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Show BUILDINC AND REAL ESTATE. I.. ok of I.ouib.r d Sinn. Ha. Datayad Horn. hnturprlaea. Construction on tha Dooly block has been retarded by tha inability of tho contractors to procure lumber. This embarrassment has now been overcome and work is going ahead rapidly. The basement iron work has alt been put in place and the joists laid for the tlo.r of the tirst story. On the south end considerable hriek has been laid in the wall, lirick for the building has all been burned, and work will be forced ahead from now in no as to have the block completed by Sept. 1. r.HSTON nt'lt tuvn. The Hostou lb'alty building Is very nearly completed. Plate glass wiudow s are being put in the front, the plastering plaster-ing has been nearly done and the whole ttucg will be ready for occupancy in a short lime. O'JIKAHA lllli If. Hl.OCK. Men have been at; work yesterday and today cleaning the Honrs of this building preparatory to their being taken pos-cs-ion of by the tenants. Tho upper Mory has not yet been finished fin-ished and only one of the store rooms can be aid to be ready for oceupancv, but it is only n question of a few days more when a new business busi-ness house on Seonnd South street n ill be ready to bid for the patio pat-io logo of the public. srAIK SmiKICT AUDITION. Wecter it Armstrong are building two residences in this addition for which they have already secured cus-touurs. cus-touurs. I.OM1 LEASES. In I hicaho long leases on a piece of ground anything likedesiraby situated, is looked upon as the most desirable class of seeu'itios. On sueh security it is possible to borrow almost any amount of money for tho purpose of pulling up improvements. At one time it began to look here as it this class of transactions transac-tions might be received with considerable favor, but no deals of tha kind have been recently consummated. It is a pity that it is not different. There is almost anv amount of wholly vacant, or but inadequately improved, property on nearly all of the streets. The demand de-mand for business aud apartment houses is . still far from satisfied. Could the - fashion of letting long leases on an equitable valuation ot the property ever come in vogue here, thousands of dollars would lie put into buildings on lots which are now vacant or occupied by structures that are a libel on the town. TIIlltl SOUTH ST KELT. With the completion and openingof the Kntitsford, and with the throwing open of the doors of the Waiker-Fyier dry goods emporium, together with the other business houses which are now either being built or contemplated on that thoroughfare. Third South promises prom-ises to be one of the busiest Htreets in the city, before the lapse of another year. KOK MANLVACTUIUNG. Forty acres of lnnd was purchased yesterday in the vibinity ot the Hot. ' Springs." It is intended to bo devotud I to some largo manufacturing enterprise. |