The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-18
BUILDING HERE
I ENJOYING BOOM
Permits Issued Show Huge
Increase of 345 Per
Cent.
Mill ADDITIONS STARTED
Advantage Taken Of Present
A Prices, Which Are Sure
N to Increase.

M After nearly two years OIL pracu-
cally no building and construction
work other than essential repair
work, building is booming in Chatta-
nooga as in other cities over tne
outhern states. Work has not actu-
ally been begun on much OF the de-
E5velopment which is being planned.
For the month of May, 1919, build
ing permits amounted to $lS4,soo'
against total for May, 1918. of $2s'
695. The report shows gain OF
345 per cent. over the same month
wear ago. One hundred and eignty-
eight permits were issued against
total of III for the same month last
wear. Ground has already peen
broken for mill additions and otner
Il work amounting to several hundrep
4 thousand dollars. An immense add
tion has been undertaken by the
limited Hosiery mills The Daven,
q mort mills have Just broken GROUND
for a three story ia ctory building ana
n improvements In additions and house
amounting 10 practically Slou'vvo'
will soon be started in Rossviiie.
MANY cottages of the moderate-price
type are being put under constructors
IN Highland Park and other resloen-
+;ai sections TO accommodate the IN
creasing population. o,,t,,,
E builders everywhere are apparently
taking advantage of the present
nrices of building material, ACCORDING
& 10 the report of members OF tne
southern states Work has not actu-
Nanufa cturers' association sent 10
& the main Office. The prediction Is LOT
& even higher prices for bulidlhs ma
terials. The following is genera
review of the situation In the sou'nf
ern states taken from the reports u
the association: 81, ,,arufac-
II tired material have been very goou
recent,v' especially in the better clase
If work We are very busy Just nov
and have plenty of work to inquire up ere
Things look very bright o ana b MS
Z rather optimistic as 10 our
for the balance of the year.
Within the past two or three Illoi.'i Is,
8 +bare has been a great improvement III
8 the building situation IN TINS @ ,.as,
81 Il was practically stagnant, put u9r u,
n Anrii il commenced to improve ana I Has
zone ON since then pretty steadliy. w
u are now back almost TO norman AZ III II
4 volume Of orders being recelH H,'1;ress IS
81 looks like we will have goou BUSINESS
N for the remainder of the year
4 ioT .le n C,-Construction work
to going on very brisky in this Guy
II We have all the millwork we can nav ,saIy
die at this time the aiH e nrohlemat-
icaI 7 would say that all totaied II
course of construction and that Wh'ci
is started will run up 70 Si.OoV;9'V Hery
High Point N. C.-Bulldlns 10 W.
a are loaded with orders for special WORK TX
such as residences, schools, churcnes
etc We are working on new pTlct
list and expect to advance our pii0e'
on doors, etc. ,r.o I'll tho order,
we can handle. There is large v tH,
nyoe Of dwelling houses now IN tlt
Curse of construction and lot more u
come M. We also have two panks gMs
starting and one more h,s' TO SONS IS good p
Augusta. Gave are handilhs an
have hooked quite a nice volume
husinegs. Augusta is apparently wakin,
IN Our conviction is that we are sot, ,,
to have all of the business we ,; Gals nov
- die regardless of the high prices NOV
oD Atianta. Ga.-Our factory is nov
overloaded with orders with more co, ~
ing in every day. the prospecti1, ~, ~,
some time ahead are that we VIII a.
Se inst as busy as it is possible Tor u
r. he It is our understanding WI
The other mills that they are also loaoe
up. ,,r,n Macon has no
vet Developed a building boom as som
ether cities, we have quite a lot OF nel
work going on and more being fg aho'
Think all the plants here nave a9 {in
ali they can do and we are ant,clpdtll,
an mite te'' a rush for the rest Of the sum
n mer' The volume of our business 81. :. $
far this year has been much oette
than last. ho .ble Z
IN tbat huilding at present is good an
that ths the the prospects for the future ar ar
baving ali that we can handle with o oS
present crew. Skilled machine me
are scarce. A builling BOOM lnvoiVlil
the Expenditure of nearly half mi
lion dollars on private property, incluc