Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-14
REAL ESTATE.
AEFNCREISING DEM IND FOR PROP
ERYT For I3TPhOFBHENT.

The general condition of ths real estEte
market for the past week may be said to
have been rather quiet. Though there
were a good many inquiries the actual
transactions were not as numerous as on
some former weeks. Still take the week
for all in all, it must be admitted that the
volume Of business has not diminished to
any perceptjble degree. The weather has
bsea cold and raw and to that extent IN
favorable, but ON the whole there is not
nsch difference between one week and
anetber. The truth is there is good deal
OF anxiety to get hold of st. Paul property
and yet there IS a determination to make
jUdicious purchases ard at judicious prices.
The consequence is the market is held pref
ty level and TO wild uniustifable crazy
headed flights are to be recorded. The
general tendency of prices, under these cir
cumstanc9s is naturally upward and the
market is in this way rendered more stable
and solid.
THE TROUBLE ABOUT HOUSES.
During the whole season there has been
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houses to rent for prices ranging from $12
to So. The wait of such houses has been
vozy incoEvenient and is so even
to the present time. Still it
must be admitted that the difficulty has
been partially remedied by the chances
that poor men have had offered to them
b. real estate dealers to build their own
houses and by some building and loan
associations who erect houses and sell the
lsts and houses on small ms ally pay
me.lts. A short time ago MessIs. Bacon &
Stone opened up what they call Oakville
PARK, tract of land north Of Arlington
Hills, and within reasonable distance of
the Harvester works, Nelson's lumber yard
and Seventh street. The lots in this addi-
ton were rut at such reasonable prices
that poor men we're able to buy lots and
put up sIasl hoaaa=. The consequence is
that the whole .racl il Deicg covered with
dwellings erected b. this class of people.
S. IEa DAVIS
reports active inquiry and several pur-
caases. The Iaa7irF ) mostly for proper
ty for imprC fsr-. e, either fer business OF
residence.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
~ this season of the year it is always
expected that there will be more Or less
public Improvements in city like ST
Paul. The people Of this city have coca
sion to know that in the matter of public
improvements st. Paul takes second posi-
ton to no city in the world of her size
Too many of her people have received
fGOm the city treasurer invitations to cal
at his office and pay their assessments. The
popularity of ara assessment is it leaves g
kind of scar behind, which always remains
as q kind Of unpleasant reminder OF dis
agreeable episode in ones existence. It is
Ike boil or q felon, painful and dis
agreeable while ripening, and when cured
cured only in way to leave disfgure-
E2ent that is an unpleasant reminder. But
as boils and felons are natural and neces-
sary to growing human beings, 80 are as
sessments, to a growing, thriving city, like
st. Paul. They come like the gentle show
eEs from heaven, upon the just and unjust
all over the city and they cause everybody
all parts of the city, are being .oru NJ for
sewers, or water, or gas. Tha street yGll-
way also takes hand in the general ripp-
'ae md tearing; and the street paving which
Inns aized hold of the minds of our people is
also caasing the citizens to vince, especially
as with granite curbing it costs over ST.
per front foot, or over Sc per front foot on
each side. At the present time the city
of st. Paul is engaged in an immense
amount of public Improvements, all OF
which will be a benefit to thecommunity.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The walls for the new opera house are
going up as rapidly as men can crowd the
work.
Summit avenue, out beyond the Wann
residence, is receiving the attention of
builders, and foundations are being dug
out there.
Herzog's stone block on the corner of
Fourth and St. Peter streets, is up to
the third story.
c. A. Fuller is about to erect $4,000
residence on Lincoln avenue.
Mr. H. G. Burbank will erect fine resi-
dence on Holly avenue.
The people on Dayton's bluff are looking
forward impatiently for the Seventh street
fill and for the Third street bridge to be
finished. When these two public improve
rnents are completed, the property on the
bluff will readily denote the improvement
in prices, which will be plainly precepti-
BILE.
R. 4. Smith has picked up 100 feet
frontage on Summit avenue.
Ii. Thurston has captured six lots on
Grand avenue for $4,000.
The boulevard is going right along.
NJ. Smith Peabody has bought the old
Bowen residence on Maria avenue for
$4,000.
Commodore Davi6son's block and James
H. Davidson's block, adjoining, are going
up rapidly. At the present time both are
up to the second story.
Business Troubles.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, May 12.-The Mullanphy
Planning Mill company which has beer
embarrassed for some time, called a meet
ing of creditors to arrange terms of com
promise. The liabilities are $4,000; assets
oofi taI 90 C1nc