The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-15
BETTER HOUSES
{ ON u OLD Q .. SITES 81 I IS;
Garland Hotel Three Times the
Size and Business Houses ,1[
Bigger and Handsome
Than BcforeMu-
r,icipality to I'm
prove Streets. 3....#
Especial 10 The Times Dispatch


FIJI SOUTH * B sTON I, u v "a, July "A
large force Of hands are at work rebuild.
\ Inn the burned district. and the buildings
will be larger and moro modern than be \
4 fore, and will present an appearance Of
which South Boston will be Justly proud
.Sas Tho Garland Hotel will be rebuilt on
n tho same site, at the corner OF Main and
Charles Streets. 1t will be three times its
L former size. will face Main Street, and
4 be built three stories In height, with q
& front 81 100 feet. with 100 feet In depth
\ Tho entire building will be nicely fur
& ntshed, and will be an up ate hotel.
q fitted up with ali tho m odern improve
ments # The first floor will contain the
4 ONCE, Billiard ROOM barber shop, dining y
room and ba th-roorns. while che lobby
will occupy the centre Of tbs building,
4 There will be two lad iea' parlors down IN
i stairs. while the second and third Doors
will contain about nifty sleeping CONS;
& with another 85lndy'B .parlor on second
u floor. The entire building will bes Of brick:
1 structure, and will DO credit to- q town
II much larger than South Boston. The
hotel ~ Is tho property OF MI. and MIS-
x Garland e. Faulkner. of this place. st Tn.
travelling public will. WI thin the course
I OF a 4 few mon this find The Garland" 2
1 place n OF comfort during their stay s II. n
u town. si35 i}5 ~
N eW6 Nv ar c1Ouse.
H Ed.n ondsons Warehouse will y be 315
+ feet deep. and rs Il feet In width. With
,}thrcc entrances. The farmer ma y enter
with his tobacco from, Main. Broad Or
Arch streets. Tho building will be q
\ hrick .@H5 Tho wa rehousx stables will Il be
\ built Ia tho rear Of the war el,ouse Just
i across Broad Street.
IA The brick factory Of the Imperial To-
bacco Company will be four stories high.
II 50t feet front running back $50 feet. z The
I factory Is managed by Nj. n. 81 3. Johnson
president otSthe Tobac eco Board 81 Trade.
s South Boston has era sped the oppor--s
Stuntty 10 widen her and the WORK 70
Is a long this line has already begun. his
Includes Broad and Charles streets, also.
Es8S The First National Bank Will be about
20 feet front with a depth OF % feet.
\ r., G.. Ingle s 1ewelry store Will be about
snrne size with n depth Of Is feet, and
Will be nicely fttedSup with al handsome
line OF jewelry. and also opt ical De ri
ment, owned by Mr.. ]. II. Meban 55s SIS
Larger Store. 81
Tho large department store OF Samuel
81, Glliland will be twenty feet deeper
I and much handsomer than before and and
will be modern and up to- date n every
respect.. Tho furniture Will all be q! q
oak, The building will be entirely OF
balcony. The stock Will be Of q cha r.
acter that Is carried BY q city depart e;
ment store. 5S3 Nj "a X tS5S3a
J .i3s summerAelds furniture store and
GrIff,n,s harness shop will be about 90 by
so feet IN size, and will also be built Of 81
brick. sS2s3 s " 81 &. Z.
Tho residential portion OF the. town Is
also In process Of reconstruction and
Will present more beautiful appea rance
Il than before. }st5 l34s 5S !g
The telephone Exchange, owned by
the Dan River Telephone Company, has
established central Office over Bank 4 o.
81 South Boston, and VIII give day. night
and Sunday service Main Street VIII ne
& cabled, and both local and long distance
service will be furnished. 81 . M
a Aside from the burned district, the
American Tobacco Company IL having
On addition built to their already large
brick tobacco factory. situated near the
Norfolk and Western depot The present
size is about so by $50 feet, md Will have
an extra addition OF As by 200 feet. The
basement VIII be s46i by 60 feel, and IT. the
boiler-roonls. engne-roonls and coal y
4 rooms Will all be much larger than be-
I fore. This Will cost about nine thousand
4 dollars, and shows the steady increase
4 Of South Boston as a tobacco market,