, 1889-01-17
REAL ESTAT E.
Acre and Residence Property
Selling Fast.
Cheap Homes for Workingmen
on Very Easy Terms.
~ Amount Of Property Plated In spe.
kans Rslls, and the Sales Of
che Fast Week.

uneo OF Oue1neees euo ohsteru ros
estate men ReseralIy have little o.
nothing to do except make themselves com
Portable 10 their easy chsirs and think ol
buaief times TO come.
The realty dealers in Spokane have not
- yet, been able 70 take their ease TO- any
apprecisble extent on account 0f du'!ness
in the real estate market. While business
for the past week has not been AZ lively al
10 was before the holidays. there 10
healthy and continual demand for good
lots and acre property. The market IL
trm and IL the sales OF bneineas property
are not 90 numerous ~ formerly It 10 ow'
ips 10 a general tendency of owners 10
either improve or hold their lots for higher
prices.
I'VE have had heavy demand for
Monroe streets lots on the North Side
during the week." said H. Bolster. 1--WE
have cold several choice business locations,
bat At present the general demand seems
70 be for tracts and lots in Mountain View,
Nettleton's, Cannon's and other additions.
Heretofore the greater part OF our letters
sf inquiry for SPOKANE property has come
from the. east, but nov fully ons'thirc OF
We have just closed $4,000 sale to-day
and feel happy"
n. l.. Moody vas buoy talking lots 10 Q
room full Of men. but had time to say he
had sold number of lots on the North
Side and Vas just then closing up deal
fos some axe property.
Mr.. .Booae o. booge 4 Mclntosh reported
besiness good 10 suburban property. 1.-The
market 10 sitter than ever know Il 10 be
before" said be, land Il 10 oil owing TO
ne general feeling Of confidence in the
stability Of our city. The development of
the water power By the new water power
company will play An important
part in sncocragiDg manufacturing
s.ss:sy the The new "0asn osa mil. snd md
ether factories which are pro.
jeeted will add greatly TO our commercial
wealth and quickly enhance land values In
al parts OF the city. We have about sll
ws can attend TO and have made . num-
Der Of good sales during the week"
Dillmsnn, Routhe Il Co.: "All our sales
this week have been inside or business
property. We are getting many inquiries
from California for city property. which 10
. good sign. Why. this city 10 only in its
buying property here. A gentleman told
me he WAS offered the whole square bound
Cd BY Main, Mill, Riverside aud Howard
streets four years ago for 8400. Yoi can
imaaine what it would cost to buy the
block now"
Clough Il Graves, U. A. Webster and
Root u C0ombs all report good week,
principally in residence lots. The latter
report number of sales 10 Helena parties.
I'VE are bnilding number OF residences
ON prospective business lots" said Mr..
Root. ''They are all rented as soon rs
commenced. and we could rent several
dozen more II we had them. We are con-
stxucting the houses in such shape that we
can move them OF the lots whenever de-
sired, as from present indications tbs lots
will soon be needed for business houses"
1--WE are building six dwelling houses
tor renting and they are already spoken
for" said Mr.. Stocker, of Tilton, Stocker
3 Tilton. "1here is no better investment
10 be found any here than buying property
now when 1t Is cheap and erecting houses
70 rent"
Tull & Hobbs have made several good
sales during the week. among which was
the o. K. stables. on Riverside auenue, for
e23. 900. They have q number of exten.
aive deals on hand which will be closed up
early in the week.
dence property" said Mr.. Fowler. of
Dennee, Fowler & Co., homes for work.
ingmen principally. There are plenty of
desirable houses af that kind now-smal,
neat buildings. and cheap too. Money is
some what easier, and owners are giving
better terms. IL used to be that man
had to pay half cash. and the rest in six
months, which 10 just the same as cash
down to workinRmen. Now they can
boy home by paying small sum down, |
and the rest in easy iDstallments
II have had q very fair week." said J.
r. McCarther. IL have sold little of all |
kinds of property, but advise my custom
ere to invest in outside lots while they are |
cheap. There are now 2560 acres or l0, 0,24O |
lots plated inside the city limits, and up |
10 January l. 1889. there bad been plated |
- additions 7450 acres or q, 800 lots. from |
which it will be seen that the additions |
sover nearly three times the area Of the |
ity proper. ALL these additions are |
The city and are FREQ from the taxes to /
which the city lots within the city limits |
are subject. Street cars, cable cars. and |
n.otors will soon furnish rapid transit for |
tbe residents OF the outlying districts and 4
The shrewd investor Who haa been tax |
Hiden in the East appreciates the advant- |
ages Of purchasing this outside property. |
In al probability IL will be . long. time
bAfore the city limits are extspded, and
benefits Of the city improvements without |
Ne taxation accom- panimept. Values OF
realty have advanced ut the rate OF 100 per !
cent per year for the last four years, and
While business property haa made rapid |
strides in price. residence lots have re. |
nsiued practically at the came figure that !
1hey sold for six months ago. Public at |
tsntion 10 now being directed to this out |
ide property, and there 10 little doubt |
prices viii rapidly rise.
The sales for the week were - follows:
Con side |
Days of Week. Number. stiOn.
Monday. ........ .....-............."lG ls,l52
xuesdMy. .,..... ..................l6 A,Wl
n ed esday .....,...... .......1y 1872 |