The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08
ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
THE VALUE OF THE NEW BUILDINGS
GOING UP IN BEAUMONT.
The Biggest Building Boom Ever Known
in Texas Town--Name OF Some
of the Builders.

Beaumont, Texas, December 5.--To apprc.
clate how rapidly Beaumont Is building uD
one need only 10 walk over the town. IL
is doubtful II so many substantial AMI
costly buildings were ever In course OF
obstruction at one time in any Texas
own as are now going up in Beaumont
The Daily Enterprise gives the follow ny
partial list Of buildings now under con.
structon
First, and nearing completion on Pearl
street, beginning at the north end is the
pretty Federal building, Tor which is an
proprilied SI5OoV, but which viii take
more 10 nnally complete IT,
opposite this building is the Blanchctha
brick that IL now almost completed aud Is
really neat structure. The building will
cost when complete, somewhere about $50
On the other corner stands the Y. wles,
seven story Office building, which is now
receiving the masonry for the second floor
This viii be Beaumonts highest building
for the present and 1t viii cost, when
completed throughout nearly $4,000.
Going on down Pearl street there Is moth
ing more going up until the Southern IA
enc is crossed, because there Is already
a solid line Of bricks on both sides nbove
tho track until the Banchettc estate is
reached This building win cost probab Y
| $4,000 when completed. Tho construction
ON H. Is Just commencing
property
which is to take a $4,000 building.
Next below on Pearl street is the Gilbert
property, on which will he built i've
story brick 10 cost approximately $4,000.
Then comes another iump on this street
| 20 the ]. L Keith building. which now
| has It's third story on and there are vet
| two To be added aud the building complete
VIII hc in the neighborhood of S30,OOo
| structure
Next on the opposite corner Is the Brown
| building, which Is to be built two stories
now but with walls sufficient to make It
| four. The present cost viii be In the
| nelghborhood Of $4,000
| The next buildings on down the street
| ARE the franc store buildings Jus! nearing
| completion, which are 10 be used FOR stores
| and cost about 5000
Tue Hewitt brick building comes just
! ahead Of these and will cost when finished
| $4,000 more. The plastering is done in
| this building. and II win he occupied In
| the next two weeks.
Then comes the HelSig corner which Is
| TO cost $4,000 and is to be built threl
stories Tor the present, but with walls
| sufficient Tor fourth door II the demand
for IL Is strong enough.
The above buildings are all on one street
and there are other streets that have glory
! as well.
The Kyle opera house building, which Is
Just receiving the wind mp touches ON the
business part Of II, is the largest building
| In the city. the opera house Itself being
| way above the average and the 1--WE stories
| being solid and large, THIS building has
] passed it's SSO,UtN limit, and Will he near
the 100000 mark before Il Is finally ten
| auted.
the Cunningham Dunlap building Is now
about finished and has cost its owners
$4,000.
Charles Serafno has let a contract and
work has started on n building on his lots
on Orleans street that will touch him foy
| $4,000
W. +. Treadaway is dpishinE up bis
business house on Orleans street that 4
going 70 be three stories, and cost some
thing over 10000 by the time 1t Is finished
The Jewish synagogue Is about com
| pletcd and viii he a 5000 house OF wor
! ship when complete.
The Oaks hotel Is a big three story frame
building on Calder that viii so about $500
| whom finished
The nutton hotel on Sabine street will
be about a 5000 building, II IL three
stories aud frame.
B Deutser is finishing a third story ou
the corner OF Crockett and Main streets
This win be & $1,000 improvement
The Wilson hotel building on Main street
Is nearly finished and viii he Sl4O1.
asset FOR lis owners, This Is strikingly
neat structure.
Holmes puEe has last started a building
! on Liberty avenue that will cost $500,
when completed II VIII be the ss'ops
| largest In the. city,
T. II. Langham's two business houses
win sum un $4,000
In the above list there are some Of IN,
numerous business houses mentioned, hui
IL may be said that there are others. Thi,
I the paper and Is not ltnended as complete
| hut rather 10 show that the amount 81
money being spent here Is enormous
In addition 10 this there are at present
moro than 100 residences goinE Up, and I