St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-08-29
ST. PAUL REAL ESTATE.
An Increased Demand for Good Residence
Property and Sales Good at
Top Prices.
Improvements That Are Under Way on
st. Anthony Hill and on Day
toms Bluff.
Summit Avenue Paving Has Begun--
miscellaneous Transfers of the
Past Week.
Record of Six Days In Real Estate and
Building - Notes of the
Market.
Many improvements.

Many improvements.
The unnaturally hot weather somewhat
affected real estate transactions last week,
yet Notwithstanding this and the prepara-
lions for thestate fair display, dealers were
fairly busy. The inquiry for good resi-
dence and desirable business property taa
been very active. While realty in all parts
OF the city is stronger and firmer than it has
been for a long time, prices have not adj
yanced except in special localities. In some
instances where additions have proved to be
very popular and where lots have sold
rapidly, proprietors have Withdrawn such
additions from market temporarily and in
other cases they have advanced the prices.
In no part of the city can real estate be
found offered for sale at less than its mar
ket value. Every owner of piece wants
the top price for it and will
not talk about anything less.
The holder of real estate is the
most independent parsonage in town. Few
citizens have any conception OF the magni-
tude OF our public improvements. Through
out an area OF six or eight miles square the
surface OF pretty much of the whole city
Is being torn up by the grading and paving
Oh streets, SeWerng, or something else. 1t
is almost impossible to name a street or
avenue upon which something is not being
done in the way of public Improvement
Ii one desires to go out to Midway he is
shut off from Summit, Dayton, Nelson,
Marshall and other avenues, so that he is
compelled to dodge around through Grand
avenue, or zig-Zag around through some
other avenue or through cross streets.
On Dayton's bluff the annoyance
and Inconvenience is equally as great The
w IJot 10
ing transformation. A small army of
men and teams, with plows and scrapers,
are at work grading streets and avenues.
That whole tract of land in a few weeks
will be so changed that it will be hardly
recognizable. The time has come when
the whole district around Hamlne must I'M
dergo change. 1t is beautifully located,
and nearer and more convenient than Mer-
riam Park, with equal and even superior
means of access. Heretofore it has been in
some respects neglected, but is now
TAKING START FORWARD
in way that is likely to bring it much
more prominently before the public This
same system Of widespread improvements
has been extended all over Dayton's bluff,
into the north part of the city and out into
West st. Paul. Very extensive and costly
improvements will be required in that part
of the city, and while everybody fully
comprehends this there appears to be some
hesitancy about taking hold of them and
crowding them forward with that vigor and
success that is required. In regard to
what is known as the ''Phalen district
mighty mutterings" are heard Just
what is about to be done there is not made
known, but since the official announce
ment few weeks ago that the Bohm
Manufacturing company had disposed of
its plant at WinOna and would soon be
here, there has been quite revival of in
terest in regard to the Phalen lake prop
erty. In regard to the Arlington hills dis
trct, within the last few weeks there
has been quite an active demand for lots
of moderate cost. and there is
good deal of talk about extending
the street cars from the Lafayette line ter
minus to that locality. If this should ba
done a large and well settled territory
would be reached and street railway facili-
ties would be furnished to a considerable
population, located in a very desirable part
of the city. Down along the Minnesota &
| Northwestern road a very large amount of
building and grading is being done. 1t was
mentioned last week that this road had let
| a contract for grading one hundred and fifty
acres from three to six feet, so as to bring
| the surface OF the ground up to the railroad
| tracks. Work will be begun on this grading
| Immediately. Several more contracts have
been let for the erection of buildings con
nected with the stock yards, and the general
work on this great project is progressing
with great rapidity. According to present
appearances it will be likely to
prove one of the grandest projects
ever attempted in the city of
| st. Paul. When the matter of another
bridge across the river was brought to the
attention of the public very elaborate argu-
ments were made to demonstrate that Rob-
| ert street was no suitable place for it, as it
would be too near the old WabaSha street
bridge. Now that the bridge is about COM
pleted and its necessity, as well as the de-
STABILITY of having it located just where it
is, is so clearly shown, there is remarkable
unanimity of opinion as to the propriety of
it's location there. There is not man in
| st. Paul now who was not an original and
| persistent Robert street man.
SUMMIT AVENUE.
| This avenue has had great deal written
about it. 1t may now be remarked that its
really interesting and ariStocratic history
will date from this week. The work of
paving it was actually commenced two or
three days ago, and from that
| time will commence a decided change
| in the thoroughfare. 1t will be more
arlstocratic. Property on that avenue has
been gradually and steadily advancing for
some time past. and cannot now be bought
even out as far as Dale street for less than
5000 per front foot. With the new pave
ment down, the stone sidewalks laid and
completed, the value of property on that
avenue will very rapidly advance and run
far ahead of present quotations. 1t will be
difficult to describe its beauties when COM
pleted. The men, too, who are residing on
it are such as will see that it has all that be-
longs to it, and thatit is in elegant condi-