The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-04-29
CONSTRUCTION WORK
NOW BREAKING ALL
PREVIOUS RECORDS
Continued From Page One)
5, announced some days ago

| houses, announced some days ago
Commercial development is seen
in the report of four fireproof struc
lures representing an investment OF
$342,964
Concrete and stone structures.
which year by year are replacing
frame buildings, are represented this
month in an investment of Sl25,900
o o o
Time to Do Repairing.
Commissioner w. B. Cloe was de-
lighted when he heard the report and
said it should be an incentive for
everyone to turn in and improve
their property. He calls attention
to the innumerable new houses built
in Birmingham during the past two
| years and says now is the time for
everyone to get their houses repaired
and painted and make Birmingham
the smartest looking city in the
south.
New citizens are being attracted to
| Birmingham, Mr.. Cloe said, and while
the demand exceeds the supply of
| highly trained mechanics and arti-
sans now, the creation of spirit of
| keeping the city at the top notch in
appearance will not only mean con-
tinued work for all but in itself will
| lead to more business and more
growth by the fine appearance of the
| place making it continue to grow
|
record shows.
David Stanton, city plumbing in
spector, says he has, perforce. had
more work to do during this month
of April, 1923, than at any similar
period in the score of years he has
been in city employ. 1T is obvious"
he said, that with more houses TO
inspect in the record month l would
have more work to do but that isn't
the main idea Birmingham is grow
ing in all directions, and when You
have to switch from West End to
and hit all flag stations in between,
you have been travelling. That has
been daily occurrence all this year.
but April capped the climax"
Force Is Increased.
Recently the building inspector 5
office had to increase it's force John
| Hunter, the former chief clerk, was
promoted to assistant inspector, and
/ Mr.. kendrick was taken on to ham
die the records. Developments have
| increased the personnel of the office
| one-third, and the number of men to
handle the outside work, 80 per cent
Just how much the general devei-
opment increase amounts to can be
seen at glance by a direct COM
parison of April this year with April
| 1922. The surplus, over a million
dollars this April, is bigger than the
total. s403,732, registered year ago
The sum is more than three times as
much as the 1922 showing.
Minor items in the report total
considerably over 100000, brick and
hollow tile structures alone coming
within about $4,000 of the 100000
markk the exact figures for this
class of building being s97,540.
What next month and the later
summer months will show is not just
60. H. ct ri, l.,
granted permission for rearrange-
ment of streets near the new coun
try club, where w. II. Stockham is
preparing to develop property. and
it was definitely stated Saturday
that one Of the largest real estate
put on a big suburban home devel-
opment in the immediate future.
Horton Not Surprised.
o. H. Horton, secretary of the
Birmingham Real Estate Men, was
one man IN Birmingham Satur
who didn't bat an eye when he heard
the report Of the building inspector
1--WE have been fully aware of and
preaching this very thing since Nero
t.s kitten" he said. IF there
ever was time in the history OF
burg when it paid to invest in rea'
= estate, that time is now. Heaven
only knows every real estate mar
here has beens advising such invest.
ment until they We're blue in the
face. Maybe folks will realize now
that the realty men knew what they
were talking about and were sin
cere. There are few opportunities II
Birmingham right now that offer
more safety, surety and satisfactory
returns than buying Birmingham
land and Birmingha houses. That
is only repetition of what has been
said for years. Some day the publis
may believe it,
The grand totals of the building
inspectors report for April, 1928
are: Number of buildings, SO: money
invested, S1,510,337