The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-30
Estimated Cost Near -Four NIL.
lion Mark Now.
Tech HIGH ADDITION LARGEST
M,ny New Houses In Wards Six, Two and
Seven, and the Fourth Had Many =
Business Structures.

b. An unusually busy season for the build
ing line In Providence was the one just
past according to the records of the In
spector OF Buildings Spencer b. Hopkins
and the number OF permits granted Is a
record breaker UP tn d1te-ifhe value OF
the property built or In process OF con-
structon is estimated by Inspector Hop
klns as about 81. COO 900, a healthy increase
over last year when the total was So
l54.sD A large number OF fire stations
school houses and other public buildings
helped swell the totals as did the en-
largements OF several big manufacturing
lplants including Brown and Sharpe Man
tufacturing company Atlantic HllIS'
Wanskuck mills and others.
The most costly job outside the Federal
building I'm process OF construction was
that on the Technical High school addi-
tion which will cost the city about $l5O,VO
for the construction work
The biggest record for construction of
, new buildings was i'm 1895 when the total
was 81 DDS, ,l75 but 1901 was a close second
with s4,ss9,950 and the present year had
Z 81, ,094, 200 The Sixth ward appeared easily
I'm the lead IN the matter Of building OF
houses more than 93 dwelling permits be-
Q ing granted aud 30 permits for alterations
or the dwellings So cost $500 or over
and 40 cost five thousand or over.
There were more than 80 other buildings
, put up OF which 10 were additions and Of
: the 20 over % were at a cost OF thou
and and over.
These are some Sixth Ward buildings:
: d and w Fuse Co. Hathaway street.
two-story brick mandatory. $4,000.
Providence Lithograph Co. Prairie.
f, REYNOLDS and Gordon avenues, one-story
brick facturw. $4,000.
Calvary Baptist church. Broad and
stanwood streets. one-story brick and
stone addition. $4,000
IN WARD ONE
In the First ward. 80 dwelling house per-
mits OF which % were additions or alter
ations Ten cost 5000 each or over
There were about 36 other buildings II
permits being for additions two OF the
latter being over slOoo jobs. Some fol-
low:
DR.. L. NJ Harris. meeting street, two
story brick gargage. $1,000
stephen O. Metcalf. Benefit street, three
story brick museum. SIS GOO.
Boston and Philadelphia Co.. India
street new one story wooden storage
building. $1,000
I'm the Second ward % permits for
dwelling houses were issued % being for
Jobs costing over $1,000 Thirty-one OF the
permits were for additions or alterations.
There were 45 other buildings. II of
which were additions three OF which cost
over 5000.
Some OF the important buildings in this
ward were as follows:
= city of PrepideHea.-Hope and Rocham-
beau avenue, two-s1ory brick school
building. $4,000.
Swan Point cemetery corporation. BlaCk-
stone boulevard. one-story brick ard
stone cfficc ard waiting room, $4,000.
City OF Providence. Hope and Ony
swo-story brick fire station. &31 900
Ci.y Of Providence Humboldt dysnuc,
tNo-story chick fi"S station. $1,000
% COST 5000 OR MORE.
In the Third Ward SO dwelling hou,e
permits issued OF which 80 were fof $500
or over and ?3 cost 5000 or more to build.
Chcrc We're 81 permits for alterations or
sdditionS.
There were 81 other buildings besides