St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-15
REAL ESTATE IN ST. PAUL,
1t Still Continues to Improve. With q
Promise OF Large Sales and an
Active Season.
West st. Paul and Dayton's Bluff Coming to
the Front-Half-Hou Trains from
st. Paul to Minneapolis.
A Big Offer for Thirty-eieht Acres Mean
Hamline Refused-Lumber Firms
Looking for Locations Here.

As the season advances the real estate
market continues to show decided improve
ment all around and sales multiply. Most
of the sales during the week have been for
moderate amounts, but there has been
good many of them, and all the indications
point to a very active season. Property
around Hamline aud all along in that
vicinity is in very active demand. Mrs.
Hewitt, who owns very desirable tract OF
thirty-eight acres just north of Hamline, adj
joining Como park, near the st. Paul and
Northern Pacific Improvements, and directly
opposite the new state fair grounds, has
refused an offer of $4,000 for it.
This is but one of the indications OF
the value of property in that locality. The
fact that the st. Paul 81 Northern Pacific road
is to put in 81, 900, 900 of Improvements is
attracting special attention to property in
that vicinity. Besides what the railroad
is doing not less than one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars will be expended by the
state fair people and the railroads in prepar-
ing the fair grounds for occupancy next fall.
That part of the city will present very active
appearance this summer and the attention
of purchasers Of real estate will continue to
be attracted to it.
LUMBER FIRMS.
During the week not less than three well.
known and extensive lumber firms from
Wisconsin have been in the city examining
various tracts of land with view of locating
in st. Paul. They recognize this as an ex-
ceedingly attractive and desirable point from
which to send out lumber. They have not
succeeded yet in fixing upon the locations,
but have looked at number of tracts and
will probably fix upon such as are the most
suitable in their estimation. Just what they
have looked at neither they nor the real estate
men will disclose, but that they will locate in
ST. Paul is settled. They are also selecting
sites for dwelling houses, and before the
summer is ended they will have become per-
manent residents of St. Panl.
SAMPLE OF VALUES.
1t is well understood that the price of real
estate in st. Paul is lower than in any other
city in the Union of the same size. The
people of St. Paul have very conservative
idea of the value of real property, and are not
disposed to exaggerate. AS an example at
tention is called to several sales made during
the week by Messrs. A. B. Wilgus s. Bro.
who disposed of the following among other
pieces: Block 8, Arlington hills,
for $4,000; S. feet on Fairfield:
avenue in West st. Paul TO:
S., 800 cash; 60 feet on the corner of Maple
and Sixth streets for 81 400; 2 lots on the
corner of Seventh and Reaney streets for
$3.50; 107 feet on East Seventh street for
81, 500; lots in Edwin Deans second addi-
ton for 81, 500; 100 feet on the corner OF
West st. Paul levee and Moses street for
$1,000; SO feet on Fillmore avenue near
Hyde avepue for $3.50; 100 feet corner Of
Cambridge and Concord street for 81, 400; 5
lots in Morrison's addition for $4,000; lots
and 10, block 5, Hitchcocks addition, for
5000. Mr.. George Wirth has bought of D.
s. B. John stou so feet on Dayton avenue
for $4,000. Arthur Rogers has torn down
the stone building on the northwest corner
of Seventh and Cedar streets, preparatory to
erecting block with go feet on Seventh
street. --r~~