Railway, for the erection of hotel and various other buildings at the Hot Springs near here. Estimated cost, $200,000.
Chapel Hill, N. C.—The University of North Carolina, it is reported, will erect a $75,000 library, and have commissioned the Frank P. Milburn Co., architects, Washington, D. C., to prepare the plans.
Charleston, W. Va.—Harding & Upman, Washington, D. C., are preparing plans for Y. M. C. A building to be erected here; four stories, 100 x 100 feet, brick; cost, $75,000.
Charlottesville, Va.—The Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia has authorized the expenditure of $75,000 in new buildings at that institution. Paul J. Pelz, Corcoran Building, Washington, D. C., is architect.
Chattanooga, Tenn.—T. T. Wilson, it is reported, has secured site on which to erect office building to be occupied by the Crucible Steel Co. of America; main office, Pittsburg, Pa.
Chelsea, Mass.—Jas. N. Davidson, 51 Esmond St., Dorchester, has secured the contract for constructing the First Congregational Church of Chelsea, for about $50,- 000. Architects, J. W. Beal, 84 Summer St.. Boston.
Chicago, III.—Press reports state that a $5,000,000 hotel will be erected next fall on Michigan Ave. and the lake front. The building will have a frontage of 400 feet and occupy a whole block, being twelve stories high and having 1,200 rooms.
W. Carbys Zimmerman, Architect, Steinway Hall Building, 17 Van Buren St., let the general contract to the Wells Bros. Co., Monadnock Block, for a manufacturing building to be built at Lauretto Court and Van Buren St., for the Chicago Automatic Telephone Co. It will be six stories, 116 x 166 feet, and cost $175,000.
Bids are asked until 3 p. M., July 10, by James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C., for alterations to the United States Postoffice, Court-house, etc.
Montgomery Ward & Co. have under way plans for the erection of what is expected to be the largest building for commercial purposes in the world. It is to be built on the north branch of the Chicago River at Chicago Ave., and will have a floor space of approximately fifty acres. Present plans call for a structure nine stories high, with a basement affording access to a subway. It is to be goo x 270 feet and of steel and concrete construction. R. E. Schmidt is architect.
Architect Henry L. Newhouse, 4630 Prairie Ave., is preparing plans for an apartment building to be built at 5222 and 5224 Indiana Ave. for Roy R. Neebes. It will be three story, 60 x 75 feet, have pressed brick and stone front, composition roof, marble and mosaic vestibules, and cost $50,- 000.
Architect Robert T. Newberry, The Temple, 184 La Salle St., is taking figures on a warehouse, with stable, to be built at 1706 to 1714 Wabash Ave. for Rothschild & Co., northeast corner of S tate and Van Buren Sts. It will be eight story, with foundations and walls substantial enough to carry four more stories, be of fireproof construc
tion, have pressed brick front, composition roof, concrete floors, and cost $75,000.
Architect L. G. Hallberg, 84 La Salle St., has completed plans for and is making figures on a factory to bt built on Filmore St., near Douglas Blvd., for the Price Baking Powder Co. It wili be four story, 100 x 100 feet, with a two-story wing 75 x 100 feet, of reinforced concrete construction, with brick exterior, and will probably cost $100,000.
It is stated that the Finance Committee of the City Council has reported favorably on a proposition made by J. L. Kesner, general manager of The Fair, to lease to the city for five years a building to be built at 148 and 149 Michigan Ave., to be arranged for the accommodation of the twenty-three new municipal courts. It is to be twelve story, 40 x 171 feet, of fireproof steel construction.
Victor F. Lawson, proprietor of the Daily News, 123 Fifth Ave., will probably begin work shortly on his residence at the northwest corner of Lake Shore Drive and Burton PI., which has been held in abeyance for a number of years. The house will be four story, go x 75 feet, have probably concrete pile foundation, superstructure of brick imported from Holland, and Bedford stone, be elaborately finished in various kinds of choice hardwoods, have steam heat, electric light, all modern improvements, and is estimated to cost $400,000. The brick has been in storage on the site for several years. The John M. Ewen Co., Rookery Building, 217 La Salle St., has the general contract. Sturgis & Barton, Boston, Mass., are the architects.
Architects Postle & Mahler, Marquette Building, 204 Dearborn St., it is reported, will begin to take figures about the middle of this month on a series of warehouses to be built at Morgan and Thirtv-fifth Sts. They will be four story, of reinforced concrete construction, have composition roofs, structural iron work, and are estimated to cost about $1,500,000
Cincinnati, O.—The Guarantee Title & Trust Co. intends erecting a five-story concrete warehouse at Sixth St. and Broadway. It is stated that plans are to be prepared by a local architect, and the cost is to be about $200,000.
The Cincinnati Metal Refining Co. will erect an addition, 20 x 40, of brick and concrete, composition roof. A. Kunz, Jr., architect.
Press reports state that fourteen acres of land have been leased at Southgate, near Heidelberg, Kentucky Highlands, on which Cornelius Burkhardt, of the Corre Hotel Co. proposes to erect a $75,000 hotel at once, under the colonial style of architecture, with broad verandas.
Claremore, Ind. Ter.—A. Ross Moore, City Recorder, writes that bids will be received about July 1 for the construction of waterworks and an electric-light plant; probable cost, $40,000 or $50,000. Engineer, W. P. Bullock, of Kansas City, Mo.
Cleveland, O.—Chandler & l ice, it is reported, have secured the contract to erect the four-story brick building for L. L. Dantel & S ons, at $150,000.
Rev. Ignatius TTorstmann, bishop of the diocese of Cleveland, has given his consent for the erection of a new or
phanage which St. Vincent’s Orphanage Society, Albert Neuhausel, president, desires to build. Competitive sketches are now being accepted and work on the new structure is to be started this fall. The society will spend about $50,000 on the building.
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Colfax, Ia.—The burned Monte-Colfax Hotel will be replaced with a 120-room hotel, to be one of the finest hotel structures in the State. Architect, E. S. Hammant, of Davenport, and T. W. McNear, proprietor.
Colorado Springs, Col.—Theop. Harrison and F. E. Dow are interested in the construction of a power plant at Green Mountain Falls. Cost has not yet been estimated. Engineers, Sawyer & Garston, of Colorado Springs.
Cresson, Pa.—Plans have been completed and bids are being received for a $60,000 three-story brick and stone orphans’ home, 100 x 150 feet, for the Altoona Diocese of the Catholic Church, Bishop Garvey, Altoona. Shollar & Hersch, architects, Altoona.
Culver, Ind.—William H. Pruyn, Jr., & Co., architects, 4217 Berkeley Ave., are taking figures on an apartment building to be built on Lakeside Ave., between S heridan Road and Lake Michigan, for G. A. Jaesecke. It will be three stories, 150 feet square, and cost $150,000.
Cumberland, Md.—It is reported that the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen is going to erect an international home. $75,000 has been set aside to start with.
Dallas, Tex. — The Methodist Church Publishing Co., it is reported, has secured a site and will erect a 6-story publishing house, estimated to cost $100,000. W. C. Everett, Manager.
Parkinson & Bergstrom, Room 306 Linz Building, Dallas, are architects for a hotel to be erected here for J. W. West, of Valdosta, Ga., and associates; it will cost between $350,000 and $400,000. Contracts will be let separately, as fast as plans are completed. Excavation, concrete foundation and structural steel work already contracted for.
Decatur, III,—The members of St. Patrick s R. C. Church, it is reported, are contemplating the erection of a $100,000 edifice.
Des Moines, Ia. — Plans for rebuilding the Monte Colfax Hotel have been prepared by Architects Hallet & Rawson, 615 Walnut St. Estimated cost, $150,000. Owner, T. W. McNair.
A new building for Des Moines College is projected, for a gymnasium and music hall. Cost, about $75,000.
Detroit, Mich. — Architects Grylls & Gies, 520 Wayne County Savings Bank, have prepared plans and are ready to take figures for a club-house for the Detroit Curling Club, B. F. Guiney, secretary, 230 Jefferson Ave.; to be 2-story, 97 x 101 ft., of frame and brick, composition roof.
Architects D. H. Burnham & Co., Railway Exchange Building, are at work on plans for an 18-story bank and office building for Edward Ford, of Toledo, O., to be erected in Detroit, at the northwest corner of Griswold and Congress Aves. It will be of fireproof steel construction, with exterior of terracotta, 140 x no ft. The interior will be finished in hardwoods and heated with steam. It will cost $1,000,000.
Chapel Hill, N. C.—The University of North Carolina, it is reported, will erect a $75,000 library, and have commissioned the Frank P. Milburn Co., architects, Washington, D. C., to prepare the plans.
Charleston, W. Va.—Harding & Upman, Washington, D. C., are preparing plans for Y. M. C. A building to be erected here; four stories, 100 x 100 feet, brick; cost, $75,000.
Charlottesville, Va.—The Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia has authorized the expenditure of $75,000 in new buildings at that institution. Paul J. Pelz, Corcoran Building, Washington, D. C., is architect.
Chattanooga, Tenn.—T. T. Wilson, it is reported, has secured site on which to erect office building to be occupied by the Crucible Steel Co. of America; main office, Pittsburg, Pa.
Chelsea, Mass.—Jas. N. Davidson, 51 Esmond St., Dorchester, has secured the contract for constructing the First Congregational Church of Chelsea, for about $50,- 000. Architects, J. W. Beal, 84 Summer St.. Boston.
Chicago, III.—Press reports state that a $5,000,000 hotel will be erected next fall on Michigan Ave. and the lake front. The building will have a frontage of 400 feet and occupy a whole block, being twelve stories high and having 1,200 rooms.
W. Carbys Zimmerman, Architect, Steinway Hall Building, 17 Van Buren St., let the general contract to the Wells Bros. Co., Monadnock Block, for a manufacturing building to be built at Lauretto Court and Van Buren St., for the Chicago Automatic Telephone Co. It will be six stories, 116 x 166 feet, and cost $175,000.
Bids are asked until 3 p. M., July 10, by James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect, Treasury Department, Washington, D. C., for alterations to the United States Postoffice, Court-house, etc.
Montgomery Ward & Co. have under way plans for the erection of what is expected to be the largest building for commercial purposes in the world. It is to be built on the north branch of the Chicago River at Chicago Ave., and will have a floor space of approximately fifty acres. Present plans call for a structure nine stories high, with a basement affording access to a subway. It is to be goo x 270 feet and of steel and concrete construction. R. E. Schmidt is architect.
Architect Henry L. Newhouse, 4630 Prairie Ave., is preparing plans for an apartment building to be built at 5222 and 5224 Indiana Ave. for Roy R. Neebes. It will be three story, 60 x 75 feet, have pressed brick and stone front, composition roof, marble and mosaic vestibules, and cost $50,- 000.
Architect Robert T. Newberry, The Temple, 184 La Salle St., is taking figures on a warehouse, with stable, to be built at 1706 to 1714 Wabash Ave. for Rothschild & Co., northeast corner of S tate and Van Buren Sts. It will be eight story, with foundations and walls substantial enough to carry four more stories, be of fireproof construc
tion, have pressed brick front, composition roof, concrete floors, and cost $75,000.
Architect L. G. Hallberg, 84 La Salle St., has completed plans for and is making figures on a factory to bt built on Filmore St., near Douglas Blvd., for the Price Baking Powder Co. It wili be four story, 100 x 100 feet, with a two-story wing 75 x 100 feet, of reinforced concrete construction, with brick exterior, and will probably cost $100,000.
It is stated that the Finance Committee of the City Council has reported favorably on a proposition made by J. L. Kesner, general manager of The Fair, to lease to the city for five years a building to be built at 148 and 149 Michigan Ave., to be arranged for the accommodation of the twenty-three new municipal courts. It is to be twelve story, 40 x 171 feet, of fireproof steel construction.
Victor F. Lawson, proprietor of the Daily News, 123 Fifth Ave., will probably begin work shortly on his residence at the northwest corner of Lake Shore Drive and Burton PI., which has been held in abeyance for a number of years. The house will be four story, go x 75 feet, have probably concrete pile foundation, superstructure of brick imported from Holland, and Bedford stone, be elaborately finished in various kinds of choice hardwoods, have steam heat, electric light, all modern improvements, and is estimated to cost $400,000. The brick has been in storage on the site for several years. The John M. Ewen Co., Rookery Building, 217 La Salle St., has the general contract. Sturgis & Barton, Boston, Mass., are the architects.
Architects Postle & Mahler, Marquette Building, 204 Dearborn St., it is reported, will begin to take figures about the middle of this month on a series of warehouses to be built at Morgan and Thirtv-fifth Sts. They will be four story, of reinforced concrete construction, have composition roofs, structural iron work, and are estimated to cost about $1,500,000
Cincinnati, O.—The Guarantee Title & Trust Co. intends erecting a five-story concrete warehouse at Sixth St. and Broadway. It is stated that plans are to be prepared by a local architect, and the cost is to be about $200,000.
The Cincinnati Metal Refining Co. will erect an addition, 20 x 40, of brick and concrete, composition roof. A. Kunz, Jr., architect.
Press reports state that fourteen acres of land have been leased at Southgate, near Heidelberg, Kentucky Highlands, on which Cornelius Burkhardt, of the Corre Hotel Co. proposes to erect a $75,000 hotel at once, under the colonial style of architecture, with broad verandas.
Claremore, Ind. Ter.—A. Ross Moore, City Recorder, writes that bids will be received about July 1 for the construction of waterworks and an electric-light plant; probable cost, $40,000 or $50,000. Engineer, W. P. Bullock, of Kansas City, Mo.
Cleveland, O.—Chandler & l ice, it is reported, have secured the contract to erect the four-story brick building for L. L. Dantel & S ons, at $150,000.
Rev. Ignatius TTorstmann, bishop of the diocese of Cleveland, has given his consent for the erection of a new or
phanage which St. Vincent’s Orphanage Society, Albert Neuhausel, president, desires to build. Competitive sketches are now being accepted and work on the new structure is to be started this fall. The society will spend about $50,000 on the building.
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Colfax, Ia.—The burned Monte-Colfax Hotel will be replaced with a 120-room hotel, to be one of the finest hotel structures in the State. Architect, E. S. Hammant, of Davenport, and T. W. McNear, proprietor.
Colorado Springs, Col.—Theop. Harrison and F. E. Dow are interested in the construction of a power plant at Green Mountain Falls. Cost has not yet been estimated. Engineers, Sawyer & Garston, of Colorado Springs.
Cresson, Pa.—Plans have been completed and bids are being received for a $60,000 three-story brick and stone orphans’ home, 100 x 150 feet, for the Altoona Diocese of the Catholic Church, Bishop Garvey, Altoona. Shollar & Hersch, architects, Altoona.
Culver, Ind.—William H. Pruyn, Jr., & Co., architects, 4217 Berkeley Ave., are taking figures on an apartment building to be built on Lakeside Ave., between S heridan Road and Lake Michigan, for G. A. Jaesecke. It will be three stories, 150 feet square, and cost $150,000.
Cumberland, Md.—It is reported that the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen is going to erect an international home. $75,000 has been set aside to start with.
Dallas, Tex. — The Methodist Church Publishing Co., it is reported, has secured a site and will erect a 6-story publishing house, estimated to cost $100,000. W. C. Everett, Manager.
Parkinson & Bergstrom, Room 306 Linz Building, Dallas, are architects for a hotel to be erected here for J. W. West, of Valdosta, Ga., and associates; it will cost between $350,000 and $400,000. Contracts will be let separately, as fast as plans are completed. Excavation, concrete foundation and structural steel work already contracted for.
Decatur, III,—The members of St. Patrick s R. C. Church, it is reported, are contemplating the erection of a $100,000 edifice.
Des Moines, Ia. — Plans for rebuilding the Monte Colfax Hotel have been prepared by Architects Hallet & Rawson, 615 Walnut St. Estimated cost, $150,000. Owner, T. W. McNair.
A new building for Des Moines College is projected, for a gymnasium and music hall. Cost, about $75,000.
Detroit, Mich. — Architects Grylls & Gies, 520 Wayne County Savings Bank, have prepared plans and are ready to take figures for a club-house for the Detroit Curling Club, B. F. Guiney, secretary, 230 Jefferson Ave.; to be 2-story, 97 x 101 ft., of frame and brick, composition roof.
Architects D. H. Burnham & Co., Railway Exchange Building, are at work on plans for an 18-story bank and office building for Edward Ford, of Toledo, O., to be erected in Detroit, at the northwest corner of Griswold and Congress Aves. It will be of fireproof steel construction, with exterior of terracotta, 140 x no ft. The interior will be finished in hardwoods and heated with steam. It will cost $1,000,000.