The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10
Eugene r. Head Purchases the Entire
Balm Subdivision in the Western
Part of KenOsha.
CHEAP HOMES FOR w0RkMEN.
Three Hundred Lots in the subdivision to
be Placed on the Market and Sold for
Half the Former Price.

The biggest real estate deal ever
made in Kenosha was made on Mon
day afternoon when deal was COM
p1eted for the sale of the Balm Subdi-
vision to E. r. Head. The subdivision
which lies entirely within the city
limits, comprises from two hundred
and fifty to three hundred lots, occupy
ing nearly two dozen complete blocks of
the city. The tract of land purchased
has been plated for some time and
twelve houses which were owned by
the estate are also purchased by Mr..
Head. al
The tract of land extends from the
Chicago Rockford Hosiery works and
the Ram bier Automobile factory north
along Ridge street to Grand avenue, on
Grand avenue west to Charles street
and south to the factories. The SUBJ
division contains many fine resident
sites and they will be placed on the
market at once and the prices will be
placed so low that it will be possible
for every man in the city, be he poor
or rich, to own his own home. The
magnitude of the deal makes it posi-
bic for the new owner of the Sproperty
to place 300 lots on the market
at once. These lots will be of uniform
frontage on the different streets each
having frontage Of fifty feet. The
depth of the lots will vary from 124
feet to 100 feet, and each lot will be
IN o1~od 1@xy q Ssu%aa%, foot a11au ~sSysE4t
While the streets have already been
laid out they will be graded ndplaced
in first class condition. Contracts
have been let for the construction Of
more than a mile of sidewalks soIthat
every lot will be improved in this way
before it is placed on the market.
Every modern Improvement will be
offered to thepurchasers of the lots, as
the city water, sewer and gas mains
have already been laid to the center of
the subdivision and extensions will be
made as rapidly as possible. On many
of the lots all the special assessments
have been paid and the purchasers will
have the privilege of securing lots on
which the taxes for years to come will
be as low as the taxes on property in
any part of the city.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
lots are all within easy access Of the
factory district of the city, another
point in their favor is the fact that
the line of the Kenosha Street Rail-
way Companyw run directly through
the plat offering the prospective buy
ers easy access to all parts of the city.
The Improvement of the streets and
the building of the sidewalks added to
| the natural beauties of the location of
the lots will make the new subdivision
the ideal. home subdivision of the city.
For many years people have been
DESTROYS of building on the lots in the
subdivision but the prices demanded
for the lots were so high that they
were forced to go outside the city
limits and seek cheaper property.
Under the new ownership the price OF
the lots will range from $3.50 to- $500,
and as this is only half the pric e that
has been asked for the lots the sale
will probably be very rapid.
For some time the factory men OF
the city have been seeking a place
where their workmen could find no mes
cheap enough. The opening of this
subdivision by Mr.. Head offers this
opportunity for three hundred men to
find suitable homes for their families.
| Mr.. Head has not as yet announced
the manner in which the lots will be
disposed Of, but some formal announce.
ment will be made within the next
few days.