Hide Article Text (OCR)
HATTIESBURG IMPROVEMENTSContinued from Page One.trie light plant, has given its promise that within sixty days electric cars wlil be traversing the city's streets and while using a temporary powerhouse, the permanent one, which Is to be the largest and best in the State, will be erected.By the first of August ground will be broken for the erection of a crematory, and a lot of other improvements will be made by the city.The following, which is a partial Hat of buildings really under construction and some of the most important projjosed buildingB. is given to show what i« really being done in Hattiesburg Just at this time:By C. M. Rubush, Contractor: ^The Carter Building, six-story brick and stone,fireproof building $ 60,000.00Collins King, brickbuilding ............. 4,000.00By Jefferson Construction Co.:The Ross building, five-story, brick and concrete, fireproof........ 80,000.00By W. T. Roberts, Cortrsctor:The Curry residence, concrete .............. 7,600.00elllgreni, two-story concrete ............... 3,000.00Slierabeifro\iller residence ....... 3,000.00Travis residence .......2,000.00*aird building, concrete. 3.000.00By Oliver Burke, Contractors:Ferguson Allen building. two-story, brick.. 15,000.00mprovementson Hawkinsbuilding.........2,000.00Burt biuldlng, two-story,brick ....... 12,000.00By T. P. Crymes, Contractor:Two brick and stone cityschool buildingB ..... 36,000.00Remodeling Blount and Conner (adjoining)stores .............. 8,000.00Remodeling Heidelberg’sstore................ 6,600.00Main Street Methodist church. brick andstone............... 45,000.00Mr. Harper, Contractor:W. Conner, residence... 10,000.(WJJ. A. Frazier, Contractor:Bay Street Presbyterian church brick and stone 20,000.00B. T. Toomer, residence. 10,000.00Frazier, residence ......2,000.00Remodeling Davidsonstore ............... 2,000.00S. D. Martin, residence . 2,600.00J. T. Parker, Contractor:Phil Toomer, residenceand other work ......6,600.00J. T. Skinner, Contractor:Catholic school ........ 2,000.00E. E. Conner, residence. , 3.800.00W. C. Bennett, Contractor:National Bank of Commerce, brick and' stone.......... 26.000.00Contractors, name not given:M. J. Epley, residence.. 4.000.00Court Street church.... 40,000.00Christian church- Secondstreet............... 10,000.00Work to begin during summer: Mississippi Central Freight Depot ..... 16,000.00peiL.JCtI Im-►eaithadf aIrear-eel«*•BIXA. B. KeyeB, residence.. 9,000.00H. A. Camp, residence .. 30,000.00A. A. Montague, residence .......•....... 7,600.00Merchants’ Grocery Co.,building ............ 35.000.0CCity Improvements .....200,000.00Crematory............ 10.000.00Electric Railway ...... 200,000.00New Depot ............ 125.000.0f7 I « dll otl thlt; in’ ou toi thiwl1thirNc246Nlt;1Nlt;4flN336.ID.rlcTotal ..............$1,059,800.00Most of this great amount of work is under construction right now and it Is a matter of fact that all of It will be under construction before the summer Ip over.That Hattiesburg is prosperous, Is enterprising and Iq getting to the front of pll other Mississippi towns is shown here liv.cold. hard figures and the list does not include numbers of small residences being built all over the city by contractors who make their own plans and by day labor employed by the builders.It is a good showing for even Hattiesburg.NS11NN
Newspaper Details
Hattiesburg Daily News
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, US
Sun, Jul 14, 1907
Page 3
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
MS, USA 25 Aug 2022
Other Publications Near Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Hattiesburg Daily Progress
Hattiesburg Daily News
Hattiesburg News
Hattiesburg American
