St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-18
ST,PAUL REAL ESTATE
One Of the Largest Sales
Ever Made in st.
Paul.
Oppenheim & Kalman Dis
pose OF Five Pieces for
$5OO,0CO.
This Deal Includes the Metro
politan Hotel and the
Eodega.
The Market Shows Signs of
increasing Activity and
Stability.

0Now that the election excitement Is
all over and business has settled down
i to its normal condition, there is gen.
eral feeling of confidence among real
: estate dealers and agents, More in
Quiries dre being made for well-located
business properties. here are also
favorable indications that investments
of considerable magnitude will be made.
The large number of new and costly
imprOv, mentS made during the past
season by resident capitalists is one as
Surance to nOn-rtsiuentS that those who
live here and who are best Informed
nave full faith and absolute confidence
i'll the future of tile city. The business
district is widening and expanding so as
to take i'll more area of property. The
:. new SiX-story block on the corner
OF Fourth ana Broadway. about ready
tor the roof. erected Ey Bruno Beaupre
for his grocery business, is the COM
mencement OF improvements in the dis
trict on anti east of Broadway that is
likely to be followed speedily by other
large enterprises. 1nat point is the
natural center for the wholesale trade.
1t is So near all the railroad depotS and
g, t-ltlSIlb HOUSES tI1dI dill luc Ucdfy DuSi-
less OF the city will naturally tend iE
f. lat direction. East of Broadway and
S.ath of Seventh is an area that is won
derfully suited to storage warehouses.
and now that start has been made TO-
ward improving it, development will
come forward rapidly. Property on and
east of Broadway is cheaper at the pres
ent time than any other that is claSsed
as business property within the city
limits.
80 Ii we could have some means of pro-
peliing street cars i'll St.Paul that would
be quicker than horses, so that we could
have what is known as rapid transit out
to Hamlne, Merriam Park and other
distant points, it would be d Very great
advantage to the city. The cable is
good as far as it goes, but it costs too
much to lay and maintain the cable at
present so far out. 1t what is known as
the Prosser motor should prove to be
just the thing. 1t is claimed to I've
Smokeless, SEAMLESS and noIstless. Ii
it really combines these three things it
will be just what st. Paul
needs. It is understood that
this motor will be exhibited
i'll st. Paul in the course Of week or
two, lift works as perfectly as those
Interested in it claim that it will. it can
be operated at from 80 10 10 per cent of
the cost of operating horse cars, at the
same time securing more speed than can
be obtained with horse street cars. 1t
can also run into districts that are
SparSely settled. where it is impossible
Ito operate the cable line, as the expense
, of construction and operation of the
:. cable line prevents its use fer these dis
4a,,f Ia.
similar power, can be applied to surdi-
nary Streetca tracks, which can be con-
Structed at about One-SiXth the cost per
mile of cable lihe tracks apd' the.neces-
sary appliances for prOpellrg cars. by.
cable. 1t is claimed ilOr this motor that
it will take cars UP such grades as East
Seventh street ana Oakland avenue
without the least difficulty. Another
good feature Of this kind OF power is
. that each train is independent of each
other. There will be no cable to stop
and repair, as often occurs, when fifteen
or twenty ears are left III different parts
of the city just where they happen to
be when the accident happens. This
desire for mere and better transporta-
ton is universal Throughout the city.
There is no danger about having too
much. Just to show how St. PauliS de-
4lCltIfl III tillo lGopcCt 3tille Gull pau lSO!l
will be sufficient. Chattanooga has
$4,000 inhabitants, with sixty miles OF
: street car and motor line tracks. st.
Paul has 200, 900 inhabitants and forty
five miles of street Cal and motor lines,
Compared. with the population of Chat
tanoogO st. Paul ought TO have $50 miles
of street cur tracks and motor lines. The
progress this city in the South has
made during the last twenty-five years
has been accomplished in large de-
gree by the development of its system
OF cheap and quick transportation.
This important matter has been alluded
: to so often that little can be said about
it that Is new. Its Importance not only
ndoeS not diminish, but increases day by
day and year by year, and no matter
how tiresOme the subject may be, the
lack of sufficient and proper transporta-
ton still remains a clear misfortune to
the. city of st. Paul.