Arizona republican., 1905-01-01
REAL ESTATE AND BUILDING
AN ENERGETIC BUILDER
L. A. Amirault and His Churchill Ad-
 dition Enterprise.

No residence portion of the city of
 Phoenix, both numerically and in re-
 spect of the character of its population.
 has been more rapidly built up and inn
 proved than has the Churchill addition.
 Only few years ago the greater part
 Of 1t was an alfalfa pasture, but today It is covered with cosy cottages and some much more pretentious residences.
 while shacks and unsightly structures are rare indeed.
 There is a reason for everything ana
 the reason the Churchill addition was
 quickly peopled with a good class of citizens is partly because it was well situated, close to the bushes part ut town, but more because there were a few energetic men interested in mak- ing it a desirable residence locality. The Cliginal owner first made sons to buy in desirable tracts on reasonable terms. Then came the builders, the improvers, those, who not only built for themselves but for others. Of this class MT L. A. Amirault un- doubtedly stands at the head. He has been the foremost builder of that ad- dition and today owns nine good resi- dence properties himself, all of them but one being in that addition The other is just one half a block south of the addition, it being the handsome residence property on Van Buren street that has been occupied for the last sev- en years by territorial auditor, I. M Christy.
 About eight years ago and not long after the addition came into notice, MT. Amirault took a fancy to that part of town, began to get property and to build His houses are mostly situated along Third street, on both sides, be- tween Taylor and Fillmore streets. His newest house, but recently completed is situated on the east side of Second street between Taylor and Fillmore It is handsomely finished building inside and out. It is a s3500 six room brick structure finished in Arizona white pine, the most beautiful of all lumber The square corners inside found in most buildings are eliminated and built round or in quarter circles. something that is at least novel and at tractive. It is fitted with all modern conveniences. All the front doors and windows are finished in plate glass and 1t is in every way a model home dwell ing. This house has been leased to G. 4. Hulst who came here recently from Nebraska and associated himself in l. O. Hulst has come to reside permanently and in selecting a home he thought it economy to get the best
 MT. Amirault being himself an achi- test and contractor has of course used everything to the best possible advant- age and economically. But the main thing was hard work and confidence. First he got the property and began at once to improve it planting ash trees all round it. He built houses as fast as he could shape his affairs to do so, having a growing faith in the future. When the drouth of a few years ago brought an era of hard times and local building stagnated it looked a little cloudy for him but he put his property under the care of an agent and sought another field temporarily. Douglas was the field. Pursuing the same tactics there that he did in Phoenix he rode into a measure of prosperity, and after three years closed out his interests there and returned to remove the en- on his Phoenix investments and make further Improvements. And all the time the trees were growing and the property was increasing in value. Lots that he paid S200 and $500 for a few years ago are now worth from $500 to $500 and hard to get.
 Keeping his property in good repair 1t has always been occupied. He has always kept uppermost the idea of a pleasing environment. While his houses are not all alike they are similar. There is q general uniformity in the con- struction of the buildings and all are in neatly painted white fences, all surrounded by shade trees that are now large enough to be of much benefit