Winnipeg Free Press

Saturday, May 08, 1920

Issue date: Saturday, May 8, 1920
Pages available: 52
Previous edition: Friday, May 7, 1920
Next edition: Monday, May 10, 1920

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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 8, 1920, Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba free 1920 building and real estate the administration staff and is dior to be pulled . And generally i j Oug Lily modern in design and equip speaking the Leo Uili. Ment. I the. Old Bui Kihss Liv to make room i 1 or slur cures Newstrand for i which will be Iov to canadians London in War wih and this is More important help a wonderful place it to Widen the Timous Street. On Llie was Zei a series of stir site of the Beaver hut is to Spring Prises if they make another visit in up a theatre dance Hail modern j the late writes a London Cinema hotel and restaurant. Further j j correspondent. For one thing there i Eeast on thu Ald Wyclif Island site will probably be a new strand for i never the gaiety theatre acid at the i the last word in commie cd As j new Svyrk by one of the most in i Iceni Telven know lit Rorls Jinjr business men in Little old i Christmas. In april set up record them to feast their eyes on. Early in excess of the tout s for each of the Mason 6 Risch company was Grant i verb Foobar to knead is a build the1" fall the Block of buildings which four previous years figures for which de a permit for a Brick and Concrete -1-1- addition to the Glines Block. The i Are As follows y eur r total eting material Adobe first of All lie on South Side of the. Famous mansions Are 46 feet by Boix it. Anil sound proof third it is or. Chard is in Din ins second it is thoroughfare Between Simpson s res curative figures show month i is heaviest in several years. 191b 1917 j91s 1816 .s2.s4-s.ooo during 1914 permits taken bin to s i tailed approximately. But number of these representing n7i estimated Cost of construction of approximately were cancelled the War broke out. Four months totals. Durin current permits in Winnies blur buildings we issued. The first four months of the year Aoi permits for Coli the total in of construction of Shieh these were n out Titis i issued while approximately groins a april by Eity build estimated Cost Rodg ers. Totalled for which records i 1 313 permits were issued mess than the total for the con e a period-in-1914. Exceeds with .1 of estimated Orosi of one exception the total in each of total of which Mike Tixel five consecutive years by issued during he month More than vent since 1912. When at it height in win e for seven 1914 1915 1510 1517 191s 1819 1920 dlr total for 1019, a a its.900 23p.500 Otal almost equals Ilie Here Are the comparative totals toil. 1914 so. 1915 1916 1917 191 s 1919 1920 Large permits issued. The largest single permit the month of april was issued to the t. Ii Tou company limited for expensive alterations and additions to their premises the estimated Cost of and is far in i construction being the Sash and doors Beaver Board building paper screen doors Windo Vvs. Briner us your Bills of material and quote you lowest Possi my prices on your Rocili Romenta. Head office 179 notre Dame East just off main Street. Phonic main 9381. No. 1 and Scott fort Rouge. No. 2 and Forest West Kildonan. Immediate delivery any size Oid eve to any part of the City. Wit snipe United it gives an intensely Black Shine of rare and unequalled Lustre. No dust no easy. Does not Burn off Marie by the manufacturers of Reckitt s Blue the estimated Cost of construction i Tive and fireproof always Normal t to Mission to build a one temperature and is Cool in summer Story Brick warehouse 41 feet by warm in Winter. Leet. On Sutherland Avenue was granted the Walter Woods company at an estimated Cost of the electric railway company will erect a Power sub station i on the East Side of Sherbrook Street. I near Portage Avenue. The Cost of construction is estimated at ?1s.ooo. Duo i tau rant and Wellington Street Are foot of where the american a eagle1 hut catered in War time for the erected Bush Structure which is to typify to Lon will be House a magnificent i Beaver Board Plant now at Thorold. Ont. A. Permit for alterations costin0 to his residence at 47u Wel Lington Crescent was issued to j. It. Lii Chardson. Tile drum Heller Coal company was issued a permit for the erection of a Coal shed 41 feet by 1g7 feet a clips Street at an Esti mated Cost of the smaller permits issued included All classes of construction ranging from Small Pri vate gauges to dwelling houses and alterations Ami additions to stores and apartment blocks. Permits this month. The largest permit this month was issued to the Canadian Bank of com Merce for the erection of it Branch Bank. 25 feet by 27 reel at the Southwest Cornea of Kelvin Street and Hespeler Avenue. It will have n. Concrete foundation and Brick superstructure. Fraser and Mcdon Ald have been awarded t in contract the estimated Cost of construction i being medic clinic private Hospital at the Northeast Cor Ner of Broadway and put by Street. Trie exterior dimensions Are Given ass feet a it s tand on a Stone foundation and be of Brick construction. The estimated Cost is i Given As 812.000. The contract has also been awarded to Fraser and he Donald. A permit for the erection of a second Coal shed 00 feet Fly 300 feet on mop Hillips Street has been issued to the Drumheller Coal company. The Cost is estimated at and the contract has been awarded to s. To. Ritchie. It is understood the com Pany will erect three additional Sheds of similar size on Mcphillips Street storage for approximately i tons of Coal their five Sheds. The a in Nipper Orfilio i null further c will erect a. Twu Scory lion ukr Afi Ici ency. The favor cheap houses with the removal of the a of and i administration offices of the Beaver company limited manufacturers of Beaver Thorold. On May 1. I the hitter place will become the Cen j tre of the largest Wallboard in the m old. Ever since Beaver Board was introduced to Canada a Little More than ten years ago the company has operated a al Bre Mill at i Thorold and a finishing Mill together with the administration offices Ottawa. At the outset so Miles of Northern Ontario Timber land was acquired j to assure i dependable Supply of loss and los joins Camps and Rossini Mills installed by the com Pany. So rapidly did tile demand for Beaver Board increase that in 1918 the capacity of the Mil at Thorold doubled making it the largest Fibre v Ali Board Mil in uhe world now. As i. Further Aid to product Beaver com Pany have transferred their finishing Plant and administration offices to Thorold. This move concentrates the entire manufacturing1 operations j at one Point. It shipping the i sins be ply Stock from Thorold to of j Tawa. Cuts freight costs speeds tip production and reduces manufacturing expenses. The new. Finishing Plant at Thorold is a thoroughly modern building of steel and Concrete construction. 125 feet by 302 feel completely equipped with the latest machinery. The new laminating machinery alone provides employment for one Hundred Addi Liona men. An imposing building 48 feel by so feet constructed of Brick Wood and Concrete will be used entirely for. Indispensable to the fastidious and economical housekeeper the Best at if it is cheaper Don t hastily conclude that it is not better until you be tried it. 1 dealer has it. Made by t. S. Jackson t sons Ltd. London en0. Canadian depot Silvester Wilison bldg., Winnipeg. Phone Garry 984. Civic housing commission s Bunga i plan is vary popular j Lack of housing accommodation n i Winnipeg has led Many citizens to j believe that in order to secure the class of houses within their Means they must build Homes of their own. Advantage is being taken of t be civic j housing commission s offer to loan Money to persons wishing to Bui a. The average wage earner and Small salaried Man cannot afford to erect pretentious Homes and the tendency is to keep to the cheaper class of houses officials of the commission say. Many of the houses now being erected Are along lines set out in j plans adopted by the commission tie i most popular of which is for a four roomed fully modern Bungalow and finished in stucco. The exterior dimensions arc 22 Leet by 38 feet with a Verandah 7 feet by 12 feet. The Bungalow contains a Vestibule living room 13 feet s inches by 19 feet b inches two one 8 feet 4 inches by 10 feet inches i and the other 11 feet g inches by 14 feet 9 inches Kitchen 10 feet g inches by 14 feet 9 incites and bathroom b feet 6 inches by s feet 4 inches. A Side Entrance gives Access to a i full sized basement. Bungalows of this Type Cost and two Are now i being " erected on Jubilee Avenue be l tween Lilac Street and i Combina j Highway by h. S. Willis and a. E. Churches. Anyone interested May in Spect them a member of the commis Sion said. Building at Beach Wall papering room will Cost including work Worth of Latinette Wall paper cleaner will make your old paper and Kals Omine equal to new. Distributed by h. L. Perry co., Ltd. Winnipeg Man. Extensive programme of construe Tion and improvement under Way. Lack of housing accommodation in Winnipeg has led Many citizens to seek Homes in suburban districts and at the beaches. S. B. Ritchie build ing contractor reports that building i operations on an extensive scale Are in full swing at Winn nes Beach where Many Homes Are being erected and preparation is being made to Cater to All the requirements of a Large number of residents during the summer. The King Edward hotel has been entirely remodelled and and the dining room has been fitted up with stalls and Marble topped she hotel will be under the management of. Or. And mrs. Kelly i prop Feto is the Grain a Chanse i cafe and will be conducted As an up to Date House. Capt. William Robinson Lias an his store to practically twice its former size and w. A. Morkill has erected three Large stores with apart tue nits above at the Corner of Robin son Avenue and railway Street. M. Mitchell of the Grain Exchange is erecting a Fine one Story summer Home on Spruce Street Rind a number of new summer cottages Are being erected in Boundary Park. The c. A r. Station at the Beach is being painted and the railway com Pany has a staff of men engaged in painting and decorating the impress the town Council is taking All sanitary precautions and. Is doing Ucli to beautify the town. Boulevards Are being cleaned. Up. And All the Wells have been cleaned and deepened to insure a. Good Supply of. Pure water. Revival according to a. Santa Barbara architect John Chard Adobe the old est known building South Ern California is due Tor revival. Vith Rifle and went out to the Back Yard to try his skill. Shortly after Bis Mother came out too to satisfy herself that knew How to use his upon tiie targets showing All holes by the bullets and n Quick Lii Kinji woman she Why. 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