The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-23
BUILDING Up THE CITY.
A MILLION AND a QUARTER DOL
LARS IN BRICK AND WOOD.

Buildings Going Up Almost at the
Rate of One Day Greater Activity
Than Ever Known Before Half a
Million Put in Handsome Residences
During the Past Five Months 49, The
Boom in the Southern Section.
Since Jan. !, 1855, there have been more
building contracts made in Savannah than
for five months Of any previous year in the
citv's history The demand for business
houses and homes is unprecedented The
permits issued from the Clerk Of Councils
Office up to May Is show upward Of 80
buildings commenced within the city limits
This does not include the large amount Of
building that is going on in the suburbs.
Careful estimates put the value of i'm
provements either begun or about to be be-
gun in the city, at 81, $50 900.
Last year the Clerk Of Councils record
showed 1872 buildings erected during the en-
tire year. This year, from the present
indications, there will be very
nearly double that number. One firm
of architects footed up the value of i'm
provements made under their supervision
last year at Sl75 600. anu this year these
figures viii be largely increased. There
are now completed, or under way, over
one hundred buildings, mostly residences,
and contractors and builders are overrun
with work.
THE CITY GROWING SOUTH.
The principal part of the building is in
the southern portion OF the city, and quite
a good deal of it IS south Of Anderson street
where, until within the past two
wears. there were only few
b aba x-+h Of bo%
section is very rapid. Between CASTOR
and Anderson streets on either side Of the
park and park extension, there are over
500, go in residence properties that have
been completed since Jan. l, or that are
now under way, aud SO, 900 more will be
put in residences there probably during the
next egut months.
The new hotel and post Office viii be COM
menced during the next few months, and
together they will add half a million dol
lars to the city's improvements.
The Guckenheimer building at Bay
and jefferson streets, to cost $780,
600, the Whitfield building, at
streets, to cost $50, 100, and the new Wilcox
building, upon which work was begun this
week and which will cost $50, 600, will DO
some of the more important commercial
buildings which Will be completed during
the year.
HANDSOME RESIDENCES.
Among the residences now nearing COM
pletion, those Of Mr. Lewis kaytOn, on Dray-
ton street, fronting the Park extension:
Mr.. George J. Baldwin, on Hall street:
Mr. J. A G.. Carson, on Bolton street, and
MeSsrs. J. 7. Williams and w. ID. bearing,
on Hall street, will foot up considerably
over 100000. Besides these there are num-
bers of residences costing from
5000 and $500 up to 5000 and
q ~
Herman Myers and ex-United States Judge
Erskine are about to build handsome resi-
dences on the old jail site
The Chatham Real Estate and Improve
ment Company is about to give out con-
tracts for three residences on Taylor street,
between Habersham and Price, to cost
altogether about $1,000
IMPROVEMENTS ABOUT TO BE MADE.
The rebuilding of the Ocean Steamship
Company's wharves, the construction Of
Sins IN addition to the present docks and
the dlaDging of the freight sheds will prob
ably be commenced some time
during the summer, and will
involve an outlay of large amount of
money.
Messrs Hammond, Hull & Co. are about
to begin the building Of a large fertilizer
and acid works west of the city and near
the water works. Extensive buildings will
be erected, and large sum will be invested
in the works.
The Vale Royal Lumber Mills and
wharves, which were burned last month.
are also to be rebuilt. The increase ia
manufacturing industries will necessitats a
considerable amount of building later in the
season, reliable estimates for which it is i'm
possible to give now.
WHAT THE BUILDERS ARE DOING.
Among the buildings completed within
the past three months, and those now in
progress, are the following:
Cost.
Whitfield building, Whitaker. State
and President streets, to De com
Wilcox building, five stories. brick.
Bay street, between Bull and Whita-
ker, to be completed Sept. h.. 5000
Guckenheimer building Bay and JEFF
ferson streets, TO he completed Sept.
IL, .......;..........:... -. 100000
Episcopal residence, cathedral St
John the Baptist three stories,
BRICK, corner Lincoln and Harris
streets, Chaplin a. Smith Coutrac-
tors, to be completed Jan. !. 1898 . 25OOO
j. A. G.. Carson, residence, twostory
frame, Bolton street. j. y.
Smith contractor TO be completed
Lewis Kayton, brick residence front
ing Park Extension, Drayton and
Hall streets, TO be completed Oct l. 5000
George j. Baldwin, brick residence,
Hall and Lincoln streets to be COM
pleted sept L.. ;;;,....;..:...:. 5000
First African Baptist Church Frank
lin square, addition and changes, to
be completed June /. ::....'...... 1900
Savannah Times building BRYAN
street, between Drayton and Aber.
corn streets, completed May b. 10000
First Regiments Armory, Abercorn
street, between Huntingdon and Hall
streets, remodeled and improved
completed March 1, John McMahon
contractor; .;............,"' 1900
Savannah, Florida and Western pas
senger depot, Liberty and East Broad
streets, to be completed Nov. II. 10000
Wheaton street, near Liberty street
+. II. Morse, superintendent To be
completed June /, with machinery 1000
w. ID. bearing, residence Hall and
Barnard streets, to be completed
Oct. 1............. .................. 1000
j. p. Williams, residence Hall and
Howard streets, TO be completed
- Aug. l.i:.:........;;. ........... .... 1900
corner Gordon and Habershaln
streets, 10 be completed Oct ..... 10000
VIM. Kehoe & Co., iron foundry,
Broughton ana Randolph streets,
completed June l........ .......... COOO
i. Putzel, dwelling on Harris aud Aber-
corn streets, to be completed oct t. 6OO0
John d. Could residence, Second
street 70 be completed June L. 1880
j. S. Collins, dwelling. corner Lincoln
and Second street. 10 be completed
June ] ................. ......... 1000
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