The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-12
: NEW WAREHOUSES
TO COST S25O,000,
Laclede Gas Light Company to
Build Extensions in Mill Creek
Valley at Once.
LEVELING SEVEN-ACRE TRACT.
improvements Based on Expect
ancy That st. Louis VIII Soon
Have 100000 Population
Realty Notes.

On tie seven acres Of ground in :he Mil
Creek Valley at Tiffany avenue purchased
through the Mercantile Trust Company sew
eral days ago the l.aclede Gas Light Com
pany yesterday announced tina: it would
erect. at once. buildings TO cost s25o,ooc.
widnlann, Walsh & BOOKSELLER. architects,
are drawing plans for what are said to be
perhaps the largest warehouses used by
any gas company in America.
The land fronts several hundred feet on
Chouteau avenue by depth northwardly
of about 900 feet 10 the Missouri Pacific
Railroad. The Frisco railways runs the en-
tire length of the property along the east
crn side The price paid for the ground
was 5000.
E G. Cowdery. vice president OF the gas
company. states that the survey OF the
ground is almost finished and that enorm-
Gus quantities of rock and earth will be
removed TO bring the property to a level
with the railroad tracks.
The policy OF the gas company is TO in
crease its service and extend its facilities
This purchase will provide ample storage
yards. thus avoiding the necessity of string
ing gas pipes along the streets and allow
ing them to rust there before they are
ready to be placed underground.
The buildings Will range from three to six
stories in height along the Chouteau ave-
nue. front, AND will De occupied as the
warehouses and Western offices Of the gas
company. while the large tract abutting
the railroad will be used storage yards
for pipe. Machine shope also may be in
stalled.
EXPECT 100000 POPULATION.
: The tract of land sold is at present
rocky and broken piece Of ground. but con-
eidering its location and the special rail-
way advantages. the price is regarded by
the Mercantile Trust COmnaQy and other
realty experts as being very reas onable
About two-thirds of the tract was sold
for the account Of p. Dexter Tiffany and
the other heirs Of the Tiffany estate. for
So 900 cash. The remainder OF the proper
ty belonged to Mrs. Mary {. Bartle and as
ISOLATE heirs of the Brooks estate. who re-
.eeived $4,000 for the;r portion. The land Is
located in Mill Creek Valley about midway
between Grand and Nandeventer avenues.
In providing great extensions OF the gas
company's plants Mr.. Cowdery, who has
only been in the city several months as
general manager of the company, says that
the extensions are based on the belief that
st. Louis in a very short time Will exceed
1,000.00J population.
Among the interesting developments of the
week in realty were the plans for hotel
and seven stores which Andrew Sproule will
build at the northeast corner of Pine street
and Grand avenue, as announced in The
Republic.
j. On Laclede avenue Immediately west Of
manager of the Simmons Hardware Com
.pany, will erect a series of buildings for
factory purposes.
Next to the sale made by the Mercantile
pany. the largest transaction in realty was
closed by the Observation-Disclosures Real
Estate Trust Company, which disposed of
the new apartment house, No 4lS7 L!ndell
boulevard, from Jemes E. Fogg TO the Elk
'celsior Realty Company for $4,000. The In
feStment at this Price pays S per cent.