The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-06


mand.
The Title Guarantee and Loan Company
has built six houses in the last year at a cost
of bet ween 81 900 and 8. 900. Secretary
Beckett says that the company IS preparing
TO do more building next year.
The Excelsior Loan and Savings Com
panv since April 9 has made loans to the
amount of 600 OF TINS sum about
| S12. 600 has been used ia the construction OF
| ten houses, three Of which are now in course
| of construction.
The German American Mutual Loan and
| Building Association has loaned about
| $40 600 for the same purposes IN the last
twelve months.
President Guerard of the Chatham Dime
| Savings bank says that between two-thirds
and three-fourths of the money loaned
since the bank began operation, has been
| on real estate. The bank oDe1ed up Aug.
| 5, and up TO dats about $4,000 have been
| loaned. Nearly $4,000 of this has been
! loaned on real estate Applications are re-
ceived almost every day for loans on new
houses, or for tho building Of new houses.
The Equitable Loan and Building Asso-
citation loaned last year S54, 600, a consider
able part of which was for building pur-
poses. The Merchants and Mechanics
| Loan, the Workman's and Traders, the
| JASPER, and Pulaski, and Railroad associa-
| tons, and the Chatham Loan, together put
out considerable money for building pur-
poses but not so much as the other associa-
lions.
IN THE BURNT DISTRICT.
The work of rebuilding the burnt dis
trict is being pushed vigorously and by Oct.
l many of those who were burned out and
have been confined to incommodious places
Will be back in handsome stores. The
buildings are, in the main, of better style
of architecture. Some Of them have been
enlarged, while in other cases residences on
State street have given way 10 business
blocks. Including the Odd Fellows build
ing, the value OF the new buildings going
up, and which are contemplated in the near
future west of Whitaker street, aggregates
S225,00
The Miller building, on the north side of
Broughton, is being partly rebuilt, aud the
work is nearly completed. The cost is esd
mated at $G,000.
A. S. Cohen's building. on the south side
of Broughton street, is nearly finished, and
Mr. Sternberg has moved in. It is a much
prettier building than the old one. 1t Is a
three-stSry brick and cost $4,000.
Il. K. Buckner, agent of the FAIRIES es-
tate, estimates the cost of the two-story
brick building adjoining the Cohen building
on the west at $1,000. 1t is rapidly nearing
completion.
The John A. Douglass building, next to
the west is a handsome four-story brick,
and when complete will cost $l3, 900. The
inside Of it is being finished.
The four-story brick building of Daniel
Hogan ON the southeast corner of Brough-
ton and Barnard streets, is nearly a fac
smile of the old building, built with the
slight modification of the Broughton and
Barnard street entrances, form duplicate
of the plans and specifications of the old
building It, and the Douglass building
have front of Philadelphia pressed brick,
and the Barnard street outer wall of the
Hogan building is of the same kind Of brick
The cost of MI. Hogan's building is esti-
mated at $4,000, and he expects to move in
by Oct 1.
The j. ID. Weed building, at the south
west corner of Br0ughton aud Barnard
streets, will be an imposing structure four
stories high. The walls of the last story
are now going up. The building will cost
$4,000
The estate of Edward Lowell is building
a three-story building divided into two
stores, just west of the Weed building. The
Lowell building is nearly ready for the roof.
1t will cost $50, 900 This building closes up
the gap in the burned district on Broughton
street.
Harry Haym's two-story brick stores on
the northeast corner of Barnard and State
are being rooted by the timers. They
will cost $4,000.
| j. T. Cohen is building two-story brick
store east of the Hayms building, on State
street, to cost $4,000
The Schley estate has not yet broken
ground on the lot east of Cohen's building,
but it is understood that it will build a
! $1,000 building on the property very soon.
| The Lowell estate contemplateS bulhling a
warehouse on the east of and adjoining the
! Schley property, but work will not begin
at present. 1t may safely be assumed that
the property will not long be vacant aud
that building TO cost not less than $1,000
will go up on the lot
The Cell estate is putting up n three
story store and residence east of the Lowell
lot The walls of the first story are up.
The building will cost 5000.
| Tho gap on State street will be closed to
| Whitaker by the Saussy building, the old
frame landmark, built in the last century,
| being i'll an advanced state of demolition.
A two-story brick building will take its
place. the first story to bedivided into three
stores, with plate glass fronts on Whitake Or
street. The cost OF the proposed structure
will approximate $4,000 The second floor
will be built SO that it may b utilized as
| residence.
The debris has been cleared for the con
| struction of the Hanley building, work or
which has been delayed to await the action
of the legislature confirming the action of
the city council in selling Mr. Hauley an
additional strip of ground on President
street. The work will begin in two weeks
and will be pushed rapidly. The building
is to be fou-story brick store, fronting
20 feet on Whitaker street and running
back on Prendent and York streets 100
feet. The building will cost $4,000
The only building so far put up on the
south side of York street are three two
story brick buildings built in partnership
by T. P. Heidi and c, B. Cregar at ost
of $1,000.
The Odd Fellows new building at Bar
nard and State streets will cost $4,000
The contract has been let, and work wrll
begin in a short time. The building will be
completed for dedication in August, 1890.
The Savarese estate is building two two.
story aud basement residences on State
street west of the Odd Fellows build
ing, which builds up the gap burned out on
State street westward. The Savarese
buildings will cost s., 600.
The Luifburrow estate was the first tc
begin work in the burned district The
five brick stores at Whitaker and South
Broad streets were built at a cost of 5000.
In the burnt district east of Whitaker
street the work Of Improvement has not vet
begun to any extent.
The Guards having purchased the entir,
lot upon which their former building and
the kOllock residence stood, will build 6
handsome armory. The burned structure
cost $4,000 and the armory in contempla
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