St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-04

THE RYAN,s NEIGHBORS.
The Buildings Going Up i'm the Vicin-
ity Ofthe New Hotel.

THE RYANsS NEIGHBORS.
| The Buildings G. DING Up i'm the Vicin-
ity of the New Hotel.
The fact of the occupancy of Hotel Ryan
has attracted general attention TO the prop
erty around it, and good deal of curiosity
is expressed as TO whether any of the vacant
lots around it will be built upon this year.
There are not many of these vacant ones, as
will be easily discovered by an eXamina-
! ton of the diagram inserted herewith,
which shows the four blocks bounded by
Seventh street on the north. Fifth street on
the south, Jackson on the east and Mime
sofa on the west. The territory thus
bounded contains four blocks. and it will
be remembered by all those who are famil-
| lar with that section of the city
that there are but eight or ten
lots than can be built on, and that of this
number four or five are already oc-
cupied by frame buildings that rent readily
| for good prices, and that really there are but
three or four vacant lots on the four blocks.
| OF course. the lots referred 10. now that the
hotel is completed and occupied, have in
creased so i'm value that il will not pay 10
allow the frame buildings that now are on
them to remain there. These, of course,
must be removed to make room for struc-
! location. In other words the little frame
buildings that have served their day of use
fitness will be compelled TO retire TO make
| room for structures of a more imposing
style and character. OF course, the vacant
lots will be cOnered with four and five
story blocks.
WHERE WAS IT To BE?
When the matter of the erection of the
Ryan hotel ives under consideration. every
body was anxious TO find out where the
great building was 10 be erected, and all
sorts of watching the movements of those
having the matter in hand was reSOrted TO,
members of the committee were interviewed
and pumped and squeezed for the purpose
of obtaining valuable information as TO the
location so that the outsiders could get a
chance TO buy adjoining property before
the owners of il could know how valuable
il was. Some of the outsiders were sue
cessful. For long while the whole mat
| ter hung in doubt. Two or three places
were held under consideration. In the
mean time certain parties were Fastening
| to buy up all the real estate they could get
hold of in the vicinity of the present hotel.
| Subsequently il was announced that the
hotel was to be located on the block be-
| tween Sixth and Seventh streets and
Jackson and Robert. Then the peo-
pie who had sold at a moderate
price, without knowing anything as to
where the hotel was TO be located, said they
had made a mistake, and felt very much
disguised. There was no help, though, and
they submitted. Nearly all the available
property around the hotel is in the hands of
business men who will not allow il TO lie
| idle. The only question is as TO when and
how they shall build, and it must be admit
! tod tbot II il a rrattv diffipult unattpr IN do
| termine.
| NOT QUITE DECIDED.
Mr.. Dennis Ryan, who built the new no
| tel, was Intercepted yesterday afternoon
as to what he proposed to do about building
upon the north part of the block on which
the hotel is located. All this property, eX-
tending from the hotel to Seventh
street. and from Robert TO the rear
of Aliens drug store, belongs to Mr..
| Ryan. and he feels the necessity of doing
something with il. He is in doubt. though,
| Just what is best. One of two things will
be done. lie Will either build five-stOry
block covering the whole Seventh street
front. or he viii construct three-story
block; one or the other will be started
within a few days. Mr.. Ryan says that he
does not think four or five-stOTy building
would pay, as it would require an elevator,
|
| He said he was considering whether
! to limit himself to a three-story structure,
with walls built strong enough To support
an addition of two STORIES and add them
hereafter, or at once TO erect five-stOry
block and leave the two upper stories un-
finished until they are wanted. At any
rate. whichever he determined to to. the
foundation walls, he said. would be COM
menced Immediately and the work would
be pressed forward as rapidly as possible
! When this structure is completed the whole
block will be covered.
THE OTHER PARTIES.
Mr.. Edward Langevin owns the south
east corner of Robert and Fifth streets
! This corner is covered with two-story
frame building. occupied below BY two
cheap stores, where small articles and pa
pers are sold. 1t is doubtful if Mr. LANCE
| vim would tear the frame structure down
this year for the purpose OF erecting a new
and costly block. He might do il next
year. When asked about the matter YES
terday Mr.. Langevin said that If ne could
borrow the money at per cent. he would
go right TO work at once. 4 moneyed gem
tleman offered him all the money he wanted
for that purpose at 6 per cent, but this Mr..
| Langeyin declined to accept. In the rear
| of Mr.. Langeyin, on Sixth street, the st.
! Paul syndicate owns siXty-fOOt lot, which
will probably be built on next year. Judge
! Flandrau owns the next fifty feet east and
will not build this year. The st. Paul
| syndicate owns the lot next east and will
not build tillnext year. From that point to
jackson is 10 be occupied by the Bank of
! Minnesota.
Commencing at the corner of Fifth and
Robert street at the corner of the block on
| the west side of Robert street, Mt. Will
lam Dawson occupies the first fifty feet on
Robert with brick block. The next fifty
feet north is owned by the St Paul Real
/ Estate Improvement company. The next
/ by Peter Seims, and the next by Mr.. Schur-
meier. Neither of these three will be built
upon this year. but next year all three lots
will be covered with business blocks. The
next lot north, and next 10 the chamber of
! commerce building, is owned by Mrs. Vim
cent, and il is understood that she does not
| intend TO build, so that before ii is i'm
| proved some enc will have to buy it of her
Commencing with the corner of Robert
and Sixth streets, the first seventy-five feet
! on Robert, opposite the hotel, the ST. Pau