The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-03
Twenty-seven Feet to Bring Rental
of $4,000 Annually for
Twenty Years
OTHER DEALS ARE COMPLETED.
Twi Tracts in Worlds Fair Dis
Srict Change Hands-Union
Park Project Again At
tracts Attention.

An important realty deal was closed yes
terdak when the premises at No. sls Olive
street, now occupied by an old-fashioneo
building. vas leased by the Judge & Dolph
conuAny from Washington West for term
of twenty years at $4,000 per year. Inc "'u
building win be torn down at once and
modem structure erected upon the site
which is z7x1A feet.
The new building to be erected on the
site & a modern. fve-story structure OF
steel frame. to be occupied In part by tne
lssseea Its estimated cost Is $4,000. ana 1t
A believed that four or i've months Will be
sufhcient for its completion.
Another important lease was closed yes
terday, when. tho Mercantile Trust Com
pany leased the eight-story. slow combus.
ton building at the southeast corner OIL
Nineteenth and Olive streets to the Colum-
bus Carriage and Harness Company for
three years at an annual rental OF Nov
The transaction was on behalf OF Z. II.
6cuddef.
Sales OF flats have been numerous lately.
wooley & Fish have sold to E. 7. Hern-
don. on behalf of the Birbeck Real Estate
Company, the fats at Nos 400 and 44o4
Forest Park boulevard. lot 50x2O0. Tor $la.OOo.
The effects Of the Worlds Fair and no.
ticeable II: two deeds Of transfer wnicn
were recorded yesterday. one of which Is
for n strtp of land on Delmar boulevard.
northwest Of the Forest Park site and Just
outside the city limits. This tract has
frontaRe OF 900 feet on Deimar,s and was
sold BY carew Sanders to Louisa Powell Tor
Entirs City Block Changes Hands.
The other deal was the sale Of tho fee of
the entire city block, No. $500. Tor $io0oo NY
Sallie NJ. Gamble to the Excelsior Realty
the property to B. c. Duffie for $45.WO The
tract sold Is a desirable piece OF Cabanne
property, and the Improvement In value. as
q result OF the Worlds Fair. Is marked.
The block ia triangular in shape, and lies
between Page, Ethel. Clara and Belt ave-
nues The point of the triangle touches
Cara avenue While the base ,,a no,n on
The property was bought for investment
and Improvement
The McNair & Harris Realty Company
Buchanan and Commercial streets, with Y
frontage of 200 feet on Buchanan street. 10
Christian F. Liebke on behalf Of George
and lies in the North End manufacturing
district.
The deed Of transfer for the site Of the
proposed new Second Baptist Church on
Kings Highway was recorded yesterday.
the price, as announced previously In The
Republic, being $4,000. Real estate trans
fsrs for the month lust closed rs sh9 owe asx.
Of July have done remarkably well in the
matter Of deeds filed.
Agitation on behalf Of the Union Station
Park has been resumed with vtgor. and the
promoters of the idea are working hard to
carry the matter through. Leslie Moffett
Is stin working vigorously In behalf Of the
idea and various organtzations have taken
-Ane-oa1ese-eH.---Ae-s fndosves the
idea OF locating the Carnegie Library upon
the site.s In q recent issue Of the Railway
Journal. editorial comment Is made upon
the dssirability Of the site as q location for
the Carnegie Library. The fact that hum
dreds Of thousands OF Worlds Fair visitors
will derive their first Impressions from the
prospect which confronts them upon lew
Ing the station Is considered q strong rea-
con for instituting park and q library or
library branch.
Surveyors ana graders are at work on
ehe property Of the new st. Luke's Hospital
on Deimar boulevard and Belt avenue. and
work on tho new structure viii be hurried
~ much as possible. Commenting upon
the surroundings Of the Fair in 1905 8
prominent real estate man said yesterday
that no similar Exposition had ever had
such Advantages In the matter Of location.