The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-22
LOCAL MATTERS.


NEW STORES AND W AhEhOUSES.- oue
of the evidences of the improving business
of the city and the increasing confidence
which is felt in the bright and prosperous
future before US, We note the erec ton of the
following business houses. Our moneyed
men are contemplating the erection Of
others, and the next season promises to be
one Of greater activity amongst our build
ers:
On the east side Of Twelfth street, south
of Cary, Mr.. Benini Catogni is having con-
structed two storehouses, 80 by 60 feet each,
to be three stories high, with basement.
s. @. Flournoy is doing the wood work and
Crump & Powers the brick work.
On the Basin bsnk between Tenth and
Eleventh streets, Major Edward Mcmahon
is having built three substantial storehouses,
thirty by sixty feet. Q William Gibson,
builder; Crump & Powers are doing the
brick work; Shanks s. Bowers the plumb
ing and tin work. 1t will be finished in
three weeks. ..-..-.-..
On the south side of Cary street between
Twelfth and Thirteenth, Mr.. Gideon Rag
land is building commodious storehouse,
twenty-five by ninety feet, with three sto-
ries and basement. Kersey & Davis are
executing the wood work, Snyder and Irby
the iron work, and James Green the stone
work.
On the south side of Cary between Thir-
teenth and Virginia streets, Mr.. John w
Viles is having constructed storehouse
John A. Glazebrook is doing the wood work
and Duke & Redford the brick work.
On the north side Of Cary two doors above
Virginia street Messrs. Allison & Addison
dealers in agricultural implements and
seed, are building large edifce to accom-
modate their business. Kersey & Davis
are doing the wood work R. Maynard the
brick work and Yale, Bowers g. Yale the
plumbing, gas-ftting, sc.
Immediately in rear of the above, on the
alley between Thirteenth and Virginia
streets, Mr.. M. Mangum is having the foun'
dation excavated, preparatory to rebuilding
his coach factory, which was destroyed by
fire on the Sd of April, 1865.
On the south side of Main street between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth Mr.. Waymack
has finished very handsome and commo-
dious store-an ornament to that part Of the
city. William H. and R. B. Woodward ex-
ecuted the wood work; Hudgins & Neal the
brick work j. Vaughan the painting.
Adjoining the store above mentioned,
Mr.. Henry Gunst is having erected a store
for his own use. John & George Gibson
are doing the wood work, and the brick work
is being executed by Shelton Ragland.
Mr.. L. Luchs, Of Washington city, is
having built store adjoining the above, on
the south side of Main street, 26 by 6S feet,
which will add to the beauty Of that part
of the city. s. G. Flournoy is erecting the
wood work w. J. Westwood the brick work,
and W. S. Wood the gas-ftting and plumb
ing.
On Eighteenth and Cary streets, Mr.. F
Brauer is building FIVE stores, which will
be quite an addition to the business-houses
in that part of the city. S. G. Flournoy is
doing the wood work, Hudgins & Neal the
brick work, and VIM. S. Wood the plumb
ing and gas-ftting.
On Eleventh street between Main and
Bank streets, Messrs. Grubbs & Williams
real estate auctioneers, are having con-
structed two very pretty buildings, one Of
which they will occupy as an office. The
wood work is being executed by j. A
Glazebrook and Bowen s. Baughan, brick
work by Gideon Ragland, timing anc
plumbing by P. Bargamin, plastering by P
Russell, and painting by R. Gathright.
The five handsome stores on the south
east corner of Broad and Sixth streets
heretofore noticed, will be ready for theil
tenants in few days.
Mountcastle's storehouse, on the nortl
side of Broad between Fifth and Sixth
streets, recently destroyed by fire, is being
rebuilt.
Hirsh & Guggenheimer's new store, OF
the south side Of Broad street between
Sixth and Seventh, will soon be completed
by Messrs. Green Allen.