The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-08

Il Houston growing
ASK the architects the builders. the real
estate men the bankers, The merchants.
And last but not least. by any means,
pvt the query 70 the man who is out
''house hunting
ASK the real estate men how many
houses they. have on their rent lists. You
win Invariably receive the answer, 1--WE
have nothing.
ASK the architect aud the builder II there
is anything doing in their lines. They will
tel You In very short order. YES, there is
lots doing. In fact. we have our hands
fall
Then take journey on the street car
lines through the numerous suburbs OF
Houston and see for yourself. You will
hna vsere was no cxagEeration in the re-
plies made TO any of your inquiries. on
the outward journey note the many new
buildings going mp and the vast number
Of improvements being made within the
corporate limits Of the city. Then the
question will answer Itself.
What is the cause OF all this get up and
getf Why is It so hard TO rent house In
dIcustonr Here you have the answer to
the query at inc top of this column: Hons-
ton Is growing.
IL is no boom growth. II Is not growth
that rises IN the night and disappears with
the dawn Of another day 1t Is the growth
that lseverlasting and that comes 20 stay.
II Is growth that has been forced by
the ever Increasing business OF the town
Ii Is the growth that makes a city.
Nor Is this growth confined 20 ono sec
tion, part OF parcel Of 1 he confines OF Hons.
ton II extends In all directions, 10 inc
north east, south and west boundarleS OF
thA town. II starts everywhere and seem,
inEiy ends nowhere, y mas gone pe ,,, 10,
oil directions until TO the unluttiaicd u
would appear that now towns were snr'ig.
ing up an around the old one.
The ipTospesity OF city or tapn is iu
variably Judged by tho Number Of "fpr
rent nr TO let sisns hat decorate or
S,ssgnre ihc buildings IN the residence and
stranger forms BIS opinion whether lac has
struck hyc 5f a dead town rho stranger
" rSisitor 10 Houston can form mn one
that is 81 is not dead. one. but one OF tue
livenest Among the living For rent signs
are an unknown quantity. They are SCI.
don Z ever seen 3nd one nn 4'g for oaP iseN
hours al hest The house hunter has heard
Of II and down comes the rent card Tie
writer knows personally ~ a prominent
new Arm that had heeD waiting for months
20 obtain downstairs room on Main street.
He was compelled 10 open M hts large re
tail busiusss m another street, hut salts.
ned himsplf after due reflection that II was
Suf a question of n short period when
Houston would have several Main streets
And even at that ne Is doing the business.
~
glance over the records n the city
engineers department shows an interesting
state Of AFFAIRS In the building aud i'm.
provemcnt line in the past twelve months.
No less than 1900 building permits were
issued during the year. These permits
can for all classes of work from the $40
Improvement TO the new building In i've
figures. When it Is understood that every
one Of these 1900 permits call for work to
be done within the city limits the magni
tude Of the improvement boom may he
judged.
Assistant City Engineer Charles W.
Lewis said the rush for building permits
during thf year was something unprccedcnt-
ed. III they are not building new struc-
lures they are repairing or adding to the
old ones" said Mr.. Lewis "nnd here late
~ ~ seems 10 he getting worse. There Is
not Q DAY that passes e-t we issue large
numbers OF permits, and from what heal
the new wear promises to start out with
record breaking business In the building
line. The permits Issued during the twelve
months lust passed call for an outlay oil
many hundreds OF thousands NJ dollars
Just how much J can not say, hut th,
amount is something enormous when II &,
taken into consideration that largo ma
thnty ~ the permits we're for residence
buildings 4"
The records show that during the yoar
there were several hundred cottages and
larger residences huilt and quite 3 nun