The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-01
MILLIONS SPENT
|. LAST YEAR FOR
NEW BUILDINGS
Record Excels 1908 by
| Nearly HalfIa Million
Dollars.
| COMING YEAR TO
EXCEED ALL YET
Inspector Beck's Report Shows
Marvellous Progress in Con-
struction Work = Permits
Now Pending Point to Still
Greater Activity III
rass Every Branch.
COMING YEAR TO
EXCEED ALL YET

Building operations. in Richmond
during the past year reached a grald
total of $3,574,s1a, net increase over
1908 of Sio5,3s1
In addition to the above dgures.
buildings. aggregattng more than q
million dollars in cost. for which per
nils had been issuet n 1908, yYero
completed and occupied during tho
year Just closed.
Information now in the hands Of
Building Inspector Beck leads TO tho
belief that the coming year will be
The greatest In building actiyity Ricn-
mond has ever seen. Seve-ai olfcp
structures arc In contemplation, and
from reports made to- Mr.. Eeck plans
arc now In actual preparation for pots-
strnctton work. amounting to moro
than S2.000,00o fpl which anpiications
will be fled Within the next few
months.
The Inspectors report for 1pes.
shows a total OF, permits for new work.
uf sgtoa7ss4 which IS added per-
nlits for alterations and repairs asgres
eating s5Ts,a1S, mailing the grand to-
tai OF work authorized this year So
51bs12.
SHINY Ilnportaut strsstnrss
which permits have been issued during
tho year three haze been for tho cry
OF Richmond: the new armory for tito
Rlchmond Light Infantry Blues Bat.
4 ion. Sf23000; new incinetator. Siu-
pUg, ard home for the new municipal
electric plant. $4,000. Four iglporianc
soflce building permits have been is-
sued during ire year: The annex to
the American National Bank. S2oo,0ue;
the additional stories to tho Mutnol
sEuii,tsngS ss1Fn0e o. 4tar tcutsycs'er:-
Eofi6e, $4,000. ald the office OF tho
Richmond. plant 6f the American Loco
mo tise Corn panyr. $4,000.
Three new freight terminals are ir
oourse OF. construction. The seahoard
Air line Is building freight depot g
Ohio las under way two large tire-
proof buildings, each covering an en-
tire block, to cost $4,000. In addition
to tl,sse the Ghesa5ease "a and oPla NaSns
street freight sheds az .coss De
$4,000.
Two Apartment Houses.
construction, the Gresham Court 70
ments, to cost $4,000. Two lod sc hails
have been erected by secret societla , a
The frame work of the new seven-stofy
stump Hotel, to stand at Eighth AMI
Main, and TO cost $4,000, Is Nsinis
5fdDldty-l9l GROUND just UStii
BY the Congregation of the First Eng
lish Lutheran Church for new $50
200 granite church on Monument I. ave.
nue., at I1onbardy. The FSfanklin street
which will exceed 100000, is nearing
compilation as is the new United States
YFeashsr3 Bureau buildslnas, 9 ssod in chinaea.
fqzo 'Pars to cost sls,oop; IND. ana 'aa
$4,000 fireproof building Work has
begun on a new $4,000 bank building
at Third and Clay Streets, TOR the Me
3chanics' Savings Bank. colored m-
stitutlon A new fireproot laundry "a
being erected on North Seventh Street.
to cost $4,000.
Many Residences.
The year lust closed has been snota-ls
bly one of residence construction,
'totnl of 296 brick dwellings have been
authorized at y cost or Si,l lS,sss.
Exactly .the same number, ESQ, frame
cost ss65.732. Nearly all of the resi-
dence construction is In Clay and Lee
Wards, showing conclusively the d.
rection of the city's growth.
The permits for brick dwellings by
wards are as follows: Marshall. 8.
s56,1o6; Jefferson. o.. s1s.7sss Madison.
II. s3a9,eoo
has Jared better. The records show:
Marshall, &C. sl1asos: Jef5ersGr, Isa ao
/,
as. $4,000; Lee. ., $1,000.
In stores Broad Street has taken the
maqsha !faq The ssss5s sSs 5ssrsos ~ wsaas H. sAss
$40; Madison. 81. $4,000; Monroe, 10.
sas.4T6: Clay. 5, sa2,2ao; Henry, 10.
slla,6so; IL. Lee ;,,ia,s. II sssi9@e @am n1.,es
Fifty brick stables and. garages were
erected during the year, at a tota,
cost Of s45.593, Twenty-two ware
houses and manufacturing plants We're
~, up, az loh ress GO nj fps nutnS
of S26O,065. Sheds and small frame
buildings of minor character aggregate
in cost ste102
Among the important buildings CONS
ypleted and occupied during the year,
on which an army OF workmen Were e
engaged, but for which the permits
and which. therefore do not show IN
the totals for 1909 wera the John Mar. +
shall High School, sass.ass. Central
Y. NJ. C. a.. ss1SO,ooo; Railroad Y. NJ. C.
A.. 10000. annex TO State Library. SSo.-
600. and annex TO Howitzers' Arrnory.
outlook for 1915.
Tn discussing the outlook for the
building operations Of 1910. Insbeetor
Beck SAYS It Will be year OF ohico
construction. Plans for tho new post
office and Federal building. to cost
100000, are ready. Architects are at
stand on. Main Street just east of tha 4
First National Bank. To ha erected bv
IF. L Denoon and others. ths cost ot 4
which has NOT been determined. hns j
which will DO ton or twelve atortea 4
in height The Life lnspranea Com
tpany OF Virginia Is considering nl4Ha
for a new office building oppoaita fia &;
City Hall l
branch OF The Bank OF Riehmond. wfit III
ltcag down ! Is present homo AZ Ftf n
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