Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-08-17
$2OO,0OO IN BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED
 IN PINE BLUFF
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'~~~e-~--~>-------~-~~~~~>> ~----~o-----~~OOoo~ $30,000 home of R. Carnahan now being built on South Laurel, and in- cludes both residences and business houses. Another significant feature connected with the building industry in Pine Bluff within the past few months is the great number of resi- dence buildings being erected. This in itself is an indication of prosper ity, for it means that certain per cent of the houses being built are being erected by people only recent ly making an attempt to own their own home. The remainder of the dwellings, being built for rental pur- poses shows an increased population necessitating the erection of new houses. That these people are com ing to Pine Bluff as employees of new industries is one fact. That many are coming to Pine Bluff to establish independent businesses is another fact. That this increase of popula- tion is due to the recognition of the future of Pine Bluff is the para mount fact.
 Though only three business houses involving a considerable sum for erec- tion are being built, other business houses are undergoing repairs cost ing from $1,000 to $10,000. Practi- cally all of the Main street business houses are undergoing some sort of remodeling, while others are making plans for such improvements in the near future. Three new business houses now being constructed are first, business building at Sixth and Main to cost about $25,OOO being built by Will, Jo, and .Curran Nchol; second, one on Sixth avenue behind the Central Pharmacy being built by H. K. Toney at cost of about $15 5,OOO to house the Davis Floral company; third the new building at Fourth and Main to be occupied by s. H. Kress and company.
 All Remodelling.
 Bluthenthals, Henry Marx, The Quality Shop, Gurdins, the Star Store and other Main street business houses have undergone, and are undergoing improvements.
 Though the majority of the dwell- ings shown on the permit records are more modest than palatial, several residences will be as handsome struc- lures as can be found in the state. The $3O,OO0 home being built on Laurel, and the $12,OOO home to be built on West Sixth by Collier Lee are representative of some of the finer homes for which building per mits have been issued.
 Previous to April, during that period between the departure of Frank Allen, city engineer, and the election of Henry Guest to that po- sitiOn, there is no record of the per mits issued. MT. Guest however, is making an effort to compile record of all building permits issued to the time he took office, and as far as his time permits, is collecting the de- linquent records.
 Below is a list of the permits is- sued by the city from April 28, 1919, to July 25, 1919. Many since July 25 have been issued also The list:
 List of Permits
 April 2S, M. M. McBeth, dwelling on west side of Maple, between Scull and Pullen, $650.
 April 29, Taylor and company, dwelling on 18th between Linden and Mulberry, $1,750.
 April 29, Taylor and company, dwelling and store south side Sixth, between Virginia and Indiana, $550.
 May 1, H. E. Monk, dwelling, 2Oth between Beech and Oak, $3,OOO.
 May 1, M. F. Harrison, dwelling, Barraque between Ash and Locust, $500.
 May 1, F. L. Baney, addition, north side Seventeenth, between Louisiana and Missouri S25O.
 May 1, E. c. Struble, dwelling, Second between Willow and East Willow, $500.
 May 1, A. Brewster, dwelling Chestnut between Harding and Seventeenth, $3,00O.
 May 6, addition, Fred Vining, 18th between Ash and Locust, $1,O0O.
 May 6, remodeling Miller theatre, $3,0O0.
 May 8, auto shed, Liberty Ice Cream and Canday company, between Alabama and Georgia, $500
 May 9, dwelling, J. w. Spain, Ohio between Ninth and Tenth, $1,S5O.
 May 13, Fourteenth, between Ash and Locust, dwelling, c. J. Alexan- der, $3,5OO.
 May 12, State between Sixth and Seventh, dwelling, Thomas R. Ash craft, $2,OOO.
 May 13, Seventeenth, between Ala bama and Star City road, in Ruther- ford park addition, dwelling, Mrs. w. A. Taggart, $10,000
 May 13, Cherry between Eigh- teenth and Nineteenth, dwelling, Mrs. Ottenheimer, $6,00O. May IA, Thirteenth, between Indi- ana and Kentcky, addition to house, Mack Coleman, $500.
 May IA, Twenty-second, between Beech and Oak, dwelling, R. G. Chit wood, $2,000.
 May 19, State between Ninth and Tenth, blacksmith shop, J. A. Me Leod, $500.
 May 21, Fifteenth between Walnut and Olive, dwelling, William Fels, $4,000.
 May 23, Pullen, between Poplar