The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1923-03-29
Buildings Worth OOer $3.50, 900
viii Go up in Next Fev Months
Homes Projected for Every Part Of Chapel Hill University Expan
sion and Town Expansion Go Along Together
Costs Have Risen Rapidly

says that between $45O,0O0 and
$5O0,OO0 will go into new construc-
tiOn in town during this spring
and summer, including theeCaro=
lima Inn, the contract for which
was let last week.
This is entirely apart from Uni
versity operations. The town is ex-
panding along with the institution.
Homes are being projected in every
section-out on the Pittsboro Road,
along Cameron avenue and Vance
and McCauley streets, on the Ten
ney farm, on Franklin street, and
possibly on the fringe of Battle
Park.
Costs have risen rapidly in the
last few months. Brodie Thomp-
son, contractor, estimates that the
increase since October is about Is
per cent. Brick that cost $13 a
thousand, delivered, last fall are
selling at $3.50 now.
Here is an incident illustrating
how the home builder may get bad
ly nipped in such a rise: A pro-
fessor planned a home last fall.
When a bid was made upon it the
amount staggered him, and he sent
the plans back to the architect with
instructions to cut out certain fea-
lures. With the omissions duly
made, he submitted the plans again
to the same contractor and and the the bid bid
was higher than beferel The rise
in costs had more than counter
balanced the omitted features.
W. B. Sorrell is going to put up
a business building with a frontage
of 100 feet on the vacant lot just
above Gates jewelry store, with
space for four stores opening upon
Franklin street and with rooms for
students on the second floor. There
will be an alley 8 or 10 feet wide
running down to Rosemary street
between the barber shop and the
new building. ,
Mrs. Dell Tankersley is building
a home between the Ledbetter
house and the Presbyterian church,
the last of the Tankersley property
near the post office having been
sold a few days ago.
There is talk of a new building
on the empty lot between Jack
Sparrow IS shop and M. ID. Foister s
electrical fixture shop, but this is
not definitely settled yet.
One of the most important build
ing developments is to be on the
Tenney tract at the northeast cor
ner of town. The new curving
road, upon which all the new lots
face, will be completed soon. G..
NJ. Braune, Frederick Koch, w. w.
Pierson, A. G. Howell, and r. II.
Hamilton all have bought here,
and all of them may build homes
this season.
One professor who considers
building ON the Tenney tract hest
tates about it because he says it S so
far from college that he will have
to buy an automobile. He does not
see how he can raise the money to
build a house and buy an automo-
bile at the same time.
S. j. Brockwell is planning a
splendid new home on Henderson
Street next to that Of his partner,
Mr. Jordan.
ID. D. Carroll and w. f. Prouty
are preparing to break up into lots
their land on the Pittsboro Road.
They have already laid out interior
roads, and passersby not long ago
foupd them in consultation with
DR.. Coker, the botanist, about the
Identification Of the place with
shEubs and flowers. ~
Mr.. Carroll and Mr.. Prouty have
expressed themselves as determined
to have here a development of the
highest character. To this end
every deed is to carry a clause un.