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Low rates on Cement from Speeds Mill to Indianapolis and various other points in the state.

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Slee CONTRACTORS’ CONVENTION PRO- GRAM MATTERS NOW IN FINAL COURSE OF PREPARATION

As time draws on apace the building contracting forces of the State are be- ginning to focus their attention on the annual convention of the Associated Building Contractors of Indiana, planned for January 23, 24 and 25, at Michigan City.

Since the influences of the contractors’ association, composed of the majority of the building operators of Indiana, through its affiliation with the various city contractors’ bodies, is state wide more than ordinary interest attaches to the approaching meeting.

All phases of the contracting business and the conditions arising to affect same will be brought up for consideration and discussion, and various policies proposed that will tend to stabilize affairs in the building field in an effort to encourage “ATO®B 10}¥913 04 suolrzedo uorlzoNaAySUOs ity in 1923.

_it is expected, from current indica- tions, that there will be large delegations present from the northern Indiana cities,

the larger cities and even the smaller communities of the State. - Details for the final program are now eing worked out upon completion of which notice will be made in ample time preceding the convention.

CEMENT PRICES PER BARREL REDUCED

Announcements have been made the past week of a substantial reduction in the prices of cement. The reduction is © cents per barrel at plant.

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, JANUARY 6, 1923

RECORDER

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INTEREST IN CIVIC MOVES BOUND The architects believing that the scheme

TO PROFIT THE ARCHITEC- to construct such a building with an TURAL PROFESSION auditorium over the market, and at the i y same time use part of the second floor

At Indianapolis the architects, mem- best building tenets, so communicated bers of the Architects’ Association, are with the city officials. Mr. John F. showing a keen interest in civic affairs White, chairman of the market house

as ‘they pertain to better building committee, replied to the architects sup-’

moves. Some time ago, when the zoning porting the proposals of his colleagues. proposals of the City Plan Commission Another letter ‘has been sent to Mr. were being made Mr. Lawrence Sheri- White but the contents were withheld dan, city plan expert of the commission, pending the pleasure of the recipient. appeared before the architects and ex- The point is this, though all ithe rec- plained the end that was being sought. ommendations of the architects may not Then he asked for expressions from the prove acceptable, nevertheless, the action architects and at ‘the conclusion invited of the members of the profession in expressions from the architects and said various civic moves, especially along the City Plan Commission would at all building and improvement lines will dem- times welcome the opinions of the archi- onstrate to ithe public that the archi- tectural profession for consideration, tects are not merely dreamers but are:

Then again, it was proposed to erect wide awake to the best interests of the a new city market house and auditorium. cities in which they live.

MEANS ANOTHER SUBSTANTIAL TOTAL TO ADD TO INDIANA’S BIG BUILDING VOLUME FOR THE YEAR OF 1922

Traveling along at the fast clip that had been maintained right down through the entire year of 1922, December building operations, without a falter, came down the homestretch and under the wire with a great burst of speed, furnishing a grand setting for the finish of the great monthly building relay of the year.

Almost from the start back in January, 1922, each month that followed took up the running and set a fast building pace, outstepping that of the corresponding period in 1921. By the time the three-quarter pole was reached there was no doubt of the outcome of the race between 1921 and 1922, as far as Indiana was concerned. The latter year was out in the lead, breezing along under wraps, leaving the previous year hopelessly back in the ruck, and it was only a matter of conjecture as to how far out in front 1922 would finish. However, there was no let up, and soon after the stretch was reached the whip was applied as the distance to the wire narrowed, resulting in a whirlwind finish at a speed that even exceeded November’s performance.

Reports from the building inspectors of Indiana’s eight main cities show that. the total aggregate of new building for which permits were granted in December amounted to $5,298,423 as compared with $2,627,835 for the corresponding period a year ago. This was a gain of 101.6%. At the same time the past month’s esti- mated valuations ran 9.9% in advance of the November figures covering the same item. Then, too, there were 309 more building permits issued in December, 1922, than in December, 1921.

As for the individual city building performances last month, the positions in relation to the percentage of gain over the same period the previous year are: South Bend, 1086%; Evansville, 908%; Richmond, 549%; Hammond, 887%; Gary, 244.8%; Ft. Wayne, 53.9%. Two cities showed losses, Indianapolis with 7%, and Terre Haute with 36.4%.

The: permit record for December is:

1922. 1921,

Cities. Per. Est. Val. Per. Est. Val. Evaneville, ‘2p ie 66 $1,107,910 64 $ 111,777 Ft.) Wayne rion cake, 94 430,000 78 279,370 ET ap cae RMR Ge (Eyes he Raa 25 312,750 26 90,704 BEOTHMON A he Cok oe 30 340,250 25 69,850 Indianapolis ty Ce a 610 1,729,503 488 1,863,104 Richmond :) te cee ae 32 177,590 27. 27,350 OUR beticl "12s: ig tate oo 204 1,144,670 85 97,938 Lerye, Haute) Ae ea 76 55,750 35 87,742

OR is a ie 1137 $5,298,428 828 $2,627,835

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N ews of the Week

The asterick (*) pretix to an item indicates ad. ditional information to report published in pre. vious issue.

INDIANAPOLIS,

Apartment Building: $500,000; at 416 N. Meridian St. Architect, J. Edwin Kopf and Woolling, 402 Indiana Pythian Bldg. Owner, Greater City Realty Co. George J. Marott, 18 BR. Washington; Kenneth K. Woolling, 402 Indiana Pythian Bldg.; Fred Cline, 206 Hume Mansur Bldg. Preliminary plans in progress. Brick; details undecided.

Flour Blending Plant: 4 sty. & bas., 40x70, Buffalo, N. Y. Engineer (me- chanical), Nordyke and Marmon, Ky. Ave. and Morris Sts., Indianapolis. Con- sulting engineer, Bacon and Tislow, 31

. Qhio St, Indianapolis. Owner, Russell-Miller Milling Co., Buffalo, N.

Plans in progress. Reinforced con- crete construction, steel sash, fire doors, fire escapes, rolling steel curtains, comp. roof, complete system of conveying equipt. for handling grain.

Factory Buildings: $15,000,000, The Fairbanks-Morse Co. are negotiating for the purchase of the old Marion County workhouse adjoining their present plant. If site can be purchased from the coun- ty, the project will be started this year. Definite data later.

“Manufacturing Plant: 5 sty. & bas. (80,000 square feet of floor space) Lib- erty and Michigan Sts. Architect, Ru- bush and Hunter, 428 American Central Life Bldg. Owner, Indianapolis Glove Co., Chas. F, Zwick, Prest., Grace W. Reagan, V. P., Brodehurst Elsey, Secy. & Treas., 480 No. Liberty St. Plans completed. Architect will ask for bids next week. Brick, reinf. concrete floor and roof construction, steel sash, com- Position roof, freight elevators.

“Warehouse: 4 sty. 100x190. Archi- tect, Rubush and Hunter, 428 American Central Life Bldg. Owner, Allen A. Wilkinson Lumber Co., 931 East Michi- gan. Plans completed. Architect ready for bids next week. Brick, steel sash, mill construction, wood floors, steam heat, 3 freight elevators.

“Club House: $1,000,000. 12 sty. and bas. 75x202._ Monument ‘Circle. Archi- tect, Rubush and Hunter, 428 American Central Life Bldg. Owner, Columbia Club, Frank C., Butler, Prest., Monument Circle. Plans nearing completion. Ready for bids soon. Brick and stone.

Intercepting Sewer and River Im-

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Factory Blow-Pipe Work Riveted or Welded Tanks

provement: $300,000. Huntington, Indiana. neer, Chas. Brossman,

“Little River” at Consulting Engi- Merchants Bank

Bldg., Indianapolis. Owner, City of Huntington, Clarence F. Juilleret, Mayor, City Hall, Huntington, Indiana.

Preliminary plans in progress.

Hotel: $30,000. (40 rooms), Madison, Indiana. Architect, E. D. Pierre, 321 Occidental Bldg., Indianapolis. Owner, Dr. George Denny, in charge, Madison, Indiana. Preliminary plans. in. prog- ress. Stucco over hollow tile. (Previous- ly reported as Hospital.)

Church (Addition) $30,000. Bloom- field, Indiana. Architect, W. H. Garns, 818 Fletcher Trust Bldg., Indianapolis. Owner, Methodist Church, Rev. E. E: Aldrich, Pastor. Bloomfield, Indiana. Preliminary plans in progress. Brick. Details undecided.

*Residences: (3 or 4) doubles. Con- nersville, Indiana. Architect, W. H.

Garns, 818 Fletcher Trust Bldg., Indi- anapolis. Owner, Charles Melborn, Con- nersville. Plans completed. Owner will ask for bids in 10 days. Frame, asphalt shingle roofs, furnaces.

“Church (Alteration and Addition) $20,000. Roachdale, Indiana. Architect, L. H. Sturges, 527 Board of Trade Bldg., Indianapolis. Owner, Christian ‘Church, Roachdale, Ind. Plans nearing comple- tion. Ready for bids shortly.

“Church: $60,000. 24th & Station Sts. Architect, McGuire and Shook, 320 In- diana Pythian Bldg. Owner, Brightwood M. E. Congregation, 2358 Station St. tid- gar Brown, Chmn. Bldg. Comm., 2440 Adams St.; Sam Ingle, Secy., 3178 N. Sherman. Architect taking bids to close January 10th. The following are figur- ing general contract: Wm. P. Jungeclaus Co., State Constr. ‘Co., Conder and Cul- bertson, Gale Constr. Co., and John A. Schumacker Constr. Co.

Residence: $15,000. (double) 2 sty. & bas. 32x52. Architect, Ed. C. Doenovers, City Hall. Owner, Nina Smith, % Mooney-Mueller Drug Co., Maryland and ‘Meridian Sts. Plans about completed. Readv for bids in 10 days. Brick veneer, cement tile roof, furnace, tile and hard- wood floors.

*Store and Apartment Building: 2 sty. and bas. (6 stores, 6 apartments and 6 car garage) East 10th. near Oxford. Archt. Winterrowd. American Central life Bldg. Owner. East 10th St. Realty Co.. % Archt. Revisine nlang, Brick,

Residence: (double) $14,000. 2 sty. & has. 82x51. 4619-21 No. Pennsylvania St. Owner. Carl Kreis. General Agent

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405 City Trust Bldg. Archt., E. C. Doep- pers, City Hall. Plans about completed.

Brick veneer. Ready for bids about March 1st. Residences (2) $15,000 each. 52nd

and Meridian Sts.. Private plans. Own-

Thomas L. Green, % Thos. L. Green and

Co. (Biscuit Machinery), 202 Miley Ave. ans in progress. Brick veneer.

“Church: $40,000. New Castle, Indiana. Architect, C. E, Bacon, 605 Odd Fellows Bldg., Indianapolis. Owner, Baptist Church, Rev. J. W. Kinnett, Pastor, W. E. Waggener, Secy. Bldg. Comm., New Castle. © Bids rejected. Owners pur- chased new site. New plans will be Started shortly. Brick.

Residences (5) $10,000. each. (3) at 49th and Ills. (2) at 49th and Kenwood. Architect, Frank B. Hunter, State Life Bldg. Owner, William Low Rice, State Life Bldg. Plans in progress. Owner will build and award separate contracts. . Start work in 60 days. Stucco, slate roofs, furnaces, tile floors in baths, hard- wood floors.

Contracts Awarded.

“Bank and Office Building: $1,000,000. 11 sty. & bas. 126-30 East Washington St. Architect, Vonnegut, Bohn and Mueller, 610 Indiana Trust Bldg. Own- er, Meyer-Kiser Bank, Sol Meyer, Prest., 136 East Washington St. General con- tract awarded to Bedford Stone and Con- struction Co., Fletcher Trust Bldg., all of Indianapolis. General contract in- cludes wrecking, excavating, concrete work, carpentry and brick work, all work sub trades are reserved by the owner.

“Hospital, Power Plant and Nurses Home: $120,000. (rem. from Old Chas. Major Homestead), Shelbyville, Indiana. Architect, D. A. Bohlen and Son, 1001 Majestic Building, Indianapolis. Owner, City of Shelbyville, Pleas E. Greenlee, City Clerk, City Hall, Shelbyville, Ind. General contract awarded to McKinsey and Albertson Construction Co., ($89,- 425.00) Frankfort, Indiana and Shelby- ville, Indiana. Plumbing, sewage sys- tem, heating and ventilating awarded to The Hoosier Plumbing and Heating Co., Shelbyville, Ind., $16,200. Start work in about 60 days. Brick, reinforced con- erete and hollow tile floor constr,

“Residence (14 rooms) and 2 Car Garage: $25,000. 4401 Broadway. Arch- itect, Fermor S. Cannon, 21 Virginia Ave. Owner, Herman G. Deupree, % Edwards and Edwards Co. Residence, 2927 Broadway. General contract award- ed to L. C. Huey Bldg. Co., 304 Ameri- can Central Life Bldg. Start work shortly. Brick veneer, vapor heat, slate roof, tile and hardwood floors. Apartment Building and Stores: (2

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apts. 2 stores) East Washington and bas. 55x170. Private plans. Owner, progress. Owners financing. Brick.

Arlington Ave. Architect, C. E. Bacon, Henry Batterman, Main St.,. Crown «Church: $70,000. 1 sty. & bas. Arch- 605 Odd Fellows Bldg. Owner, William Point. Sketches. Expect to start work itect,,. Oscar Hoffman, Studebaker Bldg. M. Wilson, 5901 University Ave. Gen- early spring. Brick. Owner, Reform Church, Otto Reppert, eral contract awarded to A. L. Avey and Residence: Crown Point, Cedar Lake. O. L. Kersch, Trustees. Decatur, Pre- Son, 538 No. Tacoma Ave. Brick. Private plans. Owner, S. Krokow, 1255 liminary plans in, progress. Mature

Residence: $15,000. Private plans. So. Halstead St., Chicago, Ill. Contem- spring. Brick, stone trim. Owner, H. D. Ward (Restaurant) 141 plated. Mature spring. Frame and

No. Penn. St. General contract awarded stucco. EAST CHICAGO, to H. M. Glossbrenner Realty Co., 20 Cos GTN!) LETT aah South Delaware St. Brick veneer. DECATUR. Factory and Office: 2 sty. 40x40. East Le Chicago. Archt and Engineer, Frank D. CROWN POINT. *Club House: $25,000. Architect, Chase, 645 N. Meridian Ave, Chicago,

; - Charles N. Christen. Owner, B. P. O. E. Ill. Owner, The Pressed Steel Mfg. Co., Commercial Garage: $30,000. 1 sty. & Lodge, Decatur. Preliminary plans in Walter P. Murphy, pres., 20 W. Jackson

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Blvd,, Chicago. Brick, steel and cone., frpf. Plans drawn.

*Garage: $40,000. 1 sty. 57x184. Gary. Archt., M. Clifford Wiley, First Natl. Bank Bldg., East Chicago, Ind. Owner, Gary Baking Co., 2160 W. 10th St., Gary. Brick, and concrete. Archt. taking bids.

“EVANSVILLE.

Automobile Sales Building: $60,000. 2 sty. & bas. 100x119. 1116 West Frank- lin St. Private plans. Owner, Franklin Corporation, James E. Cox, Prest., Wm. J. Muensterman, Treas., Lessee of build- ing, Eckler Motor Co., R. E. Eckler, Prest. Plans in progress. Ready for bids soon. Brick, concrete and steel. Will contain display rooms, store rooms and offices.

*Duplex Apartment: $15,000. | Archi- tect, Alfred E. Neucks, 515-16 Peoples

Bank Bldg. Owner, Frank Freund. Architect receiving bids. “Residence: $15,000. Hart Place.

Architect, Anderson and Sringle, 108 Upper 4th St. Owner, J. E. Paxton. Plans nearing completion. Brick veneer.

Gas Plant (Improvements) $500,000. Owner, Southern Indiana Gas and Elec- tric Co., Frank J. Haas, Gen. Mgr. build this year, One million cubic feet gas holder and gas making machinery.

School and Chapel: Evans Ave. and Jefferson. Owner, Trinity Lutheran Church, Rev. W. G. Pollack, Pastor. John W. Boehne, Sr., Chmn. Bldg. Comm. Owners financing. Will start work in spring. Brick.

“Packing Plant (Add.) 3 sty. Archi- tect, Harry E. Boyle and Co., Furniture

Bldg. Owner, Evansville Packing Co. Archt. -receiving bids to ‘close January 10th. Brick.

Contracts Awarded.

Residence: Riverside Ave. near How- ard. Owner, Thomas Brose, 312 Powell. General contract awarded to John Wil- kins, Stringtown Road. Start work shortly.

Bungalow: Kentucky and Monroe Ave. Owner, Walter Daudistel. General con- tract awarded to John Wilkins, String- town Road. Start work shortly.

Residence: Louisiana Si. Owner, Arch Raney, 1006 E. Missouri St. General co let to John Wilkins, Stringtown

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Bungalow (5 rooms) Campbell St. and Green River Road. Owner, Guy Cole-

man. General contract let to John Wil- kins, Stringtown Road. Start work shortly.

Bungalow: (5 rooms) Campbell. St. Owner, M. Freewald. General contract let to John Wilkins, Stringtown Road. Start work at once.

Residence: $12,000. Scholz and Madi- son Ave. Owner, Phil Raphael, 723 Lin- coln. General contractor, John Wilkins, Stringtown Road. Start work at once.

FT. WAYNE,

“Commercial and -Masonic _Temple Building: 3 sty. and bas. Angola, Ind. Architect, Guy Mahurin, 501 Lincoln Life Bldg. Ft. Wayne. Owner, The, Trustees of Angola Lodge No. 236, F. & A. M. Alphonso C. Wood, Trustee. Own- er is receiving sealed bids to close Jan- uary 24th. (See legal advertising in this issue.)

Church: $60,000. Oliver and McKee Sts. Architect, Sinclair M. Seator, 35 North Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Own- er, Immanuel Baptist Church, Rev. B. F. Martin, Pastor, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Plans in progress. Brick, stone trim.

“Shop (Tin Shop) $30,000. Architect, Pohlmeyer and Pohlmeyer, Central Bldg. Owner, Christian Miller, 1115 Broadway. Plans in progress. Brick.

Contracts Awarded.

“Stores (7) $30,000. 1 sty. 70x150. Harrison and Lewis Sts. Architect, Guy Mahurin, 501 Lincoln Life Bldg. Own- er, Charles Meigs, ‘South Calhoun St. General contract let to Hilgeman and Schaaf Co., Noll Bldg. Brick, ordinary constr.

GARY.

“Store (Dept.) $70,000. 3 sty. and bas. 50x125. 748 B’way. Archt. Walter E. Perry, 212 EK. Superior St., Chicago, Ill. Owner, Marcello Gerometta, 515 B’way. Brick, conce., structural steel. Owner bids and does mas. and carp. wk. Archt. will take bids on other contrs. later. Fdn. in.

Apt. Bldg.: $65,000. Private plans. Owner and builder, Ray G. Parry, 673 B’way. Owner taking bids on plumbing, heating and wiring. Fdn.

“Apt. Bldg.: $65,000. 3 sty. and bas.

55x125. 435 Washington. Archt., L, E; Hiner, 516: Bway. Owner and builder, Wm. H. Welter & Co., 515 B’way. Brk. stone trim. Mas. & carp. day work by owner. Owner taking bids on plmg.,; htg. & wiring. On fdn.

Apt. Bldg.: $45,000. 3 sty. & bas. 42x 86. 1200 W. 5th Ave. Archt., J. HH, Wildermuth & Co., 690 B’way. Owner, G. A. Swartz, care of B. of E., 405 B’way. Brick and stone trim. Archt. will take bids Jan. 15, 1923, Drawing plans.

“Apt. Bldg.: $12,000, 2 sty. & bas. 16th & Monroe St. Archt., Joe H. Wilder- muth & Co., 690 B’way. Owner, T. Per- rotha, 1404 Jackson. Brick. Owner will take bids about Jan. 10, 1923.

“Residences (5): Each $8,500. 2 sty. & bas. Archt., L. H. Warringer, 673 B’way. Owner and builder, Roy G. Par- ry, 673 B’way. Brick, Owner taking bids on plmg. Wiring and heating. Fdns,

*Gary: Apartment Building (12 apts.) $65,000. 3 sty. 47x100. 1033 West 5th. Architect, L, Harry Warriner, 678

Broadway. Owner, Roy G. Parry, 672 Broadway. General contractor, Parry- Shaw’ Co., 673 Broadway. Foundation In. Brick, ordinary construction.

HAMMOND.

Undertaking Establishment & Chapel: Rimbach Ave. west of Hohman St. Own- er, Charles Neidow. Site purchased. Preliminary plans in progress. Brick, stone trim.

Bank and Office Building: 8 sty. & bas. Hohman and Fayette Sts. Owner, The First National Bank, Hammond. Site Just purchased from Board of Education, Will build in the spring. Brick, fireproof construction.

Stores and Offices: 3 sty. & bas. 50x80. Corner State and Morton Ct. Owner, Meyn and Weis, % First Trust and Sav- ings Bank. Plans in progress. Brick,

Church (rear addition) $20,000. 2 sty. (auditorium and gymnasium) Russell St. near Hohman St, Architect, K. R. Vaughn, Rimback Bldg. Owner, First Methodist Church, Rey. Benjamin Rist, Pastor. Russell St. Plans in progress. Owner will ask for bids in March. Brick.

Residence: $15,000. . 2 sty. 30x45. Hoh- man St. near Mulberry. Architect, K. R. Vaughn, Rimback Bldg. Owner, ©,

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A. McCay, 448 Plummer St. Architect revising plans. Owner will ask for new bids about March 1st. Brick veneer.

MICHIGAN CITY.

High School (Manual Training and Gymnasium Building) 2 sty. & bas. Archt., Freyermuth and Maurer, 645 Farmers Trust Bidg., South Bend, In- diana. Owner, Board of School Trus- tees, % Supt. of Schools, Michigan City, Indiana. Plans in progress. Owner ex. pects to advertise for bids in February. Brick, steam heat, steel sash, comp. roof, maple floors.

Contracts Awarded.

“Storm and Sanitary Sewer System: $567,000. “South Side Dist.” Consult- ing Engineer, G. W. Clausen, 139 No. Clark St., Chicago, Hl. City Engineer, D. H. Miller, City Hall, Michigan City. Owner, City of Michigan City, Board of Public Works, Alexander Spychalski, City Clerk, City Hall, Michigan City. General contract awarded to Byrne Bros. Construction Co., 358 East 115th St., Chicago, Ill. $507,734.96. (Reinforced concrete pipe.)

RICHMOND.

Residences: (18) 5 rooms each. er, Edwin C. Wright, (Real Estate) Greenville, Ohio. Architect and Builder, C. W. Fry, 302 13th St., Greenville, Ohio. Plans in progress. Frame.

Residence and Garage: $8,000. 2 sty. 28x30. So. 18th St. Owner, Paul R. Werking, 221 West Main St. Architect, C. E. Werking and Son, Palladium Bldg. Plans in progress. Brick over hollow tile, furnace heat.

,. Filling Station: $5,000. 8th St. Private plans. Owner, Standard Oil Co., 1102 No. “F” St. Plans in progress. Ready for bids shortly. Brick.

Filling Station: $5,000. 1 sty. 24x24. 9th and “EK” Sts. Private plans.. Owner, Richmond Oil Co., 6th and Ft. Wayne Aves. Plans in progress. Owner will build by day labor. Brick.

“Residence & Garage: $10,000. 2 sty.

bas. 26x32. So. 16th St. Archt., C. E. Werking and Son, Palladium Bldg. Owner, C. C. Schaefer, 1233 Main St. Owner ready for bids. Brick veneer.

Public Comfort Station (Under- round) $8,000. Architect, C. E. Werk- ing and Son, Palladium Bldg. Owner, City of Richmond, Board of Public Works, City Hall. Plans completed. Owner will probably advertise for bids soon,

“Commercial Garage & Store Room: 518,000, 1 sty. 40x100. Architect,-C. E. Werking and Son, Palladium Bldg. Own- er, A. J. Miller and Sons, 731 South 8th St. Plans completed. Owner will build and award Start Work soon. Brick and steel, steel truss roof, comp. roof.

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Separate contracts.

SOUTH BEND.

(ALL ITEMS APPEARING IN THE SECOND AND THIRD COLUMNS ON PAGE 11, AND PART OF THE FIRST COLIIMN ON PAGE 12. IN THE RECORDER. ISSUE OF DECEM- BER 30TH. REFERRED TO SOTTH REND ~—- RUTLDING OPFRATIONS. THIS NOTICE IS TO RECTIFY ANY

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Stores (2) and Apartments (2): $30,- 000. 2 sty. 66x100. 413-17 So. Michigan. Architect, Austin and Shambleau, 111 No. Lafayette. Owner, A. H. Heller, 116 So. Michigan St. Brick, steam heat, cop- per set store fronts, comp. roof. Plans in progress.

Store and Apartment Building (18 stores and apartments) $100,000. 2 sty. & bas. about 143x98. N. W. corner of Lafayette and South Sts. Owner, Elliott and Elliott, Gilbert and George Elliott. Plans ‘in progress. Owner will ask for bids about March 1st. Brick, composi- tion roof, steam heat, store fronts.

Double Residence: $10,000 2 sty. 507- 09 South Williams St. Owner, Henry Frank. Start work soon. Frame.

VINCENNES.

Church: $48,000. 2 sty. & bas. 78x 112. Fairfield, Illinois. Architect, L. H. Osterhage and Byron Sutton, Citizens Trust Bldg., Vincennes. Owner, First Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. C. B. Latimer, Pastor, Fairfield, Illinois. Own- er receiving bids at Fairfield to close January 17th. Brick and concrete, slate roof, vapor heat, structural steel, pine interior trim, pews, art glass, kitchen equipment, steel trusses, gallery.

MISCELLANEOUS CITIES.

Bridgeport: (Marion county) Commun- ity Building: $15,000. Owner, Commun- ity Bldg., % Stanley Milhouse, William Pedlow, Albert Hoffman, Committee, Bridgeport, Indiana. Contemplated. Probably mature early spring. Frame construction; will include auditorium, gymnasium, kitchen, dining room.

English: Factory Building, 100,000. 2 or 3 sty. & bas. Owner, The Rice Box and Basket Company, William J. Rice, Prest., English, Indiana. Old factory re- cently destroyed by fire. Owner an- nounces that a new building will be started within 90 days. Brick.

Lafayette: 1 sty. (15,000 square feet of floor space.) Private plans. Owner, The Security Egg Case Filler Co., C. Ai Wilson, Prest., 4835 Robinson St., West Lafayette. John E. Hosier, V. P.. Chi- cago, W. G. MacGowen, Secy and Treas., 515 South 9th St., Lafayette. Prelim- inarv plans in progress. Details unde- cided.

Lanorte: Theatre: With the purchase of the old Mavle City Saloon property, The Central Theatre Co., Inc., announce plans will soon be started for the con- struction of one of the finest playhouses in northern Indiana. Definite data later.

Lebanon: Armory Building: (Drill 100m and stables) The old S. S. Daily vroverty on indianapolis Ave. Owner, Battery C. 139 Field Artillery, Indiana

National Guard. Contemplated. Expect to start work soon. Brick. *Logansport: Schools (2) $200,000.

Architect. Allen and Garriott. Masonic Temvle Bldg.. Logansport, Indiana and Iombard Bldg.. Indianapolis. Owner,

Board of School Trustees. William A. Wright, Prest.. Dr. W. J. Roberts. Secy. Owner receiving bids to close January 27th. Brick.

*Plymouth: High school (Junior and Senior) $300,000.

2 sty. & bas. 163x179.

Architect, Ernest W. Young, 512 Dean Bldg., South Bend, Indiana. Asso. Archt., Miller, Fullenwider and Dowling, 6 No. Michigan Ave., Chicago, III. Owner, Board of School Trustees, Jacob Schlos- ser, Prest., L. E. Steinbauch, Supt., Ply- mouth, Ind. Owner receiving bids on Separate contracts and on general con- tract. Bids close February 5th.

Portland: Store Building (Fire re- build) $20,000. Owner, Fred and Mose Mossler, Portland. Owner will ask for bids soon. General alterations.

Warsaw: Parsonage, $15.000. 2 sty. & bas. Owner, Methodist Church, War-

saw. Plans in progress. Brick. Ready for bids soon.

Uunion City: Printing Plant (addition) $15,000. 2 sty. 42x53. Architect, C. E. Losch, Union City. Owner, Harris Printing and Bindery Co., G. W. Harris, Prest. Plans in progress. Ready for bids about February 1st, Brick, reinf. conc., steel sash, steel truss roof.

Contracts Awarded.

“Bristol: School (alt. and add.) $20,- 000. Architect, A. H. Elwood and Son, Haynes Bldg., Elkhart. Owner, A. I. Burgil, Trustee, Bristol, Ind. General contractor, George Moyer, Wakarusa, Indiana. Foundation in. General con- tractor will buy the following: Hard- wood flooring, hardware, trim, plaster, hollow tile, steel, iron stairs.

Elkhart: store, office and lodge build- ing (rem. from bank) $30,000. Main & Franklin Sts. Private plans. Owner, Monarch Real Estate Co.. Mrs. Eliza Sage, Prest., Frank Sage, Secy., 208 Division St. General contract let to Grant B. Bushnell, 608 Liberty St., Elk- hart. Start work soon. Work will con- sist of new copper set store fronts, vapor heating system, ventilating system, new floors, plastering, painting, redecorat- ing, mill work and general interior al- terations.

Kokomo: Gas Plant (complete modern plant, consisting of bldgs., waste heat boilers, gas holders, tanks, water gas sets). Owner, Kokomo Gas Co., Ko- komo, Ind. Engineers, The Koppers Co., Pittsburgh, Pa. Start work in 30 days.

*Roaneke: Consolidated High and Grade School: 14 class rooms. Jackson Twp.. Huntington County, Ind. Archi- tect, Everitt I. Brown, Studebaker Bank Ridg., Bluffton. Indiana. Owner, N. W. Van Arsdell, Trustee, Roanoke, Indiana. General contractor, L. W. Kimmel, Pone- to. Indiana. Heating. plumbing and wiring. R. FE. Fox. Markle. Indiana. Start work soon. Brick.

Sealed Propossal

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SCHOOL HOUSE. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. Notice is hereby given, That on the 24th day of January, 1923, at the Ingle- field Community House, at Inglefield, in Scott Township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, the Trustee of Scott School Township, Vanderburgh County, Indi-

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‘ana, will receive sealed bids or proposals for the construction of a one-story and basement brick school building in said Seott Township,- known as the Scott Township Joint High School and Ele- mentary School, in accordance with the plans and specificatious now on file in the office of said Trustee, R. R. Inglefield, Indiana, and in the office of Anderson & Stingle, architects, McCurdy Building, Evansville, Indiana. Said. bids will be received up to eleven (11) o’clock A. M., on said 24th day of January, 1923.

Separate bids or proposals will be re- ceived on the several branches of work required to complete said school building, or combinations of the several branches will be received; bidders may also sub- mit a single bid for the construction of the entire work.

The estimated cost of said construction is fifty-five thousand dollars ($55,000).

Bids must be filed on the form as pre- scribed by the State Board of Accounts, and must be accompanied by a certified check equal to three (3) per cent of the bids submitted; said check to be for- feited to the Township Trustee in the event the successful bidder refuses or fails to enter into a proper contract for the construction of the work bid on and to furnish proper surety within three (3) days after the awarding of said contract to the said bidder. Said Trus- tee will examine said bids and award the contract for a construction to the lowest and best bidder therefor. Bids to pro- vide for the furnishing of all labor and materials for the construction of said

school house, or the respective part of the same bid on, in accordance with the plans and specifications.

Notice is further’ given that said pro- posed school building is to be located at the intersection of the Base Line Road and State Road in said Scott Township, in the southeast quarter of the south- east quarter of section thirty-three (33), range ten (10) west, township four (4)

south. JAMES W. LITCHFIELD, Trustee of Scott School Township.

A. GC. Stone, Attorney for Trustee. Dec. 30-Jan. 6th.

LODGE BUILDING. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Notice is hereby given that on the 24th day of January, 1923, at the Ma- sonic Temple at Angola, Indiana, the Trustees of Angola Lodge No. 236 F. and A. M. will receive sealed proposals for the furnishing of all labor and ma- terial for the construction of a_ three story and basement, Commercial and Masonic Temple Building on the Owners’ premises at Angola, Indiana, in accord- ance with the plans and specifications on file in the office of said Trustees and Guy Mahurin, Architect, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The above proposals will be for the general contract only, and will not in-

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The trustees reserve the right to re- ject any or all bids and to award the contract to the lowest and best bidder as may appear to the best interest of the owners.

Plans and specifications will be fur- nished by the architect upon receipt of a deposit of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars for the plans and specifications to be for the exclusive use of the contractor until the time of letting. A refund of twenty ($20.00) dollars will be given upon the return of the plans and speci- fications to the architect’s office.

ALPHONSO CGC. WOOD, Trustee, Angola, Ind.

GUY MAHURIN, Architect, Fort Wayne, Ind. Jan. 6-13.

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CALUMET DISTRICT

CONSISTING OF HAMMOND INDIANA HARBOR EAST CHICAGO WHITING

Building Trades Employers’ Association.

Member State A. B. C.’s

J. Wesley Reed) Jace cee President Ba ey GIO se ee LOS oy ah Secretary

108 Citizens National Bank Bldg., Hammond, Indiana

MEETING NIGHTS General meeting every third Tuesday evening. General contractors meet second and fourth Monday evening. Master plumbers every Thursday evening.

NO BETTER TIME THAN NOW.

Perhaps with the advent of the new year it would be advisable for those in the contracting business to take an in- ventory of that which was really ach- ieved the past year; the business we did, the money made, also check up on the mistakes that could be credited to our accounts, and in the final analysis care- fully consider what we all can do in the new year to benefit the contractors’ business as a whole.

Nor in the restrospection must we fail to ask ourselves these questions. Have we done our best to make conditions under which we must work better, more pleasant, more harmonious? Have we given unto the local contractors’ asso- ciation the help and support it so well merits? Have we invited the outside contractor to become a member of our various associations here and _ there? Have we considered the rights of others, or have we rushed ahead regardless, selfishly, and created conditions that uncontemplated would react as a boom- erang later to do injury to the industry? Have we realized that “the injury of one is the concern of all?” Have we con- ducted our business at all times in a spirit of malice toward none and char- ity for all? Then, in conclusion, have we all done our duty to put the contract- ing business on a higher plane where it will command the confidence and re- spect that it deserves? :

Why not start out the new year with a determination to devote a part of our time, at least, to the upbuilding, better- ment, and broadening of the scope of each local city contractors’ association. It is only by concerted action that the contractors can hope to improve condi- tions, overcome impediments. and break down the barriers that would tend to retard the industry.

PENTERS ON WAGE SCALE.

An agreement on the wage question for the coming year has been reached between the building trades employers and the carpenters in the Calumet Dis- trict. It was more or less of a compro- mise due to the fact that the indications point to a good building year, and in order to retain the available local supply of workmen it was decided that it would be to the interest of the contract- ors to grant an increase in pay for cer-

tain modifications in the present work- ing agreements. The contractors of the Calumet District put up a big fight on the wage problem last year, then held

the bag, for when it came to letting con-

tracts prospective owners, rather than stand by the local fighting contractors, turned around and gave their work to contractors who would tilt the wage scale seeming to utterly disregard the consideration of lower construction costs that the association contractors were attempting to bring about by re- fusing to pay advanced scale demands. If the owners don’t care why should the contractors if by paying advanced wages they can secure better working agree- ments -and conditions with the workmen? That was the motive that inspired the latest action in coming to terms with the carpenters.

CALUMET BUILDING PROGRESS.

Chas. Neidow, the undertaker, has purchased the lots formerly occupied by the Episcopal Church and is having plans made for a funeral home and chapel to be located on Rimbach Ave., west of Hohman street.

The First National Bank and the First Trust and Savings Bank were the successful bidders for the Central School ground, 233x193, corner Hohman and Fayette streets. They paid $307,- 500 and are planning an eight. story bank and office building on the site. It is one of the best corners in town.

Danner, Gohman & Meyers finally re- ceived the terra cotta contract for the Spragia Building. They have the sec- ond story about complete on this project.

And now we are going to have the Calumet River straightened, widened and deepened from the East Chicago Canal to Calumet Lake in Illinois. When completed, it will be big enough to al- low the passage of two large lake steam- ers. E. E. COLE.

MUNCIE

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GHASi whOW en sth Mee bl eS President ol Reeve i. DE oe Secretary

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THE DAY OF OPPORTUNITY IS AT HAND.

Once again the contractors, like other business men, stand at the threshold of a new year, in fact, the latch has been raised and the door stands slightly ajar. Beyond is the haze of early morn, so to speak, enveloping, as it were, the busi- ness hopes of the contracting industry. Behind us, lies a record of wonderful achievement accomplished by the build- ing forces in 1922. Everyone of us, con- tractors all, are ambitious to again scale the lofty volume heights attained dur- ing the past year. The level to which we rise will depend, to a great extent, upon our own efforts in an attempt to

hew a way that will make marked prog- ress possible.

Contractors, as a class are soldiers of fortune, creatures of chance, not that the good contractors take hazardous chances or tempt Fate wantonly like a gambler with his dice, yet indirectly does chance,. as marked by financial influ- ences, the attitude of Labor, the rise and fall of prices, and the inclination of men to build, all conditional, sway the sphere in which he operates.

Hence, is it incumbent upon the con- tractors, both for the good of the great building industry and to their own in- terests to stand together and contend for conditions that will encourage build- ing construction activity. Every allied interest working in the great building field, except the contractors, is organ- ized strongly, yet the contractors here and there are prone to “go it alone,” sniff at organized effort, and then won- der why the contracting forces have so little to say in the working out of the building progress.

Not one contractor, deeply imbued with the idea of organization, would countenance connivance, collusion or anything of a shady nature. However, they do preach and advocate a policy of unity and solidarity for the building contracting fraternity so that a solid front may be presented to retarding, in- imical and selfish interests which, in their narrow, biased aims, forget that the ultimate success of the whole is de- pendent solely upon the success of each component part. In other words, the financial interests in the building world are dependent upon conditions that will make building investments attractive; the architect upon the ability of the own- er to finance his project; the contractor uvon the success of the architect to get his project started; the material supply man upon the effort of the contractor to keep building moving; Labor upon the degree of activity the other interests can rreate. There you are, let one of these elements through selfishness “um the works” and all must suffer.

_ There must be harmony in each of the individual ranks that go to make up the army of the building industry.

The other interests have long sought that latter end and it is up to the con- tracting interests to do the same. It is this latter condition that organization among contractors will bring about, for, association will place contractors face to face, afford a better understanding, and, while not eliminating the sharp edge of competition, will give each man an even break, eradicating mistrust and selfishness, the two greatest enemies of the contractor.

Indiana has made a great forward step in the direction of organization amongst the contractors and it is up to those of the contractors, who believe in. and are convinced of the real mission of organizatidn, to continue the effort not only in Indianapolis, Evansville, Fort Wayne. Hammond, South Bend and Terre Haute, but also in Muncie, Ander- son, Kokomo. Marion. Lafavette, Vin- cennes and all the smaller cities even to

the farthermost corners of the state, not -

only in the highways, but down the by- wavs.

No better time is offered than right now, at the dawn. and clear down through the year, the day, of 1923.

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The frames are made of galvanized steel, enameled both inside and outside in any color desired.

They are only 7/16 inch thick and 1% inches wide, or about half the width and thickness of wood frames.

Owing to the durability of the frames, we use only non-rusting wire cloth woven from commercial bronze wire.

HIGGIN SCREEN DOORS

The screen doors reflect more clearly, per- haps, than any other one thing the quality of a screen installation. Higgin Doors are built to order. In width of rails, finish, and kind of wood used, they match the corresponding house doors.

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Official Paper

Indiana

Society of Architects

Officers

GUY MAHURIN, President

WILSON B. PARKER, Ist Vice-Presi dent

HARRY E. BOYLE, 2nd Vice-President MERRITT HARRISON, Secretary CHARLES BROSSMAN, Treasurer

Office of the Secretary 500 BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING Indianapolis, Ind.

Board of Directorse GEO. W. ALLEN DONALD GRAHAM WM. C. McGUIRE WARREN D. MILLER KURT VONNEGUT A. F. WICKES

“Your Individual Prestige Can Never Be Greater Than the Prestige of the Profession to Which You Belong”

JUST AN INKLING OF THE BIG STATE ARCHITECTS’ MEETING NEXT SATURDAY.

Next Saturday, January 13, at In- dianapolis is the day upon which the Indiana Society of Architects shines. It will be the occasion of the regular semi- annual meeting of the organization and the various committees in charge have planned to make it a real event in the annals of the Society.

Everything has been put in ship-shape for the event and all that remains to spell suecess is the arrival of a goodly crowd of architectural professional men from out over the State. There are two days in the year when the opportunity is offered all the Indiana architects to assemble collectively from all corners of the State, talk over professional mat- ters, hob-nob and become better acquaint- ed, and plan for the advancement of the profession. These two occasions are widely separated, one being held in June, the annual convention time, the other in mid-winter, usually in Decem- ber. However, this year in order to get the architects together at the same time that the Annual Architectural Exhibit of Indiana Architects was held it was necessary to postpone the December meeting until January as that was the only time the galleries at the John Her- ron Art Institute, Indianapolis, could be Secured for the exhibit.

Much time has been devoted to the arrangements for this semi-annual meet- Ing and every Indiana architect who can Possibly do so should avail himself of the opportunity to meet at Indianapolis with his professional colleagues of Hoosierdom.

The program for the day as layed out by the program and entertainment com- mittees will follow this line. :

All delegates will assemble at the Lin- coln Hotel, Indianapolis, for registra- tion. Then, at 12:30 p. m., there will be a mid-day luncheon and good-fellow- ship period. Following these opening

exercises President Guy Mahurin, Ft. Wayne, will call a short business meet- Ing for the discussion and disposal of matters affecting the profession, the fu-

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ture of the Society, and general topics dealing with the practice of architecture in the State. It is the intention of those in charge of the meeting to make this business session a short and snappy one and eliminate any wearying and long drawn out attention to non-essential subjects.

The remaining portion of the after- noon is to be devoted to the entertain- ment of the visiting delegates and if the weather is propitious it is planned to motor the architects about the city to various points of interest. Then, too, those attending the meeting will go en masse to the John Herron Art Institute to view the Architectural Exhibit.

As a wind up to the features of the day there will be a big banquet at 6:30 p. m., in the Travertine Room of the Lin- coln Hotel. This will be the largest thing of its kind ever attempted by the Indiana Society of Architects and a real treat is in store for those attending. There will be special decorations, this detail of the evening having been dele- gated to a committee under the leader- ship of Harry Fitton. The Entertain- ment Committee, of which Donald Gra- ham is chairman, announced that there is a real surprise in store for the diners. First it is announced that there will be no loud or rough stuff, instead, it will be along the lines of refined diversion, providing the committee has the correct conception of the meaning of the word refined. Anyway, it will be the sort of entertainment that is 100%. entertain- ing.

This evening attraction is to be a sort of jollification of the building industry as special invitations are to be extended to the contractors, engineers and drafts- men to meet and dine with the archi- tects.

The whole will be an event well worth while attending and the Society has used its best efforts to arrange a real get- together affair. Don’t overlook the date, Saturday, January 13th. If you en- tertain any superstitions throw them to the winds and slip into Indianapolis to give the “glad hand’ to your fellow architects of Indiana.

THINK IT OVER.

One of the most important topics for discussion to be brought up at the semi- annual meeting of the I. S. A., next Saturday, will bear on the recently in- stituted plan of the organization to pro- mote regional meetings in the various districts of the State at which the ar- chitects of those territories may get to- gether and talk over the problems that arise in common to all members of the profession in Indiana.

To date two of these meetings have been held, one in Ft. Wayne, and the other at Terre Haute. Both gatherings were well attended and a keen interest taken by the architects in the matters that were brought up. So impressive was this interest, the pleasure of those attending at the chance to meet their fellow architects, and the spirit of har- mony that prevailed, that the officers of the Society fee] that a great good can be accomplished by the promulgation of the new {ine of action. It is the inten- tion of the advocates of the regional meeting idea to establish certain pre- scribed districts in which the architects of those localities can form regional ar- chitectural clubs and meet, Say, once a month there and there at the various cities in their districts. This will create a closer contact, a beter intimacy, and an opportunity for the architects to advance the interests of the profession. It will also keep the architects in direct touch with vital local matters that have an influence on the practice. As it is now there are things that come up both for good and bad, but there is no concerted action by the architects of a community to get together on these matters, either to advance the good, or combat the ini- mical forces at work.

This regional club and meeting idea is worthy of the consideration of every In- diana architect and each should be pre- pared to express himself along this line of thought when the subject is brought up for discussion next Saturday at the big meeting at Indianapolis. .

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Official Paper

Associated Building Contractors

FRED W. JUNGCLAUS, President Indianapolis

of Indiana

C. C. PIERSON, Seeretary Indianapelis

ORGANIZATION AND CURRENT NEWS

EV ANSVILLE

Associated Building Contractors Member State A. B. C.

rR RI 1 0 yg ta a Ol President

Office, 411 Sycamore St.

EVANSVILLE CONTRACTORS LIKE OTHERS ARE HOPING FOR FA- VORABLE CONDITIONS IN 1923.

In line with the record proportions assumed by local building activities, re- ports from all over the country indicate the volume of building construction work launched, when finally, accurately summed up will establish a national building record for the year of 1922.

Looking into the future, local build- ers are cherishing the hope and faith that the coming season’s activity will assume even larger volume than that of the past year. However, things must be sized up squarely in the contemplation and anticipation and the contractors are not deceiving themselves or others. . As seen by them, there is little or no pros- pect of any decrease in building con- struction costs. Material supply quota- tions have held steady to firm and strong in the local market and no break is ex- bected in that direction. Nor can the labor wage be expected to decline to any extent if any, for there is a tendency toward higher demands in_ the larger cities, a feature that will also have its influence in the smaller communities. These latter places will have to stay in line on the wage matters as a means of Drotecting the local labor supply, other- wise the craftsmen will gravitate toward the higher wage sections.

The lack of an infusion of new blood into the ranks of the building trades mechanics because of certain Union re- Strictions on apprentices, and the ten- dency of contractors not to bother with teaching young men the trades is caus- ing a serious depletion of the available supply of workmen. Not only are the

ig cities suffering from this source, but the smaller cities even more so, as the workmen. if able will go to the places Where the big wages are being paid, a natural human trait.

This is a condition with which all contractors must reckon in 1923, and it 1S going to have a big bearing on the fnture of the bnildine business. The at- titude of Ruilding Labor on the wage Guestion will have a bie influence on next vear’s volume of building construc- tion, not only in Evansville and Indiana,

but all over the country. Labor can do its bit toward a.big building year in 1923, or it can gum up the whole works.

CHIPS AND SHAVINGS.

A frame fabricating building is to be built by the Evansville Structural Sup- ply company at Division street and Kerth avenue, about January 10. The building will be about 48 by 100 feet with one wing 48 feet square.

General Contractors Anderson and Veatch now winding up the remnants of a large volume of business put over in 1922, are preparing to launch another big building campaign the coming sea- son.

Activity in the local building field has slowed down for the present though the contractors are figuring some promis- ing prospects, and things should get back to a busy period before long.

FT. WAYNE |

BUILDERS’ EXCHANGE Member State A. B. C.

Max Irmscher PY a a Th eas President

Eph Darley een Ons ees. Secretary 825 Calhoun St.

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GOOD WIND UP FOR A BIG YEAR.

Local business men in almost every line report 1922 as the best year from a point of receipts that they have ever had. Probably nothing will indicate the healthy condition of business in Fort Wayne at the start of the new year bet- ter than the report of the clearings of the local banks during the last week of the year. Clearings for the last week of the year were considerably in excess of those of the corresponding week last

year. ‘Total! for: week sau 8. os $2,066,131.78 Same week 1921 --_-~---- 1,648,679.25

Gain over same period Oar WARD ee. Uwe. $ 417,452.53

WORKMEN SOMEHOW ESCAPED WHEN BIG STEEL BEAM FELL.

A serious accident was narrowly averted on the new First National Bank Bldg., last week when a large steel beam that was being hoisted into place crashed to the ground. Three workmen who were riding the beam miraculously

escaped death though one of them was caught and his foot was badly crushed.

The exact cause of the crash was un- known to those employed about the work but it is believed that the chain, used in attaching the beam to the hoisting apparatus, slipped after the beam was started on its upward trip to a resting place in the structure.

LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER BOOST FOR HOME CONSTRUCTION IN 1923.

Faith in Ft. Wayne’s home building field was evidenced a few days ago when papers of incorporation, at $300,000 capital, were filed at Indianapolis by the W. E. Doud Building Co. Among the incorporators are to be found the names of many of Ft. Wayne’s most prominent and influential financial and _ business men.

The purpose of the new company will be to finance and construct new resi- dences.

CITY SOLONS CONSIDERING CITY PLAN AND ZONING LAWS.

The zoning law and city planning commission projects, endorsed some time ago by the Fort Wayne Real Estate board, is being considered by city offi- cials. A meeting for the purpose of dis- cussing the plan was held last week at the chamber of commerce.

No definite action was taken at the meeting although the city officials ad- mitted that the purpose of the law and commission is commendable. The legal- ity of the law in regards to. certain phases, was questioned by the city at- torney and this is one of the principal reasons that no action was taken. A further investigation of the law will be made and another meeting held within a short time.

KILL STREET WIDENING AND PROPERTY LINE MOVE SUG- GESTED FOR HARRISON ST.

The proposition proposed for widen- ing and establishing specified building lines in Harrison street, along the zon- ‘ing and city plan idea, through the downtown district was called off at a meeting of the Board of Works last week.

Following the meeting it was an- nounced that the remonstrance against the proposed improvement was signed by 92 per cent of the property owners whose buildings would have been affect- ed had the proposition been put through as an ordinance by the city council. In view of the heavy opposition presented the board simply rescinded all previous action covering the matter.

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INDIANAPOLIS

Building Contractor's Association Member State A. B. C.

BW. vungeleus. 2.5068 k President ed OAR Co C1 ee te Secretary 320 Peoples Bank Building

MEETINGS. Executive Committee meets second Tuesday each month. Painter Contractors meet every

Wednesday, 4.00 p. m. Plasterer Contractors Wednesday noon. Mason Contractors Association meets every Thursday—1 P. M.

General Contractors meet second Fri- day each*month.

Meet every

PLANS ON FILE.

At 320 Peoples Bank Building, Indianapolis. None this week.

WAIVER OF LIEN.

None this week.

ATTENTION! ELECTION MONDAY.

Don’t forget the annual election of the Building Contractors Association, at 320 Peoples Bank Bldg., next Monday, Jan- uary 8th. The polls will be open from 11 a.m. to3 p.m. Vote early!

There are two tickets in the field this year, a fact that should arouse much in- terest, cause some lively friendly com- petition, and draw out a heavy vote. The future of the association’ depends greatly upon its administration and every member should cast a ballot.

The tickets up for the consideration of the members are:

Regular Ticket. ROME b een TL) inti. | Nate a J. E. Hall Ist Vice President______- Robert Berner 2nd Vice President_______- Wm. Carper 3rd Vice President________ Walter Wise 4th Vice President Robert Poehner A TCRRUTOR. vier ed 8) oe O. A. Porter Independent Ticket. Fred W. Jungclaus Robert Rerner Wm. Carver

Ist Vice President_______ 2nd Vice President

8rd Vice President________ Walter Wise 4th Vice President_____ Harry Callon. Jr. Pastirance eo a O._A. Porter

ALL PREVIOUS RUILDING REC- ORNS AT INDIANAPOLIS SMASHFD RY 1922 AC- SIVITY,

also exceeded those of 1921 by a large figure. A total of 13,581 were granted, an Increase of 3,446 over last year.

n comparison with these figures, which demonstrate the almost phenome- nal growth of the city, a set of figures showing the valuation of building opera- tions and permits given out in 1918, was cited by the building commissioner. In that year, only 4,308 permits were is- sued representing a total valuation of $4,558,676.

Many New Homes.

Included in the report covering the building bureau, were reports of inspec- tors working out of that office. These inspectors reported 1,790 elevator in- spections; 1,122 smoke inspections and 19,704 electrical inspections.

Fred S. Beck, smoke inspector, re- ported also that eleven stacks have been installed this year, thirteen smoke con- sumers put in and twenty-two stokers installed.

Permits were issued for construction of twenty-two buildings costing $100,000 or more, and twenty permits were grant- ed for buildings costing between $50,000 and $100,000.

One point of interest in the building commissioner’s report is that covering housing and he shows that a total of 4.353 new housing units were construct- ed during the year, which will accom- modate that number of families. This includes 2.681 new dwelling houses.

_ Bureau Shows Profit.

The budget for the building bureau for 1922 called for appropriations of $18,- 545, but $29,196.35 was taken in in fees ‘for issuing permits, which will allow the turning over of $10,651.35 into the city’s general treasury as a result of the year’s work.

Permits were distributed as follows: One-story single dwellings. 1,546; two- storv single dwellings, 463; one-story double dwellings. 159; two-story double dwellings. 513; stables, sheds, etc.. 2,262; brick building. nonfireproof, 121; fire- nroof construction, 44; concrete. block. 229: tenement houses. 42: repairs. ad- ditions and alterations. frame, 6.770; renairs. additions and alterations, brick. 470, and miscellaneous, 962.

AWARD OF A MILLION DOLLAR BUILDING CONTRACT FEA- TURES FIRST WEEK OF 1923.

The new year, this week, got away from the scratch right at the pop of the gun, that is, as far as new building op- erations are concerned.

It isn’t often that the dawn of the new vear is enlivened by the letting of a $1,000,000 contract, but, that is what happened the past week when the new Meyer-Kiser Bank and Office Building was awarded without a hitch.

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LULL IN RESIDENCE BUILDING PERMIT BUSINESS ENSUES.

There was quite a let up in the busi- ness of the city building inspectors’ of- fice the past two weeks, very few new permits being issued. This was in marked contrast to the rush just before Christmas when most every one in the building inspection department was kept busy writing out permits in answer to the applications that were made by an army of prospective residence builders.

The heavy demand put upon the clerks was occasioned by the provisions incorporated in the new zoning ordin- ance of the City Plan Commission which restricted building in the residence dis- tricts to so many square feet of ‘living area for dwelling purposes. These re- strictions had a great bearing on double house construction on the smaller lots and everyone who had such a structure in contemplation endeavored to secure a permit before the zoning ordinance went into effect. Though the permits were issued, it was provided that actual con- struction operations must be instituted within six weeks of the issuing date or the permit would be revoked. Thus is the great December residence ‘permit rush accounted for.

CHANGE OF FIRM NAME MADE.

Announcement has just been made of- ficially that the firm name of Wise Bros., mason contractors, Indianapolis, will hereafter be known as Walter W. Wise. There will be no change of address, the offices of the company are still to be maintained at 206 Indiana Trust Bldg.,; Washington street and Virginia Avenue.

BUILDING PERMITS

($4,500 and Over)

(Week of December 29 to January 4)

Private Garage: $7,500. 1 sty. 50x 113. 1152 Fairfield. Owner and build- er. Jose-Kuhn Co., 1160 Fairfield.

Residences (2) $3,000 each. 3301 and 3311 East 20th. Owner. Dan W. L. Le- Gore, Peoples Bank Bldg. Owner builds.

Residence: $6,500. 37 So. Euclid. Own- er, W. C. Bryden, 5110 E. Mich. Owner builds.

Residence: $6,750. 240 Blue Ridge Rd. Owner, M. M. Miller, Fletcher Trust Bldg.

Residence: $5.500. 5341 Central. Own- er. Chas. C. Binkley, 5158 Park.

Residence: $7,200. 3724 Central. Own- er, A. C. Rarick, contract to Harrell & Robb, 3126 MacPherson.

Residence: (double) Wright St. Wright St.

Residence: $22.000. 4401 Broadway. Owner. Herman G. Deupree, 2927 Broad- way, G. C. let to L. C. Huev Bldg. Co..,,

$4.000. 1405-07 Owner, H. R. Herman, 1415

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With 055.297 represent- Attached to the bottom of the con- American Central Life Bldg. Brick fi} | ed in building ce Sew Piaeond ‘sonting tract is the name of the Bedford Stone veneer. | Hy ahove all former marks bv a large mar- & Construction Co., the successful bid- Residences (2) $8.000 each. 630-32 ati gin. was set in Indianapolis this vear, ders. Laverock Road, 6272 College. Owner, 1

L. B. Miller, General contract let to

arcord] : Fran- The new structure. to be located at er epee Baron, uu BY, Ee Phil Calkins, 2203 Roosevelt Ave.

cis F. Hamilton, city building commis- 126-30 East Washington street, between

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sioner, Pennsylvania and Delaware streets. will Residence: $4.800. 14438 Belleview The valuation for 1921 was $18,328.- be eleven stories hieh with ground di- Place. Owner, A. W. Cox, 1266 No. 965. which shows an increase for this mensions of 60x200 ft. Terra cotta fac- Belleview.

ine will be used. Structural steel frame

Residences (2) doubles. $3.000 each. with reinforced concrete floors will be

9929-31 and 2905-07 No. Chester. Qwner, W. L. Bridges, 148 No. Delaware.

year of $7.726.332. e number of permits issued for con-

struction by ‘the commissioner this year the type of construction employed.

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ORD STONE & CONSTRUCTION CO. Contractors—Engineers

810-15 FLETCHER TRUST BLDG., INDIANAPOLIS

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CONDER & CULBERTSON General Building Contractors 623 NORTH NOBLE ST., INDIANAPOLIS

CORNELL ENGINEERING CO. Building Contractors 2611 CORNELL AVE., INDIANAPOLIS

WM. P. JUNGCLAUS CO. Building Contractors—Industrial and Schools 825 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., INDIANAPOLIS

J. G. KARSTEDT CONSTRUCTION CO. General Contractors 429 LEMCKE BLDG., INDIANAPOLIS

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MORROW AND MORROW General Building Contractors

Muncie, Ind.

1006 E. Main St. JAS. HODGSON & SONS

Brick Contractors 208 HOLLIDAY BLDG., INDIANAPOLIS

Phones—Residence, Randolph 5203; Office, Circle 4164 WISE BROTHERS (Walter W. Wise) MASON CONTRACTORS 206 Indiana Trust Bldg. Indianapolis

COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL BUILDERS

Hall Construction Company

405-406 BOARD OF TRADE INDIANAPOLIS

WALKER-BROOKS REALTY CO. Builders of Investment Properties 134 NORTH DELAWARE, INDIANAPOLIS NS ROLAND M. COTTON CO., Plumbing and Heating Contractors 1720 E. Tenth St Indianapolis ee ES Le ae SCHWEGMAN-WITTE CO. Heating, Ventilating and Plumbing Contractors 127 E. Jefferson St. FT. WAYNE

BEDFORD STEEL & CONSTRUCTION CO.

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Factories

BEDFORD, IND.

A. E. Gilden, President. W. J. Shoobridge, V-Pres. E. J. Shoobridge, Sec. & Treas.

Gale Construction Co. GENERAL CONTRACTORS 2117-31 Gale St. Phone, Webster 8693 INDIANAPOLIS

Ornamental and Miscellaneous Iron Bronze and Brass Work Post Caps, Joist Hangers, Wali Boxes Paint for All Purposes Tanks and Towers of Wood or Steel

R. ALFRED HAYES

606 Lombard Bldg. Phone Main 4641 Indianapolis

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Steel Bridges Enquiries Solicited

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LATHAM & WALTERS

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GENERAL CONTRACTORS, CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINS EMS TELEPHONES:—MAIN 1248. AUTO. 28-581

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CONCRETE MIXERS

SAW RIGS MORTAR MIXERS PUMPS STEEL FORMS HOISTS BAR CUTTERS

Immediate Shipment from Indianapolis Warehouse

KOEHRING COMPANY

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CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

Builders Hoists Steel Derricks Steel Concrete Forms Concrete Mixers Column Clamps Round Column Moulds Mortar Mixers Concrete Hand Carts

Concrete Elevating and Distributing Plants Double and Single Cage Material Elevator Platform

GEO. W. FIFE EQUIPMENT Co. 1403 Merchants Bank Building

Phone, Main 6360 Indianapolis, Indiana

No. 6 C. H. & E. Saw Rig

No. 3 C. H. & E. Hoist

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RETAIL QUOTATIONS

Indianapolis Building Materials

7 .UMBER.

Framing Lumber. Pxao tno; LOLLCASING: 1a) COMME eee eee eet rennin (OE Ay ew, 2x4 in. 18, 20 ft.-No. 2 common

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Bevel Siding.

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Drop Siding.

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Cypress, 1x6 in. to. 10

“a pheng Flooring.

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Ix4 in.—No. 1x6 in.—No, 1x6 in.—No. Shingles,

Oregon cedar, clear 5-2 in. Extra XAX, 6-2. in..

Wood Lath.

18 in. No. 1 Cypress Lath... 48 in. No. 1 Hemlock Lath... 48 in, eat Pine

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CLAY PRODUCTS.

BRICK. Common, F. O. B. cars, Lndinine 00 1s 8.22, Scent ee $15.50 to $16.50 M. Face, F. O° B, cars, Indianapolis..............0ccn, 23.00 to 40.00 M. HOLLOW CLAY PARTITIONING TILE.

Size ‘ . Deld. from

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Size Wt. Pes. to (Inches ) Each Min C/L Stock M.

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dx8x12 (2-cell)... 5x8x12 (8-cell)

From Size Warehouse hy 25 le a ig RI ZA te aah le $132.00 1S.) 825 aga RN i EAR ed Sp Se RAE IP ROEDER Se! ab neta UN 154.00

WALL COPING.

9 “in 13 in 18 in.

Angles, three times price per ft. FLUE LININGS.

Flue Linings, 81Lx81, ines Tamings; Stews: o.. 1h yg ae oes Hine Senne, 8 StoxT ew A eS

Flue Linings, 18x13'%.. Rigeumanings -1Sx1 Seno iain may

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CEMENT BLOCKS

PRIN ease AER epee) IM, -< 5 ons ee ee a en $0.22 each Rock, Bace—S) dnixl2ein-x16 ins... Soe ee -25 each For fittings, corners, window blocks, add 25%.

For Water-Proof Blocks add two cents per block.

LIME, CEMENT AND PLASTER LIME,

Finish, Hydrate, 50 Ib. paper sacks.......ccccccccccccccoeeecccccocccce-.e. Mason’s Hydrate, 50 Ib. paper sacks Chemical Hydrate, 50 lb. paper sacks

Single Bags, any kind Lump Lime, bulk...

CEMENTS.

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Cloth sacks included, returnable at Te each.

MORTAR FOR BRICKLAYING.

Carney’s cement, cloth, per sige es pel Sx --$0.75 Brixment, paper, per bag i. 7 00 Brixment, cloth, per bag... -70 Cioth sacks included, returnabie ‘at. Te ‘each, PLASTERS AND FINISHES.

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ee ee ee ENGINEERS OF THE STATE TO GATHER AT INDIANAPOLIS FOR THEIR ANNUAL MEETING.

Indiana engineers from all sections of the state, and quite a few from without the borders, will gather at Indianapolis Thursday and Friday, January 18 and 19, that being the time fixed for the Forty-third Annual Convention of the Indiana Engineering Society.

Convention headquarters will be at the Lincoln Hotel, where all sessions, luncheons and the windup dinner dance,

tiday evening, will be held.

he general meetings will be held on the fourteenth floor of the Lincoln as also will be a special engineering exhibit that has been arranged.

The official program for the two days’ gathering as announced by Secretary harles Brossman, is:

Registration 10:30 a. m., Thursday, January 18th. Luncheon Thursday, 12:00 o’clock noon, sharp— ndiana Engineering Society and Ameri- can Association of Engineers, Dean A. A. Potter, presiding. E. W. McCullough, American Association of Engineers, pasress by members of State Legisla- Side Trip 1 Thursday, 2 p. m.—Excursion and in- *Pection of Noblesville Light and Power empany’s new automatic hydraulic Dower plant and dam on White river near y oblesville, Cars will leave traction station at 2:00 p. m. and at Noblesville, the society will be guests of Kiwanis ub, who will drive them to dam. Smoker Thursday, 7:45 p.

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JANUARY 13, 1923

onstration of “Radio.” D. J. Angus, In- dianapolis, Ind. Professor R. V. Achatz, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Second Day Sessions

Friday, 9 a. m.—Presiding, R. C. Yoe- man. Secretary’s report. Appointment of committees. Indianapolis, a smoke- less city. Dr. I. H. Derby, Republic Creosoting Company, Indianapolis, Ind., (illustrated with stereoptican). “The Bates Experimental Road.” Clifford Older, chief highway engineer, Illinois A a Highway Commission, Springfield,

Discussion of Engineers’ License Law, Chas. W. Cole, South Bend, Ind., mem- ber Engineers Registration Board.

Friday, 2 p. m.—Presiding, J. L. El- liott, Indianapolis.

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“The Railroads and the Public,” C. A.’ :

Paquette, chief engineer, C., C., C. & St. L.- R. _R., Indianapolis. “Hydraulic Power Development of the Tippecanoe River,” Roger N. Freeman, consulting en- gineer, New York City. Super power plant of 100,000 K.W. capacity of the Central Indiana Power Company, by L. B. Andrus, chief engineer. “Power Plant Progress,” Prof. A. W. Cole, Pur- due University, Lafayette, Ind. Report, State Administrative Committee, Daniel B. Luten, chairman. Election of officers.

Friday, 6:30 p. m—Annual dinner for members, friends and ladies. Indiana Engineering Society, Seientech Club and local engineering sections. Entertain- ment, music, dancing following the din-

Committee reports. ner.

BUILDING OPERATIONS IN INDIANA IN 1922 MADE FOR A VOLUME OF BUSINESS NEVER BEFORE ATTAINED BY THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY OF THE STATE.

Some conception of the extent of building operations in Indiana in 1922 is possible when it is realized that the total estimated valuation of new building pro- jects launched in the state’s eight leading cities, according to the reports of the various city building inspectors, amounted to $57,575,413. This amount is far ahead of any other figures, covering the same item, ever posted over a twelve months’ period in Indiana, and it will take steady and continued effort in building construction endeavor in the years to come to top this great record.

The total of the eight cities for the past year when compared with the same item for 1921, $36,299,023, shows an increase of 58.5%, and an 89.7% gain over the building volume of 1920.

The major portion of the 1922 business, 77.66%, was contributed by Indiana- polis, South Bend and Ft. Wayne in this order, 45.36%, 17.54% and 16.76%, In- dianapolis turning in $26,110,607, South Bend, $10,095,610, and Ft. Wayne, $9,- 630,049. Evansville and Gary ran over the $3,000,000 mark, while Hammond and Terre Haute more than reached the $2,000,000 level. Little Richmond made a game struggle, but lacked $237,734 of one million dollars.

In the matter of gains over 1921, Evansville showed the best percentage, to be followed by Richmond, South Bend, Ft. Wayne and Indianapolis, while Terre Haute and Gary, in the order named, showed percentage losses.

When one stops to consider that the total record of estimated valuations given above covers only eight cities in Indiana where complete building records are tabu- lated by city building inspection departments, and that there is a large area where such figures are not available in Indiana, such as small towns and rural districts where residences, factories, store and lodge buildings and modern consolidated township schools are built, it is reasonable to approximate an additional 20% of building to add to the above total which would mean that Indiana in 1922 did close to $70,000,000 worth of new building construction work in the year just past.

The records show these building performances by the individual cities, cover- ing the years of 1922 and 1921.

—1922-— —1921— Est. Valuation Est. Valuation

PEATE DOMES. Re Meee ar os oe te Ae $26,110,607 $18,328,905 ROUEN amt emt we eee ee 2 10,095,610 4,149,122 Ft. Wayne -----------~---------------------- 9,630,049 4,799,756 Miangvilet wlan sien O Ee ehas 6 3,069,734 1'303°367 COPY), el oe ee ee ee te 3,001,308 3,181,852 Haminond ‘o/s oe eto h2_ 2 shes Bie 2,704,525 1/942'135 ‘Lerrey Havite nls cages aaa oa ee 2,201,314 2,214,128 Richmond), ..+. si c3ye ee, oe lee See 762,266 379,758 Total | -------------~-------------------- $57,575,413 $36,299,023

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News of the Week

The asterick (*) pretix to an item indicates ad- ditional information to report published in pre vious issue.

INDIANAPOLIS

Residence and Garage: Michigan Road, Indianapolis. Architect, Frederick Wallick, 308 Hume-Mansur Bldg. Owner’s name withheld for pres- ent. Plans in progress, will complete plans February 1st. Brick and _ stone, slate roof, marble and tile floors.

Residence and Garage: $35,000.00, Washington, D. C., “Rock Creek Park.” Architect, Frederick Wallick, 308 Hume- Mansur Bldg., Indianapolis. Owner, Robert ‘Ransdell. Plans in progress. Stucco and hollow tile, tile roof, marble and tile floors.

Country House and Garage: $30,000.00, near Michigan Road, Indianapolis. Ar- chitect, Frederick Wallick, 308 Hume- Mansur Bldg. Owner, William H. Co- burn, 589 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis. Plans in progress, ready for bids about March Ist. Frame and stucco, slate roof.

Residence (alterations), near Cler,- mont, Indiana, Marion county. Archi- tect, Frederick Wallick, 308 Hume-Man- sur Bldg., Indianapolis. Owner, Clar- ence Stanley, Route A No. 2, Box 394B, Indianapolis. Plans in progress. Work will consist of new plumbing, heating, new roof and complete interior decora- tions.

Residences (10) Group Development: $10,000.00. to $15,000.00 each, Central Avenue and Fairfield Avenue. Archi- tect, Frederick Wallick, 308 Hume Man- sur Bldg. Owner, W. J. Hasselman (florist), Central Ave. and 34th St. Plans In progress. Project will mature in the spring.

Residence and Two Car Garage: $16,- 000.00, Golden Hill, Indianapolis. Archi- tect, Frederick Wallick, 308 Hume-Man- sur Bldg. Owner, Wendel Sherk, % Fletcher American Co., Fletcher Ameri- can Bank Bldg. Temporarily inabey- ance. Frame and stucco, slate roof.

Church: (to be built in units). $600,000. Maple Road Boulevard and Meridian St. Architect, H. C. Hopsam, Atlanta, Ga. Owner, North Methodist Episcopal Church. Building Committee: A. L. Glossbrenner, Prest. Levy Printing Co., Dhio and Senate; J. W. Esterline, Prest. Esterline-Angus Co., 227 East South St.; Fred Hoke, Secy. Holcomb and Hoke Mnfg. Co., 154 Van Buren St.; C. P. Lesh, Prest. Lesh Paper Co., 121 Ken- tucky Ave.; Frederick D. Leete, Bishop Indianapolis Area M. E. Church, 3055

$65,000.00,

North Meridian St., all of Indianapolis. Preliminary plans in progress. unit will be the church auditorium. cost, $350,000.

*Factory Building: 5 sty. & bas. 98x 120. Liberty and Michigan Sts: Archi- tect, Rubush & Hunter, 428 American Central Life Bldg. Owner, Indianapolis Glove Co., Broadhurst Elsey, Secy., Lib- erty & Michigan Sts. Architect receiy- ing bids. Brick, reinforced concrete and steel, reinf. concrete stairs, brick or tile stack, 92 feet high, steel sash, iron col- umns, elevator doors, fire escapes, face brick, hollow tile partitions, fire doors, Kolomine doors, tile floors. and base, marble toilet partitions, comp. roof, Bed- ford stone trim, tin clad doors. The fol- lowing contractors are figuring: G. C., Wm. P. Jungclaus Co., Schlegel & Roehm, Bedford Stone and Constr. Co., Hall Bros. & Brandt Bros, all of Indianapolis.

“Manufacturing Plant: (1 sty. unit). Mill building, 1 sty. 80x200. English Ave. and Belt R. R. Architect, Russell N. Edwards, 45 Union Trust Bldg. Own- er, Kramer Realty Co., % L. B. Mosiman, 315 Garfield Ave.. Plans completed. Architect will be ready for bids next week. Brick, mill construction, factory sash, concrete floors, compo. or cement tile roof.

“Memorial Building: $100,000. Green- field, Ind. Archts., McGuire & Shook, 320 Indiana Pythian Bldg., Indianapolis. Owner, Board of Trustees, Soldiers and Sailors War Memorial, Ward Fletcher, % Greenfield Banking Co., Greenfield. Plans nearing completion. Mature about March 1. Brick, reinf. concrete and steel.

Parish House and Sunday School: $35,000.00, Irvington, Indianapolis. Archt., George and Mac Lucas, 1153-55 Consolidated Bldg. Owner, Episcopal Congregation, Rev. C. E. Bishop, 331 Layman Ave., Indianapolis. Preliminary plans in progress, mature about March 1st. Brick.

“Duplex Residence: $30,000. North Meridian St. Architect, George and Mac Lucas, 1153-55 Consolidated Bldg. Own- er, Sol Meyer, Prest. Meyer-Kiser Bank, 136 East Washington St. Architect re- ceiving bids. Brick, tile roof, vapor heat, tile and hardwood floors.

Office Building: (addition). 1 sty. rear addition, 40x60, 623 No. Noble St. Pri- vate plans. Owner and contractors, Con- der & Culbertson, 623 No..Noble St. Start work shortly. Brick, steel, freight elevator, steel sash, comp. roof. Heating and plumbing let to L. T. Daily. Con- tractor taking bids on other subs.

“Stucco Manufacturing Plant: (1st unit) 60 ft. high, 48x96. Seymour, Ind., or Bloomington. Architect, Merritt Har- rison & Turnock, 500 Board of Trade Bldg., Indianapolis. Owner, Silverstone

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Factory Blow-Pipe Work Riveted or Welded Tanks

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Stucco and Plaster Products Co., Dr. ‘J. Briggs, Fres., 201 Indiana Pythian Bldg., Indianapolis. Plans in progress. Brick, heavy timber and tile, conveying equipment, concrete floors, motor-driven machinery.

Contracts Awarded

“Factory (Addition): $300,000. 4 sty., 66x340 & 40x230. Private plans. Own- er, The American Can Co., 120 Broad- way, New York City, N. Y. General con- tractor, Ferro Concrete Construction Co., 3d and Elm Sts., Cincinnati, Ohio. Sprinkler system let to Grinnell Co., Cincinnati. On foundation. Brick, reinf. concrete.

Automobile Service Building: 1 sty. and bas., 112x122, S. E, corner St. Clair and Capitol Ave. Archt., D. A. Bohlen and Son, 1001 Majestic Bldg. Owner, Capitol and St. Clair Realty Co., Ber- nard Korbly, 600 Indiana Trust Bldg., and Fred G. Appel, 505 Fletcher Trust Bldg. Lesees of building, Madden-Cop- ple Co., Chas. F. Campbell, Pres., 209

W. North St. Brick, mill construction. General contract awarded to A. V. Stackhouse Co., National City Bank Bldg.

“Commercial Garage: (Rem. & Add.) $75,000. 216 No. Meridian St. Private plans. Owner, W. H. Coleman, 216 No. Meridian St. Lessee, Horace F. Wood Transfer Co., 216 No. Meridian St. Gen- eral contractor, F. Bremerman & Son, 1050 West 30th St. Work will consist of a 8 sty. rear add. 70x142; concrete ramps, reinforced concrete floor construc- tion, steel sash.

*Apartment Building: $65,000. Wood- ruff Place, Indpls. Private plans. Own- er, Woodruff Place Realty Co., F. H. Cheyne, Prest., 115 East Ohio St.; W.F. Myers, V.-P., % State Construction Co.; J. J. Kiser, Secy., % Meyer-Kiser Bank. General contractor, State Con- struction Co., 30th and Columbia Sts. Plans nearing completion. Start worx shortly. Brick.

Residence: (double), $15,000.00, 48th and Capitol. Owner and builder, William Low Rice, State Life Bldg. Archt.,

Frank B. Hunter, State Life Bldg. Work to start at once. Owner builds.

ANDERSON

Warehouse: $200,000. 5 sty., 70x143. Architect, George S. Kingsley, 109 No. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ills. Owner, Joseph Zeigler, % Architect. Prelimi- nary’ plans in progress. Details unde- cided. Definite data later. Brick, reinf. concrete floor and roof construction, comp. roof, 2 freight elevators, steel sash.

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BLOOMFIELD

“Garage and Salesroom: $25,000. Pri- vate plans. Owner, Haywood Motor Sales Co., Henry Hayweod, President, Bloomfield. Preliminary plans. Mature about March Ist. Brick, steel sash, steel truss roof, elevator, 2 sty., 57x134.

*Stores and Garage: $35,000. 2 sty., 67x100. Owner, C. C. Wilson (general contractor), Bloomfield. Plans in pro- gress. Owner will build by day labor. Start work about March ist. Brick.

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CONNERSVILLE

“High School: $250,000. 2 sty. & bas. 19th and Grand. Architect, Elmer E. Dunlap & Co., 1050 No. Delaware St.,

Indianapolis. Asso. Archt., H. M. Grif- fin, McFarlan Bldg., Connersville. Own- er, Board of School Trustees, K. Fred Hawkins, Prest., Connersville. Plans completed. Owner will advertise for bids shortly.

“School: $75,000. 2 sty. & bas., 91x81. Richland Township, New Salem, Indiana. Architect, H. M. Griffin, McFarlan Bldg., Connersville. Owner, Fred Goddard,

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Trustee, New Salem, Indiana. Plans completed. Owner will advertise for bids late winter. Brick and tile.

“School: $65,000. Cortland, Indiana, Hamilton Twp. Architect, H. M. Griffin, McFarlan Bldg., Connersville. Owner, W. T. Isaacs, Trustee, Cortland. Plans completed. Mature early Spring. Brick and hollow tile.

“Residence: $25,000. 2 sty. & bas., 45x 30. Architect, H. M. Griffin, McFarlan Bldg., Connersville. Owner, Robert P. Abercondie, McCune Bldg., Connersville. Plans completed. Will ask for bids in 30 days. Frame, shingle roof, art glass, incinerator, tile and hardwood floors, 2 baths.

Residence: $5,000. 21st and Indiana. Architect, J. P. Fallon, McFarlan Bldg. Owner, Willard Bearly (cement contrac- tor), 21st and Indiana. Plans in prog- ress. Frame, shingle roof, furnace.

“Duplex: (rem. from residence) and 4- car garage. Architect, J. P. Fallon, Mc- Farlan Bldg. Owner, Rose Mancini, 1204 Central. Plans in progress. Mature about March Ist. Frame, furnace, hard- wood floors and general alterations.

EAST CHICAGO

“Graded School: (Addition & General

Alternations). $50,000. Lincoln Grade school, 136th and Elm Sts. Architect, D. Norris, 224 Calumet Bldg. Owner,

er, Board of School Trustees, Dan C. Morris, Prest., East Chicago. Plans in progress. Brick.

Contracts Awarded.

“Store and Apartment: $25,000. 2 sty. 385x115. 3603 Cedar St. Architect, Karl D. Norris, 224 aluCmet Bldg. Owner, N. Kaufman & Sons, Hardware, 3528 Cedar St., East Chicago. Contractor for foundation only, H. B. Olney, 4028 Par- tish Ave., Indiana Harbor, Ind. Archt. ready for bids on superstructure. Brick.

EVANSVILLE

“Parochial School: $100,000. 2 sty. &

bas., 72x151. Michigan and 10th Sts. Architect, Clifford B. Shopbell, Furniture Bldg. Owner, St. Boniface Parochial School, Rev. J. H. Hillenbrand, Pres.; William Muensterman, V.-P.; Geo. P. Stocker, Secy., West Side, Evansville. Architect receiving bids to close January 26th, at 1:00 p. m. Brick, stone trim,

composition roof, steam heat; will con- tain 12 class rooms, 4 recitation rooms, library, teachers’ rest rooms, boys’ club room dining room, kitchen, supply room and an auditorium seating 700 persons.

“Catholic High School: $300,000. 2 sty. & bas. Lincoln Ave. Architect, Clifford Shopbell, Furniture Bldg. Owner, Catho- lic High School Committee, Monsignor F. X. Unterreitmeyer, chairman. Plans nearing completion. Architect will be ready for bids in 30 days. Brick, stone

trim. “City Hall: (addition). $47,000. 2 sty. & bas. Architect, Russ & Karges, Fur-

niture Bldg. Owner, City of Evansville, City Hall. Owner receiving bids to close January 29th, 1923. Brick, slate man- sard roof, rubble limestone foundation, terrazzo floors in corridors and halls, steel stairs, concrete floor constr. “Factory: 4 sty., 75x75. Architect, Alfred E. Neucks, 515-16 Peoples Bank Bldg. Owner, General Cigar Co. Plans nearing completion. Ready for bids in 30 days. Brick, mill construction. Laundry: (addition). Cleaning Dept. 1 sty., 17x100. Architect, Alfred E. Neucks, 515-16 Peoples Bank Bldg. Owner, Krauss Laundry Co., 1307 Main St. Plans about completed. Ready for bids in 10 days. Brick, concrete floors. “Bank: (Rem. and Alteration). Mt. Vernon, Ills. Architect, Harry E. Boyle & Co., Furniture Bldg., Evansville, Owner, Ham National Bank, Mt. Vernon, Ills. Flans completed. Ready for bids in 10 days. Work will consist of new front, heating system, banking fixtures, and general alterations. “Church: (Rem.). $15,000. 1 sty., 40x 80. Architects, Anderson & Stingle, 108 Upper 4th St. Owner, Stringtown M. E.

Church, “Rev. Joyce Bailey, Pastor, Stringtown, Evansville. Plans about completed. Ready for bids next week.

Work will consist of brick veneering present bldg., new pews, art glass, audi- torium and gymnasium, asphalt shingle roof, forced air furnace.

“Church: $40,000. 1 sty. & bas., 48x127. Stanley, Kentucky. Architect, Anderson & Stingle, 108 Upper 4th St., Evansville. Owner, St. Peters Catholic Church, Stan- ley, Ky. Foundation in. Owner ready for bids on superstructure in 30 days. Brick, stone trim.

“Sanitarium: $15,000. Architect, An- derson & Stingle, 108 Upper 4th. Owner,

Dr. S. R. Laubscher, Fulton Ave. Road. Architect receiving bids.

“Apartment: (rem. from old building). 2 apts. Architect, Anderson & Stingle, 108 Upper 4th. Owner, Heseman & Schnacke, 1221 Main St. Archt. taking

bids. Brick. Water Pipe: Owner, Trustees of the Department of Water Works, Chas.

Streithof, General Supt., City Hall., re- celving bids to close January 19th, at 7:30 p. m., for the following: 60 tons of 6-in. pipe, 75 tons of 8-in. bell and spigot, C. I., 540 tons of 30-in. Class C pipe, bell and spigot, 1,700 ft. of 30-in. steel water pipe. Contracts Awarded

Creamery: (addition). Owner, Evans- ville Pure Milk Co. General contract let to M. J. Hoffman Construction Co., Fur- niture Bldg.

FRANKFORT

“Theater: (rebuild after fire). $25,000. Architect, Rodney Leonard, Peoples Life Bldg. Owner, Blynn Theater. Archi- tect revising plans to lower cost. Will ask for new bids soon. t

“Church and Sunday School: $30,000. East Linton St. Owner, Separate United Christian Church Congregation, Frank- lB Contemplated. Definite data later.

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Medical Building: 5 sty. & bas. 60x150. Architect and engineer, George L. Oh- mart, Springfield, Ohio. Owner, Medi- cal Fraternity of Ft. Wayne, % Archt. Plans in progress. Plans will be ready for bids next month. Brick, reinforced concrete floors and roof construction, ele- vators, composition roof, steam heat; Ist floor will be used for the sale of surgical instruments, hosp. equipt. & drugs; 2d floor will contain an auditorium and lounging rooms; balcony of bldg. will be devoted to offices of physicians and dent- ists; top floor will be a complete X-Ray dept.

Contracts Awarded

“Grade School: (add. and alt.). “Ne- braska_ school.” Ft. Wayne. Architect, A. M. Strauss, 705 Shoaff Bldg. Owner, Board of School Trustees, H. J. Collier,

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Jr., business director. General contract awarded to J. C. Johnston, $28,998.65. Heating let to The Sanitary Engineering Co., $19,963. Plumbing let to Schweg- man-Witte Co., $1,687.

“Banking Building & Offices: $1,500,- 000. 14 sty. & bas. 150x92. Ft. Wayne. Archt., Thomas M. Jones Co., Boston, Mass. Owner, First & Hamilton Na- tional Bank, Ft. Wayne. General con- tractor, Max Irmscher & Sons, Ft. Wayne. Terra cotta let to Northwestern Terra Cotta Co., Chicago, Ills. Erecting steel.

Building Permits

Fermits were issued to A. G. Curdes for residences at 3013 Monroe street, $4,500; at 3617 Monroe street, $5,500; at 1802 Dodge avenue, $6,500; at 1037 For- est avenue, $5,500; to City & Suburban Building Company, for residence on Pas- adena drive, $5,500; to the Enterprise Building Company for residences at 2118 Andrews, 2124 Andrews, 729 Florence, 1616 Richardson and 1612 Richardson, $2,500 each and at 2951 Reed, 2905 Reed, at a cost of $3,500 each; to W. G. Pe-

quignot for residence at 1923 Spring’

street, $4,000; to Indiana Engineering company for eight bunk houses for the Pennsylvania Company, $13,000; to Mc- Mullen Brothers for residence at Rudisill avenue and Fairfield avenue, $18,000.

“Residence: $6,000. 3513 Broadway. Owner, Adam Benzwick, 1749 Mass. Ave. Owner will build by day labor. Brick. 1 sty. & Bas.

GREENCASTLE

Fraternity House: $60,000. 2 sty. & bas. Greencastle. Architect, Robert Frost Daggett, Lemcke Annex, Indian- apolis. Owner, Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Henry Ostrom, Chairman Building Committee, % The Ostrom Re- alty Co., Peoples Bank Bldg., Indianapo- lis. Preliminary plans in progress. |

“Sorority House: $30,000. Architect, L. H. Sturges, 527 Board of Trade Bldg., Indianapolis. Owner, Iota Chapter Kap- pa Kappa Gamma Sorority, % Mrs. Don- ner, Greencastle. Plans in progress. Probably mature early Spring.

“Church: (addition). $20,000. 1 sty. & bas., 38x70. Greencastle, Ind. Poplar St. Architect, A. A. Honeywell, 412 Penway Bldg., Indianapolis. Owner, Presbyterian Congregation, Victor L. Raphael, Pastor, Greencastle, Ind. Plans In progress. Brick.

HAMMOND

Store and Apartment Building: $25,- 000. 2 sty. & bas., 50x90. E. State St. Archt., Mac Turner, Hohman St. Own- er, Sam Lavine. Archt. taking bids. Brick, ordinary construction.

“Theater: $38,000. Indiana Harbor, Indiana. Architect, Mac Turner, Hoh- man St.. Hammond. Owner, Joe Pina- rons, Indiana Harbor, Indiana. Architect ready for bids. Brick.

Apartment Building and Garage: $18,- 000. 2 sty. & bas., 28x65. Whiting, Ind. Archt., Mac Turner, Hohman St., Ham- mond. Owner, Max Sudza, Whiting, Ind. Architect ready for bids. Brick, ordi-

nary construction.

Apartment Building: $15,000 2 sty & bas. 30 x 80. Whiting, Ind. West Park Add. Architect, Mac Turner, Hohman St., Hammond. Owner, A. Weiner & Son, Whiting. Archt. ready for bids. Brick, ordinary construction.

Residence: $10,000. 2 sty. & bas. Wild- wood Ave. Architect, Mac Turner, Hoh- man St., Hammond. Owner, Joe Em- merling, Hammond. Architect receiving bids. Brick, asphalt shingle roof, fur- nace.

Summer Residence: 1% sty. & bas. 34x 40. Millers Station. Architect, Mac Turner, Hohman St., Hammond. Own- er, Henry Barber, Indiana Harbor, Ind. Plans completed. Ready for bids short- ly. Brick.

Church: (rear addition). $20,000. 2 sty. 60x80. Russell St., east of Hohman. Architect, K. R.. Vaughn, Rimbach Bldg. Owner, First Methodist Church, Russell St., east of Hohman St. Plans in prog- ress. Spring.

Bungalows: (3). Lake Ave. Private plans. Owner and builder, Kaplin Bros., 685 Oakley Ave. Owner builds. Foun- dation in. Brick veneer and frame.

INDIANA HARBOR

Residences: (25). $5,000 each. Hobart, Indiana. Private plans. Owner and builder, Roy C. Clark Co., 140 and Carey Sts., Indiana Harbor. Flans in progress. Will start work on part of the above about March 1st. Frame.

Residences: (10). $5,000 each. Pri- vate plans. Owner, William J. Murray, 3417 Mich. Ave., Indiana Harbor. Plans in progress. Start work in the Spring.

Store Building: $10,000. 1 sty., 3349 Mich. Ave. Owner, D. T. Matchen (flor- ist), 8428 Michigan Ave. General con- tract let to Roy C. Clark, Indiana Har- bor. Excavating.

KENDALLVILLE

*Lodge Building: $55,000. 2 sty. & bas. Mitchell and Orchard Sts. Archt., A. M. Strauss, Shoaff Bldg., Ft. Wayne, Ind. Owner, Kendallville Lodge No. 1194, B. P. O. E., Kendallville. Plans in progress. Brick.

Store and Office: (rem. old Wehmeyer Bldg.), cor. Main and Mitchell. Private plans. Owner, H. A. Moore, owner and manager of the Moore Furniture Co. Flans in progress. Ready for bids about March 1st. Work will consist of new copper set store fronts, painting, new heating system, electric work and gen- eral interior afterations.

KOKOMO

Residence and Garage: $9,000. 2 sty. & bas, 44x28. Forest Fark Add. Archt.,; Oscar Cook, 220 Citizens Bank Bldg. Owner, Leon C. Martin, 13815 West Syza- more St. Architect taking bids. Frame, shingle roof, hardwood floors, furnace.

LAFAYETTE

Parochial School: $40,000. 2 sty & bas. West Lafayette, Ind. Archt.. D. X. Mur- vhy & Bros., Louisville Trust Bldg., Louisville. Ky. Owner, Sisters of St. Francis, West Lafayette, Indiana. Plans in progress. Brick.

Lodge Building: No. 4th St. Owner, Lafayette Aerie No. 347, Fraternal Or- der of Eagles, Sharp Bldg., 518 Main St., Lafayette. Site purchased. Contem- plated.

LOGANSPORT

“Junior High Schcol and Industrial Bldg.: $200,000. Irregular. Main bldg. 2 sty. & bas. 132x138. Industrial bldg., 1 sty. 838x140. “Franklin school.” Archt., Allen & Garriott, Masonic Temple Bldg., Logansport, and Lombard Bldg., Indian- apolis. Owner, Board of School Trus- tees, Wm. A. Wright, Prest.; Dr. W. J. Roberts, Secy., Logansport. Owner re- ceiving bids to close January 27th. Brick, combination aud. and gymnasium, cen- tral heating plant, stack.

“Primary Grade School: $50,000. 1 sty. & bas. 130x72. “Jefferson Szhool.” Archi- tect, Carl J. Horn, Citizens Loan & Trust Bldg. Owner, Board of School Trustees, William A. Wright, Prest.; Dr. W. J. Roberts, Secy. Owner receiving bids to close January 27th. Mechanical Engi- neer, Walter A. Briening, Traction Ter- minal Bldg., Indianapolis.

Residence: $10,000. Winamac, Indiana. Architect, Carl J. Horn, Citizens Loan & Trust, Bldg., Logansport. Owner, Ralph EK. Horner (Attorney), Winamac, Ind. Plans in progress. Brick veneer, hot water heat, shingle roof.

Parochial School: $80,000. Owner, St. Joe Parish, Logansport, Ind. Old build-

ing condemned. Owners will erect a new

building this year. Brick.

Filling Station: 1 sty. Race and 6th Sts. Owner, Pure Oil Co., Marion Peck, Mgr. Site leased from City for 5 years. Will build soon.

Residence: 2706 East Broadway. Own- er, Dr. E. M. Hatch, 7th and Broadway. Site purchased. Will build in the Spring. 2 sty. & bas. Frame.

Contracts Awarded

Powcr Plant: (extension). $400,000. Logansport, Ind. Owner, The Northern Indiana Fower Co., Kokomo, Ind. Gen- eral contractor, Rowley Bros. Construc- tion Co., Chicago, Ills. Starting work. Brick.

PERU

“Club House: $25,000. 1 sty..& bas. 49x100. Architect, Jesse Osborn. Own- er, Knights of Columbus, Mr. McNamara, Chmn, Bldg. Comm., % Peru Furniture Co. Architect preparing new plans. Note change in cost and size.

Parochial School: $80,000. 2 sty. & bas. Owner, St. Charles Roman Catho- lic Church, Peru. Contemplated. Defi- nite data later. Brick.

SOUTH BEND

“Masonic Temple: $750,000. 6 sty. & bas. 132x165. Main & Morrison Sts. Archt., Osgood & Osgood, Monument Square Bldg., Grand ‘Rapids, Mich. Struct. Engineer, William A. Adams, 32 Campau Bldg., Detroit, Mich. Owner, Masonic Temple Assn. Col. Studebaker, William Bender, Jr., Bldg. Comm., South Bend. Plans nearing completion. Ex- pect to ask for bids late winter. Reinf. concrete, brick and stone.

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Contracts Awarded

“Church: $75,000. Wash. Ave. & Fran- cis St. Archt., Austin & Shambleau, 111 Lafayette St. Owner, Sunnyside Presby- terian Church, Rev. M. M. Rodgers, pas- tor, 718 East Colfax St., South Bend. General contractor, E. P. Strandberg, 232 West Erie St., Chicago, Ills. Foun- dation in. Contractor taking bids on heating, plumbing and wiring.

“Church: $35,000. 1 sty. & bas. 80x50. Architect, Ernest W. Young, 512 Dean Bldg. Owner, St. Zion Missionary Bap- tist Church (colored), Rem Smart, pas- tor, College St. Brick work started, Temporarily in abeyance owing to ina- bility to finance. Probably resume work in Spring. ;

Trunk Sewer: $32,820. Owner, Board of Public Works, Veronica C. Sweeney, Clerk, City Hall. Receiving bids to close January 16th.

Building Permits

Residence: $5,000. Lincoln Way East. Permit issued to A. R. McNeal.

Residence: $4,000. Permit issued to Ernest Hillacrt, 221 E. 13th St.

Residence: $5,200. 1525 Lincoln Way East. Permit issued to E. Matthew Tag- gart.

WABASH

Masonic Temple: $75,000. Owner, The Masonic Temple Association, Inc., B. B. Foulke, E. E. Rasor, H. B. Gerard, W. R. Hall, C. E. Bolinger, L. C. Wann, E. S. Cammack, F. E. Bash, C. H. Ker, are the directors. Owners voted to build this Spring. Brick.

Garage: 1 sty. Owner, H. W. Sailor. Building permit granted. Start work shortly.

Garage: 1 sty. Owner, H. A. Milburn. Building permit granted. Start work shortly.

Parsonage: $12,000. Owner, Warsaw Methodist Church, Rev. C. B. Croxall, pastor, Warsaw. Plans in _ progress. Ready for bids soon. Brick.

WEST BADEN

Residence and Garage: $25,000. 2 sty. & bas. Owner, James L. Ballard, Hotel Propr., West Baden. Owner considering the erection of a residence in the Spring. Definite data later. Brick.

Bath House: $50,000. Owner, West Baden Springs Hotel Co. Charles B. Rexford, Prest., West Baden, Ind. Con- templated. Expect to build early Sum- mer. Brick.

TERRE HAUTE

“Hotel: $200,000 (83 rooms). 4 sty. & bas. 60x130. Paris, Ills. Architect, Johnson, Miller & Miller, 30 No. 5th St., Terre Haute. Owner, Paris Build- ing Corporation, W. T. Blackburn, Prest. Board of Directors. Owner receiving bids up until 2 p. m., on Tuesday, Febru- ary 6th, at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce at Paris, Illinois. Brick, reinf, concrete, skeleton frame building,

Bedford stone, fire escapes, marquise, ash hoist, sidewalk, doors, mail chute, steel

sash, floor tile, marble, telephone sys- tem, 2 Kewanee boilers, incinerator, kitchen equipt., water settling plant, re- frigerating plant, laundry equipt.

Apartment Building: (6 apts.), rem, from residence. $10,000. Architect, Shourds-Stoner Co., 511 Tribune Bldg. Owner, A. H. Newhouse, 2705 So. 7th St. Plans in progress. Steam heat, tile floors in baths; In-a-Door beds, electric wiring, new fixtures, plastering, paint- ing, plumbing fixtures and general in- terior alterations.

Store: (rem.). $5,000. Architect, Shourds-Stoner Co., 511 Tribune Bldg. Owner, Sparks & Cody Tailoring Co., 715 Wabash Ave. Plans in progress. Work will consist of installation of a new copper set store front, fixtures, electric wiring and fixtures and general alterations.

MISCELLANEOUS CITIES.

Bloomington: Waterworks — system, $1,000,000. Owner, City of Bleoming. ton, Water Works Commission and Board of Public Works, City Hall, Blooming. ton. Contemplated. Expect to select an engineer and start work early spring.

Chesterton: Masonic Temple. Private plans. Owner, Masonic Building Assn. Voted to erect a new temple in the Spring. Brick.

Culver: 9-hole golf course. Archt., Langford & Moreau, 140 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ills. Owner, East Shore Club, Joe E. Shaff, in charge, Culver, Ind. Plans in progress.

Elkhart: dry cleaning plant. 1 sty. 20x 36. Owner, Fingers Dry Cleaning Co., 116 Jefferson St. Owner will build. Con- crete blocks.

Lapel: Bungalow. 1 sty. & bas., near Lapel. Owner, R. S. Wilson, Lapel, Ind. Start work early Spring.

STREETS.

January 23, 1923, at 7:30 p. m., by Common Council of the City of Peru, Ind., at its office for the paving of two streets. Estimated cost, $8,109.80 and

$96,751.45. H. L. Baltimore, City Clerk.

Sealed Propossal

An advertisement fcr sealed proposals inserted in these columns places the proposition before the entire Indiana Construction Interests, affording a publicity in contracting and material supply circles from one end of the State to the other, a publicity obtainable from no other single publica- tion published in or entering the Indiana field.

Copy should reach us, at the latest, Wednesday of the week of publication.

LODGE BUILDING.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Notice is ‘hereby given that on the 24th day of January, 1923, at the Ma- sonic Temple at Angola, Indiana, the Trustees of Angola Lodge No. 236 F. and A. M. will receive sealed proposals for the furnishing of all labor and ma- terial for the construction of a three story and basement, Commercial and Masonic Temple Building on the Owners’ premises at Angola, Indiana, in accord- ance with the plans and specifications

on file in the office of said Trustees and Guy Mahurin, Architect, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

The above proposals will be for the general contract only, and will not in- clude the heating, plumbing and electric wiring contracts.

Bids will be received up until 2 p. m. and must be filed on forms furnished by the architect, addressed to Angola Lodge No. 2386 F. and A: M. % Alphonso C. Wood, trustee, Angola, Ind., and shall be accompanied by a certified check equal to two (2%) per cent of the bids sub- mited, and made payable to Angola Lodge No. 236 F. and A. M. Said check to be submitted and held as a guarantee that if his bid is accepted, the bidder will enter into a proper con- tract for the construction of the work for which the bid was submitted within three (3) days after awarding of con- tract to said bidder.

The trustees reserve the right to re- ject any or all bids and to award the contract to the lowest and best bidder as may appear to the best interest of the owners.

Plans and specifications will be fur- nished by the architect upon receipt of a deposit of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars for the exclusive use of the contractor until the time of letting. A refund of twenty ($20.00) dollars will be given upon the return of the plans and speci- fications to the architect’s office.

ALPHONSO C. WOOD, Trustee, Angola, Ind. GUY MAHURIN, Architect, Fort Wayne, Ind. Jan. 6-13.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS HOTEL BUILDING

Notice is hereby given that the Paris Building Corporation will receive bids up until 2 p. m. on Tuesday, February 6, at the rooms of the Chamber of Com- merce, at Paris, Illinois, for the erection and completion of Hotel Building to be built at Paris, Illinois.

Copies of the plans and specifications may be obtained by bidders upon appli- cation at the office of Johnson, Miller & Miller, Architects, No. 30 North Fifth Street, Terre Haute, Indiana.

Bidders will be required to make a deposit of $10 with the Architects for each set of plans and specifications taken out of the office. This deposit will be returned to the bidders when the plans and specifications are returned to the Architects in good condition. If any prospective bidder fails to turn in a bid after taking out a set of plans, the Architects shall have the right to re- serve out of the deposit sufficient amount to cover the cost of the blue prints.

All bids are to be made out on uniform bid blanks which will be furnished by the Architects. All bids to be considered must be accompanied by approved surety bond for not less than 10% of their bid, guaranteeing that the contract will be accepted and bond furnished by the party to whom the contract is awarded.

The owners reserve the right to re- ject any or all bids.

Dated this eighth day of January, Nineteen Hundred Twenty-three. PARIS BUILDING CORPORATION.

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Indiana

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Officers

(GUY MAHURIN, President

WILSON B. PARKER, Ist Vice-Presi dent

HARRY E. BOYLE, 2nd Vice-President MERRITT HARRISON, Secretary CHARLES BROSSMAN, Treasurer

Office of the Secretary 500 BOARD OF TRADE BUILDING Indianapolis, Ind.

Board of Directors GEO. W. ALLEN DONALD GRAHAM WM. C. McGUIRE WARREN D. MILLER KURT VONNEGUT A. F. WICKES

“Your Individual Prestige Can Never Be Greater Than the Prestige of the Profession to Which You Belong”

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STATE ARCHITECTS IN SESSION AT INDIANAPOLIS.

Today was architect’s day at Indian- apolis. They were scheduled to arrive from practically every section of Indi- ana, according to responses received throughout the past week at I. S. A. headquarters and a good representative crowd of the profession was expected to be on hand.

The occasion for this professional turn out was the semi-annual meeting of the Indiana Society of Architects, one of the really important gatherings of the year for the members of the architectural profession of the state, at which they are afforded the opportunity to get together in a body to discuss their problems both from a profession practice and business angle.

As a courtesy to the visiting archi- tects, the members of the Indianapolis Architect’s Association postponed their regular monthly meeting from January 10 to January 13, and were to meet with the Indiana Society in joint session.

As outlined, the program for the day was to be as follows: f

Registration, Lincoln Hotel, 10 a. m. to 12:30 p. m.

Noon luncheon, Lincoln Hotel, 12:30 p. m.

Business meeting to follow luncheon.

Visit to John Herron Art Institute, 3 p. m., to view Annual Architectural Ex- h’bit of Indiana architects.

Auto drives about the city, late after-

noon, to points of interest if weather conditions were agreeable. 1h _ As a finale to the day’s activity there is to be a 7:30 p. m. dinner and enter- tainment in the Travertine Room at the Lincoln Hotel for the architects and their friends. _ Special stress was put upon the even- ing’s affair, and while no advance no- tices, as to details, were advanced by Chairman Donald Graham and his com- mittee, they did promise a good time for all those attending.

ARCHITECTURE AS AN ART.

Says H. Van Buren Magonigle, F. A. I, A., in the January issue of The Ameri- ean Architect: “It is well to have a hobby or two tied at one’s door so that, when asked for a few words of review or prophecy or warning, one may vault easily into the saddle. The steed I choose for the present occasion is Archi- tecture as an Art—not as a Business, not as a Science, not as a Theory of Life—as an art.

Thus mounted and lightly caracoling, I seem to see that the profession in this country has been drifting unconsciously away from the broad highway and be- wildering and bemusing itself in excur- sions into the wilds and morasses of Business Getting and Efficiency, of the Routing of a Check or a product through Bank or Factory, of Emulation of the Business Man without his Training or Mental Habit, of Socialism and its Wrig- gling Brood, of all those things about which the men who built when Archi- tecture was an Art never bothered their blessed heads, and whose products the Efficient Architect of the present day feverishly cribs because—is it Business, Scientific Management, and Social Prob- lems take up so much of his time that there is none left for Design?

Should the Businesslike and Efficient Person the architect is so fast becom- ing, pause for breath and do as real Merchants do—Take Account of Stock, and see whether the dusty shelf from which Art has almost disappeared would better balance the other merchandise if put to use again?

A. I. A. BEATS SOCIETY TO LONG PROPOSED IDEA.

Have vou noticed the lapel buttons some of the Indiana architects are wear- ing these days? Quite neat, eh?

What we meant to say was that the American Institute of Architects has re- centlv gotten out quite an attractive coat lapel button, in gold and blue enamel for members. Several of the Indiana architects have secured the new insignia of the A. I. A. and are making good use of them.

STRONG FOR A LARGER ORGANIZATION.

Architect George W. Allen, chairman of the Membership Committee of the So- ciety, writes in that one of the resolu- tions that he has made for the new year is to use his best efforts to. add ‘new

members to the organization during 1923. Not bad, eh?

__Some architects seem to entertain idea that it is the purpose of the Soviety to dictate to the members of the pro- fession how they should conduct their individual businesses. Only those who are members can appreciate the fallacy of ‘this conception. The thing to do is to break down this misconception and convince every architect in Indiana that the sole purpose of the Society is to ad- vance the profession as a whole, not one architect or a selected group.

The inspiration of Mr. Allen is most laudable. _Why not every member re- solve to aid him in the good work?

PREPARED TO ASSIST ON MECHAN. ICAL PROBLEMS.

Announcement has just been ma the effect that W. A. breining ips i C. Carroll, associated consulting engi- neers, 511 Traction Terminal Building are now in a position to assist Indiana architects with their heating, ventilating plumbing, electrical and power plant problems and layouts

Mr. Breining, graduate of Illinois Uni- haa 14, Specializes in design of me- chanical equipment : i builders p for various types of

His associate. Mr. Carroll Corn University, 03, has had nineteen a of power plant designing and operation.

Architect A. J. Capella, formerly of Evansville, Ind., has removed to Indian- aolis, where he is now connected with the architectural firm of Herbert Foltz.

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Associated Building Contractors

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LAST MONTH’S BUILDING FIGURES

SENT YEAR’S RECORD SOARING

_ When December kicked into the build- Ing permit columns, toting in over a mil- lion dollar estimated valuation for the construction work for which permits were granted during the month a grand finale to Evansville’s building effort for 1922 was written into the city records. The December figures alone soared up not far from the whole total for the pre- ceding eleven months, and then, again almost equaled the entire record for 1921, and also the total for 1920.

It was as the biblical saying goes, “the first shall be last and the last shall be first,” for, January, 1922, was the lowest building month of the year, and Decem- ber was the highest.

The other months’ totals, composed mostly of residence and smaller types of construction, in the aggregate, piled up a sum amounting to $1,961,824, to which December added $1,107,910, making a total of $3,069,734 for the year. This is a gain of 135.6% over the 1921 volume of Dusiness.

The monthly records for the two years are: ;

1922 1921 aA, Aik ah $ 85,432 $ 23,780 Wee ae A 98,058 28,005 Mai ee 231,690 58,869 18 0" ey Fgh 230,889 43,941 ON ea 276,690 281,205 Pine 8 0” 243,375 80,163 SUPE aa > 155,040 193,132 Mire ties 169,540 168,460 BeBER ee 3 111,704 © 116,730 1 a 246,506 106,725 NOY fate 18,600 90,580 A aes ania 1,107,910 LTT

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$1,303,367

CHIPS AND SHAVINGS

Things are booming over at the site of the new half million dollar Benjamin Bosse High School, where all footings ave been placed and the concrete base- ment walls are now being poured. Pre- parations have been made to have

C, C. PIERSON, Secretary Indianapolis

ORGANIZATION AND CURRENT NEWS

enough material on the grounds at all times to keep this project moving along through the winter so that, when spring’ arrives, the work can be rushed right through to completion.

As for the big Donaldson Arms Apart- ments, the contractors have the structure up to the second floor. According to the schedule mapped out it is hoped to have this project ready for occupancy about April 1st.

General contractor John Wilkins is starting a new $12,000 home for Phillip Raphael at School and Taylor aves.

Anderson and Veatch, contractors, are now surveying Lincolnshire, the new re- stricted residence subdivision they will develop in the spring. Parkways, with boulevard features are planned through- out the section.

Bids for the city hall addition are to be received by the Board of Works Janu- ary 29. Sort of a season opener, as it were. Local competition on this job is expected to be quite keen.

FT. WAYNE |

BUILDERS’ EXCHANGE Member State A. B. C.

Max Timecher oie ee President

Pipi, Dynes aes Secretary 825 Calhoun St.

Phone 2001

NEARLY TEN MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF NEW BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IN 1922.

Now that 1922 has passed on into his- tory, and the books for that period have been closed, not the least of the interest- ing accomplishments of Ft. Wayne for the past year was her building construc- tion achievement. Never before in the history of the city, within one year, was such a large building program ever put into effect. Getting away to a mediocre start, during January and February, building construction operations began in March to really speed up when the records at the city building inspection department show that permits were granted for the erection of over half a million dollars worth of work. The next three months, April, May and June, saw the volume of business: mount stead- ily until almost a million dollar monthly total estimated valuation on new pro- jects was recorded in June. July activity slacked up to some extent and then in August there was a new outbreak that reached to over one and three-fifths of a million dollars. September went even

better, recording permits that totaled $1,774,930, the best month of the year. On into and clear down through October extended the activity, rolling up a month- ly total of $1,383,445. Things slowed up in November, and more so in Decem- ber, when the estimated investment in new buildings sank below the half mil- lion dollar mark, the first time such a thing had occurred in ten consecutive months.

Three individual monthly totals over- topped the highest monthly total hung up during 1921, and ten of the months showed individual gains over the cor- responding periods of the previous year,

The grand total of the estimated valu- ation for new building construction in Ft. Wayne, in 1922 amounted to $9,630,- 049, as against $4,799,756 posted in 1921, a gain of 100.68%.

As shown by the records at the city hall the monthly building activity for the year of 1922 and that of 1921 is:

1922. 1921.

Month Est. Val. Est. Val. 3g ame tbe $ 186,660 $ 93,3825 EG sips tleay on . Ss 191,035 208,600 DUST rae eer 575,095 370,345 AGT GA Ae, Se 582,335 275,802 NVI eee ae. 702,485 420,978 Hii by cis any te he Teale 903,455 308,735 EVO S Sos Ale (15,435 355,628 BS eo es 1,634,574 570,105 Sept, ewes 1,774,930 327,343 OGES : Sac Se 1,888,445 410,765 Nowe =" Scene 600,300 1,178,760 Deg a! <r 430,000 279,370

Potent. sas $9,630,049 $4,799,756

TAKES THIRD PLACE IN STATE'S 1922 BUILDING RACE

A temporary let down in Ft. Wayne’s new building activities during the month of December cost her the goal for which she had struggled throughout the year, that of runner up position in the great building construction race in Indiana.

It was a pregone conclusion that Indi- anapolis would out-rank all other Indi- ana cities in the volume of new building construction for the twelve months, and interest centered in placing of the other cities at the finish of the year. Place and show positions, it devolved after a few months, would go to either South Bend or Ft. Wayne. . These two cities traveled along neck and neck with Ft. Wayne leading December Ist. Slowly but surely South Bend crept up on her and flashed across at the finish into sec- ond place with $465,561, almost half a million dollars to spare.

The final check up shows:

South Bend -_______ $10,095,610 Bit Wayne ioe 2 ye 9,630,049

While losing to South Bend, Ft. Wayne was over $6,000,000 ahead of her nearest competitor, Evansville.

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INDIANAPOLIS

Building Contractor’s Association Member State A. B. C.

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MEETINGS.

Executive Committee meets second Tuesday each month.

Painter Contractors Wednesday, 3:00 p. m.

Plasterer Contractors meet every Wednesday noon.

Mason Contractors Association meets every Thursday—1 P. M.

General Contractors meet second Fri- day each month.

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PLANS ON FILE.

At 320 Peoples Bank Building, Indianapolis. None this week.

WAIVER OF LIEN.

State Construction Co., as builder, and Woodruff Place Realty Co., as owner, to erect a 24-apartment build- ing, a duplicate of apartment erected by the Blackstone Realty Co. on lot 1 Woodruff Place.

WHAT THE MONTHLY BUILDING FIGURES AT INDIANAPOLIS SHOW.

A resume of the building figures turned in month by month at Indiana- polis the past year shows that the best month in 1922 was May, then came July, both of which rolled up totals of over $3,000,000 for building operations. April took third place, November, fourth; Oc- tober, fifth; June, sixth; August, sev- enth; March, eighth; September, ninth; December, tenth; February, eleventh; January, twelfth.

The monthly record is:

Est. Val. Est. Val. 1922 1921

January. oon. $ 580,706 $1,025,529 Pebriiary Lluis 1,170,398 617,834 Marehe sus) 2,065,051 2,336,964 Apri Gin ey 2,566,389 1,527,747 BERG ei gin se) 3,420,847 1,550,601 Baste sia De haa yA _. 2,289,941 2,499,275 mals Barats, 3,349,348 1,401,115 mu oet ea ee 2,074,941 1,235,260 September _____ 1,928,956 1,456,725 October ._______ 2,431,513 1,743,532 November ______ 2,503,014 = 1,071,319 December ______ 1,729,503 1,863,104 Petal jos po) $26,110,607 $18,329,005

LULL ON JUST NOW.

Just at present things are quiet around the local contractors’ association headquarters. It is sort of a lull after the battle period and the builders are

taking time to get their breath after the big building task that was put up to them throughout the past year.

Never before in the history of the city were the building contractors ever called upon to meet such a demand as was put upon their working organizations and it was only by dint of constant effort that they were able to carry out their duty to the city.

Not the least of the contributing causes to Indianapolis’ great building performance for 1922 was the effort put forth by the contractors to aid in mak- ing conditions as agreeable as possible by effecting working agreements with the building trades labor unions that caused satisfaction both to employer and employe, resulting in no strike difficul- ties, tie-ups or other misunderstandings

to cause loss of time in the carrying out of building construction operations.

ELECTION RESULT.

When the votes were counted, after the annual election of officers of the In- dianapolis Building Contractors’ Asso- ciation, Monday, January 8th, the offi- cial tabulation, according to tellers Charles. Sedam and W. H. Cramer, showed these candidates elected.

President. 0. Gao. Fred W. Jungclaus 1st Vice President______-_ Robert Berner 2nd Vice President________ Wm. Carper 38rd Vice President_____ Walter W. Wise 4th Vice President______ Robert Poehner

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A. B. C’S BUSY AT THE STATE HOUSE.

Now that the State Legislature is in session it is interesting to know that the Associated Building Contractors of In- diana are right on the job to look after the state building contractors’ interests and those of the general building con- struction industry as well.

Registration of lobbyists at the state house is going on right along and the latest information from that source re- veals the fact that the A. B. C.’s of In- diana have registered the largest lobby so far recorded.

Those who have this matter in charge are composed of the Executive Commit- tee of the State Assn., the officers, as

provided by the constitution, and a spe- cial committee, 12 in all. They are:

F. W. Jungclaus_____ Indianapolis, Ind. CG. Gy Piersone sas 2k Indianapolis, Ind. We WG, Wea a Indianapolis, Ind. "CS) DB. Ae So Indianapolis, Ind. Harry A. Fenton_____ Indianapolis, Ind. Jc. Owen oes Y 545 Indianapolis, Ind. AS TES eM eR ae ee Lafayette, Ind. BOE? Daveyesessce2> . Ft. Wayne, Ind. Ross Eshelman__-_----- Anderson, Ind. W. O. Fassnacht____-_- South Bend, Ind. Otte |O) Hoitests cess i eis) Chicago, Ill. Harry’ W.: Meyerisec. shee Chicago, Ill.

BUILDING PERMITS

($4,500 and Over) (From Jan. 4th, 1923 to Jan. 11th)

“Factory: $22,000. 1 sty. 60x140. 1839 Ludlow Ave. Owner, Homer A. Woods (Dads Factory), East South St. General contractor, Thompson-Binger Co., Indi- ana Pythian Bldg. Reinf. concrete.

Foundry Building: $10,000. 1 sty. 72x 80. Belmont & Big Four R. R. Owner, Link Belt Co., Belmont & Big Four. Gen- eral contractor, Chas. J. Wacker, Peoples Bank Bldg. Reinforced concrete.

“Apartment Building: $57,600. 3. sty. 42x187. 1005 No. Penn. St. Owner, Chadwick Realty Co., 420 Merchants Bank Bldg. General contractor, Henry Dollman Constr. Co., 420 Merchants Bank Bldg. Brick and tile. Exc.

“Temple: (Hebrew). $36,500. 1021 So. Meridian. Owner, Kneseth Israel Congr., 542 Eddy St. General contractor, Abra- ham Kwitny & Son, 1137 So. Illinois St. Excavating.

Residence: $13,500. 3637 No. Delaware St. Owner and builder, Taylor C. Power, Indiana Pythian Bldg. Excavating. Brick veneer.

Residences: (2). 1241-1245 N. Jeffer- son. Owner, 0. E. Mehring, 32 No. Dela- ware St. Owner builds.

Residence: $5,000. 3416 Kenwood. Owner, Jose-Balz Co., Lemcke Annex. Owner builds.

Building: 1 sty. 55x100. 2406 E. 10th. Owner, A. C. Balch, 2406 East 10th St. Owner builds. Concrete block.

Residence: $6,500. 4644 Kenwood. Owner, C. B. Durham Co., Consolidated Bldg. Owner builds.

Residence: (double). 1249-51 No. Jef- ferson. $6,600. Earl Barnett, 1831 Gross Drive, Woodruff Place.

FINDING A LEVEL.

The national building labor situation is stabilizing, renorts from sixty repre- sentative cities indicate. The runaway labor market that started to sky-rocket wages to unheard of heights in some trades has largely calmed down, due to the passing of the peak of building activity. In a few places inordinate la- bor costs prevail in the finishing trades but this condition is very temporary now.

A few widely scattered places report a temporary surplus of some mechanics but as yet all available skilled workmen are finding employment without difficul- ty. The outlook for next year’s con- struction work is not bright from the labor supply viewpoint in regard to plasterers and bricklayers. All indica- tions for another heavy building year are in sight and the probability is that much winter construction will be tried.— American Builder.

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A. E. Gilden, President. W. J. Shoobridge, V-Pres. E. J. Shoobridge, Sec. & Treas.

Gale Construction Co.

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CALUMET DISTRICT

CONSISTING OF HAMMOND INDIANA HARBOR EAST CHICAGO WHITING

Building Trades Employers’ Association.

Member State A. B. C.’s

ca Wesley Reed --.-------- President Pei COO UN yh aeeeoen s Secretary

108 Citizens National Bank Bldg., Hammond, Indiana

MEETING NIGHTS General meeting every third Tuesday evening. General contractors meet second and fourth Monday evening. Master plumbers every Thursday evening.

WHY STALL AROUND?

Information that comes drifting in in- dicates that 1923, in all probability, will even outdo 1922 in the matter of build- ing operations. . Now, in order to take advantage of the promised opportunity, the contractors should exert every effort to effect satisfactory conditions under which to conduct their business. To that end they should see to it that their indi- vidual local city associations are in good working order and in shape to meet any and every demand that may be made upon them. The time to do this very thing is now, before the rush season ar- rives. It will require the united effort of the entire membership to shape such a course and then steer it.

One of the most important features to be taken care of pertains to working agreements which should be taken up and threshed out with the various crafts at the earliest possible moment so that the contractor, when it comes to estimating, can know with an assured degree of cer- tainty just what labor costs will be, and not be called upon later to meet a wage vaise after his bids on various projects have been submitted or the work started. A good mechanic sees to it that his tools are in proper condition before he starts to work, and the contractor should like- wise see to it that his future working conditions are in a state that will enable him to progress with his building opera- tions as rapidly as possible.

Somehow, contractors are _ prone to procrastinate in the matter of wage and working agreement settlements, yet, if they wait around until things pick up and everybody is busy the proper time and attention can not be given to this feature of the contractors’ problems. It will not be many weeks until work will be bobbing up that will extend well into the new approaching building season, therefore, would it not be a good idea to get the slate clean and be fully pre- pared, as far as it is humanly possible, for the big building business that 1s ly- ing out there in the offing.

TRYING TO LINE UP THE WHOLE CROWD

The Building Trades Council, Chicago, reorganized under the control of the unions that stood by the Landis Award, is trying to induce the outlaw building trades mechanics’ unions to come into the fold and go along under the Landis Award conditions. The much talked of

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SEEKING ANOTHER WAY AROUND

Quite a few of the Calumet contractors who have work under way have balked at the high cost and delay in plastering work and are contemplating using sheet rock in place of plaster. The application of the material under contemplation is much quicker and then, too, one don’t have to wait around while it dries—so the interior trim can be installed.

NEVER NO REST

And now, to add to our troubles, the Legislature has gone into session. That crowd will have to be watched, too.

To the man on the sidelines it appears as if the state law making body could do a great deal of good and the members earn their money if some of the dead let- ter laws were repealed and some good comprehensive ones substituted. What js needed most are statutes that don’t require all the judges and lawyers In Indiana in order to get a plain common sense interpretation.

NO “BARKER” NEEDED

Once, somewhere, we read that for quick crowd collecting Russia could not be beat. If that is so, America is run- ning her a close second.

Let an accident happen, an argument start, a fakir come along, and immedi- ately most any American street corner will be thronged by the curious. Even men working will draw the attention of the passer-by. The contractors on a new hotel building up this way, the other day, put a steam shovel to work gouging out the ground for the sub-structure and now it seems to be a favorite passtime with the citizens to collect and watch this steel monster chew away at its earthly

meal. BE: BE: COLE.

i MUNCIE Associated Building Contractors Member State A. B. C.

Chas Rowe see 0s ees es President JA, Gallivenas «So cs Secretary

314 Main Street

LABOR PROGRAM.

The executive officers of the American Federation of Labor recently drafted the following program, which will be pre- sented to the various State Legislatures this winter:

1. Enactment in other States of Workmen’s Compensation Law similar to the Ohio State Fund Law.

2. Repeal of state constabulary laws.

3. Minimum wage laws for women in every state.

4, Repeal of industrial court laws.

5. Limitation, restriction or prohibi- tion of issuance of injunctions in labor disputes.

6. Old age pension laws.

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7. Repeal of all local or state laws restricting picketing.

8. Repeal of recently enacted laws making voluntary associations suable.

9. Compulsory unemployment insur- ance.

10. Specific legislation to protect against governmental intervention in the so-called “right to strike.”

11. Setting aside powers of the judi- ciary, both Federal and State, to declare acts of legislature unconstitutional and giving legislators power to override ju- dicial decisions—Bulletin, N. B. T. E. Association.

ANDERSON CONTRACTORS ELECT OFFICERS.

Word from Anderson this week is to the effect that the Associated Building Contractors of that city at their annual election named these men to executive

positions.

President .. 0 4-_. csi A.J. Skegeh Wice.. Presidents: 228252232 Ben Wright Secretary... Soo5 nee Blythe Johnson Treaeurer. .*.2 7 ee Harry Thomas

Director for three years, John Longacre

WE GIVE IT UP.

How is it that so many contractors are content to sit tight and let some one else do their thinking and fighting? Self- respect and a disposition to do what is right for themselves and their industry one would think would prompt them to step in and assume their just share of the responsibilities that they owe each other.—Monthly Bulletin, Bldg. Constn. Employers’ Assn., Chicago.

DEMAND UNIVERSAL.

According to a recent issue of the Washington, D. C. Herald, after a sur- vey of conditions in the building in- dustry, apartments, hotels and _ office buildings are still very much in demand. Out of fifty principal cities reporting on their immediate building needs, forty ex- press a strong demand for homes, twenty eight for apartment buildings, twenty- seven lack requisite hotels, twenty-two are cramped for office space, twenty need more warehouse facilities and eighteen demand additional industrial structures —Monthly Bulletin, Building Construc- tion Employers’ Association, Chicago,

NATIONAL JURISDICTIONAL AWARDS BOARD MEETING POSTPONED TO FEBRUARY.

The next meeting of the National Board for Jurisdictional Awards which was tentatively set for January 22nd, has been deferred until February 5 or 12 next at Washington, D. C. It is prob- able that the metal trim controversy will again be taken up at this meeting and should this be so every contractor in- terested in the subject should see that his organization is properly represented at the re-hearing.

There are many other subjects of equal importance to contractors which will be reviewed by the board.

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Asphalt Built-Up Roofing Repairing and Recoating a Specialty Also Roofing Supplies.

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The Tarpenning-LaFollette Co. SHEET METAL CONTRACTORS 1030 Canal St. Indianapolis

Sheet Metal Ducts, Piping, Etc., for Heating or Ventilating Systems

Roof Ventilators Fans and Blowers Installations Anywhere in the State

LILLY HARDWARE CO.

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Low rates on Cement from Speeds Mill to Indianapolis and various other points in the state.

TRY OUR OVER-NIGHT FREIGHT SERVICE

Interstate Public Service Company BERT WEEDON, Traffic Mgr., 819 Board of Trade, Indianapolis, Indiana:

Largest Manufacturers of Face Brick in the World

HYDRAULIC-PRESS BRICK COMPANY 801-805 Board of Trade

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Manufacturers and Distributors The Standard of Quality in Brick

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INTERSTATE CLAY PRODUCTS CO.

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VENTILATORS

The New Patent Rotary Ball Bearing Manufactured by

J. L. OLSON & SONS Also Contractors for Sheet Metal ana. Copper Work, Skylights, Slate, Tile and Metal Roofing Hot Air Heating

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Howard Electric ServiceCo. INDIANAPOLIS Lighting Fixtures—Electrical Supplies. SPECIAL FIXTURE DESIGNING 744 Virginia Ave. Drexel 9598

Hatfield Electric Co.

“The House Electric” Electrical Contractors Engineers

Indianapolis, Ind. Chicago, Ill. 102 S. Meridian St. 440 8. Dearborn St. 5937 Ashland Ave., H. Pe. D OL 4 Indianapolis.

Flectrical Contractor and Supplies Specializing on Residence Wiring PHONE, WASH. 2698

“If they do it, it will be we!l done.”

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FOR FOR ARCHITECT Devoted to the CONTRACTOR ENGINEER Interests of the Indiana Construction and Engineering Industry SUPPLYMAN

Vot. IV INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, JANUARY 20, 1923

INDIANA CONSTRUCTION RECORDER Published Every Saturday

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NOW FOR THE CONVENTION OF STATE CONTRACTORS.

Everything is in readiness for the big event of the year in Indiana building contracting circles, the annual conven- tion of the Associated Building Contrac- tors of Indiana, scheduled for next week at Michigan City, January 23, 24 and 25.

This affair will be the fifth of its kind held by the State contractors and the first in northern Indiana, where the builders of that section have worked up a keen interest. Word from convention headquarters is that the contracting in- terests of the northern Indiana cities will be heavily represented and it is hoped the rest of the State will respond in kind.

The Michigan City contractors, backed by the local Chamber of Commerce, have spent weeks in preparation for handling the convention and have left no stone unturned to make this affair the best ever held by the State Association, not- withstanding the efforts that were put forth by Indianapolis and Evansville in previous years when those cities played host to the contractor delegates who gathered for their annual convention.

A real business program of a con- structive nature has been arranged for the three day’s period with sessions daily and a dinner to be given Wednes- day evening, January 24th, by the Build- ers and Manufacturers Mutual Casualty Company of Chicago, at which all dele- gates will be guests. In addition there

.Will be a smoker and_ entertainment

Tuesday night for the convention guests, this affair to be sponsored by the Michi- gan City contractors. Then, too, there will be side trips about the city and Surrounding territory to points of in- terest.

The convention and banguet will be held, and headguarters maintained, at the Spaulding Hotel, Michigan City’s

new half-million dollar hotel. This will be the initial convention dedication for the new structure, the honor haying been delegated to the contractors.

AT LEAST MAKING AN EFFORT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. E. E. COLE, Secy.

Calumet Bldg. Trades Employers’ Assn., Hammond.

The contractors’ association of Michi- gan may be young: but it seems to be a sturdy little fellow, ready to walk in no toddling way, and with a power to think and act in the right direction. The as- sociation seems to have heard the call and to have seen the light with the re- sult that it has pitched right in in an endeavor to meet the need of the hour.

All of which means that the Michigan contractors under the auspices of the association has organized a_ building trades school at Grand Rapids that is prepared to turn out one hundred and fifty good brick-layers every six months. Think what that is going to mean to the building industry of the State of Michi- gan? The selection of applicants for training is very carefully gone into, the preference is given to young married men of good habits.

It shows that the Michigan contractors are aware of the seriousness of the situ- ation and are determined to do their part to ease things up. There is iust one thing about it, the contractors must in- terest themselves in this matter and take steps to increase the building trades mechanics forces, especially the brick- layers and plasterers, or future building operations, and those that depend on them, are going to suffer seriously for a lack of men to handle the work. There don’t seem to be much disposition on the part of the Unions to encourage ap-~ prentices to rehabilitate the ranks of the employes, instead, the Unions lean to the policy that a scarcity of men means high wages and that is what they are out for. However the real seriousness of the existing conditions lies in the fact that eventually. ever-increasing wage scales are going to make construction costs so high that the man of ordinary means cannot afford to build, nor can he afford to buy newly constructed property. In the end it will mean stop- page of the ordinary lines of building construction, greater congestion in housing conditions, for people will be forced to double up in small quarters and then, too, man not being able to put a roof over his prospective family’s head, will hold back from marrying.

Really, this lack of workmen problem

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is a far reaching one and the sooner the contractors’ associations go into it de- cidedly to work out a solution, the bet- ter it will be for them and the entire country. Here is a situation wherein the contractors, if they will, can not only work out their own salvation. but in doing so can be of inestimable service to their fellow citizens and the entire country. The question is, are the con- tractors willing by dint of sacrifice and effort willing to assume their real obliga- tion to their country? Michigan con- tractors have answered this, question in the affirmative. How many others in other parts of the country are willing to do likewise?

CONVENTION ACTIVITIES OF IN- DIANA BUILDING INTERESTS IN FULL BLAST.

Indiana building interests, the past week, made Indianapolis their Mecca, and swarmed into the capital city in large numbers to gather in annual con- ventions to discuss the outlook, business problems and policies to be followed the coming year.

The architects of the state started the ball rolling Saturday, January 13, with the calling to order of the semi-annual meeting of their state organization.

Next in order came the members of the Indiana Builders’ Supply Associa- tion, who, to the number of several hun- dreds, met at the Claypool Hotel, Janu- ary 15 and 16. In connection with this event the manufacturers of building ma- terials and their representatives put on quite an extensive exhibit of various ma- terials necessary to building construc- tion operations.

With the exodus of the material sup- ply men the Indiana Retail Lumber Deal- ers’ Association cohorts, mustering some 400, put in their appearance for a two days’ session, also at the Claypool, wind- ing up their meeting with an elaborate banquet Thursday night.

Last, but not least, the Indiana En- gineering Society, met Thursday and Friday, January 18 and 19, at the Lin- coln Hotel. The engineers in addition to the business meetings, made a jour- ney, in a body, to the new hydro-electric power plant at Noblesville, Ind., there to inspect this new project. A dinner dance Friday evening marked the wind- up of the engineers’ gathering.

Next week will see the finish of the convention activities of the Indiana con- struction interests when the Associated Ruildine Contractors of Indiana bring their three-day convention at Michigan City to a close.

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News of the Week

The asterick (*) pretix to an item indicates ad- ditional information to report published in pre- vious issue.

INDIANAPOLIS.

“Power Flant (Addition and Equip- ment) $5,000,000. 10th and West Mich- igan Sts. Owner, Terre Haute, Indpls. and Eastern Traction Co., Robert I. Todd, Frest., 902 Traction Terminal Bldg., In- dianapolis. Plans in progress. Mature late winter. Brick, reinf. conc. Two 30,000 K. W. units, steam turbines, high pressure boilers, high pressure piping, motors, generators, steel sash, composi- tion roof,

“Warehouse: $1,000,000. 5 sty. & bas. 245x195. S. W. corner of Pennsylvania and Georgia Sts. Architect, Rubush and Hunter, American Central Life Bldg. Owner, Terminal Building Corporation, W. J. Hogan, Prest., % Indiana Refrig- erating Co., South Pennsylvania St. and B. E. Metcalf, Secy. % Indiana Refrig- erating Co. Plans in progress. Brick, reinforced concrete floor snd roof con- struction, freight elevators, steel sash, fire doors, skylights, composition roof. Building is being designed to carry five additional stys.

“Warehouse: 4 sty. 100x190. Archi-

tect, Rubush and Hunter, 428 American -

Central Life Bldg. Owner, Allen A. Wilkinson Lumber Co., 931 East Mich- igan St. Architect taking bids. Face brick, reinforced concrete floor and roof constr., clay tile, vault doors, steel sash, Structural steel, elevator doors, eleva- tors, kalamein doors, quarry tile floors, composition roof, cut stone trim, frpf. constr.

“Manufacturing Plant: 5 sty. & bas. 98x120. Archt., Rubush and Hunter. Owner, Indianapolis Glove Co. bids in on general contract. Low bidder on brick work, James Hodgson and Sons, Hollo- day Bldg., Indianapolis. Will award contracts shortly.

“Manufacturing Plant (1st unit) Mill building. 1 sty. 80x200. English Ave. and Belt R. R. Archt., Russell N. Ed- wards Co., 45 Union Trust Bldg. Owner, Kramer Realty Co.. % L. B. Mosiman, 315 Garfield Ave. Archt. taking bids to close January 25th. Brick, mill constr. The following are figuring: Bedfora Stone & Constr. Co., Wm. P. Jungclaus Co,, J.G. Karstedt, John Schumacher & Co., and Hall Constr. Co., all of Indpls.

“Y. W. C. A. Building: $150,000. 4 sty. & bas. No. Penn. St. Archt.. Rubush and Hunter, American Central Life Bldg.

ae Factory Blow-Pipe Work oie Riveted or Welded Tanks

Owner, Young Women’s Christian Assn., Fearl B. Forsythe, General Secretary, 329 No. Penn. St. Flans completed. Archt. will be ready to receive bids next week. Brick, frpf. constr.

Residence: $30,000. 2 sty. & bas. Northeast of Irvington, Indianapolis. Archt., Frank B. Hunter, 9th floor State Life Bldg. Owner, Roland M. Cotton (Frest. Roland M. Cotton Co., Heating and Plumbing Contractors), 1720 East 10th. St. Preliminary plans in progress. Brick veneer, Colonial type, slate roof, tile and hardwood floors. (Heating and plumbing owner will do.)

Comfort Stations (4) $20,000. Military Park, Brookside Park, Rhodius Park and Fall Creek near College Ave. Architect, Frank B. Hunter, 9th floor, State Life Bldg. Owner, City of Indianapolis, Board of Park Commissioners, City Hall. Plans in progress. Mature early spring.

Residence and Garage: $15,000. 2 sty. & bas. Warsaw, Indiana. Architect, Samuel A. Craig and Company, 31 West Ohio St., Indianapolis. Owner, Flint E. Bash, Warsaw, Indiana. Plans nearing completion.

INDIANA BUILDERS! MICHIGAN CITY EXPECTS YOU JANUARY 23, 24, 25.. STATE A. B. C’s CONVENTION

CONTRACTORS!

Parsonage and Garage: $12,000. 2 sty. & bas. Warsaw, Indiana. Architect, Samuel A. Craig and Co., 31 West Ohio St., Indianapolis. Owner, Methodist Church, Rev. C. B. Croxall, Pastor, War- saw, Indiana. Plans in progress.

Telephone Building (Remodeling) War- saw. $12,000. Architect, Samuel A. Craig and Co., 31 West Ohio St., Indi- anapolis. Owner, Commercial Telephone Company, .Mr. J. W. Scott, Manager, Warsaw, Indiana. Plans in progress.

Lodge Building (Rem.) $5,000. Hunt- ington, Indiana. Architect, Samuel A. Craig and Co., 31 West Ohio St., Indi- anapolis. Owner, Moose Lodge, Mr. Ulery, in charge. Work time and ma- terial basis. Work started.

*Store and Apartment Building: (2 stores and 2 apts.) $12,000. 4151-53 Boulevard Place. Architect. Chas. By- field. Peoples Bank Bldg. Cwner, Mich- ael J. Ready, 1213 No. Fennsylvania ‘St. Owner may award contract to John Stewart, 1401 Cornell Ave., or a few bids may be asked for. Brick, 2 sty. & bas. 27x61. Comp. roof, steam heat, hollow tile.

“Church: $60,000. 24th and Station

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Sts. Architect, McGuire and Shook, 320 Indiana Pythian Bldg. Owner, Bright- wood M. E. Congregation, Edgar Brown, Chmn. Bldg. Comm., 2440 Adams St. Sam Ingle, Secy. 83178 No. Sherman. Bids in; under advisement.

Business Building: $12,000. 1 sty. & bas. 40x71. 351 West 30th. Private plans. Owner, John F. Barrett, Prest. Barret Coal Co., 409 South Senate Ave. Plans completed. Start work in 10-days. Brick, ordinary construction.

Contracts Awarded.

“Store Building: $10,000. 1 sty. 46x 60. Owner, Ashjian Bros. (Rug Manu- facturers) 454 West 16th Flace. Archt., Russell N. Edwards Co., 45 Union Trust Bldg. General contract let to C. .C. Ayres, 317 East South St. Brick, mill construction.

ANDERSON.

“Residence: $25,000. 2 sty. & bas. Wast 9th, between Lincoln and Morton Sts. Archt., E. F. Miller, 545 Farmers. Trust Bldg. Owner, Hugh Hill, 424 West 11th

St. Plans completed. Will be ready for bids in 30 days. Brick. Hollow tile and

stucco. .

Contracts Awarded. “Consolidated School: Orestes, Indi- ana, near Alexandria. Archt., E. F. Miller, 545 Farmers Trust Bldg., Ander- son. Owner, William Cunningham, Trus- tee, Alexandria, Indiana. General con- tractor, Glenn Gardner, Anderson, Ind. Start work at once. Brick.

AUBURN.

Ledge Building: $35,000. 2 sty. & bas. 9th and Cedar Sts. Owner, Moose Lodge, Auburn. Site purchased. Mature early spring. Brick.

“Parsonage: Owner, Auburn Methodist Church, Board of Trustees, Willis Rhoads, Frank Dragoo, John Zimmer- man, Plans in progress. Will probably award contract on a percentage basis to George Achemier, Auburn. Start work about March 1st. Brick.

CONNERSVILLE.

“Residences (4).2 sty. & bas. Archi- tect, W. H. Garns, 818 Fletcher Trust Bldg,. Indianapolis. Owner, Charles Mel- born, Connersville, Indiana. Owner ready for bids.

Church: $25,000. 2 stv. 50x/2, Milfon, Ind. Archt., H. M. Griffin, Connersville, Ind. Owner, Christian Church, Rev. I.

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er taking bids. (Brick purchased.)

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Warehouse: 2 sty. & bas. Owner, Everett and Hite, (Wholesale Grocery) Preliminary plans. Will mature early spring. Brick.

Parochial School: 2 sty. & bas. 4th and Monroe. Owner, St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Sketches. Voted to build this spring. Brick.

EVANSVILLE.

Commercial Garage (Rem. from old building) $30,000. 2 sty. 75x135. 102