The age-herald., 1898-03-30
RESSEMER HAS 4 .. BUILDING BOOM
The Howard-HarriSon Company Erecting DweIIings-Notes
 About Town.
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Special to The Age-Herald. Bessemer, Ala March 29.-A number oi new buildings are now being erected al this place.
 Three new residences now in process oi building on the Howard-Harrison Iron com pany's property in the vicinity of the works are to cost from $1, 900 to s1,200 each. One on St. Louis avenue, near Nineteenth street and another on the corner of Twenty-frst street and Twenty-second avenue are be- ing built by Second Vice-President George Hoblitzelle, and will be occupied by Rudolph Wegelin, foreman of the general foundry and T. H. Wright, respectively. The other will adjoin the residence of MT. J. G. Ad- erton, on St. Louis avenue, and Is being built by Mr. Louis Hoster for his son, Louis Hoster, Jr.
 Quite a commodious residence on the cor ner of Arlington avenue and Twenty-first street, being erected by A. Wade, of the Bessemer Loan company, is so nearly com pleted that MT. Wade and his family expect to take possession in a few days. It has been built at a cost of almost 5000. The residence formerly occupied by MT. Wade has been leased by MT. A. A. Randle, who will move into it soon as it is vacant. The very attractive cottage nearing com pletion on Eighth avenue, between Nine teenth and Twentieth streets is the proper ty of H. w. Sweet. The cottage belonging to Mrs. c. z. Williams, on the corner of Eighth avenue and Nineteenth street, will
 
 Sweatman & Trotter have closed the con- tract with A. J. Krebs, of Birmingham, for a handsome two-story double brick block on the corner of Nineteenth street and Third avenue. Work will begin at once.
 The contract has been made for the erec- tion of a fire room cottage on Sixth avenue, to be the property of H. Goldberg President A. I. Dexter, of the Alabama Pipe Works has enclosed his lot on Nfne- teenth street and erected large stable. It is believed that he will build a residence at a not far distant date.
 MT. E. E. Vining has bought the beautiful lots on the southeast corner of Dartmouth avenue and Twentieth street and will in the course of a few months erect a handsome residence thereon.
 MT. Geo. H. Stevenson,has bought the cot tage on Berkeley avenue, near Nineteenth street, known as the A. J. Robinson prop erty. MT Stevenson will not take possess sion until fall, when he will make exten- sive improvements in the place.
 A number of new tenement houses in different parts of town have also recently been completed.
 Notes About Town
 w. R. Samuel, of St. Louis, nephew of J. G.. Aderton has taken the place of J. A. Giles in the Howard Harrison com pany's office, MT. Giles having left Sunday for Key West to accept the position in the navy rendered him last week.
 Postmaster w. G. Edwards, of Enter prise, Miss, was the guest of his sons Messrs. Lee, Moody and Will Edwards for few hours Monday evening, on his re- turn home from a business trip to Mem phis.
 Wm. H. H. Judson has rented No. 1923 Second avenue, in the Charleston block, for the location of his printing and publishing establishment and the office of the Besse- mer Weekly,
 Geo. D. Waller returned Monday night from Vanderbilt University, medical de- partment, Nashville, the present session being closed
 Matt H. Maury, of Max Meadows Va who was in Bessemer's early days the su- perintendent of construction of furnaces Nos. and g. now the property of the Ten nessee Coal and Iron company is spending several days in town with his sister, Mrs Edgar l.. Mitchell.
 Court was in session today, Judge Banks presiding. The docket for today was dis posed of by 10 o'clock, when court ad- journed until tomorrow.
 Messrs. J. B. Cobbs, B. M. Allen and D. A. Stillman of Birmingham. were in town today.