The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-06-24

IN DIVIDENDS and his STOCK Is now
worth twice what he paid for It. Can
any company. white or colored. make
a better showing.
The company has financed num-
Der of other building operations,
among them the splendid double
store brick block on the corner west
Of Sch1emmer's bakery. They have
assisted many co1ored man in his
business and on his farm in fnan-
ciaI way and do it with fairness and
reasonable charges for the service.
i year ago they planned for the
erection OF their home on the corner
of Magnolia and South Second streets
and today the building stands COM
pIeted, with the exception of a little
interior work. which is being done
as rapidly as possible.
This building is worth S20,000 and
is one of the handsomest, best built
and strongest buildings in the city.
1t is 60x70 feet, three stories high,
with solid concrete floors and four
foot concrete wall foundations and
division walIs-foundation that viii
carry six-story walls
The first floor is divided into bank
ing offices and the office of the Met
ropolitan Realty Co., with a big cor
ner door and huge plate glass win
dow This is one of the handsomest
little banking rooms in the country
with tiled floors and directors room
in the rear. Like every store and
front in the building. office and hall,
| it is a credit TO the city and no stores
are better made or better finished.
At the rear of the banking room
and facing on South Third street is a
large store room which Will be oc-
capied as drugstore. On the Mag
noiia street front are two handsome
stores with as modern fronts as the
| city can show, one of which will be a
| grocery and the other drygoods
store. In the southwest corner is the
stairway, broad and easy of ascent.
| The second floor has four hand,
some Offices in the front and four on
the north side, with large hall, boz
office and toilets for both sexes and
large hall or passageway ell shaped
through the building. Every store
office or hall in the building is well
ventilated, large windows being In
great numbers all over the house
These offices are all rented to doc
tors, insurance men and lodge.
The third floor is one vast hall
7Ox60 feet, with a stage in one end
and is we'll lighted and ventilated. Il
is the largest single room in the city
| by long odds, and is in charge OF
Jay G. Glymp. 1t is going to be g
money maker and very popular re
sort for the better class. of colored
people for their entertainments and
for gathering place for large meet
ings of various kinds. Already il
fhas paid well before the building was
near completed. Good order and
officers of the company say.
Nothing short of an earthquake
will ever shake this building. There
is nothing in town. short of the fed
eral building that is stronger
Messrs. McIyer & MacKay were the
architects and they have congratulate
ed the members of the company OF
the splendid construction of theil
building. George Giles did the work
that is. superintendent it, and follow
ed every foot of its progress with ar
eagle eye. It's material from top tt
bottom is the best that could be haC
and it was put together to stay
The walls are brick on the nort1
and west fronts, thick and strong ant
on the south and east, heavy trusseC
frame with galvanized siding resting
on the thick concrete foundations. L
is the intention of the company tt
brick up these two sides a little later
| on, Carpenters, timers and painter:
say there is not a better roof in the
| city than covers this building and the
painters are putting on the third Goa
of paint this morning. The walls are
plastered in first class shape and the
ceilings are stamped STEEL
With first class cement sidewalks
all around the block and every other
piece of property on the block in
proved and when the handsome cleo.
trio light column is in place in front
of the bank, a duplicate of those in
| front of the Harrington Hall hotel
this property from without or within
will present a very attractive appear,
ance.
On the northeast corner of the
block the company is now eommenc-
ing the addition of a second story to
the one-story brick building occupied
| by John Stamina as grocery store
The second floor will be built for liv-
ing apartments The brick are on the
ground for this wo~k and it will be
pushed forward.
In the near future, other handsome
buildings will be erected by this com
rany on the block to supplant small
wooden structures that now exist
there. We are informed that some
very substantial brick blocks viii
soon occupy the sites of the vacant