The Greeley tribune., 1907-02-07
FUTURE GOOD
MANY NEW BUILDINGS FOR
GREELEY AND VICINITY
Contractors and Lumber Firms
Report Unusual Activity in
Their Lines Promising
Heavy Building

A Tribune reporter locked up the
building prospect for Greeley and vi
cinity little Monday morning, and
in spite of the unpromising outlook
the weather furnished, found every
thing tending to a great year for
contractors and lumbermen.
Though a little early for actual
contracts to be in the hands of build
ers, yet some buildings are being
completed, some have the beginnings
of the work we'll under way, while |
yet others are just being begun and
estimates have been furnished in
numerous cases which, though not
sufficiently complete to be given to
the public, are practically as the
structures will show themselves as
soon as the weather admits of the
opening up of active building opera
tions.
Lumbermen say the present high
land still climbing) tendency OF
lumber and building material will
not affect the building campaign in
Greeley. The argument is that real
estate values in Greeley are also
tending upward, and the home ques-
tion here is not now so much the
question of dollars and cents, but
one of getting in on, or somewhere
near the ground floor. They say,
and it doesn't seem to be altogether
the optimism of necessity associated
with their business, that Greeley
will have an unprecedented boom as
residence point this present year
y on account of the development OF the
country lying near US as an agricul-
tural district, and on account OF the
gravity water system slowly but
surely coming towards us. This
latter, in the minds of many people,
will add immeasurably to the desir-
ability of the place to people OF
means seeking for a permanent home,
where convenience and not cost will
settle the home question.
Miss Bessye Smith, architect, Is
kept more than busy in furnishing
designs to people anxious to get into
homes of their own, or more COM
modious homes, and among others
has the following plans at present in
hand: ..
Mr.. Robbins will build on Elev-
enth avenue and Sixteenth street a
81, 900 frame residence of nine rooms,
modern in every respect.
! Prof. Richard Ernesti will erect
on Tenth avenue six-room modern
residence of white brick The cost
will approximate 50, 500 and the style
will be the old English.
Col. c. A. White will have a
seven-room frame, modern residence
erected at cost of 50, 800 for his
country hcme.
E. A. Morgan will build on Elev-
enth avenue one and half story
frame residence, seven rooms, mod
ern, at Il cost of 81, 500.
Charles Rasmussen will build
tiye-room cottage on his place toul
miles east of Greeley. This Will be
a frame building costing 81, 800.
Chas. Fagerberg will erect q hne
residence on Eleventh avenue, to
represent cost of nearly So, 600.
Among contractors and builders
the work at present seems mainly
figuring on prospective building,
though some building is in hand.
r w. Smith of 700 Seventh street
is building a residence for himself on
the rear of his business lot, extend
ING the shop. The residence will be
a 24x24 brick. two stories, modern
except heat.
The busy season for them, the con-
tractors say, vii! be a month from
this date, If weather is favorable,
when everything will begin to hum.
In Greeley or vicinity the follow
ing have been or are interested In
the erection of new buildings:
C. f. Allen has erected new
house and barn on his place.
Mr.. Rydberg Is just completing
house and barn.
Prof. Hayes and w. B. Cronkhite
have lust begun the erection of five |
cottages on Second avenue.
VIM. Rattray is experimenting |
the erection of q house on Seventh |
avenue.