Arizona republican., 1894-09-16
A SYMBOL OF PROSPERITY.
An Unusual Activity IN Build
ing.
A Partial List of Prominent Struc-
lures Recently Built, Being Built
or Certain to Be Built.

A town has one peculiar way of
giving manifestation OF that throb of
prosperity usually called a boom. 1t
has another of denoting that the throb-
bling is continuous aud that real era
Of prosperity has set in.
The first way is an extraordinary
volume of business in the recorders
Office; multitude of deeds, warranty
and quit claim, and another multitude
Of mortgages. The former documents
are often decorated with fictitious and
fabulous figures. Often enough the
figures are genuine and unimproved
real property is unfortunately selling
Tor more than it is worth, more than it
will sell for again within the expert
ence OF the purchaser. Values are
largely imaginary. The boom is over
snd the result reminds onesof. the close
Of an all night sitting at a, faro bank.
prosperity. 1t is a sign that there is
money and faith and hope1n existence.
That property is really growing in
value and that the increase is not
founded on speculation or experiment,
but gold basis and is certain to be
satisfactory and permanent.
This is the building sign. COM
posite symbol whose principal features
are the masons' trowel and hammer,
the carpenters plane and saw, the
smoke from brick manufactures and
the hustle of lumber yards.
This sign was get up in Phoenix two
years ago. In the early fall there
we're sixty buildings, either recently
completed, in course of construction or
about to be begun. The activity was
continued to the following winter.
The natural cessation from building
labors occurred, and before work was
resumed that famous financial strin-
gency set in. Phoenix had nothing to
do with creating it, but she felt the
effect of it and the building sign was
temporarily removed.
1t is pleasing to observe that it has
been reprinted, regilt. set up higher
than ever and shines with more than
it's original spIendor. A great deal OF
building began last summer, but con-
tractors and architects and material
men were not sanguine. They were
inclined to believe that the coming
season would be as dull az the one just
closed. But the number of people who
wanted to express faith in Phoenix went
ON steadily increasing until now, al
most before builders realize it, there ia
more money being spent in permanent
Improvements than ever before within
a year. The number of new houses
now under way is not only greater than
ever before, but the new buildings are
OF much better and more expensive
class.
A REPUBLICAN reporter yesterday Wis
tied several architects and builders and
obtained list of the more prominent
new buildings, their character and cost.
The list by no means includes all the
buildings IN course of construction,
since some of the cheaper structures are
being built without the supervision OF
architects.
Plans have Just been completed by
Architect Petit and a contract will be
let by him for a residence for R. l..
Rosson at the corner of Monroe and
Sixth streets. The estimated cost is
$1,000. The structure will be of pressed
brick, ornamental design, two stories,
twelve rooms, beside kitchens, pam
tries and Railways, and will be one of
the handsomest buildings in the city.
Under the supervision of Architect
Norton, there is now nearly completed
an elegant two story residence on West
Adams street for W. H. Smith. 1t is a
two story brick; cost, $4,000. Other
buildings superintended by Mr.. Norton,
and nearly finished, are: A handsome
frame residence for ]. M. Damron, in
Capitol addition, $4,000; a neat $500
brick structure for W. B. Gillingham in
Slmms' addition; $4,000 brick dwell
ling house at Glendale for R. H. Faulk-
ner, the brick manufacturer $4,000
one story brick cottage for F. M. Gar
nowski on Van Buren, street, between
Second and Third; $4,000 palatial
residence, brick, stone and wood, for
M. Jacobs, on Monroe street, betT cen
Second and Third.
Plans have also been accepted for
a $4,000 two-story business structure
for Perkins & Baggiore on Second
street near Monroe, and an $4,000 bust
ness block for the W. G. T. q. at the
corner of Monroe and Second. Plans
have been completed for four brick
residence structures, $1,000 each, for
Miss L. VI. Nelson in Capitol addition.
Drawings have also been made for a
three-story business block, brick and
stone, to cost $4,000, place of location
and name of owner not yet made public
also plans for a $1,700 brick stable.
Arrangements have also been begun for
Improvements to cost So, 900 in the Gar
diner block. Mr.. Norton is building
for himself a $2,70O. residence in Capt.
toll addition.
Architect J. M. Creighton yesterday
staked the ground for himself for a
DIXON brick business strnctnre ON