The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-23
WORK on STATION
RAILROADS UNION BUILDING RAP
IDLY ASSUMING SHAPE.
STEEL ROOF GOES ON NEXT.
WILL BE PUT ON, 1T is THOUGHT.
IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS.

Work on Building as Far Advanced
as That on Approaches-Much Ex-
cavating to BE Done Before Shed
VIII BE Put I'm PIace-MatariaI for
This Not Yet Shipped-Plumbing
Arrangements for Heating Plant
Now Being Made-PrOpcrty in Vi
cinity of Station shows Decided
Appreciation in Value.
The Union Station, because of the
rapid work that has been done on it
within the last two or three weeks, is
now sufficiently advanced toward COM
pletion to give an idea of what the
structure will look like. The walls are
completed to the second story, and
already the window frames of the Sec
ond story are being placed in position
The columns of cream brick that will
adorn the rotunda of the building,
though started but few days ago,
also have reached the hight of the Sec
ond story. Should the work be con-
tinued as rapidly as it is now being
done, the structure will be ready for
the roof in about three weeks.
This will be of steel, and the ma
terials having already been shipped,
may arrive at any time. Some time
ago there was some delay in getting
steel and terra Gotta needed for special
parts of the building, but shipments of
both these materials have since been
received, and it is expected that there
will be no further delay. Work on the
that on the approaches and tracks,
said Mr.. Mckenzie of the firm of con-
tractors yes terday and the depot will
be ready on time. quite as soon as Ne
trains can get through to it,.
The building will be steam-heated
from a plant to be placed in the cellar
on the north side of the building. This
heating outfit is here, and work on the
plumbing arrangements has already
been begun.
The material for building the steel
shed, that will extend 500 feet out
from the depot proper, has not yet
been shipped, but this is immaterial
al present, as before the work of put
ting up this part of the structure is
begun, there is a great deal of ex-
cavating to be done by the steam SHOW
ell on the Stewart street side of the
approaches. The foundations for the
she'd on the south side have been
completed.
All told, the work on the building is
most satisfactory to the builders,
and to the officers of the Savannah
Union Station Company
The building of the station has
caused decided appreciation to prop
erty, not only in it's immediate neigh
borhood, but extending, according to
the estimate of a well-known real
estate dealer. even so far as Gwinnett
street, to the south, and to Liberty on
the north. The greatest appreciation
has been, of course, in property 'front.'
ing directly on West Broad street, but
it has not been entirely confined to
such locations, as there has been a
decided rise also In the holdings of real
estate owners in many of the streets
contiguous to West Broad, especially
those leading eastward.
1t is quite likely, said dealer, that
there will be a number of transac-
tions in the property in that neighbor-
hood soon, and not only will some of it
be bought on a speculative basis, but
much of it will be bought by home
seekers. The stiffening of prices of
realty in the vicinity of the station
was felt by dealers as soon as the site
was Sclllcu OIi, anu lHOuSH the IlSG
has been gradual since then, it has
been steady, and there is now none of
the property in the immediate vicinity
of the station that is on the market.
The Union HOTEL recently built, was
put up because of the site selected for
the Union Station. Other buildings
that recently have been built on West
Broad street are the warehouses of the
Central Railroad, occupied by Messrs.
M Fersts Sons & Co. and the Sayan>
nah Grocery Company.