St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-12
RENTS AND REALTY
SOME VALUABLE INFORMATION
FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR A
HOUSE.
WHERE AND WHAT THEY COST.
FAVORED LOCALITIES THAT COM
MAND MORE THAN THE SAME
HOUSES ELSEWHERE.
BIG DEMAND FOR STATE LANDS.
Choice Pieces Can Be Purchased for
Little More Than the Rentals
in Some States.

From THIS Tune uHlll May IHS rent
ing agencies of the city will be busy.
The demand for houses is fully as act
i've as it usually is just before ''mov-
ing time" Yet, fortunately for the
house hunter he still has many oppor-
tunitieS to obtain a comfortable resi-
dence at low rent, providing he does
not insist too much upon conditions Of
doubtful Importance
1t is characteristic of most commun-
tiles that every member Of it has all
the ambitions of his neighbor. In ST.
Paul, for instance, we'll nigh every
house-seeker desires this spring to rent
a house of about seven rooms ION the
hill" for not more than $25 month.
And when he says ION the hilP' he
means on a certain part of it only. he
wants to live within the district bound
ed by Victoria street on the west and
Iglehart street on the north. The
natural result has been that this IA
Vored district demands higher. rents
than other parts of the town that,
shadowy sentiment aside, are equally
desirable locations for a residence. The
West side, DaytOn'S bluff, IuWer town
and the large district north Of Iglehart
street contain many excellent resi-
dences. So, too, do the suburban towns
of Merriam Park, st. AnthCny Park
and Hamline. Yet because those dis
tricts are not the nill,'' their citizens
pay from 20 to 50 per cent less for the
duplicate Of house near Selby avenue.
Realizing, therefore, that, broadly
speaking, the vacant residences Of St.
Paul are divided into Two classes
hn
elsewhere, and that the latter class
presents the most opportunities for his
money, a house hunter can expect to
secure houses of the following descrip-
ton at the following rates named be-
ginning with the cheaper district:
SIS a Month-For this sum there are to let
many excellent frame houses, especially on
Daytons bluff and the West side, two sto-
res in heighth and having water and plumb
Ing complete. They usually, though not al
ways, lack gas fixtures and a furnace. Their
location is good, but not the best.
$40 a Month-This rental secures a frame
house with from seven to nine rooms. 1t will
contain gas, water, complete plumbing and
Fall modern convcniences." 1t may be some
what better located than the first class of
houses, and it will probably be convenient
to the street cars.
$25 a Month-An excellent house is offered
the tenant who will pay this. Such a house
indeed as would rent five years ago for $50
to $40 a month. 1t will have from eight to
ten rooms. 1t will often be built of brick and
will, of course, have gas water furnace and
everything in the most modern style. 1t will,
moreover, be well located convenient to the
electric car lines and within fifteen or twenty
minutes walk of Newspaper Row. There is
at present, for instance, on Daytons bluff
house at this rental. 1t is one OF several in
a three-story row. 1t has nine rooms a red
pressed brick front, plate glass windows,
hardwood floors, gas water, furnace, plumbing
complete. 1t is within few steps of a street
ear line, and it has an excellent location in
Bll respects. But if it was ION the HILL" it
would command $35 to even $40 a month.
$50 a Month and Upwards-These rentals
ire asked only for residences that are unus-
pally large, or that have special recommends
liens in the way of a notable location, a fine
Fiew of the lake.
ST. ANTHONY HILL.
Twenty Dollars Month-The tenant of a
/hll' house must not contemplate that any
residence was ever rented for SIS a month
Such spectres never enter into the dreams of
his landlord. But If the latter is graciously
accepting $40 every four weeks, he is an excep-
hon. Few there are of such houses and they
Ire usually lacking in all conveniences. They
pre- of ancient construction, rather medieval
indeed or the find themselves" as the Gaul
pays, west of Victoria street cover against"
Minneapolis.
twenty-five Dollars a Month-This sum will
secure few houses in the favorite district
These few usually have seven or eight rooms
lnd the ordinary convenences, but they also
have some counterbalancing objection
Thirty Dollars Month-This is the average
rental for good house north of Portland and
vest of Nina avenues. All conveniences are
occurred in this house. 1t is strictly modern,
although not notably elegant and it will sat
lsfy every man who surpasses Cardinal Wolsey
Ind filings away ambition"
Thirty Dollars and Upwards-For from $50
10 800 a month one can rent the very best
fesidences-those that have special advantages
In the way Of size, finish or location. The
most desirable location Of all is naturally
either Summit avenue Crocus hill. Port
land avenue is trifie cheaper, while to fol-
low the present whims of fashion, the dis
rict between Portland and Selby avenue. Nina
avenue and Dale street, is rather shade
better than the rest of ''the hill"
There is an unusual demand for land
In Minnesota at present. People who
crowded into the city when times were
good are now getting back into the
country. The farmers in Iowa, Wis
consin, Illinois, Indiana, etc, are also
learning that the state is we'll ADAPTED
for stock dairying, etc, and are COM
ing here to take advantage of the
low price at which the very best lar
in the world is being sold They are
seeing the folly Of paying SO or So cash
rent, per acre; year, when
choice lands can be bought at
81 to $40 an acre near cities
like st. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth.
The state has excellent transportation
facilities, and new lines of road are
being planned. This being the case, is
It any wonder that men with money
and enterprise are coming in to develop
these fruitful lands?
According to the lawyers test of
veracity. it must be true that the re-
vived prosperity of the Northwest is
shown by the demand for its farm
lands. All real estate men, all cap
italists, all well-informed citizens le-
peat the same statement. This Unani-
nous agreement is based upon present
facts and past history. Whoever twns
farm lands in this or the adjoining
states, whoever is selling such lands
for railroads or other corporations, or
for individual owners is impressed by
the phenomenal demand this :! ear from
all of the older states, and from abroad
Memory reminds some dealers, and rec
ords inform all, that it was exactly
in this form that prosperity again
made her appearance in the West sitter
the panics of 1857 land of l--s73. The