, 1889-02-21
REAL ESTATE.
Numerous and Profitable Sales
Last Week.
A Healthy Demand For All
Kinds of Property.
The Building OF the spokane & Northern
and other Lines Making Business
Good.

The reports from the various real estate
firms coupled with the daily list of trans.
fers published in the REVIEW show de-
cided and healthy market in realty for the
week just passed. Strangers with capital
to invest are numerous in the city and the
demands for real estate, especially in sur
burban property, is active. The prospect
Spokane u Northern road. which will con-
meet with the Canadian Pacific,
and which will open up large
tract of agricultural and min
eral lands north of the city together with
their development means unexampled
prosperity to Spokane Falls. This fact is
undoubtedly realized by those seeking in
vestments and 10 the incentive for the nu-
merous transactions recorded for the week
past.
The prospective building of the cable
and electric street railways the coming
spring has also caused a steady advance in
sales In outside property. The demand
for inside property ia also on the increase,
especially along the proposed routes of the
new streetcai lines. Real estate firms are
kept on the jump showing visitors around
the city.
Bolster & Co. report rafting business
owing to the advent of the Spokane &
Northern railway and cable and electric
hucbs luCl tdubdCtiOuS III dCIc property
for the week amounted to 875, 600, the
sales of residence property figure up to
about $50, 900 Will thirty odd thousand
Bolster remarked: "Ws find it o difficult
matter TO get hold of good property,
everybody owning such prefer to hold on
Dennee, Fowler & Co. report business
good and transactions in realty on the in
crease. 1.-The demand for lots in the
Belleview addition has been unusually
Fowler and sales have been very hattering.
North Side property seems to be the great.
est demand just at present and 10 going
fast"
Cook & Byers when visited by the re-
porter seemed to be in the best of humor
with themselves and the balance Of the
world. I'VE are more than satisfied With
the business of the past week." said Mr..
Cook. The outlook was never better.
We have been kept pretty busy
showing visitor: the various points
seldom failed to impress them
with the benefits to be realized by invest
ing ia Spokane land. Onr sales have been
good and distributed pretty mucn all over
the city,"
ClouRb & Graves report sales for the
week at about $50, 900. The sale Of resi-.
dence property has kept up to the standard
and business property has advanced con-
siderably in number. The prices remain
firm and more property could be sold pro-
vidipg the ground could be had for dispos.
a." so says the above firm.
The firm of A. d. Jones & Co. has taken
in partner in the person of Mr.. Martin
B. Connolly. Mr.. Jones was too busy to
find time to talk much but stated that
business was of the best and their sales
were on an average with their past.
A. L. Moody. Kaufman & Co., Stevens
g. Reed, all reported brisk and healthy
market in realty with good sales.
A. A. Newbery has sold number of
acreage tracts but had been so much in
terested in the projected Spokane Il
Northern railway as to take up most all
his time from other business.
The record Of transactions for the
week is: