Arizona republican., 1914-02-09
FEBRUARY |S
 STARTING WELL IN BUILDING
Many Permits Have AL ready Been Issued and Work Upon Buildings Started is Being Rushed to Completion

AS announced exclusively in the Re publican On February 1, the month of January witnessed 50 permits issued by Building Inspector Howard B. Claf- lin for dwellings, representing a total valuation of upwards of $77,O00. The total permits issued number seventy two with a total valuation of SS3,9 ,9O7 While there is no cause for complain ing at the building operations for Jan uary. there is every evidence now that the shorter month of February will ex- ceed tha tof the first month of 1914 There are no permits announced for the first few days of the new month of any considerable size, but the number Is rapidly mounting to record size.
 Out on East Washington there is un- usual building development work hay 1 ing been commenced on a series of one story brick store buildings. financ- ed by a concer the principal members of which are Joseph Thalheimer and Ed. |. Reeves. This has brought about the removal of a number of old time | buildings, that had outgrown their use J fulness and had become unsightly. The ! stores vii be ready for occupancy within about six weeks and predicates 1 other building development in that sec tion. In fact in the next block east work has already begun on a hand some concrete block apartment house
 The work on the Korrick building 1 is progressing rapidly practically all the cement work having been complet- ed IL will ont be long now until the
 building will be enclosed and the work
 of finishing the interior begun
 On South Central avenue the Luhrs
 building. the Pratt-Gilbert building and
 the Salem Ackel building are being
 rushed to completion. The Luhrs
 building has been practically finished
 as far as the first floor is concerned
 and the Porter Harness and Saddle ! company is already moving in. Other tenants of the building expect to be in [ possession within few days. The work
 on the upper floors will be rushed and ] in the near future will provide rooms
 for a modern hotel.
 . Another step in advance in that sec ti"n Was the removal "f all the old II | m-rcial corral leaving the ground | clean and in rradines for the structure | that t k said iS likely |" rise there | shortly
 A glance at the list of permits that follows will reveal the fact that Emil Gang is erecting a handsome $9.0OC | residence structure on Central avenue at Wiletta street It will be two stor- ies and the rooms will be finished throughout in hardwood It will be of brick and will rank among the finest | on the avenue.
 Some recent permits issued by the | building inspector follows; Southwestern Building and Invest ' ment company. one story plaster { brick resident 200 block, West Will ' Ietta street. $375O
 Mrs, Mcdonald, one story frame | store southwest corner of Mckinley | and Twelfth streets. $500. w. j. Me Dermott. contractor.
 A. H Davidson, ones story brick residence. No 725 West Madison street: $1745. A E. Bardwell, con- tractor.
 | Emil Gang, two story brick resi- | dence. southwest corner of Central avenue and Willetta street; 's9OOO. Emil Gang. one story brick out building. Central avenue and Willetta
 street; $1OOO T. A. French. super
 visor of construction.
 R. w. Brown, one story brick resi- dence, corner of Sixteenth avenue and Taylor street $20O0 J. H. Smallev. one story brick resi-
 dence. No 1132 North Tenth street;
 $500.
 J. H. Smallev. one story brick resi-
 dence. No 1132 North Tenth street;
 $500.
 Mrs. Josephine Nova, one story
 frame residence. rear of lot at No
 Al East Culver street; $500 William | Miller contractor
 c. D. Barnett, modern plate glas: | front to building at Nos 1O-12 Eas | Washington street; s4O0. H. w. Ky
 der, contractor.
 Jesse Grain. one-stOry plaster bricl | residence. 400 block on North Fourtl | avenue: 5000. J. l.. Walker, con Il tractor.
 II Charles Richardson, one story bricl
 stone building. Seventh avenue anC | Buchanan street; $750. Crouch Broth
 CTS. contractors.
 II D. M. Clark. one story concret
 block apartment house. Nos. 413-41
 East Washington street: 5000. c. Harvev, story brick resi- | dence, No. S14 North Tenth avenue $500
 William H. Wesley. one and a hal
 story corrugated iron barn and tenn
 norary residence. No. 1542 West Ma | dison street; $100.
 R. Hill. tWostory apartment house
 No. 911 Grand avenue; 5000. J. I | Wofford. contractor.
 Rohner and Jamison, one- stor brick residence. 600 block, South Sec
 ond avenue; $500. C. H. Kunsel . man, contractor.