Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-16
BUSINESS in DIRT.

The Real Estate Demand vigorously Con-
tinues-The Demand for Houses and
Stores-Record OF Sales the Past Week.
The transactions in real estate continues
without abatement, and as before remarked,
while there is no systematic speculation,
prices have decided though moderate up
ward tendency. The cali for
residence property all along
the line is something remarkable. This de-
mand comes alike from the most humble arti-
san for the cheapest lots and the most moder
ate priced structures that can be erected to
protect him and his family, and from the more
wealthy, who desire the most costly and
slightly points in all this peculiarly pic
turesque city. The influx of strangers
who come to stay and enter into
business here is something much greater and
more solid than anything of the kind ever
before seen that it surprises the most expert
enced among us. All these people want
houses and must either buy or build. If any
one would go out upon the out
skirts of the city, or even little
beyond the city limits, in any
direction he would have no difficulty what
ever in obtaining an idea OF the truth of the
above statements. If one goes to the east
beyond the Harvester works he will then see
how people are constructing houses. In
West st. Paul it is the same Every
day sees new houses rising up
on the high plateau beyond the
river. The same may be said of the space be-
yond the st. Paul driving park, and also in
regard to the north part of the city. In any
direction it is the same. The evidences of the
need of houses are abundant, and daily in
creasing. 1t is the old, old story that has
been harpei upon for months by the private
citizens and the newspapers. Yet,
though it is an old story, it is
none the less true that people are turned away
from st. Paul for the reason that they can
neither get houses to live In or stores to do
business In. Neither are to be had. OF course,
if people can find in this city no place in
which to live, and no structures in
which to do business what is the
use of their coming here. So long
and often have these things been spoken Of
Some people have erected houses for rent, and
few have put up tenement houses for the
purpose of renting, but those of this des-
cription that have been constructed constitute
no adequate supply at all for the
demand. 1t seems as though there was
no use in saying anything more upon
the subject. Under the present system
thousands of people will come here and go
away as other thousands have done before for
the want of houses to live in and places to do
business in. There seems to be no help for
it; nor will there ever be any help as long as
men can make moreEmoney by iputting thei1
money in something else than they can in
constructing houses. The building this sea-
son generally will be limited also by another
consideration, and that is the very high price OF
lumber. A good many that proposed to erect
buildings, both dwelling houses and stores,
have abandoned their intentions, and have
concluded to wait on account of the high
price of lumber. The architects, notwith.
standing this, are all busy with plans and
specifications for all kinds of structures and
are really overrun with work. Mr.. A. D.
Hinsdale is at work on good many struc.
lures, many of which have been mentioned
heretofore. The following are among those
he has that have not been mentioned hereto
fore:
A block of four houses for r. G.. Munger,
$4,000, and $4,000 house on Dayton ave-
nue.. a
A block of tenements for T. Weide oh Tenth
street, cost $4,000.
For VIM. COnstans on Tenth, corner OF
Jackson street, four houses, cost $4,000.
A $4,000 residence for Mr.. j. 7. Mcmillan
in lower town.
A house for NJ. c. Hall on Dale street, cost
So, 600.
For J. Brand on Holly avenue, $4,000 res
idence.
P. Rogers, a block of tenements on Somer-
set street, cost $4,000; also block of five
houses on st. Paul street at $l2, 900.
A $4,000 residence for Geo. Ripley at Du-
luth and $4,000 hotel at Lake City.
Besides the above he is negotiating with
some capitalists to erect a number of houses
from 1000 to $1,000.
Mr.. Radcliff, Mr.. Guager, Mr.. Bassford,
Mr.. Wirlh and all the other architects are
busy, excavations are being made
throughout the whole city preparatory to
the work of building. The block number "a,
east Third street, recently occupied by Messrs
Wilson & Rogers, has been sold by Mrs
Caroline Schurmeier to Mr.. Chas. A. Moore
for $4,000, though the deed has not been re-
corded. The following is the list of trans
fers as they stand for the week on the books of
the register of deeds:
Clarence Parsons to William H. Merrick,
lots and 4, block 3, Holcombe's addition,
81 900.
Richard Chute to F. Butterfield, 12x acres
beyond Dale street, near University avenue,
$13,925.
James g. Simonton to 7. E. Knox, lots and
10, block 8, Holcomb's addition, S72O.
R. C. Patterson to James H. Weed, part of
lot 10, subdivision of east half of southwest
quarter section 20, town 30, range %, 81 900.
E. G.. Hall to Charles W. Potter, undivided
two-tenths of Kumli's addition, 81 800.
Edward G. Hall to Charles Fl. Lord, an undi-
vided one-tenth interest in Kumli's addition,
$500.
Edward G. Hall to Joseph Bates, undivided
two-tenths interest in Kumli's addition, except
two lots, ST. 800.
D. D. Merrill to Fl. Klemen, lots and g.,
block 103, West st. Paul Proper, s525.
William Dawson to A. w. Mortenson, east
one-third of lots 8, 9 and 10, block SO, West
st. Paul, S40O.
K. H. Beckford to R. F. Marvin, lots 9 and
10, block II, Woodland Park, SITS.
w. A. Somers to w. L. Lockwood, lot 5,
block Q, Prospect Plateau, $275.
Mary e. Wright to VIM. NJ. Bole, lot II,
block II, Marshall's addition to West st. Paul,
5000.
John w. White to Sarah Davis, lot IL, block
II, subdivision blocks II and %, Woodland
Park, $1,000.
John Menu to E. Sterile, lot z, block "a,
Suburban Hills, $500.
John NJ. Lynch to Nathan Ford, lots 10 and
90, block 20, $1,000.
Jamss Stiuson to A. Grossel, lot 10, block 8,
Stinson & Ramsey's addition, $3.50.
Anna M. Rice to J. McElligott, lot II, block
8, Edmund Rice's addition, $1,000.
John McDermott to John Ayloner, lot 4,
block 40, Summit Park, $500.
j. T. Anterior to Fred. Henning, lot II,
block 5, kunger's addition, $S0S.
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