The Irish standard., 1908-05-23

show continuous strengthening of
value of the company's catch phrase,
Three great quality clothes corners"
Commenting on the Chicago pur-
chase, the Economist" the financial
and real estate paper of that city,
says:
M. L. Rothschild has entered into
tl lease with Mrs. Katherine S. Isham
for a period of years of the property
at PAS and 24S state street, and win
construct at that place building iden-
tical in design. character and height
with the structure now occupied by
him with his retail clothing establish.
ment at the southwest corner of State
street and Jackson boulevard. The
project involves approximately $780,
600. of which S5Oo0OO is in the land
and 100000 in the building The land
fronts Al feet ad has depth of 100.
1t is now improved With a four story
irick and stone building. 1t is IS feet
south Of jackson boulevard.
Mr.. Rothschild's present building
has frontage of SS feet on State
street and 100 on Jackson boulevard.
The property just secured gives him a
total frontage of So feet on State street.
with depth of 100. The board Of
review valued the property he has just
acquired at S445.O45, of which 100000
is in the building. The new building
will be eight stories above ground and
two stories below, and will be con-
structed SO as to allow the addition
OF eight more stories, having founda-
tions and construction for sixteen sto-
ries above the street level. Plans for
the building are now being prepared
by Architects Holabird and Roche, and
when complete, this will give Mr..
Rothschild a floor area in each story Of
$500 square feet, one of the largest
stores In the country devoted excu-
sively to the clothing business. Just
as soon as possession can be secured,
the present building will he torn down
and new structure erected in it's
place.
Horace Martin of Herrick, Allen,
Bovesoh and Martin, representing Mrs.
1sham on the closing of the lease. ST.
mon Straus was Mr. Rothschilds at.
torney while the negotiation were
| ~ h,-
1T will he recalled that about three
years ago Mr.. Rothschild leased from
Leopold Bloom the property at the
southwest corner of State street and
Jackson boulevard, 3S by 100 feet fo.
one hundred years and five months.
from December /. 1908. at an annual
rental of 100000. and purchased the
building for $4,000. This is at the
rate of $1,000 a front foot The lease
for convenience was taken in the name
Of John G. Fetzer. who in 1904 assign
ca it to Mr.. Rothschld. 1t is this land
that his building on the corner now
stands
~ ildS bPP1l HDOuV TWO years since
! Mr. Rothschild completed his present
building Of white glazed terra Gotta on
the southwest corner Of State street
{ and Jackson boulevard. which the new
structure will join on the south. He is
one of the largest clothing merchants
in the country having two large estab.
]ishmcnts in the northwest, including
a big store in ST. Paul and another in
! Minneapolis
The Palace Clothing House manage.
ment is winning cordial congratl,la
ttons on the tremendous progrcss that
has been made this year of all years
Unimpeachabe store service and ire.
mendous buying ability are making
This organization a leader in it's line
throughout the country
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