The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-05-19


ton. Mr. Corun viii have one Of th,
best homes in the city when the work
is done.
The foundations Of the Carnegie Ii
brary have been laid and the mason.
are at work this week on the walls.
The building will be one story but am
pie floor space is made for building Of
that character
W. E. Whitson has new eight-room
residence, double story. in construction
east Of the fair grounds on the street
when opened 10 be known as Jackson,
cornering on Second. Mr.. Whitson will
have a pretty home when it is finished.
Mr. and Mrs. Ong are making ar
engagements for new residence on South
First street just south Of the corner lot
which they have been occupying. They
have sold the old residence and will in
vest in handsome modern home.
The extensions and engagements be-
ing made by Esq. S. F. Howard on his
Try street home are beginning to show
up, changing and transforming the APP
pearance of the building wonderfully.
That part Of the street will hardly be
recognizable to old-timers out of town
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in few more months. The lot on the
corner north of the Stanfield home is
about to be sold for new home and
that too will soon be built. This will
give Try street almost as much impor-
lance and exclusiveness as Main.
Postmaster Keller showed us the floor
plans of the new Government postoffice
building to be erected here next fall at
cost of $4,000. The structure will
be 80 by sc feet, two stories in height,
the postoffice proper on the ground
floor. The front will be provided with
portico made with four large columns
reaching to the top of the building.
This will connect with front lobby
which is reached through a revolving
door and this lobby is also open to the
ceiling. The second is therefore mez-
canine floor extending from the lobby
to the rear of the building, and on this
floor the clerks and carriers will per-
form a great deal of their work The
general delivery window, the money or
der and stamp windows and the letter
and mail boxes will all be in row 'front.'
ing the lobby. This arrangement will
be something after the style Of some Of
the larger postoffices and very conven-
lent to the public as well as to the clerks.
The postmaster's private Office is also
downstairs.
The postoffice will be one Of the best
to be found in the smaller cities. The
building will be provided with suitable
furniture. The site was purchased at
cost of $4,000, with something more
for survey, paving, etc. The balance
remaining Of $4,000 will be used for
the furniture. That will make entire
cost Of building and site $4,000.
T. L. Bransford & Sons have been
awarded the contract for the Walker
Mailing building to be erected on the
corner of First and Church streets.
Chas. Conn will have charge Of the
wood work. The building will be made
with pressed brick and stone front, two
stories in height, 100 feet in length and
90 feet wide. The building will be ar
ranged for offices upstairs and sales
rooms downstairs and will be one of
the best in the city. Work will soon
begin
The foundation for Mrs. c. E. Cobb's
new residence on Church street, west,
has been laid. This will be one of
Union City's pretty new homes.
Mr.. Wright Phebus, delivery clerk at
the postofice, is getting ready to build
a new home He will build in the
southern portion of town on Second
street one OF the handsomest homes
in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Halves residence
on Harrison street is being improved
ibis week with some additions and the
finishing touches of the paint brush
and paper hanging
The committee soliciting funds for
he erection OF the First Christian
Church were out last week and sue
,eeded beyond even the most sanguine
The building will prob
Ibly be started in June. 1t will be one
II the best to be found in any small
,ity.
An elaborate stone porch with stone
,iers and concrete floor has just been
by the West Tennessee Mon
Iment Co. for J. i. Fry on Main street.