St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-23
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The Wage Farmers Association
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The Wage Farmers Association
Will Weather All Storms.
II. E. Clark, the survey or, who is also
secretary of the Wage Farmers Coop
erative Home association, informs re-
porter that the interview in the GLOBE
few days ago does the association an
Injustice and is far from representing
the real condition of its affairs. Over
seventy lots in the plat of Owasso have
been contracted for, and the payments
thereon are being made with reason
able promptitude. None OF the MEM
bers have thus far forfeited their pur-
chaseS, and there is no prospect that
any considerable number of them con
template so doing. In the contracts
with ST. Aubin d Dion 1t IS provided
that forfeiture shall not be made until
arrearages in the IS monthly payments
shall have been continued for six
months. While n few of the members
who have entered into contracts may
drop out. the number from the pres
ent outlook will not exceed half
dozen at most, and certainly none
who have paid in from $50 TO $50, as
stated in the interview referred to.
Messrs. st. Aubin IL Dion, Mr.. Clark
SAYS, have shown no disposition to
shirk any of the agreements entered
into, nor to take snap Judgment III any
manner. The contracts provide that
deed shall be made TO the purchaser of
a lot direct from the owners OF the
property. st. Aubin & Dion, with re-
bate of 10 per cent on the purchase
price for grading of streets, if such
grading is not completed at the time OF
the last payment of purchase money.
By this proYiSo members who continue
to paw IS per month, and do not allow
their arrearages at any time to continue
for the space of six months, are abSo-
lutely guaranteed against loss. AS
stated in the GLOBE article, the site is
most beautiful one, and the lots are
very cheap at the appraised price. III is
further provided that there shall be
no increase IN the price OF any OF the
lots until those contracted for shall have
been fully paid up, and the remainder
of the plat is held open Tor selections
during this time. While Mr.. Clark and
the other officers of the association re-
greet that the matter of transportation
has rendered it necessary to defer the
erection of homes for a longer period
than was contemplated upon the organ
ization of the society, they see nothing
to lessen confidence in the ultimate sue
cess of the enterprise. A project is now
on foot to widen Rice street 20 100 feet,
from the city limits to the north county
line. James j. Hill, it is reported, has
offered to eXpend 81 in improvements
on this thoroughfaTe to every 81 paid
out for this purpose by the county COM
missioners. Rice street is the only high
way leading to the north upon which
street car extension can readily be made,
and that this will be done before very
long there is no reason to doubt.
Charles H. kohlman, of the Daily
News, an active member of the asSocia-
ton, was also seen and expressed HIM
self freely about the matter. In his
opinion the obstacles regarding trans
portation were fully foreseen and dis
eussed before the Owasso site was de-
termined upon, ana he thinks it comes
with poor grace for any one to plead the
''baby act" at this stage. 1t was not
his understanding that Messrs. st.
Aubin q Dion had agreed to secure the
extension of the electric line, as rail-
road building was not in their line of
business. Neither did he think it all
reasonable that these gentlemen or
Dther property owners on Rice street
were opposed to such extension, argu-
ing that these gentlemen we've naturally
DESTROYS Of enhancing the val ue of their
holdings. and that the building of a
street car line would do this more rap
Idly and effectively than anything else
possibly could. He thought it beyond
peradventure, however, that such eX-
tension would take place in the near
future, and that beautiful village
would spring up at OWasso, on the
Wage Farmers site. He said, further,
that all the members felt sorry for
Morris Adler, the pioneer in building,
and more particularly for his family,
who endured all the isolation and many
Of the priyations incident to frontier
life, during their residence Of year in
his beautiful cottage.