The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-05
MIAMI BUILDINGS
|HA'1||'AR|;|G| GOING UP:
Inspector Beck's Office Kept
Busy Issuing Permits for
3s Erecting Houses.
ACTIVITY :'' IN THE. SUBURBS
Residences Going Up Every
where, and Tenants Applying
Before Foundations Laid.

The records IN the Office Of the Build
Ing Inspector show that there Is no
likelihood OF tho building boom in
Richmond subsiding for some time to
come. Permits for the erection OF va
,rlous kinds OF houses within the city
limits arc being issued daily. Tho
most OF those recently issued are for
dwellings. but number Of business
houses are soon to be started, among
them q brick automobile garage at
Nos. sos and $40 West Broad Street, to
cost $4,000; brick store and flats at
No. 1900 1last Main Street, to cost
$4,000, and quite number OF cheaper
houses
Mr.. w. w. Haley recently purchased
from. i. G. and Harry kellam, through
]. Thompson Brown & CO.. a large lot
at the corner OF Main and Lombardy
Streets, and has commenced the cree
tion thore Of seven handsome brick
houses, and the work Is now we'll under
way. The corner building is to DO q
large and well-arrangad storehouse.
and Messrs. Brown g. Co., the agents,
have already leased 1t for term Of
two years to q, well-known West End
druggist, who will open there TWEEN
tieth-century drug store. Tenants are
already applying for the residences
that are being erected by Mr.. Haley.
More Building Permits.
This firm has also sold to Mr.. o. j.
Davis eighty-two feet OH Crenshaw
Avenue and 100 feet on Dooey Ave-
| nue. upon both OF which properties Mr..
Davis proposes to build at once. per-
mits having been granted by Inspector
Beck.
The buildings which are being torn
down at the corner OF Seventh and
Broad Streets arc to be replaced at
once with business houses Of more
substantial character and much more
Imposing appearance. The permits
have not yet been issued, inasmuch
as the owners have not fully settled
upom plans and specifications, but it is
certain that they will be issued and
the builders put to work as soon as the
two old houses are removed.
Much Work In Suburbs.
There is no let-up In building opera.
lions in the suburbs. During June the
sales Of Gintcr Park lots exceeded the
dollars, and the demand for choice
locations In this beautiful suburb is
steadily growing. Sixteen handsome
buildings are at present under con-
struction. and estimates are being
taken for about dozen others. many
of which will undoubtedly be started
during the summer. The public school
will be opened In the fall, and compe-
tent teachers were chosen last Thurs
day. The school building is one of the
most complete IN every detail ever
erected in or around Richmond, and
will meet the requirements for years
| to come. The assembly hall and wa
rious meeting rooms are now available
for general use for lodge meetings,
social affairs public meetings. etc,
and the charges are to be most rea-
sonable.
Tho social life Of Ginter Park is very
Idelightful. and lawn parties have been
mucl, in vogue during the past few
days, and the seminary tennis courts
are In frequent use.
After hard days work In the city,
| 1t is most refreshing to get out to the
green lawns and shady avenues Of
lGinter Park.