The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-14
OFFICE BUILDING REACH
 FINAL STORY
Downtown Construction Shows Steady
 March

Construction of new downtown build ings showed steady progress during the past two weeks although handicapped in some instances by rainfall. Work is now being rushed on four ot the slyscrapers with the plan of having them completely housed-in before the worst of the. winter weather begins.
 The feature of the week was the work on the Martin office and Hotel Redmount, the two tallest buildings. Both reached their final story, the twelfth in the case of the latter, and thirteenth for the hotel structure. Topping out of the Martin office building will start the middle ot next week as the brick worK progresses on tbe lower floor. Exterior of the back two walls of the building have now passed the sixth floor and although this js true of the front sides with the brick work, outer surfaces Of the lower three floors have not yet been started.
 Bluff brick and much of the terra cotta base of Hotel RedmOnt has been
  floor with the probability that it will he entirely closed-in by January |. Cement was poured on the thirteenth floor Saturday mad the tOpping-out pro- cess is to commence immediately.
 Seek Property
 If has been learned that interests building the Redmont have made sev- eral advance for the 40 feet adjacent in their structure on Twenty-first street with the idea of keeping it for future expansion. While these offers are de cInred to have been handsome, George Johnston, owner. has refused to sell, Johnston. who has considerable hold ines in downtown real estate, is one oi thr most ardent believers in Birming- ham and asserts that no matter what profit he should take in the deal, he would regret the transaction within the next five years.
 A good idea of the beauty which the Jackson building is to have is given as the structure rapidly takes on the appearance of the finished product. Terra cotta is being used in qualities with the red brick but with discrim- ! nation that will make it one of the l most ulIldCllNt buiiull@' III t'tN N''"A 1 town area. The building will be en- closed around the first of the year with the exterior of the front side to | tine sixth story and of the rear three to the tenth floor. Mastering IS to start the middle of next week with par titions starting above he fifth floor,
 FOOtings Down
 Thirty of the forty-two footings Of the Alabama Power company building have now been poured with the third basement wall of the structure to go down next week. The south and east walls are in place and work on the north is to begin soon.
 Completion of the pouring of cement for the first floor of the Birmins- ham Athletic club is set for next week The plan and massiveness of this build ing is well in evidence in the progress made so fur.
 Exterior brick work of the Southern railway building will be finished with in the next week. While the datC of completion of this building was firs set at April, it is said probable thai with the speed which contractors haN' erected the building it will likely b' finished month before.
 The new store of Herman Saks ant Sons has no wreached the second floor Stee is being placed for the uppe floors at the same time as terra cotti is arranged on the exterior of the low CT story.