The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-04-19

SOHStTuCtlOH Within IcH NIles
Radius.
From present indications it looks
as if the coming spring and summer
would be a season of fairly great
activity in the building line in Clio
and vicinity.
A number of persons in the vii
lage have been talking of building
one or more houses for themselves
or for sale, but only one or two of
these people have yet made any
definite plans.
There are no vacant houses in the
village at present and il is said that
there are several families who are
ready and anxious to move here pro-
vided they can find the necessary
houses. If this be true, il seems as
though the demand for houses cx-
.ceeds the supply and that few new
ones could be readily sold or rented.
Among those who are going to
build or who arc talking of building
in the village are the following:
l.. A. Wright &lCo. are having
their addition surveyed and plotted.
They wilEbuild either two or three
houses this season. These houses
will be built to sell at about 5000
or $1,000 each.
I. ID. Brown has been talking of
building two houses to sell at about
$1,000. He began work on one of
.hgin ia& &i-syeek. --s~k,- -.-..
Freeman Carter has a house now
under construction and will prob
ably build another if the one now
being built, is sold. :
Joseph Arnold has bought the
building which was intended for a
gymnasium but which has been used
for woodshcd at the high school.
He has moved this building onto the
Campbell & Curry addition and is
building an addition and making a
house out OF 1t.
F. M. Houghton and George Pal
mer have been thinking of building
new residences for themselves but
neither Of these gentlemen have
reached final decision. If he de-
cides to build, MIR. Houghton will
probably put up house costing
about $4,000.
leslie Gillett and Floyd McCrady
are1planning to build a one story
brick building on Mill street, to be
used as garage and machine shop,
options on land have been. secured
and bid submitted for construc-
ton Of the building.
l.. A. Wright & Co. are building
an addition on the south end Of
their lumber shed. The addition is
44x42 and is two stories high. The
upper floor will be used for storing
sash, doors and frames. On the low
er floor the west side will be used
for cement, plaster and lime, while
the east side will be divided into
three storage rooms one Of which
will be used for mouldings, one for
hardware and glass, and the third
for general storage.
Outside Of the village, building
operations are in full blast. Wright
& Co. have list Of over forty barns
which are either being built or arc
to be built within a radius of about
ten miles. There are also about sew
cnteen sheds and other outbuildings
on the list beside the barns.
Within the same ten mile radius
there are twenty-three new houses
TO be built this season, several Of
which are now in process of con-
struction. The large number of
houses, barns and other farm build
ings which are being built in the ru-
raj districts about Clio is an encour-
aging indication that the farming in
tcrests Of this part of the state, at
least. are in prosperous condi-
ton.
With the coming Of warm wealth
or, plans for buildings within the
limits sof the village will probably
be cofnpleted and the chances are
that several new houses will soon
be under way.