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*?. A LAND O F PROMISE AND A "CHOSE N PEOPLE" Two, Prime Factors-in tne Gjrowth. of Minneapolis "Which Hold Addi- tional Promise for the FutureVarious Men Find Different Kea- sons for Their Faith in the City's Future Greatness and All ol Them Are Good. The rapid growth of Minneapolis is as familiar everywhere as is the city's name. Measured by a standard of population that growth now means an annual addition of from 10.000 to 20,000 residents. As to the causes of the growth, one fact Js prominentthe general prosperity of the country- No w that times are pros perous, Minneapolis grows the fastiy. But when times were far from prosperous even through the years of .panic and or* .commercial stagnationMinneapolis still grew steadily. The natur al conditions that favor the .community are potent. Here and here .only is found the greatest waterpower upon the Mississippi. But the local .climate, as remarkable for Its salubrity as tfor its energizing ozone the fertile soil of .the territory round about even the ad vantageous position with reference to auch a territory, to the Mississippi river, o I-ake Superior, to neighboring states, and to three seaboardsthese natural ad vantages are shared by towns that once .were rivals of Minneapolis. Clearly, it is not only the Land of Promise but the Chosen People that has imade this city what it is. Th e intel ligence of the Minneapolitan, his integrity, his liberality, his enterprise, his public spirit, ha ve created influences so imper ceptible, so inevitable, that human agency ihas been mistaken for a matter of air and earth. Railroads, factories, jobbing houses, re tail stores, educational institutions that might have flourished elsewhere, have centered their operations here because of This beautiful property managed by J. A. Walters, 514 New York Life building. the superior opportunities afforded by the men whose spirit prevails. The newcom er has found here a city of admirable, topography, with modern structures for every purpose with high grade parks, street cars, libraries, schools and churchs. ,But especially he has found a hearty wel-* come, a generous contributing to his ma terial, intellectual, esthetic and spiritual ! welfare. Proud as this city is of its own par ticular superlativesof its greatest water power, its greatest flour mills, its grea t jest primary wheat market, its biggest job [bing houses, its finest library, its Best j university, its most striking municipal I statuar y, and all the pleasing listmore j legitimate source of pride is revealed in [the people that have made Minneapolis an | ideal American community and the largest jcity northwest of Milwaukee. ' Additional and detailed reasons for the ,j local expansion are comprised in the fol I lowing statements made yesterday by representative real estate men: Work for Many Hands. 1 Samuel S. Thorpe, of Thorpe Brothers .'"The fact that the manufacturing indus tries of Minneapolis employ so many men lis bound to make Minneapolis grow. The jfact that Minneapolis' has such a rich land vast territory around it is bound to Increase the merchandising especially [among the jobbing trade. The healthy, j invigorating climate of Minnesota is I bound to make Minneapolis grow, and the j charming location, beautiful surroundings, ithe plan of the city with wide streets, j lakes, boulevards and drives, educational {advantages such fis our common schools, ihlgh schools and university,* taken with cosmopolitan people of thrift and industry, (is bound to make Minneapolis grow.' growth of Minneapolis cannot be stopped iany more than the incoming tide can be stopped." '. Frank C. Nickels of Nickels & Smith "The growth of Minneapolis during the last five years can be attributed very largely to two reasons. "First, that the men of the west and northwest who ha ve earned a competency in the lumber, grain or banking business or in farming, naturally turn to the me tropolis because in it they find what sat isfies their business ambitions as well as 'the well-being of their families. Minne apolis is to-day not only the financial cen ter of the northwest, but is the headquar ters for the lumber and grain business. LAs a social and educational center we have the largest library in the state, good art schools, an extensive pa rk sys tem, a state university" and the best of public and private schools and churches of every denomination. -These tend to bri ng together in Minneapolis the weal th and refinement of the northwest, and have added many thousands to our popu lation and many millions to our financial strength. "Second, the laboring class is seeking Minneapolis in large numbers because - .re they find generous treatment, good -"g-e and cheap homes in good locali i.yi, together with educational facilities manual training for their children Ufnexcelled." : 44Eram Two Good Reasons. Situation Compels Growth. *s" Walter A. Eggleston, secretary Th e David C. Bell Investment Co.: "I t must -toe evident to everyone that Minneapolis is growing rapidly. Some estima te the growth as high as 25,000 a year. I t would be conservative to say that the city is growing at the rate of 15,000 to 20,000 per year. W e know that during the pe riod of inflated values, Minneapolis got away ahead of the count ry tributary to the city and everything was overdone. The conditions are now exactly reversed w are behind the growth of the country, and our people fail to realize the fact that every- line of business is in a most prosperous condition. Th e normal growth of the city is giving a good demand for real estate. If this kee'ps up as it has for the past year, holders of real estate and real estate agents will have no reason for complaining. , & It. is almost certain, however-, that the element v market and that values will go up to a very marked degree. Th e present condi tion, however, is a most healthy one as far as this real estate market is con cerned. "A few reasons why Minneapolis real estate should advance are these: "FirstRents in the city have been in creasing steadily for three years at not less than 10 per cent per annum. "SecondNot only are all,of the manu facturing plants which were closed down following 1893, opened up, but many of them have be en enlarged and, new plants are being put in. Minneapolis is now recognized as a very desirable manufac turing center. , "ThirdThe railroad situation in Min neapolis has done a great deal to enhance values. Most of the railroads are ex tending or have extended their yards, and* many future improvements are being con templated which mean the expenditure of large sums of money and the employment of all available labor. "This is a safe market on which to buy as it must be apparent that there can be no decline when prices are at bedrock. Values will have to come up before they can ever go down again and while we recognize these as prosperous times, I do not believe -we have reached the top notch as yet . With nearly 10,000 miles of rail road in this country in the process of construction this year, the country itself is bound to prosper and good crops in the northwest mean plenty of money. I t therefore seiris,to me that "nothing .but a crop failure could cause a setback. x So, taki ng all in all, the outlook is more encouraging than it has been for years." How to Bound Minneapolis. Former Mayor David P . Jones of David P. Jones & Co."To my mind there are three important reasons why Minneapolis is growing and will continue to grow: "FirstBecause of our geographical sit uation. . I t is difficult to conceive of a finer location to command and dominate in the great northwestern country", so rap idly developing. Following the .idea of my boyish study of geography, let me bound Minneapolis in a geographical way: "To the" north lies Cana da and the Brit ish possessions, .with an unlimited area of arable land for agricultural purposes, vast forests and unexplored mineral deposits, all naturally and necessarily tributary to the metropolitan ctiy of the northwest. "To' the west, an imperial realm of ter ritory to which Minneapolis is the gate way. "To the south, the Mississippi valley and a river which is the greatest natur al highway of commerce on the American continent and we stand at the head of the valley and must be counted in with all commerce that extends from the southern seaboafd to the northweste rn country. "On the east we have cheap transporta tion by the great waterway system and by our own' Soo railroad to the Atlantic seaboard, making us as independent of Chicago and of rail connections to the east as if Chicago did not exist. This is our commanding situation from a geo graphical standpoint. "SecondMinneapolis is growing as a great manufacturi ng center. W e surprise ourselves when we stop to consider the great strides this city has made in the past few years in the development of our manufacturing interests. Few of our cit izens are alive to the importance of this comparatively recent development. Leav ing flour and lumbur out of account, our industries, somewhat recently established, are of commanding importance the fact is that Minneapolis cannot be surpassed as a distributing point, and manufacture rs are quick to catch the Importance of our location and our splendid .facilities for dis tributing their products by either fait or water in almost every direction. Manu facturing will add more to our population than any other single feature of our devel opment. "ThirdIf we can jud ge anything from what people who see our city and become familiar with its special features and at tractions say of it, it seems plain that Minneapolis will grow rapidly and in - creasingly because it is a most desirable place in which to live "Nature has left little to be done to make our city wonderfully beautiful. Th e natural setting is unsurpassed. Here is rThe f *s* the great Mississippi, Father of Waters, dividing the city in twa in and winding for miles- through* the green bank ed gorge( a chain of. Jakes on the outer residence border an .lelevation sufficient for per fect drainage, producing ideal sanitary conditions^our famous Minnetonka, noted for its healthful home living and the rec reation that it affords to our own thou sands -and-'lto all who will come from abroad. - ,1 "These features "are"nature's free gift, and loan's ingenuity has .been required only -to arrange and - display these beauties by pu r admirable system of parks and connecting boulevards. But lakes, parks and broad avenues'lined with trees, which' are ine of our distinguishing features, do not make up the sum total of our advantages. W e can add some thi ng to the adornment of nature. W e have "our great public school system, ranking second to none in the land free library our great university, following close after Harvard and Talfe' in im - portance many private educational in - stitutions of high rank. W e have good reason to know we are^recognized as a musical center, and there is a cultivated and refined social atmosphere brought from New England which is attractive to people with means and education that desire to make their, homes in .ou r midst." - OFFICE BLDGS. POLL In All Such Structures Here There Are Less Than Twenty Rooms Vacant. . This Condition Would Seem to Point to a Stiffening of Bates. The Chicago Record-Herald of Satur day last, in calling attention to the raise in rents and the unprecedented demand for flats, also stated that for the first time since 1892 every available foot of office space in Chicago was occupied, with a long list of applicants that could not be accommodated in the han ds of local agents. I t is quite generally known that the same conditions so far as flats, dwel ling houses and business property are con cerned, exists in Minneapolis, but it may' not be known that the same conditions also apply to office buildings. Th e Jour-! nal in.looking up the real estate and rental, situation found from a canvass made of' the office buildings in Minneapolis, like! Chicago, practically all the office space in the city is filled, and space going to a premium. Interviews with the different, office building managers developed that there was very little, if any , space left,) and that for the first time since 1892 prac-: tically all of the available office space in the best buildings is occupied, and eacli building has a list of applicants to be ac commodated as soon as space can be made for them.wmch is only possible by the re-, moval of tenants now and then. The New York Life has only four, va-! cant rooms the Andr us one Loan and! Trust, two Oneida, none Kasota two Boston Block, three Syndicate Block^ none Temple Court, three Lumber Ex change, four Guaranty building, none Phoenix, none Bank of Commerce, none J Pillsbury building, none. | From conversation with tenants, it i found that rentals are being increased constantly. Th e building managers give] as a reason, the increased costs in taxes fuel, general supplies, labor pay rolls,, etci and the further fact that. not a single office building has paid, within the las twelve years, much, if any , interest, oh, the investment after paying cost of oper/ ation, repairs, etc . I t seems that wher prices from 90c.to $1.10 per^squar* foot are now obtained, twelve years ago the same rooms brought from- $1.75: to.-S&rSO per square foot. Nearly all tenants are increasing their business, and as\.ay rule they do not stop to-quibble over- ren ts j providing they can obtain increased room to meet their requirements. , , I t was- formerly the custom in thii-J city to furnish free^electric lights, but'all of the buildings fere now charging .for .same, either by meter, or, in the case of small consumers, by the light, ranging from 25 cents per month and upwards, according! to the number of sixteen candle-power lights used. Also, three of 6u r office buildings furnisher free law libraries, but the Guaranty building sold and removed its library about a year ago, the Bar libra ry in Temple Court is to be removed to the courthouse about May 1. and the New York Life building has sold its law library and will move same out about May 1. One of the most conservative of the building managers, representing one of the largest buildings, made the statement that a building could not be operated in this climate at a less charge than $1.25 per square foot for space above the second floor of course, some offices should ren^ for a little less than this and some higher depending upon location, and he claimed that ground and second floors should bring, at least from $1.75 to $i'.50 per square foot: Intimations were made that office ten ants would soon be in for another advance in rents, on the ground that it could be shown that the buildings were actually not paying even a small rate of Interest on the investment. A s almost every one is do - ing better, it is likely that such advances will be met with the same resignation common to people in general in these days of increases all along the line. - Chute1 A Ne w Addition. t, \ .: . Brothers compa hy will place- act-^ ively .in the market this season an attract ive piece of property knowi* as "Chute Brothers' First .addition." This consists of a beautiful tra ct of land lying in North east Minneapolis just beyond New Boston, bounded ,by. Central, Fillmore, Twenty ninth and Thirty-thi rd avenues, ne ar Soo shops and Columbia park - - . The land is covered with a very fine growth of trees, is rolling, and much of it overlooks the city. I t has excellent street car facilities on the Eighth and Central line, and is one of the most attractive lo cations in the city for moderate p'fice houses.. t Columbia park, which adjoins this addi tion, is the largest .single park- in the city, containing 160 acres of hills arid meadows, which, when developed, will pro ve of great benefit to the adjoining property. The bluffs in Northeast and Southeast Minneapolis IOT&I a fring* about the pres ent built-up portion of the East Side which Is destined to become a very beau tiful residential feature of the cityone removed from smo ke and other objection able features, yet within easy access of the business portion of the city by car line. BOTXtttHO PEK1CXTB. Second Church of Christian Science, corner of Eleventh street and. Second jjvenue, S, Interior finishing, $15,500. Oneida Building Company, 18 Seventh street S - Interior finishing, $6.000.' - Anton Knoblauch, 313-15 Traffic street, #1,000. William Grove. 1$34 Fremont avenue two story frame dwelling. $8,600. Andrew gwanson, 3&28 Lyndale avenue two story frame dwelling, $2,500. J. W. Womack, 3JJ28 Longtellow avenue one- nnd-one-half-story frame dwelling. $1,200. T. E. Barrister. 22T. W Twenty-seventh street: two-story frame dwelling. $3,600. . Washburn Memorial Orphan - Home, 5 W Fif tleth street: two-story brick, $7,500. Edward Johnson, 1607, Tenth, ayenu'e S: two story frame dwelling. $6,000. John Nodell, 16U Tenth avenue S ' two-story frame dwelling, $5,000. - - - - ' - Charles Bcckman. 1617 Tenth avenue S two story frame dwelling $6,000. Minor permits, $2,930. - - - # j/*-"1' Carey's Magnesia .Cemenjt Roofing/"' w. s * THE MINNEAPOLIS OLD COLONY BUILDIN G *3ft'r''.iiflgr-ITi ' The Old Colony building now being erected at the corner of fourth ave- nue S and Fourth street, will be completed "about June 1. Th e accompanying sketch 'shows the entrance, which is' fourteen feet wide, in detail. Th e entire building will be finished very elaborately."' The entire front and side will' be plate glass, making the stores very light air floors will be of maple all doors and finish in oak . Special attention- is being given to the plumbing, and the lavatytfies for both men and women will be the handsomest in Minne- apolis. This' building" is owned in the Edmund G. Walton office, 300 Henne- pin avenu e, and office spaces are now being offered for rent on five-year leases. Second floor leases can be made at the rate of 60c a square foot, which is by far the^-.Cheapest ,rent In the city. It is admirably located for lawyers, the courthouse is on one corner, the chamber of Commerce on the other for insurance companies or fast freights. LAUDERDALE & CO : - ft JB AAA- A, block of 16 lots, city water. $fOUv stone walks: Washington av and 2d str between 25th and 26th avs N. near Pcnn av car line, on Robhinsodale car line a chance to treble your mouey. platting. - A modem 11 -room house and large corner of three lots costing worth $10,000 now near Sunnyside $3500 ^ '"* $225Another:,,chance., $3509thchance ftAVID C. DELL, Pros. WALTER A. EGGLESTON, Sec'y. JAMES B. SUTHERLAND, Treas. ' \ 1 0 flflV-fyv120 .01 UU roomB,^renting for' ,$'12.50- per' nionth, soutli, front lot, 45sp0 '-stone'walfc. , * C O AfK) W *r*J*it six-room . cottage, modern except. s,, heat , enst front lot', 45x120 ' aiso small' bartl - '? lot fenefcd. '-' , - ' ' 0 *| E ANo. 261^ 24th st ~ house' of seven ,W,I vll rooms,, recently put in good repair :,. rents'for $8 per month lot 30x96 easy" terms.- UfJft-r-1711 6th av N house of five rooms 0 0 w U recently put J u . good condition retiis'for $6 per month. lot 36x120 city' water -' and stone' walk. ' Nineteenth St. . ' - i - H 9 O 0 to treble , 1 V I vUU barnl, , corner of three lots $12,000 location. ,:'"' --'. "r Franklin Av. ,...,..,. TEMPLE COURT. 1B54THE PIONEERS1903 av s. ISLAND PAR K ADDITION H. P. GOODNOW , ^ - Lake st ' aud 30th v - , .. * - A .to get a good lot cheap av S r.eai- 28th st. This beautiful addition recommends itself as an ideal residence location-to persons who wish to build attractive homes* It is situated at the gateway of the city's most beautiful pleasure grounds, overlook ing Lake of the Isles and adjoining Kenwood. Lots are now for sale at- reasonable prices, and a Speaial discount 'will be given to persons who will erect suit able residences within the year. Our building restric tions will afford protection against all objectionable improvements. If you wish to buy or build a home this should interest you: //^ ^ ^ ^ *\' No * && Harriet ay nearly new.' o 130 8 ^4' NO. ill SOUTH FOURTH STREET n0e of eight CALL FOR OUR NEW CATALOG OF BARGAINS. Cheap Business Corner. This fine double corner, with 130 feet on Franklin by U 0 feot on Fourteenth avenue south has small house on'. Sn.b:.a Thorpe Bros., ^ 9 *flft* VbyUU good house, well, etc. in "Rich field, near Nicollet car line. S250Threest.lots, S325 $600 SI 500 9VVVV ing two corners on 28th st. SI 100 '''itHifliv~N*'i92renting s- % acres, 5 or 6 varieties of fruit, 45th -Dupont, inside 'of Lake Hi iHumboldt 66x16?. ^%"5lin~ Sev INo, 2213 S 7th st houfee of eight rooms, for $15 pet month: lot 38x78 stone walk good investmeut. -iO I VvU i'lg'jt renting for $25.' per mouth south front lot ^, 33x165 'stone walk and water. -No:, 3423 Garfield av new six rooplfi3 i house, city \water lot 45x 120 -part cash. S1500 '-t^Gft.ft-'**0'1 VbtfyU of.-10 rooms: corner lot, 40x55 look It up it will go quick. to h-d$4000 Andrus Bldg. -Humboldt av and 34th st S.1" near Nicollet av and av, near 2Tth st S * n lot s on Humboldt and Irv- s 4.4 , 319 Kasota ? -Block. *': 0 Moore Bros. & Sawyer, $1600 North. Lot 68x128, eight room house in good repair^ house presents a fine appearance on the outside and is one of the most comfortable and conven ient homes in that vicinity. Price is low. Come in for further particulars. tt 4 R A thEight room house on 9lUVU 14th Ave. South near 24th Street. Fine brick cellar, good well and cistern. Should rent for $17 or $18 per month. Will make a very comfort able and convenient home at a cheap price. first class repair. Arranged for two families and renting for $18 per month. Good well, brick cellar and cistern, con venient shed in the rear. This is a way down price for a first class home. Don't neglect to look-at it at once. A Choice Home in a First-Class NeighborhoodWe will tell you the price when you come in. It is situated on Aldrich avenue south near 24th street, house has tea rooms, modern throughout, best hardwood finish, selected material, lot 45x119, running to an'alley in the rear. You can this property as cheaply as other prop erties are selling in cheaper localities, [t is de&irable in every particular. Come in and see us at once. $750 to 30 ft. alley located in Kenwood east^front on 21st str aiid Sheridan av. Thfe is a snap. , s fl^Qf|AFor a fine piece of v O W trackage near 14th avef Northeast on the Northern Pacific tracks, 64 feet front, 160 feet deep. The lot is worth twice the money if one can use it. This is a bargain and no mistake. You will be persuaded of the fact if you look At the property. Come in at once Itfflttsftt& sold. hu 7t h s 2 8n six.rooms respectively s t NORTH MINNEAPOLIS No. 2650 Fremont avenue N, (see cut under fiQBAA write up,) fully modern, a fine new home VwOW The following houses are all new, or nearly so built by owners and for sale by us at from $1800 to $4000: 2827 Fremont 2654 Girard 2824 Fremont ' 2917-Frmont , 2522 Fremont -. 8015 Fremont .\ 2951 Humboldt ,' 3002 Humboldt 3105 Emerson 2905 Dupont. We also have a complete list of houses in all parts of the city. Modern houses our specialty. - Morrison-Crittenden Co HALLUM& OLSEN se s f tw o st hos mour n d SK 6t b REAL ESTATE, INSURANCE AND LOANS A "I {% ASix-room O I UU %th st $1150 good eonditioir. ISix-room house on 29th av and 26th st S stone sidewalk, , wll. cistern, In good condition. 0 4 CAAEight-room house on -22d av V I wUU aad OtU'. st S. in good condi tion. 0 1 RAflSeven-room house on'Fremont O I vUU nd 8th av N hot and cold water in titchen and bathroom stone slde- f walk a decided bargain: easy terms - ^ (4 Cft 11Seven-room house on 19th aV l UUU and 32d at S large lot city water "and in good condition. f ft Cft ft Eight-room bouse oil K'icoIIet 04 UUU nnd 33d st modern: hardwood finish, open plumbing, lange and gas stove - .goes-with in, first-class condition. Easy terms. dition lot 48x124 Improvements Isn00front.confofine3res,s-thnenimoder 0 *l fftfiftN S3500 0 I DVU 8 rooms, situated on very fine corner .lot . 42x165 stone walk on long side city water: also barn it's a bargain look it up. C1 At\fiNo- 0 I H'UU' room house, renting for $14 per month lot 44x92 stone walk this price to clos500n e out a estate. INo. 740 E 38th st bouse of seven rooms also ham south front lot 31x105 make us an offer. SI 311 Nicollet, Minneapolis. Will purchase No. 1610 Queen Avenue 2109 16th Avenue S. Nine room house in just think, this little sum for a lot 90x148 ft. See write up on separate page. 507 PHOENIX BUILDING. 4 733 ANDRUS BUILDING, house,' 27th a.r and stone ..sidewalk in -Xo. 2745 Portland av, idence of nine rooms, E 230 Frankli n o* 27t h ftV NE 95 4 $2400 with a first class 8-room house and large barn hardwood finish down stairs city water in yard. All in good re pair near car line and school. Loca tion on 11th av. S. and.35th ftQAAA MPOnrlFlF modern house of 8 rooms on Harriet av., close to Lake st. East front lot 46x120 ft to 12 ft. alley good basement, first class hot water heating plant hardwood floors down stairs grates and sideboard, bath has fine large barn that can't be duplicat ed for 8250. $3500 bus av. S. Large 10-room house, mod ern throughout. Steam heating hardwood finish down stairs, capaciousth and convenient. Good barn. We do not think that the property can be dup licated in the city for the price. Come in for particulars. C19liAA W ldSVW finest corners on 4th Ave. S. & 10th St. One house, 10 rooms all modern, rents for $50 per One double house, 14 rooms, modern except heat, renting for $50 buymonth,. VACANT. per montDr Lot 5oxlo. TTala is a fin property for speculation orinvestmeut Come in for further particulars. $200 Newells Add. Each lot 55x124, located at corner 24th Ave. N. E. and Madison street. Look them over and buy. be fore they are sold. ^, JB ET AFor a fine residence lot 9^011 on 9th Ave. So. between 32d and 33d its., east front, 40x123. All improvements in. One block to car line two blocks to school. Call for our catalogue of bargains in Real Estate. 0 4j C ftftEight-room' bonse on 22d av WluUU Bryant av alley city water in very good condi tion. 1 C % ftSevon-room house on 13th av 0IUwU 3 "d 22d st fscing cast: good well, stone sidewalk, new barn and woodshed. {* 4 "T ft ftTen-room house on 26th st IP I * V\3 nd ,29th a r S city water in house, sewer in street: large barn fine shade trees, woodshed, etc. d Oft ftTwelve-room house, new. on Q I OUU 18% av and 17th st NE: stone sidewalk, city water, rents to two fami lies easy terms. CftftftMine-room house in Sunnrside, W9VWV 24th s t and Aldri/h av P east front strictly modern easy terms. aT^ bous e is cheap for a lot 86x 122 ft. to 14 ft. alley, DU78 a and will submit less for No. 3105 Colum- Each, for lots 5, 6 and 7, block 17, Lennon & THISs S and 7Vi st: easy terms. Kigbt-room house on 2Sth and N: large lot and thoroughly,st plant,e o f on e Fo r fine1 home wa built by day labor, and is one of the finest homes in Ken wood. It is new and fully modern and must be sold would cost at least $5,000 to build,but it can be sold by us for much less than actual cost. No. 1960 Sheridan, just off the bou levard. \& T l e I