It is quite wonderful how rapidly the value of property changes. A fow weeks ago the assessment courts were sitting and the wail of tho property owner was long and loud concerning the trouble experienced in letting tenements. It reminded me of the warning, " Woe unto them that join house unto house, that lay field to field." Suddenly all is changed. A youthful friend of mine who contemplates matrimony has been ■wanting a house since tho Assessment Court sat, and he found it exceedingly hard to get what he wanted, and when he did find a suitable house he also learned that rents had advanced considerably. Census takers have also expressed surprise at the few empty houses they found when going their rounds, but, of course, there are still any amount of places empty that never wero fit for human beings to live in. In fact, there are signs nofciceablo that the tido has turned and property owners are already anticipating the delights of handling onco more the increased increment.
