St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-27
Illustrated by the Steadily Active
Demand for Residence
Property,
By the Immense Number of Dwellings
In Process Of Erection and
Under Contract,
And by the Overflow of Population and In
provement Into all the Sub
urbs.
Mention of Few of the Notable Bust
ness and Residence Blocks Now
Under Way.
Real Estate Transfers During the Week
as ShOlC1l by Wd1rdntee Deeds
Filed.

FtteU.
The real estate market during the week
has shown no noticeable change, and keeps
steadily along with good sales, and more in
quiry, especially for residence property
which is in very active demand. This Is
principally due to the large increase of pop
ulation that is coming in from all quarters.
1t is predicted by those who have sufficient
ability and experience to judge that the num-
Der of dwellings houses erected in st. Paul
during the present year will be twice as large
as the number erected last year. Founda-
tons are going in rapidly, for these struc-
lures, and the architects are all busy prepar-
ing plans and specifications for builders, and
the utmost activity prevails everywhere,
These residences are extending out to the
vicinity of the old fair grounds, Mer-
riam park, the Minnesota transfer,
clear up Seventh street, formerly Fort, to-
wards Fort Smelling, north beyond Oakland
cemetery around east to Posts Siding, and be-
You'd the harvester works. In West st. Paul
the building mania has extended south lar
enough to reach the top of the highest point
miles away from the river. The city is be-
ing encircled by these residences and blocks
of business houses that are spreading out in
every direction as far as the eye can see
THE MATTER OF RENTS.
This subject is one that has often been
spoken of, and from present appearances it
will have to be referred to good many
times more before the cause of complaint
will be removed, if it ever is removed at all.
1t is one great misfortune that st.
Paul has to contend with. For years
there has been lack of houses
with which to accommodate the demands of
our increasing population. Rents for dwell
ing houses are too high. Of course this is
owing to the scarcity of this class Of bnild-
ings, and the trouble never will be remedied
till some organized, systematic effort is made
to erect sufficient number of buildings each
year to release the pressure.
BUILDING GENERALLY.
Building throughout the city, speaking gen
orally, is progressing with great rapidity and
all the workmen that can be secured are kept
busy The Drake block and the two adjoining
1t on lower Third street constitute scene of
great activity and the structures upon which
work has been carried on for several months
are beginning to show something of what
their appearance is to be when they are COM
pleted.
The Drake 81 Wilder block on Fourth street
is gradually coming up. A part
of the walls are up considerably
above the surface of the street, but
excavation is not fully completed for the
other. This, however, is being hurried for
ward as rapidly as possible and it will not be
long before the foundations for this part OF
the structure will be in.
On lower Seventh street half a dozen or
more large blocks are being erected, and are
in different stages of construction. The
whole of that street is being built upon very
freely, both above and below the Seven
corners. With the street railway being laid
upon it, and the many large blocks that are
being built upon both sides, that great thor
oughfare is very busy place indeed.
Work has been commenced on the great
hotel on the corner of Robert and Sixth
streets, and small army of men are engag
ed upon it, putting in the foundations.
Excavating for the new Chamber of COM
merce building on the southwest corner of
Robert and Sixth streets has been commenc-
ed.
Work on the Sherman block on the south
west corner of Wabashaw and Ninth streets
is going on very satisfactorily. The founda-
tions are nearly completed and good deal
of activity is observable all about the block.
The six-story block of Commodore David
son, on Fourth street adjoining the Opera
house, and the six-story double block belong
ing to Commodore Davidson and James II.
Davidson, on the corner of Fourth and
Cedar streets, are being finished up. The
brick work was completed last winter but
work on the interior was left for the opening
of spring.
Work on the old opera house, that is the
remodeling of it, is progressing. The stone
building next south of the old opera house
has been torn down to make room for six
story structure, and men are now engaged
blasting out the stone in the basement so as
to put in the foundation for the new build
ing.
Mr.. Timothy Reardon is preparing the
foundations for block consisting of three
dwelling houses on Fifteenth street, near
jackson. 1t will be of brick, three stories,
with basement, and will cost $4,000. Last
winter he had the brick hauled to the spot,
and expected to have had the block well I'M
der way by this time. He subsequently con-
near Robert, and as it was impossible to get
the brick for the warehouse in time, he con-
Guided to let the dwelling houses wait, and
removed the brick to the Ninth street, and
will put them into the warehouse.
| DR.. Stamm has purchased the lot on Oak
south of lot six, block eighty-six, Irvine's ad-
dition, for SIS, 600, and will improve the same
| by erecting thereon handsome residence.
John T. Young, of the firm of Breen &
Young, has purchased twenty-thrce feet on
! West Third street between Franklin and Elk
change, paying for the same 81, 700. This is
a trife over 5000 per front foot, price that
has not been equaled for property in that
locality for thirty years. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Young will improve it Immediately
| Workmen were engaged on "Wednesday
last and so continued through the remainder
of the week making sewer connections witt
| the Seventh street sewer on the corner O.
Seventh and Cedar streets, for the syndicate
block that is to be erected there. Three con
nections are being made and the pavemen
was torn up for each connection for space
of about ten feet aside to the center of thu
street. The street railway will soon be along
there when it will be torn up again, and 81
the poor pavement will catch it from one enc
of the street to the other, and in few years
will be but little better than the old blocl