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..Six enedfrom intjt diii-feeL 2?ent cbes-nsl s-taof iiirty i theI by;,4t6feetcur*1feetgm* p. .iir seasaow-tbeir dctertninalion to support th new branch of trade In ^Utoii afc the otitseMere Hoiises 'Weiited-iscd feet ton-pth feet iri 7 6 a losti lile AS*Of• great difficulty exists'm this city for t! rrant of good, subatantial dwcIliog-liflQsej,-:T£o majority Of opr:, older, and'well-settle inhabitanta are hoasf£owners* .But there j• v- ^DB*ant j nfi ox strangers, new-comcr.lt; who*find 'the wantJ^jf1 ^decent' housa to liT^c^g^e^^cal^^Xn fact, this ha been. found impossi bie, .and ] • Instances' bar Occurred, :to,oiir.^0 wl edge^wbero famiiieIdt the city; or'were deterred• from comlnj h er e,on. this' accban ,■M ^ interes ted uthe welfare an3 growthofyj that ihb state of things* should nofc exTsi.; .There • an building', sites/ to* be'Bad-for • a! ie^t^tiiasraable prices,^ eprbseht eicdleninSantthefortake»thOrrishea-ofa-astoconditlphVaiid future prospects of this cit consideredNor nre these lots too far.awa-business—there arc plea ty wltlila;from jive tofifteeu minnte’s'- walk ;Tbe price., of -.building; material. is -cheaper altogether,'; than: in ' any,.other ■ city in: the In our opinionV •;* Haid wood lain bar h .f?;be had - oh’eYery’ band, |'and ’ pine :3umbci reaches as. from;both th e M^Jsaippi aid II-x^j Zmolj rlvcrsiiT -Bailding atone and. lime are ter I at onr ycry dd ors, as well as the* best'of day brlciJmaking-j'and/.plenty;of sand 'andg»Td,;..'A;: ;r;rt£! * •••-' ^ That .;• small. - sabs tahti al * Ho bscs * for.*”•*.' ' * . ■ # «•... | J • rlt; .comers, such aa mechazucs,' artlrans and laborers, .will,renfc ■ indtnntZy, and pay' a fine jinterest on the;money invested/no one can vd oubfe; Eor instance, a house;can be erect-For1: SS00;;:oK;arl^^^ r oU.STW^^hich. wSy font quickly. at' -$lti0.rp eryear-;being a jieWLof 14 WO/pcricen^up^.’on’themVestmont.- :v-: y± s ^- ^^-^®.^av®. beard oTir mtcWnicBandbuileers declare that ;.they .can j erect good houses.to/rent, which.wHl-pay rBgulorly, and without any diEcalty or doubt,;15 per cent* bn’tbo layestmcnt: ;.Kne ;and :!cbstly houses “to . not; so • profitable: to rent* ‘'Thd-o arcfluoh In thia ottj, that will imt^rent::at orer IQ per cenr. interos^ Sf thaL Bot thcse aro owned e pti r cly byp cihaanch trMid cn ts, h ow-cFcr;a^l tb^ soil}; «e • m evcr-ofTe^^^ ■ V It; i s itix^r fad ^ that.the poorer pcople,(who live in“thb worst houses/ in-towns.- a nd ci t lea,; Inyariablyp ay ihb^fiigbest rents/^^^Ono^ who,’can • afford, to’ pay ;$100 ; per^ycar 'r ent^ ' cah'. 'ge t p 'bo o so worth, from ^SOO'tO; $1000, while a poorpcr-aottWbdfHiy^from$40 to;$80per-year, Kas'i to take up with. sorao’old. fottcny or cootract* _ed :^ncernj nofc'^rth' $200.; . ’V;\iy-. yjjj.THq maniifactfiring^interests of Altoii aro yastly.f increasing-and. improving- -rNew establishmentsi arb to bo bpened -iho; coming scason/wbich-wil! bribe'-hbndreds^bf• me-chahica to7.oar , city. ,v-Tho'’ raUroads'' are bri ngin gin; theirqrowd a of m aniigara, clerks and laborers/all-;of wlibni,rncedhousess and boarding pcfa-^T^ witl He fdt by^.opx, r c tai! and^tia UWfiU the ^ro^imofacturi ngv ’impetos-fls ^accbmulati ve^r ^ Th a^ v,-.- i ■ „w.i.-gi ;• ■ .«■.*;■ TTJTr- ‘ i;nid fo£5cilitifa; to mafha^drathoBodl (rfihnufiio^I Altop;:con; ppn WjL^.an'nns.f ^a|f
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Alton Weekly Courier
Alton, Illinois, US
Fri, Mar 11, 1853
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Cathy B.
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