Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-13
"a DIXIE'S PROGRESS.
Gratifying Building Operations
Past Eleven Months.


Of much work being done in the farther
south toward the reclamation of wet
lands is the project announced In the
past weeks issue of the Manufacture
ers' Record for a drainage district, in
Guiding 10000 acres of land in and i'm
mediately around Port Arthur, Tex.
and extending eight miles to the north
east, About 100000 will be spent
upon ditching and draining 10000
acres of this land on the border OF
Sabine lake, now subject to tidal over
flow, aud to provide drainage for the
rest of the area. This work will re-
quire the digging OF about twenty miles
Of main drainage canal, ranging from
125 feet In width and ten feet In depth
to twenty-five feet in width and six
feet in depth, together with a consid'
cradle mileage of laterals.
Another important undertaking is
the awarding of a contract for the con-
.structlon of dam and power house
for the utilization of water-power at
Ninety-Nine Islands, on Broad river
seven miles from Blacksburg. S. G
About 10000 horse power will develop
ed for transmission by electricity to
manufacturing and lighting plants
The dam will be 1,100 feet long and
ninety feet high and will contain 10,
900 cubic yards of masonry The con
lstruction contract involves s650,000
Building operations were fairly ac
tive throughout the south and south.
west during November, and in several
of the important cities an increase is
noted over the value OF operations for
the preceding month. In Norfolk the
aggregate cost of buildings for which
permits were issued was estimated at
1885, of which amount about s47 900
was for dwellings. The value of build.
lngs for which permits were issued In
Richmond during the eleven months
ended Nov 80 was s3,055.S6i.
Eightynine permits were issued in
Birmingham. representing value OF
S601 1880 which is an increase over
the valuation for November of last
year of $454,772 Total permits for
the eleven months of this year rep
resented value s2.296, 43S, as com.
pared with total Of s1,92S.972 for
the same period last year In Sa.
vannah permits were issued for forty
Etructures, decrease OF two as com.
pared with the number issued during
October, but the building for which
permits were secured In November
are generally OF larger and more
expensive character. Operations are
very active in Jacksonville. and at the
end Of October the building records
OF the city indicated that S,067 new
buildings had been erected since the
big fire OF 1901, At present mum.
Der of important structures are being
erected. including the w. A. Bisbee
ten-story office building. Atlantic Ma.
tional bank building, and Utica In
vestment company's building In
Tampa permits were issued for struc'
lures estimated 10 cost s63.5S4.10
Permits were issued in Chattanooga.
during November to the number OF
1885,, representing valuation of $50.
$50. while the cost of buildings for
which permits were secured in Knox.
vile is estimated at 500 $50.
Operations in Houston represent a
value of sS17.740: Dallas. $222.055 +;
San Antonio. s1SS.255 and Galveston,
$1,000. Exact figures are not avail
able for Oklahoma City. but structures
of every class which have been
erected here during the past eleven
mouths approximate a valuation
of $4,000 900, while in Pine Bluff. Ark,
figures for the same period indicate a
valuation of s40S,0oO. The estimated
value OF Baltimore's building opera
tions during November is $42l,21S.