Putnam patriot., 1923-03-09
Charles Seder Has Option
 On DOWn- TOUn Real Estate
SECURES RIGHT TO BUY HOPKINS PROPERTY ON MAIN STREET, NEXT TO DONAHUE BLOCK RUINS,
 WHERE HIS FORMER STORE WAS LOCATED
Not Ready Divulge His Pans-Thee Buildings Involved
 Occupied By Six Tenants

l. Is getting so in Putnam that the weeks news would be lacking in one respect if a real estate transaction in volying downtown property was not made.
 Because of this epidemic" of real estate transactions 1t Is not greatly surprising, but 1t is most interesting to learn that the so-called Hopkins property on Main street, situated be- tween Lee street and the ruins of the Donahue block, has been secured un- der option by Charles Seder, whose store went up in smoke when the Donatue block was burned on Feh. 22. Mir. Seder secured his option on this important, central downtown piece of property yesterday from the owner. Mrs. Susan J. Hopkins of South Main street. The land has frontage on Main street of so feet and extends back 10 feet.
 On the land stand three buildings. On the corner is the store and tene- ment wooden structure occupied on the ground floor by Duvert's Fabric shop. Miss Awards millinery shop, and Maguires bicycle and tire busi- ness is located in the basement. On the second floor Vincent Meksyoy and family make their home. At the rear of this building Is dwelling house. Next to the Donahue block ruins Is small one-story frame structure that is used by Lombardo X Son, fruit dealers.
 The larger of the structures on Main street were erected many years ago by the late Miss Maria K. Hop kins, who occupied as her home the part of the building now used by Du- vert's Fabric shop. Miss Hopkins died about i2 years ago, and her brother, the late H. r. Hopkins, pur- chased the property from the estate. Upon his death the real estate became the possession of his widow, who on yesterday gave option to the whole thing to Mir. Seder.
 MT. Seder acknowledged this morn ing that he had an option on the prop ertv with the privilege of buying, but he would not disclose his plans.
 Mir. Seder maintained in the Dona- hue block one of the eity's most sue cessful retail clothing establishments, carrying full line of mems, wom- en's. misses and children's clothing and furnishings. Everything was lost by the fire.
 He has been in business in the same location for 26 years No store in the city was better known. and his slogan. "Seder's Clothing and Cloak Store, opposite the Congregational Church. had become great asset in his business-it was familiar phrase to hundreds and hundreds of people of this section of the county who knew the store and it's proprietor we'll and were frequent buyers there.
 If MT Seder intends to reestablish his store on the site of the property on which he has an option. his vala= able trade slogan, Opposite the Con gregational Church." will still have it's great business value.
 Inquiry this morning in well-inform- ed circles concerning the pending deal involving the downtown property of the late Nazaire Peloquin elicited the information that the negotiations were practically at q s.andstill. This, however, does not necessarily mean, it is stated, that the deal is a closed book That David Goldstein of Wor- eester Is still in the market for the property and Is willing to pay $82, ,000 for the Victory Theatre building, the White Front block on Pomfret street, the land at the corner of Main and Bullock, and smaller piece of prop erty at the rear of the Victory The atre building, is stated to be fact. Some of the seven heirs-at-law of the late Mir Peloquin are agreeable to selling at this figure, but others are stated to be holding ot. for higher price Further developments will be watched with interest
 James r. Donahue, who has an- nouuced his intention of rebuilding his business block that was destroyed by fire, was stated this morning as having nothing to say at this time concerning his plans. Details of con struetion have not been decided upon, but are expected to be shortly.
 Workmen have made deep inroads on cleaning up the debris at the scene of the recent fire. These operations have been viewed with great interest by crowds of peora