Building, Davenport, la., have prepared plans for the new Young Men’s Christian Association building, to cost about $90,000, which is to be erected here.
Chattanooga, Tenn.—The addition to be made at the Custom House is to be two wings, three stories high. Each wing will be 36x38 feet. Estimated cost, $110,000.
Plans by Bearden & Foreman have been adopted for a proposed amusement building, to be known as The Hippodrome ; 100x210 feet; upper story to be used as a skating rink, with a floor space of 85x193 feet, and seats to accommodate 1,000 spectators. S. Galloway, of St. Louis, Mo., is the promoter.
Chicago, III.—Wm. C. Sivern is about to let contracts for a factory to be built on 114th Street, between Robey Street and Hoyne Avenue. It will be one-story, i8ox250 feet, of reinforced-concrete construction, with brick exterior, have saw-tooth roof, steam heat, and cost about $100,000.
H. W. Edbrooke, 88 Washington Street, has prepared plans for a warehouse to be built at Forty-second Street and Ashland Avenue for Darling & Co., 4201 South Ashland Avenue, who are taking figures. It will be five stories high, 80x150 feet, of mill construction, with concrete foundation, brick superstructure, and will cost $75,000,
A new theatre will be built at 196-198 West Madison Street, for the Hyde & Bellman Syndicate, from designs by Architects Dodge & Morrison, 82 Wall Street, New York City, N. Y. The new building will cover an area of 120x125 feet. It will be built of brick, stone and iron, fireproof construction, and will cost about $300,000.
Robert T. Newberry, 184 La Salle Street, it is stated, is taking new figures on a warehouse, with stables, to be built at 1706 to 1714 Wabash Avenue, for the occupancy of Rothschild & Co. It will be ten stories, of fireproof construction, have pressed brick front, composition roof, concrete floors, and cost $75,000.
Rand, McNally & Co. will erect a building at Clark and Harrison Streets, at a cost of $1,000,000.
Postle & Mahler, 204 Dearborn Street, have completed plans for and are taking figures on a warehouse to be built at La Salle and Polk Streets, for the estate of Edwin Cody. It will be eight stories, 100x50 feet, of mill construction, with brick exterior, stone trimmings, composition roof, steam heat, electric light, concrete foundation, and cost $50,000.
Architect D. Mahaffey, Oxford Building, 84 La Salle Street, is preparing plans for a manufacturing plant to be built on a plot of ground covering practically the entire block bounded by Forty-eighth Place, Oakley Avenue and Leavitt Street, for the Illinois Vinegar Manufacturing Company. It will comprise two six-story buildings, 272X- 125 and 60x70 feet, respectively; two twostory buildings, 103x125 and 50x125 feet; one one-story building, 50x65 feet, and a one-story boiler and engine house, 65x86 feet. They will have concrete and steel beam foundations, superstructures of reinforced concrete, with roofs of same material, brick exteriors, steam heat, and the latest appliances. The plant is estimated to cost about $200,000.
Postle & Mahler, Marquette Building, 204 Dearborn Street, and Jenney, Mundie & Jensen, associate architects, are preparing working drawings for a hotel to be built at no to 114 Madison Street, for James K. Sebree. It will be twenty-story, 190x67 feet 7 inches, of steel construction, fireproof, have terra-cotta, ornamental iron and plate glass front, composition roof, caisson foundation, mahogany finish, marble, tile and mosaic work, steam heat, and cost $1,000,000. The architects will take bids in . about two weeks.
The South Park Commissioners have plans ready at their office in Washington Park, at Cottage Grove Avenue and Fiftyseventh Street, and will receive sealed proposals for a field house to be built in one of the new small parks at Forty-sixth Place and Princeton Avenue, known as No. 4 Square. It will be two-story, and will require concrete work, carpentry, slate roofing, sheet metal work, iron work, plastering, painting, steam heat, hardware, lighting fixtures, and plumbing. It will contain a gymnasium, shower baths, reading rooms, restaurant, lunch rooms, etc., and will cost $70,000 to $80,000. The board’s superintendent, J. F. Foster, office in Washington Park, has charge of the work. The commissioners also have under consideration the erection of a similar building in a new park at the southeast corner of Twentyfifth Street and Wentworth Avenue, to be known as Hardin Square.
John Zulewsky, 5845 Drexel Avenue, has acquired the property, 173x173 feet, at the northwest corner of Lexington Avenue and Sixty-third Place, and will improve it by the erection of a building to contain thirtythree apartments, for which plans will be completed shortly. It will be three-story, have pressed brick and stone fronts, composition roof, mainly oak finish and floor, steam heat, marble, tile and mosaic work, mantels, consoles, and cost probably $100,000.
Architect S. N. Crowen, 1801 Borland Building, southwest corner of Monroe and La Salle Streets, is taking figures on a theatre to be built on Madison Street, near Union Street. It will stand on a lot 105X- 340 feet, and consist of the main floor, two galleries, and have ten boxes, be of fireproof construction, and cost $100,000. The same architect is taking figures on an apartment
building, to be built on 96x202 feet of ground at the southwest corner of Lake View Avenue and Surf Street for William Rcmy. It will be three-story, have stone fronts, hardwood finish, steam heat, electric
light, marble and mosaic work, and cost $85,000.
Architects Jenney, Mundie & Jensen, 171 La Salle Street, are taking figures on all work, except the caissons, steel and terracotta, which have alread3r been let, for the municipal courts building to be built at 148 and 149 Michigan Avenue for Jacob L. Kesner, manager of The Fair. It will be twelve-story, 40x171 feet, of fireproof construction, have pressed brick and terracotta front, hardwood finish, steam heat, electric light, marble and mosaic work, and cost about $500,000.
Cincinnati, O.—It is reported that a two-story factory, 50x140 feet, will be erected at Canal and Sycamore Streets for the Krippendorf-Dittmann Company, at the cost of $200,000. Samuel Hannaford & Sons, architects, Hulbert Block.
Cleveland, O.—The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company, it is stated, will erect a station on Ontario Street. Estimated cost, $100,000. B. W. Griffith is Supply Agent, at Pittsburgh, Pa.
Cloverdale, O.—The Masonic Home Association, it is stated, has been granted a permit to erect a three-story steel frame, brick and stone building at Fourth and D Streets, to cost $50,000.
Coatesville, Pa.—The contract for erecting the building for the Coatesville Na
tional Bank, it is stated, has been awarded to W. A. R. Thompson. It is to be a fourstorv building, 60x200 feet. Watson & Huckel are architects. Estimated cost, $75,000.
Coffeyville, Kan.—The Brown Sanitarium Company, it is reported, is preparing to erect a hotel at a cost of $125,000.
Colorado Springs, Colo.—Tames Knox Taylor. Supervising Architect, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C., is revising plans for the post-office and government building at Colorado Springs. Colo., and readvertisement will be made for bids in a short time. The building will cost approximately $150,000, and will be of brick and stone and of fireproof construction.
Columbus, O.—Plans have been prepared by Engineers Bollinger Brothers, 925 Fulton Building, Pittsburgh, Pa., for the erection of a four-story $100,000 fireproof brick steel and concrete brewery for a companv being organized at Columbus. Address H. Holtman, Harrison Building, Columbus.
Copenhagen, Tenn.—Reports state that a cement plant is to be erected here at a cost of $1,000,000 by capitalists from Kansas.
Corltss. Wis.—Plans have been prepared for the Holy Rosarv Academy at Corliss bv Bruse & Phillip. The Sisters of St. Dominick. Racine, will erect three buildings at a cost of $100,000. The Academy building will be of classic construction, four stories high, with wings. The front will be 160 feet and the depth 70 feet.
Davenport. Ia.—Collins Bros., of Rock Island. 111., received the contract for the Washburn-Halligan Coffee Companv warehouse. to be five-storv and basement. 6ox127. reinforced-concrete construction, with brick and cut stone exterior walls. Cost, $60,000.
Decatur, Tll.—W. W. Suffern and Rob
ert T. Hunt will organize a company with a