The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-01
BUILDERS BRElk
] ALL OLD REC0nlE
Inspector S Report Shows h
Issued Permits in Year
for So, O18, 500
TWO MILLIONS OVER
LAST YEARS FIGURES
With Office Buildings Elm!
mated, Remainder Shows
An Increase OF
Is Per Cent

Building inspector Beck-s NTH m
nual report, which Is now ready to-
the Mayor and the City Council, shown
year OF most wonderful pro&re1e ~,
the growth of Richmond.
The amount OF money spent In neJH
buildings and improvements reaches
the sum OF $s,o1s.6ss, an increase o.
$2,65e. ST.. as the total Of last yeAc
was s4,o12.s22.
This is something phenoninai NJ
most, and speaks in flattering nguree
of the energy which has the peoplo
of Richmond in Its grasp.
There Is probably no other city Ia
the country Of Richmond's class thAx
VIII show As large gain In build
-ihes,- 4 nd tho best part OF tf1B whufu.
matter Is that the buildings are not
standing Idly by waiting occupancy,
but they are. at least those which
are completed. crowded with tenants
OF the best kind. And for those that
are not yet ready, there are tenauta
ready to take them up.
Richmond Ii spreading rapidly ~ 4
business centre. and 1t seems that no
matter how many skyecrapera-nr-
other large public buildings go UP.
tftcrc are always enough people to
occupy them, with no apparent inter.
L.,
The city Is simply growing, and the
new buildings are needed for new ten-
ants. as we'll IN for more adeQuatn
quarters for the many concerns which
are expanding.
Of this enormous amount OF work
Tor the year, the sum of 31,2y3. 500
goes for seven office buildings, and
Sl,2s3.sls for brick dwellings,. In adj
ditton to these two large classes. tho
NJ a O L~~fx
$SSs. $50 for warehouses and inanufac.
tories. $2l9,0s7 for churches, $4,000
for schools. and $13z.27g for libraries.
Fire District ENLARGED.
Richmond's fire. district has been
enlarged several times slnca the OF u
hr~ OF building inspector haa hecu ID
sszsteree xassf sts ncw extends nk.nx~
ticaiir over tlle entirA Old city, a66
In ea~inE it, way into the territory
annexed from uenrlco and Chester.
Held. 800
Inside this fro territory no frame
dwellings may be erected. And those
that are built outside. the line must
be az near arepreof as the contractor
working under the rules laid out by
the building code can make them.
In addition to Tire large sum az noneys
expended In bIick residences during
the year. nearly all of which rs wttirfn
tiD IEC Ail8, $ASUstQSt mas Been En44lS
In frame dwellin~s
This sum represents the coat q III
frame dwellings. and that meanA HAT
just that many dwellings are being
added to the expansion OF the city
These frame dwellings ara around tho
edges Of the old city. and efuphasixa
the filling In OF that many vacant lots
and fields in much Of the recently an
nexed territory. Houses to the NUNS
Der Of 172 cover some territory
One of the most pleasing facts n
connection with the inspectors report
10 the amount OF cold cash expended
In tho progress toward the educational
and moral uplift Of the community.
The sum OF $70s.3s7 goes to churches.
colleges. schools and libraries
The report shows long strides ii
the automobile business or the to-
tai OF 20 garages. rs OF them ere for
private use. sntaIling a cost OF $11,-
1874
Mercantile business Is going ahead
remarkably fast. Permits for tho
erection OF log new brick stores were
given during the year. costing $779,-
$50. Thirty-nye new private stables
were authorized.
Forty-thrss warehouses and manu-
factories were added to the growth
OF the city. at cost OF $s3s.1S0.
Large Amount of Repairs.
IN addition to the large sum oG
money expended IN the erection Of
new brick dwellings. $65.s6S was
spent in altering and beantifytng 16g
brick dwellings and sf6.s5i In -,
pairing 2TS frame dwellings.
-InZthA general of pFoHro6
$3S.745 was spent In modernixtnx and
Identifying twelve churches. wniIa
1878 was spent in improvements u
four hospitals &
Stores. warehouses and manufao@s
tories 10 thA number OF 4a2 g. wars n
modelled. repaired and generally ma
proved, and made more up-to- data -
the cost OF $237.334. /.
The total amount Of repair work
for the year amounts to more than
half million dollars. or in real
figures. $s44,410.
Ward DistriDation.
One Of the attractive portions On
the report - that which indicates t..
the layman the dietrihutinn or fhn!
At glance what has been douA ~
thu different bualness and rexidenfie3 u!
sections, And Ia OF vast value e. u .
.aAttSsBs wassfs stnssss
and statistics OF the relative dG1
parisons or changes In vaiua11n
from year to year. tsstss sssssss sS3
The table shows that Madison. yrnn
profits many fold more than any ot5H
ward In the general building ~ II 8;
msnt. with &z.S84,a45 to her nrS6I
The othsr wArds line mp this ways
Clay. 49A2.E1I: -, t&$&Heo&s
Henry. $sSl,0zl: Jefferson. 91SG9I&2S
NarshAll. @l7e.l44: Monroe. 4lGD.f9oxas
Warrington, ALL. 3s5. II
= - A.