The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-31
Auction Sale in Suburban Subdi-
vision Attracts a Large Crowd
of Buyers.
MORE HOTELS ARE PLANNED.
Clients of Nichols Ritter Expect
to Build a $1,000. geo Hostelry
on Twelfth Near Mar
ket Street.

Evidence Of the demand for attractive
lots upon which to build homes was fur
nished yesterday at the auction conducted
by the Mercantile Trust Company at
Southampton. a suburban subdivision on
Kings highway in the Tower Grove neigh
borhood.
More than a thousand persons attended
the auction and the result was that plans
Cor upward OF thirty new dwellings were
announced. The prices paid for the lots
aggregated more than $50 be.
Refreshments Mere served on the grounds
and a brass band rendered a concert, max
ing the auction one of the most novel in
the history of the city. 1t was somewhat
in the nature of a picnic. though the serious
mission OF buying or selling a prospective
home was not lost sight of.
Since last fall extensive Improvements have
been made to Southampton. which now has
every convenience a person may find in any
well-regulated suburb. The streets are fin
ished. and the Landscape on a high elevation
presents a pretty picture.
The prices OF lots have steadily increased.
ana in this connection an incident was re-
ls.SS yesterday by \. W. Syrett, the sub
division manager fog the Mercantile Trust
Company.
"A gentleman bought a corner in South
ampton last September. and on going to
look the property over during the winter
while the construction work YVES going on,
got thoroughly discouraged and lost all
faith in the proposition. He forfeited the
money that he had paid on the lot. which
happened TO be one Of the best corners in
the addition. and for which he paid last fall
s25 a foot. During the last week this lot
was resold to a ST Louis business man at
$50 a foot, an advance of SIS a foot over the
price at which the lot was originally sold.
T say that this man to-day felt like
hutting his head against a brick wall is
putting it mildly. He did not do it, how
eyer huf do the hpSr thing he CDriii under
the circumstances. He bought another lot
Had this man retained the original lot he
space of Some eight months made a proat
on his investment of nearly 5000.
At L O'clock tomorrow the advance will
go into effect Agents will be on the
grounds to-day.
The names of the purchasers and list of
the properly purchased fSllSws: .u,f
80 feet. $50: {. G. Scheuck. Lansdowne ave
nue. 50 feet. 500: E. A: Lubelly: Nottingham
s9enge' a % Tsss, s $ ies w Is5o, w Mrs' cb haps-
II. Smith, Lansdowne avenue. 30 feet, 1850:
Virginia a. Cochrin. Lansdowne avenue. 30
feet. sos: Alfred H. Bawn. Lansdowne ave-
Gowne avenue. % feet. 500: Patrick Walsh,
Devonshire avenue. 80 feet 500; Joel E.
$500: Peter Swesson. Nottingham avenue. 50
feet, $50: Frederick Sweitzer. Nottingham
avenue. $50; F. w; Boilmann. nottingham
avenue. si.05o: Charles a McReynolds. Dey-
onshire avenue, ~ feet. SSe: Albert Zeieen-
helm. Murdoch avenue. 80 fee:. $500; Robert
Johnson. Lansdowne avenue. 50 feet. 500;
q. H campion. Lansdowre avenue. so feet
$3.50; William Grurp. Devonshire avenue. SO
feet. $3.50: Paul r. konzelman. Devonshire
avenue. 80 feet. $50: Hugh K. Harcing. Not
tingham avenue 80 feet, $3.50: John Nc
Morrow. Deyonstire avenue, 30 feet. 500:
M kirkweod. Devonshire avenue. 80 feet,
500: Charles T.. Michael. Devonshire ave-
nue., - feet. $3.50: John ]. Fitzgibbin. Jr.. 50
feet, 500: John Nahaney, Devonshire ave-
nue.. 80 feet. &p: Conrad F Kali. Devon
Devonshire avenue. so feet, $500; H. F. Luz
cey. Devonshire avenue. 80 feet. 500: Thos.
J. Murphy. Devonshire avenue, 30 feet. $500:
Aug. Reinhardt, Devonshire avenue, %
feet. sSN.