St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-15
Notwithstanding it is the Middle of No
vembsr the Real Estate Market is
as Firm as Ever.
This Will Undoubtedly be the Largest
Year We Have Ever Had in the
City of st. Paul.
Wonderful Effect upon Robert Street
OF the Building of the MagniA-
cent Hotel Ryan.
The Catholics of ST. Paul Taking steps
to Establish in our Midst a
Musical College.
The Record.

value of the sales has been far IN excess OF
what was ever before witnessed during
similar period The average each week has
been large and well maintained. and from
present indications, based upon the demand
for property. the presence of very large
amounts of capital here ready for invest
ment in real estate in st. Paul, the appar-
ent ease with which large deals are closed,
together with the great number of good lots
and improvements that are expected to cul-
inmate in trades, give every indication that
there will be a continuation of an active
business during the remaining weeks of the
season of 1885. The real estate offices are
still filled with purchasers anxious for
good deals. Should the prospects referred
to be realized, the sales Of the year will eX>
coed the aggregate OF last year very largely.
A number of large deals are under way, but
the agents engaged in completing them
will not say anything about them. When
questioned about them they decline to
answer except to say they cannot speak III
regard to them at present
ROBERT STREET.
The influence exerted by the erection of
a prominent and costly structure upon one
of the principal streets i'll city can be seen
in what has been done on Robert street dur
ing the past year. Before the Ryan hotel
was built Robert street, though in the heart
of tn city. with a large population Oh each
side of it, was very much neglected.
Scar cely building Of any consequence was
ere cted on that wel-known thorOughfare
for years Here and there a dwelling house
Of Oderate cost was built, and that was
about all. a cheap pavement was put
down years ago, and was neglected. People
along the street, from time to time, tore up
the pavement to make connections with the
sewer, with water and with gas, and when
they restored the pavement it was
not half done. The consequence
was that the places where the
connections were made soon came to the
deep guIlies. and this gave the whole street
very rough and ragged appearance. At
times it was really unsafe to ride over it,
and all times unpleasant. The sidewalks
were irregular and about the worst in the
city, always excepting Minnesota street.
III the way from Second street to Fifteenth
that pleasant thoroughfare through the
center Of the city was repulsive, unpleas-
ant forbidding one. No business was done
on it of any consequence, except that trans
acted by the commission men who had
swarmed in there because they could get
cheaper rents there than they could any
where else. This, without exaggeratiOn,
was the situation of that street before the
Hotel Ryan project was started. AS soon
as that was limited at, Robert street
began to pick up its ears There was still,
sly hunt for property all along on it from
Third to Eighth, and especially in the vi
entity of Sixth and Seventh streets. Here
refusals were obtained of all the property
possible. While the hotel was in process
of construction everybody was
SEEKING TO SECURE LOTS
on that street. and prices of all real estate
on either side were very largely increased.
Now that it is completed it continues to
exert similar influence. One large brick
block has followed another till now that
street looks like business thoroughfare.
Thy syndicate has put up large brick
block Just below Sixth street. and in the
spring the whole space between Fifth and
Seventh streets will be filled up with
valuable business blocks. On the
corner of Jackson and Sixth the
elegant block known as The
Bank of Minnesota has been constructed
and is nearly completed. On the corner of
Eleventh and Robert Mr.. Alfred Dufrerre
has erected two large elegant, three-stOry
stores, facing on Robert. Next above him.
on the corner of Robert and Twelfth streets,
William Farber has nearly completed a
three-story brick block. On the northwest
corner of Robert and Twelfth street Henry
Snyder will erect similar three-story brick
with fifty feet front on Robert On the
west side of Robert, at the corner of Thir-
teenth street, Mr.. Uri l.. Lamprey contem-
plates erecting in the spring very extensive
buildings. This last proposed improvement
is. at present. in such an undetermined con-
dition us to the details that no very definite
information can be given in regard to it.
The improvements, it is understood. are not
to be confined to one block or two. but will
extend SO far as to include several struc-
lures. Central park, located between Bluff
and Thirteenth streets and Cedar and Rob-
ert, was the outgrowth of the Hotel Ryan
project.
THIS ELEGANT PARK,
as it will be when completed. is bound to
exert great influence in completing this
grand street. it is arranged on a novel
plan. The houses on Robert and Cedar
streets will all be erected in a peculiar
style, suitable to the location. and will face
on the park, which will be in the center.
The street is now paved from Third to
Seventh with what is called the Kerr pave
ment. which is far superior to any other in
st. Paul. 1t is as solid as the everlasting
hills, and, as all the sewer, gas and water
connections are made, it will not need to be
taken up unless some accident happens to
one or the other of these conveniences.
This is the present state of this street That
large part of these decided and perma-
nent Improvements are due to the Hotel
Ryan, there can be no doubt. This influence
extended good deal farther, and through
out more than half a mile in circumference
around that hotel are felt the influences of
that structure. Its most striking and no.
tieeable influence is observed more particu-
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NEW INSTITUTION.
The Catholics of st. Paul feel desire to
secure in some manner higher and more
cultivated scale of musical education, and
are about to lay the foundation of a musical
institute or school in this city. They have
not yet fully decided what the scope and
precise limit of it shall be, or upon what
basis it shall be conducted. The Catholic
people have long wished for an institute de-
voted exclusively to music, where the art
and science could be taught in their highest
branches. so as to include a complete and
perfect musical education. Music has been
taught very successfully at St. Joseph's
academy and elsewhere in the city, but
something more perfect and comprehensive
is desired. For this purpose Mr.. J. C.
Prendergast purchased the property on EX-
change street, known as the Judge Palmer
property, opposite the capitol. The title
will go to the convent of St. Agatha. and it
will be under the auspices of this convent
that the musical college will be established.
1t is possible that small part of the west
end OF the property on the corner of Waba-
sha and Tenth streets may be sold to
the French Catholic church.
Miscellaneous.
The Northwestern Lime companv. con-
sisting of Saunders & Mathews of ST. Paul,
Ormsby Lime company of Milwaukee: the
MaTblehead Lime company of Chicago. and