Hammond Times, Volume 8, Number 11, Hammond, Lake County, 19 April 1919 — Page 8

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THE TIME. April, 19. 1919, sac 5S5S Hammond's Greatest teal Estate

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Real Estate Operators From Small Beginnings Our Business Has Grown Until Now Our Diversified Activities Cover the Entire City, Our Subdivisions Offer the Choicest Vacant Lot for the Builder, Our Brokerage Business Has Broken All Previous Records. We are in the midst of the most remarkable Real Estate and Build

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This is a subdivision of o35 C5-f cot lots in the southrastcm section of Hannnond. In this section of the city Hammond has seen its most marvelous development. The United States government has built a city in our midst. The enormous su mof $050,000 has been spent here in building model homes in a perfect setting of well 'paved street. -lawn and shrubbery. Here Hammond's finest hotel, costing $250,000, has been built. Maywood Park, the future garden KENWOOD This is a high grade south side subdivision adjacent to Glcndale Park. Lots are the most attractive building sites for high grade residences yet available in Hammond. The property is 30 feet above the river, rolling in character, heavily wooded and close to the Cook Countv Forest Preserve. Our attractive proposition to builders promises the greatest building boom the subdivision has ever known. Five per cent discount for building; 5 per cent for cash. We take a second mortgage for 80 per cent of the price of the lot. Kenwood is the best developed subdivision in the Calumet district. Elm trees line the Tride parkways, sewers are deepest in Hammond, streets are of cone ret top dressed with asphalt macadam. AVc spent $10,000 for grading and black soil for Kenwood. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO BUILD A HOME AVE CAN SELL YOU A SUITABLE SITE IN KENWOOR AVE WOULD EMPHASIZE THE REASONABLE PRICE OF THIS PROPERTY. FIFTY-FOOT LOTS ON OUR FINEST STREETS, $1,150 TO $1,250.

spot of the east side, runs through the center of the property. Hammond's $350,000 manual 'training school is but two blocks away. This propertv is already improved with modern streets, w alks and curb and the public utilities are all available. PRICES RANGE FROM $13 AND 15 to $20 a front foot. WE MAKE THE EASIEST OF TERMS. SALESMEN ON THE PROPERTY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WHO WILL SHOW MOD E RN BUNGALOWS AND LOTS TO PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS. Acreage At this time of the year the purchase of a garden plot is uppermost in the minds of a great many people. Wc have fine acre tracts west and south of Hammond. HOME GARDEN ACRES is a forty-acre snbdivision adjoining the Hammond Country Club on the west. This promises to sec remarkable development this year. Soil black, lots big. prices low. SOUTH OF HAMMOND we have several tracts of from five to ten acres selling for $300 to $375 an acre. These are close to the city limits and within walking distance of the Standard and the car hue. TO ILLUSTRATE: Wc offer a ten-acre piece but a quarter of a mile from the corners of Conkey and Hohman Streets. Electric lights to the property. Stone road. Black soil. Environment of American people. PRICE $3,600.

Brokerage There is but one test of the BROKERAGE DEPARTMENT of a real estate concern, and that is the bargains it offers. Look these over and you will not be surprised that our sales are n earing the $200,000 mark since the first of the year.

IN GLENDALE PARK TOO You wouldn't believe you could buv a modern brick house in Glcndale for a figure under $10,000. We offer for $9,050 a two-story brick, hot water heated 8-room house on 75x 150 feet of park frontage, south exposure. This house is modern in evcrv respect. INVEST1GATE AT ONCE; IT WON'T LAST A WEEK. CLOSE IN BRICK BARGAIN Uithin ten minutes of the four comers on GO foot lot. east front in Honiewood district, we have brick bungalow that is a wonderfullv good buy at $5,000. A GOOD INVESTMENT PROPOSITION Man leaving town has a three apartment brick within two blocks of the four corners. Rot water heated: always rented and pays 10 per -ent on the investment. Price $7,500.

BRICK FLAT FOR BUT $6,000 In one of the best residential districts of th; south side wc have a comparatively new brick flat in perfect repair for $6,000. Two heating plants. Hardwood floors and trim. Couldn't be built for 88,500 now. This is positively tho best investment we know of in residential property. ASK US ABOUT THIS AT ONCE OR IT WILL BE SOLD. CLOSE IN BUSINESS PROPERTY Hammond never knew such a market in business property. LOOK AT THESE OFFERINGS. Seventy feet on Hohinan Street, north of Clinton Street, for $275 a front foot. Wc sold frontage in block north for $100 last week. Great for automobile sales room.

WEST HAMMOND BUILDING LOTS We have 10 fine lots on Forsythe and Douglas, all assessments paid in full. Price $15 a front foot. About all that is left in this attractive district. We also have a few lots left on Ingraham and Wentworth for $15 to $20 a front, foot. Will sell on contract. MODERATE PRICED HOMES Erie Street. 5 rooms, modern, 37.5 feet, cast front. Price $3,650. Cedar Street, 6 rooms on 50 feet. Hot wn'rr heat. Price $3,100; cash. $300. South Side, near school.. Five-room bungalow with furnace heat. $2,450; cash, $300. "STATE STREET BUSINESS OFFERS $7,500 buys 50 feet on State Street,, near postoffice. $8,000 buys 50 feet on State Street west of Sohl. Improved with two-story store and flat building. Terms, $2,500 cash, balance on time. Great chance for speculation.

SCATTERING VACANT CHEAP BIG SNAP. 29 lots in East Hammond, one block from car line, $175 each. 50 feet on Monroe Street, $600. Lots on Madison Street, $600; on Jefferson STtrcct, $500 for 50 feet. Two fine sites in Country Club addition on Ruth Street for $1,000 each. BARGAINS ON EAST SIDE New brick bungalow. Never been occupied; 6 rooms and sun parlor. Built-in buffet. Ready for immediate occupancy. Price $1,750, Cash, $1,000. Five-room modern bungalow on 50-foot lot. Garage with cement floor and electric lights. Price $3,500. Easv terms.

For Money-Saving Bargains With Prices Cut Down to the Bone our Listings Cannot Be Equaled Call At Our Office for A Conference

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Real Estate Operators Formerly Hastings, . Woods & Company Office, Hammond Trust & Savings Bank, 597 Hohman St. Phone, Hammond 51 Open Evenings