The age-herald., 1900-04-11
NEW HOTEL WILL
 SOON BE BUILT Work on Metropolitan to Begin
 in Few Days. WILL BE FOUR STORIES HIGH The Corner Lot Will Not Likely Be Oc- cupied For Some Time on Account of the Condition of the
 Boddie Estate
WILL BE FOUR STORIES HIGH

The Metropolitan hotel block is to be re- built and work on its erection will proba- ply begin within the next few weeks.
 D. Helmich, the well known architect, yesterday obtained a permit to put up the building, and 1t is understood that he is now perfecting plans for it.
 J. D. Moore, of the firm of Moore, Moore and Handley, owners of the lot, stated to an Age-Herald reporter yesterday that the building would be either three or four story building, probably four-stories. When completed twill be well equipped hotel building with all modern conven- iences including two elevators. It will have frontage in Twentieth street of s21s feet and will run back 100 feet in 1 Morris avenue. The building is to be com pleted and ready for occupancy by Octo- Der 1, 1900.
 The lot at the corner of First avenue and Twentieth street, occupied by the Hewlett block, which was burned with the Metro politan fire, is likely to remain vacant for a long time. Captain W. c. Ward, who has charge of the Boddie estate, said to an Age-Herald reporter yesterday that the estate was not in condition to rebuild and that at present no propositions for it's sale were under consideration. The price ask ed for the lot is $11O,00, but it seems that no one is willing to pay that amount for it. Captain Ward said he was now re- ceiving ground rental amounting to about one dollar per foot for good portion of the lot.
 Mliner & Kettig Building
 The Milner and Kettig company have ad- vertised for bids for the building of their new house in Twentieth street, south of the railroads. The bids will be opened on the 25th instant and if any bid submitted at that time is acceptable the work on the construction of the building will be be- gun immediately thereafter
 Permits were issued yesterday by the chief of the fire department for eight new two-story residences, to be erected in Twelfth avenue, south, and it is under stood work on them will begin at once The buildings will cost about S2,O00 each The contract for building them has been let to the Gibson Manufacturing company These residences will be west of Twelfth street.
 Cooke & Laurie. contractors who are building the St. Vincents hospital, have settled their differences with the plasterers and work on the building will be resumed this morning. Messrs. Cooke & Laurie came up from Montgomery last night and had conference with committee of the Trades Union, as a result of which the non-union men will be discharged and union men will go to work today. The trouble between the contractors and the plasterers grew out of a demand made by the plasterers for s4 per day for eight hours work Cooke & Laurie refused to grant this, but at the conference last night they agreed to pay this scale. Union plasterers are requested to call at the AL abama brewery this morning ready to go to work.
 L.& Y. Ohice Building
 Work on the Louisville & Nashville's new office building at Twentieth street and the railroads is progressing, and the foun- dations are about completed. With the completion of this building. the Milner & Kettig building and the Metropolitan hotel that portion of the city will present new appearance.
 The Walker building at First avenue and Twenty-first street is to be remodeled and converted into a wholesale dry goods es- tablishment. It is stated that the firm ample capital to conduct one of the largest wholesale dry goods houses in the south.
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