The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-25
PUTTING MONEY IN HOMES.
MORE BUILDING GOING ON IN sA-
VANNAH THAN IN YEARS.

in Various Parts of the City-The
Improvement in the Southern Sec
ton Greater Than That in ANY
other sectIOn-The improvements
All Over the City of a Substantial
Character and VIII Make n Big
Showing in the Years Review.
More building Is In progress in Savannah
now than there has been at any one time
in several years. Over twenty-five per-
mits for new buildings have been issued
| by the city this month and most of the
buildings for which permits were issued
are in course of construction.
! Upwards of twenty residences are being
built in the southern section alone within a
block of the Abercorn and Whitaker
street car ines. All Of them are south
Of Anderson street and between Bull and
Lincoln streets. That section seems TO
be the most rapidly developing of any just
now East of Lincoln street and further
north there is also considerable building,
and all of it is of a substantial charac-
ter. Nearly all of the houses going up
in the southern section are for residences
and are being built by the owners for
their occupancy.
The total building for the last twelve
months will foot up much greater than
NOSE people have any idea of, aggre-
eating, it is estimated, over a quarter Of
million dollars in the residence section
alone This, of course, is not all resi-
dences, but buildings in that section of
the city Further down town and on the
river front the improvements will foot up
twice that amount
In no section of the city, however, is the
! amount of building more noticeable than
south of Anderson street. The Law
ton Memorial which is now prac-
| tically completed and will be opened next
month is the largest building in that sec
ton. 1t was built at cost of something
| over $4,000. Further out the Colonial res
idence of Mr.. George w. Owens. at Aber-
corn and Seventh streets, is probably the
| handsomest residence Next to that on
Seventh street Is the residence being built
by Mr.. Jacob Paulsen. Mr.. John Cannon
is building an attractive residence at
Abercorn and Ninth streets. Mr.. Joseph
! German is also building a residence on
Ninth street, just west of Abercorn. At
4NlutH anu DTdyton capt. Henry
Fleetwood and Mr.. A. Oemler are building
residences. Next to Capt. Fleetwood toward
Bull street Mr.. J. E. Vaughn is build
ing. Mr.. w. f. Scherf has the founda-
tons laid and the frame partly up for a
residence at Bull and Tenth streets Mr.
q. B. Chapman has very nearly finished
an attractive house at Tenth and Dray-
ton. Further in Mr.. Andrew carmichael
is building a handsome residence on First
street, between Drayton and Abercorn.
MIR. John McAleer has just started build
ing at Abercorn and Second and Messrs
Jesse r, Goodwin and Jesse F. Wells have
nearly finished two double houses on Third
street, between Abercorn and Lincoln.
Maj. G. NJ. Ryals has about completed
pretty residence on Anderson street, be-
tween Drayton and Abercorn.
Out on st. Michaels street three
houses are in course of con-
struction for Messrs. L. A. Swindel,
James A. Papot and Mr.. Pate. North of
Anderson street. Mr. ]. C. Slater has
about finished two three-story residences
on New Houston street, between Drayton
and Abercorn. Mr.. H. G. Ward is build
ing a handsome residence at Duffy and
IIabersham and further north, still, Mr.
p. A. Waring is building a couple of
houses on New Houston street east of
ersham and Bolton streets, Mr..
j. w. Jackson is building a
couple of houses on Lincoln street, be-
tween Waldburg and Bolton.
Across the park on the west
side of Whitaker street, is
Mr.. Otis Ashmore's handsome
residence, at Whitaker mad Wald-
burg streets. Mr.. D. ]. Morrisons cor
ner of six brick houses a Whitaker and
Bolton streets, is an addition to that To-
cality. Col. j. H Estill is making OK
tensive Improvements in his residences,
on Whitaker, between Waldburg and New
Houston, having separated the double res
idence, making two separate houses and
adding TO each. All of these improvements
are a decided addition to the sections Of
the city ir which they are located
The improvements mentioned are not by
any means all that are in progress.
In the northern section a good deal
of remodeling and Improvement of build
ings already erected is going on. On
Jones street the Germany row of houses
between Drayton and Abercorn streets is
being improved. The improvements at the
De solo, the new police building, the COM
pletion of the public building, the rebuild
ing of the Cathedral, to begin In a short
time. the extensive wharf improvements
by the Ocean Steamship Company and
the smaller improvements and buildings
erected on the eastern and western sides
of the city will, in the aggregate. foot up
a larger investment in building than many
people believe.
out in the southwestern section of the
city Mr. Charles Hohensten Is building
two houses on Oak street, and at Henry
and Burroughs streets. Mrs. Sarah Prud-
homme is building a house Five houses
have just been built in Collinsville, and
Mrs. c. T. Morel is building a cottage In
The Meadows.
In the section south of Anderson street
and west of Lincoln street the houses in
course of erection, it is estimated, will cost
on the average of $500 or
$500. East of Lincoln and south of
Anderson the average cost is estimated at
about SLIGO. Further in, the cost runs up
to from $1,000 to 5000 per house.
The greatest improvement of any one
street in the southern section is Ninth
street This has been largely through the
efforts of Mr.. c. p. Rossignol, who has
interested a large number of people to buy
lots and build homes there.
When the figures for the last twelve
months have been compiled and a re-
view of the years building is made up It