St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-21
REAL ESTATE ACTIVE.
Much Inquiry for Real Property All
Over the City. With a
Strong Feeling.
The Call Usually for Acres and for Lots
Near the Outskirts of
the City.
Money Continues to Come In for In
vestment--St. Paul Preferred to
Other Cities.
Boulevards--AnE Explanation of What
They are and Where They
Should Run.


sal estate market during the past week,
and altogether it can be said to have been a
good week with a strong market. Prices
on all property are strong and firm. A large
part of the transactions were for acre lotS
and city lots on the outskirts suitable lor
building. The sales for speculative puF-
poses were exceedingly limited. People Oh
moderate means are now more than ever
driven to seek for homes near the city
limits. The necessity for public improve
ments and the yigor with which they are
pressed forward to completion by the city
authorities, aids in causing people OF mod
crate means to get out into the country, or
as near to it as circumstances will permit
Now that property has come to be so yalua-
BILE in West st. Paul, it is pretty difficult
for laborers TO secure cheap homes without
being compelled to go out farther than is
agreeable or convenient.
MONEY COMING IN.
Money still continues to come into st.
Paul for investment, and it is generally adj
mitted that there has never been so mucl
money here, ready for investment, as now.
A gentleman from the East was in one of
the real estate offices few days ago, and
said that he had been in business for a great
many years, and feeling the necessity of
taking some rest he determined to come
out West and look over the ground, and see
for himself if it was all that the publica-
tons had represented it to be. He had
visited New Orleans, Denver, Kansas City,
Omaha, Ashland, Duluth and other large
places, and had concluded that st. Paul
was the place that suited him the best for
business. Securities he regarded as safer
here than elsewhere and the city appeared
10 ha
and better town every way in which to
make money. With these views in his
mind, he at once directed the real estate
dealer to invest for him several large lots Of
money. This is but one example out Of
many that might be mentioned.
THE TATUM TRACT.
This tract of land is located just east of
the Minnesota Transfer grounds, and is a
very lovely piece of ground. 1t has been
surveyed, and is about ready to be placed
Oh the market. MesSrs. Fairchild & Son
are of the opinion that it will sell as
rapidly and for as good prices as Union
2nd Merriam property has.
West st. Paul is still the garden spot for
making money quick. Large amounts Of
property have changed hands over there,
and still their is much buying and selling
even now, with large margins.
The Midway district is the most popular,
and by all odds the most active and the
most promising district in the city. This
includes all that space between the two
cities. 1t is enough to surprise any one
who has not been out in that direction. 1t
Is building up with great rapidity near
Como, Hamline, Union and Merriam parks,
the transfer grounds, st. Anthony Park
and the fair grounds. Hundreds of build
I in nd 10 iC
fast filling up.
BOULEVARDS.
There is quite disposition in St. Paul
to introduce the system of boulevards, and
to explain what boulevard is and to make
Suggestions as to how and where they should
be run, the friends of the boulevard system
secured Mr.. Cleveland's presence here to
explain the matter at Market hall, in an in
teresting lecture on Friday evening. The
audience was not a large one, but it was
very much interested in what the lecturer
had to say. The discourse of Mr.. Cleve-
land will undoubtedly have a good effect.
In speaking of boulevardS, there are good
many who do not understand just what the
tenn means. A boulevard is a broad
avenue with driveways through it
ornamented with shade trees and
grass plots on the margins and
in the center. They are called parkways.
being designed to combine the healthful and
pleasant attractions of a park and the COM
mon uses of a street, driveway OF prone
made.
st. Paul cannot boast of single boule-
ward. Several have been projected and
mapped out, but none are opened or i'm
proved. The widest of these is University
avenue. extending almost in a straight line
from St. Paul to Minneapolis, passing
through very handsome forest portion
Of the way, and generally over level plain.
This is 125 feet wide and partially graded
Bill through. Next in Importance is Sum-
NIT avenue, extending from st. Paul to the
river and bridge, near Meeker's Landing,
and connecting with Minneapolis. This
also passes through forest short distance
from st. Paul, and runs through
section capable of very handsome
embellishments, and is also graded
about three miles from ST. Paul
Marshall avenue is at present only sixty
feet wide, but owners of property inter-
ested in it are moving to have it 100 feet
wide, and extend it to Minneapolis. 1t
can be made very handsome boulevard.
Como avenue is eighty feet wide as far as
Como. Trees have been set out on both
sides as far as Como lake, and the cost as
S6SSou Oh lll6 property U6ucultu.
Aid. Van Slyke, Cary /. Warren, who
own large interest at Como, and Messrs.
McClung, McMurran and Curry, who,
with Mr.. F. d. Hager. own
large interest in Como villas and sixty acres
between Como Park and the state fair
grounds, have been at work for several
months endeayoring to widen Como avenue
to width of 800 feet to Como, and extend
ing it 200 feet wide to the state fair
grounds.
The city and county authorities have Sc
lected the route dedicated by these gentle
men beyond Como, and if other property
owners will do their share and the city will
corporate, this avenue can be made a sue
cess.
After reaching the fair grounds Mr.. Hen
derson and the state fair people have agreed
to dedicate an avenue on the north line of
the fair ground to be extended through the
university farm, through tract of 101 acres
belonging to McClung, McMurran & Curry,
thence on a high ridge overlooking both
cities through $50 acres more belonging to
the same parties, and thence over the land
of Mr.. White to the Hennepin line where
the Minneapolis city council has just voted
to meet and join hands with st. Paul in
making this the broadcast and handsomest
boulevard between the cities and the direct
line OF Minneapolis to the state fair land
THE MINNEAPOLIS END.
Minneapolis, it is understood, obtained
authority to raise SO, 900 to open up and
grade an avenue to the Ramsey county line,
and this is the route they have finally Sc
lected. McClung and partners are willing
to give width of eighty feet for this drive
way, which can be made 200 feet wide if
the city or county will be equally liberal in,
providing the extra width, or grad
ing the avenue after receiving
the land free. Movements have been set
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