The land of open doors; being letters from western CanadaWith foreword by Earl Grey . THE LIBRARY, jNIISSION HOUSE, EDMONTON. THE MISSION HOUSE, EDMONTON i A Great City If people in England or Eastern Canada buyproperty which they have not seen except throughan absolutely reliable firm, they are foolish. TheToronto Saturday Night has lately been makinga veritable crusade against subdividing in theWest, and certainly the over-subdivision in sometowns is ridiculous. Only a few days ago a man,whose word I trust, told me that a real estateagent had tried to sell him property on a well-known avenue
The land of open doors; being letters from western CanadaWith foreword by Earl Grey . THE LIBRARY, jNIISSION HOUSE, EDMONTON. THE MISSION HOUSE, EDMONTON i A Great City If people in England or Eastern Canada buyproperty which they have not seen except throughan absolutely reliable firm, they are foolish. TheToronto Saturday Night has lately been makinga veritable crusade against subdividing in theWest, and certainly the over-subdivision in sometowns is ridiculous. Only a few days ago a man,whose word I trust, told me that a real estateagent had tried to sell him property on a well-known avenue in an equally well-known Westerncity. He had a map which showed the CityHall, then a little gap, and then came the pro-perty he was trying to dispose of; and disposeof it he did to numbers of people, the first pay-ment being ten dollars, and then so much everymonth. My friend, who was surprised, said, How farfrom City Hall is it? Oh, not very far. No, but how far is the property from thecentre of the city ? Really, I dont know the exact distance, butnot far. Well, said my friend, exasperated, I happento know how far th
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