Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-11-22
.PALATKA BUILDING
EXCEEDS 100000
WITHIN IS MONTHS
Permits Issued Will Run
Considerably Above
$4,000
STEADY GROWTH NOTED
Prospective Plans Show
Much Increase for the
Coming Year

New buildings have been construc-
ted in Palatka within the past fifteen
months aggregating above two hun
dred thousand dollars.
No official figures can be obtained
at the moment regarding this expen-
diture, but the fact that J. H. Ran
dolph, city engineer, has issue per-
mits to the total of about $135,OOO
within that period justifies the state
ment. 1t is well-known that build
ing permits never state the precise
sum the building is to cost. Always
is the estimate made the smaller
in many instances the permit is is
sued for a sum less than one-half the
expected cost.
Scarcely a section Of the city can
be found where there are not evil
dences of recent growth or promises
of immediate Improvement. The
building has not been confined to
any one portion of Palatka, although
it may be said that within the area
bounded by River, Hawkins, Laurel
and Morris street there have been
more than a dozen pretty bungalows
erected within the time mentioned.
All of these are attractive homes,
and are not of the cheap order. 9th
er sections of the city have been i'm
proving, perhaps in not so great pro-
portion for any prescribed area; but
the growth is notable.
No data of value could be obtain
ed regarding the progress of build
ing from two large lumber institu-
tions seen. The Wilson Cypress
Company, a mammoth concern, ham
dies it's output in large lots, special
izing in shiploads and carloads, de-
pending largely upon New York
trade, yet supplying many cities in
the state. 1--WE cannot say what the
probable growth Of the city has
been," said A. A. CorcOran, secretary
of that company. eve are whole
salers, but sometimes, because there
is no retail lumber yard in the city,
we are really forced to get out a bill
for someone about to build. These
orders are frequently so small that
it is a bother to handle them-and
at other times they will reach con-
siderable sum; but we could give no
actual total figures. We feel sure
that there is constant growth in
the city-yet how great a figure it
will reach we couldn't say
H. L. Gardner, secretary of the
Selden Cypress Door Company, said:
eve do not handle lumber as a gen.
eral thing. Our specialties, howev-
er, are always in demand in all por-
tions of the state; and lately we have
been forced to work overtime in or
der to keep up with the demand. For
the city we supply doors, sash, and
mill work, and during the past sum-
mer we have sold large amount di-
rect to the contractors and consul
mers. But we could not give an es-
innate of it. The material we ham
die come direct from the mills, and
from that we turn out the finished
product"
AS stated, no definite figures can
be obtained regarding the amount of
work done in the city. Mr. Ran
dolph has his list of permits issued,
and it remains a fact that permits
are required for all new buildings
and for additions of any size; yet
not even he will assert that the fig
ures named in the many permits is
sued are a maximum. Usually the
minimum figure is given in making
applications; "if that was not fact
each builder would imagine that he
was going to be ruined by taxes"