San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-16
WILL SPEND
/ 100000 ON
HOMES HERE
Redwood Company to Build
$4,000 and $4,000
Monte Vista Homes.
TO BE FOR SALE
Arthur Seeligson, Robert
Kelly and H. {. Wood
Head Company.

The Kelwood Company, organized
recently by Arthur A. Seeligson, pres
ident; Robert B. Kelly, vice president,
and b. c. Wood, secretary and treas
urer, is planning to build S2OO,OOO
worth of $4,000 and $4,000 homes
in Monte Vista. The homes will be
sold Immediately following their COM
pletion.
Mr.. Kelly, vice president and archi-
tect Of the company, will design the
homes. Mr.. Seeligson, prominent at
torney here, will have charge Of the
Financial department of the new con-
Germ. Mr.. Wood, secretary-treasurer,
is an organizer and builder of con-
siderable reputation in various sec
tions Of the country, having built seven
plants for the Cincinnati Ice Com
pany, and served as vice president for
that 81, 100000 corporation for a num-
Der of years. He also organized and
built the Chicago Amusement Arena,
costing $685. the Winter Garden
of st. Louis, and the National Ice
and Storage Company's building OF
st. Louis and various other large
buildings.
Need Permanent Construction.
"For a long time there has been a
real need in San Antonio for con-
Germ that specializes in and makes
possible the building of homes of per-
manent construction" says Mr.. kel-
ley. "Visitors are invariably struck
by the fact that most of our homes
are built of frame, and point out that
such a condition is not healthy one.
"All of the cities Of Europe, and
THE larger ones of America have ceased
the building of anything but perman-
lent construction. In Dallas, in con-
trast with our local condition, one is
Impressed by the number of homes be-
ling built of brick, hollow tile, stucco
and other forms of permanent con-
struction.
ANYONE who has watched the
Growth and development OF San An
tonio must realize that 1T is destined
Ito be one of the largest cities of the
great Southwest. Conditions are such
That its bound to move forward even
faster in the future than in the past,
Ind we believe the time has come when
the city should be built and laid out
on a permanent and substantial basis.
$ Are Better Investments.
"The added cost of home or build
ling OF brick veneer, hollow tile, stuc..
Co, etc., is not much more than one OF
frame, and the compare tively small
INCREASED initial cost will more than
be offset over a ten-year period by
the cost of repainting, increased IN
surance rates, repairs, and the great
er depreciation of frame, etc. A con-
fern that can make it possible for re-
bponsible people to build their homes
pr buildings with some form of per-
Inanent construction, with a small IN
tial payment, and on practically the
same basis as frame structures can be
built, will render service not only
TO the individual who is building but
hlso to the city.
1.-THE .Kelwood Company was or
ganized for such purpose. Our sery-
ce is to include the planning, con-
structing and financing of homes and
buildings of permanent construction.
when one builds. they want to know
he best method. We believe that our
architectural service, which designs
hnd works the plans in cooperation
with the owner is better fitted to in
erpret the true spirit of the require
nents in the actual construction, than
anyone else possibly could. The same
condition is true in connection with
he service of financing.
Give Financial Help.
Financial assistance can be rem
lered in a larger measure by those
who are cooperating with the owner
II the planning and construction that
Is being carried on. With this idea
n mind we have formulated a method
bf handling our clients building from
conception to completion, producing
he maximum amount of building with
he least amount Of expenditure. and
rendering the necessary financial as
distance at the lowest rate obtainable
to the direct benefit of the owner.
"The Redwood Company will also
commence at once the construction of
hree of the finest homes that have
yer been built and offered for sale in
San Antonio.
"At this time when San Antonio
md the whole country has its atten-
ion focused on the proposition Of
building better homes it is entirely
fitting that our services and aims be
presented to the people of San An,