The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-01-21
MODERN OFFICE BLOCK.
SIX STORY BUILDING PROPOSED on
FANNIS STREET.
niE Furniture House. once Building
and LAW Library 20 lie Erected
on the Wndde1 Property-Pinn
of Operations Proposed.

II 81 proposed 70 build modern six
story store and office building On thu vad-
dcil corner. formerly the C9onbs' cnrner, /
fronting 10 feet on Prairie avenue and
extending on Fannin stree; 10 fee, back 10
the Episcopal church properly.
The ground has been secured and the
"Ifopson Cooperative Building assocla-
ton" - being ORGANIZED 10 erect the
building The capital stock OF the company
VIII be ;el0.p2o. distributed as follows:
500 tenant stock with each OF 10 offices
and .so0eo treasury stock
INC subscriber 20 $500 tenant stock Of
the association pays so.50 per month
while the building IS In course Of cree
ton (about six months and thereafter
for ten years $3.50 per month. which car
rles with 81 the free use Of an office In
the building with heat, ilgr; and ianitor
service for that length OF time. The stock
IS then fun paid and non-aHsessabls-
The plan is similar to the ordinary build
ing association, but IS sufficiently differ
ent TO permit copyright which 81 held
by f. l.. Dana, the originator Of the
plan and the promoter Of the present or
ganlzation.
The ground vas only secured on Thurs
day and yesterday Mr.. Dana began an
active canvass FOR stock subscriptions
Ne has secured subscriptions to the IL
tent OF $1,000 stock from leading bust
ness men and hopes 10 be able TO have
the entire $4,000 Of tenant stock sub
scrfbed before next Saturday.
The plan is novel and S. pronounced BY
conservative business men 10 be entirely
practical.
The architect Of the proposed building
Mr.. r. u. steele, describes the building
as follows
be six stories In height, with tower and
observatory. the top Of which Is lCS feet
from the sidewalk, the construction VIII
he semi-fre proof, foundation and hrs,
story of stone. balance % brick and irJn.
faced with pressed brick with stone and
terra GOTTA trimmings. The partitions and
ceilings win be OF steel lath ard cement
plasters: the noorB OF offices VIII be dou-
hle, with plaster between. The halls am
corridors Will have tile floors With marble
nopboard and terra Gotta wainscotlug.
The stairs Will be OF iron with slate tread
and elevator shafts " brick and steel
There win be two fast running elevators
operated by electricity from = private cleo
trio plant, situated with ue steam heat
ing plant IN the basement
There VIII be 14O offices In thu building
besides 1000 square feet Of floor space
10 be occupied by Mr.. Waddell's furniture
store and 1900 square feet OF floor space
10 be devoted 10 n law library. The Of
streets. the corridor windows and two
streets, the corridor windows and two
open courts, one u feet wide, the other
10 feet wide. and from the rear open from
the roof Of tho church up, the offices
ranging in size on each floor from IKE
20 13XgJ feet Gentlemen and ladies' toilet
rooms each floor. Tho building Will
he lighted throughout with electricity and
every office will be connected with the
law library by electric bells and speak
Ing tubes.
The architects plans and the association
blanks can be seen az Mr. Steele's offs.
B0iik Main street. or by seeing Mr.. Dana
In his office, 31Oiz Main street.
The county clerks ofc. has been load
I'd the past week with Bcventy-twO add
tional real estate transfers and the az
grcgotc values as stated in the deeds Is
tlT.S44
This shows the average to be an even
hozen day, and the average to be about
s2i7J. The statement shows the move
mont to be good. and the property that
has changed hands 10 b" very valuable
The transactions have been mostly between
home people, though highly satisfaet1ry
business has been done from abroad. Tn,
transfers placed on record yesterday wer'
az follows;
A. NJ Darling to J. c. Touehstone.
Iots /. and 3. I'm block 49, Of the
Drummer addition .......,......,.,.. 81
Jonas Aiding 10 Louis shelton
an undivided one-cighth interest
in sections ! and 3. Harrisburg DO. ~
Bette Bryan to a e. Wilcox. lot
and adjoining half Of ?. IN block
1884, south side Buffalo bayou. $50
Galveston and Houston Investment
company 10 s. A. Brown. lots
and ?, IN block q. OF the Fair
Ground addition ...... ............. ~
Jpnathan r.. Frost 40 Clarence
Longnecker. lot u. IN block H
of Oak Lawn OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 20
Omaha and South Texas Land coin
pany 20 !. J. PaBtOriza LOT 70, in
block 307. Houston Heights ... p
Jonas Adling 10 Charles A. Ander-
zon. an undivided one-eighth inter-
est IA the TaEkersou survey ........ g
Theodore Keller 20 J.. u. Barber
lots % and ~, In block J. Of Belle
Plain addition ...... ............... 8.
Jacob Theis, Sr, TO Jacob Thels.
Jr.. n acres in the John House
survey .'--.-.+' ...,.ts. ...t..-.,-ts
o. NJ Carter 10 -. b. Cooley.
trustee. lots II to %, IN block ~.
Houston. Heights ....... ........... 81
Emma u. Emmott - Percy g. Gray.
northwest quarter Of block ~. or
the n. 70 Turner addition -..... q
~ A. Baker to AirR. ~ j. Wilson.
lot II, IN block 1913, aouss' side Huf-
falo bayou ...,..,. ...'...-.,..".. ~
Total ,..... ......., ....+.,..,.,...,. slg,J
For other I'VE days ..".......... l92s
Total for week 157s
only nine building permits wers issu'
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