St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-11
Dealers Are More Here.ul
Now That the Election
Is Over.
Good Inquiry Exists for
Realty in Reserve Town
and Como.
Paving the Streets Is Proving
an Attraction for the
City.
Improvements at Como and
On Lexington Avenue--A
Great Driveway.

Holders of real property, as rule,
are very firm, and the tendency is TO
higher prices. The business in real es-
tate during the week has been inter
rupted good deal by politics, but now
that this is out OF the way dealers look
for an increase in this department of
business as well as in all other branches
of trade. During the past two weeks
there has been 4 good deal of inquiry
for Reserve town property in acres, also
if acres north of Como. When the re-
turns are all in owners will be war
ranted in believing that they can get
good prices for their acres. There GER
tainly is a movement in both these To-
calities that demonstrates that the eyes
of men with money are upon both spots
and that each is wanted.
Mr. North, OF Boston, has been here
for nearly two weeks looking after ill
VeStmentS he has here. For the last
three or four years he has been placing
money in real estate in and around St.
Paul. He remarked upon the great i'm
proyement he noticed all over the city,
and especially was he impressed with
the large amount of paving that has
been completed within year or two.
He says that this will impress strangers
fdlly as much as the many fine build
ings that have been built and are HOW
being erected. He says that all real
property is interested in having these
street improvements completed and he
would be only too glad to have them
pushed forward as fast as possible.
"Eyery dollar,' he says, THAT is put
into street Improvements is worth s. to
the property" This gentleman expects
to make several large purchases in St.
Paul within short time, and believes
that the present situation of affairs is
the most favorable for investments in
real estate in st. Paul that he has
known of in all his experience.
Como Park and Lexing ton Avenue.
The improvements in Como park dur
ing the past season, while not requiring
the expenditure OF large amount of
money, have resulted in increasing the
value of the property very materially.
Well constructed drives through the $50
acres of this park allow visitors to ex-
anime the park, which, with proper de-
Velopment, can be made one Of the
most beautiful and charming districts
about the cities The natural advan-
tages possessed by this park are many,
and one cannot fail to admire the beau
tiful lake, fine oak timber, and undulat-
ing stretch of land that can be i'm
proved and made attractive at compare
lively small expense. A large green
house is being erected by the park
commission on this property, from
Which flowers and plants be sup
piled to the small parks throughout
the city. With the completion of Lex
ington avenue, which is how being
graded aud macadamized, Como park
will have additional avenues by which it
NAV be reached. When Lexington ave-
hue is finally completed, a delightful
drive can be taken by following Sum
mitaYenue along the bluff re the point
where it turns 10 the west, thus giving
mile and a half on this beautiful ave-
nue.. Then, turning into Lexington
axehue, going north. two. miles, Como
park can he reached. The visitor can
return to the city by Como avenue
and the many streets that open into that
tiiGrQughfarc. Why would it not be a
good idea for the property owners OH
Lexington avenue to form an assoeia-
ton for improving that avenue, which
is. eighty. feet wide? That would make
aspIendid avenue by giving sixty feet
for roadway, leaving ten feet on each
side for sidewalks and boulevards. 1t
could be made one of the incest drives
about the city. This avenue passes
right by Midway, the state reform
school and the Northern Pacific shops.
The city is now at work on this avenue
from Summit to Como. with a prospect
OF the work being completed this season.