The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-30

west corner of Cabanne avenue and Claren-
don avenue. saxlo feet. TO Mr.. A. Blair
Riddington. who will erect thereon three
The Rutiedge & Fitzpatrick Realty Com
| pany also closed "A contract on IA a Pine
street sale. east Of Fourteenth street. which
the parties Interested do not wish made
pubic at the present time.
Mercantile Trust Company.
This company reports the sale for A5.ep
of e row OF eight modern flats and apart
ments. Including corner store: on the north
west corner o. Evans and Newsstand ave
nues; lot aSxlao feet: sold for Il. Friedman To
| Cyriac Buchiinger OF Farmin Ston. Mo. The
property rents FOR $3.50 per year: This pnr-
good esteem In which St Louis property ~
held by out-of-town investors.
| building. No. 232S FRANKLIN avenue, Tor Au-
gusta. kreyling and heirs. to Val Vogel.
Proprietor of the Athletic Tea Company.
The property rents for 500 per year. and
was bought as an Investment.
Sold by the Mercantile Trust Company
a strip of ground on the south side of LIN
dell. between Euclid and Taylor. from Au-
gust Gehner to Mrs. Elizabeth Dwyer. This
strip adtoins a Se.oW residence TOW being
Increase her lawn space. This property IL
directly across the street from the kaufy-
man place. which has occupied much news
paper SPACE lately with reports of its sale.
The company sold II feet Of ground on the
south side OF Lindell. near Euclid. from
Frank X. Rice to William Stix. The Junior
Realty Company represented Captain Rice.
Ihe ground WAS bought to add to the s2i.
feet sold Mr.. Silk by the Mercantile Trust
Company last week. Work vii be begun on
Also sold lot s:xlO5 last week on west line
OF Dolman street. through Griesedieck Real
Wenziich. for $3.50.
Also sale OF No. sias Morgan street. a two
story. eight-room brick housa. on lot esxia,
feet. Harry, 1. Young is the purchaser; from
Therese Schneer OF Sacramento. CaI This
Is a piece of property that brings in good
annual rental. and was purchased as an
Also sold No. Sss7 Suburban avenue. a
i9ur.room brick. Queen Anne cottage: for
for s.i5o; lot SSSice feet. This pToperty IS
located in Wes. Cabanne.
po Ihs the her can I, Trust Company also re
nue. a two-story house. on lot 39xlca feet,
TO Minnie Friedman for * II is a we'll
ment.
Inc Mercantile Trust Company reported
q week or so ago that il was receiving
many inquiries frcm out-of-town concerns
relative to st. Louis real estate. An i'm
po.tant lease negotiated by the company
Eist week exempiified the statement. This H.
tne lease 10 the Columbus Carriage and
Harness Company of Columbus. O.. of th.
nve.story low-combusion building on the
southeast corner of Nineteenth and Olive
streets. The lease was made for c. II. Scud-
der. Tor a term OF three years. at $500 a
year. The approaching Worlds Fair. and
the location Of St. Louis as a Southern ana
western shipping point are responsible for
TINS move on the part of the buggy COM
pany.
This company also reports the lease OF a
business room In the Steer Block. on the
southeast corner of Olive and Spring. Tho
lessees are Messrs. White and Hamcher.
VINO Will open a ladies' tailoring establish
ment. The lease was made for account of
+. A. Steer.
Since converting the Emile building into
a modern Office building the Mercantile
trust Company has leased the corner store
en- Ninth and Olive to the Friedman Co
lumbia Dome Cigar Company for a term OF
tenants.
The location of this building is much In
Its favor. and now that ii has been made
absolutely modern in all OF its equipment
and service. the trust company is expert
encing a large demand for space.
NichoIln-Ritter
Nichoiis-Ritter Realty and Financial
TWO acres for the Washington University.
being all of that portion of land Belonging
to the university west of Pennsylvania
tract on the limits I'll Clayton. This WAS
the first piece of property to be sold In the
worlds Fair neighborhood since the site
was formally announced.
me property Is Il portion OF the Wash
ington University tract. bought I'm 1894 at
sl.Ss per acre. the university buying at
tnat time lO1 acres, intending to extend the
university buildings along the entire tract.
TWO years ago the Nicholls-Ritter agency
sold TIE Washington University. fifty acres
south of its property. lying between skim
ker road and Pennsylvania avenue, at
$S.osS per acre, thus giving the university
~ acres between Skinker road and Penn
savanna avenue, north OF Forsyth boule-
said and south Of the Colorado Railroad,
Inc tract sold last week is 471 feet wide
south of the Suburban Railroad, II is Gov.
cred with fine trees, and the whole of the
tract lies high. with the exception of a
small portion in the western end. through
which the Colorado Railroad passes.
The property is just about wide enough to
permit OF running a street through the CEN
Ter. having. tiers of lots $50 feet deep on
each side of the street. and can be laid out
mdependently of any other tract. Archibald
\ TAI, the buyer Is supposed to represent
The price of this property was about
S,a0 per acre. The property on each side
on the south being held at 5000 per acre
ana that on the north at from $3.50 to
$s.Vw per acre.
among the various agencies to get hold OF
property in the Worlds Fair vicinity, and
sales and resales In that district probably
viii be brisk from now on. The Nichols
Ritter company own and represent large
interests in and around the park.
a i lease N fon the ascers company anS TS,- also closed
the building at No. 1856 Olive street, for a
term Of five years. to Mr.. A. S. Hinchey.
Mr.. Hinchey will establish n photograph
gallery in this building. the owner. Mr.. Paul
Ninton. having made extensive repairs and
additions TO the property since IL came into
his possession. a short time ago, through
the Nic.olls-Ritter agency.
The lower floor Of this building was leased
a Few weeks ago to the j. r. Hinton Sad
dlery Company. who will occupy 1t with its
saGdlery and harness business.
They also closed a lease for the four-story
hrick tuilding with basement at No. 1910
Olive street. This property was leased to
the Val Refs Music ompany by Mr.. Jacob
l.. Isaacs for a term of five years at an an
nual rental of about $500.
These two leases are considered as an
other strong proof Of the Western trend of
business In St. Louis.