Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-20

The Record of Transfers.
Notwithstanding the rain has fallen
nearly every day this week,i and the week
consequently has been regarded as quiet
one for real estate transactions, the books
of the register of deeds Office show sales to
the amount of $4O3,689. The period
spoken of has been characterized by no
especially large sales, the great bulk of the
business of the week being confined to
moderate sized deals and transfers of lots
for residences.
THE SEASON,
OF course, Is one for building. The plans
for business blocks and private residences
that have been under consideration during
the long winter months have been per-
fected and brought out for practical use,
and everywhere throughout the city one
can see the evidences that are unmistake-
able of rapid and substantial growth.
Some special parts of st. Paul, like lower
Third, Fourth and Jackson streets, receive
the large, heavy, five and six story blocks,
but, generally speaking, everywhere, in all
direction substantial, solid structures are
going ap. Probably upper Fort street,
above the Seven corners has been as much
neglected in the way of Improvements as
any part of town. For years it has been
a dreary, deserted part of town, a spot
where very few persons appeared to desire
to live or do business, and the property in
that locality has been held very low down
IN the scale. Even after the rise in values
IN that direction commenced prices went
up very slowly indeed and are now still
behind the mark. Lately some improve
ments have been made on that street from
Seven corners to Fort Smelling which are
having the effect of still further increasing
the values of property out there. The
street has been Macadamized for a consid-
cradle distance and completely graded out
to Fort Smelling, so that it is now one of
the best road beds in the city. 1t is
grand drive way and is much used. This
improvement of that great thoroughfare,
which, as capt. Barney says, extends from
saltwater to Minneapolis, is having the
effect of attracting people out
there, so that one sees each day
one house after another extended
further and further out towards the fort.
and it will not be long, at the present rate
of building, before all the space between
the Seven corners and the fort will be filled
up with thrifty and prosperous commu-
nifty. Some people who bought early out
there are now reaping golden harvest,
among these is William Dawson, who has
gold mine in the blue lime stone quarry.
COMPLAINT ABOUT HOUSES.
The complaint about the lack of mod
crate priced houses to rent is an old one,
and most people will think they are tired
of hearing about it. Still it is a trouble
we always have with US, and though old, is
just as inconvenient. This inconvenience.
however, is about to be remedied in some
degree. Several lumbermen and one or
two capitalists have been here recently in
Vestigating the matter and making calcu-
lations. They have come to the conclusion
that they can buy tracts of land here, and
place upon them dwelling houses of small
size which they can rent at remunera-
tive prices, and sell at good
profit. If these gentlemen carry out their
plans as they propose to, they will do
much to aid in the growth of st. Paul. It
is we'll known fact that we have lost
many hundreds of people who came here
to stay but were compelled to go elsewhere
for the simple reason that they could not
get rents to accommodate them and were
thus actually driven out of town. During
the past week rather more disposition has
been manifested than usual to secure
building lots and large proportion of the
inquiries have been directed to this class
of property.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Over two thousand buildings are beng
constructed in st. Paul.
The Davidson block on the northeast
corner of Fourth and Cedar streets, is up
to the second story.
The walls of the new Opera house are
going up very rapidly, and The blasting
out of the stone is about completed.
F. B. Jilson has bought of Mr. William
Dawson an undivided half interest in the
Fairview addition, located out near Rices
second addition in the north part of town.
The Record,
The following is the record of the weeks
transactions as they appear on the books
of the register of deeds: