Arizona republican., 1912-09-29
PHOENIX SURPRISES THEM
 ALL SAYS LOCAL MAN
F. C. Lane After Two Months Obser- Vation Says Business is
 Better Here.

F. D. Lane of the F. J. Bennitt com pany and one of the best known real estate men in the city, returned the middle of the week from an extensive Eastern trip. covering altogether a pe- riod of two months. Leaving here the latter part of July he joined Mrs Lane in New York. Spending some weeks there and in New Jersey, they made tour of the south on their way home, visiting Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington and spent several days in New Orleans.
 Speaking of business conditions through the East MT Lane says that everything is apparently prosperous. Good crops are reported all through the East and the country at large seems to be in fine shape. Having seen a good many of the larger cities dur ing his absence, MT. Lanes opinion, that for it's size Phoenix surpasses them all in point of present business and future prospects, carries some weight.
 Since last report. the Bennitt com pany has made number of satisfac- tory sales and has at the present time
 
 ance pending The fall business is hardly on in full swing as yet, but ev- erything points toward a very busy winter season. The company reports the sale of a fifty-foot lot al the cor ned of 18th Ave and Monroe street in Athena place from F. C. Aver to w. J. Schuette. The buyer will probably build on the property in the near fu- ture Also the sale of the west thirty | five feet of lot nine and the east fif- 1 teen feet of the block to in Block twen- i y-three Capitol addition, from F. D. Washer to Sylvan C. Gang. Mir. Wash CT also purchased from the Capitol Realty company through Hill & Claf- | lin sixty-two and a half feet at the | corner of Madison and 18th Ave and 1 will shortly commence the cOnstruc- tiOn of a modern dwelling there Mad | ison street. between 18th and 18th l Ayes has made rapid strides within | the past few months Where six months ago there was not a single | house there are now three completed, ! three under construction and others ] contemplated
 Eli Stauffer of Prescott also pur- 1 1 terday. just south of the Capitol on ! Madison street. MT. Stauffer has been | watching the growth of Phoenix for a number of years and his only regret now is that he didn't bury here sooner. l His present investment, though mod est one, will probably be followed by | others later on.
 l A lot with seventy five feet front l age on 5th Ave. was also sold yester- day by the Bennitt company to Miss l Edna Wilson Miss Wilson will prob ably build on the property later in the year It is on the new car line and will make a very choice home site.
 Building activity with the Bennltt company continues and during the past week several new contracts for houses l were let The company now has hall a dozen new homes almost completed and reports a steady demand for hous- es It is noticed that many of the
 strangers coming into Phoenix are
 anxious to secure good homes in the newer residence districts and houses
 are disposed of almost as fast as com pleted.
 MT. and Mrs. Howe, who recently | purchased one of the Griffen- Wilson 1 houses on the corner of 18th Ave. anC 1 Monroe street moved into their new
 home yesterday and MT. and Mrs
 Wortman, who purchased one of tht
 Bennitt X Company new residences oI
 East 5th street in Evergreen alst
 moved in during the week.