The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-22
Butler Brothers Finds 1t Neces-
sary to Add Four Acres to
Their Floor Space.
MANY LARGE REALTY DEALS.
New Building Will Be Erected for
the Salvage Corps on Locust
Between Eleventh and
Twelfth Streets.

As an instance OF the phenomenal COM
IImercial growth of st. Louis. Butler Bros,
Thirteenth street and Washington avenue,
who have been In business in this city only
one year. have found it necessary to add
four acres to their floor space.
Through the Mercantile Trust company
Butler Bros. yesterday leased the eight
basement building at the south
east corner of Thirteenth and St. Charles
streets, to be used as Il warehouse in con-
ncction with the Washington avenue store.
The building is to be thoroughly over
hauled and electric elevators and many 9TH
er improvements added. The lease runs for
a long term of years and was made by
Lorenzo E. Anderson, vice president of the
Mercantile Trust Company, and II. L.
Knapp, vice president of Butler Bros. The
property Is owned by the Mutual Realty
Company, which was organized by the Mer-
camille Trust Company several years ago.
With four acres of floor space, this struc-
ture is perhaps the largest used for COM
mercial purposes in St. Louis. 1t was for
merry occupied by the Liggett & Myers To-
bacco Company before 1t was absorbed by
SALVAGE CORPS REMOVAL.
A new home for the Salvage Corps is con-
templated in the lease effected through the
longing to Andrew Sproule, fronting SO feet
! inches on the north line of Locust, be-
tween Eleventh and Twelfth streets.
A handsome tWO-Story building will he
erected by Mr.. Sproule to conform to all the
requirements OF the Salvage Corps. which
VIII remove from It's present headquarters,
on the north side OF Locust between Seventh
and Eighth streets.
Among. many features In the realty mar
ket, activity in the Cupples district was
made especially prominent by the sale of
the southwest corner of Broadway and
Spruce street, through the Mercantile Trust
of the Continental Tobacco Company. for
10000. The purchaser is a client OF Harry
g.; Knapp.
Mr. Brown nrObahly will mpka handsome
improvements
Mr.. Brown has operated extensively in
cess has been that he has erected hand
some improvements on the property he has
acquired. He has not only secured attractive
Investments for himself. but his advent
into any territory has been of general
benefit by reason of the substantial i'm
provements.
The Mercantile Trust Company also re-
ports having effected another important
sale of Olive street property, the premises
sold being Nos. 1873. 8425. si27' and 1929 Olive
street. o u two-story brick buildings, with
stores on the ground floor and rooms above,
located a short distance below Theresa ave-
nue.. The lot fronts s. feet on Olive street
by an irregular depth through to Locust
street, and Is desirable by reason of its
double front The property was sold for the
chaser being a ~well-known investor. who
will make substantial improvements on the
property for the income and for the profit
which he feels is assured for all well-located
HISTORY of BURLINGTON SITE
Among the notable sales of the week was
that of the Burlington building on the south
side OF Olive street between Eighth and
Ninth streets. which w. r. Bixby. trus-
tee OF the Mcmillan estate, purchased
through Observation-Disclosures Real Es-
tates Trust Company. from the Mississippi
Valley Trust Compan for $500. 900, the ten
story structure having a frontage of "a feet
olive 1t pays . per cent net on the in
In discussing this sale. Eugene Benost
Of the Mississippi Valley Trust Company
mentioned that old st. Louis residents
the Cabann residence. while the property
between it and Eighth street was occu-
pled by the Reyburn residence. just west
Odd Fellows building. stood a row of two
story brick houses. standing somewhat lex
from the street and about eight feet Above
It., with a stone wall in front.
The south half Of this block was occu-
pied by the Benoist residence, and immedi-
ateiy opposite, where the Government
Tandy. The southwest corner of
Ninth and Olive streets, just west of this
property. where the Emile building. sold
gany about two years ago and now being |
demolshed. was the Lrcas homestead. on
the other corner, where the Century build-l
ing now stands, was the Church of the
ACTIVE BUSINESS NOTED.
An Illustration Of the activity of the real |
Of Nicholls-Rltter Realty and Fin s1piai
company: which sold last week business
property aggregating 500. GOO. Since January |
the sales made by the Mississippi Valley |
The Lincoln Trust Company sold the |
leasenoid for the property at the southeast |
torner or Olive street and jefferson avenue
fireproof building, the exact character
OF which has not Yet been determined.
AGENTS,