The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13

Records for rapidity of construction .
being broken by the builders of the Buck
| ingham Club. The institution is to he vir
tually unique family hotel. at King
highway and West Pine boulevard. wher
approximately S1.0CO,OO0 will be expended I.
making the establishment model of it
kind before the Worlds Fair opens.
| Excavations on the lot. which has {
| frontage of several hundred feet on boti
| boulevards, began on October 4, or bu
| little more than nine weeks ago. Yester
| day the exterior walls for six stories wert
| completed. and the iron framework for tn,
seventh and last story was in place.
| The Holbrook- Blackwelder Real Estate
Trust Company closed lease on the build
| ing to the Blocking ham Club for a term Of
| years, the officers of the club being W. j
| Holbrook. Alonzo Baldwin, Cyrus p. Wal
| bridge. George H. Blackwelder. E. W
| Banister. Thomas H. Mckittrick and E. b
Pryor.
From President d. r. Francis of the
Worlds Fair. who is also president of the
ST. Louis Club. the management received
letter. saving:
You are certainly to be congratulated
upon the personnel of the above-named
members of the Board of Directors. am
personally acquainted with all of them
and am sure the club will be conducted
in highly satisfactory manner. The So
cia! anc commercial standing of these
gentlemen is a guarantee that the stand
ard of membership in the club will not be
lowered.
The location of the club. facing Forest
Park and overlooking the Exposition site.
is certainly an admirable one. and could
not be surpassed. l commend your enter
prise and public spirit, and wish you sue
cess In your very worthy undertaking."
The buckingham, which is to contain
several hundred suites OF apartments. ev-
have outside exposure, will cater to a Sc
lect class of visitors. Prospective guests
must apply for admission and their appli-
cations Will be PASSED upon by a commit
tee, which Will consider eligibility in much
the same manner that the governing board
of any social organization takes action.
On The roof will be an immense Observa-
tory, surrounded by glass. 1t will be used
during the day. From the windows guests
may view the handsomest residence sec
ton of st. Louis. as well as Forest Park
ana the Exposition.
Special bus service and every detail of
the club management will be upon plane
found IN few cities in the world Already
TOOMS are DelnR received
from persons of means who are willing to
pay any reasonable sum for uncomm0nly
comfortable accommodations.
CLARK AVENUE LEASE.
The Ely & Walker Dry Goods Company
yesterday leased from the Washington
University corporation the six-story ware
house at the northwest corner of Tenth
street and Washington avenue. The
building contains 1900 square feet of
A decided tendency on the part of bis
mercantile houses in the Washington ave-
nue. district to secure storage room in the
vicinity Of Clark .ka avenue nue. convenient to
realty circles. 1t Is said that several i'm
portant deals of this nature are pending
Another development which is attracting
einity OF Bremen a avenue. near I the river,
where the St. Louis Union Packing Com
pany and the Independent Stock Yards
Company are preparing to operate big
]. W. Hannauer. the realty agent in
trested In the two concerns. stated yes
terday that contracts will be let at once
ne ,s b. ,5s a to SGs on
The new independent companies, though
they are separate corporations. will work
IN harmony 49,, They have combined cap.-
been paid in. and will give employment to
several thousand men.
An increase in building. for residence as
well as factory and mercantile purposes, IS
expected. Last month the amount of
building was "a per cent less than for Mo-
vember 1902. again illustrating that st.
Louis is not being overbuilt on account
of the Worlds Fair.
A happy incident in real estate circles
last week was the announcement of the
engagement OF Clifford H. Mcmillan. sec
rotary of the Mercantile Trust Company,
to Miss Anne Sullivan, the wedding to
take place In this city early in the new
year. He has received many hearty con-
from friends on realty row.
Mr.. Mcmillan is the last OF the promi-
nent officials of the Mercantile. trained by
Festus j. Wade and Lorenzo E Anderson,
to leave the ranks of bachelors. He is re-
garded as one of the cleverest, most ex-
pert and reliable men in his business, and
though positive and aggressive in dealing
with competitors. all of them appear to
for him the kindliest personal
feeling. He is considered Missouri prod
lict Of the best tyre.
Two three-story brick store and dwell
Ing buildings at Nos. 100S-10 Pine street
were sold by Cornet & Zeibig yesterday
for the account of Mrs. Jane Lindsay,
James NJ. FrIncfscus & Co. representing
Mrs Lindsay In the purchase
The purchase price was SIS, Co., which is |
little in advance Of prices paid for prop-
arty in this neighborhood In former wears
The property brings in an annual rental |
Of $500.