Ten Buildings Ordered Down for Postoffice

TEN BUILDINGS ORDERED DOWN FOR POSTOFFICE Contract Awarded by U. S. for Clearing Site at Fourth and Market ENDS LENGTHY DELAY ON CAMDEN STRUCTURE Old Temple Theatre to Be Razed by Winning Bidder From Phila. Camden's new $1,100,000 postoffice and Federal building came nearer to realization yesterday with announcement of award of the contract to clear 10 buildings from the site at the northeast corner of Fourth and Market streets. The successful bidder was the Fidelity Builders, Inc., of Philadelphia, the lowest of 13 bidders, who submitted a figure of $2583, according to the supervising architect of the Treasury Department at Washington. Under the terms of the contract the buildings on the site must be razed within 90 days after the firm is given notice to proceed with the work. This notice is expected within a few days. A fence is to be built around the site while the buildings are being removed. Meanwhile Treasury Department architects are proceeding with plans and specifications for the structure itself. As soon as the site is cleared and the plans prepared, bids for erection of the building will be sought by advertisement. The site extends northward from Market street to Markley place and eastward from Fourth street to include the old Temple building. Ten buildings to be razed, and their owners are, 401 and 403 Market street, John Stoer; 405 Market street, Louis Katz; 407 Market street, Bennie Gondolf; 409 Market street, City Commissioner T. Yorke Smith and John Rand; the Temple building, 411-413 Market street, owned by John H. Heaton Piano Company; 110 and 112 Fourth street, John Dick; 114 Fourth street, Alice M. Wesley, and 116 Fourth street, Louis Berkowitz. The new building will have a space of 32,204 square feet and will be three or four stories high.