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5 they are creeping down our way. They are now down within two blocks and a building going up opposite our block on Market St on a ten year lease at $1.70 per foot per month this year & jumps higher each year. Lots just below this building are offered as a great bargain at 150 per front foot and are being considered pretty seriously by a buyer at the present time. The theatre deal we were hoping for on our lots (the 50 feet) has apparently fallen thru. Buyers are all holding back waiting to see what is going to happen next. The man who holds the mortgage doesn't add to my cheer at all. He has said things to me that have been pretty hard to take but I have paid the interest promptly & the taxes & kept from having any friction The note is now due & he could call it in. $9625 which is a lotta money. I've been thinking I might sell off part of the 75 feet at a big sacrifice to reduce the mortgage: and eventually get the 50 feet clear then I could get a