The Daily Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 138, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1914 Page: 1 of 16
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REAL ESTATE SECTION
THE
BULLETIN
BROWN WOOD TEXAS FRIDAY APRIL 10 1.114.
DAILY
TEN NEW HOMES IN
BROWNWOOD HEIGHTS
SIX JUST COMPLETED; FOUR UXDER CONSTRUCTION; E LEY EX
OTHERS TO BEGIN AT OXCE.
FIFTY EXPECTED
TO BUILD BEFORE
SKPTEI-BER.
One Hundred People Hate BoHglit j
Lots Lately With Avowed i
Intention of Building I
Homes This Year
Those in close touch with the i
lailding activity now taking place'
in Brownwood Heights are not sur-i Water to Fined Out tlir Entire Ad-
prised because they know the real ' dition.
reason. Perhaps you have never J Last Tuesday the City Water 'De-
thought of it. Here it is in a nut-' partment of Brownwood received two
shell. A MAN CAN BUY A LOT AND solid car loads of water pipe for
MAKE THE FIRST PAYMENT ON ( Brownwood Heights.
A MODERN HOME IN BROWNWOOD The Water Superintendent. Mr. K.
HEIGHTS FOR LESS MONEY THAN R. Brashear has announced that as
UE CAN BUY THE BARE LOT FOR soon as he can get. to it a large force
ANY OTHER SECTION OF of men will begin the laying of the
BROWNWOOD. And them too there 1 water mains.
'e just hundreds of people in Brown- It is also announced that water
od who are hungry for a liome of mains will be laid to within easy
taeir own. Some of them are mighty 1 reach of every lot in Brownwood
tired of enriching the already rich j Heights as fast as possible and as
land lord who in many cases re- same are needed by thl builders of
fuses to furnish even ordinary con- new homes in that addition.
eniences in his rent houses for. This improvement not only gives
hich he demands a big rental. Doz- j Brownwood Heights the use of city
ens of men have told the writer That
they have paid out enough for rent
in Brownwood to have paid for a i
s.dendid home aud still they are
renters paying the other fellow a big
rent every month. U "is no wohnr:.
..at 1G2 people have lately bought
lob in Brownwood Heights with
avowed intention of erecting homes
n the near future Thtjse men touna
that A MAN CAN BUY AND PAY FOR
A LOT IN BROWNWQOD HEIGHTS
FOR LESS MONEY THAN HE CAN
l.VKX MANE A PAYMENT DOWN
iX A LOT IN ANY OTHER PART OF
THE C'TY .
T'.-e f; ft of tie year found four
..v h(- in the Heights and vloht-t-.
w!.v:. had been lately eonstruct-
i Sine th-n two others have been
u ;h s-r.d at this time four nr- un-
const-action. Eleven others have
a.:ad g!-n contracts for the eroc-
tirn of new homes this month: 1C2
ruenhave bought lots in Brownwood
ights during the past sis weeks
with t! aowed intition of building
" rrics t.ire as soon as their lots
pail ) Over fiftj:pf them have
.- 1 th x intended to build before
r.' M Sej t ijiber 1st
J. H . UHITE'S NEW HOIE
Mist nn'Ictpd in The Hofirhts.
'ti :st a few day the new home
or I. F White on the corner of Pop-
hir str "t and Main Boulevard will
; ' compl ed This home Is Ave
m 1 ;
hi
pan.
i".g. nea: front porth. with
ii r.n tlK- hack- Tr.p en-
: i! 'udi: g the roof is be-
ti-r!'
I?otap in The Hciirhl.
- it ' g- delayed work
f K M Worhack on
tie
i-. -n- Brr nwood Heights.
M W'.. a" i;f-w. oui" is a five
. f .r ' nngalov- with t3 !rt-
t' oorc - Tne rar orte is heing
j .. -.1. : .
frfenco
!i v jU w paimeu wime
roof.
yV HEKJHTS HOME
For .1. R
Emeriti vow
i!
Con-
siniuiou.
This week carporters
began the
-. r Iinmi on HOIIS- .
ton ven B'nvood Heights for
Mr .T R KVP'itt
TMs how? iH 1"
.Hr.m in m.-rv respect
and
WW
The
have siv rooms rnd porches;
entire bu'Idins. including roof
be paint-' v..n finished.
will
BAMJS MAS
Builds Home in Heights.
List Wednesday Mr. K A. Jordan
began the construction of a modern
seven room residence on Poplar
street. Brownwood Heights which
will he completed as soon as possible.
4
JfclWJIWAITE
r
I... tramp (m Helrbtfl.
Mr. 3. A. Gillespie nfaoascr of the
TV.
Goldthwaite Oil Mill has just com-
pleted a modern home on Houston
Avenue Brownwood Heights. Mr. Gil-
"espie sars he will rent this home un-
I :n sucu a ume as hp can inane
I Brownwood llis Permanent home.
. -1 .1 i. ......
CITY WATERWORKS TO
BROWNWOOD HEIGHTS
I water but fire protection a
"
well.
BROWNWOOD HEIGHTS
TO HAVE NEW CHURCH
Select Location in Center of Addition.
Plans Being Made:
It has been said .tfxauMvdfh every
great development in every Chris-
tian land the church will always he
found leading the. vanguard' Browm--wood
Heights is no exception" to- the
rule - for no sooner had the . hew
homeowners begun ' the erection . of
their homes in Brownwood Heights
than they bezan to. discuss a house
of worship.
A.comnMtt." of citizens has. already
applied to the "officials of Brownwood
Heights Land Company for a suit-
able church block. The company told
thp committeo thnt it would be znA
to co-operate with any denomination
desiring to erect a church building
and would hold out of this sale' suit-
able grounds for such purposes. -
It is understood that movement is
onfcot now for th ;in'medfat(f con-
struction of a modern church 6uild-
im. Block 2 in Brownwood Heights
has been selected and is a most "Ideal
location.
VtM'H ma orroHTi'.viTV
NEXT MO.VDVV
WML
13.:
The Contestant
who start first will
"finish first." Sep tt it that your
prospect see Brownwood Heights
before the nle opens.
ELECTRIC LIGHTS TO
BR0WXW000 HEIGHTS
Street Light Beintr Installed" in That
Section Xow.
i -
ami valley View as well but must
4Last Wednesday the Texas Light . also furnish room for the.ehildien of
and Power Company began the con- North Brownwood. And now ..with-
struction of the new street' lighting; the opdning-up of Brownwooo
systeni for the
city of
Brownwood I
which they
announce will cost $15;-
mm nr.
rhjji sy8tqni
will give -Tvery s?a-'
Hon of the city all the street liehta '
necessary making Brownwood one of t
'thn linct llirhtni r!tioc 111 tliic tjjicttrui
of the state.
While- the electric company is ex-
'tending its lines it has been suggest- an entiro school building Jo accom-
ed that the company be petitioned to modate the four-score or more stu-
: extend its lights on out Belle Plain dents already living in -North Brown-
j Avenue and over Brownwood Heights. wood when that number is suppli-
; The electric company lias already nicnted by a still 'rent or number who
announced that-It wiJl be glad to com- will be. residents of Brownwood
ply with the wishes of the people in Heights before tin opening of the
that se-tion if it can be assured that next school term
enough' of the people already living The city lifts already purchased and
there -will Uikejmough lights to war-naid for a school block on Belle Plain
rant the extension. near the old Morton property which
1". It is understood that already a suf- ! Is considered a very good- location
ificient number have 'signified a desire for the new $20000.00 school building
to uae the lights when the extension
Jg made.
PROFIT IN
TO OPEN BAKER ST.
TO THE HEIGHTS
BY EXTENDING THAT STREET TO
CONNECTION WITH DUKE
STREET LEADING DIRECT-
LY TO .MORTON OLD
PROPERTY.
From the Heart of The
Business District
St raii: ill to .Brownwood Height.. All
the Way High Ground Shortens
the Distance Three
Blocks."
Since -the development .of Brown-
wood Heights begun much interest
has been manifested in the suggestion
to extend Baker -street straight across
Adams brancn. by the use. of two
small "fill-ins" to a connection with
Duke .street. It will be remembered
that Duke street parallels' Belle Plain
Ave. from Slough to School Housr
block at old Morton property. Duk.
&;
g six- to ten feet "higher Uar
laine Ave. has never been un
der water at any One. and runs
straight as a "gun can shoot" from
the foot ot Baker street to Morto
7 '
old pro'pertv . just on.- block
Belle Plain. Here a turn one
east would land at the tM
homestead on Belle Plain.
Belle Plain Ave is .s f. ct
the business district.
It is imt known. Just !.-.:
will he taken in this niat;i
iiint-k
Kisk"
Where
t: ur
-!'.
lit HO
man -who is acquainted with i? sit-
uation has fur a minute doii e.i ';.
advisability of the change or th pos-
HibiHty f its ca unsf nu r.jn This
jfoute would of course. law'y drct
traffic off the old Belle Phrn anu
Thrifty roads 'direct n Bahcr street
iiiht'e.id of coming wa axoun l b.. i
Square as. in formr times.
NEW CITY SCHOOL
IS BADLY NEEDED
SKM'-'ITHZK.YS LOCA TIM THERE
MAKE THAT LOI'ATIOX IM-
PEKATIVE. v
It iias developect that .Browu-
v.ood's Schools 'have bc-oioe so
crowded that the inini'Hiiate con-
Jstrurtion. of another school building
has. become.. imperative. itrowhwnndV
rapid increase in population has
reated an overcrowded condition in
'' other three sitndidl e-piipp.'d
j -i ;ools that must be met bj creating
mf)re room. It ba beci: pontnd out
I that the greatest congest km is in the
; Ford School on .Main Ave. because
this school is forced to not only take
eare of all the public ' .school chiU
dren living between the two railroads.
HeightSyjind the exodus to that nddi-
tioti ofa great many families it is
not belioved thnt Ford School can
accommodate them. Then the (ines-
tldn naturallv ariseswhere will the
next school building be built? In
file (ctinii wlifirn' if iu miul iif.r.lwl
Is jiaturally the logi'-.il conclusion
k has been pointed out it will tak
which the city of Brownwood must
soon erect.
THOUSAND
AHBig Brownwood Fortunes Have Been
Made in Brownwood Real Es-
tate is Claimed
When Major
kin's Addition
Rankin opened Ran-
a little over 25 years
ago he advised people to buy lots in
that Addition. He told them they
would make a profit but we have the
Major's own words for it that he
never dreamed of the enormous prof-
its that were to be made by those wno
bought of him. He is positive that he
never expected to see block 29 (in-
cluding - Brownwood National Bank
Brooke Smith & Co. Brownwood
Heights office and others) enhance
fifty thousand per cent; and yet that
is just what happened in about 25
years. That block today is render-
ed for taxes based on a' valuation
exclusive of all buildings for $100-
000.00. Mnjor Rankin sold Block 29
for $200.00;
The block including Brinrs Store.
Renfro-McMinn Drug store and oth
ers is an irregular block and sold for
.
;"lless;than block 2S and yet that
block" today is rendered for taxes
based on a valuation exclusive of
buildings of $60000.00.
' Block .".o. including Coggin Nation-
ai bank. Bulletin Office Rogers'
stor sold for $800.00 and is now ren-
. dered far taxes bused on valuation of
$7:..Kmh.' eclu$ivp of buildings.
Block 29 including Southern- Hotel
was bought by Mr J..C. Weakley for
a home for half a thousand- dollars
and fiw wsorth over ?.otM.o one
huMred for one. in 2" yeas'?
Bloc it NO. 2C. now vacjint.. between
Southern Hotel and Hail Music A'o.
v as bought -by Mr L. Bair for a home
it t. understood for Slnn.tm. ami
now you couldn't buy this property
vacant as i stand for -$oO.f)0'Oo.
Block No HI including Arcade
Block and new opeiji house was sold
by Major Knnkin for about $200.00.
Nor many years ago. Brooke Smith
threw most of his neighbors into con-
vulsions when he went so w'ild i?i
is to pay . Unqo.UO for it. What do
yon suppose' it is worth now? It Is
rendered for taxes based on. valua-
tion of . $7-"i:Oi)n.0ft. exclusive of build-
ings. Blocks. Including Austin drain Co.
urlbut's office. Armstrong Jewelry
II
Co..
was sold by Major Rankin for
about $250.00. Try to figure up its
.
pros-nt yatne. t;s. tn. reuht.o
. ....-7.. v.
f.U.miugs. uasec. in .J.uu.w..-
But. you say Hint's the h.earf of the
l;..siit..ss district now tell us about
other sections of the city.. Have they
improved too? Sure they tmve. In
-V.-M-. section or. the citv of Brown-
wond people have made big profits Jn
real estate and they are At 111 makihg
them.
.hisl IU years ago- Dr.. McClellan
bonght a few acres between . town and
wh're the Frisco depot now .4tnuds
for $30.00 per acre. The real estate
"lights" of Brownwood will "dub" you "
a wivartl if you can buy it for less
than $."i.0000i) per acre today. Nice
little ndYahec. don't you "think? Near-
ly two thousand- per cent.
Take something more recent In
Fords Addition; fifteen years ago. t
vou could buy a choice lot for $.10 00 ' '
You know what you will have to
pay now? $."i00.00 to $1000.00 each.
Fpurteeii years ago W. ' Church-
ill bought bis lot on Austin avenue.
including residence that then
cupied it for $14i"i0. Sixty days
(n'-
igo
Just l'fore he be..'an the construction
of his new residence he was offered
$r000.00 for the- bare lot. nnthcr
instance. The three lots whore Mr.
John Clark's residence is located In
Fords Addition were sold just a few
y e a r s a"g o for $'100.00. o r
sioo.oo each. These lots are
worth .$1500.00 to $2000.00 now.
And a close investigation will show have been removed; Nature and the chosen section of this city .Brdwn-
you that? fatten examples as saown . powerful hand of progress will work wood Heights will be their . home
here are all over Uie city. Brown-jhand-ln-hand in the splendid trans- The. present owners may n't .sel?
wood real Estate has never gone back- formation of the once little front ie".Jtbi popple HeIght?ohsits but
ward in";value; the price has always f tracing point into the most" substan-Mhe 'people who ire buying now will
advance!. iVo man has over logt one Hlal We'tropolis df the great Central .have raanjr overtures t sell the
cent inregted conservatively in j West. Tkijj k&eer real estate invest- choice 'lots they ar selecting: now
U1W1
The Only Man
WAS THE .HAN WHO FAILED TO
TUXITIES WERE
"The" Wise-Acre" Boys
If Major John Y. Rankin 25 years ago when he opened Ban-
kin's Addition had told you that those who invested in Banian's
Addition would make over one thousand per cent profit by the
time their children were grown what would you have thought?
Would you have agreed with the Major?
And what do you think Mr L. Bair would have thought when
he came to Brownwood and bought a modest little $400.00 home
and installed one of the biggest saddle and harness shops west
rt UTortN if TfAt it
w " Juu uum mm taut ne would maKe more profit on
his little 3400.00 homestead than he would out of athriving sad-'..
die and harness business in twentv vears? Tin vnn tint ha ri
have believed you?
A v. . .
. Ancl wlule we are diacnssing
11 vou were told now that 75 per
was made in Brownwood real
iQK uantang Dusiness
And would you believe that every Brownwood business man
who has accumulated a lot of money has made more money out of
Brownwood real estate than he has out of his business?
If you were told that there were men living in Brownwood
now who have made more profit in the past 25 years on Brownwood
ieal estate that they could have made in a hundred and fifty years
lending the. same money at 10 per cent would you believe it?
Brownwood dirt The only man who
has lost money in Brownwood real
estate is the man who was too skep-
tlnil to buv when the big opportun-
ities presented themsehes to him.-
Thousands of splendid opportun-
ities continually have been offered to
reap. big profits in Brownwood real
estate
A few men have availed themselves
of these opportunities. These are
!thl men whn nf "inrrvlm" tUa
er fdI(nv todav Ja Brov;inVood IlIal
jtnink how nic;; it w.ou( liav(. bepn
. - ...... . j 1. 1 V UHI
. if your father had just thought tO
haVo b t k 0 . Railk-S.
"utni ijiock .i m uaitkins AO. -
tion for you; It wouW onJy
(nsl 5v00.no and now you. a man
:jlI8 thtv rinie of fe wou(1 hnvp
bP W()Vth ?I00.000.0Q-more thali
; ym u.V(l eVl.p. oarneil or now have
t.)ny hm of t?m. t.!irningna th(.
; fnVustment would have grown along
; whh0il m v. worrv or aSBistance from
' T(JIIp r.... .... llflflllt nw vn..
much more than $20O".OO of this
' worldls goods- hut can you think of
.anything he did give you that would
j hnve. been worth as much to yon as
'little old .Block No. 21? And there is
another thought in. this connection
that might be well to mention. Brown-
wood's best real estate investments He
not in the past but in the future. Thev
are air around you right now!
Thirty years ago Brownwood was a
little frontier -village miles and
miles from anywhere. A
real instate
speculation In those days was a gam-
ble of the purest kind. ' The men
who-hiive made Brownwood the city
you see today were forced to over-
come hundreds of seeminclv unsur-
mountnblp obstacles but they over-
came them and built the Brownwood of
today the fairest city in the. entire the time when they will live with
Central West which stands as a their parents in their chosen city
monument to their own indomitable What section of this city will they lo-
plnck and determination. cate. when they do come? What
Brownwood's progress in the future section of the city invited thpm?
can but he much more rapid than has What section of the city do they
her past. What she has done in 30 think of when they think of Brown-
well 1 years she will more than double in wood? Brownwood Heights has he-
Jess than the next ten; all barriers come in making their plans their
DDIRT
Who Lost Money
IS VEST WILE.N THE
OFFERED HIM.
BIO OPPOK-
Are Told a Few Things
- .i ? '-
"old tunes" would you believe it
cent of Brooke Smith's fortune '
estate and not as you suppose in
ors have made therr thousands but
those who deal now will make their
tens of theousands. Brownwood real es-
tate is a much better investment now
than it has ever been. Thousands of
dollars will be made by those who
have the common horse cense to l&
vest.
And now as "a parting shot" yoir
are reminded that in some quarters
Brownwood is still infested with the
remnants of that same class who
"walked around" Major Rankin when
he recommended the uurchase of Raa-
kin't: nHilltinn' tUn. tn 1.
-
- scoffed at any man who would have
e
Blobk 29
but they can't heln the
shape of their heads. God rn'jilsu-
making' created the difference: be
tween them and men of reasonable
intelligence.
sriiSTAATIA L PUBLICITY
FOR UKOmWOOI) HKICHTS.
No section of the City of Brown-
worn! has ewr received the real sub-
stantial publicity as has Browuwood
Height In this weeks advertising
campaign alone over ten thousand
pieces of high class descriptive lit-
erature were mailed to people living
in a dozen different counties around
Brownwood besides the biggest ad-
vertising campaign this city ever saw.
Thousands of people on ranches.
farms and in small towns are plan-
Tilng and dreaming of Brownwood as
their future homes. The fathers and
mothers are planning together for tht?
time when they can move to Brown-
wood to give to their children now
almost grown a finished education:
the boys and girls are dreaming of
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