The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-12-09
REALTY Is ACTIVE
MORE BUYERS THAN SELLERS FOB
FARMS AND RESIDENCES.

The Real Estate Market has beoo Exs
ceptionaIIy Brisk During the Past Week
Despite the snow and SIush Which
Days- Absrractors are Busy From
Morning Until Night and Lawyers are
Also Busy Looking up Titles - Over
Fifty Sales This Week
Despite the snow. slush and mud Of the
past week, the real estate market has
been exceptionally brisk Farms and res
licences have constituted the deals of the
week, but several business blocks are all
but closed. The aostractors are kept
busy from morning until night getting
out abstracts Of title. The lawyers are
busy looking up titles and there is a hum
OF business everywhere and all are feel
ing good over the increase of prices in
the realty market. For two days last
week It was very nearly impossible 70
snow either CITY or farm property on ac-
count OF the snow. But as soon as the
roads became passable Sne remaining
days saw an increase in those who were
after property. There have been about
fifty sales made during tlae past seven
days.
Mr.. c. K. Freeman sold 10 Mrs F. A
Phillips the property owned by c. C. Al
len. 1t Is ten acres on East Central ave
nue., part Of which adjoins the creek.
The consideration was $1,000. MI. Z. L
Spencer sold three lots on Fhe West Side
TO Mr.. C. Z. Curtis, There was small
cottage on the property, which was own
Cd by Mrs. N. L. Tiff. He also sold 10
2Ir. Lester Moore for Mr.. D. A Blakslee
the property on rhe corner Of Market and
Oak, which includes three lots. Mr.. s. r.
Andrews bought from Mrs, S. s. Pratt,
through E I. Spencer, the property locat-
ed at 60S South Enlporia avenue.
Mr. ". H. Roll purchased a 160-acre
farm in Ohio township. Mr.. Henry and
Lambert Stofel each bought a 160-acre
Probate Judge Haymaker bought 16O
Jr. purchased 160 acres in Attica town
snip. Mr. Gerhard Hommertzhein pur-
chased 40 acres IN Sherman township.
Probate Judge Haymaker bonght 160
acres from John Kiefner. Jr. This prop
erty is in Erie township Emma c. Carl
ton sold 20 Mr.. David o. Smith 160-
acre farm IN Salem township. Mr.. Alex
ander Wilkie bought of Mr.. John Stew
art a farm In Waco township OF 16c acres
Mr. T. E Keller sold an so 70 Mr.. Gaish
Baker. The farm is in Ninnescsh town
snip. P a. Kyle purchased 800 acres in
AIinneha township from Adena Nafziger.
Mr.. VI. Fawbush bought ten acres just
west OF the Big river from Herman Tfet-
je Messrs Hess ana Corbett sold lot 50
on North Emporaa avenue 70 Mr.. l. W.
Gill Fannie N. Haskins bought house
and lot on West Fifteenth street Mr. VI.
4. Dean purchased two lots on North
Market street between Tenth and Elev-
enth streets There is a nice house on
the properly, which is known as the
Schick place. AIr. Fred Israel bought
eight lots with a nice house on the place |
near Garfield university. Mr.. H. B. Wy |
kon has purchased the Elswfck farm in /
Salem township. Mr. ]. ". Haymaker |
purchased so acres in Grand River town |
snip from Walter J. Stride. Lille K. |
Critch1eld purchased from Charles H |
Lease, Jr., lot ~ on Wabash avenue |
Lille K Critchfeld sold the north Cwen- |
~ feet OF lot a on Wabash avenue 10 |
VIM. c. Holloway. Mr.. Chas. J. Rowley |
purchased lots 81 and So on Wabash av-
enua from the Pioneer Savings and Loan |
company. Mr.. Clark Kinkaid bought |
lots Z, 9. II and 13 on North Fifth avenue !
from Clarfssa J. Kiser. James Anckle- |
berry bought from Charles Steinmeyer |
lots 80. 90. "a. 3s. IS, 40. Y. A, IS and IS |
on Park avenue
Mr.. Harry Stewart Of the Dean Ab-
scract company said yesterday that there |
We're from three to five mortgages being |
released every d. and no mortgages
we're being placed on any property. |
Among some recent sales made by /
Dean Gordon are: A cottage on North |
Emporia, al $3.50: cottage on North |
Washington. at $3.50; an s-roon house on
the West Side a. S425; Eagle Livery barn
e. $1,000; two small houses on South Ida I
at Sl25 each; cottage on Water street at |
$3.50; house west Of Fairvlew st $3.50; a /
house In Winfield at $500: houses on Lau-
IA avenue $3.50; business block on South |
Main, $500; small farm in Eagle town