tion building and for constructing a barrack at this post.
Franklin, Ind. — Harris & Shopbell, architects, Evansville, Ind., have completed plans for the Presbyterian Church at this city. This will be of brick with slate roof, and will have a total seating capacity of 1, 200 people.
Fremont, Neb. — It is reported that the citizens voted August I to construct an electric light plant; probable cost, $80, 000. Engineer, J. N. Andrews, of Fremont.
Gainesville, Fla. — Lee Graham, it is stated, will erect office building of artificial stone or pressed brick.
Galveston, Tex. — Press reports state that H. A. Pearlstein will erect a four or five-story building to cost $90, 000.
Grand Island, Neb. — Plans have been adopted for the high school, as prepared by F. A. Henninger, architect, of Omaha. It will be two-story brick and stone, 85 × 140, costing $50, 000. Brick foundation, pressed and common brick, buff Bedford stone. Bids close September 17.
Grand Rapids, Mich. — Corl, Knott & Co. have secured a site at Island and Commerce Streets, and intend erecting a fireproof building to cost $200, 000.
Great Lakes, ILL. — Proposals will be received at the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D. C., until 12 o’clock noon, Tuesday, September 4, 1906, and there publicly opened immediately thereafter, for the construction of houses for officers’ quarters for the naval training station, Great Lakes, North Chicago, Ill. Blank forms of proposals and specifications will be furnished and plans may be procured upon application to the commandant, naval training station, Great Lakes, North Chicago, Ill. G. A. Converse, chief of bureau.
Greenville, S. C. — Tourist Hotel and Recreation Park Company is preparing to begin the erection of its proposed hotel building, which will cost about $225, 000, including cost of construction of hotel and the building of an artificial lake to cover about seven acres, together with other improvements to its park of forty acres in which the hotel will be located.
Hamilton, O. — The Champion Coated Paper Co. has awarded to Frank B. Gilbreth, of New York, the contract for what is said to be the largest paper mill in tile United States. The mill will be of brick and reinforced-concrete, and is over a quarter of a mile in length. It is located on the Great Miami River, at Hamilton.
Hamilton, Ont. — The congregation of the Central Presbyterian Church, it is reported, will erect a church at a cost of about $100, 000.
Hamilton, Md. — The Suburban Savings Bank, of Baltimore County, recently incorporated, will erect bank building. William McCallister, president.
Harrisburg, Pa. — Plans are being prepared for a new telephone exchange and office building, to be erected by the Pennsylvania Telephone Company, L. H. Kinnard, manager. It is to be a three-story stone and steel building, of fireproof construction. Estimated cost, $50, 000.
Hartford, Conn. — Press reports state that competitive plans are being received from the following architects on the proposed new State Library at Hartford, Conn.: Edward T. Hapgood, of Hartford, associated with Don Barber, of New York; Warren Briggs, of Bridgeport, associated with Cass Gilbert, of New York; G. B. Post & Sons, Robinson & Potter and Howell & Stokes, all of New York. The competition closes September I.
Hattiesburg, Miss. — The Building Committee of the Main Street M. E. Church, of which J. S. Turner is a member, is having plans prepared for a brick edifice, to cost about $50, 000.
Highland Park, Mich. — The R. C. Diocese of Detroit has purchased a site for an orphans’ home for boys, which it is proposed erecting at an estimated cost of $100, 000. Rev. J. P. Demsey, 219 John Street, Detroit, is chairman of the Building Committee.
Houston, Tex. — The congregation of St. Paul’s Methodist Church only recently organized plans to build a church to cost $150, 000.
Sanguinet, Staats & Sueter have been commissioned to prepare plans for proposed Y. M. C. A. building; to be of fireproof construction and cost $200, 000.
Huntington, W. Va. — Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, C. E. Powell, supervisor bridges and buildings, Hinton, W. Va., is reported as making arra gements to begin at once the erection of the proposed passenger station to cost $200, 000.
It is reported that the members of the Institutional Baptist Church have accepted plans prepared by Rabenstein & Warns, of Charleston, W. Va., for an edifice estimated to cost $100, 000. Address pastor.
Indianapolis, Ind. — The C. P. Lesh Paper Company are to build a new fourstory office building and warehouse on Kentucky Avenue, at a cost of $50, 000. It is to be of concrete.
The American Eng. Co., it is stated, is preparing plans for a four-story building to be erected for the C. P. Lesh Paper Company, at a cost of about $50, 000.
Plans are about ready for building a new $300, 000 City Hall. The City Council has appropriated that sum.
Iowa City, Ia. — It is stated that plans are being prepared for a steam laboratory to be erected for the college of engineering at the State University of Iowa. The building will be 40x80 feet, of brick, and two stories high at one end, where there will be a computing room to determine the results of steam engine tests.
Jackson, Tenn. — The chiefs of Tecumseh Tribe No. 59, it is reported, have de cided to erect a building, either four or five stories, to cost about $50, 000.
Kankakee, ILL — The Masons of this city will erect a Masonic temple at a cost of $70, 000 on the corner of Schuyler and Merchant Streets.
Kansas City, Mo. — Swedish Lutheran Hospital Association, Rev. Albert W. Lindquist, president, 1334 East Eighth Street, is planning the construction of hospital to cost $100, 000.
It is reported that arrangements are being made by the First Presbyterian Church to erect a $35, 000 edifice. Address pastor.
A site has been purchased on Paseo and Thirty-third Streets for the new edifice which will be erected for St. George’s Episcopal Church. Cost to be about $45, 000.
A permit has been issued for the building of the new edifice of Our Lady of Good Counsel on Schaefer Avenue and Washington Street, at a cost of $40, 000. James T. Walsh, pastor.
Keyser, Md. — A new court house is to be built here at a cost of $50, 000.
Knoxville, Tenn, — Plans previously reported as being prepared by Frank P. Milburn Company, Home Life Building, Washington, D. C., for enlarging and improving passenger depot for the Southern Railway, will be ready for contractors about September 15.
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