The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-12
PAPER co. WILL
BUILD WAREHOUSE
BUYS SITE ON FIFTH STREET,
NEAR COURTHOUSE.
The Minneapolis Company Considers
Erection Of Four-story Structure to
Cost 000-Another Addition to
the New South Side Jobbing Section
other Real Estate News. 49,

The Minneapolis Paper company has
bought a warehouse site on Fifth
street across Fourth avenue from the
courthouse and will build warehouse
at once. The purchase was made thru
Thorpe Brothers from the S. T. Nc
Knight company at something over
$4,000. The frontage on Fifth street
dred and sixty-fve. The company is
considering the erection Of a four-story
warehouse to cost about forty thousand
dollars. Reinforced concrete is now I'M
der consideration as the style Of interior
construction.
The move Of the Minneapolis Paper
company from the old wholesale district
to the new south side jobbing and man.
ufacturing section is something OF a
ing the lead of the Jonn Leslie Paper
company, which has just occupied q
new warehouse building at Fifth street
and Third avenue S.
The move has been explained by real
estate men by the fact that when a job
bling house does not require trackage
and is to make a change it is con-
sidered the best policy to move south
of Second avenue s.. where values de-
from the center Of the city. Trackage
seekers will be driven to the new
Boardman land on the Great Northern
and Burlington tracks between Wash
ington and Third N and north of
Fourth avenue N.
The Minneapolis Paper company was
burned out on First avenue N near
Washington about two years ago. Tenn
porary quarters have since been &C.
cupied at Second avenue N and Sec
ond street.
The site chosen is part Of 100 feet
that was picked up by Mr.. Mcknight
several months ago, when he was buy
ing extensively. It is considered to
have been secured at a very reasonable
price by the paper company.
Colfax Avenue Sale.
Edmund Pennington, vice president
5as Benh om Hen G Be B Six Tine s
northwest corner of Colfax and Sum.
NIT avenues for $1,000. It is under.
stood that Mr.. Pennington had plans
prepared for the corner a year ago by
W. M. Kenyon, the architect The site
is two lots and part Of third, with
100 feet frontage and depth Of 1876
feet. The location will be superior
one and the neighborhood is first class
block with Colfax avenue fronting.
Wants Special Permit.
E. L. Carpenter has asked for q spe'
cial permit to erect a three-story brick
veneered dwelling on Clifton avenue,
According to the city ordinance the
limit on brick veneered dwellings is
PA stories, but Carpenter claims that
his sproposed dwelling, tho three stories
in height, is lower than 21a-story
dwellings on the same street. He offers
to appear before the council committee
with his architect, w. @. Whitney.
The J. F. Conklin- Tonne company
has made application for a theater Ii
cense for the new Auditorium. n
Minneapolis Club Rumor Revived.
The story that the Minneapolis club
will build and abandon the present
clubhouse at First avenue S and Sixth
street has been revived. The situa;
ton, however, is the same as it was 9
year ago when agitation began for {
larger, less noisy and; a cleaner situa
tion. The Bigelow corner at Second
avenue s and Seventh street has beer
talked Of for the club location.