Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 60

6 1919 DEMAND IS STRONG LARGER PROJECTS LINT BANK PLANS INE HOME OR COSTLY HOMES SHOW IN BUILDING i HIP Vlill viy have been reported at prices irgham residence on the opposite Sudden Jars Do Not DEMAND IS STEADY Affect Kellastone IN REALTY MARKET i The Qloset Co Murray Sales Co Walker Mfg Supply Co Phone Cadillac 3492 DELAY A WORD TO THE WISE ameer Builders' anb todm' Beftamje Smith Matthews oundry Co BREDE SCHROETER Painting and Decorating WALKER MG SUPPLY CO 656 Bellevue Ave Melrose 3008 20 Adam Avenue Weit Make More A waterproof Money! and durable varnish for no Keep Your Job floors and wherever the wear is severe OR Detroit Show Case Co All dealers sell it RENT 480 ort St Cherry 6715 can carry in your RERRYBRQTHERQ Mferld? LartfetVirmh Part or Whole Detroit Michigan $57r Leinbach Humphrey Roberts 409 Holden Bldg Established 1859 I X273BCW i front store oppin The re established 1880 Phone Main 619 513 enter good they 1 railroad for the company as fol tor Guaranteed for ive Years John Wood TRACK ACILITIES course in order to The course is for from would be purchasers handsome solid brlek rfsl at it Vircinla Park was sold arrand Iewls to John Menard report sales io I 177 179 HIGH EAST vxrd to Verne Keel for $7A lol Ml and west Medhury suNllvIsicn to for Rover RoLaun $2500 avpnne to Miller sn960 Einsteruald has sold his solid brick residence and SO feet frontage at 124 Come to our meeting at the Statler hotel ball room floor at 8 Monday evening July 21 and we will tell you how to make money in real estate at once by using one to three hours a day Ladies welcome Members of the and Exchange It is not necessary for you to study the make money right away on part time work permanent salesmen PART OUR Hundreds of retailers are talking to the people of Detroit through their modern store fronts An attractive store front would pay any retailer even if it caused only a tew more people each day to his store Store fronts like salesmen pay profits cn what on the extra sales Wholesale Plumbing Steam itting and Power Plant Supplies tracts on the two story pressed brick and slate roofed house on West ort street for Al! Saints' parish as follows: General contract A Topes electric Gray lectri: Mrs Anna O'Reilly has sold the handsome duplex reaidence with lot 38x160 feet at 16 Chandler avenue to Nora Hannon and Helen McHugh The building is of solid brick construction with slate roof and there Is a garage In the rear with space for three cars Each suite has a large living room 16x25 feet a large dining room butler's pantry kitchen center hall two large bedrooms sun parlor maids room and tile bath The house Is heated by steam and Is equipped with instantaneous water heaters The place is valued at $25000 Imported Wall Hangings Draper iea Special urniture Lace Cur tain Window Shades Upholstery Closet in a manner as every portion of the commuter ser if this is done Within tbs last faw weeks sales of homes on that thoroughfare Kreratlng more than I1WOOO in JULY 20 'I About 50000 Sq THE DETROIT REE PRESS A NEW BUILDINGS ALL STARTED AT SAME TIME NOW CALLING OR SAME GOODS AT SAME TIME Over 3000 of these Closets are in use in the city of every one of them giving first class service every one of them backed by our iron clad a guarantee that means satisfaction and freedom from repair expense for IVE YEARS from date of installa tion In this connection please remember that the Closet is MANllAC 1UKLU by Murray Sales CANDLER ROOING CO Also distributors of BYERS full weight guarante Wrought Iron PIPE Al! Kinds of Roofing and Sheet Metal Work Compiled bv the Publicly Department of the Detroit Real Eatate Board Detroit's real estate market con tinues steady with no remarkable 620 Chamber of Commerce Bldg Main 3081 Edgewood 2631 Better Kind of side of the street at SO Virginia Park This is also on a lot having ie ftet frontage and is of brick construction Its value Is said to be about Adolph handsome lot with Virginia Park to rederick Dal by real estate operator The house contains about eight rooms The property Is valved around $250M) Michael Demery president of De mery A Co operating a large de partment store on ave nue near the boulevard has pur chased the attractive residence nf the late Bernard Selling at 9 Virginia Park Th house is of solid brick construction and con tains about 16 rooms The lot has frontage of 50 feet The property Is valued at about 530 000 The James Holden company negoti ated sale Tn the average bath room the closet just about every so often in fact looked taken as a matter of course Then it means that repairs must be made and a bill of expense in curred And it's all because of funda mentally incorrect mechanism More than half of the trouble is due to that i which is used as a flush valve There is a different kind of a one that has a patented VALVE instead of a rubber ball and we stand behind it with all our reputation and all our resources It's Then if you like the work and show aptitude for it we will give you a permanent position where you can make $75 to $100 per week or more and you can learn a business through our free course of instructions from pamphlets you pocket The Real Estate Business lished earlier in the year The con Mtructlon of small apartment build ings containing from four to six suites and the erection of two family dominate the field The ln llviduals who earlier in the spring spent most of their time investi gating the various subdivisions and vacant properties shown to them by local real estate men have now either purchased their home site or are doing so When this is ac complished the building of more in dividual homes will be started Shortage of materials and sup plies is holding buck the contractors in many locailtiis The labor sit uation although Imuch better than early in the summer is obstructing progress on several of the larger buildings The prices of brick In Detroit Is said to be higher than in most" of the other middle western cities Chicago brick which Is sell ing at 2 to 53 a 1000 lower than Michigan brick is being imported to help offset the local shortage Detroit contractors do not look for any general strike zof carpen ters iron workers and other labor ers connected with the building trade such has gripped Chica go Boston and other large cities of the country Wages in Detroit are very high In most cases Detroit workingmen have been for several months the scale of wages which Chicago and Boston workmen are now asking Commit tecs Service Considered The possibility of obtaining rapid transit service on the local steam roads enabling Detroit workers to live in the suburban towns is being investigated A meeting of otflclals of the Michigan Central railroad with the city council is scheduled to discuss the proposition of placing gasoline propulled cars on the Mich igan Central line operating be tween Wyandotte and North Detroit If this plan Is carried through it is expected to benefit the large fac tories in North Detroit and other manufacturing plants adjacent to the road It will enable hundreds of 'Detroit workers to reside in Wyandotte and the smaller towns on the Michigan Central near De troit In order to escape the high cost of living in the city It is understood that the Grand Trunk railroad which several years ago laid a double track from Detroit out through Royal Oak Birming ham and Bloomtield Hills to Pon tiac will operate vice on that line Detroiters will be able to purchase homes along that route andcon tinue to work in the city Numerous sales of vacant and im proved realty were reported during the week Mrs AnnalL through nanusome residence at 16 Chandler to Nora Hannon and The building is conct ruction with has a three car the rear The lot The consideration Manufacturers and Wholesalers Phone Main 5242 61 69 Woodbridge St Detroit 74 78 Jefferson Ave Detroit Mich rlety of residences and email apart ments The contracts awarded included Roni large factory Items and a number of good sized apartments with a long list of smaller jobs Among the principal awards were: School Detroit hoard of educa tion let contracts on the Roosevelt school on Georgy and Concord ave nues as follows: General masonry Lrnnane Bros carpenter Henry Martins wiring Iron City Engi neering company Milcomson ft Higginbotham are the architects Warehouse and garage George Mason let the general contract on garage and warehouse for the American Railway Express eom located on Howard street to the Otto Misch company RoHpsbn general contractor let the contracts on a factory nt McKinley avenue and the Micmgan central Specialty Mattress lows Excavation crvte foundation nhimbine Roos ft mrJning work Is to be by Robinson The BECK CEREAL CO 575 West ort St Phone West 611 mbstantlally higher than the prvallinc prior to the war Sev eral other deal are reported un der negotiation and numerous on er of attractive homes In that part of Virginia rrk between Woodward avenue and Hamilton boulevard have received attractive otters The denee by Stalker vice president of the Union Trust company The houae Is of an English design contain about 10 room and 1 on a lot having front age of SO feet The place la valued at about 110000 The Judson Brad way company made the sale Howard A Coffin sales manager of the Detroit I Teased Steel com pany has purchased the A 1111 RUSSEL WHEEL OUNDRY CO We manufacture storennf ruction in the building of fronts we work with your architect or contractor Long experience hai given us a wealth of information which we gladly offer you without obligation iist 'phone or send for a copy of a valuable store front book which will help you consider this important question Structural and Ornamental Iron and Steel Work I Wt are demonstrating the every day in our show rooms to acquaint the observer with extremely simple trouble proof mechanism We cordially invite you to come in any time You will receive a larty welcome But in casc you cannot come per onally we urge 'upon you the importance of set ding for our KEE BOOKLET which illustrates and describe the intire line The coupon will bring you a copy without cost or obligation St ii We can show you how to make $10 to $50 per week extra over and above what you get from your regular work by using some of your spare time and we will help you make the money We can take fair! good care of von now but we look for SERIOUS SHORTAGE DELIVERIES this fall Send in your order at once delay a moment THE TIME TO ACT IS BE WISE All goods have our STERLING GUARANTEE you get what you pay for the city The Rale property Is active iiiroata in number vectors Th improved property market remain unchanged with an especially strong demand for single homes ranging in cost from SluOO to 110000 A lull In central Invest ment property activity has been ex perienced by somo realtors This situation Is not alarming but is ac centuated to some extent when compared with the recent activity and the closing of several large deals In downtown property during the last three or four weeks Many transactions are held up for several weeks owing to In ability of real estate men to ob tain abstracts Business has been so heavy that the two abstract com panies have been "swamped" with work Building operations are keeping step with the territlc pace estab fnr PVrifWMi hubivll 113(09: houxe 730 PblUlp evrnu' to Henry Keppy (or Arucelkio Grondin $5Wu houM Stub 1 Urman avenue to Dgvid Bogoebft for Detroit Iaud Contract pany M3M hout 152 eyburn avenue to WtllUm Sattler for t'raaer house 2259 Whittaker avenue to Jut hi Voeth for li Schroeder house di 1'niiaovipniu avenue Button for Charles Hushes liouse Jv7s Montclair avenue to Peter Kutten for rank Miller house Lincoln avenue to Theodore Janipt for Ellabeth Bristow $8000 house 2J9 East Warren avenue to Harry Meyers for Charles Carew $14200: house 77 Tay lor avenue to Charles Hughes for Judge George Codd $30000 apartment on northeast comer of John and Candler avenue to JohnJenke I for re mont Barret $SOOuO house 711 Gladwin avenue to Edna May Lapetina for John Topp $1000 house 1225 Sixteenth street to rank Lucky for A Pickett $5000 house 910 Merrick avenue to Samuel David (or Morris Cameron $i0C: house 14S7 ifteenth street to A Jlckctt for red Bergman $l20: aw Pennsylvania avenue to Tuttle for Jce LIxmde $4500 bouse Ivanhoe avenue to hark'd Carew Conrad Rehlein $15000 oor Recent Sales in Virginia Park Exceed $100000 Value Residents along Virginia Park are reealrtag an Impressive demonstra tion cf the present activity of de mand for high elaas home proper ties kt an exclusive residence dis company carpenter Kellar coma pany plumbing Robert Ade Ing John O'Connor ornament iron Atlas Iron works lat Gustav t'teflens kt i general mason work on a two stor 9 biick veneer tuu famiiy fiat at Hi Lawrenca avenue to Walter John son lat Stephec MRHer kt the gen eral mason work on a two stor brick vt neer two famlly flat st kt f45 Lawrence avenue to Yalter Johc sen Residence Henry Kohrcr let con tracts on a two story brick res dnce on Poston julrvard for Rob ert Mitchell as follows: General contract A Dusseau: carpenter Sylvester plumbing iy lor Garage Williams Bros kt con tracts on a one stcry bri and atone garage and show rooms nn Cass and West Canfield avenues (or Joseph Harley as follows: Roofing tho Howie Koofinic company: car penter A Moynes plumbing Ralnh Peckham ft Construction company let the weatherproofing a two family apartment at CS Kim berly court to A Darron Co Gtiy Birge let the weatherproofing contract on a two story brick residence at 143 Tuxedo avenue to A imrron io Shortage of Material and Labor Continues Handicap to Construction Store ront best salesman' Sales of Subdivision Property Are Reported Showing Greater Activity Reports rom Architects In clude Large Apartments Church and Theater Sorr good sized projects appeared among the new work which camo frem offices of the architect dur ing the week Including a number of large apartment structures ac cording to the suminarj prepared for The Detroit ree Press by the Builders and Traders exchange Among the more Important Items were a two story terrace a two etory brick and stone apartment three story brick apartment of 25 suites a brick and stone church a brick and atone apartment of 35 suites a two story brick factory 4 tinues steady with no remarkable development In any new section of QI with a steady uf sales to in property red Lee has said the duplex residence at 16 avenue Helen McHugh or solid hrtek slate roof and brick gauge in is 38x160 (eel was $25000 Clpmnnu Knieht ot lotx in Kost lale nark ha fallows Alfred Vogtlin $2500 to Louise Moel ler Jr thrpc lots 177'X) to Edward Hayes 12155 to Selma A and Maida uhtwerk 1273 lu lxuis A Shaffer $2 to Ernest Schults two lots to Ernestine Schultz $2U60 to Minnie Hlntzmann 12070 to Hal A II 4U to Emory rvudell $2Qov to Huff and Wheeler to James Thornes $2100 to Peter and A two lots to Robert Dean two lots 1365V to William Mat thews $2200 to A Stephens thioe lots IT) Sales by the Gates office are re ported as follows: ur Dr Clayton Graicy and others to A Sage brick store and seven fiats southwest corner of Vir ginia Park and Twelfth street lot 43xlW tect $45W0 or Mrs Harrow to Eugene rrvdhomme of Windsor Ont brick veneer four family apartment southeast comer of Avery and Willis ave nues lot SvxW feet $2200" or Gracey and wife to Susan I) Sellers six roomed brick two family flat Taylor avenue lot 30x130 feet $11000 or A William Baxter administrator the Ready estate to Rochert and wife brick four family flat HI and 1H West Phila delphia avenue lot 00x131 tect: JLsuuu bur John Hagerman to William Chase frame two family Hat 599 Kitchener avenue lot 30x130 fret: 000 or SrhueHr and wife to Benjamin Nixon and wife frame residence 311 West Willis avenue lot 30x120 feet: $6500 or A Sidl wagn to A Drake and sister brick bun galow I'd Cortland avenue lot $5x130 feet $9uM) or Earl Krother and wife to Nell 6 McKay and wife frame residence 485 West Philadelphia lot Mxl30 price $70n0 or Victor ink to Emma Thiel brick two family fiat at 5SG Emerson avenue lot 30x110 feet $9000 or Kemp Margarian to Samuel Rogers and wife frame residence CW Canton avenue lot 3'xL3O feet $7 0U) or Wal ter Smith and wife to lorence Ink frame resideme 005 Artillery lot 30xlu feet IOCO or I Smith to John Harris and wife frame house 233 West Warren avenue lot 45x164 feet: $3000 or red Thotnua and wife to rederick Watts frame residence 106 Trumbull av venue lot 30x124 feet $7000 or Mary Osmund to private party frame house Delaware ave lot 30x124 feet $700 RESIDENCE SALES The following residence property sales liave been made by the Hannan Heal Es tate exchange i etween July 1 and July House 2X3 Meadowbrook avenue to Ellen ('row for Elizabeth Smith $1159 house 30 Wendell avenue to William Mil vihill for Alton Hall $lj hw house JJuO Hamilton avenue to II Mil ler for Mary Moore $oMri house 210 Columbus avenue to Magda lone rerie fur 1L Rettbtrg $7U house Geneva Hienue to 1Tord Wtnibls for John Reinke house 17M Scotten ave nue to A Margolis for I lanlcl A Rex ford $7tiw): house J5J3 ischer avenue to Endl Siclod (or Eveiett Moore $55ou two family flat S55 57 Bewick avenue to Stilwell for Ixniis Stralow $77) house $1 Linwood avenue to William Brute to Anna butler lot 14 Wust Inwn gji dlvUlon to tliestcr cruwe for A Nye hum $7 Manor boule iXHiJi itoiinian one half of W2 Willbun Leahe The SHORTAGE in materials is becoming acute Especially is this true in all goods made of RON It is almost impossible to get some lines of PLUMBING MATERIALS: SOIL and ITTINGS arc almost out of the market ENAMELED WARE BATHS etc are in the same con dition WAIT I YOUR ROO LEAKS PHONE MAIN 2134 The Albert Pudrith Co ROOERS 301 311 ort Cor Riopelle A Continual Performance Results rom ree Press Advertising COUPON! Murray Sale Co Detroit Mich You may tend me a Own" Clotet booklet Name Addrett Make Your Old House New WITH KELLASTONE IMPERISHABLE STUCCO GUARANTEED NOT TO CRACK Applied over the old brick cement or wood covering now on your house Kellastone stucco is absolutely not affected by heat or no cement in its composition and not mixed with water Cost is not excessive Estimates cheerfully given We also do interior plastering JOS A NAGEL STUCCO PLASTERING CO ature and theater a two story Vter Dederlch let rnn and fiat a three story apartment 33 suite a two story brick and ateel store a twn story hlrn'k of three stores and flats a fire engine house of brick and steel and a va National Kellastone Co Manufacturers Chicago III Peter Oosterhouse State Representative Buell Zink Detroit Distributor 501 Vinton Bldg ROBERT CANDLER COMPANY ALL KINDS Sheet Metal Work and Roofing ROO REPAIRING 963 Beaubien SL Phone Melrose 5629 imperishable sw 0 When you consider the building of a new home plan wisely for long life as well as artistic beauty Plan for permanence and everlasting con struction that will stand firm against the strains and stress of time wind and weather The rumbling vibrations of traffic are onlv a nart 1 I 1 11 oi inc jara snocKs ana strains tnai tne wans or your building must be able to withstand Imperfect wall construction inevitably means Quick deteriora tion and costly so guard well the strength and permanence of your walls by building with KEEUSIW The original magnesite does not contain gypsum lime or Portland cement It sets up as hard as rock adheres to the surface like the skin on your hand it is absolutely fireproof: immune to cold heat and wear and weather KELLASTONE walls Stand firm lasting as the always retaining their brilliancy Old frame or brick houses can easily be transformed into handsome modern artistic homes by OVER COATING with KELLASTONE It forms a peifect bond with the wall surface No need to remove the old siding All the work done without disturbance to the occupants A volume of valuable information contained in our Storyr lf 1 A CT 111? a Ul VUG WQ bCUU II actories short of A GENERAL SHORTAGE BUILDER You don't want your work held up while others more foresighted who placed their orders earlier arc being supplied LET US URGE YOU to place your contracts for PLUMBING and HEAT ING AT ONCE don't delay and regret it MR PLUMBER Cover on vour contracts AT ONCE Orders will be filled in rotation as received and delays may cost you a LOT MONEY 's' 1 I a Mb Uk Mjalg MfgHwjf 2 lb vilAISVLruL i)srr This Is I I Br 'k 11 1 V' A i 7 Zt' IN Jftz TA I I i 3 "I 1 xi ni A 3 Irj 4 I i WALKBRHG Agp SUPPLY ca I I' I I 1 Zfc3" i' Ef ii: kJiWLA Pr I i A xxxm VJIKMISM 'L JU PA a j' 1 51 idsHrif I IW I fs 1 I i ST fa Rs iSIlHBKnWB.