March 2, 1901.
RECORD AND GUIDE.
The following are the comparative tables of Ifanhattan and Uie
Bronx of the Conveyances, Mortgages and Projected Buildings
for the corresponding weeks of 1900 and 1901:
CONVEYANCES.
1901. 1900.
Peb. :,;l to ^.S, h;e Feh. 23-Mar, l.inc.
Total No. for Manhattan 264 Tofal No. for Manhattan 204
Amount Involved.......53,362,686 Amount involved.......13,192,876
Number nominal ....... 129 Number nominal....... 132
1901. 1900.
Tola] No,, Manhattan, Jau, 1 to date.. 1,921 1,802
ToUI Amt., Mauhattan, Jau. 1 to dale. $22,181,712 $17,836,808
1901. 1900.
„ , . ^, l^'plJ ^1 (0 ^S, i- p Feb. 23-Mar. l.ino.
Total No. (or The Bronx 107 Total No. for The Bronx 98
Amount involved ....... $353,140 Amount Involved....... $202,272
Number nominal ....... 63 Number nominal....... 47
.,, , , 1001. 1900.
Total No,, The Bronx, Jan, I to date.. . 651 725
Total Amt., The Bronx, Jan. 1 to date. -¥1,998,752 , .$2,017,397
,., ^ , ., lOoi. lyoo.
â– otnl No., Manhattan, and Tiie
Bronx, Jan. 1 to date....... 2,572 2,527
Total Amt.,Manliattan and The
Bronx, Jan. 1 to date....... $24,180,464 $19,S54,205
MORTGAGES,
1901. 1900.
,--Feb. 21 to 28, inc.—^ ^-Feb, 23-Mar, 1, inc.-^
^ ^ , , Manhattan, Bronx. Mauhattan. Bronx.
Total number............ 237 93 202 76
Amount involved......... $5,639,877 $637,936 *$1S,291,877 $533,091
Number over a%........ 104 38 90 33
Amount involved......... $1,912,162 $193,446 $1,235,327 $218 244
Number at 5%............ 61 45 51 37
Amount Involved......... $1,851,172 $261,490 *$15,770,650 $253 797
Number at less than 5%... 72 10 61 6
Amount involved......... $1,876,543 $183,000 $1,285,900 .1;G1,050
No. above to Banks, Trust
and Insurance Co.'s..... 91 15 50 10
Amount involved......... $2,792,950 $286,200 *$16,030,000 "$109,000
1901. 1900.
Total No., Manbattan. Jan, 1 to date,. 1,963 2 013
ToUl Amt., Manhattan, Jan. 1 to date. $42,283,120 $49,379,013
Total No., Tbe Bronx, Jan, 1 to date.. . 647 667
Total Amt., The Bronx, Jan. 1 to date. $3,348,687 $5,354,934
1901. 1900.
Total No., Manhattan and The
Uronx, Jan. 1 to date....... 2,610 2,680
Total Amt.,Man hattan and The
Bronx, Jan. 1 to date....... $45,631,807 $54,733,947
â– Includes a mortgage to tha Kdlson Electric liiuminatfog Co. for $10,-
000,000, to secure bonda.
PROJECTED BUILDINGS.
1901. 1900,
Total No. New Buildings: Feb, 21 to 28, inc. Feb. 23-Mar.l,inc
Manhattan........................ 38 18
The Bronx........................ 36 10
Grand total.................... 74 28
Total Amt. New Buildings;
Manhattan........................ $2,924,300 $778,900
The Bronx........................ 506,500 254,700
Grand total.................... $3,430,800 $1,033,600
ToCai Amt. Alterations:
Manhattan....................... $79-400 $135,145
The Bronx........................ 20,860 18,250
Grand total.................... $100,260 $153,395
Total No. New Buildings;
Manhattan, Jan. 1 to date.......... 221 114
The Bronx, Jan, 1 to date.......... 178 78
Manhattan-Bronx, Jan. 1 to date... 399 192
Total Amt. New Buildings:
Manhattan, Jan. 1 to date.......... $16,820,965 $6,085,850
The Bronx, Jan. 1 to date.......... 1,796,100 806,320
Manhattan-Bronx, Jan. 1 to date... $17,617,065 $6,892,170
Total Amt. Alterations:
Manhattan-Bronx, Jan. 1 Jo date... $835,765 $920,887
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Record and Guide, 14 Vesey nt
Ooftslp of the Week.
A MODERN OFFICE BUILDING ON THE 23D ST. TRIANGLE.
Two weeks ago the Record and Guide reported that Samuel
Newhouse, the owner of the triangle at the junction of 5th av,
Broadway and 23d st had bought the Cumberland, an apartment
house adjoining, and completing the block. The brokers In this
transaction were E. A. Cruikshank & Co. This whole plot, front¬
ing 219.3 on Broadway, 2 feet on 23d st, 202.10 on 5th av and 8b
feet on 22d st, has now been resold by Mr. Newhouse to a syn¬
dicate, who will improve the plot by a 20 or 23-story office and
commercial building. C. B. Harreil was the broker in the re¬
sale and the amount involved was about $2,000,000. The new
building will cost about $1,800,000. The Eno triangle cost Mr.
Newhouse $800,721 and the Cumberland sold for $750,000. The
2od st end of the plot,will be torn down May 1 and work started
at once, as will also the work on that part of the Cumberland on
which the leases have expired. This is the second seven-figure
ti'ansaction Mr. Harreil has Closed within a year, the other being
the southeast corner of 4th av and 19th st.
THE BRONX FIVE-CENT FARE BILL.
"One of the principal objects of the five-cent fare bill which I
have introduced in the Assembly," says Assemblyman Cooley, "is
io prevent the Harlem River Branch of the New Tork, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad charging more than 5 cents be¬
tween any two points within the City of New York. This brancii
line runs from 129th st to New Rochelle. The last station within
the city limits being Bartow."
aOTTTH OF 59TH STREHIT.
55th st, No 45 West, 4-sty brownstone dwelling on lot 18.9x
100.5; seller, Mrs. Sadie F. Dearborn; buyer, a Mr. Rathbone.
50th st, No. 16 East, 4-sty and basement dwelling on lot 21x
100.5; seller, Mary E. Terrell.
Wall St. No. 38, 6-sty building, 21.6x95.11x22x96; seller, Central
Realty Bond & Trust Co.; buyer, Nathaniel L. McCready, The
sellers bought the property in January for $202,000. The buyer
is a Special partner in the firm of Post & Flagg, Wall st bro¬
kers, who will move their offices to this building when the leaae
expires. Ogden & Clarkson were the brokers.
12th st, Nos. 330 to 338 East, old building on plot 92.3xl03.3x
irregular; seller, John T. Nagle; buyers, Lowenfeld & Prager.
1st av. No. 84, northeast corner of Sth st, 5-sty tenement; sell¬
ers, Lowenfeld & Prager; buyer, Thomas Rothman.
East Broadway, No. 89, 5-sty building on lot 25x90; seller,
David O. Fowler; buyers, Lowenfeld & Prager; broker, John
Davis.
Broome st, Nos. 297 and 299. old buildings, on plot 43x87.6;
sellers, Adolph Pllsser and Weber & Fields; buyers, Lowenfeld &
Prager.
55th st, No. 54 East, l-sty brownstone dwelling on lot 16.6x
100.5; seller, Noah T. Swezey.
Lexington av, northeast corner of 49th st, old buildings on
plot 100.5x51.3; sellers, the Hudson Realty Co. (Maximihan Mor¬
genthau, president); buyers, Gundlach & Koch, who will erect a
7-sty elevator apartment house; broker, A. Rothmiller.
St. Marks place, No. 43. old building, on lot 25x100.8; seller,
George Campbell; buyers, L, and J. Pizer.
44th st, Nos. 149 and 151 West, two 4-sty dwellings on plot
33.4x100; sellers, Johanna M. Williams and Louise J. Ashforth;
buyer, Sidney C. Moos; brokers, Ranald H. Macdonald & Com¬
pany. The buyer will erect a 10-sty bachelor apartment house
on this site.
13th st, Nos. 224 to 228 East, old buildings, each 21.5x103.3;
Louis Lese, Isabella Scribner and Rachel Simon, owners; buyers,
Hyman & Oppenheimer; broker, John Peters. The buyers will
erect tenements.
2d av. No. 176, 4-sty and basement dwelling; seller, David
Lippman; buyer. Dr. H. R. Eorst.
Broadway, Nos. 838 and 840, southeast corner of 13th st, 12-sty
store and loft building, on lot .50,6x95.1x21.10x102.1; seller, Henry
Corn. This site was acquired in a trade with Henrietta Kahn in
1899, figuring in the trade at $245,000, and the building was esti¬
mated to cost $350,000. The price for which the new buildins
sold is said to be considerably less than the com-hined figures
Charles A. Gould, who recently acquired No. 830 Broadway, in a
trade, for ,'^327,500, is the buyer. The present transaction is re¬
ported to be for "cash." Herbert A. Sherman is the broker.
26th st, No. 50 West. 5-sty building, 15.9x98.9; sellers, Mandel¬
baum & Lewine; brokers, William J. Roome.
Pine st, southeast corner of William st, 8-sty building, on plot
68.5x91x74.Sx irregular, has been sold by Mrs. Mary P. Iselin to
Flake & Dowling. In exchange the buyers give the 12-sty build¬
ing, Nos. 95 and 97 Liberty st, on plot 30x120. The sellers ac¬
quired the last-mentioned site at a partition sale in 1896, for
.t;i25,500. It was sold by them to Thomas R. White, subject to a
mortgage of $188,000, and a building loan of $102,000. Unusual
difficultywas encountered with the foundations. The property was
foreclosed in 1899, the present sellers, as plaintiffs, becoming the
purchasers at $431,900.
56th st, south side, 125 feet east of 10th av. 32x100, vacant;
seller, Amos F. Eno; buyer, the Mission of The Immaculate "Vir¬
gin; broker, John J. Coady; price, $12,000. A club-house and
home for poor boys will be erected.
4Gth st. No. 163 West, 4-sty dwelling, on lot 20x100; seller, a
Mr. Van Buren; buyer, Amos F. Eno, who owns No. 164, adjoin¬
ing; broker. John J. Coady; price, $38,000. The seller bought the
property in November last for .^35,000.
3d st, No. 107 West, 6-sty tenement, on lot 25x100; seller,
Adolph Tsheppe; brokers, Michael E. Pepe Se Bro.
Charles st. No. 127, old building, 25.11x51.9x29x41.8; seller,
James Keese; buyer, Edmund Coffin; brokers, Samuel Goldsticker
and Charles E. Duross. The seller bought the lot in August last
for $5,000.
46th st, Nos. 129 and 131 West, two 3-sty dwelllnga; sellers,
Henry Tiedgens and Elizabeth A. Pinigan, It is said the buyer
will erect a 5-sty stable on the site.
51st st, north side. 160 feet east of Sth av, 82.6x100.5, vacant;
seller, William G. Park; buyers, John T. and Jas, A. Parley;
brokers, Pease & Elliman. The seller bought the iot In June,
1900, for $100,000, and has resold for about $110,000.
Slst st. No. 54 West, 4-sty and basement dwelling (Columhia
College leasehold), on lot 21x100.5; seller. Dr. Herman J. Boldt;
buyer, a Mr. Eddy.