The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-01
Inspector Bcck's Annual Report
Breaks All Previous
Records.
TAXABLE VALUES GO HIGHER
Operations Double in Past Three
lcars-NIany Structures
Already Planned.

building operations in Richmond for
1910 break all previous records show
ing an increase over the previous ban
ncr year of 1903 of more than II per
cent. according TO the annual report
Ci Building Inspector Beck Issued yes
tcrday.
he grand total Of al huiitlin. opcr-
ation5 including ncw work ana re-
pairs. during 1910 amounts to sI0loSo2
rs compared With q grand total in
1903 of si.1Ii.S12. grand total in
lhpS OF S3.l6t,i31. AMI grand total
IN ltot--the first year in which ac-
c"rate ana complete records wcr.
kept--of sl,3li,lSi. showing thai the
volume of building operations in Rich
Inond has moro than doubled i'm III.
past three years. and from preliminary
reports received there are few II am.
titics OF Hichmond's Size in the conn
iry which cen show anything Tx.
either the growth on volume Of build
Ing.
Classification OF work.
During the Year which closed last
night there have been authorized 900
brlck dwellings, costing si.ll5.205: e67
frame dwellings, costing S2sI.3Ss; 81
stores. costing s2SS.i0o. 50 brick
STABLES, costing Nsi7.535 IS shells. cost
ing Sli,3e6; 20 warehouses and manu-.
apartment house. costing si3,25V: 2
bficK garages. costing $4,000 | sub
station. costing sll,5o0: 3 street car
barns, costing 100000: post-ofricc
buiiding. costing sTlS.000: schools.
costing slo2.o0s; / exhibition build
ING. costing si5.12i: bank buildings,
costing $4,000: office building. cost
Ing $4,000: powcrhouse. cos,in..
S.3,o0e, engine honsr, costing $40.
Sis: theatre. costing s;U.oUu. ana
churches. costing s7e.leo.
Hcpairs and alterations have been
authorized 10 all classes of build
ings. aSgregating sii4,i53
me above figures do no. iucIude
work authorized during the previous
Year, but completed durin. i,l0 .,ch
a. the nov Young Mems Chltstiat,
association, costing s20G.ogO the on
iargeinent and addition to the Amt:l.
can Nations Banli building. tie add
'ioh OF three stories To- tic Mutual A..
srrance society building. the blues,
.>rmory. the United Siates Governm.r,
Weather Bureau. the Chesapeake ana
ohio freight depote, and the Gresham
Court and Other large apartment,
houscs.
nutiooi> for 1911.
Apparently the outlook for building
operations In 1911 is excellent Plans
arc now pending In tho once OF In
'wo OF ma! checking. for twelve resi-
fences. agGregatinS SGo.OO0. on Yves,
Grace street ana Grove ivenuc The
permit for the hvc-sto binding of
tho Main Street Bank VIII h.. issued
shortly, WORK OF clearing the site hav-
INK already begun. Plans have been
iiicd Tor q hvc-siory nreproof store at
seventh ana Grace Streets. 10 be oc-
cupied hy Sydnor & liundley. for which
the excavations have already been
made, the plans having recently been
withdrawn by tho builders in order
that another story might be added.
Large buildings to be begun during
the year are the Confederate Battle
Abbey. competition for the plans of
which IS now being conducted. and
which Will cost between $4,000 and
100000, and stand on the Boulevard,
near the Soldiers Home. and the Rene
iictlnc College. TWO blocks beyond,
plans for which are almost ready 10 he
Ned. Plans for the profession office
building at Fifih and Franklin streets
nave been delayed for revision. but are
understood to be almost ready to be
filed.
san Further Ia Future.
other large building operations
(which have not been definitely dcter-
mined upon. but Oh which architects
arc known TO be working, and which
VIII COIlt W IthN 'nS
The year. are the new homo of the
Life Insurance Company OF Virginia,
tho company having recently opened
the way for Tho erection of - large
office building opposite the City Hall
by acquisition additional property. and
the new First National Bank -Ches-
apeake and Ohio Richmond, Fredcr-
icksburG and Potomac skyscraper, 10
stand on the Chamber of Commerce
site. option on which is held until
March Other people who arc draw
lug plans. but have made no an
nouncemcnt as yet OF their Intentions.
are the National Bank OF Virginia.
which proposes the development of ita
valuable property at Eleventh and
Main Streets. until recently occupied
temporarily by the First National Bank.
and ST James Episcopal Church, which
IS having plans drawn for n handsome
new church building in the West End.
The opening of the Marshall Street
Niaduct within the next two weeks
viii. give an impetus to building OPP
erations AT both ends of that thor
ougnfare. which viii be strengthened
II the city completes iN purchase Of
the Ford's Hotel site for n municipal
courts building.
Talk of New Warehouses.
Beginning Of active construction Of