being taken at the office of the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C.
Ann Arbor, Mich.—It is reported that B. C. Whitney and Attorney Taylor, of Detroit, are promoting a $100,000 combined opera house and hotel for this city.
Asbury Park, N. J.—It is reported that plans and estimates are wanted for the building of jetties of concrete or other material to protect and build up the beach front at Asbury Park, N. J. Address Public Grounds Commission.
Athens, Ga.—The erection of a Y. M. C. A. building at the University of Georgia, to cost about $75,000, is reported under consideration.
Atlanta, Ga.—Architects Morgan & Dillon report that bids will probably be called for about December 1 for the proposed Masonic temple to be erected on Peachtree and West Streets.
Baltimore, Md.—The Tuberculosis Commission, Fidelity Building, is reported to be considering a site for the sanatarium wnich is to be erected with the $100,000 appropriated by the last Legislature.
Jos. Evans Sperry, Calvert Building, it is stated, has prepared plans for a seven-story Y. M. C. A. building, to be erected at Franklin and Cathedral Streets. It has not yet been decided whether the building is to be of steel or concrete. Probable cost, $500,000.
Bernheimer Bros., it is stated, intend erecting a six-story steel and brick store and dwelling house at Fayette and Eutaw Streets, to cost $150,000.
A. B. McCreery, of San Francisco, is planning the erection of a six-story brick business building at 33 Hopkins Street, to cost $100,000.
Baldwin & Pennington are preparing plans for a large tobacco warehouse to replace the block bounded by Charles, Conway, Light and Perry Streets, owned by the State Board of Public Works, the building to be of fireproof construction, and probable cost to be $200,000.
C. M. Anderson, Architect, 324 North Charles Street, has invited bids for a sixstory brick, concrete and steel warehouse, of fireproof construction, at Girard and Latrobe Streets, for the Crown Cork and Seal Company.
The Baltimore Country Club, it is reported, has issued $100,000 bonds for the purpose of erecting a clubhouse.
Edward J. Preston, it is stated, has been awarded the contract to erect the six-story brick addition to the department store at 311-15 Martin Street. It is to cost $180,000.
Basin, Wyo.—The County Commissioners, it is stated, have decided to submit to the residents of Big Horn County the proposition of bonding the county for $50,000 for the purpose of erecting a court house.
Bayonne, N. J.—The board of directors of the Bayonne Hospital, on Thirtieth Street, is considering the erection of a larger building.
Beaumunt, Tex.—The General Bowen Baptist Association, it is reported, has decided to erect an industrial school, to cost $50,000. M. E. Robinson, Chairman, Board of Directors.
Bedford, N. Y.—Grosvenor Atterbury, 20 West Forty-third Street, Manhattan, has plans ready for former Mayor Seth Low’s country house, to be erected at Bedford, N. Y. It will cost about $85,000,
Beloit, Wis.—Reports state that a new Catholic church will shortly be erected at South Beloit. W. W. Wheeler & Co. have given eight acres of land for the projected edifice.
Bessemer, Ala.—Press reports state that Eastern capitalists have been in this city for the past few days conferring with local people looking to the erection of a steel plant which will cost from $500,000 to $1,000,000. A company is to be organized at once with $100,000 capitalization to prepare for the big steel concern. It is understood that a new process will be used in the manufacture of steel in case the company succeeds in getting far enough advanced to put up a mill, in which steel will be made from foundry iron instead of from basic as at present.
Bloomington, III.—G. S. Sutton, General Secretary Y. M. C. A., writes that no plans have yet been prepared for the proposed Y. M. C. A. building; probable cost, $100,000.
Braddock, Pa.—It is reported that a theatrical syndicate of Philadelphia has bought a site here and will build a theatre. Estimated cost to be $70,000. Address I. L. Aronson, Fifth Avenue and Tunnel Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
Brandon, Man.—The City Council, it is stated, is considering tearing down the City Hall and erecting a larger building at a cost of $75,000.
Brookings, S. D.—It is reported that plans for a $100,000 court house for Brookings county are being received by the County Commissioners.
Brunswick, Ga.—According to reports, a $250,000 five-story business building is to be erected at Walton and Fairlee Streets. C. B. Wilburn is general manager.
It is reported that a deal has been consummated for the purchase of the Oglethorpe Hotel, and about $50,000 will be expended in improvements by the new owners.
Camden, N. J.—The Garden Hotel and Sanitarium Company has been organized w-ith a capital of $500,000 by John Solomon and others to establish a hotel and sanitarium.
Ballinger & Perrot, 1200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., it is stated, have plans ready for new bids for a four-story laboratory and office building, at Camden, for the Victor Talking Machine Company. Reinforced concrete, slag roof, open plumbing, plate glass, electric light, etc.
Reports state that preparations are being made by the Porcelain Trust for the erection of a large plant on the site recently purchased on State Street, near River Road, East Camden. The plant will cost about $500,000.
Caruthersville, Mo.—Bids are asked until November 8 by the Board of Aidermen, addressed to H. C. Schult, City Clerk, for erecting a city hall.
Chattanooga, Tenn—The Westlake
Construction Company, of St. Louis, Mo., it is reported, submitted the lowest bid for erecting the Hotel Patten, the cost of which, it is stated, will be about $1,000,000.
Chester, Pa.—Plans are now being prepared for the new $125,000 theatre to be built at Eighth and Welsh Streets by Josiah Smith and Dr. John MacFayden.
Cheyenne, Wyo.—The contract to erect the five-story First National Bank Building is reported awarded to Stocker & Frazer, of Denver, at $65,000.
Chicago, III.—The Directors of the Chicago Refuge for Girls, 5024 Indiana Avenue, contemplate erecting a new building on the grounds of the present institution, Indiana Avenue and Fiftieth Street. The proposed building will be three-story, with four wings and a central administration building. It will probably be of fireproof construction, have accommodations for 200 inmates and is estimated to cost $200,000.
Harry B. Wheelock, Schiller Building, has prepared plans for a college to be built at La Salle and North Avenues, for the Chicago Night University. The building will be nine-story, of fireproof, steel construction, with exterior of pressed brick and stone and cost $100,000.
John Duncan, Architect, 79 Dearborn Street, it is reported, is preparing plans for and will take figures on a high-grade apartment building to be built on Fortyeighth Street, near Grand Boulevard. It will be a three-story building, and cost $80,000.
Architect S. N. Crowen, 175 La Salle Street, has completed plans and specifications for a new theatre which is to be erected at 255-261 South Clark Street, for the Empire Circuit Company, 137 East Madison Street, at an estimated cost of $100,000. Designs show a three-story building, covering an area of 25x100 feet, to be built of brick, stone and iron, fireproof, and to have the latest appliances and improvements in all lines.
Thomas McCall, Architect, Railway Exchange Building, 7 Jackson Boulevard, is preparing plans for an apartment building to be erected at Fifty-first Street and Washington Avenue, for Joseph Cormack, 145 La Salle Street. It will be three-story, 75x150 feet, have pressed brick and stone fronts, structural steel work, concrete foundation, all the latest improvements, and cost $100,000.
Dodge & Morrison, Architects, 82 Wall Street, New York,, it is. stated, are preparing plans for a theatre to be erected at 196-198 West Madison Street, to cost about $300,000. The Hyde & Behman Syndicate will be the owners.
Reports state that figures are being taken for a building to be erected at 246-8 Michigan Avenue, for the Chicago Musical College, 201 Michigan Avenue. It is to be six stories high, 65x150 feet, built of marble and stone. Estimated cost, $300,000. ,
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Ann Arbor, Mich.—It is reported that B. C. Whitney and Attorney Taylor, of Detroit, are promoting a $100,000 combined opera house and hotel for this city.
Asbury Park, N. J.—It is reported that plans and estimates are wanted for the building of jetties of concrete or other material to protect and build up the beach front at Asbury Park, N. J. Address Public Grounds Commission.
Athens, Ga.—The erection of a Y. M. C. A. building at the University of Georgia, to cost about $75,000, is reported under consideration.
Atlanta, Ga.—Architects Morgan & Dillon report that bids will probably be called for about December 1 for the proposed Masonic temple to be erected on Peachtree and West Streets.
Baltimore, Md.—The Tuberculosis Commission, Fidelity Building, is reported to be considering a site for the sanatarium wnich is to be erected with the $100,000 appropriated by the last Legislature.
Jos. Evans Sperry, Calvert Building, it is stated, has prepared plans for a seven-story Y. M. C. A. building, to be erected at Franklin and Cathedral Streets. It has not yet been decided whether the building is to be of steel or concrete. Probable cost, $500,000.
Bernheimer Bros., it is stated, intend erecting a six-story steel and brick store and dwelling house at Fayette and Eutaw Streets, to cost $150,000.
A. B. McCreery, of San Francisco, is planning the erection of a six-story brick business building at 33 Hopkins Street, to cost $100,000.
Baldwin & Pennington are preparing plans for a large tobacco warehouse to replace the block bounded by Charles, Conway, Light and Perry Streets, owned by the State Board of Public Works, the building to be of fireproof construction, and probable cost to be $200,000.
C. M. Anderson, Architect, 324 North Charles Street, has invited bids for a sixstory brick, concrete and steel warehouse, of fireproof construction, at Girard and Latrobe Streets, for the Crown Cork and Seal Company.
The Baltimore Country Club, it is reported, has issued $100,000 bonds for the purpose of erecting a clubhouse.
Edward J. Preston, it is stated, has been awarded the contract to erect the six-story brick addition to the department store at 311-15 Martin Street. It is to cost $180,000.
Basin, Wyo.—The County Commissioners, it is stated, have decided to submit to the residents of Big Horn County the proposition of bonding the county for $50,000 for the purpose of erecting a court house.
Bayonne, N. J.—The board of directors of the Bayonne Hospital, on Thirtieth Street, is considering the erection of a larger building.
Beaumunt, Tex.—The General Bowen Baptist Association, it is reported, has decided to erect an industrial school, to cost $50,000. M. E. Robinson, Chairman, Board of Directors.
Bedford, N. Y.—Grosvenor Atterbury, 20 West Forty-third Street, Manhattan, has plans ready for former Mayor Seth Low’s country house, to be erected at Bedford, N. Y. It will cost about $85,000,
Beloit, Wis.—Reports state that a new Catholic church will shortly be erected at South Beloit. W. W. Wheeler & Co. have given eight acres of land for the projected edifice.
Bessemer, Ala.—Press reports state that Eastern capitalists have been in this city for the past few days conferring with local people looking to the erection of a steel plant which will cost from $500,000 to $1,000,000. A company is to be organized at once with $100,000 capitalization to prepare for the big steel concern. It is understood that a new process will be used in the manufacture of steel in case the company succeeds in getting far enough advanced to put up a mill, in which steel will be made from foundry iron instead of from basic as at present.
Bloomington, III.—G. S. Sutton, General Secretary Y. M. C. A., writes that no plans have yet been prepared for the proposed Y. M. C. A. building; probable cost, $100,000.
Braddock, Pa.—It is reported that a theatrical syndicate of Philadelphia has bought a site here and will build a theatre. Estimated cost to be $70,000. Address I. L. Aronson, Fifth Avenue and Tunnel Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
Brandon, Man.—The City Council, it is stated, is considering tearing down the City Hall and erecting a larger building at a cost of $75,000.
Brookings, S. D.—It is reported that plans for a $100,000 court house for Brookings county are being received by the County Commissioners.
Brunswick, Ga.—According to reports, a $250,000 five-story business building is to be erected at Walton and Fairlee Streets. C. B. Wilburn is general manager.
It is reported that a deal has been consummated for the purchase of the Oglethorpe Hotel, and about $50,000 will be expended in improvements by the new owners.
Camden, N. J.—The Garden Hotel and Sanitarium Company has been organized w-ith a capital of $500,000 by John Solomon and others to establish a hotel and sanitarium.
Ballinger & Perrot, 1200 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., it is stated, have plans ready for new bids for a four-story laboratory and office building, at Camden, for the Victor Talking Machine Company. Reinforced concrete, slag roof, open plumbing, plate glass, electric light, etc.
Reports state that preparations are being made by the Porcelain Trust for the erection of a large plant on the site recently purchased on State Street, near River Road, East Camden. The plant will cost about $500,000.
Caruthersville, Mo.—Bids are asked until November 8 by the Board of Aidermen, addressed to H. C. Schult, City Clerk, for erecting a city hall.
Chattanooga, Tenn—The Westlake
Construction Company, of St. Louis, Mo., it is reported, submitted the lowest bid for erecting the Hotel Patten, the cost of which, it is stated, will be about $1,000,000.
Chester, Pa.—Plans are now being prepared for the new $125,000 theatre to be built at Eighth and Welsh Streets by Josiah Smith and Dr. John MacFayden.
Cheyenne, Wyo.—The contract to erect the five-story First National Bank Building is reported awarded to Stocker & Frazer, of Denver, at $65,000.
Chicago, III.—The Directors of the Chicago Refuge for Girls, 5024 Indiana Avenue, contemplate erecting a new building on the grounds of the present institution, Indiana Avenue and Fiftieth Street. The proposed building will be three-story, with four wings and a central administration building. It will probably be of fireproof construction, have accommodations for 200 inmates and is estimated to cost $200,000.
Harry B. Wheelock, Schiller Building, has prepared plans for a college to be built at La Salle and North Avenues, for the Chicago Night University. The building will be nine-story, of fireproof, steel construction, with exterior of pressed brick and stone and cost $100,000.
John Duncan, Architect, 79 Dearborn Street, it is reported, is preparing plans for and will take figures on a high-grade apartment building to be built on Fortyeighth Street, near Grand Boulevard. It will be a three-story building, and cost $80,000.
Architect S. N. Crowen, 175 La Salle Street, has completed plans and specifications for a new theatre which is to be erected at 255-261 South Clark Street, for the Empire Circuit Company, 137 East Madison Street, at an estimated cost of $100,000. Designs show a three-story building, covering an area of 25x100 feet, to be built of brick, stone and iron, fireproof, and to have the latest appliances and improvements in all lines.
Thomas McCall, Architect, Railway Exchange Building, 7 Jackson Boulevard, is preparing plans for an apartment building to be erected at Fifty-first Street and Washington Avenue, for Joseph Cormack, 145 La Salle Street. It will be three-story, 75x150 feet, have pressed brick and stone fronts, structural steel work, concrete foundation, all the latest improvements, and cost $100,000.
Dodge & Morrison, Architects, 82 Wall Street, New York,, it is. stated, are preparing plans for a theatre to be erected at 196-198 West Madison Street, to cost about $300,000. The Hyde & Behman Syndicate will be the owners.
Reports state that figures are being taken for a building to be erected at 246-8 Michigan Avenue, for the Chicago Musical College, 201 Michigan Avenue. It is to be six stories high, 65x150 feet, built of marble and stone. Estimated cost, $300,000. ,
It is reported that Marshal! & Fox, Ar
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