The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-27
Real Estate
HOME LOTS MOVING
Business in Real Estate for the
Past Week Has Been
Good. - " I'D"
Sales Have Been Regular-Agencies
Are Selling Much of Their
~. Own Property,

Real estate business has been good sthis
week. The sales have Seen small in size,
but regular and without complications.
Some agencies :haversold al.geod adeal of
their; Gown property ron which, soft course,
they make more moneys than ~on trans
fers made on commission basis The
sales Of the week were Of the best quail
ity in that the lots were bought as sites
for future: homes for the middle class
OF wage earners. The agency that can
show a record Of a sale day thru the
year has reason to be proud of It's rec
ord, and there are several in the city,
with business built up by judicious adj
vertising and by personal work, which
have this record.
Building is fair this season in Mime
apolis. The three big contracts taken by
G.: F. Hagln and the H. N. Leighton
company are approaching completion.
They are the addition to the Glass Block
store of William Donaldson & Co., the
Northwestern National bank building and
the two-story addition to the federal
building, with interior alterations.
Work on Glass Block.
The Glass Block has made the best
speed. Already the building is nearly
inclosed. VI
Mr.. Leighton has been laboring under
difficulties owing to the inability to get
stone. He has as large a crew as pos
sibe in his yards cutting the Bedford
stone for the exterior Of the postoffice
building and the Georgia marble for the
Northwestern building. Some criticism
has been offered on the rate of speed on
the government building, but the public
has little idea of the interior changes
nearly completed. The bricklaying fol-
the extension of the exterior walls Is go
ing forward as fast as methods of build
ing will allow. 1t cannotabe completed
faster until the outer stone Is set. On
the bank building the laying Of brick has
been hustled ever since the iron work
was in place. Already the walls are tax
ing shape
The New Bank Building.
The bank has let the contract for It's
steel vault lining and doors and has in
trusted the designing and engineering Of
the work to a company which makes
speciality of vault protection work.
No institution In the city has such thick
steel vault work as will be placed here.
The vault walls will be of two-inch steel
and the double doors will be altogether
nine inches thick. Outside will be two
feet Of brick laid in Portland cement.
The vault will be two stories high with
a space Of 15x52 feet on each floor. On
the banking floor will be the money and
book vaults and the safety deposit depart
ment.
The safety deposit feature is new with
this bank and may be confined to the
banks patrons. The first installment of
boxes will number 100 with room for 1000.
If the business expands sufficiently the
lower deck Of the vault will be used en-
tirely for this purpose making a total
capacity Of 5000.
Federal Building Interior.
In the federal building a great many old
interior walls of brick are being replaced
with steel Orders and posts. Several new
offices are being made. The two immense
court rooms on the second story on each
court rooms on the second story on either
side of the building, and on the lower
floors the space has been divided into two
immense rooms for the use of the post
office department.
The contractor has not been niggardly
in preparing for the exterior changes. Inn
1nense scaffoldings have been erected to
make a base for a small railway track for
running materials around the building.
The immense lift crane, built for the occa-
sion, IA curiosity. It Ii used in lowering
the old stone material; sin lifting the new,
land in loading and unloading wagons.
Signals are given to the engineer by a sys=
tenn Of electric bells The monster seems
to work with almost human intelligence.