and  Guide.





July 38, 1888





for Truth." If pubhc censors were appointed they would naturaUy ask a
great many questions, but they would not be satisfied with barren discus¬
sions.





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Real Estate Department.

There has been comparatively nothing doing at the Real Estate Exchange
this week, and almost a simUar report may be made of the brokers' offices.
The feature of the market continues to he the exchanges of property which
are taking place. The largest sales i-eported in our "Gossip" columns in
our two issues previous to this date are examples of this. The auction sales
dm-ing the past week have been mostly of properties under foreclosure and
in suburban towns.

The subm-ban sale held by Jere. Johnson on Tuesday was very successful.
The attendance at GaiTetson's, ou Staten Island, was between 3,000 and
3,000, and 150 lots were sold at prices ranging from S105 to ^490, there being
ahout fifty buyers in all. Thi-ee special trains were hired to take the large
crowds from New York, Brooklyn and elsewhere. On Thm'sday Mi-. John¬
son invited some 500 guests to dine at Bensonhurst-by-the-Sea, Bath Beach,
L. I. The collation was served iu the old Benson homestead which was
buUt some two centm-ies ago. A great sale of lots wUl take place of
property there on Tuesday next, July Slst.

On Wednesday, Messi-s. Fan-child & Yoran held a sale of lots in the 2d
Wai-d of Yonkei-s. Many of the parcels were sold, but tbe teu houses on
the property were withch-awn.    The lots brought from §125 to .51,4-50 each,

Tbe sales yesterday embraced the dweUing and stable on the southeast
comer of 5th avenue and 3yth street. The plot was knocked down at
$145,000 to J, R, WUson, Last October the same property was sold to
Charlotte M. -wife of Fi-ederie Goodridge, The consideration was §200,000,
but au exchange for other property formed part of the sale. Two plots on
Audubon avenue, corner of lOfJth street aud near 170th street wei-e sold at
much lower prices than ruled at the Jumel estate sale.

The committee appointed to select a suitable site for an armory for the
Seveuty-fij-st Regiment reported an offer of a plot of 20 lots on 4th
.avenue, between ^3d and ii4th streets. The Colonel of the regiment ex¬
presses himseU thoroughly satisfied with the site, but Commissioner Cole¬
man and the Ai-mory Board are not so satisfied, for the price asked is
S400,000. Commissioner Coleman suggested that an off'er of §250,000 would
be ample for the property. In looking up the records we find that S. T.
Meyer acquh-ed the 20 lots in question, with 14 others, making Hi in aU,
197.6x485 feet, on May 2d, 1SS7, for $500,000, with taxes, etc., or about
§510,000. Recently Meyer transferred about two extra deep lots of this,
48x117.6, on the south side of ;34th street, west of Lexington avenue, to a
George W. Vultee, an assistant iu a Broadway law office, for a considera¬
tion which was stated as §65,000, with a loan of 580,000, But thista-ansfer,
whatever Mi", Meyer may thmk of the matter, can scarcely be held as es¬
tablishing the value of the remainder of his property. Even if Mr. Vultee
was a weU-lmown dealer in realty, his extravagance might weU be repudi¬
ated by other purchasers who, as a rule, don't cousider themselves hound
by any other man's f oUy.

The tables this week show that New York is behind the corresponding
week last year in conveyances, mortgages and projected buUdings:

CONVEY AS CBS.

l8Sr.                                   1883.
July 33 to as inc.          July 20 to 26 ine.

Number.....................................                  I89                                       171

Amount involved.............................      $3,062,78S                            Sl,S33,8fi.i

Number uomuial.............................                    47                                         57

Number aad and 34th Wai'ds.................                    41                                         37

Amouut involved.............................           $98,160                               S122,80O

Numbernominal.............................                      7                                          7

MORTGAGES.

Number.......................•:..............                 254                                       211

Amount involved.............................      S3,93Q,34B                            $2,139,193

Number at 5 per cent........................                 121                                         9T

Amount involved.............................      81,317,017                               $927,038

Number at less thau 5 per cent...............                  31                                         17

Amount involveil.............................         $533,490                               $331,039

Number to Banks, Ti-ust aud Ins. Cos.......                  54                                         47

Amount involved............................         $930,000                               $629,200

PROJECTED  BUILDINQS.

1887.                                    188S.

July 23 to 39.                     July 31 to 97.

Number of buildings.........................                 83                                         51

Estimated cost...............................     $1,274,030                              §619,500

Gossip of the "Week,

P. T, Bammn has sold the corner of Houston and Crosby streets, the
property once known as " Harry HUl's," for §115,000 to Messrs. Leo Schles¬
inger and Meyer Foster. The size of the plot is 05x113. The buUdings now
on the site -wiU be torn down and an improvement made, as announced else¬
where.    Brokers, Beringer Sc Lalor,

Wm. KenneUy & Bro. have sold for Squier Sc Whipple the four-story,
high stoop, brick and stone private house No. 03 West 95th street for §:i2,000,
to Dr. Abraham Shotwell. Tbey have also sold for the latter to the former
thethi-ee-story, high stoop house No. 220 East 4Sth street, for §17,500, and
the four-story, high stoop, brovra stone house No, 83 East 73d street on
private terms.





L. FroehUch has sold for WUUam Jones the three-story brown stone
house No. lis East SOth sti-eet, size 18.4x45x100, to Henry Waters for
$16,350.

J. CoUins has sold for Patrick Ryan the three three-story brown stone
dweUings Nos. 1455 to 14.59 Lexington avenue, to John H, Parker Eor
§54,000, aud for the latter to tbe former the two five-story double brown
stone flats Nos. 350 and 352 East 43d street for §70,000 in exchange.

The Department of Public Parks wiU hear all statements, objections,
etc., relative to changes contemplated in the street system between Kings-
bridge and Fordham roads and Aqueduct and Sedgwick avenues, at 11
o'clock, Wednesday, August Sth.

The Commissiouers of Estimate and Assessment wiU hear objections, etc.,
relative to the opening of Claremont avenue from 133d tp 187th street, for
teu days after August 37th, at 2 o'clock.

The report in several of the daUy papers that the Sixth Avenue Raih-oad
Company has sold six lots on the northwest corner of 58th street and 6th
avenue is incorrect. An official of the company informs us, firstly, that it
does not own any lots on that site; secondly, that it owns a plot on the
opposite—northeast—corner, and thu-dly, that it has not sold this plot.

Johu W. Stevens has sold for Charles MacDonald the flve-sfcory brick
and stone flat No. 79 West 91st street, 37xSSxl00, for $35,000 to Capt.
Levi Dexter.

L. Tanenbaum has sold forBreen & Nason the three-story brick and stone
dwelling No, 137 East 80th street, 80x55x100, for §33,500 to Samuel
Greenbaum.

We hear that the Wright estate has sold the four-story stone front dweU¬
ing No. 33 East 73d street, 80x65, -with extension, 8.6x13.6 lot 100. The
terms have not transpired.

J. E. Brugiere^bas sold the country seat Imown as Prince Place at Islipj'L.
1., for Mrs. Alfred L. Loomis to Samuel T. Peters for §50,000 cash.

Teu shares of the Keal Estate Exchai^e and Auction Room stock were
sold during the week at §1,100.

Brooklyn,

W. P. Leggatt has sold for W. J. Gaynor ten lots on the north side of
Halsey street, east of Ralph avenue, for §11,000; for Thos. Fagan flve lots
on St. Marks avenue, ruimiug tin-ough to Bergen street and east of Brook¬
lyu avenue, for §23,000; for F. R. Newman eight lots on the north side of
McDonough street, east of Marcy avenue, for §-24,000, and the four-story
store and dwelling on the northeast corner of Lewis avenue and Halsey
street for W. J. Northridge, for §38,500.

J, P. Sloane has sold for Robert Schuch tbe southwest corner of Man¬
hattan avenue and Green street. -25x88, to Martin Ahnemann for §13,500.

Corwith Bros, have sold the house aud lot No, 140 Meserole avenue for
Paul C. Larsen to Joseph Mehlen for §3,400,

The Long Island BuUdiug and Loan Association has been duly incor¬
porated aud has issued over 3,500 shares of stock.   J. P. Sloane is the presi
dent ana Geo, H. Gerard the treasurer.    At a sale of funds last week
thu-ty-seven shares were sold at a premium of §101 per share.

Kings County makes a better showing, ou the whole, than dm-ing the
corresponding week last year. In this ifc again conti-asts favorably with
New York, which continues to run behind:

CONVBrANCBS.

1887.                                    1888.

July 23 to 28 inc.                 July 19 to 25 mc.

Number......................................                233                                      236

Amount involved............................          S805,18r                              $993,2^3

jsmnber nomiuai............................                 79                                        45

MORTOAQES.

Number.......................................                183                                       216

Amount involved.............................         $591,089                               $700,173

Number at  5 g or less.......................                  101                                        IIS

Amount involved.............................         $361,549                               $438,35e

PROJECTED BCnJUNGS.

1887.                                    1888.

July 23 te 20 ine.             July 20 to 26 Inc.

Number of buildings........................                  74                                         88

Estimated cost................................        $300,120                               $333,610

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Out Among the Builders,

Quite an importent improvement is to be made fay Wm. Moir on the
northwest corner of Sth avenue aud 30th street. The pi-esent handsome
brown stone residence on the site is to be demolished to make way for a
six-story and basement fire-proof structure, 40x135 in size, the first story of
which wiU be used for store pui-poses, and the floors above for bachelors'
apartments. Two elevators will be provided, as weU as ah the modern
improvements. The cost is estimated at upwards of §150,000. The plans
ai-e being prepared hy D. Sc J. Jardine.

The House of Mercy, which is now located on Riverside Drive, 85th and
86th streets, intends to erect a new building on a plot 359.10x125, which
they have pui-cbased on 14th avenue, between 213th and 214th streelB.
The trustees wiU hold a meeting iu the fall to elect a BuUding Committee,
when au architect wiU be selected to di-aw the plans. Amongst the
trustees are EUhu Chauncey, Chas. M. Kent, Lyman Rhoades, H. H. Cam¬
mann and Walter H. Lewis. Bishop Potter, Dr. Morgan Dix and Dr.
GaUaudet are also on the board.

The di-awings for an elevation for the new Manhattan Athletic Club were
sent in on Thursday. Amongst the architects who were officiaUy invited
to send iu plans, those who have i-esponded are Messi-s. H. J. Hardenbergh,
J. C. Cady Se Co., W. Wheeler Smith, J. R. Thomas, F, H. KimbaU and
Thayer & Robinson. We learn tbat thi-ee other architects have volunteered
to send in plaus, aud that their designs are in the hands of the ofBcers of
the club. Several meetings of the Budding Committee wiU take place at
the club-house next week, and the decision as to tbe plan selected wiU
probably be announced vrithin seven days. The committee requested aU
the di-awings to be distinguished by noms de plume only, so that the
selection should he made strictly ou its merits.

Leo Schlesinger and Meyer Foster wiU build a six-story store-house on
the comer of Houston and Crosby sti'eets, on the property formerly occu-