Arizona republican., 1907-10-04
NEW REALLY FIRM
 E. J. BENNITT & co.
A Closer Cooperation of Well Known Gentlemen Hitherto Successful in the Same Line of Business.

The real estate agency of F. J. Ben =
 nitt is one of the oldest and best es- tablished in the city and has enjoyed | an extensive business from the begin
 ming. During the last year the busi-
 ness has grown to such an extent that
 with the promise of greater prosperity
 and added business in the future it has been deemed wise by Mir. Bennitt to | reorganize it on broader lines and on October 1st this was done, Frank D.
 Lane and Jesse F. Kelly being taken
 into partnership and the agency name
 being changed to E.. J. Bennitt & Co. | It is a fitting time to briefly review | the history of the agency and make some mention of the gentlemen who have assumed a proprietary interest | in it though they have for a long time been somewhat associated with MT. Bennitt, MT. Lane especially. MT. Ben
 nitt has been a leading Phoenix citi-
 zen for nearly quarter of century.
 For many years he was cashier of the Valley bank and director of it and in the early nineties he became asso- ] ciated with J. F. Fleming and P. J. 1 Cole in the founding of the Phoenix
 National bank, being its cashier for, a time. Severing his connection with
 that bank in 1895 he opened the real estate agency which for the last twelve years he has conducted so successfully. He is well known all over the territory and has an enviable reputation in ! banking and business circles. not hay | ing entirely severed his banking con nections even after ceasing to be a bank official.
 Four years ago Frank D. Lane en-
 tered his employment, resigning his position as chief clerk in the auditor s
 office and deputy bank examiner of the territory. to do so. He was also one of the incorporators of the Phoenix Cycle Co. which later sold the business
 and still later bought 1t back. He is
 now president of that corporation which is enjoying a prosperous busi-
 ness. Last spring he was also elected treasurer of the Salt River Valley
 Water Users association, than which 1 there is no more honorable position of trust in the community as it is the official organization which stands be- tween the government and the people | in the local reclamation project, which ! is providing the means of salvation for the entire valley in an industrial way. Mir. Kelly is no stranger in the com
 munity either for he has resided here
 a great many years and is well known, particularly in Mesa City where he has | lived for several years past. MT. Kelly was steward at the Arizona asylum 1 for the insane under the superintend- ency of Dr. J. Miller and later under
 Dr. Ward. The confinement of that
 position proving inimical to his health he resigned and going to. Mesa City he embarked in the real estate busi-
 ness with F. T. Pomeroy. The firm
 has continued in the enjoyment of a
 liberal patronage until it was dissolved to enable MT. Kelly to associate him. self with the new firm of E. J. Ben-
 nitt & Co.
 There is probably no real estate than Mir Kelly who has given that section his undivided attention during recent years. That he has been held
 in high esteem locally is also evidenced by the fact that he has been serving
 Mesa City as town clerk until his re-
 moval to Phoenix made his resigna- tion necessary.
 It is the purpose of MT. Kelly to still
 look after the interests of his south side patrons and he believes he can do this even better by maintaining his of fees in Phoenix than by staying in
 Mesa. He will meet more people here. more prospective investors and in that way can place more of them on south