Building Notes

Progress, Volume X, Issue 2, 1 October 1914, Page 68

Building Notes

ASHBUETON The foundation stone of the new hostel which is being erected in connection with the Ashburton High School was laid by the Hon. Jas. Allen last month. Mr. Ivor Matthews is the contractor and Messsrs. England Bros, the architects. AUCKLAND Mr. W. H. Glover Architect received the following tenders for the erection of a three-storey brick building at the corner of Victoria and Albert Streets: —W. J. Grevatt & Son, £5,666; J. T. Julian & Son, £5,927; W. E. Hutchison, £6,100; F. Nelson, £6,134; J. E. Guthrie, £6,590; J. H. Coleburne, £6,600; McCallum & Bull, £6,728; Pearce & Grover, £6,737; J. Webster, £6,886; S. J. Clarke & Son, £7,037; G. Garner, £7,224; L. McKinstry, £7,277; G. H. Edwards, £7,278. Amended tenders were called from Messrs. Julian & Son and Grevatt & Son, excluding a portion of tie basement provided for in the original plans, and reducing the thickness of the walls and lighter steelwork, besides sundry alterations to the ground floor. The amended tenders were as follows: —Messrs. Julian & Son, £4,897; Messrs. W. J. Grevatt & Son, £5,300. It is probable that the lower tender will be accepted. The amended plans provide for a three-storey brick structure of attractive appearance. The site has a frontage of 39ft. to Victoria Street and 79ft. to Albert Street. On the ground floor there will be three shops of modern design, fronting Victoria Street, and four shops of similar design will front Albert Street. The main entrance will be from the latter street. The three floors of the building, with the exception of the portion devoted to the shops, are to be subdivided to suit tenants for warehouse purposes. The basement portion of the building is to be used as a billiard room. An electric lift is to be installed, and the building will be lit by electricity. The exterior of the building, which is pleasingly designed, will be plastered, and there will be a suspended verandah to both frontages. The. building is to be erected for Mr. Gypren Hannah. Mr. Glover has received the following tenders for the erection of a new Prebyterian Church in Crescent Road,

Birkenhead:— and E. Ohms, £547; E. Shepherd, £590; M. E. Souster, £621; G. H. Edwards, £668; F. Eobertson, £697; J. Giles, £705. The church is to be erected in wood, the size of the main building being 45ft. x 25ft., with a classroom, a kitchen, and an entrance porch in addition. Mr. W. A. Cumming, Architect has received the following tenders for a three storey building to be erected for Messrs. Sanford Ltd. at the corner of Customs Street and Little Albert Street:— Webster, £4,664; J. J. Holland, £4,854; J. T. Julian & Son, £5,257; F. Nelson, £5,367; S. I. Clarke & Son, £5,437; G. Baildon, £5,546; J. E. Guthrie, £5,550; E. Morris, £5,883; J.Burfoot, £5,900; G. Garner, £6,058; G. H. Edwards, £6,814. The lowest tender that of Mr. Webster, was accepted. The structure will be built of brick and ferro-concrete. Provision has been made for a large basement. The ground floor will contain a fish mart, store, and three commodious shops, which will face Customs Street. The two upper floors will be divided into offices. The floors are to be of ferroconcrete, while the partition walls will be of brick. The site has a frontage of 60ft.. to Customs Street and 40ft. to Little Albert Street. The two fronts of the building arc designed in red brick, with cement dressings. Electric light and gas are to be installed throughout the building. The Hobson Street Baths are nearing completion, and the Mayor hopes to open them this month. The cost of them is £IO,OOO. The Works Committee of the City Council have selected a site for a new temporary fish market.

CHEISTCHUECH

Building permits granted for July, are as follows: — Central Ward (Inner) four permits value £11,250, (Outer) six permits value £3,645; Linwood ten permits value £3,180; St. Albans twenty-two permits value £10,188; Sydenham seven permits value £3,275, making a total of forty-nine permits value of £31,538. Messrs. Clarkson & Ballantyne, Mr. B. J. Ager, and Mr. J. S. Guthrie architects of Christchurch sent in drawings for a proposed new Masonic Hall to be erected in Gloucester Street. At a meeting recently held it was decided to proceed with the work, and not allow the war to interfere with the arrangements. The directors it appears awarded prizes themselves, placing the firms in the order above named. Presumably Messrs. Clarkson & Ballantyne are commissioned to proceed with the work.

DUNEDIN

The foundation ' stone was laid last month of a new Drill Hall on a portion of the Southern Eecreation Ground in Bridgman Street, Kensington, by Col. E. E. Smith, V.D. to designs supplied by Architects Mason & Wales. The plans having been approved tenders were, in July, 1913, authorised to be called for, but those for the building (as

designed) being deemed excessive, modifications were made and fresh tenders called for—that of Messrs. Armstrong and Moore being accepted on June 8, 1914. The site comprised one acre two poles, and was all occupied by the building with the exception of a strip of two or three feet at either end and at the back, required for the spread of the foundations. The main drill hall, which would have a clay floor, was 259 ft. 3in. x 115 ft. from wall to wall, and it was, therefore, nearly five times the size of the present one. In addition to the drill hall provision was made for a miniature rifle range, lecture room, band practice room, officers and non-commissioned officers clubs quarters, storage of transport and machine guns, caretaker's quarters, etc. The new building will also provide accommodation for the group office, headquarters of the Mounted Eifles, Infantry and Field Artillery Brigades and the Coast Defence troops, whilst storage and office accommodation for headquarters of units, companies, and cadet companies was arranged for, and the Engineers and Medical and Army Service Corps have their wants provided. The architects were Messrs. Mason and Wales, who have had no light task in fitting in all the requirements of the military authorities. The contractors had undertaken to complete their contract in 14 months from June 12. The present contract, however, would not complete the building, certain non-essential parts of the interior would be left unfinished to be completed later. The contract price for the work now in hand was £13,884 7s. 6d. GORE The tender of Mr. Owen Kelly, Gore, £2,150, has been accepted for the erection of a post office at Mataura. The other tenders were: —Messrs. Lister & Philpot, Invercargill, £2,300; Mr. John "Walker, Invercargill, £2,300; Mr. Thomas

Latham, Gore, £2,352; Mr. Adam Speden, Gore, £2,379; Messrs. A. Latham & Son, Gore, £2,500; Messrs. Kay & Kellock, Invercargill, £3,600.

HASTINGS

The Union Bank of Australia, a corner block of two storeys in brick in the main thoroughfare 90ft. x 54ft. (to be completed with plaster stone finish) is advancing rapidly. The Bank chamber is 31ft. x 43ft. 9in. with entrance set off corner; manager's room, strong room etc., with two shops and separate stairways at extreme ends of site. First floor well arranged corridors for offices with strong room, and one wing reserved for residential quarters for officers of the Bank. The distribution of pleasing details well balanced and good proportion of brickwork will complete scheme, Architects Penty & Lawrence Wellington. Contract about £6,700; contractor J. Beagley Napier; foreman S. I. Crabb; clerk of works Mr. Gorgenson. Messrs. Stanley Bros., builders are constructing a homestead for Mr. W. J. Douglass, Architect Mr. Louis Hay; cost about £10,000; also bungalow of six rooms, porch and verandah, £SOO. Cairns & Paton builders of Havelock North Post Office, Marseilles tiles cost £1,450 and Waipukurau Post Office, cost £2,600, the latter work is under construction. The new Anglican Church, in ferro concrete designed by Mr. F. de J. Clere is well advanced, and shows the great possibilities for Ecclesiastical work of ferro concrete construction. The church now consists of chancel, towertransept, sanctuary, chapel and two vestries, while the nave will be a further construction; the existing church will be retained and the interior treated in harmony with the new church, cost £7,000, Messrs. Kitchie & Co. are carrying out contract for electric lighting; contractor Mr. I. W. C. Monk. Mr. H. H. Campbell, builder has under construction a residence containing fourteen rooms of two storeys, roof Poilite slates, cost about £4,000, Architects Messrs. Eush & James; also residence of ten rooms, two storeys, roof Poilite, and a residence of six rooms, two porches, large bay window, hall, oak wainscotting, price £BOO. Mr. T. Stiles, builder has completed a residence for Mr. C. J. Tipping, Architects Messrs. Rush & James; also a residence of nine rooms, cost £l,lOO Marseilles tile roof, Architect Mr. Garnett; also a bungalow for Mr. T. Hill of six rooms, loggia rough cast, cost £7OO. Architects Messrs. Natusch & Sons.

The Building Beturns for the year ending March 31st, showed 206 building permits comprising 69 dwellings and 30 factories. Value, £55,470. For current year 101 permits to July 31st, value £27,991.

INGLEWOOD.

A dwelling of five rooms for Mr. A. N. Frankland; verandah, Venetian windows. —Price, £500; builder, J. C. Rowe.

Messrs. Percival and Messenger, architects, have completed a new dwelling for Mrs. Julian, Kaimata, of six rooms, verandah two sides. —Cost, £550; contractor, Mr. Codd.

Additions and alterations for Mr. C. Dobson, Everett road, of timber, external walls, covered with corrugated iron. Alterations, etc., for Mr. Chas. Young, Tariki. The town Hall, designed by above architects and built by Mr. Codd. Cost, £3300. The seating capacity is about 700. Retiring-rooms, dressing-rooms, and offices, render scheme complete. The introduction of timber with pilasters lonic caps and panelling of ceiling in auditorium is most effective, and the gallery is relieved with carrara work, render it a handsome chamber. The walls and ceiling enrichments were the work of Carrara Co. The lonic caps were wisely treated in colour to harmonise with timber, and effect is warm and pleasing. Great attention was paid to the ventilation.

INVERCARGILL

Mr. Arthur R. Dawson, A.N.Z.1.A., 70 Esk Street, reports the recent completion of the following works: —The Redan Valley-Mokoreta Presbyterian Manse, Mr. R. Richardson of Wyndham was the successful tenderer; Clifden Presbyterian Church (the first church erected on the West side of the Waiau River), Mr. J. P. J. Karlson Contractor. Messrs. Smith & Fraser have just finished the Riverton Presbyterian Manse, the contract price for which was £l2lO. It comprises nine rooms the lower storey being in pressed brick

and the upper storey in common bricks rough cast. The Dining Room, (19ft. xlsft.) is panelled with "Amiwud" and has beamed ceiling, a larger panelled Hall, four bedrooms, kitchen, sleeping porch, verandah and balcony. Lit throughout by "Dreadnought" petrol gas. The Bayswater church Hall (near Otautau) was also recently opened. The following works are at present in course of erection: —

Brick residence at Waverly, North Invercargill for Mr. Lachlan Eraser, contractor Mr. Alex Dingwall, contract price £600; residence for Mr. Alf. Brickley at Otaitai Bush, Messrs. Stevens & Wilson contractors; residence at Waimatuku, for Mr. Wm, McLeod, Mr. J. C. Johnston being the successful tenderer; a two-storey brick and rough cast residence for Mr. Dawson in Morton Eoad, Georgetown, with large panelled hall with beam ceiling, dining room (with alcove) with panelled dado, and fibrous plaster ceilings breakfast room, kitchen and three bedrooms, besides porch, verandah and sleeping porch, lighting throughout to be electric light, contractor Mr. Alex Cowan. The North Invercargill Manse is also under construction, the successful tenderers being Messrs. Smith & Fraser and the contractors price being £942. There are eight rooms in brick with the usual conveniences. Mr. R. S. Young recently secured the contract for the erection of Mrs. David Younger's brick residence, in South Kiverton and Mr. R. Morris the contract for Mr. Jas. King's residence at Tuatapere. Extensive additions and alterations including the installation of an up-to-date sanitary system to the offices of the National Mortgage & Agency Co., are under way, as also is new plumbing work in two other large mercantile offices in the Crescent. Plans are now being prepared and tenders invited for two brick shops for Mr. F. W. Perry at Eiverton and for a brick residence in Invercargill. Plans, etc., are also being prepared for large brick residences at Riverton and Centre Bush, for a large concrete building for a firm of carriers at Balelutha and for extensive additions to an Invercargill residence. TE KAEAKA. 6 dwellings completed, 2 new shops, tea rooms and living rooms, under construction, asbestos treatment. Cost £750. Contractor, H. J. Peacocke. Two Railway Stations arc being built with necessary sheds and out houses at Rakauroa and Matawai. Concrete front is introduced in former. Contract, £2,700. Contractor, T. Haisman three residences are under construction. Home with river frontage, Aberdeen Road. Contractor, T. Haisman. The Architects and Builders have a good amount of work in hand, and the winter has been very favourable for conducting work. The City of Gisbornc and neighbourhood offer bright promise in the future. Mr. Chas. Taylor, Contractor has in hand a new picture theatre to seat 650 persons, walls and ceilings treated with asbestos and plaster being alterations and additions to an existing building. Price £IBOO. The Royal Hotel work in connection with same £BOO, for Mr. D. I. Barry. British Empire Hotel for Mr. B. E. Oman, most modern fittings for bar with radial ends to counter, and Hotel accommodation with public and private rooms, £3OOO. A new building in ferro-concrete, providing store, 2 show rooms, for cabinet manufacturer and workshop in two storeys for contractor's business, a gallery around store will provide show-room space for furniture etc. The Workshop, 230 ft. x 57ft. 6in. now in hand. Cost about, £15,000. 3 bungalows of 6 rooms etc., cost £BOO. Seven new buildings to be constructed. WELLINGTON Building operations are very slack just now. One architect states that of nine separate contracts he was engaged on no less than seven have stopped till things get more settled. The New Parliamentary Buildings are getting on well, the contractors Messrs. Hansford, Mills & Hardie having had very little delay in the supply of materials so far. They anticipate some delay, however, through the steel not arriving from England at due date which will mean an extension of contract time (two years). They have now been six months on the work above the foundations and until recently kept all their men employed. There was a short stop of a day or so last month owing to Coromandel

stone not arriving, and twenty-four masons had a day off in consequence. Four electric cranes are used for placing the blocks in position; they carry a weight of three tons, and have a range of 70ft. Messrs. Beere and Greenish, Architects, have completed a cottage in Tar Street, Highland Park Estate, S. Harris, Builder. In coure of erection a House in Grant Eoad in asbestos walling and roof throughout with curved ceiling of asbestos in living room. Messrs. Kanson and Bosser, Builders. Proposed alterations to houses in Goldie's Brae, Petone and Paekakariki. Designs for Houses at Oriental Bay, Thorndon and Karori.