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Show WE PROOF THAT 1 CITYISGHOWING (i. S. Holmes Consummates Deal That Means Expenditure of a Million. PROMINENT CITIZEN GETS FINE BUSINESS CORNER Costly Improvements Planned for Atwood Property, Second South and State Streets. Some reference was made In the col-limns col-limns of this paper yesterday morning to a deal made by O S. Holmes for the Atwood At-wood estate corner, but the papers In the cnae were not signed and the deal closed until yesterday The deal la among the moat Important In the realty market for some time, and Involves over $l."X).tsi .Mi Molmes, who is one of the heaviest owners of propert) In this city, and credit! cred-it! .1 with being shrewd und far-seeing In Investments, realized thai corners in the business dlstrli t were scarce and pos-S pos-S s-o il a greater value over Inside prop ertv owing to the great length oi the iiiy blocks With thlx Idea In view he 1 1 ok the name as .i lit. time lease upon the Atw 1 property, at the northeust corner Of the Intersection of State and Second Smith street Under Fifty Year Lease. The nature of the will of the elder Al-w Al-w I was BUCjl thai the pinperiv could not bi sold, hence Mi Holmes's efforts of more than two yearyi were successful. and he now has the desirable corner un-der un-der a fifty-year lease. The amount of money Involved by the payment of rentals rent-als and construction of Improvements Will aggregate (700.000, to which win in- added ..thi nut money to erect building that will meet the demands of (fin locality Which will run the amount to Jl.OOO.OMt. Convincing Evidence. This deal is another convincing evidence 01 the certain growth of Greater Ball I ..ike Liinl then is nothing that Will Inspire the Confidence of capitalists like such Investments made by the citizens, especially such men us Mr. Holmes. wh: ha.-i already large Interitjts and has lidded several other large pieces of property to his present holdings In the past four months. This transaction, together with the one recently made by W. H Dickson, who bought the Lowe property on State street, between Second and Thud South streets, . ompletes evt ry available transaction on that street letwc-n Kagle Gate and tlie city hall. Othei Iiupioveiuents. Among oilu-r Improvements on Slate Street are thesae which It is reported are Contemplated by L C. Phlpps. the well-known well-known steel magnate of Pittsburg, who owns the Halls hotel building and the red brick block on Second South street near the oi in i of State street. I'pou the latter lat-ter sit.- a large fireproof block will probably prob-ably tie erected, while another 9tory will, j It is reported, be udded to the Halls building |