Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-01
8GAl RsfATg REVIEW.

ant, to chill, cloud, rain and mud, the
coalition of the real estate market last
week vas Iess fsvexish and active than
the week before. There vas, however,
. good deal Of quiet inquiry, and sort
of getting ready for . return Of the
feeling governing the market prior ~
tho change before referred to. Quite .
number Of very pretty transactions
were made, the largest Of which was
the purchase by PamphTey d Lowman
Of 30 BY LOO fest on Front street for
$1,000.
About q month ago p. q. Lewis
bought tho two lots on the northeast
corner Of Spring and Tenth streets for
tl700. He sold thorn during the past
week to Il. D. Atridee for $500. A
profit Of very nearly 80 per csnt. in .
single month on 20 large q sale IL not 10
DO sneezed at. The lots axe fine ones,
aud 5000 w0sld not get them from
their present owner.
w. b. BENJAMIN sold his place on the
Madison street road, mile and three
quarters from the Post building, last
week. He paid for it $500 on the 10th
Of juno, 1881, and it, sale brought him
32775. Z. A. Turner 10 it, present own
or.
Twenty-Five hundred dollars woe Of
fsfed and refused for two lots on Tenth
street that were bought BY their present
owner in August, 1881, for ESQ.
The work of excavation for the new
brick building Of G. p. Stone d Co. will
begin next week. The Rowe bailding,
which 1t will displace, will be moved
back; the Andersen paint shop will be
torn out, ana the old Infefffyencer build
ing vii O. moved up alongside the
ns rss q cnyoos H9cer O.. a n.
.. nuo a.i' ~ n w, ". -. ccots 20.
o osn.... o.o0.s sm sseu. a'ogcaae
ptoaaL0 ~ Wa 9Fos"y "oo 70
'u H. p% 49,. =. Dwh
-. auu TIE ~ " ooss.oe PsoPesy
.opso u ~ no5 We 10y ~oo1 Va sne
; WnIn.1 ~ 10 scsss Q! !ano 81 LAKE
SMn sD p ..u" ...1asnssa q neo.es
t"ss Du1s IN s 20 oonS u0o ConAo-
ss oelnK vo<,o @ $3.50 more
suau LUZ Ptopos'y wa ouoseo Iof tnf0e
nq ~n.:s aeO.
80 so: S ~ ~ eIcas oemano. ana
.oass toI :s. usM. A. many houses are
Doang Ooils =, msteflais Ios tnoar c0n-
s.t1 m can % oosa,ned. IN one block
On On cn . ssIeSs no Iee; snan nve large
svo-story rc0oences 40 being construct
%. ana We learn they wore all engaged
DsIolG sne iounoasions were LAID, ono OF
snem uavin9 oeen leased Tor hve years.
~ ns mons1;y 1 n S o. ~ -.
the two upper flats Of their contemplate
% Du H. % ~. saos1e Of 6scramen-
20 % Nv Per month. In order TO Sc
cuts tne lease ar. Aorae paid six
= n rent ~ advance. Inc question
~ asHoo evety Gay. and has not yet
Desn sas'.staotoEily answered, Why some
oI SeGssles neavy property owners do
nos onow some enterprise and erect
oe1a9inR. iot tne accommodation OF the
psople VINO are anxious to settle here.
Insie surely = no better paying invest
ment ior capital. and those who have
Deen MADE ricn by strangers coming
mere, owe y 70 themselves ~ veil as to
the poohc TO DO something in this line.
Ine resldence which Col. @. O. Hal
lel - ABOUT 20 erect Wall snrpaas In ele-
eanoe any dwelling house In the Terri
sosy, ana 10 COST and size will 10 equal
led 0y put few. II will be erected upon
q grand block owned By the Colonel on
tue summit OF the bill, between Cherry
ana James. and Twelfth and Thir.
seenth streets:
Report has Il that tho long talked Of
res.dance OF James 4oNau9ht will also
q built during the current year, and
t1as ~ oose will b in The nsiRhborho0d
OF 4OsUU.
Noe only dos tho number Of nov
houses In construction hsre commend
lsseN 20 seranRen. bat the superior