The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-14
TO Be EIGHT STORIES
STOCK COMPANY no Build APART
MENr HOUSE.
WILL HAVE IL APARTMENTS
1HE BUILDING TO COST APPRoxI-
MATELY $4,000.

NVm Front Madison SauaFe-To Have
Tvvents-fonr Family Apartments
aaa Forty-eisht bachelor suites.
With Restamsaat-Buiidta VIII re
Eqatupea with DoabIc Elevators
aud VIII Have All the Convenien-
So ag = Modcrn Apartment House
tn thr IarEe Citses-WHI he BuiIt
- Brick s.nd @rsaisc.
rhe plans Ger the proposed eight
ttcry apartment house on Bull street
fronting Madison square. will be com
ptsied within ghe neat few days. The
organization ~ stock company 20
erect the building, wh.ca viii cost
about sl1sooo. will begin az once. and
as soon IS the stock has been sub
scrioed. and charter has been secur-
I'd. the erection Of the building will
begin. probably within the next two
months.
Alessrs. Gnkcs q Gndden. arch
itects OF Baltimore. who have had
large experience in the building of
apartment houses .n the North and
East. have sumhitted designs after an
inspection az the site and study of
the conditions and needs for the
building,
The plans provide for n fire-proof
structure Of brick and granite
eight stories high with a ground
space 81 $50 feet by so feet.
There viii be- twenty-f four family apart
ments. eight large apartments at an APP
proNlmate rental Of $50 per month. and
sixteen fve-room family apartments,
renting from So 20 SS5. and forty-eight
bachelor apartments OF two rooms and
. bath each. The first floor will have
"a restaurant and wine room and offices
and possibly one or two stores front
ing Drayton street The building will
front on Bun. Charlton. Drayton and
Macon streets There viii be four
entrances one each on Bull and Dray-
ION and one each on Charlton and Ma
con streets Double elevators viii run
from the center Of the building direct
- from the Charlton and Macon street
entrances.
The apartments viii front the streets
with the rear opening on large light
wells. The building viii have steam
heat, and lauikor service. The hache-
Tor apartments will be furnished. This
feature Of the building will be really
that Of an European hotel. II is the
purpose u the builders 10 supply the
demand in the winter season partic-
ularly. for the accommodation of tran
silent guests who desire first-ciass
apartments.
To provide for the construction Of
the building. i is proposed to issue
Si0o 0a0 II per cent. bonds and $4,000
81 preferred s per cent. stock. besides
an issue Of $4,000 Of common stock.
The Savannah men Interested in the
enterprise are Messrs. George l.. Gar
many. j. +. Cam. J. y. Carswell and
Rivers & Glhbes Mr.. Carswell. Mr.
Cam and MIR Rivers have FOR some
time been looking into the matter OF
a modern apartment house. and made
a trip 90 Baltimore and "a number of
other Northern cities and inVesti-
gated the plans and construc-
zion 81 various apartment houses Of IN
size ID Is PROPOSED To build in Savannah.
They had several conferences with
Aiessrs Gilkcs a Glidden before any
plans were submitted or any positive
move toward "a building was made.
They believe that as an investment the
enterprise will be a paying one. and
propose 20 put their money into 1t. The
lot on which the building is 10 be
erected Is owned by AIR. Germany and
his sister. and is one Of the finest To-
cations In the city for an apartment
louise 81 the kind il is proposed 10
luiid.
The proposed building is the third
1arge structure for that section Of the
city The new Masonic Temple az the
southwest corner OF Bull and
Chritoan streets opposite the Guards
Arsenal and the new Y. NJ
G. A. building which win prob
ably be built within the next year
or year and a half. viii represent about
$40 600