The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-01
RECORDS BROKEN
 IN NEW BUILDINGS
During Twelve Months 288 Dwelling Houses We're Constructed for
 Citizens of Montgomery.

very nne edifice on Perry Street be- tween Alabama and Scott Streets which will probably cost s6o.oo0 Extensive improvements in the Court Street Meth- odist Church are also in contemplation. and the Atlantic Compress destroyed by fire. will be rebuilt
 One gains an excellent idea of the vast amount and vaffety of work performed in the line of building during the past year when 1t Is said that four hundred and eighty-four permits were issued by the City Engineer. While it is true that many of these permits were for re- pairs to buildings. the simple state- ment that two hundred and eighty-eiRht dwelling houses were built and occupi- ed by families during the year shows the importance of the building trade. Moreover 1t shows that Montgomery's population is increasing with startling rapidity. On basis of five persons to the family one thousand four hundred and forty persons are now occupying the two hundred and eighty-eight. new dwelling houses which have increased the size of physical Montgomery. In this connection it should be pointed out that 1t Is very rare occurrence when q Montgomery dwelling house is without a tenant.
 It has been said that the rental value , of houses in Montgomery is high, but real estate men say that even now there are more people in Montgomery than there are houses for them to live in.
 We can't find house." is a common comI(aint. and consequently hotels and boarding houses are invariably filled with new people.
 The rental values of Montgomery houses are based. of course. on the value of the property and the supply and demand.
 For the benefit of strangers, However. 1t should be said that comfortable cot- tages of from five to seven rooms may be rented in Montgomery for $500 per year.
 The most valuable buildings con- structed in Montgomery during the year just closed were three brick school houses costing approximately $20.o0g each.
 Many Valuable Buildings.
 But three permits were issued by the City Engineer during the year for work costing s10,000 and over. These per. mits were to the city for the Heron Street school house. s13.soo: to the National Cotton oil Company for a twa story brick building at the foot of Clay Street. SHAFTS. and to pr. L. [. Hi1l.5 residence on South Perry Street, $1000O
 For houses costing between s5.000 and S1O,0o0, the City Engineer during the year issued six permits as follows; Crizens' Light, Heat and Power Com- pany, one story brick power house, cor ner Franklin and Lafayette Streets, SS,7Oo; to W. B. Tanner, residence on South Perry Street, 5000; Moses Sabel. residence on South Perry Street, $9,000; to Mrs. M. Rice. residence on South Per ry Street, S7,700; W. N. Cox. residence on South Hull Street. $5,0O0; Jake Wells, remodelling Bijou Theatre $5,000.
 Forty permits were secured to build houses costing s2,000 and over. These permits were isSped to the following: Mrs. c. P. Ball, residence on Washing ton Street between Hull and Decatur Streets, $4,000; Mrs. A. c. Norton, two residences on South McDonough Street. $3.500 each; M. W. Stuart, two resi- dences on South Hull Street, Ss,5oo; Mrs. Caroline Steiner, residence on Sayre Street, $3,00o; Jacques Loeb, two resi- dences on Montgomery and Wilkinson Streets, $3,500 each: Mrs. Anna Chiffon. residence on South Perry Street, s4.000: F. s. Persons, residence on Adams Street. $3.750; W. J. Drum, remodellinar residence at 619 Monroe Street, S2.000: Graves and Anderson, two residences on Pleasant Avenue, s2.500 each; J. s. Will cox. residence 516 South Lawrence $3,S00; R. M. Vandiver, residence on South Perry Street, 5000; T. J. Dreher, residence Mildred and Holcombe Street, $2,000; 8. L. Smith. residence South Hull Street. s3.000: The Advertiser Company. additional story on building. Lawrence Street and Dexter Avenue. $3.500: W. M. Wadsworth, residence on North Hull Street. $2.000; J. G. Brown, residence, 116 Cramer Avenue. $2.55o: L o. Ander- son, residence on Mobile Street. $2,500: Mrs. M. Greil, two residences on Hol- combe Street, $3.000 each; N. w. Blue. residence on Monroe Street, $2.00o; B. Wolff. remodelling Temple Building. $3,500; Ernest Stump. residence on Lu- die and Dorsey Streets, $2,500; w. c. Hill, remodelling residence 3l5 Madison Avenue, $2,200; Mrs L. P. Barnett, resi- 1 dence on Washington Street. $2.000: F. O. Walsh, residence South Hull Street. i $4.400; c. T. Fitzpatrick. remodeiling stsre on Dexter Avenue, $5,5oo: South ern Syrup Refining Company, two story frame building on Lafayette Street. s4,600 F. J. Crampton, residence on Jeff ferson Davis Avenue. $3.000; F. J. Cram- ton, residence on Washington Street $3,50O: F. J. Cramton, residence sos Washington. s3,0O0.
 Nearly four hundred permits were is- sued for residences costing under $2,O00 and for repairs to other residences and buildings.
 Contractors declare that the past twelve months has been one of the bus lest they have ever experienced and la borers and all classes of workmen have had as much to do as ever before.