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Show TO BUY LAND FOB SHHHOAFT HOME Site- Near ML Olivet Cemetery-Favored by Majority of Board. 'In all probability, tho Sarah Unit Momor.ial Home will be pctuianoutly located on Thirteenth. Kast, between .Seventh and Eighth South streets. At tho last mooting of tho association a majority voted to purchase the property, prop-erty, and to erect; thereupon a charit-ablo charit-ablo institution for tho aged, infirm aud blind of both sexes, in accord with tho dotiircs of Mrs. Baft, who by will left .$35,000 in cash, and other valuable assets -with which to start thu project. pro-ject. TIiu property favored is owned by "VV. ,T. Jlallorun. T.t has a frontage of twenty rods on tho east sido of tho street, with a magnificent view of tho city and valley, and is nineteen rods deep. It is understood that the. Hub-'bard Hub-'bard Investment company is acting as realty agent in tho deal, and that tho consideration asked is .SOOO. The only thing that at present holds tho final transaction in abeyance, apparently ap-parently is a question as fo whether the inmates would object to the institution insti-tution 's being so near to MX. Olivet cemetery. Kecontly the government made an additional grant of land to t.ho cemetery on the edge of the military mili-tary reservation, and the property favored fa-vored for the homo abuts the new cemetery ceme-tery grant. Unless this question interferes, inter-feres, the deal probably will be closed within a day or so. Tho temporary home is on Third avenue, in the residence of the late W. U. 'IMbbals. It, is understood that the association now has about .$''0,000 as an available fund to establish and maintain a pcnnanonl. home. |