Real Estate Record

AND   BUILDERS'   GUIDE.





Vol. m.   No. 22.]          NEW YORK, SATUEDAY, AUGUST 14, 1869.





[Whole No. 74.





,  '      ' PuMiisHED Weekly BY
C.   "W.   SWEET   &  CO.,
106 BROADWAT, COR'. OF PINE STREET.

TERMS,
One year, in advance................... 6 00





STEIKES.
• The seed sown by the coal-miners of Penn¬
sylvania ia just beginning to bear its legitimate
fruit, and bitter tbough, it be, they will proba¬
bly be compelled to eat a fair share of it, The
price of coal, in conséquence of their action,
has advanced from §6 to $9 and $10 per ton at
retail, and this is made one of the excuses for
the tailors' strike now in progress in this
city. We shall probably next hear from
the bootmaker, who, because of the high
price of coal and clothing, feels compelled to
ask for an advance in wages commensurate
with the increased cost of living ; and so the
bail will be kept roUing, each organizàtion
complaining of increased expenses, until the
matter gets around to the coal-miners again.
So far as. the cost of living is concerned, it can
be easily shown that, compared with last year,
the balance now is decidedly in favor of the
consumer, and if any one has reason to strike,
it is the farmer and the landlord. Suppose
the butchers should form a " Butchers' Union,"
and the grocers a " Grocers' Union," and they
should résolve that, no matter how great the
supply of articles in their respective trades, any
member found selling below the regular card
rates should be immediately drummed out of
the business. How would that suit the work-
man's ideàs ? and this is practically what the
coal-miners are doing. An association, under
the title of the "Workingmen's Bénéficiai As¬
sociation," has been formed by the miners
throughout the coal régions. This body,
through committees, attempts to regulate -the
price of coal, by restricting the owners and
operators of the mines from getting out more
than a certain number of cubic feet per day to
a man, which of course restricts the supply,
and compels the laboring man hère to pay the
high prices, so that the wages of the miners
may be kept up. The mining operators in the
Lehigh district hâve been notified by this asso¬
ciation that on every advance in the price of
coal, the miners' compensation must be raised
at the rate of 15 per cent, on the advance,
and that of helpers 12^ per cent. As. the
miners have it in theic power to regulate the
amount of coal sent to market, and as the less
they permit to be sent the higher their pay,
the prospect for lower prices in coal is a very
slim one, Workmen do not realize the sacri¬
fices which employers frequently make in their
behalf. The récent failure of a house. largely
engaged in the woollen goods business is an





illustration of how the capitalist often sacri¬
fices his entire fortune in the désire to keep his
factories running, and to give employment to
his workingmen. Should the employers of the
tailors and coal-miners accède to their demands,
the increased cost will not come out of the
capitalist, but ^vill simply go out of the pockets
of one workingman into the pockets of an¬
other.





To THE EdzTOR op THE ReAL EsTATE RECOHD.

Sir,—In your issue of July'IOth there ap¬
pears among the Mechanics' Liens of Kings
County, " Wells, Holroyd & Co, agt. Mathew¬
son & Bryant, $1,175.40," We request you to
state in your valuable Journal that Messrs.
WeUs, Holroyd & Co. had not the shadow of a
reason for filing such a claim, as instead of our
being in debt to them for that amount, they
are debtors to us, as we have an account of
over $1,500 against them. By inserting this so
that our friends may understand the case, you

will oblige

Yours, &c,,

(Signed,)                Mathewson & Bryant,





We are rapidly passing through the duU sea¬
son of real estate, and we may soon expect to
hear the sharp ring of the auctioneer's ham¬
mer, the excited crowd and the busy hum of
the salesroom. During the quiet times no
doubt many have got hold of some good bar¬
gains, the profits of which they expecb lo reap
during the fall campaign, There seems to be
a strong undertone to the market, and holders
having carried their property along, are in no
mood to sacrifice now, and are determined not
to sell, except at a good fair profit, We do
not expect to see any marvellous rise in real
estate, but we do expect to see a considérable
advance over present prices, New York is ra¬
pidly growing, and her greatness must reflect
itself in the price of her real estate, as there is
a limited amount of it, and the fortunate hold¬
ers wHl see the time when they have but to
name a price wthin reason, and they will get
it.





COMPAEATIVE IMPOETS AND EXPOETS FOE
NEW YOEK CITY.

Imports at New Tork for the week ending Aug. T.
186T.            1868.            1869,

DryGoods...........   $2,03,% 148    $2,534,163    $2,615,923

General Merchandise.      8,044,500      8,511,930      'i,592,3l3

Total...,.........     5,9TT,654      6,046,093      5,208.241

Previously reported.. 149,888,100  145,173,534  184,899,151

Since January 1......$155,865,T60 $151,219,027 $189,607,392

Exports from Now Tork (exclusive of specio)  for tho
week ending Aug. 10.

1867.     186S.    1869.

For tho week........   $3,928,544    $.3,209,312    $3,737,5il4

Previously reported. 112,034,844    99,079,550  108,890,473

Since Jannaiy 1.....$110,408,388 $102,288,892 $112,617,987





BSOGELYN.





NEW BUILDINGS IN BROOKLTN.

The Brooklyn Board or Assessors have report¬
ed the f oUovnng as tbe number and values of the
new bmldings erected in Brooklyn during the past
year:

Ist ward--    7 buildingB..............    $34,200

2d     ..    —    5       ................      9.5,000

3d     ..    —  34      ................    109,300

4th    ..    _    3       ................     12,900

5th    ..    —   20       .................     56,800

6th    ..    —   60      ................   219,400

7th    ..    —299.     ..     ;..............   711,300

Sth    ..    —116       ..       ....;.........   117,900

Oth    ..    —   96"    ■■..     ".V.V;.'.V.'."....   345,500

IOth    .,   —233       ..       '..-..^,.i......   584,800

llth    ..    —   22       ................     65,900

12th    ..    —   44       ................     74,800

13th    ..    —   86...........•........     73,t;00

14th    ..    —  43   ^ .................     48,700

15th    ..    —140      •..   "   .-...-...;......   194,400

leth    ..   —146.     ..       .:............   222,.S0O

17th    ..    —.278.-.   ..    ■ ..............   309,000

18th   ..    —142       .;    ...............   111,800

19th    ..    —154       ..     .'..............   359,.50O

20th    ..    —160       ..  .    ...........:..   620,000

21st     ..    —469       ..   •   ..............   692,900

22d     ..    —204       ................   453,600

Total....2,671       ...............$5,401,309

The nnmber and vaines of the bmldings erected

in Brooklyn each year since 1864, nntil the present

time, has been as follows :

1864— 714 buildings..................$1,498,400





186.5— 598
1866—1,0.58
1867—1,657
1868—2,631
1869—2,671





1,714,200
2,520,500
3,.595,C0O
4,815,000
5,401,300





The total increase in five years has been 9,329
buildings and $19,545,000 worth of taxable pro¬
perty.





IMPOETANT  BUSHŒSS CHANGES.

KEW ÏOEK CITY.

Adams, Union, Hosiery, changed to Union
Adams & Co,

Boissard, Frank L., Trunks, sold ont.

Browne & Spaulding, Jewelry, changed to
BroAvne, Spaulding & Co.

Glaser, L. «fe M., Hats, Caps, and Furs, failed.

Morgan & Lord, Drugs, dissolved ; Morgan &
Risley continue.

Perkins, Hill &. Garritt, Gents' Furnishing, dis¬
solved ; Perkins, Garritt & Co. continue.

Poillon, John E., Paper, sold out.

Rodocanachi &. Franghiadi, Commission, failed.

Simm & Heller, Disfcillers, dissolved ; A. Simm <fe
Bro. continue.

Sfcrassburg, Aug. & Ce, Hops, dissolved,

Swift & Draper, Dry Goods Commission, dis¬
solved.

Walsh, Tiedemann & Gafney, Imprs, and Comm.
Liquors, dissolved ; Tiedemann «fe Gafney continue.

Weeks, F. S. & Co., Paper Hangings, dissolved;
Henry A. Smith & Co. continue.





MECHANICS'   LIENS   AGAINST   BUILDINGS
IN NEW YOEZ CITY.^

Augnst

11 Attomey st,, e. s.. Nos. 160 and 162.

•Robert Graham agt. —. Rice.....       $16 00

11 Attomey st., e, s.,  Nos. 160 and 162.

Minty Conroy agt. —. Rich.......         60 00

5 54th st., n,  s., 51 e.  llth av.   E,

Lutz et al. agt. George Kerner et al.         20 00

5  52d st., n.  s.,  100 w. llth av.    E.

Lutz et al. agt. George Kemer at al.         43 00

6  55th st., s. s.. No. 304 Wesfc.   Jacob

Hartman agfc. Angust Hobein.....          75 03

6 56thst,, n. w. cor. 7thav., 100 feefc on
st., 50 ft. on av. John McMullen agt
bam Atkinson et al.............;.    5,443 21^