The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-16
Real Estate
WILL POPULATE
PHELPS ISLAND
FEATURE OF THE WEEK IN real,
ESTATE.
Big Task of Laying Out Roads and
Plating of Blocks to Be Taken Up
soon-Permits for Several DWELL
ings and Few Stores Taken Out.

The principal event of the week in
real estate was the announcement of
the Dig plans for Phelps island, which
Will be populated with Minneapolis
and 81. Paul people largely. Old resi-
dents at the lake are rather sorrowfuI
at the invasion of this island, but
When the plans of Engineer Frank
Nutterr are carried out the place will
be far more beautiful spot than in
Its present wild condition.
The plan will take a long time to
work out, but when the laying out Of
the roads and the plating of blocks
are completed the sale Of the property
will begin. Thorpe Brothers, who will
handle the island, are planning to
make 1t free from intrusion of picnic
parties Being set apart by a channel
and two bays it will be secluded
place.
Interest in building this week has
centered chiefly in dwellings, altho
several small business permits have
been taken out.
A. H. Lindley will build a two-story
brick store at 1923 Mary place, which
will cost $500. KEGS & Colburn are
the architects and the H. N. Leighton
company the contractors. Lindsay
Brothers will complete $500 one
story brick warehouse at 607-611
Washington avenue S by Oct /. It
will run thru to 241-243 Sixth avenue
s. The Angus Mcleod company has
the contract. Cass Gilbert has the
plans for improvements to the Realty
company building at First avenue n
and First street. Part Of it will be
made fireproof and a story will be
added.
F. G. Mcmillan is building an auto
mobile storagehouse for the Chute
Realty company at 10 and IL Ortman
street Sc. to cost $4,000. 1t will be
ready Sept. l. Kenyon & VanNest
have the permit for a new store front
at COS Nicollet, to cost $4,000. Mich
olas Faber will build one-story
store at 1909 Washington avenue S,
which will cost $4,000. Simpson Con-
gregatfon, at Twenty-eighth and First
avenue s, has plans for rebuilding
part of the church and a rearrange-
ment Of rooms will be made. s. E.
the first part of alterations and addi-
tions to his National hotel cafe. The
American Scrap Iron company has
permission to build an 1ron-clad ware
house at 712-724 Third street N, to
cost $4,000.
The Itasca Lumber company has
begun an office building at Washing
occupancy Sept. 1. It will be a two
story modern building with big vault
space. The office will be the head
quarters for the mill crew and will
house the clerical force now at the
Lumber Exchange. It is only two
blocks from the mill.
The house building permits for the
week foot up WELL The principal
dwellings for which permits were is
sued are: e. G. Bates, 1920 Humboldt
avenue s, $1,000; M. r. Hanley, 24O9
Blaisdell, $4,000; Thomas Lowry,
Hennepin and Groveland !. terrace,
porch, $4,000; Ernest Rubbert, 1887
Eliot avenue, $4,000; E. Heddy, 7lO
Twenty-frst avenue s, $4,000; G. A.
Mayer, 1013-1017 Fifth avenue N,
$4,000.
Country members are being added
to the Builders & Traders Exchange,
Kasota building, in large numbers.
For the admission fee Of so these
members have all the privileges with
out franchise.