Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-08
100000 EXPENDITURE FOR
VICINITY DURING THE YEAR.
Many Permanent improvements in
Roads, Streets, Hotels, Residences
and Other Buildings.

An expenditure estimated at approx
inately 100000 for permanent inn
/ proyements is scheduled for Hender-
sonville and vicinity for the year Of
l1a14.
Improvements will come in the way
of road building, street paving, colony
constructions, additions to hotels and
boarding houses and new residences
The fact that large per cent of
these improvements will be made by.
1ncn7 residents, serves to show that
HendersonyiIle is, becoming more pop
ular among tourists from various
states who select this city as their
choice OF all others in which to erect
summer homes.
No account of the thousands of dol
lars recently spent will be contained
in the accompanying report of expen-
ditures fer the coming year
No account of the thousands of dol
lars recently spent will be contained Ia
the accompanying report of expendi-
lures for the coming year.
Building operations will begin at an
early date. but will reach their height
during the. early spring and summer
months.
Among the largest expenditures will.
be about 100000 in the improvements
OF the public roads of Henderson
county
About $4,000 worth of bonds have
been sold for the paving of Fifth ave-
nue. on which work will begin at al
early date.
The Hendersonyille Light & Power
company is preparing for an expendt
eure of; about $4,000 In water power
development and equipment on Big
Hungry just below the site of the pres
lent poger plant. it having become nee
EessnEs to provide for. additional cur.
I rent to III the needs or Hendersonyille
and vicinity.
The contract. for the new postofiee
building has been let and the con-
struction work will be done during the
year.
The next biggest expenditure during
the early spring will be at Hillgirt IL
the erection fthe Mt. Home hotel for
the st. Petersburg, Fla. colony, the
main building to cost $4,000. In the
netghborhood of 220 lots have been
sold on this property and it is known
that sixty cottages will be built during
the coming year while contracts will
doubtless be signed for the erection
of additional ones, before the end Of
/ the year.
"A large number of residences will
be built in Hendersonville during the
year, ranging in prices from 81 200 to
$4,000. - e:
! Architects Meyer G Stillwell, have
completed and are. preparing plans fo~
q, large number of buildings during the
coming year, among which are the fol-
flowing, with approximate cost, nature
OF work, etc.
: Mt. Home hotel at Hillgirt, $20,O00,
three stories, Mt Vernon colonial de-
sign, forty guest rooms with private
baths, dining room. lobby, halls, bill
lard parler, veranda, etc.
Stone and brick building for the new
school for boys to be opened in East
Hendersonvillje by Professor j. Z.
Sandifer and associates, $1,000, two
stories and basement, colonial design
consisting of class rooms and English /.
Idcrmitory, study hall, with gymnasium.
baths, etc. -
Addition to Kentucky home, $4,000,
three story and basement on north side
Of building, dining room to seat 800
people, private baths, and running wa
Ter in each room The present dining
room will be converted into a dance
hall and lobby and the latest equip
ment will be installed in the kitchen.
qhe addition will materially increase
tile accommodating capacity of the ho-
| tel, there being twenty seven new
sleeping rooms modernly equipped for
running water, private baths, etc.
Residence with two story and base
nlent for Capt j. w, Bailey on Seventh
avenue opposite Catholic rectory. buck
veneer. colonial design, twenty rooms
with private baths, $4,000, now unde.
construction by W. P. Bane.
Addition to Park Hill for Mrs. M. a.
Brown, $4,000, twenty four bed rooms,
tdining room, pantry. kitchen, private
baths with running water in each
| room, west side Of present building.
making total of sixty rooms, pebble
dash work, under construction by 9.
10. King.
Residence for s. T. Hodges in Laur-
! el Park, $4,000.