Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-23

the important sales within the year pas
of business property below jackson stree
have been negotiated by him Beside
; this he has sold a great many residenc
lots, especially in the upper part of tn
city. Mr.. FairChild has removed to hi
new office from the Merchants hote
block
WATSON & OXLEY'S INSURANCE. AGENCY
This agency was establisbed by Dir
Watson in. 1875 The Office is at the rea
of Mr.. Fairchild's, with an entrance
through his and by the central door on tht
Fourth street front The companies rep
resented are as follows: Norwich Union
fire insurance society, England, estab
lished in 1877; Scottish Union and Ma
tional insurance company, Edinburgh
1924; Star fire insurance company, New
York, 1864; Boylston mutual insurance
company, Boston, 1872; Mercan-
tile fire and marine insur-
anee company, Boston, I823;fUnion insur-
ance company, Philadelphia, 1904 Hoffman
Fire Insurance company, New York, 1864
| Orient Mutual Marine Insurance com
pany, New York, 1854; and. New Eng
land Mutual Life Insurance company,
Boston, 1885. For the last named com
pany this firm are general agents for the
State. MessrS. Watson 81 OXley have
removed to their new Office from the
Prince block, opposite the Merchants
AMERICAN UNION TELEGRAPH OFFICE
The room (25x1lO feet adjoining Fair
child's on the jackson street front, partly
occupied by Messrs. Wilgus, ,.is, the rear
half, or more, being fitted Up for the new
telegraph company's Office, which will be
one Of the best furnished Offices in the
city. Instructions were received yester-
day by the parties in charge of the COM
pany's affairs here, to go ahead without
regard to the reported consultations of
companies, and it is promised that the
operators will be here and ready for busi-
ness this week
DE CosTER & CLARK's FURNITURE HOUSE,
This firm, as before remarked, occupy
third of the large block, being 45x100
feet, four stories and basement, separated
from the Office building by a fire wall
They have the largest furniture ware
house in the West and probably there is
no other establishment of the kind SO we'll
fitted up for convenience and comfort
Every floor is heated by steam at uni
form temperature and well ventilated, so
that in winter as well as in summer Gus
toners may at their leisure examine the
stock without discomfort. A passenger
and goods elevator, (the passenger cab
being elegantly furnished and upholster-
ed), operated by steam, facilitates the
ables customers to explore all the ware
rnn vxrifb fof No Tnc
ter 81 Clark have been in this business in
st. Paul nine years and have from
the first distinguished themselves by their
enterprising efforts to meet all demands
of the trade. The stock they carry, be-
ing for both wholesale and retail trade,
is immense and closely fills the five large
floors of their store, besides large store
house connected with their shops on low
er Fourth street. This firm have re-
moved from Judge Hale's building, cor
ner of Jackson and Fifth streets.
THE WASHINGTON LIFE.
Among the offices to be found on the
second floor is that of J. A Sabin, the
agent for the Washington Life Insurance
company. His Office is spacious, being
15x22 feet and ten inches, and fronting ON
Jackson street, is exceedingly pleasant
Mr.. Sabin has the advantage Of repre-
senting first-class company which does
both large and safe business. The lat
ter is the great desideratum in a life in
surance company The man having
policy in the Washington has the advant-
age of security, large dividends and as
low rates as safety permits. Mr.. Sabin
has shown his characteristic sagacity and
enterprise in the selection of his new
Office.
THE RAILWAY LAND OFFICE.
Geo. E. Skinner, Esq, late of Fari-
bault, who occupies No on the second
floor, being two large offices (24-1Ox17-6
and -10x3l-6) at the front Fourth street
corner lover Fairchild'sl is land commits
sioner for the Minnesota Central, Hast
ings s. Dakota, and st. Paul & Chicago
railways, which roads are now part of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail
way system.
The lands of the Minnesota Central
railway company are located On the line
of the Iowa and Minnesota division of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul railway,
in the counties of Dakota, Scott. Rice,
Goodhue, Waseca, Steele, Dodge, Free
born and Mower Number of acres
which have Injured to the company, 49,
600; number of acres sold to December l,
1880, 100000; sold at an average price per
acre of ST.
The lands Of the St Paul s. Chicago
railway company were granted by the
State for the purpose of aiding in con-
structing the railway from st. Paul to
Winona The lands are located in every
county in the State west Of the Missis-
sippi river, and include some of the most
valuable grass, timber and tillable lands
in the Northwest. Number of acres in
uring to the company, 1872 900; number
of acres sold to December /, 1880, 40, 900;
sales at an average price per acre of
1885.
The lands of the Hastings s. Dakota
railway company are on the line of the
Hastings s. Dakota division of the Chica-
go, Milwaukee g. st. Paul railway and 10
Gated in the counties of Mcleod, Sibley,
Renville, Redwood, Yellow Medicine,
Lac qui Parle, Chippewa, Swift and
Big Stone, and for general and diversified
farming are considered among the most
valuable in the State The lands have
been in the market but few months,
but there had been already sold to Dec. 1,
| 1880, 50, 900 acres at an average price per
acre of s715 The number of acres
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