The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-23
PROSPERITY IS
SEEN IN MANY
NEW BUILDINGS
S2,4ll,925 Will Be Spent Here
on Schools, Residences, Busi-
ness Houses and City
Projects.
13 HOMES BEING BUILT
Brick or Tile and Stucco Are
Favored Materials of
Construction-Cost
Averages So, 100.

Building and public improvements IN
Columbis indicate that 1922 will be one
Of the most prosperous and progressive
years in Columbia's history. The amount
10 be spent for homes already under con-
siruciion i approximately S279,000; for
business and fraternity houses. S266. 300: {:
FOR public improvements, Sl25.435. To
this amount may be added $l.776.000,
which is 10 be spent on buildings for ed
dcaiional and religious purposes, making
the total cost Of known new improve.
menis S2,4ll ,925.
This figure signifies hta,. at the com
plciioI Of the present building program,
each one Of Columbia's 1892 inhabi-
tanis will represent S232 worth of new
improvements devoted TO Columbia's
prosperity, symbolizing that confidence
needed for the re-establishment of nor
NAL economic conditions This sum per
capita does not seem to be large. How
ever, if ii we're applied in like man.
ner 10 the 772,897 inhabitants of ST.
Louis, or the 324,il0 inhabitants of Kan
sas City, the present building program
Of these two cites would amount to Sl79,-
3l2,lOi and s75.263, 40 respectively. On
this basis, il is doubtful that the new
improvements in either of these cities /
can compare favorably with those of Co
lumbia.
Reviewing the present building condi- |
lions, J. NJ. Batterton says: There is a
great shortage of houses; but in spite of i
the fac, that the cost Of building is higher
than ii was before the war. there is more
building going on in Columbia this year
than in any year before Persons come
here and cannot rent, so they buy from
the resident owner. who then puts up
new building. Regardless Of the situation,
Columbia will grow. You cannot keep
Columbia from growing"
FoRTY-THREE NEW RESIDENCES
Last year only ten new homes were
built in Columbia. and the year before.
only six. AT present ten houses are va.
cant, and forty-three new homes are un-
der construction. About twenty-five Of
these are south of Broadway. Of the to-
tai number, twice as many are being
built of brick. or tile and stucco, than
IF frame construction. An estimate,
based on contractors figures in twenty
seven instances. classiies the dwellings
TO cost as follows:
Eight cost $1,000 to $4,000. II
Twenty-one cost $1,000 TO $1,000. c
Nine cost $4,000 to $4,000.
Five cost less than $4,000. G
According TO the estimate, then, the I
oial cost of the forty-three new homes
5 approximately $4,000; and the aver.
ge cost is nearly 5000. In
The report of the Department Of Labor, {
.sued this month, based on statistics from n
40 cities, gives the average cost of one h
amily dwellings built in 1921 at s3,925.
according TO this report, the dwellings I
nder construction in Columbia are far ,
etter than the average, and are not be-
~ built for speculation.
]. VI. Taylor, of the TaylorEstes Lum.
er Company says: There is at present
lore building going on in Columbia than :,
any time during the last ten years. D
Iowcvcr, the dwellings are not cheap :.
nd are not being built for speculation;
ley are high class residences. What
needs is a good family hotel
nd apartment houses. OF course, homes g
10, are needed. because new persons are ID
lways coming here. because We have one d
the creates, educational centers west !,
the Mississippi. Columbia is remark Z
BILE for is superior class of schools. II
hich maintain high standard Of edu- ID
alton; in turn, attracting superior type
students and faculty with their fami- r
es."
RENTS ARE TOO HIGH
NJ. L. Rouse, enumerator for the school 8
Dard, said: There are insufficient low
mt houses. Of the new houses which
i'll be let, the lowest rent that | have
und will be $40 month. In some sec
Dns living conditions are over crowded,
nd | am unable to see where all the
hiding laborers will be housed this
INNER.
In the building of business and frater-
ty houses consists large part of Co
mbias building program. There are
e of these new buildings, costing as.
llows:
issouri Book Store Building. S $4,000 s.
aden Building ............. 5000 =.
'ttling plant ................. $500
inkscales garage ............ JO.OO0 III
lppa Alpha Theta house ...... 5000
Total cost .s26o. 800
Two of these. the Haden Building and
: bottling plant are already completed :
d occupied The Haden Building is
modern and is one Of the FIN. n:
ofbca huil1ings in Ca1urhia Tha iii