Cañon City record., 1897-11-11
MARKS OF IMPROVEMENT.
No Boom. But Great Revival In
building and in the Sale
of Real Estate.


provement has been made about the
city and the adjacent fruit sections.
Lands have been purchased and houses
built by new corners, and they in turn
are advising their friends to come to
Canon. Everything points to good
fall trade for real estate men and con-
sequent revival of all kinds of business
in Canon. The past week has seen
more sales of city lots and fruit lands
than any previous week for some years.
Below are mentioned few of the sales
in real estate and substantial improve
ments being made about town.
Sid. Sparks has recently completed a
frame residence on Poplar street. Lin
coin Park.
j. S. Bowers, of Cripple Creek, has
the purchase of 81 900 home in Hard
ings' Addition.
j. p Chapman is building neat
brick cottage, corner Fifteenth and
Main streets.
VIM. McCreary has just completed a
neat brick cottage on his Lincoln Park
fruit farm.
Thos. Montgomery, of Anaconda, has
completed his new home on.his Lincoln
Park property.
Geo. w. Lester has bought two lots
in Hardings' Addition on which he
proposes To build home.
Geo. w. Doyle purchased last week
of Harding Brothers a lot upon which
he will build a home
w. p. Booking is the purchaser of
two lots in Hardings' Addition upon
which he will shortly erect a home.
Mrs. Julia Wyatt has just had a com
Portable cottage completed on tract
recently purchased of F. A. Reynolds
ID. J. Stone is now having material
hauled for the building of new home
on his five acre fruit farm in Lincoln
Park
VIM. Brown. of Cripple Creek, pur-
chased last week of Harding Brothers
four lots upon which he will build a
home.
jeff. Tong will shortly build a very
fine two story pressed brick residence
on Greenwood avenue near the home
of Judge NJ. $. Bailey.
NV. Alexander's two new houses
on Harrison avenue are now receiving
the finishing touches. They will make
first class residences.
w. H. Mcclure & Co. sold last Satur-
day forty acre tract to $. IL. Atwater
which Mr.. Atwater has added to his
Orchard Park addition
G. II. Jacobs is recent purchaser
from Earle & Reynolds of five acre
tract in Fruitland Sub Division. Mr..
Jacobs will build
Len Gardner Is planning to build
handsome two story pressed brick resi-
dence on the corner of Eleventh street
and Rudd avenue.
w. Y. Williamson is building neat
frame residence on his place recently
purchased of DeWeese Il Dye, located
on Maple avenue, Lincoln Park.
Robt. II. Bowman, of the Cripple
Creek district, is having his place, late
ly purchased of DeWeese & Dye. level
ed up and put in condition for build
ing.
The new houses of Messrs. Coulter
and Campbell on Fifteenth street are
receiving the finishing touches. s f..
Goss is this week putting in the plumb
ing work.
Geo. F. Walters, of Silver Cliff, realiz-
ing the charms of Canon as residence
town, has purchased of Kountze & Ray
nolds bearing orchard He is prepar-
ing to build and VIII soon make Canon
his home
Mrs. Emma Dunbar late of South
Park, has jnst completed frame cot
tage on tract of land purchased of
Kountze and Reynolds east of the
Cameron fruit farm.
J.L. Kenzie. formerly superintend-l
ent OF tile Boulder schools, has pGr-
chased i've acre tract ef +. A. Ray
nolus ana VIII build nice home. Mr.
Kenzie is "A desirable resident for Canon
to acquire,
The city is having four inch water
main laid along Rudd avenue from
Ninth to Twelfth street. Since this
was begun six houses. ali taking water,
have been completed or are under way
construction, along the line.
The new home OF Edward Mcmillan
In Frnitmere is being finished with
white coating. hard oil. etc. The house
IL handsome one. being frame veneer
I'd, with brick with all modern attach
ments and improvements
5. II. Atwater has during the past
few days sold from his Orchard PARK
tract ols acre to Mrs. Anna Unsworth.
one acre to Mrs. q. Y. Mccartney. i've
eerss 70 y. ". HubbeI and five acres
70 ". 4. Rowan. Mr.. Rowan is al
ready IL his new house and the others
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