, 1881-10-09

able attention to the purchase and sale Of civ
and suburban improved and unimproye;i
business property. of whlsh q 5hey haadls a.
fine their business to this class vi realty, but
include in their agency business alt kind;
I q: property III general, alld also giya
attention tp the negotiation ct loans. From
| what has already been recorIsfl Or the Rriu's
| they were among those WHO survived ths
| great culit.srntion Of '7l5and the panic n
'73, were it not desirable to state a fact in
connection with those two memorable eyeats.
ceestett in making IN ,appreciabie iuterrup-
ton in t!lci- business, but i. has continund
without indr;.nce Of. my. kind from tba
| dale 1T Its beginning uhtil the present time
is evidenced b. the footinss Of the years
Which show that the house has ,lo:,e a nws;,.
HESS aggresatirg :;,U33. .90). These i:urrs
! Indicate the szantlinsiof Messrs Bragg & c.
IL IL ts a's o"ss. so"n'H i "i !y,n4 St !e Ss asi;
required to emphasize the character Ut their
agency. it is supplied III the experience OF
1 tie Individual members OF tile firm, with
properties in, Chicago "zsd country contig-
uous, aid which experience Is supplemented
by nle.:lorandums, aliases showing MI tls
subdivisions in Chicago and in Cook County
maps OF adjacent countles, besides Other
| carefully COLLECTED data concerning the status
DI Et'tk EotAtE III luC flklDIS lOt:llLES. all OF
which 2::akcs them not: only competent
judges, but excellent authority in real-estate
! matters.
| y. 5. Kfreyer Il Co.
Success sometimes is the creature of acci-
! dent, but the success that has attended E.
f! Dreyer l. Co., reat-estate and loan agents.
| No. IS Washington street, since the establish.
ment OF their house in 1874, is the healtAful
! fr,,itase of energetic enAeavor, good bust
ness judgments aud equitable dealing
| AIcssrs. Dreycr IL Co., not to mention ,nany
other subdivisions and additions to Chicago
| OF their creation, made and startedin Octo-
/ ber, ISIS, the Stock-Yarls Subdivision,
which nov; has l5o neat. and substantial
schoolhouse erected at a cost Of Sl5,00l.
| and 4 population Of over 1000 people
We mention this INCIDENT parentheticaliylo
! show that the members of the. .liEin are Ut
kind OF men who, while they are quick to dis
] Germ advantages, are SO G1nser:arlye wlthal
| they are the last men to either put their own
or Il clients foot into any visionary trap"
| This tirm docs y large agency business in ::
real estate, rs ,fsll :s; csEinS for their Own
| property. The field Of their operations is
not confined to any special locality, but is
| bounded by the city and county lines. The
| loan department Of the business shows 4
very extensive cllentage, and, while holne
has fair representarion, most Of the lle;so-
tiatlons are made for non-residents. From
what has been said it will be readily UNDER
stuou The firm OF Z. $. Dreyer & Co. is recpe-
nlze!l in real-estatc circles as one OF th8
stanctl houses Of Chicago, and whoever
contides business to their charge will have
no occasion to- regret the confidence imposed
in them. =
Head. i: .coe.
Duration and prosperity in business ara
palpabie signs OF worth and appreciation.
Messrs. Mead & Coe. No. .149 La Sale street, >
have been established as real-es.ate agents :.
in this city since 1867; consequently have
encountered all the viclssitudes Of business, j
including the t'great iire'' and the panic Of ;;
'7;3, through NIL of which they came out !
victorious; and every succeeding year with !:
them has shown an increase of patronage, !:
over its predecessor, until now they are at ::
tina head Of one Ut the largest and most sta
Bile real~estate houses in Chicago. Their :,
specially is strictly I'LL agency bas~
negotiation and ndplacelrent Of loans. 4 SOFT
Of 'swileei witliiira' wElee1" of their. depart:
nlent for the pllrGhlse and sale Of real g.
tate is tue investGle>r,' apartment, wherein
property is bousllt, 1f!eStiy for Eastern par.
which they usuaiIy;haya the management, :
1t has been their ain. to build up bnsines,
Of this class. relieving owners PRESIDENT and
NONRESIDENT from the care Of the same.
lltk nave III ClAFE * StllE u tlls@ largest 1u4
finest Office buildings in the city. besidesa
large list Of residence property. Their loan:
ing department. is Of euual magnitude with
their other branches, and large Sums have; :;
been placed BY then, for some Of the largest
-. Cole Il Co.
In contemplating the realestate interest of,
Chicago the Importance of the realty on ths
"West Side," to tl,e, casual observer, is lost:
sight Of; yet, when it IS borne in mind that =
tllree~dfths Of ttle- population Of Chicago is
embraced in this; ;diylsion, a different concep->
zion begins to dawn on the understanding.
1t is true That the West Side cannot boast Of
such architectural piles as the central por-
tion Of the city. still it has its notable busi-
ness structures. Its chief glory lies. how
ever, iii its conlely residences and: deslra',
bic residence quarters. Most Of tta
rea!-estate firms OF the city do something:
nnderstandingly makes it specially, that o.
Cole IL Co., No. 1SS West Madison street,
Coles Block. successors to the old flrnl Of "
Cole T. Son, established in 1862. The 6usi'*
ness done by this stanch house is simply ns-
,nense. The agency branch alone. would be
. cred1tabie business, so7 too, tne Tenans
branch, and the sane can be said OF the loan
department, AL accrutng from the firms e.
tenslvc acquaintance with the property, close
attention given interests OF patrons, an9 a.
strict observance Of; the Golden Rule 20 =
real-estate house in the city offers better a.
cilities to patrons than. this, perhaps tne
largest Teai-estate house il itS province u
the city. We may mention the frm are larg7
owners in their own name.
Ira Brown. s>.1z.:
If the founder Of 4 city is entitled to In"
mortal renown, something of such fans
should attach to those men who are the
authors Of the small towns of conntr7.
especially those that lie on the outskirts o.
large cities identifying the approaches thefe
to. This thought was suggested BY tMA
with Ira Brown, Nos. III and Ia La Sa'l8 ~
street, who makes speciality Of suburban
property, in which he has large lnterest-@
In fact, lie handles none but his own proper
IS. Mr.. Brown established his present aQst.
ness in 1854 Previous to that time he VIZ
engaged in mercantile lines, and ae MaJ3
justly be called the representative m99 q
Chicago for the subdivision and sale OF SUI
urban property. Certain it is, none tnss9
done more than he to provide cheap no@fEs ="
for the people. Among the additions OF SaE
divisions he has made are Evanston, pats M +: !:
RIDGE, Desplaines, Lake Side, Gls1c99t,
Thornton, Honewood. Hyde Park, aoa -
Grange. '*t,..
The following interesting figures from ny 7
books arc indications of the lnctuations. ~ +
the sales Of suburban real estate unring aa, las
ten years succeeding the fire: lS7o2, by ios,:
1N1.' 561 fnfs.. 1874 I'm fotS- 1S75 5U 103s