The Bessemer indicator., 1893-07-22
HOW CITIES EXPAND.
Singular Activity in Real Estate Near
st. Louis-A Quart That Is Not "a Quart.

Singular Activity In Real Estate Near
st. Louis-A Quart That Is Not Quart.
ST. Louis, Mo-, July 1.-THE diff
Guilty in obtaining loans for large
amounts for speculative purposes has
not had any effect on the real estate
transactions OF St. Louis county. AS
is generally known st. Louis city is
county in itself, bounded on the north,
south ana west by st. Louis county.
In this latter territory the real estate
transactions for the first six months of
1893 were just double those of the cor
responding period of 1892 and within n
million dollars of the entire total for
last year. Nearly the whole of the
activity has been in the district just
outside the city limits, where the low
county taxes have attracted city
people and induced them to erect resi-
dences. The large number of railroad
enterprises, both steam and electric,
through the county have also main
tanned, this activity and it is gener-
ally believed that at an early date the
city limits will be extended and = dis
trict containing over one hundred
thousand population annexed to the
city. Prices of real estate in this dis
trict are rapidly becoming as great as
those within the city limits.
- The railroad travel between St
Louis and the Worlds Fair continues
very heavy, and the announcement
that excursion tickets at one fare for
the round trip would be issued has
been received with great deal of sat
isfaction. An immense number of
tourists from the east, and also from
the west and southwest, are going to
the Worlds Fair via st. Louis, pur-
chasing tickets here and then securing
round trip tickets to Chicago. This
arrangement has become very popular,
and at present rates does not involve
any npprecinble increase in the cost of
transportation.
Although the st. Louis "Browns"
seem unable to regain the prestige
they possessed when they were cham
pions of the world, the team this year
is putting up such heart disease kind
of baseball game that the attendance
is often very large. No one knows
what an innings will bring forth, the
Browns rallying in ri mnrlsable fashion
at Times and then again allowing the
other fellows to do n little rallving on
their own account. The most peculiar
Illustration OF the uncertainty of base
ba. is found III the Iucu that while the
Browns seem unable to hold their own
against average teams, they can make
the leaders in the race hustle and even
beat them right out Mt times. The bi-
cycle feature of the new ball park has
Just been inaugurated and promises to
prove most unique success.
Most people are of opinion that
quart is two pints, but tne courts are
to be asked to decide that in the fruit
trade quart is basket with q more
or less deceptive bottom. Two whole
sale fruit dealers of uudoubted repu-
tation were detected selling boxes
holding little more than pint and
calling them quarts, and they are de-
Tending themselves on the plea that in
tho fruit business the word quart is
merely technical term meaning a box.
The case is exciting good deal of In
terest and whatever the decision may
be the majority of purchasers will in
future ask to have their berries meas
ured in stamped measures. instead of
taking the box and guessing at the
measure of its contents.