The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-18
SIDLE BLOCK SOLD
Moore Bros. & Sawyer Sell for Cor
nell University.
TIE PROPERTY BRINGS s55, 900
S. It. Mcknight Buys More Property
Many Sales Reported by
Agencies. +

Moore Brothers & Sawyer have made
the star sale of downtown property for
the week They have sold to-day for
Cornell university, Ithaca, N. L., the Sidle
block on Fifth street at $4,000. This
property is directly at the rear of the
Andrus building and consists of four
story brick building with lot fronting
forty-four feet on the street. The build
ing is numbered 29-S1 S Fifth street and
the lower floors are occupied by Byron &
Willard and Kicker & Webb
This firm has also sold for Eliza Della
meter, of Amsterdam, N. Y, to Sumner
T. Mcknight, the property at 620 Second
avenue S, consisting of the northeast ff-
ty-five by one-hundred and thirty-twO
feet of lots and 8, block 220, Brown &
Jackin's addition for $12, 500; also the
rear half of the southwest forty-four feet
of block 8 to Judge c. NJ. Pond for $4,000.
Judge Pond owned the rest of the three
lots on the other corner. Mr.. McnKight
already had the front 110 feet on Sixth
street, and 165 feet on Second avenue and
this purchase gives him no wthe whole
frontage on Second avenue between Sixth
and Seventh streets; lots 4, 5, and 7.
Another sale made by this firm is the
property on First avenue S between Elev
enth and Twelfth streets, the northeast
corner, 100 fet front by 110, of lots l and
2, block IS, Snyder & Co.'s addition for
w. H. ellison of New York city. The
building is sandstone six-apartment
house, three stories high The occupancy
i'll not be changed at the present time. 1t
is likely that the building will be remod-
eled at the expiration o fthe lease.
Moore Brothers & Sawyer have also sold
85 feet on First avenue between Tenth
and Eleventh streets The description
Is the northeast II feet of lots and 6
and the rear fourteen feet of lot z, block
13, Snyder & Co.'S addition. Three dwell
ings stand on these lots. Moore Brothers
& Sawyer have sold about dozen resi-
dence properties during the last few days,
ranging from 1000 to $4,000 in price
TabOur's Sales.
J. B. Tabour reports the following sales
during the week: 3110 Fremont avenue S,
house and lot sold by John Spetch for
So, 600; 2545 Dupont avenue s, house and
lot to George H. Henchman, $4,000; 3112
Dupont avenue S, house and lot to Sam
uel Johnson for $25O0; Humboldt avenue
between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-f fifth
to G. G. Johnson lot for $1,000 on which
272S Emerson avenue S, house and lot by
A. G. Sutter to T. F. Feely, s., 400.
The d. G. Bell Investment company re-
port sales for the present week of house
at 22O9 Penn avenue N, $500; 3148 Pleas
ant avenue, 81, 800; 1887 Twenty-seventh
avenue S. $3.50; 2126 Queen avenue N,
$3.50; 244S Fourteenth avenue S, $3.50;
2412 Seventeenth avenue S, $780, lot on
Fremont avenue S, between Twenty ninth
and Lake streets: closed a contract for
sale of a residence at SIS, ,O0O
Walter A. Eggleston secretary of the
company, says that the demand for real
estate is almost unprecedented. The firm
has dozen offers out on property at the
present time.
Yale Realty Company.
W. Y. Dennis, president of the Yale
Realty company, says that everything
looks bright and pleasing in the local real
estate market The company has several
large deals on the books not yet COM
pleted. The demand for small residences
and residence lots for the purpose of
building homes is very strong Mr.. Den
mis- considers the amount of building go
ing on astounding. The fiat buildings be-
ing erected by the Yale company at Spruce
Place and Grant street will be ready for
occupancy by the first of September.
w. A. aBrnes & Co. report nine small
sales during the week.