Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-10

Ace. an addition TO the courthouse and
jail and two schools. An office build
Ing for the kanawha Investment
Company. valued at $4,000. is an
nounccd. as we'll as two theaters. one
40 cost $4,000.
Whccling's list is headed by $780,
VpO addition to the famous old Nc
Lure house. wellknown as tho place
where Ellsworth Statlcr entered the
motel game AS a bellhop. Stone &
Thomas are erecting "A 100000 de
partinent store. The Fort Henry
clubhouse. representing n $4,000 in
"e*tin"nt. Is TO be built shortly
North Cnroiinn cities.
Greensboro IS tho outstanding
Carolina city in building Cor the pc.
Rod due especially to the start OF
ia" Jefferson Standard Lii. Insurance
building In juno. The structure.
which is seventeen stories and occu-
pies an entire block. Will cost $4,000.
600. But the city would have re-
markable showing without this item.
There are In course OF erection dwell
iugs 10 total value OF Ses7,a7l.
schools amounting 10 $1,000. 900.
municipal improvements calling for
Sl.vVJ.VrO more, and number OF
commercial structures \ synagogue
{" cost 100000 "a in immediate
prospect. Estimates for the entire
year are conservatively placed at 81
"c",o00, new record for Carolina
construction.
'hnrlotte's building for the nrst
SIX months, which ainos, oqualed
tho total for the entire year OF 1921
Was In Itself almost approached By
TIC July permits. which indicates
that this city. also, is TO have an
unparalleled year. 4 central hiRh
school. other public schools and col
lege buildings made good part Of
tho first half y professional build
ing was begun at "a cost OF sc25.o0
and medical clinic was announced.
The outstanding building develop
lncnt OF 1927, however, IL the new
charlottcs Hotel. which will cost.
! when completed. sl.:oo.0oc. The Enrd
department store is to have a struc-
iure calling for more than so5O.Ooo
! Investment.
Ashcviile's figures also very nearly
approach the totals for the entire
pre- vious year And yet. this sum
! does not adequately represent the
building activities of this metropol!s
of The Land OF the Sky" 4 ,abu-
lation by the Chamber OF Commerce
for the first three months shows II
total construction cost OF over SO
100000 in The vicinity OF the city.
. The city Itself is erecting nearly
100000 worth Of new schools. fire
station aud other public buildings.
The l.akcvicw Park development, is
costing $4,000. The governments
new hospital at Otcen. SIX miles dis
iant. represents s250.OO0. The resi-
dental development and golf course
f the Biltmorc Forests estate is de-
mandinr SI50.0oo. The si00O,OOO
apcr plant OF the Champion Fiber
Company. at Canton. Is short dis
lance away business buildings OF
g most modern type. apartment
houses and residences account for al
most $1,000 600 more. 4 tourist hotel
calling for 100000. 600 Investments
j now announced.
Wilmington is now constructing
t1ree new churches. 4 high school. n
osnitnl and hotel \ new hotel
- Wrightsvllle Beach has been com
,ctcd. a 100000 tourist hotel in
Inc city proper Is to be started In the
carly fall. Another hotel is planned
for south Wilmington The Texas
{ il Company has in prospect n $3.50
600 oil distributing station
Winston-Salem most important
construction has been In connection
with schools.-thc II. j. Reynolds BEN
efactions, including hospital and
auditorium, and q number OF CONNER
cial houses
High Point. the furniture city. has
completed during the six months its
finely appointed Sheraton Hotel. cost
ing 100000. and the sl.o0o.600 Furn-
iture Exhibition Building. The $780,
900 office structure of the Commercial
National Bank is under way. the be-
ginning OF the group OF buildings or
the Methodist Protestant College, ul-
timately to cost another $500. 900, was
recorded. and n city hall and school,
each to represent an outlay of $780,
600. The industries of the city are
rapidly expanding and the. demands
for labor arc drawing new people
into the city at a rapid rate.
Raleigh's program reflects tho re-
cent state expansion policy. This
applies especially to the State Col
sane hospital and city schools The
state agricultural building is costing
$4,000. new S75OO0O hotel is
projected for early construction. An
Odd Fellows building announced at
s3OO,OOO VIII soon be under way.
Gastonia. situated in the comfy
having the largest number OF textile
mills OF any county in the country.
is facing n record breaking building
period. The ninety-ninth cotton mill
was recently announced for the coun-
ty. A seven-story Office structure for
the Third Trust Company, tho con-
tract calling for s27s.4s6, and a $780,
600 high school. are the largest struc-
lures scheduled In n $1,000, 900 pro-
gram for the year.
South Carolina Cities.
Charleston, whose 1921 permits to
tailed s1,S6S,294. and whose first six
months only mustered s7S1,452, finds
itself faced with a most favorable
years balance by reason of permits
issued In July to the value OF $l,16I,-
600. The larger part OF this figure
is included In single project, the
Francis Marion Hotel. 3l2 room
hostelry OF the most modern type.
whose contract calls for s1,o6o,0o0 a
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