Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 November 1915 — Matt Worden Gets Bedford Lot. [ARTICLE]

Matt Worden Gets Bedford Lot.

The bid of Matt Worden for the Bedford and Monnett business lot on Van Rensselaer street, on the west side of the court house square, was the highest bid received and it has-been accepted. The price paid is $162 per front foot for the ground and SSOO for the building, now occupied by Barnes’ restaurant, a total of $4,145 for the feet. As previously stated by The Democrat, the Bedford estate owned 14 feet and 2 inches of this ground, and the Monnett heirs owned 8 feet and 4 inches, and the latter decided to let it all sell together. Mr. Worden will not make any changes in the property at present, but will perhaps erect thereon a good brick building in a year or two. It is probable that he and Jerry Healy, who owns 34 feet on the south, will build together, and perhaps the city, which owns the ground immediately south of Jerry’s plot, will join with them and put up a new city hall and fire department room, to replace the old frame building now used for this purpose. The price paid for this ground sets a new high mark for business sites on the west side of the publicsquare, but there were quite a number after the property and the price paid is not considered too high by good judges of business values.