The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-28
ACOMMENDABLE MOVE.
EFFSKr TO RECLAIM suxvxzsr.r
srkxKT vzex Tss saEossx.
a Hznassme Thrse-stsry Busines.
Hease 10 be Built. aad Dsuss,~..
Several oshers-Nr- searry Give.
Lsng Lease an His Property.

Aszsss A. Levin & Co OF eea.fis. ead j
h4neocz Of Plttsbufg. Pennsyivsaia. hav,
leased ff0aa J. 6. seurry q pssee Of ryos,r,S
on Commercial street. fexf23 feet N ssze
for y year. st 80 per rnonts. ana 81
January VIII commence the nxsErs,rr:ets,gr
t1erE0n of 0n@ Of the finest f{-r.e .sr,rg
b-iek bustdiags IN the eifs.
The groand i Al present COVERED ty two
pae ssoEk s1f1Ginzs, Hhiea CONTAINS shc
saddle RoFz restaurant, shz Bo~M i,sse,
ball and A. Leaia & ca.ss rrfa3 esrsr
store These Buildings zre 10 b tor. ,ss5su
O reEaoTsa1 as s0gu es the lease On thaF1
expires. JaBnaxy l. The baEldsnx viii -
handsome 5Fe p1af sfFuesare. s9xIie fer,
u sizs, stid tErse .foriss high aa5ve the
BASEMENT, II VIII eo~t fnIly taS,9o. AMI
a tins expirstiea u The lease viii t,-ssrne
The property 81 Mr.. Scsirry the Owner az
tne sA7a- uPon pAymsu; Of a rnzs.ssaabIe
compensation.
TIE ocrrrAxTs.
The first aoos aud basement viii be oe-
eEpaea By A. levin & Co, for their t0hac-
60 aEd cigar business. and by SOP Of Mr..
HaAorx as clothing store The two
upper noors VIII be htfed up for Offices
NJ hanock " wealthy citizen of Pitts.
bafg. where he has been ia kasinesx for
nearly % years, and where he owns q nun
mined to establish mis- son in the West. aud
after travelling extensively, concluded
that Seattle was the place ne was booking
for. The next thing was 10 fud location
Every Building was occupied. aad owners
% desirable property did NOT want 10 sell.
He waited ard talked aud figured. bat
could not Ind anything TO suit hiEn He
nBaiiy met Ar. A. Levin, and Asked him
why DC was doing business In such a mis-
cradle old shack. SIR. Levin said thar was
sae bes; be could do, but he was willing
70 spend money for better building The
eFrTrs sufk sslet
make Mr.. seurry an offer of SD for term
of - years for groand rent for his a fees
front on Commercial street Mr.. rcurYy
at ones accepted the offer, although ths.
wooden buildings would bring him nearly
800 per month more ssan he viii receive
under the new arrangement. The papers
viii be put On record to-day.
WHY he LEASED IT.
Mr.. scurry said last evening: Eyes, it is
true that I have leased ms Commercial
street property for term of years have
realized for some time that unless some
thing was done TO put u better class of
buildings on Commercial street the bust
w0ald be driven 10 F.oat aud See
oBd streets. and that Commercial
would be the principal saloon thorough
fare of the city, instead of the principal
street IL has been my Intention for some
time to build brick on my property rs
soon as the leases expired, but now that
the new lessees sre gong To build ON IL. il
viii enable me TO improve outside proper
~. have concluded TO have everything
| own improved. ANA that which I can
not build on myself / viii lca.e on long
time 70 persons who viii improve it.
expect 10 see several brick DnilGings erect
ed GA Commercial street next season, for
other property holders there begin 10
realize the danger Of allowing matters TO
remain a. they are al the present TIM"