The Meeker herald., 1893-05-20
a CITY HALL SOLD.


ST. LOUIS, May l2.-The sale of the
old City Hall on Saturday was quite an
event in the citys history and the old
pst inhabitant was well represented,
stories being exchanged as to events
which happened in the old building
when it Was regarded AS a magnificent
rurture and n credit to the city.
! here were many present who could
rccollcct the time when the ground ON
which the hall stood could BE- bought
by the acre at a reas enable figure, and
IL is the more interesting in consc-
quence to note that the price obtained
on Saturday was 81 800 per foot. his
Is looked upon as about 600 less than
its actual value. 1t is situated on
Eleventh Street between Market and
Chestnut and is regarded AS being
right in the line of business improve
mert
I he removal of the NJ. X. & T. Off
ccs to st. Louis is another instance of
the growth of 81. Louis as n railroad
ccutar. Several leading roads have
during the last year obtained access to
IL and others are now working in the
same direction. Since the opening of
the Worlds Fair there has been an
enormous increase in through and stop
over traffic. Two class, OF people are
included in the crowds. Nearly all
WHO 20 TO Chicago from the south or
southeast take advantage of The favor
. bic I Louis rates and come via this
city, where they stop OFF for IL few days
md Wis the manufacturing establish
ments and other attractions. The
other section consists OF trans-conti-
rental tourists, an immense number of
whom select st. Louis routes, as they
assfaluin IN avoid tho WnylI's Fair
crowd, preferriug to make a special
trip to the grand Exposition later on.
= he wires are now being strung on
three lengthy electric roads connecting
the business section with the Fair
Grounds and the country northwest OF
it These are the last of the old horse
car roads with downtown terminals,
and all that will be left at the en- Of
This month in the way of hose trac-
ton for street railroads in St Louis
will be n little onc-horsc, or, more cor
roctly, two mule cross town road. Evan
this road has obtained powers to change
it, system to electricity. The horse
and mule have died hard, but they np-
p mr. to be about dead now, so far Ms
tne St. Louis street car service is con-
cerned
st. Louis is the paradise of the com
mcrcial traveller. 1t is the only city in
the country that has got to the roint
OF having = ciub 4ousc for taeir use,
for one thing, and it is the only city
that SENDS them out in special trains
TO conquer new territory for the BUSH
ness houses they represent. The Span
ish Club is an organization here de-
vo'cl to the study OF Spanish. Its
MON bcrs arc mostly young business
men. Last year the club hired n train
and went down to Mexico, where they
stayed long enough to gobble up all
the trade that was to be got in the Re
public. More recently they chartered
both trains and steamers and went
over to Cuba 200 strong to teach the
merchants how advantageous it would
be for them to buy their goods in st.
Louis. The social features of both
these trips being so much more appar-
cnt than the business, made the com
mercial object in the background the
more successful. 1t is not amazing
that no other city can compete with
St Louis in its business territory when
she sends out her drummers by train
loads in this way.