The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-09
One MILLION IN
PENDING PLANS
Building Inspectors Office Al
most Swampcd With
Drawings.
C0RC0RAN HALL CONDEMNED
Monticello Hall Case Again Post
Poned in Police
Court.

Plans and blue prints calling for
work aggregatlngN more than $1,000
600, are pending In the office of the
building Inspector Every table and
desk is covered deep with rawlings,
and the office bids fair to be swamped
under the pressure OF its work. Never
before have so many plans been pend
ing at one time, nor has the aggre-
gate been so large. When the plans
Tor the government post-oftice went
through last year. little else was pend
Ing, but If all now waiting approval
can be checked over and the permits
issued during the month OF June II
VIII be the largest month in it's total
since available records have been kept
OF building operations III Richmond
New Plans Filed.
Plans were filed yesterday by elm
ton & Russell. architects. of New York,
for one portion of the new building of
the Life Insurance Company of Nir
ginia Eventually the building will be
in the shape of the letter U, with the
well or light shaft facing on the main
or Tenth Street entrance of the City
Hall. For the present only the Cap
itol Street end Will be erected. The
plans call for heavy construction. with
foundations which will eventually
carry fifteen stories. The work pro.
Jected at this time is estimated to
cost 5000 900.
Besides this. the plans for the new
part of the Hotel Richmond, aggre-
eating s350oO0 and the new Ruegcr
Hotel. estimated at 100000. are pend
ing.
Plans were fled Yesterday for a
new church building for the Decatur
street Methodist Church, of South
Richmond. handsome brick struc-
ture. F
Plans for eight dwellings in va
rious sections are pending, with sew
eral small warehouse structures and
several large and imposing stores for
Broad Street. In addition many re-
pairs are being daily authorized. and
the work OF inspection of dilapida ted
buildings continues.
Corcornn HnIl Condemned
Corcoran Hall. a famous lodge and
political meeting place on Church
Hill. ut 81 North Twenty fifth Street,
was DcremDtorlly condemned yester-
day. and notice served on the owners
Messrs. Allen and Hutcheson to vacate
at once. and that the building must
not be used again for any public as
sembly, unless extensive alterations
are made. Deputy Inspector Schra udt
reported after an inspection yester-
day. that the roof truss was sagEinE
dangerously. and might give way at
any time. carrying the whole build
ing down with It.. The hall has been
the scene of many of the most famous
political gatherings on Church Hill.
and is we'll remembered in connection
with the Old Market Hall, condemned
and torn away several years ago, and
Monticello Hall on Broad Street, which
was recently condemned, The Month
cello Hall case was continued for the
third or fourth time in the Police
Court yesterday. this time to June ii.
The tenants have m we'd out, and the
owner is anxious to remove the
building as soon as the courts will
settle the disputed question OF party
walls and both the owner Frank
Ferrandini. and the Building Inspec-
tor. express the greatest dissatisfac-
ton at the continued delays and post
ponements of the case In the police
Court.
Some Permits Issued.
Building and repair permits were
Issued yesterday as follows:
Clifford Smith, to repair three brick
| stores. taking off OLD roof and erect
Ing new flat roof. at 1918 East Main
Street. to cost $780,
Mary Bacigalupo. to repair brick
dwelling. north side Of Floyd Ave-
nue.. between Strawberry and Elm
Streets raising and underpinning
house. to cost $1,000.
WatkinsCottrcll Company. to repair
brick warehouse. east side of Four
teenth Street, between Cary and Dock
Streets, TO cost 5000.
Savings Bank of Richmond. to repair
four brick dwellings,. east side of Hull
Street, between Eighteenth and Nine
tcenth Streets. to cost $3.50
j. r Robertson, to erect a detached
frame dwelling, on the east side of
McDonoush Street. betwene Eleventh
and Twelfth Streets to cost SO 0Oo