The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-01
EYESORES HAVE BEEN TORN AWAY
Merchants Have Found It Necessary to Enlarge Their Quarters in Order to Handle Their h. creased Business S---TOtal of $534,OS8 Ex-
 pended in Building and Repairs.

has experienced remarkable butidfn8 boom. Eyesores have been torn away, and in their stead splendid business houses and residences have been erect. ed. Since the first day of October. isoo. the City Engineer has issued permits to the amount of $534,oSs. This is in- deed a magnificent record. Among the most costly buildings erected may be mentioned the 6-story structure which will be the home of the First National Bank, on Commerce strict; the Jewish Synagogue, corner of Sayre and Clay ton streets; the Nicrosi building, Com. merce street: the Farley building on Court Square; the Decatur Street Pub- lie School building; the Arlington Ho- tel. on North Perry street; the South ern Bell Telephone and deTelegraph Com- panys building on Washington street the Haas building on Lee street; the Bell building on North Perry street and the two Baldwin buildings on Dex- ter avenue.
 Montgomery has reached new stage of development-commedteus buildings are being tern away to make room for larger and more modern structures. Merchants have found Ct necessary to enlarge their quarters, ard much has been spent in additions. alterations and repairs.
 The magnificent hotel that has been predicted so often, does not as yet adorn a lot iu the city. The matter of building an up- -to-date hosteiry is still being sgitatsd. and by the first of next September 1t Is hoped that it will be doing business.
 A lot has been selected for the Carne- gie Library building. to be erected at a cost of $50, ,000, plans have been asked fer. and in a short time the work of construction will be commenced.
 The following is list of new build ings and repairs since Oct. l, 1900. The figures were compiled from the books of the City Engineer:
 Residences. stores. etc.. to cost $5,00o or over are:
 First National Bank, Commerce
 street, erect building ..$1s,0oo Jewish Congregation. cor. Sayre
 and Clayton streets, erect
 church .......s...........s.. 4u'VvV J. B. Nicrosi, Commerce street.
 erect building ................... 30,0O0 '' erect building ..................' o,ooo
 Street school building. .......... 5000
 street. erect building .......a.. 20 ,oos Sou. Bell Tel & Tel. Co.,. Wash
 ington street, erect building.... 15,0oe building ........... ...,........s. 12ooo N. J. Bell. N. Perry street. erect
 building ..,... ......- ........... lO,OOU B. J. baldwin, Dexter avenue. .
 erect building ................'.. SOOO
 erect addition ................... s,OOs M. E. Houghton, Dexter avenue,
 .I efn n 01t1 " erect re- store ...................... 7,eoO J. F. Thornton. Dexter avenue,
 erect house ..,.......-.As....",. 7OOO J. F. Thornton Dexter avenue.
 erect house ..................... 5,OVV Mrs. Francis Anderson, $. Court
 street, erect house ............. 5000 Berto H. Johnson. $. Perry street,
 erect house ..................-... 5.OeO Richard Tillis. s. Court street.
 erect house ...................... 0,OOU
 Repairs. erection of residences. stores, etc.. to cost Between $1 900 and $5,00O: E. R. Faber. S. Perry street, re-
 model .................... l,z0V B. J. Baldwin. Dexter avenue,
 addition ...... ................ 1,250 Mrs. s. B. Rice. Commerce street,
 repairs ...... ................... 2,sOO J. F. Thornton. Mobile street.
 erect house .............- .-....,... ltuUV L. tSeiner. South Hull street,
 erect house ................. 4.oeo L. tSeiner. South Hull street,
 erect house ..................... 4,Oeo A. P. Gladden., s. Court street,
 repairs ............................1.600 500 T. H. Handy. Montgomery st..
 erect house ...................,.. 5000 Mrs. C. Loeb. Montgomery st.,
 erect house ......'............... 4,OOO Mrs. C. Loeb. Montgomery st..
 erect house ..........s........... 4,VOO w. A. Crenshaw. Bell St., erect house .....,... '........ 0,DvU Nj W. Stuart. Grove street. erect house ,..................... Z.VOO Mrs. E. J. Haniel, Sayre street,
 erect house .........."... S,5Oo Duncan May. sayre street erect house ............ ,............... 6,OeO H. Abraham. Jr, Sayre street,
 erect house .............. 3'oOO Cecil Wilcox. Goldwaithe street,
 addition ........ ............. .. 1000 Mrs. F.. Joh. Union street, erect
 house ..,....". .'.''s'..'s. ''''' o'oVV ConRregationa Church. Union
 street. erect house .............. 1000 pr. ]. N. Scott. Holcomb street,
 erect house .......... ........... l,0Oo B. H. Matthews, Holcomb street.
 erect house ....... ........... 1,oUV Graves & Anderson. Holcomb st.,
 erect house ..'''...'-- ..''''''' S'OVO