The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-11-25
THEY GET OFF HERE
EIGHT OUT OF TEN FASTENERS
STEP OFF AT WICHITA.
Railroad Conductor Who Comes to Wich-
fta to Satisfy His Own Curiosity Looks
Over His Daily Reports and Finds That
This City Ii the eAttraction-Every Room
In the Sedgwick Block Occupied For
the First Time Since It's Erection
More Real Estate Deals, While Eastern
Owners Take Their Holdings on

tho First Time since Its Eccct1on-
More Real Estate Deals, While Eastern
Owners Take Their Holdings on
Wichita property is being sought after
by home people, in fact they were the
first to realize that there was money to
be made in buying property here. Since
they have started to get hold OF the bar
gains the eastern people VINO are holders
Of Wichita realty have either issued or
ders to raise the price beyond reach or
taken their property off the market en-
tirely.
Merrs. F. NJ. Knapp and W. P. Nutting
gentlemen are extensive owners of
Wichita realty and have come 10 the city
to take look at their holdings. After
surveying all OF their Wichita posses
sions they concluded 10 take their prop
eity off the market and no one can get
any Of the property they own unless they
viii give most decided advance. For
the past ten years their land has been
on the market and could have been pur-
chased for much less than ii is really
worth, since they have seen it they have
realized that in the ve.y near future they
win get back the money which they have
Invested with a reasonable rate Of inter-
est for the past ten years.
Although yesterday was disagfeealoie
day the real estate dealers were busy
and several sales were made. All of the
l.
that Were On the point of being closed.
One Of the most prominent dealers said
that he had ever reason to believe that
within the next ten days ne would make
the largest zeal estate transaction that
has been consumnated in the city with
in the past ten years.
Mr.. Lew Arthur sold yesterday to Mr..
John Puls two choice resident lots locat-
ed on the corner OF Topeka and Water
man This is the property known as the
Wfegand brewery place. Mr.. Pulls in
tends to move seven Ioom cottage On
to the property and occupy the place as
a home. Mr.. Arthur within the past two
days offered Mr.. Dernody s400 advance
on the property which ne bought at 141
Lulu for s1.020 during the past thrifty
days Mr.. Der7nody refused the offer.
Mr. James Allison, during the week, |
sold to Mr. Robertson the residence at |
1923 South Lawrence. Mr.. Robertson |
bought the place as an investment and |
yesterday ne sold the place to Mr. Starr.
Mr.. Allison had an offer for the resi-
dence located at 927 Cleveland avenue.
The property IL owned by eastern pa,-
ties and the proposition has been SUBJ
rnftted to them and Mr.. Allison thinks
that they will accept without any ques-
ton. Mr.. Allison sold on Tuesday to
Nfr. Robertson the residence 1924 North
Mr.. Allison IS one Of the most enthus-
Iastic as well as eensirole real estate deal
ers in the city. He said yesterday that
Wichita had more homes which Were
owned by the occupants than any other
city Of its size in the United States. He
thought that this fact alone was some
hing that any city ought to be proud of.
NJ. Allison and Mr.. Dickson are the local
Managers of the Sedgwick block which
s the largest Office building in the city.
Yesterday be said that for the first time
;lnoe the building had been erected, and :
bal was ten years ago, during boom
lays all OF the rooms were occupied and
he rent was paid on account for
he month Of November There are 1870
-ooms in the building. Never before this
winter have all Of the room been en-
gagged.
Robertson Bros. yesterday gold TO Mrs
Emma Pigg Of Oklahoma, the home /
property located at 534 North Washing
ION avenue. Mrs. Willis, living just
acrosssthe street, sold her home TO some
body whose name could not be learned. !
For an investIneix Robertson Bros. purA
,tased the residence No. 230 Summer
street : They also sold to Mrs. Fannie
asskins sixty feet on. the corner of Third
md Sherman avenue. They have sew =,
'Gal deals which are about closed but the ,
satails have not been closed which they
fld not care to give out for publication.
Fney sold the Struole place near the cor
Ter of Waco and Eleventh streets.
Aessrs- Smith and Dorsey, during the
'ast rev days, have sold several choice
arms and city property but none Of the
leafs have been closed and fo- +b,+ "a,
ON they are not given publicity.
A wen known railroad conductor WIN
uhs passenger train into Wichita said
eaterc'ay that he had noticed that most
u ms passengers coming from the east
lurlng the last Two months stopped off
n Wfcnita- To satisfy his own curiosity !
ie looked over his daily reports whic,
ne sent into the company and found
nat out of every ten, there were eight
'ho got on his train at Wichita.
HE WANTS To WALK
LA mpion pedestrian Of the United s.,,.. |
IN the City and Wants to &c, Mo-,