STATE Record





AND   BUILDERS'   GUIDE.





Vol. VII.





NEW YOKK, SATUEDAY, APEIL 1, 1871.





No. 159.





Published Weekly by

THE REAL ESTATE RECORD ASSOCIATION.

TERMS.

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RAPID TRANSIT.

Abodt twenty years ago it was deemed advi¬
sable to widen Church, street. A small clique
of men then owning a few lots on Broadway,
below Fulton street, engineered by a successful
merchant who had very recently became a large
OAvner of lots on Broadway, near Chamber
street, successfully opposed the movement: be¬
cause, as their chief said,—"If Church street
is widened it wiU eventually make it a whole¬
sale dry-goods jobbing street, and consequently
injure the value of Broadway property.'' They
determined that it should not be widened, and
thus its natural gro-wth has been dwarfed, and
stunted, and retarded, untU, the pressure of
trade upon the cross streets called it into re¬
quisition, but then only as an alley-way or de¬
livery street.

Their selfish and narrow minds could not
grasp the coming commerce of this great metro¬
polis ; and therefore all the traffic that moves
up and down town has been concentrated on
Broadway.

It is now CAddent that nothing can save the
greater part of Broadway property, below Canal
street, from a rapid depreciation, but a steam
railroad, either under, over, or parallel -with
Broadway, and terminating at the Park or
Battery.

It is the true interests of OAvners of property
do-wn toAvn,—^that is, below Fourteenth street,
to hasten its completion. There are now no
retail" dry-goods stores on Broadway, below
Ninth street.   Ladies seldom walk lower down.





Canal street was formerly an extensive retail
street. Property in this street has depreciated
largely.

Already extensive stores to supply the wants
of families exist on the Third, Sixth, and
Eighth avenues, and on Broadway, near Twenty-
third street. The population on the East side
extends nearly to Harlem, and on the West
side to Fifty-ninth street. The omnibusses are
unpleasant for ladies to get in or out of, and the
street-surface cars too crowded; and, withal,
the people cannot spare the time to ride so far
and so uncomfortably, unless large purchases
are to be made.

Within seven years from this period, and pos¬
sibly -within five years, the Arnold and Consta¬
ble of the day wiU be located on the Fifth
avenue; and, we think, on the property now
occupied by John Jacob and WiUiam Astor, and
extending about four hundred feet on Thirty-
fourth street.

Broadway, from Seventeenth street to Thirty-
fourth street, has a double track surface railroad
on it; which, it was supposed when it was laid,
say about six years ago, would depreciate the
property along the line, or prevent it from rising
in value in proportion with the natural growth
of the city. What are the facts ? Although the
street is too narrow through nearly the whole
length, more costly hotels have been buUt on
on its line than in all the city elsewhere in the
same period; and business has followed the
hotels, so that lots in some blocks have actually
quadrupled in salable value. The four lots on
the comer of TAventy-first street and Broadway,
bought by William M. Tweed, at auction, a few
weeks ago, for the sum of six hundred thousand
dollars, were not salable in 1864 at $150,000.





MECHANICS'   LIENS    AGAINST    BUILDINGS
IN NEW YORK CITY.

March.

25 Broadway, e. s,, cor. Liberty st.
{No, 1.50):    The Woodward Steam
Pump Manufacturing Co. agt. Nel¬
son Chase........................ $1,650 00

28  Forty-second ST., s. s. (No. 216 W.).

J. W. Stevens & Bros. agt. George

Carey...........................       349 88

29  Fiftieth st., s. s.  (Nos. 110 and

112 W.). Geo. Saenger agt. Robert
Anderson........................       198 10

28  Jane st., n. s., 100 w. Hudson st.,

Francis McNamara,agt. — Taylor.       418 75

29  Jane st., n. s. (No. 49).   Jacob Ge-

rody agt. Aldrich & Taylor........         73 75

27  Mulberry st., s. or w. s. (No. 3).

Roberfc Boyd agfc. Meyer Rosenthal    2,100 00

30  One Hundred and Third st., n.

s,, 50 w.  3d av,,'2 houses.     Tim¬
othy Harrison agt C. H. Beman...       409 00
29 One  Hundred and Taventy-sev-
enth St., 8, fi,, about 266 e. 6th av.
RdbertC. BroAvn agt.,Mrs. Fishley        50 00

28  Reade st., n. s., eet. Hudson and

GreenAvich sts. (No. 146). Van Tas¬
sel &■ Campbell agfc. Geo. E. Chase
et. aL............................       625 00

29  Same property.   James Slattery

agt. Geo. K. Chase...............       147 30





24  Second av. & 114th st., s. w. cor.,

4 houses and lots,    Wm,  Horgan

agt, Jeremiah Leamy.............         15 00

25  Seventy-ninth st., n. s., 225 e. 2d

av., running 25.    Henry McGuckin

agt. Mrs. Hart...................       561 47

25 Stanton st., n. s, (No. 158), be-
tAveen Clinton and Suffolk sts.
SchAvartz & Lehman agt. Gottfried
Boehm...........................    1,550 00

25 Seventy-fourth st,, s. s., bet. 4th
& Madison avs. Wm. Barnes agt.
Mrs. BurseU......................         24 40

25 Second av. and 44th st,, 3. e. coe.,
4 houses running s. of 44th st.
Bradley & Currier agt. Jacob Weeks    2,500 00

28 Seventy-eirst st., n. s., 5 houses
commencing about 100 e. 10th av.
Healing & Fisher agfc. J. W. Ogden,
Jr................................       100 43

28 Sixty-second st., n. s,, 60 e, 9th
av. The ColAvells & Shaw & Willard
Mfg, Co. agt. Julia A. Coulter....       203 81

24 Thirtieth st., s. s., about 100 w.
£th av. (Nos. 402 & 404 W.). Chris¬
tian Pleis agt. — O'Reilly.........      500 00

24  Same PROPERTY.   Patrick O'Brien

agt, Thomas O'Rielly.............    1,900 00

25  Same property.   Isaac A. Hance

agt. same........................       894 07

27 Thirtieth st., s. s., 100 w. 9Tn av.,
running 34. Joseph O'Counor agt.
same.............................       200 00

27  Thirtieth st., s. s. (Nos. 402 and

404 W.).   Edw.   Farley agfc.  Mr.

Reilly............................       124 50

28  Same  property.     Peter  Clark

agt. same........................       258 00

28  Twenty-sixth st., n. s. (Nos. 441,

443, & 445 W.). John Wilson agt.

E. P. Briggs.....................       1.'57 00

29  Thirty-eighth st., s. s. (No. 430

W.),  about 400 w. 9fch av.    James

Slatfcery agt.  G.  K Chase.......       279 18

29 Thirty-eighth st., s. s. (No. 430
W.). Van Tassell & Campbell agt.
G. K. Chase......................       400 00





MECHANICS' LIENS AGAINST BUILDINGS IN
KINGS COUNTY.

March.

23 Lafayette av., n, s., 54.4e. Throop

av,, 16,8.^100.    Thos,    Read    agt.

James Flood......................       $60 18

23  Navy st., av. s.,  81.  s York  st.,

thence s. 56,7 to Prospect st,, x43.8
x30x37.7.    Thomas H. J. Conolly

agt. Ann Hignett................    1,000 00

27 DeKalb av., s. s., 200 e, Lewis av.,
100x100 (5 houses). L. M. Goldberg
& Sons agt. Jos, Davidson & J, S,
McLain & Jas, N. Hawkins.......       244 25

24  Yates and Greene avs., n, e. cor,,

60x80 (3 houses). Peter Bagley agt.

E. R. Kirk & F. Percy............    5,000 00

63 Rockaway av. and Union st., n, e.
cor., 60x50. Jno. D. Douglass &Co.
agt. Geo. H. &"Mary A. Lord......       229 88

25  Marion st,, n. s., 100 e. Ralph av.,

20x100 (No. 201).    Chas. Hom agt.

Peter Therrio....................        95 00

29 Twelfth st., e, s,, 71 s. South 3d

St.,   25x25.    Geo.   H.   Stone   agfc.

Thos. W. Webb and Frank Vath.. 200 00
22 Grand av., n. s., 225 e. Myrtle av.,

2.5x100.    J. Johnson agt. R. GrifSn

and Patk. Williams...............          53 00





NEW YORK JUDGMENTS.

In these lists  of judgments  the names  alphabetically
arranged, a7uZ, which, are fli'st 07i each line, are those of
the judgment debtor.
March.
22 Alden, James M—The Central Bank

of Westchester Co.................   . #609 52

22 Abraham, M.—Tobias Simon.......        65 50