The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
RESERVOIR ls NOW THRIVING SUBURB
Sudduth Realty Company Transform Old Grounds
 Into Garden Spot

| . With street improvements alone costing sIoo.ooe. E. W. sudduth of Sudduth Realty company has trans- formed the waste of the old North Birmingham water. works into real. live. -to-dateS residential section. Mules, horses, trucks, anything that would pull or haul was used to i'll | in the old reservoir.
 Now. MT. Sudduth says, the section | will bear favorable comparison with any new residential part of Birming- ham, and he expectsSit soon to be- come one of the best that Birming- ham can boast of. Restrictions were made from the first, he says, on the | type of homo to be built, according to it's location; and he was careful Ito sell to the best people of this city. now, and Mir. Sudduth predicts that there will be 50 or 7b more by next ! month. Of these houses many are brick and tile: It is expected that the next 30 days will see 11 more brick It Is predicted by Mir. sudduth that this section will contain moro brick and tile houses than any other in Birmingh
 No Trouble seHins.
 There has never been the least trouble in selling any of these houses, according to Mr. Sudduth. He could sell fmpaedlatsiy 2b to 80 mod ern Bungalows. All modern improve tments such as gas. electricity. sew craze. water and telephones are al- ready in and available. The whole tsection Is only 10 minutes walk from the business section. he says. Almost fhe entire section of 175 done last year; by spring. Mir. sud duth will build four or five modarn bungalows costing $15.000 each The company has built 25 to 30 houses, and the lots. which were sold at a reasonable figure. were built by realize on these lots . handsome profit, and . few have done 60, he says. The most remarkable feature, he pointed out, was that all of the lots had been sold with the exception
 It was . very dangerous proposi- ton of filling In the old reservoirs, he says, they being sung In the top and side of the hills. But he tackled the dirt with ell the power modsrn in the holes. ditches and reservoirs. making tbe whole an even Incline. Free From Noise.
 the new homes, Mir. Sudduth said. making them free from much of the noise and smoke of the lower sec- tions and saving the coolness and shade. Taking 1t over when 1t was dead. he said that when the paving garden.
 As elevation was the thing needed by the water works, which used to supply all Birmingham. MT. Sudduth considers 1t one of the highest in Bir- est in Norwood, he doubts that 1t can be better. by anything but Southside.
 From the view afforded here one can see all oyer Norwood. as we'll as North Hishlands. souths,ds, Birminge ham proper, lies in plain view and with pair of opera glasses one can see all of West End, Fairview to Ensley and even as far as East Lake. View of Mountsrns. o
 On the other side of tho hill lic the rolling mountains. stretched far into the distance. On the whole the place offered the. most beautiful view of any In Birmingham. Mr.. Sud-
 He warned against the section be- ing confused with that of the North Highlands. making 1t plain that the part was confined to what was In speaking of the fine type ot houses being built there he said he contemplated publishing a map ot the place with every owners name on his lot. with. of course, the own
 Much money had to be spent to take away the dirt from where 1t was not needed and to put 1t where It was. according to MT. Sudduth. 30.000 yards of dirt, at $15,0oo cost. had to be transferred from the hill- ' side to. the ditches and reservoirs. Even then there was too much of it and he, had to dispose of it else- where.
 Streets Built.
 But the work was only begun With the leveling of. the dirt; streets and roads had to be built and graded and sidewalks had to be laid. Fully mile of pavements were laid and are now in use. equipped with sidewalks and .curbings and the other necessi ties for making the place a real part of the city.
 MT. sudduth believes in the future of Birmingham and thinks that the burning need of the day is more ffrst-class residential sections. With this in view, he has built up this new part of town and considers it one of the things of which he is most proud.
 The time will be far in the future when Birmingham will not need new houses, says MT. Sudduth, and added that he was far from being content with the houses already built there. Besides the four or five houses which he is going to build soon, he will build many smaller ones.
 Permanent Homes.
 : It iss MT. {. SL dduth's opinion that the brick and tiles houses are going to form most of the, best houses of the future They are more perma- nent and more durable, as we'll as being very attractive. At >the same time there is a growing demand for . houses of this construction. Very lately MT. Sudduth says that he c0sld have made a sale Involving some thousands of dollars If there had been house of such a type and large enough in size not already sold.
 But in the future he intends to be well prepared and is going to cen- ter lis time on houses of the hast make and appearance.
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