The St. Louis Republic., 1903-09-20
btA tructure to Be Erected
at Southern Entrance to
Fair Grounds.
|RK STARTS NEXT WEEK.
s. Aloe Company Leases Pu-
ger, Building on Olive Street
Daily Meetings at
Realty Exchange.

~ ginning week from tomorrow, the.
h side OF the Worlds Fair grounds
commence TO blossom with hotel
ctures, the first cluster to be located
the vicinity OF the main southern en-
pee to the Exposition site.
Ill addition TO the big Christian En-
I2avor ana Fraternity hotels, ground for
ffch will be broken within q fortnight,
~, liicate headed by John Krstz and
ziresisnted by the Lincoln Trust Com
l8b y viii erect a hostelry facing the Fair
~ will occupy lot 151X5so feet. on the
i btheast corner Of Oakland avenue and
"a Missouri Pacific and Frisco tracks,
here a station will be erected. The hotel
~ contain several hundred rooms and
80 cost about $4,000.
IA connection with the hotel the Lincoln
'rust clients propose TO operate hand
|sfne garden covering a large tract Of
sd. A principal feature will be an elab-
'thte electric fountain, with pyrotechnic
.&ects
"a is estimated that the railways will
= load at least 5000 persons a day at the
s1uthern entrance 10 the Fair. and, there
IRE. the hotels in that locality will come
n for a share of large business. The new
HterpTise mentioned will not be leased,
u Will be operated by the builders.
#The city authorities have authorized the
,fening of Oakland avenue. and David
',nah stated yesterday that the property
u rSrs viii subscribe a sum sufficient TO
Hak&s the street accessible to the public
d fore the Exposition opens.
4The Christian EndeavoF Hotel viii con-
4in 200 rooms and the Fraternal Hotel
'p0o. Both enterprises are ready to push
Ne building TO an early completion and
fAve booked thousands Of prospective
ssests.
4 ALOE LEASE CLOSED.
The old Post-Dispatch building on Olive
slreet between Broadway and Sixth
freet. was leased yesterday by the Mer-
santile Trust Company to the a. S. Aloe
Company for a term of fifteen years. II
! sas the most important lease of the
eek, since the property is considered one
n the most valuable In the downtown
'etail section.
The structure. which is four stories and
basement Of massive construction, is TO
le altered and improved at an expense Of
bout $1,000. and when completed will
se one of the prettiest stores in the West.
From an alley as well as the front light
Will be secured.
Fire destroyed the Aloe store on Broad.
way p few weeks ago. and the lease OF
ne nav Olive street location yesterday
vas Vie result OF aggressive work on the
art of the Mercantile Trust Company
'eal estate department, whose represent
,tives were on the ground the morning
After some brisk competition the Mer-
antile Trust convinced the Aloe Com
,aiIy that Joseph PuIitzer's property was
Ne best location available. Cablegrams
nd kilograms were freely used. and the
esuli was a deal which satisfied both
.afties ard emphasized the fact that Mr..
zen well placed.
among the interesting sales of the week
was ono closed by the. Germania Trust
company. which disposed of the old home
ssocaa and Theresa avenues. This resi-
tence. which has been the scene of many
valiant social functions, was purchased
~ Mrs. Agnes kEnnett for Sl4,OD.
RsHIty agents report an increased de-
atsSd for property of all kinds. and -ex-
ssstt brisk business. To facilitate transac-
spns5 IT has been decided TO revive daily
-feetfnrs at the Real Estate Exchange
S7Tpne first OF the series OF meetings will
s3Se Mace tomorrow at 1l:30 a. m, and
sI1 he held thereafter at that hour.
; T. UNION STATION HOTEL.
Tie Union Station Hotel en- the north
sfst corner of Nineteenth and Market
,areets. opposite the main entrance of
no Union Station. is almost completed. 1t
5 four stories; first floor arranged in
stores. with large plate-Class windows;
second floor as Offices and the remainder
Df the building. will contain fifty rooms TO
be used as a hotel. Three of the stores
iave been leased to Francis NJ. Murphy
n New York.
The main attraction to this building viii
fcf The entrance, which will contain loo
electric lights. and all the iron columns
gn the outside will be covered with
marble.
The interior of The building to be finished
With the finest Italian marble. and will
contain all modern conVeuisnces, steam
heat, electric elevators and the best mod
rrIf plumbing.
! The building will cost about s215.00O.
McNAMEE HEIGHTS SALE.
A large crowd attended the sale of lots
held by the Maplegreen Realty Company
It -McNamee Heights yesterday afternoon.
Many lots were sold, and the prices OBJ
"a NED were entirely satisfactory to the
lRS&srs of the property, and at the same
tifne 1t was generally conceded that the
were lucky in securing bar
sains.;