St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

lar from the x ray bill conveyed
monthly to Mr.. Taylor's office. Last
year the philosopher in the same house
would have received a couple of sill
yer dollars. On the other hand, the
sybarite from the East who objected
last year to an assessment of SIS per
month for a house wherein the bath
room tiling was grossly inartistic, now
deducts from the assessment a $5 bill
with which to anoint his suffering
sensibilities. A most gratifying char
acteristic of the heavy demand for
houses this spring is that it comes to
a large extent from strangers newly
arrived in the city. IT'S surprising"
said MI Taylor, "to see so many people
coming in every day who say that they
have just moved to town. This is GER
tainly an evidence, I take it. that the
city is growing It can't be otherwise
The strangers come from this state,
from Iowa and from many of the great
cities. They seem to be of the best
class, too-young married men-em-
ployed as clerks, prosperous-looking
mechanics and the like. A great many
of them want a house at about $40,
and we give them good one. For
$50 now, one can get as good a resi-
dence as almost any man would want,
with all conveniences, plenty of room
and in the best neighborhood Our
houses have been rented chiefly on
st. Anthony hill. The demand is so
large that the supply is fast dwin-
ding"
N R. Frost, of 30 Fourth street, cor
roborated Mr.. Taylor. Mr.. Frost had
rented a great many houses at medium
rentals, and he had more applicants
than he could accommodate. He, too,
found that people wanted a place ION
the hill" Rents, compared with last
year were steady.
H. H. Schultz, in the National Ger
manAmerican Bank building, report
ed that rental business was certainly
good for the season of the year. He
had a great many applicants.
Clarke & Thorne, in the same build
ing, said that not only were a good
many people renting new houses this
spring, but that a great many more
were paying rent for their old houses.
This was a pleasant thing, and had
not been too much the fashion during
the last few years Now that custom
ers were renting houses and paying
the rent afterwards, the life Of the
rental agent would resemble less that
of Mr.. Gilbert's constabulary.
In a short time, as stated in the
Clio b the other day, work will be
commenced on another fine block thai
is to be erected on Sixth street, which
is rapidly becoming the leading street
in the city. Mention was made of the
fact when it was under consideration
some months ago. The building is tc
be put up by E. F. Berrisford, on his
property at the northeast corned Of
Sixth and Minnesota streets, which i.
now occupied by Oscar Tankenoff':
saloon. The building has been leased
by George Benz & Sons for a tern
of years, and the plans are being pre-
pared by Architect Bassford in ac
cordance with the ideas of the lessees
AS the plans have not yet been full!
developed, nothing but the barest out
line of what the. building is to be i
yet obtainable. The lot is so by 10
feet, but the building will be twelv
feet less than this in depth, leayin;
an alley in the rear. 1t will probabl,
be four stories high, constructed O
stone, brick and iron, and is to cos
about S50,000 The entire building i
to be used by the lessees for thei
wholesale liquor business.
Herman Kretz & Co., architects
have prepared plans For a two-story
25x80 brick and stone building to b
built on Seventh street, near Sibley, fo
T. D. Kendrick Will have iron an
plate glass front, composition ROOT
plumbing and hardwood flooring. TIL
general contract was let TO C. P. Wild