The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-13
REAL ESTATE WORLD
BUILDING OPERATIONS ACTIVE IN
ALL4sPARTs OF THE
CITY
GAS COMPANY IMPROVEMENTS
Hill Street Plant to BE Enlarged
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for cold
Storage PIanf-Residences
Shooting Up.

Next week the ST. Paul Gas Lighting
company will begin work on what will
be, when the plans-are carried out, the
complete undermining of its Hill street
station. Machinersds and appliances will
be installed that will represent an ex-
penditure of nearly s$15,O00 Plans for the
changes have been flied with the city
building inspector.
The building as it now stands, will be
stripped almost entirely of its present
equipment and in its stead will be in
stalled generators and switchboards of
modern make and design that will when
in operation, increase the capacity Of tne
plant fully a third The total generator
capacity of the plant when fully COM
pleted will not be far from $3.50 horse
power
Including the storage plant installed
at the Cedar street station the first part
of the year, the St. Paul Gas lighting
company has expended fully 600 in
undermining it's plant and is now the
best equipped electrical generating con-
Germ west of Chicago.
The company also mas in view the ex-
tension of its underground conduit sys-
tenn, but this will only be done as the
streets are ordered paved The improve
ments at the Hill street station will also
include new battery of boilers.
ACA-oeOES OOAO
In few days steps will be taken to
secure from the state articles of incor-
poration for the st. Paul Cold Storage
company now in process eff organization.
The company will be composed of Ken
4Reeh ClarH,7 E. H. Bailey, j.. W. Lusk, r.
w. Kelly, j.. S. Bangs and others and
will be capitalized at $250 006a -
The building which the company is
planning will be ten stories in height and
will have a Of
depth of 50 feet. Ut will be located on
Third street,.near Market, and will have
accommodations for both cold and ordi-
nary storage. 1t will he fire-proof
throughout and Will be provided with
ample railroad facilities The principal
parties behind the concern are Swift &
Co. who own the ground on which the
building viii be located The building
when completed will represent an ex-
penditure Of nearly s225,009
Residences en-, the Hill.
Numerous additions to the handsome
residences that already cover the hin
district are being planned for construc-
ton this year These include, a modern
residence for louis T Lefeore to be
located on Marshall avenue, and to
cost $780, one for Fred Foote on Ash
land avenue, at cost of 5000; one for
RI. A. Muckle, to be located near his ear
riage factory in Merriam Park. the es-
tImated cost Of which will be $4,000, and
one for A. Skinner, to be located at
Summit and Chatsworth. 1T Will rep
resent, when completed, an expenditure
of $4,000
NJ 2. Franzen & Co., have the gen
eral contract for the flat building that
Alfred Hoyt viii erect on TfIton street.
near Wapasha. IT viii be three stories
and basement, of pressed brick, and
Will cost when completed $40 900.
For the building now being erected at
fifth and Broadway for McKibben, Dris-
col q Dorsey, 100,0 600 red pressed facing
brick has been contracted for. The trim
mings of the building will be OF cut
stone. -9~& -
New Peoples Church.
Plans are now being prepared by J. W.
Stevens for the new Peoples church that
will take the place of the one DESTROYED
by fire. T.
In many prospects it will be- similar in
style to the old building, though some
changes will be made to the interior.
Fhe old building was not well supplied
with exits, and this lack will be made
the basis of a protest by the city build
ing department if the new plans do not
show some marked changes in this re-
spect
Factories and buildings planned for
and now in the course of construction
at st. Anthony Park include a three
story brick factory for the American
Folding Bed company. to cost $1,000:
steel covered factory building in which
will be manufactured stoves for Gruen-
hagen Bros, to cost $4,000, and an cleo
trical plant for f. b. Brace and others.
recently given a lighting franchise by
| the city council.
| The park district is now one Of the
most active building sections in st. Paul
nor IAN
fers this week weres ndItde in the absorb
ton of thirty-six lots lin Desnoyer Park
by III. B. Scott. of Chicago and the
brick row on College street between wa
basha and st. Peter streets, by Oscar
Hallam. Both represented an investment
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