The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-04
TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN
 BUILDINGS NOW GOING UP

of ground on which this building Is to stand cost at least that much. Immediately next to 1t. the workmen are finishing the remodelling of the l Tyson building. This building was practically torn away and remodeled This work has been done at cost of | s2o.00o.
 | A few yards away and facing these buildings across the Square is the new store of the Montgomery Fair well un- der construction, but not completed When this structure is completed 1t will be one of the largest and most complete department stores in the South. The Fair Is putting, $13o.ooo into the construction of this important addition to the commercial wealth of the city. The structure Is to be of steel and the finishing of the building will be as neat and as complete as the best workmen can make It.
 | A block away from Court Square to the southwest, is the site of the new Bell building This will be a steel. stone and pressed brick office building and its building will be the most i'm portant move that has yet been made to the extension of the congested re- tail district of Montgomery. The building which formerly stood upon this site. has been torn away and the beginning of the active work on the new structure awaits only the adjust | ment of some of the details of the plans.
 N J. Bell, a wealthy citizen of Mont gomery. will erect this handsome structure. Tn cost. architecture and will be rival of the First National Bank structure He proposes to put an investment of $300,000 into the | structure before 1t Is completed. block to the northwest of Court l Square the builders are impatiantly 1 awaiting the adjusting of some details of the plan before beginning the largo undertaking of building the Gay Teague hotel. The remains of the old building have been torn away and the site is ready for the new structure, which now awaits only an 70. k" on the plans.
 For some months 1t was not known what would be the nature of the struc- ture to be erected on this important structure, whether 1t was to be hotel or an office building. But the official announcement has been made and the new building Is to be a hotel to be Company. The estimated cost of this new hotel on the corner of Bibb and Commerce street Is s260,000.
 Other Construction Work. The building of any one of these structures would have been notable at any stage of the industrial growth or the city. Their construction at one 1 and the same time is of forceful signi- | ficance. Still the building of these new structures within a block of Court | souare is only one phase of the won derful development of the present m l Montgomery
 The vandiver building has just been | improved and added to. It was form- erly the First National Bank building, but when 1t came into the possession of W. F. vandiver. he put on addition al stories and otherwise in- creased the value of what Is offce building in the city. An esti- mate names s3o,0oO as the figures of the cost of the improvements made by Mir. vandiver.
 Tn the spending of money in a way which will beautify Montgomery, the State of Alabama Is doing about as much as any other factor, although the State is doing 1t for the good of Ala bama and not for the good of Mont | gomery. In exact figures the new wing l of the Capitol represents a cost of ap- proximately s55.0oo. But it cost the State several times that much to buy the south half of the Capitol square l which formerly occupied that part oi the square.
 The Capitol will undoubtedly be i'm proved by the present Legislature and bill carrying a large appropriation for that purpose has already passed the House. The proposed Improvements when carried into effect will make the Capitol one of the most beautiful pub lie buildings fin the South. The esti- mated cost is $250.000.
 No single building, however, is do- ing more to beautify the city than the magnificent structure now In the course of erection by the First Baptist Church The congregation of that church pro- poses to spend in the completion o1 that splendid structure no less thar $s5, 900. This church, than which there will probably be no handsomer In tho ] South, Is being built of white marble It is far enough toward com pletion for its impressive pro. portions and its graceful line: to impress every stranger. Il is going up in the heart of Mont. gomerys finest residential district, The new Young Mems Christian As sociation Building Is having the fin ishing touches put to 1t. It stands or Washington Street and represents ar investment of $50.ooo. But the struc- ture. as handsome as 1t Is. Is only com | menSurate with the importance or Montgomery and its rapid growth.
 EnIarginE Wholesale District.
 The wholesale district of Montgom- cry has long since overrun the con- tracted limits which a few years ago were quite sufficient for 1t. Some oi the most important building operations | of the city are now going on in the neighborhood of Coosa and Tallapoosa l Streets. It Is said that enugh work has just been completed in that neigh l borhood or Is under way as to double | the wholesale facilities of Montgom- ] cry.
 l Schloss & Kahn are building there a handsome $S5.000 wholesale ware house and the West -Steagall Ware house Is being put up at cost of s1s,- l 000
 The building now being erected by A. Roemer will represent d cost of s2O00O. The Alabama Georgia Syrup Factory is being put up at a calculated | cost of SI2.000.
 | An important building operation is the present work on the county jail of Montgomery County, by means of which the capacity of the jail will be practically doubled. The county is spending in these extensive improve ments about $70.Ooo.