St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-28

the lower floor. The extra width Of this
building will make it a most desirable one
for mercantile use. It is not as yet rented.
The second floor viii be fitted up as q suite
of apartments for office or domestic use.
This building is also ready for the super
struction and is estimated to cost 81, 200;
and will be ready for use June 18th.
Across the way adjoining the Cold storage
building recently sold by him to w. B. Strait
& Co., w. T. Mills has begun the erection OF
a two story brick block with stone basement
22x80 feet. The first floor to be occupied by
himself and the second floor rented for a
term Of years to Galley the photographer.
The street floor will have a splendid French
plate glass front and the building will be a
very fine one, costing about 50, 700. Excava-
ton has been begun and it will be completed
about July 1st.
On the corner Of Front and Cherry J. A.
Lewis is erecting a brick two story block with
stone basement 22xS3, the foundation walls
Of which are well under way. 1t is to be
completed July 1st, and is for rent. The
lower floor viii make one Of the finest bust
ness location in Mankato for bust
ness purposes. The second floor
Will be divided into suites OF
apartments for offices or residences. The To-
cation of this block will secure its immediate
rental. 1t will cost, completed, 81, 900.
In block 10 the First National bank have
begun the erection of the second section of
their block, which is to be 22xS0 feet, two
stories and basement. The first floor is to
be a stOreroom, not rented as yet, while the
second floor is to be apartments or offices
generally rented now by the Standard Ce-
ment company and others. The excavation
is about completed, and the building will be
ready for use about July 1, costing about
$3.50. The store will be one of the best in
the city, and wont go begging long.
Adjoining the City Bank, w. F. Liedloff,
the harness maker, has submitted plans in
conjunction with the bank peyple for the
erection OF an addition to his and the bank
building to be 22x25 for Liedloff, and 12x25
for the bank people, two-story brick and
store basement. Bids are to be opened for
this on May 5.
The building of John Klein, just off of
Front street on Jackson, began last fall, a
two-story brick, is to be completed soon and
occupied by ?. H. Canny as a wholesale
liquor house. 1t is 30x100 feet and is to cost
$4,000.
The large double store, 50x1O0, two storys
brick, and stone basement, adjoining City
hall on Front street, being built by John f.
Meaghan, is ready for the supe~rstructure.
This is to be the best built block in Mankato
and is hard to beat anywhere. The founda-
ton is extremely well made, and the base
ment walls are Of an extra thickness. Add
to this the fact that its rear door is less than
100 feet from the side tracks Of the Chicago,
Milwaukee 81 st. Paul railroad, and the
adaptability OF this block for wholesale pur-
poses is most apparent. This block is to be
completed by July 1st, and will cost S15,-
600. 1t is to have a front of st. Louis
pressed brick and French plate glass, and is
available for any first class house who de-
sires to establish a wholesale business in a
city which possesses the best advantages for
business of any point in the United States.
The new building Of Wagon Bros, 24xS0,
has been begun, the excavation having been
completed and material on the ground. 1t
is to be completed in July, and will cost
50, 500. 1t is to be two stories of brick and
stone basement and will be occupied as
butcher shop first floor, and residence second
floor by themselves.
Mr.. j. Kron will enlarge the building
now occupied as the Empire shoe store by a
two story brick and stone basement addition
24x40 feet, which will cost 81, 700, and will
be completed June Is. The first story walls
being already up.
The number of brick and wood residences
under process Of construction is beyond
computation in a single days work, but can
be said to be the largest ever made in one day
in the city. No place in Minnesota has
ever had fairer prospect than Mankato is en-
joying at present and the best of it all is she
has real solid backing. None of it is fictitious
but a genuine, warranted growth, and its
limit is beyond computation.