The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-04
Construction Which Begins To
Morrow May Be Completed
by May 1, 1904.
INVESTMENT OF 100000.
Sales on Pine Street and in the
Tower Grove Section Attract
Attention in the Real
ty Market.

Construction Of the Buckingham Hotel
at the Northwest corner OF Kings high
way and West Pin boulevard will COM
mence tomorrow, and the contractors ex-
pect TO complete the building by the lst
Of next May.
Though the time limit for completion
does not expire until June. the builders
will receive a bonus II they have the
hotel ready for occupancy when the
Worlds Fair, opens.
The building permit specifies a structure
to cost 10000. but when the building is
finished and furnished the expenditure will
be fully $4,000, and the value Of the
ground raises the investment to more
than N.o1O,eO.
Though the original plans ave been al
tered and reduced. the present specifca-
tions call for q superb, hreproof ediice.
seven stories and basement. fronting "a
feet on Kings highway and Isl feet on
West Pine boulevard. The framework
will be Of steel, and the exterior will be
dark red pressed brick. with terra Gotta
trimmings The architecture Is 10 be Of
the old English, or Tudor-Gothic style.
In addition to the "a apartments
there will be III bathrooms in the hotel,
the street floor OF which will be devoted
to Offices. barber ShopS, cafe, etc. The
nariors on the second a6or are 10 he ETxgO
feet. and the dining-roOm 103x4I feet.
The kitchen will be extremely large.
95x4I feet. and a feature OF its appoint
ments Will be the system OF ventilation
which is to prevent any OF the fumes
from escaping into the house. The air
will be completely changed every twenty
Special attractions are designed In the
form OF waiting-rooms for guests and call
ers. and the roof will be so constructed
that a palm garden may be installed
From the top Of the Buckingham II viii
be possible TO survey the entire Worlds
Fair grounds and pick out every promi-
nent building In st. Louis IL viii be
one OF the highest points around the city
The company. headed by Joseph A
Duffy, has IRAN the ~fnancing of the
hotel, the Observation-Disclosures Real Es-
tate Trust Company representing some OF
the hackers The first contract for S0,-
900 has been let to the Southern Illinois
Construction Company. h F. Roach IS
Several hotel managers have submitted
bids, to lease the Buckingham. but none
Of the onsrs has been accepted
PLANTERS ANNEX
In connection with hotels. the most i'm
portant lease closed was that by which
the Planters secured the four upper floors
OF the Times building. at the northwest
corner Of Broadway and Chestnut street,
to be used as an annex
Henry Weaver signed the lease through
MISUNDERSTANDING. at an annual
addition. to furnish the heat for the street
moor.
This annex viii give the Planters about
O0sadditionaI rooms which wfIl be. hand
somely fitted UP. The entire interior OF
the building will be remodeled at an eX-
pense Of several thousand dollars. and the
work will be finished in a short time.
r. c.. Greer of Greer-AnderSon announces
that a company which he represents will
soon erect a permanent hotel on Kings
highway. near Laclede avenue. The lot,
fronting $50 feet on the highway. has been
secured. The hotel will contain 800 rooms
and cost about S150,0oo.
BUSINESS IMPROVING.
The realty market is active, but trading
is not so brisk as It is expected to be as
soon as cool weather sets in. Up to the
first OF this month the transactions in real
ty this year are nearly S,OO0.Oo in excess
Of the sales closed during the first nine
months of 1902 A table prepared by the
Real Estate Exchange follows: