The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-06
IN THE BIRMINGHAM
 REAL ESTATE MARKET

The local real estate market was char acterized yesterday by a very large num- Der of small deals in residence property The activity of the market in this line of property is well distributed over all parts of the city. Activity in business property is still lacking on account of the shortage of the supply. All local real estate agents report a steady mar ket and good prices and a splendid out look for the coming year.
 A larger number of building permits were issued by the building inspector yesterday than on any other day this week. The total of twelve permits call for an expenditure of s23,145.
 '"rhe business section of Birmingham, in my opinion is drifting toward the north much faster than to the south,' said a well known young lawyer of this city recently.
 Tt has been the tendency for the past few years for such to be the case and now that the new depot is to be located on the north side of the city it will no doubt grow in that direction more rapidly. Red mountain seems to be a barrier to the growth of the city on the south, however, if the local street railway com pany extends their lines over the moun- tain it will no doubt encourage building in that section
 Thus as the residence section advances so will the business portion and a car line over or under the mountain would be as great an improvement as could be do in hot
 The following building permits were issued by the building inspector yester- day:
 Solomon & Levi, repair and put in a new front at 2o1S Morris avenue, $500
 Mcdonald Brothers, renovate two-story brick on the corner of Fourth avenue and Eighteenth street, s3OO
 Alabama Brewing company, remodel two-story brick on the corner of Second avenue and Eighteenth street, $475
 W. J. Dangaix, remodel and add to a two-story brick on Fourth avenue between Nineteenth and Twentieth streets. 5000.
 P. M. Edwards, erect two-story brick on Second avenue between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets, sSS5O.
 Birmingham Compress company, erect a cotton shed 6Ox2OO feet, on Twenty seventh street between Eighth and Ninth avenues, $15O0
 c. D. Smith, erect three-story brick at 1925 Second avenue, $11, ,4O0
 c. Constantine & Co.,, put in new front at 2OO9 Second avenue, $1135.
 Peoples bank, cut door through stud wall in Peerless saloon, s35.
 l.. B. Musgrove, move four one-story frames from Fifth avenue and Twenty sixth street to Sixth avenue and Twenty sixth street, s200.
 Harris & Fletcher, repair stable, $150.
 Wallace Gillespie, add two rooms and a hall to house on the corner of Ninth avenue and Tenth street, $500.
 The following transfers in local real estate for amounts over 5000 were filed in the probate court yesterday:
 Birmingham Realty company to R. B. Robertson, parts of lots and ?, block 654, Birmingham; consideration, s1So0.
 Martha I. Hunt and husband to Will liam Reef. lots S1 and S2, and part of lot 1O all in block 30, block 265. North Br- mingham; consideration, $1400.
 w. R. Watkins to M. P. Phillips. lots 137-13O and part of east half of northwest quarter of section g, township H. range 3; consideration, $1650.
 A. S. Wynn to Adelaide E. Bowron, part of lots 8 and 4, block 663; consideration, s45OO
 B. M Allen to M. H. Hurst, acres in section 12. township 16, range west; con- sideration, s2500
 The Gawk Engraving Co makes the