Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-01
lbuLl|NGI DURING month
TOTALS NEAR 100000
lIans for Thirty-Four Dwellings and
l. Four Apartment Houses Arc
So, Approved.
LaNY OLD STORES RENiopEIED

LaNY OLD STORES RENioDELED
Report Of City Inspector Shows
business Firms Seeks Locations.
While Increased Construction Is
Predicted for September.
Authorization of work estimated to
ost almost 100000 in tho construc-
fon Of 121 new buildings. thirty-four
{, them dwellings and four apartment
klses,. and the repair OF ninety-two
Bhers, was made by Building inspector
3tter- in the month of August. accord
lilo the report of the city building
SaHment.
tNew!s building work for last month
S3le was estimated TO cos; Sl-79S.o7l.
SncreaSe over the month of August
~ the year 1918 of sl.703.5S3. Among
aJ6utldinEs authorized to pc erected
thirtY-six private garages. three
5houses, the S1.0O0.0o0 Federal Re-
EGe3Bank Building. a church. n col
building and number of other
r.tstructureS.
ment houses for which plans were
In the building inspectors Office
,Inm Soar by him hin fs is nmoSt half
es alone arc estimated to cost
Much RemodclinE Done.
ANS ANS for 1emodeling; a altering and
l.S5s. a great deal Of remodelinE
repairing appears, to be going on
roughout the city. but tho activity
se.this line does not equal that of
lnfssyear. according to comparisons
it'll 1.-The records of the building in
pectors In August. 1915. permits for
prs. office totaled s9o.734. or sl4.35O
more than for the same period this
|5aThe average value of each job for
(which building permit was taken
ohtt-1ast month is s16.962: Permits
162.777 has been expended since Jan
iary I on building new dwellings and
patTtnEior rebuilding old dwellings.
.l.rs..let Build BIS Dwellings,.
dwelling houses built during the
Pear total 31S. at an estimated cost of
LS7o.2S5. One concrete home was
built, 100 brick structures erected and
Ia7 frame buildings put up.
1 sfApaJtment houses built since the
first OF the year total thirty-two. &C
{eanstruction of sl,447,ooo,. or approx
mately $4,000 each. Most of these apart
nents, lit is said. house from five 10
eight families.
Repair work on dwellings is esti-
Gated to have cost for the year s23l.-
<a,and apartment houses }l5,500. Fac
come IN 'Or the largest uSuTcS
.usS year in repair work. with sl26.-
ints ont on them
all attal OF ssS buildings have been
Soe or I Tian5 for their rb sTfG,0n
ess buildings have been rebuilt or re-
paired in the same period.
t''' Predict More Increases.
the ngures for building flor the
month of August are the largest which
y nave" been given out for several
months Building activity for the
months OF September is, predicted as
I apartment houses for the spring rent
ais. Son June 9 arc underway. it is said.
andteven larger fgures than those OF
august are expected for September.
) homes land apartment houses is said
ITO be lending impetus to the increased
SPQiIding program, ns has the embargo
ION building during the war period
:<sOntys one thing Is said to be holding
back the prospective builder. and that
Is. the. uncertain,y. of being unable 10
unsettled conditions Of the railroad
GUperation and labor difficulties.
~. Richmond Housing Corporation
90: SAID 10 be preparing for active
Iepsrations. High costs of buildings
s are not impediments. it is claimed. the
J snaBh cost II rents TO great extent
4 having Offset this difficulty. in that
slthouih greater investment is made
there. is also greater returns.
- - Meet Third of Need.
~ although real estate agents and ofi-
..Sta who are in position 10 know
ati9ste that theas' should he erected
,S1ns tRtchmond bG1 waen 1000 ami 5000
3 rev dwellings yearly 10 meet the ever
siIncreasine demand for homes. the
4 On. as very encouraging. or the $50
S,5Yesy houses which have been planned
4 this year so far only $50 are
SdHeMmgs or apartment houses which
drops far short of the estimate of needs
Iyade-by the real estate operators.
SD Dwellings are not the only buildings
lIassFiew empty stores. Business has
1sady begun to encroach upon Frank
and Grace Streets, further lessen
1.-THE supply OF availabl homes. Not
y the population. but the business
the population is gaining by leaps
bounds. officials assert, causing the
8ction of more warehouses, factories
rstores. The building report shows
ut eight factory and warehouse
i1diBgs have already been erected
Remodel Old Buildings.
Buildings which were once consd-
,8efsd only fit for storage or to lay idle
SaEe@now being turned into places OF
business: Seventy-fve warehouses. and
b1ActoEy buildings have already been
SreDuflt- or altered this year.
ssslncreased prosperity and business
(H3fHH even made itself felt in the amusc-
|Nmenttworld. and five theaters have beer
4Tehuilt SO as TO adequately accomno.
SHafs the Increased amount of bust
kIsss. Lodges and unions arc finding
Hffsdiffcult to get halls regularly unless
ysthey1own their own meeting places
ka4S4isy said. and many meetings of or
now are being held in un-
E6Hjtable places. -Four churches are UNI
construction and ten are being
IiHffered.
$500 All Want New Houses.
49, Breaking of the housing condition:
Inspector Butler said:
greatest shortage exists in new
sHp1ssH. Every one wants 10 live If
sESsnA% dwelling. Few people find Il
eesSSaasant to inhabit an old ricket,
gsRonsa,. Of which there are many il
EES{frfmond which could easily be re
S51alIsd or rebuilt into very comforta biz
llshobea. The people now occupying
Ess&1Terniaare anxious TO gain better qua
IsSfSfsfsan they the ones VINO ar.
sTkGly causing the shortage.
there is no other house Il
SeSt-the family moves into the Ole
zSs3fsuSe rand wait sa chance to leas,
better. When this is don.
sS16fnSs[one else must come along ant
old place because there Is NJ
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