Weekly Minnesotian and times., 1859-12-17
about SO, ,ooo and Is an ornament to that por-

about xS,OOO. ana Is an ornament to that pOr-
ton Of the city.
A fine Block of four two-story stone dwell
lings has been erected by A. Vance Brown
and Mr.. Hall, of ~ Y, OH Block 4, Winslow's
Addition. Each house has front and rear
of about 25x60 deep, and contains nine rooms
with spacious halls. This Block has beau
tifully cut stone front, with cut stone sills and
lintels, and commands an extensive view Of
the river and surrounding scenery. 1t cost
about $4,000, is very pleasantly situated,
and will be ready to occupy by the first Of
next April.
John Harrington, Esq built last summer an
elegant stone residence on Summit Avenue,
40 feet front by 30 feet deep, containing 13
rooms. 1t is not yet finished, but has cost
$500, and will be one of the finest mansions
n our city, as it commands a fine view of all
the surrounding country.
Jno. R. Livingston, Esq, has just completed
fine cut stone residence>on Block 4, Day
TONS Addition, commanding fine view of the
city and environs 1t is 4Ox4S, three stories
high, and has IA rooms. 1t cost $4,000.
CHURCHES.
But one church was built this serson-by
the German Methodist Society, on the site of
their old frame, corner of Rosabel and Sixth,
but it is fine brick ediice with stone base
ment, and an ornament to the neighborhood.
The basement room is II feet high, and the
upper, audience room, Is feet. The building
cost over $4,000, but is worth double that
sum. 1t is 45 feet front and 65 deep.
SUMMARY
We have thus endeavored to give, as cor
rect as possible, statistics of the building Op-
erations of the present year, so far as stone
and brick buildings are concerned. TO re-
capitulate, it appears as follows:
! Business blocks. Observation-Disclosures. sl22,'00
ChurcheS. ..................... Sf,OoV
Residences .........-........... S4o,ooo.
Total, sl73, 200
/ In addition to this, there were several fine
buildings which were put up last season, bu,
not finished until this year. A careful esti
mate leads us to put the amount expended ir
this, at $4,000. One large building was
commenced also, (Robertson's block and moi
completed, though $4,000 were expended or
its foundation These amounts must be in
cluded in this years statistics, swelling it te
about $4,000.
Owing to the great labor, and want of time
on the part of our Reporter necessary to at
attend to it, we have not attempted to give
any definite statistics of the value of the frame
buildings erected this year. Many of these
are very fine and costly ones, some of then
costing as high as $4,000. We are safe in es
timating the total value of frame building
built this year at Sl5O,OoO, in which some ex
perienced builders who have facilities fo
knowing, agree, and that it is widely withir
the mark.
There may be inaccuracies in our list-doubt
less are-which it is impossible to avoid, az
it was sometimes almost impossible to get tht
information we wished from reliable sources
Any errors pointed out to US will be corrected
for our weekly edition.
One thing is worthy of remark. The build
ings erected this year have been put up al
prices astonishingly low, compared with for
mer years, and with builders prices in Other
cities, owing to the low price of labor here
as living is very cheap. 1t is safe to assert
that the buildings erected this season, in any
other place, or in any other year, would have
cost half million Of dollars'
THIS, COMPARED WITH OTHER SEASONS.
According to statistics furnished the BoaId
of Commerce last spring, the value of private
business buildings and dwellings, of all mate
rial and sizes erected the past two seasons
was as follows
IN IooI ........ -............ So9l,ooV.
$l,OSO, 800
While during the same period public bull
| l;porc md xr-nrly, TO tho Of cQEH OOC