Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-22
ELIGIBLE BUILDING LOTS.
yu,,n sc,n,,ry wfrHis JHE LIMITS
,u.r.nr vosr DrsrRsHLF.
Tn, ,,..,u OF % Hant for u Coed Place on
v,,,, to uu,id. wiihi" the Hounds
nj, y,., aud walnut aud i,me and
water streets In This Cuy.

"Seo hero, young man, have something
for your PAPER" said finely dressed gentle
man to an lNrELIIdESCER reporter - some.
thing that ! know you will be pleased "a
publish aud something that will bo OF some
value To me-"
80, thank you," -aii tho reporter, "a shall
TO delighted To get an item; | have been
tramping all over town and find IL mighty
duh To day. Shall bo glad To receive any.
thing IN the way of news"
"i thought ~; and M YOU reporters havo
hard time IN getting In aud writing up the
news, have saved you the trouble IN this
case by writing 1t up myself. Here 1t ~:
gentleman ot fortune II dcsirous ot purchas.
Ing an cligihlo hnding lot In the central portion
oi the city, within the bounds ut VINE and W nj
nut aud Time aud water streets. Inquire at
thts Uflic"
"Thai advert tsenent will cost you 80 cents
for one Insertion, payable at the counter" 7"
said tho reporter.
"leS, yes but don't want IL ~ an ndvor-
tisement; want II ss II local.
casa local, the business manager will tax
you about - cents u line" said the reporter,
payable at the counter"
'Do you presume to say, young mau, that
the Lancaster INrELLIuESCER would charge
me, an old Democrat, for tho insertion OF "A
live local like tho abore""
"Iep."
~ lhtN, Ni'Ali SlNp your paper, anu
this very day will | vote Tor Reinnhl or
Weaver perhaps ior Stehman or SUNNY
possibly for both" and the gentleman OF
fortune stalk ed oil with becoming dignity.
The reporter, happening To remember that
the iNrELLIuENCER had been published
continuously since 1924, with AN excellent
chance uf lNiug until 1874, II not to gIil, was
not much alHucd about the stopping OF
the paper aud the consequent curtailnent
Oi his own prInccIy salary.
SO the young reporter reported tho matter
TO the ancient proprietor.
on are very right, young man. said
the proprietor, "in not giving a tree adVur.
tiseuent to the gentleman OF fortune but 1t
occurs to me that there ~ an increasing
scarcity (Sir) Of butlding lots in the area
dosCriutd ry the wealthy dead head, and
that there are many others Of our 10000
rcaiers who might like to know something
about the matter. \ uu III therefore look 1t
up and report al : u'rlork tomorrow morn.
ing"
The young reporter took hasiy look at
the city map from which II appeared there
were twenty Squares at streets north aud
south aud twenty more east and west vi thin
the prescribed area, Ia say nothing of sixteen
more IN tho alleys -hIiy-siN squares in all
making a distance OF seven miles. TO walk
that di-tture aud tD cnumerato and describe
all the variant lots along the tOrtuous route,
Ia eat a hnSty supper aud take hiS best girl To
the opera, To- do u littlo cOurting at the front
gate afterwards, Ia stop at the beer house
long ennugh to gulp down couple OF beers,
aud tu have the copy ready Tor the copy
heud- 10y o'clock IN the morning, was a
mere htpatello to the spry young reporter
TAEiNG \ CENSUS OF LOTS.
with nOte-book aud pencil he sailed forth.
He took in Centre Square at "A glance. Not
an inch ot vacant ground on IT, Tho iiaker
property III tho northeas. .agle might he i'm
provost 10y tearing 1t down and building it
up again, aud tho prauglcy property on tho
southeast corner looks rather Old ana shabby,
but neither uf these are for sale. Tho city
hall, Iahms corner and enc or two other
buildings in the square, including the Ne"
Era oihee, might he modcrniZcd, but the
searcher for building lots need not apply on
any ui these premises.
On South Queen street, between Centre
Square aud Vine street, there IL not a vacant
lot some fine improvements have recently
been msdo III this block. The INrELLIGES.
GER building, Marshall a Rengier's, OILERS,
I.oeb's tho Schaum buildings, are quite at
traclyc. The Fountain Inn and some of the
old dwellings might with profit be torn
down aud replaced with modern and conye-
nient cditccs. The Fountain Inn is one of
the Olde st in the city, occupies a line sito has
excellent stabling and for "a hundred years
has had an established trade. With a new
three or lOur-stury building in place OF the
old one, 1t would make South Queen street
" BOOM 1t IL Il good building lot; so is the
lot on the northwest corner OF South Queen
and Nnc on which is erected very old aud
shabby one story house, with the caves 40
near the pavement that "A stout boy might
swing himself upon the roof, and climbing
to the peak might slide safely down ~ II II
were "a tDb"ggHn.
ALoNU NORTH QUEEN SrKEEr.
Running up North Queen street from Cen
tire square to Walnut street the reporter
found not single vacant lot. Long ago the
first squares Of North Queen street were
filled with dwelling houses, and these from
time Ia time have been remodeled into stores
and shops. Within a few years past some
old buildings have been torn down and line
new ones erected on the sites. A. &. kspler's
large building il the latest and the largest
Tho Inquirer building is an ornament to the
block 80 II John Baers Sons building, the
Dilendertler building and a few others.
dozen others should be torn down and re-
placed with modern structures. Some of
them can be bought at from 500 To 500 per
front foot Somebody ought to buy the
Grape hotel or the Shober property and put
upa trst-cLaSs hotel. The sites are eligible,
aud either ot the properties can be bought
for $4,000 or less, or else Al, Welchans has
made mistake in assessing them.
In North Queen street above tho railroad
some old rattle.irap shanties have recently
been torn down and tine edihces put up.
The principal Oi these are the Schiller house,
the Girard house, the Northern National
bank, Gensemer's, aud Walters. Samuel
Gross and aud &. Liller have in course Of
erection two two-stCry bricks lust above the
railroad depot, where stood "A couple of old
fashioned dwellings built century ago.
There arc several more of tho same sort in
this block which should come down, notably
the Pennsy lrania treig lat depot and al Joining
cabins. The land along here il worth 500
loSlJO per front foot.
West Walnut street Is "A good deal cut up
by the railroads, and the market house.
Sener's lumber yards, and coal offices occupy
the entire northern side of Water street. On
the south side there are no buildings that
ought To remain long standing, except