St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-15
To Be Concluded Oldest Real
Estate Dealer in the City,
Fl. s. Fairchild.
President Upham and Cashier Mon
fort, Representatives OF
Our Banks.
Five Per Cent. Per Month"; NJ unger
and His Remarkable Musical
Abilities.
copyrighted by T. NJ. Newson.

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In book form some time, 1 hope, before
| Christmas. 1855. T. NJ. NEwSON.
THE RISE OF REAL ESTATE.
have from time to time shown the rise
in real estate in this city in the following
way: Have given the price of what an old
settler paid for property, say twenty years
ago, and what the same property is worth
now. 1t does not necessarily follow that
the old settler who once owned the prop
erty should own it now. In nine cases out
OF ten the old settler has no property at all
but the real estate he once owned has
gone up in price just the same; so that
the object in making these comparisons
is not to exalt the old settler financially q
wish could), but to show the growth Of
the city through the constant rise of its real
estate. If it is fact that | or anybody
else bought lot on Third street in 1854
and paid $500 for it. and it is now bona
| fidely worth $50. 900, no matter who at
present owns it. that fact shows there Must
have been some cause for the rise of this
property during these twenty years, and
this cold fact, put in composition type, is
doing a great deal to inspire confidence in
the growth of our city. If this is not a
| fact, let somebody refute it now. But
they can't do it. because it's true, and as
truth must go down into history.
H. S. FAIRCHLD..
| No more familiar face to the old settlers
can be found upon the street than that of
FL. S. Fairchild and he takes the cake'' as
tina Oldest real-estate dealer in the city or
the state. He is mediuml-siZed man, with
healthy, ruddy complexion, self-possessed,
moderate in his movements, persistent,
wide-awake energetic, public spirited. lib
eral to his relatives. Industrious and during
his career here has seen adversely and pros
perity; indeed he mas swung clean round
the circle and is now on the top rim of the
ladder. He is a man of earnest labor, some
| what of a sangu'ne temperament, and yet
is governed by reason and facts. Napoleon,
| walking in the garden of the Tuileries,
communicated to his favorite marshal in
formation that he intended to fight the bat
| tie of the Bridge of Lodi. "Oh. don't do
that" said his marshal, ''you will failr'
1t was midday and the sun was shining
| brightly. do you see that starr" asked
Napoleon, pointing upward. No" re-
| sponded the marshal, looking toward the
sky. Il do" remarked the great general.
| In real estate Fairchild can see a star where
| nobody else can, and what is more. he gen.
| orally sees clearly, so that there is striking
| resemblance between the two celebrated
generals-one, the arbiter of men and
| nations, the other the arbiter of broad acres
| and corner lots.
WHEN AND WHERE BORN.
He was born in Ohio in 1926;
| received all academic education, and after
| graduating, taught in the Lebanon and
| Wayrenville academies; went TO Mississippi
| in 1S47 and taught school there; in 1852
entered into merchandising at Brandon
Wis.,, and continued in it up to 1857, when
| he came to St. Paul; opened real estate
Office on Jackson street, opposite the old
| International hotel. twenty EIGHT years ago:
| soon after entered the Office of Smith &
| Gilman, and dealt in real estate; read law
with them and was admitted to the bar;
formed partnership with Mr. Pease
| and the firm took an office On Robert street,
near John Rogers hotel; moved to the
McClung block and Event it alone'' in a
real-estate and auction business and did
the same in Rogers block; then moved to
the corner of Fourth and Robert streets
(Whicher's old place remodeled). where he
dealt in real estate, and carried on an auc-
ton and dry goods business; was burned
out in 1861; took room in the Fire and
Marine building, and dealt in real estate
exclusively; went into the Pierce block
ouu llOiu thClO lCiIONCu W lIt
corner of Jackson and Fourth Streets
and then to the Chamber of Commerce
building corner of Sixth and Robert streets,
where he now is. Mr.. Fairchild has been for
some time and now is a member of the
chamber of commerce. has held no pOliCica
Office, though importuned to do so, and has
been in the real-eState business continu-
ously twenty eight years, and is the only
one left of the many real-eState agents Off
1851 He ran OH the Republican ticket TO i,
probate judge, and also for the legislator e,
and, though beaten, he received the larges
party vote of any one on the ticket, and
could have had the nomination for almost
any local Office, but declined.
THE FIT. SMELLING BRIDGE.
He was the first to propose the erection
of the Fl. Smelling bridge; was one of the
commissioners, with John Nichols William
Lee and D. W. Ingersoll. to locate it, and
when the question was before the people
| for their approval, he ''took the stump
and argued the cause, and with success,
for the bridge was built.
THE Stair FAIR GROUNDS.
Mr.. Fairchild originated the idea of Civ
ing the poor farm of 21O acres to the State
Fair association for fair purposes, and after
working zealously for this measure he had
! the qualification of seeing the enterprise a
| success.
| In his investments in real estate he has
been very successful, especially in the vi
cinity of the harvester works, where he
| bought land for 500 per acre, which now
| commands from $500 to $1,000 per acre.
| Some year or so ago he purchased a hand
| some home on Summit avenue, where he
now resides, while he has a summer resort
on Lake Thoreau. three miles from the city.
| He is gentleman of pleasing address, well
posted in St. Paul real estate. prompt in
business matters, having unbounded faith
| in the growth and greatness of St. Paul,
and is quietly ''salting down" choice pieces
of land that must in the future make him
a rich man, which nobody will regret, for
| all will concede that Fairchild deserves it.
DANIEL W. HAND.
| A fine American gentleman, all of the
| olden times, is DR.. d. W. Hand He has
| splendid physique, courtly bearing, a
genial manner, stately presence and a
| charming way with him in the sick cham
| Der. AS man ard citizen he has few
superiors. Though little hard of hear
| ing, yet this does not initiate against the
excellent qualities which adorn one Of our
best citizens.
WHEN AND WHERE BORN.
DR.. Hand was born in New Jersey in
| 1884; he was well educated, studied medi-
cine with DR.. John Wiley and in 1856
graduated from the Medical College of
Pennsylvania; came to ST. Paul in 1851 and
Immediately commenced the practice of
his profession. entering into partnership
with DR.. Samuel Wiley; was assistant sur
geon in the First Minnesota regiment:
was promoted to brigade surgeon and
served until 1868; was special commits
sioner to investigate facts concerning the
introduction of yellow fever into New
berne, n. c., through the agency of Dr..
Blackburne: returned to st. Paul and re-