St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-04

financial state, and through his liberality has
won the reputation Of being the most pub
lie spirited man in Milwaukee. Mr.. Plan
kinton has been twice married. His first
wife was Elizabeth Brackein, of Delaware,
Mr.. Planknton's native state. She died in
1872. In 1875 Mr.. Plankitton married Miss
Anna Bradford, of Milwaukee. He has two
children living, William, who is interested
in business with his father, and one daugh-
ter, Elizabeth Ann Plankinton.
SPREADING OUT.
Milwaukee has spread out in a remarkable
manner during the past three years. The
purchase of acre property and its sale in new
plats has been a craze, and good deal Of
money has been made by real estate specu-
lators. The strongest growth has been in the
northwest where the plattings extend beyond
the shooting park on Third street, and across,
the track Of the ':cut off, connecting the.
railway lines from the north with the Me-
nominee Valley system. Small houses by
the score now cover a district that several
years ago was occupied by grazing cattle.
la the west plattings have been made to the
Menominee Valley and south of Grand ave-
nue. beyond Thirty-fourth street, along the
cago, Milwaukee q St. Paul railway. On the
south side lot peddlers are selling plats away
beyond Bay View, and along National ave
nue., towards the Soldiers Homey plattihgst
have been made to such an extent that att
tile present rate of eneroaehment on acre
property, the Home grounds will soon be-
reached In the far southwest real estate
dealers are nearing Forest Home cemetery,
the Polish settlement on the east having
pushed its borders long way south of For
est Home avenue. The house Of correction
is now in thickly-settled Polish neighbor-
hood, and fine brick church is being built
at point southeast of it. A movement is
now being made by the east side towards
WhltetSh Bay, on what is com monty termed
North Point Two years ago a party of
young spectators purchased large tract
near the river just north of North street,
and ''boomedn it so vigorously that Others
followed in their PATH and now the whole
point has been plated. The boom has af-
feeted property away out to Whitefsh Bay,
where summer residence property in acre
tracts has been sold Through the ihfu
ence Of land sellers, the east side street car
line is being extended to North street, and
II promised bouus is forthcoming the car
company will push its lines to Bradford
street, as far north as st. Mary's hospital.
Parties interested in, property further north
are aggitating the construction of dummy
line to Whitefish Bay to open up property
more fully in that vicinity. Several meetings
have been held and another is an event of
the near future, to hear the report of a com.
mittee which is counting the cost The ex-
tension OF the street car lines on a "dummyp
road would help growth wonderfully, but 4
property will not go with the shot cake''
rapidty that characterized sales in the north
western portion of the city, as the prices
asked are fully double those extant in the
section named 1t is good property, and is
probably worth the money asked, but small
investors will not take hold so readily. First
payments will seem small and the mortgages
too heavy for them. But the property will
get into the hands of more able purchasers
and improvements will probably be of a
more desirable character.
SHORT ENDS.
Lindsey Webb has resigned his position as
of the Seventh district school, and
will hereafter act as special agent of the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance com
panYs
Portions of the monument to be erected at
Forest Home cemetery, over the victims OF
the Newhall house fire, there buried, have ar
rived from Round Pond, near Damariscotta,
Maine. and the memorial stone will soon be
in position. 1t will weigh in its entirety
about thirty-fve tons.
Yesterday DR.. Mcbride gave up his posi-
ton as superintendent of the county insane
asylum, In order to devote his attention to
the construction of the new private asylum,
which is to be conducted by him. The en-
ployes of the county asylum gave him
gold-headed cane and silver inkstand. To
his sister. Mrs. N e. Morse, matron of the
asylum, they gave silver water service of
four pieces.
The board of aldermen will go to Ashland
ON an excursion next week.
German soldiers, who did service in the
old country, will hold a grand celebration in
garden from the 10th to the 18th
inst5. CESAR.