The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-18
Merchants Will Raise: Subscrip-
ton for Hosiery at Washing
ton Avenue and Sixteenth.
OLD ST. LOUIS CLUB SITE.
Worlds Fair Committee to Be
Guided by the Wishes of Sub
scribers in Selecting a Local
ton for Proposed Hotel.

Wholesale merchants in the Washington
avenue district are bringing pressure to
bear upon the Ways and Means
of the Worlds Fair to locate the proposed
mil.ion-oollar downtown hotel at a point
convenient TO the principal mercantile es-
adjustments To this end they have opened
a campaign for subscriptions.
Several sites have been proposed, and the
latest. Washington avenue and Sixteenth
street, is being strongly advocated. though
some of the wholesale dealers hold that 1t
is too far west.
on the other hand. 1t Is pointed out that
the site formerly occupied by the st. Louis
Club Is within walking distassce of the
Union Station and is within easy reach OF
the Sabur ban as well as the Transit Com
pany lines. afording street car facilities to
all parts of the city.
The lot has a frontage of go feet on
Washington avenue. and runs from Six
teenth street 10 Robbins lane on the west.
tie depth being $50 feet. TIE SIZE is consid-
cred suitable.
This property is owned by George w.
Brown. president OF the Brown Shoe Com
pany who purchased 1t several years ago
from J. T. Brummond. Mr.. at
one time intended to erect a hotel on the
lot. believing that it was an excellent ioca-
zion. but for some reason the plan was
never carried cut.
II is understood that Mr.. Brown will Of
fer the property to the Worlds Fair Com
m.ttee at a very TeaS0na DIE HSule LOT Inc
reason that he believes the entire Washing
ton avenue wholesale district would he ben
Gifted by a first-c!ass hotel. and that one
Is very much needed in that locality.
The other sites under consideration are:
Pine street, north side. between Ninth and
Tenth streets: Tenth street. east side, be-
tween Olive and Locust. and Twelfth street.
west side. from Locust to ST. Charles
streets.
WASHINGTON AVENUE SITE.
James F. Coyle of Coyle & Sargent. No,
chants in the wholesale district remarked
yesterday that while they were not direct
iy interested in any one particular location
they thought the site at Sixteenth and
Washington avenue. suitable for the pro-
posed hotel, the subscription for which was
opened by Adolphus Busch with a guaran-
tee of $4,000.
This is to be a permanent institution"
said a merchant, "and it is ~well-known
that most of st. Louis's visitors have bust
ness with the Washington avenue houses.
The city is constantly growing at a great
rate. A hotel somewhere In this section IS
needed"
nave expressed an intention of showing no
favoritism in the selection of a site when
the necessary funds are n RAISED &c. and 1,dhs%"iihh.bpss
and the opinions OF representative business
men.
month is maintaining an average of more
than 100000 a week. There were few large
sales last week. but the lumber Of small
QeaiS kept the Md up " d SOVO tdiu
ard.
Among the larger sales was one made by
the Mercantile Trust Company. TIL prop
erty Is on Broadway south Of Market street
and was sold for $4,000 to parties who will
make extensive improvements for mercan-
tile purposes.
The sale Of Schnaider's historic summer
garden at Hickory street ard Mississippi
avenue. where Roberts. johnson & Rand
Shoe Company will expend 100000 in. the
erection of new plants to employ about
1000 persons. was another important trans
action closed by the Mercantile Trust Com
pany.
A UNIQUE DEED.
Apple s. Hemmelmann sold the old yande:
venter Depot, formerly used by the Lindell
Railroad. at Papin street and the missouri
Pacific tracks. to parties. who will erect a
large factory. The lot is T74x230 feet. and
the price paid was $4,000.
Charles A. Olcutt purchased through the
Henry Realty Company a tract
on Broadway. between Buchanan and An
gelrodt streets. where he will build another
planning mill,
The Nichols Ritter Realty and Financial
Company added to its large list Of unique
sales a lot of property in Russia. The deeds
were executed for Henry Herr Of No. 614l
Ella avenue. and the members of his family
In ST. Louis. who left the land of the Car
TO enjoy greater political freedom, In this
country. The papers are written In the
Russian language. and were executed before
| the Russian Consul in Chicago.