The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-01

an expenditure of S2S0,000 in the erec- tion of ten stories.
 The new hotel is being erected to supply need which connoisseurs say has long been want in this city. While Montgomery already has ex- cellent hosteiry facilities. any conven- tion to the city or entertainment out of the ordinary calls the attention of Montgomerians to the fact that the &C., commodations were not sufficient in- ducements to attract vast assemblages. a condition which is illustrated by the last State Fair.
 To supply this need, accordingly, the Gay-Teague Realty Company was or ganized, and plans put adrift for the erection of one of the most modern and best fitted hotels in the South. The plans of the building. too. snow that the aims of the directors will be accomplished.
 The new hotel is to be of brick, stone and steel and will be strictly fire-proof. Every modern improvement has been introduced in the building. Excellent facilities have been provid- ed for, and the interior finlshings as contracted for are elaborate and. hand some. The lobby. in particular. will be one of the hotels handsome feat uress and the floor. ceiling and wall decorations will be as pretty as any in the State
 The hotel will not be operated by the company erecting 1t. in all probability, but will be let out. No hint has been given as to who the successful iessees will be. 1t is whispered around in crowds that a well-known Mobilian will be the successful bidder, to whom success in the running of hotels has long been characteristic of his &C., tivisy. The structure will be complet- ed by next fall, and in running oper- ation. The Gay-Teague structure Is being erected on the corner of Bibb and Commerce streets.
 PIa1s for Bell Building.
 The last of the buildings Of the year to attract the attention of the State is the Bell building, for which plans have already been submitted and prepara- ton for erection made The structure is to be devoted entirely to offices, will be twelve stories high, up-to-date in every respect convenient and fire- proof. It will cost in the neighbor- hood of $s50,00O.e
 The owner of the building which is planned has started activity in a new direction. He has chosen the site for his building on Montgomery street, corner of Lee, exactly one square from the Court Square basin. He is of the opinion that Montgomery must grow. 416 Ah oL thG OplHiOu LudI the western direction IS as good as any.
 This confidence in Montgomery pros- perity has been the means of opening the eyes of citizens to facts that are undeniable- The city is one of the most congested in the South. All of the chief business interests of the city have for a long time been confined to Commerce street and Dexter avenue. or late, it is true. business has been expanding in the direction of North Court street, Bibb and Tallapoosa, but the erection of an handsome office structure off the city's chief commer- cial thorougntares had up to Mir. Bells announcement of his intentions been an undreamed-of inclination.
 Visitors to the city are impressed first of all with the congested condi- tions in the city. Mir. Bells structure will at once tend both to divert this impression and to improve the section In which his bul4-ins Is to be located.
 The slxyscraper to be erected by MT. Bell will be one of the handsofnest in the State. and one of the largest, It is understood that office space has already been applied for.
 In another building, also, Mir. Bell has expressed his confidence in this section of the city. Adjoining the site which he has selected for his office structure, on Montgomery street, he Is erecting a handsome three story struc- ture which is to be occupied by the A. e. Rhodes Furniture Company The sost of the three-story structure was stated in the building permit at $16, 00O
 One of the most notable improve ments of the year was the ereceion of the new Montgomery Fair building on Court Square. The site formerly oc- cupied by the Fair building was clear ed or its old structures, and in its stead was erected one of the most modern and up-to-date establishments in the city. Work on the building is stiII under way.
 The new building of the Fair will cost about $100,00O, and is being erect ca without interference with the busi- ness of the house. The conducting of business without intervention on the part of workmen, without hindrance to the regular weekly operations was illustrative, to large degree, of the modern methods of building, and was one of the first establishments of its Kind Kind to be erected in this city under
 The Fair building is a handsome structure. convenient and well adapted to the business of the concern.
 In New Commercial District.
 Schloss & Kahn's new building on Tallapoosa Street, was another of the large structures to be erected this year. The well-known wholesale gro- cers have erected one of the most thor ough and modern buildings in the city. entirely convenient for their trade and an ornament to that section of the city in which 1t is reared.
 The structure was built at a cost of SSo,00o, is of brick, stone and steel.