The Athens banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1902-1923, February 11, 1923, Image 15
ter
SEMI ■
Lu.lding survey
i: L. Miner
THE BANNER-
A CONSOLIDATION OR THE SUNDAY ISSUES OP THE ATHENS BANNBB AND
•X ! ~ SEMIANNUAL T ~
BUILDING SURVEY
Copyright, 1923. by O. L. Mlltor
A CO.
Hi. No. 21 Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service.
ATHENS, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1923.
Single Copies 2 Cents Daily. 5 Cents Sunday. #
Mil,182,254
lease of 43.7 Per Cent
ve r 1921 Revealed by
Compilation Embracing
hfi Southern States. 4*
10r» r
j!fj U
Nejv Records to
Be Set in 1923
Prospects Show
Notable Examples of Recent Southern Buildings,
No Abatement of Present
Enormous Program Is
Foreseen For tKe Com
ing Year’s Building.
Out ot fifty-seven cities reporting
definitely on building proapecu for
the tint *lx month* of 1928, only
■even indicated that thera would be
any abatement of the large building
volume of the pkat year, and in each
of tbeee citle* the indicated loaa wa*
alight Of the remaining fifty, at
lean half atated that the volume
would be Increased, aome a* much aa
a hundred per cent
These estimate* were founded upon
work 'already under contract or for
which plans were drawn. They are,
Tir*!i j wo™ - , subject to' revialon. In
jjV (i. I,. MILLER
L. Miller Si Co.
u;f a billion dollar* waa
tittiiding development in the
.enters of the aoutb in
me tu figure* covorbig 10
Maryland to Telia. Thia
!..de iboosauds of-amil)*
r ;.,| industrial rBiagra ia
levtiotiuier.t ha* been exceed*
re uurir-g the year. In *111 «*i • ■“W" " . "
ki were statistic* nvni!aule,! event that the upward movement of
■ ..aid show a total south* j price* building material is not
*” 'checked at once, it is probable that
v .„ui(i *hnw * total souro-
.construction program of a bil*
BtU'l
■targe -number* of important struc
ture* which linre been announced will
be held aver until fall. But it price*
are reasonable, the aoutb face* an
other record year.
That this forecast will be borne out
is evidenced already by large per
mit* in u number of the leading cit
les duripg the first half of January.
Dallas reported In excess of a mil
lion arid • half for a single week,
and Atlanta Issued permits for over
oqc and three-quarter million* on the
second day ot the month.
The program of 1922 just began to
touch the actual nreila of the section.
The unusual volume ot home hunt
ing reported from nil quarters has
not yet restored the residence sit
uation to normal. The present pace
mast lie maintained for fully five
years in the more progreselve cen
ter* to catch up with the' demand.
The significant progress made in the
erection of hotels and apartments will
be; continued, with residence hotel*
forming an ever-lncrcnslng proportion
of such structures.
The commercial and Industrial
needs of the south are growing eren
H cities, having a combined
„f only slightly in eacesa
Illation of New York city.
-;,1 was s|ient during the
providing homes for the rcsi-
‘larged quarters for n rapidly
JS commerce and oeiv plants
tkc hundreds of new industries
,re arising like magic from Bat-
this amount, $431,027,254. was
,i in permits issued for building
, oily limits, while $40,135,000
tported by about 50 cities a*
• been spent on the immediate
Juris ot those cities, chiefly in
itrial expansion.
yl eities, where comparative *ta-
< are available, the gain of 1022
jirjl was 43.7 per cent. It 1*
ming to note that the percent-
„( gain during the first si*
b., as published In thia survey tn
sober, was 42.7. showing that
.rally ratio has been maintained
■he entire year, with the adrnn-
slightly in favor of the closing
ill and progress of the aoutb
;,h roo Id tie summoned before the
i uten of America. The**
till more graphically than
of elaborate description juet
tremendous transformation t*
over this section of the nation
mi long ignored by the finan-
a industrial lntcreate of the
I but which today ia coming
.. oWwTBTtrnitihty- Impetus
. can not be checked,
is interesting - to not# that W
sis begun under auspice* f*J
, (arorabte. The /arm .value ot
“ U, nIh C « r i°l P the D five-vearaverage in * information a* to the present
y one-halt the f y a bu ,| n 4* shortage. Of the total number reply-
“ - sfapits —s
fose
stores in all the large
their present quarters too'small,
1 the number' of modeht and beau-
it Storeor now bring eraqtcd Ji «
,« >i,o jiregent plane of ’mer-
A questionnaire answered by . 83
chambers of commerce a* to the defi
nite building requirement! of the va
rious cities brought forth Interest'
nelly
i jtsrl
past has been'largely
months.
An Index to Growth,
v is the surest index to the
nt upon crop returns for it*
,os. Vet in spite of this hand!-
the people of the aectton launch-
he sreateit building program In
, .htory and carried it through to
remarkable conclusion.
{We and Municipal Imp
The halt billion dollars spsnt to
adding was by no means all tbs
rj that was being speut firing
year for general Improvement*,
aically Ihe same amount wan Bu-
iseested by aeatc and city tot-
man!* in public development, suett
I good voaos, streets, waterworks
ill Mvers. , ..
Of forty-eight citiea reporting, tte
ijoritj were spending from bull •
•ton to five million in civic bet*
•sx-nt. $Ur-\24U,GiAi WM being cr
pa*l by tbcM> citiva. ConsidemWjf
•w tfUw.uno.uuo put into goga
Wj of a highly improved type py
tk lixtwn statft governments School
utitruction, especially rural acnooi
LiHiiig, went forwErd at an uopre-
tfi-•, j iL-ty*. *
ftui bonds sold in tbo south for
improvements, as reported by
TV* Manufacturers' Recorde Snsounu
h He luge lotsl of $315,788,310 for
d; y.ar, of which the largest portion
»«it into good roads. .. ,
An item of *41,188^00 wan Hated
wder bunds for sewer construction.
Nothing could give • better idea of
the way in which the people of the
*oth are modernising their life nnd
dmting standards of living. North-
travelers who ventured below the
liw 20 years ago took beck home
Jith them barrowing tele* of the
■ck of modern conveniences. But
that day has long passed, as tbo forty
•Hfions worth of sewer construction
•&ply allows.
Over 9100 Per Capita,
lo two states of the aputh, Florida
i*l Oklahoma, more thdn one bun*
dollars was spent in new con*
*t>ftioa for each men, woman nnd
to the state. Flo ride for •
•••kr of y *ars has held first pUce
JJfM southern states in this regard.
wsbom.1, profiting by the hoge gains
*■* by Tulsa, is only fifty cents per
less than Florida for the
)nt.
North Carolina, with S02£4 per
In this daaaifi*
ranked third _ ...
, 2l 4un * an, l probably, were totals tor
?• *® t ire etate available, would pash
‘'ad-re even .more elowly; for
ol th« smeller town* unlisted
thi, l irvey showed remark*hie
r*"l®'ni. Tennessee cams fourth
2 ?* A‘ r capita list eloeely follow-
t'«*. Wher* the emir*
■tevealtb is making
Oxiiiicc Washington, where the
J~V"* program has been of un-
"*■ Preponions for 1922 nnd where
, *“;Ure outlook is excellent for
■ wtlinnaiion of'record tolale, the
T*" 1 -ains for the year orer 1021
xi-red in Mississippi and
• Mississippi's 114.1 per
I' significant, and report*
.. , >„t construction indicate
1 '* -mre. srbieh now rank* at
be-
“ •a,. ,.' the list, particularly be-
■ us tgw larger center*, is
JJ w *-‘a: foraard with dcteriaiaa-
f«e tnst year will atand out In
™ lUfnrf nt asMStkaem *
cd a lack of apartment*, and, tot the
reef, the number reporting hotels wa*
40; industrial atructurc*. 45; ware-
bousea, 43; office buildings, SO;
stores, 28. and tbentera, 20.
It Je thus aeen that beyond tha
homing problem, the tint demand ia
for industrial and warehouse struc
ture*. A number of communltle*
stressed warehouses especially, tbs
demand* for which is steadily and in
sistently increasing.
Authorities Quoted.
This trend towards increased busi
ness and indnatrial building ia gen
eral for the country, according to es
timate* made by officials of the F.
W. Dodge company and published in
The Architectural Record. While the
residential building (till maintain* its
supremacy, its lead will be mate
rially reduced In favor of tbo other
items of construction.
To this estent, tbs southern sit
uation seems to parallel the national
building field. But if indications su|
tested at the beginning of this aril
cle are borne out, the forecast as t?
a lessening of total building mad* by
the Dodge company for tbo entire
country will not be fulfilled iu this
section. Thia opinion is also shared
hy a number of architects aad con
tractors who are closely In touch
with the conditions now tsistlng In
the south.
Officials of the southeastern head
quarters of tbs Foundation Company,
on* of the largest construction firms
in the country, look for an accelera
tion of the building program, especial
ly relating to Industry. In a state
ment prepared for this lurrey. they
state;
Thera Is an outlook for a marked
boom In the industrial building field
in the aoutb during 1028, with the
usual amount of hotel and apartment
construction which' baa been running
very heavy for the past two years.
'The section bee just begun to
strike its industrial stride, and with
the reopening of textile' building, ell
industrial building will be greatly
■timulated. There is also an unusual
demand for large storage warehouses
lor farm products following the pres
ent movement among tb* farmers for
co-operative eeltlag.
The Foundation company now
holds contracts in band for 1923 ag
gregating twice the amount In sight
at this Urn* 1022. W* hr* figuring
SOUTHTOHA
MM
Conditions,in.T&i
•More FavorablefcTtia
For tfie Nation t at^Large
During l923, ! | ‘
la conskterthf Urn nsw' yenr
wiU bring the aoutklt is necessary,
af 1 * 0 *hriew the sit-
, wh i ck con,,ont * Uio entire na-
•“XfckJJ** l lW t u “*> I" the
ffL*. ‘pH/ be termed the'ns-
wMd> unlimited de-
Uon and the south, as this bank
?**4j dopoait* in order to op-
•rat* OB • continually larger scale.
continually huger scale.
,1923 opens with tb* general ..
aituation eonsidcr.il,!y
try * credit^ condition is apprtriably
ggg&45£ff&iWi'Sr/,
n &\
SSSBSs&rsI
KWrJByfgF* •PrtmeBts. hom!
23 •5 rectn /«- Tha yvu.
S.nlon, the iinP. Adwt";
“wed tor time t<.
tor ths advertlx*
* wr u > save
the largest manufacturers.
> ▼olume, and n
to purchase r.
; ire
. TfiV, r
ajjgwtrhsss tb* W*” ^
lipnd
at! •^ r#a,#r than
1920 their ionnn of
gHSBvSahf'ttSs
.wA -7 terlraj in, some countries
*<£d£ tor American
f??®- .On practically erery
authority i*r**a that "be firai
SS1028. will show tb?
Building Permits, hy Cities, for the Entire Year f 1922
Compared with a similar period for 1921, and a forecast for the first six months of 1923*
by*'American » ,SS SVdK
IP wdliMne'ng ,frlcultUM '
■■i ■ «
000,000 o P f the entiK nation. *’' W ' '
The Cotton Situation. '
CITT I£|i
I
Si*
! ?!
Permits Entire Tear
1922 1921
E SJf
2ll
00 tb, largest business throughout
the section that .-* have enjoyed sine#
opening our southern office."
_ G. Lloyd Preacher, of O. Lloyd
Co- architects, of Angua-
ia-».-,.£ grasses
1 l 1 ■ m i? be, u4 itrMWifr wiU'
'! several time* (n the bell
- : l "" it mark* the beginning
'•?H forward along every
-' ill Ctentually lead to a
union of all tb* uarvcl-
* nmtn
U, Atlanta and Raleigh, whose busi
ness ia the Carolina*, Georgia and
Florida during 1922 aggregated $7.-
000,000 and who have plana already
for 1023 construction orer half this
amount, is most optimistic for the
coming year. He says:
“If finance* art arallablr, and If
building materials keep to a reason
able Iteel, 1023 will walk away from
1922, in spite of tb* fact that the
past year ha* art such a high reeonl.
“The aoutb is from six to eight
yean behind on its building pragma
already, aad its development along
erery line nt Ibe present mo*.ent Is
no rapid that It will be difficult for
the seel loir to catch up with the shori
ng*. no matter bow much it spend*
‘"’“.VtSwraTrimit of n raeeie Jtlght-
si®*' «
the fact lh*t lavshton-norm . Is be
a wakening .to thu desirability of
■ootbern real estate InrsstawM*. I As
ALABAMA—
Anniston
Birmingham ...
Florence
Mobil*
Montgomery ....
Tuscaloosa
Bessemer
. 17.734
• 178.WUI
. 10.5211
. a 1,777
. 43.434
. 11.00(1
. 18.074
$ 102.370
3.570.55.1
tUNI.OOO
773.409
075.132
1,212.000
190.801
$ 310.005
7.330.103
tioo.tani
1.101.570
1.018 077
255.010
$ $
735.430
513.054
1.542.000
030.200
400,050 405.(Kg|
ARKANSAS—
El Dorado ....1.
Fort Suiitk ’.....
Little llnrk
Pine Bluff ...v..
35.000
10.280
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA—
Washington ....437,571
Fort'fhudndaT* . 2,000
Jacksonville 01.558
Key West .;.... 18.740
1.057.195
1M70.054
3.908,781
005,825
903.390
3.020,059
708.902
141,718
M188DUR1—
Jo|ilin ......
s *'$SLS“ y . .vv: ."77j«i 7r.'.T77 'dosTfOK jSsfiiiB ’lobsIom
h[: l/>^i. .......772.897 905,090 14.157.077 25-310,503 10,120^70
20.002 112.040 _ 234.020
324.410 541.000 12,402.000 23.134.ltN) 10,025.225
150,000
Bpriiigfield
30.031
1,732,500 2,422.180 075JW7
2jicio,666 26.obaoo6
North Carolina—
27.321.C00 54.001.524 24.322,134
3,000
Key 1
Lakeli
10.000
jcaia
Irlnndo . ....Os',
Palm Bracb ....
Penancoin ......
St. Augustine ,.
St. Peterthurg .
Tampa
W. Palm Braeti.
Tallabaasra ....
. 044
, 4.013
, 0282
, 1.150
- 81.035
0.102
14.237
, 01.00s
8,050
SO,037
128.000
3.059,155
110.730
048.135
2,832.350
lll).(NN)
15,000
8,300
-KC.MKN)
1.222.85(1
400.845
121.101
210.740
1.001.175
1.570.272
1,277.044
50,390
220.01)0
5.803,278
310,739
1,103.010
4.734.S04
1.500,(NM)
4.K).(Na)
3.isrj.4.-,8
817,345
:t:i8.s7l)
31N(.00(t
4.107.005
3,080.814
2.718.544
1,008,700
1.174.SOO
5.515. SIN)
1.503,205
150.000
750.INN)
2.INN).(NN)
750.000
1.500.118
0O2.4SO
1,070803
385.(150
4.584.970
4.057.028
1.481,070
2,000.000
000,000
os.666
ono.(NN>
350,000
2.000,000
2.01NI.INNI
2,000,000
130,000
OEOROIA—
Athena 10.748 22,500 218.055
Atlanta 2HO,(UO 275,000 12,123.450
Aiiaiwfa ..
Brunawlek- ,
Columbus .
Griffin ....
Macon
02,548
14,413
31.125 (12.000
8,240 12,240
52.000 120.000
83.202 105.INNI
11.370 18.000
17.038
0,100
Barannali .
Albany ....
iJiGrnng* ,
Decatur ..
KENTUCKY—
Covington ...... 57.121
Henderson 12.100 13.INN)
Leginglon 41.534 50.0IN)
Lnulavill* 250.877 270.INN)
Owensboro 21.000 23.000
Paducah 24,738
Frankfort
IJ1U18IANA—
.exandrln 1T.61Q
Baton Rouge .... 21.782
1-akt Chart** .... 13.088
Monroe 13.0INI
New Orlenn*
81
MI.INI11
1(10.380
233.055
20.340
002.339
530.222
33S.050
20.584.734
2.308.127
2115.283
558.720
05140-
1.5(».0in
1,573.022
423.457
200.000
800.085
488,124
11,23(1.770
1,500.837
80.1X87
607.383
. 70.570
930.130
2.055.050
302.400
225.500
534.907
2(10.000 500.000
4,.KM1,(NNI 1P.INN1.1NN)
00.000 1.000.000
Axhevitte
I'harlolle
Durham
(luxtimi.-i
(Jrcen-dairo ...
!lichurv
High Point ...
Raleigh
Washington ..
Wilmington ...
Winston-Salem
33,1*00
24.300
40.000
11,01)0
Sffl
7.800
51582
1,332,207
3087505
044.107
1.285,024
1.INI5.1O0
1S8.175
820.500
1,700.547
57512
478500
1.838,770
1.200.000
' M,66o
.350.000
100,000
1,000.000
250,000
■ 500,606
000.380 2.1.85.000
21.125 J Ol.OIN)
594.774 2.231.141
7.413.000 10.730.75(1
513.38(1
0503 11.000
253.003
1.332.150
32.22(1
1.038.008
7,428500
300.247
10 INN)
407.73T#
541.784
l.'NMNN)
401.000
807.0.30
1.412,845
302.332
745.8.82
Shrereport
87(1.000
1.403.387
284.277
204.718
8.043,159
A871.4S5
3.000.000 4.000.000
MART LAND- ,
Baltimore 733520 751.320 23.SI.3.04O 43.204.020
Ml anticipate
recent Hw in fcuiWIn* cntnwwxliilc*
has mnde many builders nervou*. and
a further attmotoB tke **pt
CmuiirrlnnU WK17
Frederick 11.U0U
aii8sissrm-
Jnckmm 22.0«Si
Meridian ZUM
Vlekaburf 174*31
S0P24.»22
1.1««.:i74
77tt.7.'l3
724.<mo
.le'tM.llsS**
144.124
i.2:w.tcu»
n.TN.DS.1
4?.LST»1
:’.77.0|.H
UDJitO
OKI.AUOMA—
Anitnore 14.1HI
Ohichuahn I*».l7tt
F.nul Hir.Trt
McAllivtcr 12.td».»
MiiKki^iv JiD.277
OUlah m;:i City .* IM/JW
Okmulgee 17.430
Sriinilpu 11,034
Tul*a 72.U75
Hiuth cahSIjna—
Ch.irlostou 117.037
Cdilumhin 37.324
Orurtiville 2?t,127
Siinrtntihurg .... 22,U3«
TKNNKS8KK—
(?hiittaiiiMt(!ii .... f>7.K05
Jolinaoii City ... 12,442
Knoxville 77.M18
MrmphiN j.......102.331
Naihviilc 11S3-12
Humboldt 3.bl3
Jm-kson
tfKXAS—
Ahllcne 10.301
Amnriliu
13.000
21540
18.000
38500
133.023
Auftin
17?aumont .
liuilnS .i.ee
F*l 1'nso ...
Fort. Worth
CnlvcNtoti •.
HouNton ....
I’ort Arthur
15.494
.34.870
40.422
158.07(1 210.000
77500
100.ua 172,050
''.'.'.‘.138.270
_ 22,251 32,'
&in Awtonlo ....101570 200.1
T.xarktnn 10.737
Wnco 38.500
VIRGINIA— '
Lynchburg 30,1
Nett I»rt News .. 35J
Norfolk 115,;
Petersburg 31,002 .......
Richmond 171,007 202.107
Rofitoke 50.842 125,000
WEST VIRGINIA—
niacfieil 15.101
Charlexton 30.008
Clarkatnirg ...... 27.800
lluniinglun 50,177
Pnrkrrx:n(rg .... 20.039
Wheeling 60.208
Welch S.am
BgssJise
I{fifSKam
fethau the figures for 192A^
■The question ot demaud for 19S3
■anot he separated from iVtmrgtlr'
sjar-sa®*!
g»,g.sagjgakas:-i
mamj for cottoa during the coming >
swux-sSStcnss
■■5@®s in the chi
S? *? • pothtwher^ronenmi?
^°. B .^ IU b * hutomatlcally curteSS,;
time,*/n actual eterij
r*t six months of 13MB
feet tbs first i
axtrfla
Iy «» tbs'raJt'b'uSnpfslrt'a^
• e «*4^» 1 m ail enough to raise a lergdi
crop. Thia stems like a contradictory’
but tha fact remain* that
tS7
8.807.582 18,0409.88
1,002.300 3.201073
8.700077 12,128.722
1 028527 2,131.288
0541.499 13.418.4in
M02O.IB3 1.232.2.1.8
012.200
012.407
4.080.520
■M 455.751
.423 15.1100)12
— 3,259.524
05,000
4500
the
tfarvaaftiufara
miss.
era to recklessly and Indiscriminately
*r ! 33rrA!E , sjK
.On thie point a not* of warning
tessas®.*—
Southern SecurJUra Stand High.
sscs
*W 1». hOUto, to clearly reflect*
&UMS££irS£
art of these eecuritiee orer the past
Six month* aa compared with last
y«»r» average aad tbe last ten yean,
toSTw** W|f
have serious consequence*. But *|«>rt
from thia, tbe future ban a decidedly
roenle aspect.”
In an attempt to glee a more ade-
qunta Idea of IB* else of cities where
cenxu* figures misvenveaent 'on *e-
ronnt of constricted Incorporaief
arras, the general slntlstlnl tnblra in
at connection with Ibis snreey aivra the
rat totaled, pouulalioii of each city In
1022 wbm Information was arail-
able. together with the pomihition of
tb# Imiiiediute suburb*, which nra la
rraDty u pen of iMt todnftrial, and
- * ‘offil.OGO
gist,
Alabama .... 4
Arkansas ... 1
Dis. of Col.. ,t
Florida ...,.11
Georgia ....<>
Kentucky .. 5
Louisiana ... S
Maryland ... 1
Pi
XnnbM Poixitsllen ColMtne Permits Eatlr. Vesr
COMPARATIVE BUILDING BY STATES BASED UPON PRINCIPAL CITIES
i;a|n nt UMtf.
Ciller
295,043
111.292
457.571
250,938
471,848
398,761
431.985
771.729
64,046
S .1,241,77?.
IK5.
8 ll.tSt.8S4
6.044.660
54.001,324
27,783,881
28.552.9tf
21,677,871
19.590,045
44.548,611
2,250,886
;2,539,2t2
net.
> 9,150,176
5,121,017 tl.S
24.122.tl4 122.0
27,455,214 1.2
17,910.122 59.4
tO.tlt.915 til.3
14.578,749 J4.1
38,804,030 14.3
t,051,184 114.1
34,328,134 523
lorn
rr ..at r.'-U,.
t9.5 5 17.88
51.35
<23.41
t to 68
60.51
54.36,
1.47 I
Kaiabev Popalstlra
nine cuts*. *t enus.
N. Carolina..It 261,170
Oklahoma ..5
S. Carolina..‘4
rennet*** ... *
Texas t2
Virginia .... 5
BsUam^Penstts tatlre^Vj
57IOi^' Vir ’ lnia '* /1
5 7.50*
35.14
42.04 I
223,172
151,245
428,848
848,813
401,952
191,901
124,070, ICO
25,372,285
3,791,121
. 24.699,185
•5.827,1*4
24.940,722
12,155,136
pSram.’Sktm.
115,195,671 Sl.7 *92.54
18,287,328 89.7 110.10
1.187,887 (1116,' 38.30
tsm «“ss.
17,888,249
9,0I8;879
89.4
31.7.
51.71
ni.63
. Total ,...?l 6,579,190
.frith steady improeementa. ...
compares farorably with any ether
section of tb* rouatry. The apwarl
movement of southern railroad secu
rities reflects tb* Increase la the
earnings of southern roads. Pstli*
utilities are expanding- and at' the
same time-shewing substantia) sur
plus In their ineem*'accents, while
the leading ledustcl.l. art mektog a
good showing. I* the tanresd. grasp,
1? Atf BINrifle
Had that
I earning*. s B#rrd *a a par
arerag* pries of
riesu rails as
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