The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-16
Remainder Of Dawson Prop
erty is Going Under
the Hammer
SOME BRISK BIDDING
Valuable Portions of Real Estate
Were Eagerly SOught-Estate
Likely to Realize
100000.

Nearly 500 people sat shivering in the
Auditorium yesterday while the public
auction sale Of the assets Of the William
Dawson estate was being held by Auc-
tioneer Kavanaugh. At times the bidding
was rather brisk when a valuable parcel
Of real estate was offered
The estate, which was owned by A. 3.
Stickney, as assignee of William Dawson,
comprised LOCO lots, and while they would
have brought $1000,000. fifty years ago. il
is not expected that the sale will realize
more than about 100000
The conditions Of the sale were read Dy
M L. COuntryman, attorney for the as
signee, who stated that the terms of the
sale were 10 per cent cash and the ball
ance to be paid in thirty days. The per-
sonal accounts of Mr.. Dawson We're sold
first, after which the real estate was Of
fered. The sale Of Commission Row
block of land at WacOUta and Sixth
streets, $50 feet square, and buildings, Will
take place at 10 o'clock this morning. An
offer Of $4,000 was once made for this
property.
The morning was largely taken up with
the sale of personal property, which
brought in the neighborhood Of $780, 90.
The only assets of value however We're
ABS shares of the Interstate Investment
Trust company stock. The first 100 shares
sold at $117, and were bought in by A. F.
Fletcher and Charles N. Powers, assignee
of the st. Paul Plow works, bought the
next 800 shares at $116 each The re-
naming 1876 shares were sold to A. D.
DunIay for $115.5O each.
A claim of $160,000 against William Daw-
son Jr., was bid in by w. II. Lightner,
receiver of the Bank of Minnesota, at
81 200. One hundred and fifty shares Of
Walter f. Wood Harvester company's
stock, was also sold to Mr.. Lightner at
80 cents share.
N. H. Hanson paid S. for 2948.24 in back
rent due the estate. and balances due for
rentals were knocked down for nominal
sums.
The sale Of real estate took place in the
afternoon, being offered in groups and
the price of the auction being exclusive
of the delinquent taxes.
There were 223 parcels Of city real
estate, some of them including as many
as thirty lots in different additions; nine
parcels of farm lands and miscellaneous
tracts in Ramsey county; nine pieces Of
improved real estate on which there are
buildings, and 1876 acres of Florida lands.
The property brought fairly good prices
considering the condition and location OF
it.
William Egan bought lots 2 and of
block 10, Central park addition, for 81, 925.
w. C. Read also bought two lots in the
vicinity of Thirteenth and Robert streets,
which formerly sold $1CO front foot, for
81, 325 Lots and g. block 8, fronting on
Robert street were sold to Chris Hansen
for ST. $50. Mr. Hansen also bought lot Z
for 1925 and lot for 81, O75, while J. j.
Bull bought lot in the same block for
$1,C65
Some of the remaining parcels were bid
in as follows:
Fourteen blocks, containing sixty-flve
acres, Bowlin's addition (taxes, S69S.59),
Lot 4 and pa part Of lot s, block 4. Cen
trail Park addition (taxes, $l18.68)-C.
Lot /. block 10. Central Park addition
Lots and 8, block TO- Central Park
addition-William Egan, 1925.
Lot J., Block 10, Central Park addition
r. T. O'Connor, $685..
Lots and g. block 3, Central Park ad-
dition-Charles Hanson. $3.50.
Lot Z, block g. Central Park addition
Charles Hanson, 1925.
Lot s, block 8, Central Park addition
Charles Hanson, 1925.