Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-17
THE BUILDING INDUSTRY.
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISH
IN DIrRING THE YEAR.

uuAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISH
I'D DURING THE YEAR.
>-.,,,,t,er of Buildings Erected and
e.. Totai VaIuation-The Figures Far
;, recess of Bradstreet's-What Is
~ox Going On-The Statement Graf
flying One in Every Particular.
The MORNING News published last
week paragraph taken from BradstreepS
relative to the PROCESS Of the building IN
dustrv IN savannah. in which 1t was
stated that forty buildings had been. erect
ed in the period extending from
the 1st OF January to the 10Th
or September. and which placed
the total value OF improvements
al $4,000. Feeling satisfied that these
ti01Irps were far below the actual facts,
Reporter Of the NEWS called upon the
different contractors and builders IN the
CITY. for the purpose Of obtaining their
views and estimates as TO the actual
proqress that had been made IN tins dlrec-
tion. The reporter also had an interview
with Mr.. John Z. Howard. City Surveyor,
and with Mr.. G.. i. Nichols. lne repre-
sentative Of BrddStreetS, which are IN
cIuded in our review of the matter. IL
will he seen that the information gathered
the number Of buildings and their value.
The figures show that A. buildings have
been erected or improved. at a total
cost Of over $4,000. Possibly some OF
the structures may not have been COM
Uleted. but the actual result Of the inquiry
is far in excess of the valuation, if not OF
the number. of buildings stated by Bfdd-
streets.
WHAT MR.. HOWARD SAYS.
The reporter called on Mr.. John
b. Howard. the City Surveyor. TO
ascertain his views as to the value OF the
buildings that had been erected IN SaYan-
nah during the eight months ending sep
TENDER 18th last. Mr.. Howard said he
was Of the impression that the esti-
mated cost made by BrddstreeFs was
entirely too low. though a number OF
small buildings could be erected for the
amount reported. He remarked that II
was a difficult matter to obtain cOrfect
/ information on the subject, for Wnlle the
books Of the Clerk of Council might show
a certain number of permits the records
( did not give the value OF the improve
ments for which permission was gwen 70
/ be made. Many OF the new building i'm
I movements did not cost Sl.0oO, several
/ might he valued at $500, and but very
| few as much as $1,000 or $4,000. The ma
/ ioritv cost less than 81, 900. The valuation
4 placed upon property by the assessors Is
/ generally supposed to be somewhat less
| than the actual cost. and, hence. 1t is
( that the taxable value OF the prop
| erty of the city is sometimes shown 10 be
/ less when many persons know that the
/ actual value is much greater. 1t would
/ take a great deal Of time for me to make
/ up a correct report of the cost of the i'm
I provements referred to- said Mr.. How
| ard. but it seems to me that Bradstreet
| Agency must have omitted number OF
costly buildings in the report to when you
4 have called my attention. They must
have overlooked the cost Of the new MIL
| tary Academy, the new store OF MI
/ Hanley and one or two private residences
/ The Military Academy cost at leas'
/ $ll 900, and the Hanley building IRON
/ $1,000 to $4,000, giving total OF about
/ SIG, OOO.''
MR.. NICHOLS STATEMENT.
1 The reporter then called on Mr.. George
/ T. Nichols, the superintendent OF the
l Bradstreet Agency in this city. lie
I said that his estimate was based upon the
/ representation given by the Clerk OF COun
/ ell and bv some of the contractors, but was
not intended to include the value
l OF number of buildings that were moi
completed on the 14th of last September
when his report closed. Il know" said he
that some buildings were completed sOoI
| after that date. but my instructions were
| similar to those sent to agents in othel
parts Of the country: TO give the mum
! Der and cost Of buildings completed since
! January I. 1883, to September 10, 1883,
! the report not including the 10Th Of sep
/ tember. The statement was made after
| giving the subject great deal of careful
| investigation, and / am sure it will bC
found correct tor the time referred to-"
THE RECORD.
The record of the building industry in
| Savannah so far the present year shows {
| value i'm improvements amounting To OVel
/ $50, 900. This sum includes the cost o
! structures completed as we'll as that Of
the improvements now being made, anC
/ it is probable that the amount will be in
creased during the remaining two months
/ Of the year by the erection of a number O
! small buildings which are contemplated
! The exhibit very plainly indicates thai
| the city is rapidly increasing in
wealth. and that she is recognized
/ by business men as the site
| for a profitable investment of capital
! The greater number OF improvements con
sists of new dwellings for the accOmmO
dation Of small families, while man!
large and handsome residences, costing
/ several thousand dollars each, have alsC
been erected, together with a number o
! public buildings. which 90 to make the
/ aggregate value worthy of notice.
/ BUILDINGS COMPLETED OR PARTIALLY
FINISHED SEPT. ID.
A description of about forty-seveI
I buildings and being improved in the
city during the first eight months Of tho
| present year have appeared in the MORN.
! ING NEWS, but the mention did not in.
/ clude several small structures that were
finished during that period, but which are
/ included in this report. OF those referred
/ to were the following:
Mr.. James III. Story. two-stOry frame
residence, Henry street. between Barnard
and Jefferson, costing $4,000.
Mr.. Herman Struck, two-stOry resi-
| dence, corner of Henry and West Broad
| streets. 1000.
Mr.. f. Ii. Kent, two twO-stOry resi-
/ dences on Anderson and West Broad
] streets, $500.
Mr.. b. b. MingledOrf, twO-stOry resi-
/ dence, Duffy and Barnard streets, 81, 700
Mr.. John Wolber, two two-stOry houses
/ corner of Barnard street and New Houston
/ street lane. $500.
| Mr.. Minis, two One-story houses, south
/ side of Anderson street. $1,200.
Mr.. MallOw. West Broad, between Hall
and Gwinnett streets, two twO-stOry
houses. $1,000.
Mr.. VIM. Vaughn, West Broad, between
| Hall and Gwinnett streets, five one-stOry
| houses, $500.
Mrs. Schroeder, addition AMI improve
ments to property on the southeast corner
Of Waldburg and West Broad streets.
$1,000.
Mr.. George w. Parish, two twO-story
houses on Montgomery street and Bolton
street lane, $1,000.
Mr.. VIM. y. Nichols, southwest corner
of Gwinnett and jefferson streets. two
story residence, $1,000.
Mr.. w. III. Chaplin. Gwinnett street. be-
tween Whitaker and Barnard, two-stOry
brick residence, $1,000.
Alderman Hamlet, corner of Barnard
and Hall streets, twO-story on base
ment brick residence, $4,000.
Mr.. ID. I. Hayward, Whitaker street.
between CASTOR and Huntingdon streets,
twO-stOry frame residence on a brick
basement, $4,000.
Mr. John Williams, corner of Whitaker
and Jones street, improvements, $1,000.
Mr.. \. Friedenberg, north side of Gas
ton. between Whitaker and Barnard
streets, improvements, $1,000.
Mrs. Cohen, Habersham, near Jones
street, five residences, two-stOries in
height, 81. 900.
Mrs. Roach. Charlton street, between
Montgomery and West Broad streets, two
story frame house. $4,000.
Mr.. John Fitzgerald, improvements on
State near Houston street, 5000.
Mr.. John Nolan, north side of BrOugh-
ton and east 0fPrice street, improvements,
$500.
Mr.. ID. 0'COnnOT, BroughtOn street, east
of Price. three brick residences and one
frame dwelling, $4,000.
Alderman Hanley, residence of two sto-