buildings at St. Marks and Nostrand Aves., for the Kingston Realty Co., 44 Court St. The buildings are to be five stories high and about 34 × 112 ft. F. S. Low, architect, 186 Remsen St. Cost, $200, 000.
Buffington, Ind. — It is said that workmen’s dwellings, public baths, laundries and kitchens and a theatre and assembly hall will be built in connection with the new plant of the Illinois Steel Co., which is to be installed near this place.
Carlisle, Pa. — A new government building, to cost $75, 000, is provided for in the
omnibus public building bill.
Celina, Ohio. — W. T. Mills, architect, Columbus, is preparing plans for the new high school building to cost about $40, 000. Plans will be ready for figures in about thirty days.
Chattanooga, Tenn. — The Government will spend $110, 000, it is reported, in enlarging the U. S. Post Office and Custom House, at Eleventh and A Sts.
R. H. Hunt is preparing plans for depot to be built at the foot of Lookout mountain by the Lookout Mountain Railway, R. W. King, manager; to be constructed of brick, stone and concrete, and have an open archway through which the incline cars will run, with waiting stations and offices on either side.
Chester, N. Y. — D. I. Canfield, Times Building, Middletown, N. Y., is preparing plans for a brick and stone 3-story 70 × 112 ft. high school building, cost $50, 000.
Chicago, ILL. — Bids are asked until 3 p. m., Aug. 21, by the Treasury Department,
Washington, D. C., for changes in lift, southeast corner sidewalk, and the installation of automatic gates and a rolling door on the elevator in cashier’s office, U. S. Post Office, Court House, etc., Chicago. James Knox Taylor, Supervis. Arch.
R. T. Newberry, Arch., The Temple, is preparing plans for a new theatre to be erected west of the Auditorium Annex. It is reported that the Congress Hotel Co. will own the theatre.
Dwight H. Perkins, Arch., has completed plans for the new Washburn school on 14th St.
Plans have been completed for a new brick plate mill to be erected for the Illinois Steel Co., at 86-88 Mackinaw Ave., to be of modern construction and erected at a
cost estimated at $100, 000. Work will soon be commenced.
Architects Worthman & Steinbach, 625 West Chicago Ave., will take figures on a flat building to be built on Ashland Ave., near Blackhawk St., for Paul Ratkowski. It will be 3-story, 47 × 137 ft.
Architect Frederick Lindquist is preparing plans for a private prison to be built at Joliet, Ill., for the occupancy of Louis A. Gourdain, banker, of Chicago, and attendants. It will be a miniature copy of the Joliet penitentiary, 3-story, 30 × 60 ft., of fireproof construction, have stone exterior, tile roof, tile floors, iron window guards, steam heat, iron fence, on stone base, all around the grounds, and is estimated to cost $100, 000.
R. C. Berlin, Arch., 153 La Salle St., will prepare plans for a Y. M. C. A. building, to be erected at Division St. and Ashland Ave. To be five stories high, 100 × 130 ft., built of brick and stone. Estimated cost, $150, 000.
Architect J. B. Dibelka has revised the plans and is taking figures on a department store building to be built on Blue Island Ave., near Eighteenth St., for the Bohemian Bazaar, a co-operative concern, of which John Vitous, Throop and Eighteenth Sts., is the president. It will 4-story, 70 × 100 ft., have concrete foundation and floors, fireproof superstructure, pressed brick, iron and plate glass front, steam heat, electric light, and cost $65, 000.
Architects Pond & Pond are preparing plans for a training school to be built at the northeast corner of Vernon Ave. and Thirtieth St. for the Women’s Baptist Home Mission Society. It will be 3 or 4- story, of fireproof construction. It will contain dormitories to accommodate about 200 students and will cost about $100, 000.
Cincinnati, Ohio. — Elzner & Anderson, 136 Ingalls Building, have completed plans of an office building to be erected by Coyle & Richardson, at a cost of $75, 000.
Hannaford & Sons, Hulbert Blk., it is stated, have completed plans for a branch hospital to be erected at an estimated cost of $300, 000. The plans include a laundry and power house, which will cost $18, 000.
The Heekin Can Co., it is reported, has awarded to Saml. Hannaford & Son, Archs., Hulbert Blk., the contract to erect a 6-
story concrete power building on E. 6th St., to cost about $750, 000.
Cleveland, Ohio. — L. E. Holden, chairman building committee, has selected Edmund M. Wheelwright, 100 Boylston St., Boston, Mass., as consulting architect for the new Museum of Fine Arts building.
Badgley & Niclas are reported to have completed plans for a $75, 000 building, to be erected on Page Ave., to be known as the McGregor Memorial Home.
Covington, Ky. — It is reported that the Standard Oil Co. is contemplating the erection of an office building here.
Dallas, Texas. — Architects Sanguinet, Statts & Hall are at work on plans for a new 2-story and basement brick and stone building to be erected on West Elm St., near the corner of Lamar. The building will be 30 × 150 ft.
Dayton, Ohio. — Charles Herby, Third and Jefferson Sts., has prepared plans for a residence for Mrs. A. G. Feight. Cost, $70, 000.
Des Moines, Iowa. — The Government is to erect a new post office here at a cost of $500, 000.
Detroit, Mich. — Architects Malcomson & Higginbotham are preparing plans and will be ready by the middle of August to take figures for a store to be 50 × 100 ft., six stories high. Estimated cost, $45, 000.
East St. Louis, Ill. — The Pabst Brewing Co. will erect a local beer depot at this place, to cost approximately $150, 000. C. L. Hartman, East St. Louis, agent.
Egypt, Pa. — The plans of J. L. Beatty, Arch., 146 Sixth St., Pittsburg, have been accepted for two new $40, 000 buildings for the Assait College, Egypt, by the college committee which is under the direction of the United Presbyterian Church. Five smaller buildings, costing $100, 000, will be erected later.
Elyria, O. — Bids will be received, August 7, for 4 per cent. bonds, aggregating $50, 000.
El Paso, Texas. — Trost & Trost have completed plans for proposed edifice for the Presbyterian Church; 92 × 116 ft.; seating capacity 1, 200; cost $45, 000 to $50, 000.
Erie, Pa. — F. B. Meade, Arch., 1002 Garfield Building, Cleveland, Ohio, has prepared plans for a 4-story lodge building, 130 × 60 ft., for the B. P. O. Elks, Charles Constable, chairman committee, Erie. Estimated cost, $100, 000. Bids will be received by chairman.
Escanaba, Mich. — J. D. Chubb, Arch., of Chicago, who prepared the plans, has the contract to build the new high school, Estimated cost, $100, 000.
Eufaula, Ala. — The Chautauqua Co. intends erecting an opera house to have a seating capacity of about 2, 500.
Fayetteville, Ark. — Congress has appropriated $50, 000 for a public building to be erected at this place.
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Buffington, Ind. — It is said that workmen’s dwellings, public baths, laundries and kitchens and a theatre and assembly hall will be built in connection with the new plant of the Illinois Steel Co., which is to be installed near this place.
Carlisle, Pa. — A new government building, to cost $75, 000, is provided for in the
omnibus public building bill.
Celina, Ohio. — W. T. Mills, architect, Columbus, is preparing plans for the new high school building to cost about $40, 000. Plans will be ready for figures in about thirty days.
Chattanooga, Tenn. — The Government will spend $110, 000, it is reported, in enlarging the U. S. Post Office and Custom House, at Eleventh and A Sts.
R. H. Hunt is preparing plans for depot to be built at the foot of Lookout mountain by the Lookout Mountain Railway, R. W. King, manager; to be constructed of brick, stone and concrete, and have an open archway through which the incline cars will run, with waiting stations and offices on either side.
Chester, N. Y. — D. I. Canfield, Times Building, Middletown, N. Y., is preparing plans for a brick and stone 3-story 70 × 112 ft. high school building, cost $50, 000.
Chicago, ILL. — Bids are asked until 3 p. m., Aug. 21, by the Treasury Department,
Washington, D. C., for changes in lift, southeast corner sidewalk, and the installation of automatic gates and a rolling door on the elevator in cashier’s office, U. S. Post Office, Court House, etc., Chicago. James Knox Taylor, Supervis. Arch.
R. T. Newberry, Arch., The Temple, is preparing plans for a new theatre to be erected west of the Auditorium Annex. It is reported that the Congress Hotel Co. will own the theatre.
Dwight H. Perkins, Arch., has completed plans for the new Washburn school on 14th St.
Plans have been completed for a new brick plate mill to be erected for the Illinois Steel Co., at 86-88 Mackinaw Ave., to be of modern construction and erected at a
cost estimated at $100, 000. Work will soon be commenced.
Architects Worthman & Steinbach, 625 West Chicago Ave., will take figures on a flat building to be built on Ashland Ave., near Blackhawk St., for Paul Ratkowski. It will be 3-story, 47 × 137 ft.
Architect Frederick Lindquist is preparing plans for a private prison to be built at Joliet, Ill., for the occupancy of Louis A. Gourdain, banker, of Chicago, and attendants. It will be a miniature copy of the Joliet penitentiary, 3-story, 30 × 60 ft., of fireproof construction, have stone exterior, tile roof, tile floors, iron window guards, steam heat, iron fence, on stone base, all around the grounds, and is estimated to cost $100, 000.
R. C. Berlin, Arch., 153 La Salle St., will prepare plans for a Y. M. C. A. building, to be erected at Division St. and Ashland Ave. To be five stories high, 100 × 130 ft., built of brick and stone. Estimated cost, $150, 000.
Architect J. B. Dibelka has revised the plans and is taking figures on a department store building to be built on Blue Island Ave., near Eighteenth St., for the Bohemian Bazaar, a co-operative concern, of which John Vitous, Throop and Eighteenth Sts., is the president. It will 4-story, 70 × 100 ft., have concrete foundation and floors, fireproof superstructure, pressed brick, iron and plate glass front, steam heat, electric light, and cost $65, 000.
Architects Pond & Pond are preparing plans for a training school to be built at the northeast corner of Vernon Ave. and Thirtieth St. for the Women’s Baptist Home Mission Society. It will be 3 or 4- story, of fireproof construction. It will contain dormitories to accommodate about 200 students and will cost about $100, 000.
Cincinnati, Ohio. — Elzner & Anderson, 136 Ingalls Building, have completed plans of an office building to be erected by Coyle & Richardson, at a cost of $75, 000.
Hannaford & Sons, Hulbert Blk., it is stated, have completed plans for a branch hospital to be erected at an estimated cost of $300, 000. The plans include a laundry and power house, which will cost $18, 000.
The Heekin Can Co., it is reported, has awarded to Saml. Hannaford & Son, Archs., Hulbert Blk., the contract to erect a 6-
story concrete power building on E. 6th St., to cost about $750, 000.
Cleveland, Ohio. — L. E. Holden, chairman building committee, has selected Edmund M. Wheelwright, 100 Boylston St., Boston, Mass., as consulting architect for the new Museum of Fine Arts building.
Badgley & Niclas are reported to have completed plans for a $75, 000 building, to be erected on Page Ave., to be known as the McGregor Memorial Home.
Covington, Ky. — It is reported that the Standard Oil Co. is contemplating the erection of an office building here.
Dallas, Texas. — Architects Sanguinet, Statts & Hall are at work on plans for a new 2-story and basement brick and stone building to be erected on West Elm St., near the corner of Lamar. The building will be 30 × 150 ft.
Dayton, Ohio. — Charles Herby, Third and Jefferson Sts., has prepared plans for a residence for Mrs. A. G. Feight. Cost, $70, 000.
Des Moines, Iowa. — The Government is to erect a new post office here at a cost of $500, 000.
Detroit, Mich. — Architects Malcomson & Higginbotham are preparing plans and will be ready by the middle of August to take figures for a store to be 50 × 100 ft., six stories high. Estimated cost, $45, 000.
East St. Louis, Ill. — The Pabst Brewing Co. will erect a local beer depot at this place, to cost approximately $150, 000. C. L. Hartman, East St. Louis, agent.
Egypt, Pa. — The plans of J. L. Beatty, Arch., 146 Sixth St., Pittsburg, have been accepted for two new $40, 000 buildings for the Assait College, Egypt, by the college committee which is under the direction of the United Presbyterian Church. Five smaller buildings, costing $100, 000, will be erected later.
Elyria, O. — Bids will be received, August 7, for 4 per cent. bonds, aggregating $50, 000.
El Paso, Texas. — Trost & Trost have completed plans for proposed edifice for the Presbyterian Church; 92 × 116 ft.; seating capacity 1, 200; cost $45, 000 to $50, 000.
Erie, Pa. — F. B. Meade, Arch., 1002 Garfield Building, Cleveland, Ohio, has prepared plans for a 4-story lodge building, 130 × 60 ft., for the B. P. O. Elks, Charles Constable, chairman committee, Erie. Estimated cost, $100, 000. Bids will be received by chairman.
Escanaba, Mich. — J. D. Chubb, Arch., of Chicago, who prepared the plans, has the contract to build the new high school, Estimated cost, $100, 000.
Eufaula, Ala. — The Chautauqua Co. intends erecting an opera house to have a seating capacity of about 2, 500.
Fayetteville, Ark. — Congress has appropriated $50, 000 for a public building to be erected at this place.
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