The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-13
WILL HAVE MANY TENANTS.
ARMY HOSPITAL BUILDINGS con-
VERIFIED INTO $50 COTTAGES.

work on the Contract for the re
movRI aud Division of the Hos
pitRI Buildings Into Cottages He's
Progressed wholesome of the Cot
taEe- Are Already Occupied.
should All lie Rented. There
Would he a Population of About
1850 IN the New SettIement-Thls
Might Mean Talk OF Extending
Corporate Limits.
The work OF converting the government
hospital buildings near che intersection
Of the white Bun road and Estiu avenue
into cottages has progressed well, and -
Will not be long before Mr.. c. G. Cham
pion. the owners plans will have been
carried out some Of the cottages have
been finished and have occupants.
When the work has been completed
there will be 80 Of the cottages They
bring a modera,e rental individually but
collectively the income from them viii be
large. provided an can be rented. Il IS
said that many tenants have already APP
Piled and that the cottages VIII be occu-
pied abous as fast as they are completed
when the government has work done
no expense is spared 10 have IL the best
The hospital buildings erected in the fan
Of lses and the spring OF 1899 had every
care lavished upon the selection Of the
material and upon the execution o. the
contracr-Air. Champion contractors have
found that the buildings hold together well
for moving and being cut up into cot
tages.
Each Of the cottages into which the
ward buildings mess rooms. etc, are cut
up. has four rooms chimney rising from
the center and amording "a fireplace 20 a
corner OF eacn room. The cottages are
very comfortable and convenient. Those
into which the officers quarters, the lars-
est Of the buildings, were cut up are two
storied and have been moved up almost
10 the line OF Estill avenue.
The track Of the Savannah. Thundcrbol
and Isle Of Hope Railroad running 20
Isle Of Hope. mas been moved hack 90
~ old line. when the tract OF land wis
secured from the owners for use hy the
government Il was found necessary o.
move tine track. and the street railway
company agreed to DO so. Instead al
running across the property, the line was
moved 20 as TO run around IT. The re-
movel OF the cottages TO the land that
was bought by Mr. Champion az q Cour,
House sale some months ago allowed the
restoration Of the car track 20 i.s ola
right o fway.
4 name viii probably be bestowed upon
he NV settlement that viii spring ur
where the hospital buildings stood If
all the cottages should be- occupied there
would be a very thlekly settled commu-
nifty, and some name for 50 would be re-
CURED. with a family occupying overy
cottage and an average OF five persons
| 70 a family. there would be a populntl lion
| Of i.2jo IN the settlement.
The density OF population Of the tract
would them compare favorbly with thar
Of most populous sections OF the city
| The cottages are by 40 means crowded
| together upon the tract. hut "a system o.
streets peculiar 10 itself has been devised
and is being followed in the arrange
ment Of the cottages
With such "A settlement as seems des.
| tined 10 grow up upon the tract barelt
beyond the city limits. IL Is probable that
talk about an extension Of the fines vii
arise. There has been no extension e.
some years. and the claim is made that
there are a number Of populous comrluL
| tiles Just upon the borders Of the city
that should be Incorporated with r. Tn,
new community VIII be a stronger argu-
ment than others Tor the "expansionisis.
and 81 is probable that they will en-.
/ u.-g 81.