The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-05

Real estate in st. Paul shows a very
steady increase in demand. Ii that
stands for anything there will be more
dirt sold this year than in many pre-
Vious years. and there are good rea-
sons for such a condition. Money is
comns out of dark hiding places and
musty vaults. 1t is seeking investment
and few things offer a Surer return
than property purchased at actual
value with every prospect of a raise.
The city is filing up with people again
and the demand for good houses to
rent is greater than can be supplied,
and many men of limited means are
taking advantage of prices TO buy resi-
dence lots for building purposes, as
we'll as speculation. Rents are increas-
ire, which makes all property more de-
srable holding. The demand is not
confined to any part of the city, but Is
distributed from vacant lots to I'M
proved business property. Real estate
men as a usual thing are aveIse to hav-
ing these facts known, as some OF them
claim il gives holders an undue esu-
mate Of their holdings, and they with
draw them from the market, and many
who have held their property through
4 long period of depression Will not
sell at The moment Of revival.
II. 5. Fairchild. speaking OF real es-
lite CtilulllOHS, saul. IiiSiS 10 q SOi4>
}anty increasing demand and more
sales, especially to men of moderate
means who almost invariably pay cash.
In some districts public improvements
have been numerous enough TO Justify
ar advance of prices, in themselves. In
regard 10 improved business property
there is almost none in the market. 1t
is being held l believe that a million
dollars worth of business property pay
amt cO1lld sold in ST
Paul at the present time, but there is
none in the market Local business
property paying 8 to 10 per cent is
coming into demand and much will be
sold. Eastern holders of st. Paul real
estate who have come into
possession of improved property
through mortgage foreclosures,
and who were anxious to realize
six months ago, are now holding on
with the statement that they cannot
Use the money in the East, giving only
4 per cent return when Northwestern
property, paying s and 8 per cent, is a
has confidence in the future. There is
no more depreciation and every one
has confidence in the future, there is
no question but that there is a good
market | have sold more real estate
in the past three months, in the dead
of winter than in any season for years
past.
w. c. Read-Condition are improv-
ing right along, and there is an in
cIeasing demand. l have had many
small sales recently and have several
large ones in prospect. You see, stocks
are so high that they have ceased to
be good investments, the banks are not
paying interest, and people cannot keep
their money locked up, but must in
vest it. Only recently / have had two
offers declined that would have been
gladly accepted six months ago. Any
business property showing a or per
cent return is saleable today. There
seems to be a stronger demand for
residence property than anything else,
and Eastern men are raising their
prices.
D. R. Elder-Rents are picking up,
and houses are getting scarce. 1t is get
ting quite impossible to find property
for customers, especially in suburban
property. and there is a great demand
for building lots, and [ have repeated
calls from people looking for invest
ments. Property owners are feeling
encouraged, and many with desirable
property are Withdrawing it from the
Narket. Having held it through the
Gard times, they do not wish to sell at
she first raise. There is no good paying
business property in the market. I
pave people who want to buy, but rent
Is too good for holders to dispose of
property now. .
j. W. Shepard-The midway district
GAS improved more in the last four or
Sye years than any other part of st.
Paul. Lots and houses are being sought
for eagerly. The improved car service,
stone sidewalks and boulevarding have
attracted great attention to Merriam
Park l offered lots on Marshall ave-
nue. year ago at 5000 and could find
no buyers; last week lots across the
street from my property sold for $500.
People now do not want to sell and
are Withdrawing their property from
the market, 1 have sold more land in
the last five months than in five years.
People are looking for snaps for in
Vestment purposes. Rents are improv-
ing, and there are fewer houses for
rent than at any time in the last five
years. There has been a big change in
six months.
Building permits We're issued yeSter-
day as follows:
To w. Cartier, to erect a two-story
frame dwelling on Martin street, to
cost $1,000.
To C. e. Dickerman, two-story build
ing on Exchange street, $3.50.
Minor permits amounting to $500.
Costly Executions.
Edam in Holland where the Dutch cheese
comes from, has just opened a museum of
local antiquities. and among the not least
interesting of the exhibits are the accounts
of the municipal eXecutioners during the
eighteenth century. One o: these function
aries, Yogel by name, presents a detailed bill,
dated Dec. 10, 1713, in which he sets forth
a claim for forms for one decapitation and
8 forms each for a sword and winding sheet,
with HORNS IA cents fer a coffin for the
decaptated one. His charge for hanging
criminal also forms, with the further
addition of forms for cutting down and
impaing ditto Breaking a man on the
wheel was a costly luxury and ran to 8
forms. while for supplying mine new lashes
for scourge" the charge was q FORMS
On the whole, however, Mr.. Vogel was a
moderate man in his charges, or the value
OF human life went UP a great deal in the
next fifty years. for in the no less circum-
stantial accounts Of Johannes Ka presented
Aug. l, 1854, we have a charge of II forms
for going on board the Hans and preparing
instruments OF torture" with a like charge
for 'torturing one person." But this must
have been for the lesser torture ONLY as
on Aug. 30 the same Johannes sends in a
bill for tCrturing three persons at rs forms
head"-total 225 florins while few DAYS
later no less than GOO forms is charged for
hanging four persons at $50 forms each
and for ''fogging two persons and burning
third he exacts $50 FORMS Clearly con.
siderations of economy, if not of humanity.
must have tended toward the reform of the
criminal code in Holland.-Globe Year Book
and Almanac.