The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-25
MANY BUILDINGS
BEING ERECTED
CARPENTERS ARE KEPT BUSY.
ALTHOUGH BUILDING INSPECTOR
SAYS THERE is No RUSH ON.

Besides the Important Public Build
ings Going Up, There n Number
of Business improvements Are
Being Made-West Broad street
shows More Progress Than Any
other in the Building Line-TVvo
Automobile Repositories.
There are many buildings going up
in Savannah at present, though Build
ing Inspector Bartlett says there is no
unusual rush on.
quite a number of the improvements
are being made in the business sec
ton of the city, although there are also
a number of smaller houses further
out.
The City Hall, of course, takes prece-
dence over all other buildings in inn
portance. The Marine Hospital. which
will be started within a short time,
as the bids for the contract have al
ready been opened will also be a valu-
able addition to the city. But aside
from these public structures there are
business houses and residences being
erected, which indicate a steady
growth.
The Schwarzchild & Sulzberger Com
pany is erecting building for its Sa-
vannah office and storage rooms on
West Broad street. just south of the
Central Railroad Depot. Work has al
ready started, and ii is thought
the building will be completed by July
l. 1t will be a two-story structure,
with a cellar, and will be equipped
with all the conveniences known to
the packing house business. 1t is
frame building put up at an estimated
cost of $4,000.
Conncrat's New Building.
The new building for Cornerat's au-
tomobile business is almos; completed.
II is on State street, between Bull and
Drayton. The excavating for the Bry,
son building, to be erected at Nos. )
end Perry street, east, is well under
way. Both of these buildings have beel
described in the Morning News.
On West Broad street, just south of
the Union station, Maj. ]. X. Sheldon is
erecting several stores with fats. The
building is two stories high and is now
almost complete.
The Anheuser- Busch Brewing Com
Iany is building commodious stables
OH Bryan and Lincoln streets. The sta
bles are of brick. They will be paved
throughout and will be made almost
ffreproof.
Holding Up a Permit.
The preliminary work for the Ogle-
thorpe apartments to be erected at
Abercorn, President and State streets.
has been almost completed, and the
work on the new buildings will be
started as soon as a building permit is
obtained from the city.
There is some question in the minds
Of the aldermen as to whether the city
can allow the erection of a frame
structure within the fire limits.
Expanded metal laths are to
be used, if the permit Is
granted. and these will be coy
cred with stucco. Messrs. A. A. Artley
and ]. s. Cooper are to erect the
building 1t will be three stories and
there will be nine apartments. The
building will cost between $4,000 and
$4,000
A permit has been issued to Messrs.
Hal Bacon and ]. Ferris Cam to build
fifteen one-story frame buildings on
Thirty-first street. The houses will
be small cottages for renting pur-
poses.
J. H. Collins has been granted a per-
NIT to build six two-story frame
houses at East Broad and Hull
streets.
Besides the new houses being built,
there are a number of improvements
being made on old structures.