The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-07
Times Dispatches N e w
Building to Be Ten
Stories High.
A RE A L MODERN
OFFICE BUILDING
The Paper Will Hold Four Good
Floors-six Stories for General
Offices-Modern Elevators.
Whole Building Strictly
Fireproof-A Twentieth
Century Structure

There seems to be no end t., tho
building operations In and about
Richmond. The reports OF Building
inspector Beck show that there never
vas time in the history OF Rich
mond when moro money was going
Into buildings Mr.. Bsok's records
also show that the MANI buildings
being erected in this city are OF the
hrst- class order. There ia nothing
shnddy in the character Of the i'm,
provcments being made This Is
especially true as to the business
houses being erected on Broad Street.
on Franklin. on Main and on the cross
streets The skyscrapers and tho
apartment houses that are going I'm
here. there, and everywhere ore in all
respects strictly frst-c class. The same
may be said OF the dozen or moro
church edifces that are being erected
In various parts OF the city and out
in the suburbs.
CroBs street SkyscrapeEs.
The demand for apartment houses
for homo life out bit. and for sky-
scrapers for busincas offices in tn,
business centre seems to be unlimited
heretofore all OF the skyscrapers for
business Offices have been erected on
Main Street but the indications are
that they are going To invade tue
side streets. The Virginia Railway
an" Power Company has planned
Tor an office building on seventh and
Franklin Street, but it IL for its own
use.
The first skyscraper on cross
street for general office purposes will
be The Tilnes-Dispatch building on
South Tenth Street between Main ana
Cary. This building Is nearly com
pleted. In Its incipiency Il was in
tended 10 be only tour-story house.
purely for the offices OF The Times
dispatch Publishing Company. but
within the past few days the owners,
in response 10, a demand for more Of
fec buildings OF new kind, have
decided TO make ii a. ten-story Office
building, and the plans for such q
structure have been approved, the
contract for the larger erection made
with the J. T. Wilson Company. In
corporated. ana plans have been COM
Pleted to have the whole structure
ready for occupancy by July l.
An Ornament To the City.
The building, now more than half
completed, fronts 10 IL feet on Tenth
Street, and runs back So feet 1t win
be tenstory structure, strictly fro
proof, being steel framed with con
crete floors. The exterior Is OF light
brick, stone and terra Gotta. There
VIII be TWO passenger elevators and
one heavy freight elevator. and these
are OF the latest make, with traction
worn gear machine. having a speed OF
400 feet per minute.
The llrst four floors Will be The
Times d isputch Offices, and very COM
plete offices they Will be. The first
loor Will hold the press rooms and
the business offices, the second door
Will be the commodious composing
rooms. and the third and fourth doors
Will be occupied by the editors and re-
porters. and here they Will have ample
office and business rooms.
The "Loft Fiours.'
The SIX stories above The Times
Dispatch offices proper will be made
into up-to-date office apartments. and
the plans are such that they Will in
deed be apartments fog business, tho
most up-to-datc ever introduced in the
south. They viii be what are known
IN New lVrh Is loft doors" and un-
uer the contracts With the builders,
they are IL be made ard arranged so
us 20 admit OF division and subdivision
III such manner as may suit varied
"
floor, divided w or usea as u whole To
suit his business. he cur get II thar
way. ~ the same tiine, all OF the
ioois VIII tv 80 arranged that any
number vi tuem OF ailT enc OF Them,
may bc cur W into small offices a. q.
days notice. IN snort this building.
or the sis upper stories. or loft
doors Will be nichmcnl's very latest
and most up to-nato office building. 1t
will be especially attractive for the
reason that II IS a little removed from
the street car noise .,nd some other
confusions incident 80 busy Main
oil tue city
nc Times Dispatch onccs when
viii hold tic tIst .uur stories. VIII
be Bnt tia, is another story auita
another on, ANA an interesting story
/, VIII o., when IL is ripe.
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