AND   BUILDERS'   GUIDE.





Vol. YIL





NEW YORK, SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1871.





No. 163.





Published Weekly b>/

THE REAL ESTATE BECORD ASSOCIATION.

TEEMS.

Ono year, in advance......................§6 CO

All communications should be addressed to

106 BnOAliWAY,  COK.  OK PiXR STBKET.





Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by

C. W. SWEET,
In the Oflice of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

We shall print next week, from the pen of a
gentleman thoroughly conversant with the sub¬
ject, and who has made the question of pine
lumber interests the study of his Iif e, an article
embracing a most exhausting review and thor¬
ough synopsis of the market throughout the
United States, as at present ruling, together
with the future prospects of the same, based on
the source of supply, all of which is taken from
carefully compiled statisfaics and private infor¬
mation, sifted and arranged from data, obtain¬
able only by those very largely interested in the
question.





ABOVE .FIFTY-NINTH.

In our last issue we gave a narrative account
of some of the incidents from which mainly
originated the idea which resulted in creating
the public place now legally known on the city
map as the Central Park.

This idea has given birth to a large amount
of improvements in the upper part of the city,
an abstract narrative of which has been care¬
fully prepared by H. B. Bacon, of this city, and
was read by him in an address delivered at the
fourth meeting of the West Side Association.

We extract from it the following short his¬
torical sketch, which wiU show how the duties
devolved ugon. the Park Department were gradu¬
ally extended, until a large portion of our island
has come under its protection: —

"The first legal mention of what is known as
Central Park is found in the Act of the Slst July,
1853, which declared that all that parcel of
land situated between .59th sfcreet and lOCth
street, Fifth Avenue and Eighth Avenue, should
be a public place. Messrs. William Kent, Michael
Ulshoeffer, Luther Bradish, Warren Brady, and
Jeremiah Towie, were appointed the Commission¬
ers of Estimate and Assessment, on the 17th
November, 1853, and their report was corrfirmed on
the 5th of February, 1856. By Act of 1857, this
public plat;e was entitled Central Park, and placed
under the management of a board of eleven Com¬
missioners, composed of the following gentlemen:
Roberfc J, Dillon, James E. Cooley, Charles H.
Russell, John F. Butterworfch, John A. C. Gray,
Waldo Hutchins, Thomas C. Fields, Andrew H.
Green, Charles W. Elliot, Wilham K. Strong, and
James Hogg. _An act of 1859, extended the park
to 110th street, its present area. In the same year
it was enacted that the number of members com¬
posing the Board of Commissioners should not be
more than eleven, or less than seven. In 1864,
Seventh Avenue, norfch of llOfch street, came
under the control of this Board of .Commission¬
ers, and Manhattan Square was incorporated into
the park. In .1865, they were directed to lay
out all that portibn of the island north of
15oth    streefc,   to    regulate   and    widen   Sixth





Avenue, north of 110th street, and to lay ont and
regulate the grand Boulevard, or Public Drive. In
1866, they were directed to Jay Out and regulate
the Avenue St. Nicholas, to extend and widen
Manhattan street, and to make the 59th street
circle.

"In 1S67, exclusive power was given them to lay
out and establish streets,' avenues, roads, public
squares or places, of such width, extent, and direc¬
tion as to them seemed best; also to designate
what part or parts of existing streets, avenues,
roads, public squares or places should be discon¬
tinued; also to widen any streefc,_avenue or road
now laid out, and to alter and amend the grade of
any street, avenue or road retained by them, and
to establish new grades for all other streefcs, ave¬
nues or roads- laid out by them, within that parfc
of the city situated between 59th street and 155th
street. Eighth avenue and the Hudson River, and
also within a space three hundred and fifty feet in
width surrounding Central Park. In 1868 was ap¬
proved their plan for new piers and bulk-head lines
in the Hudson River, from 55th street to Spuyten
Duydl Creek, and on both sides of Spuyten Duyvil
Creek and the Harlem River, from the Hudson
River to the hue of Third Avenue. In 1869, they
were directed to lay out certain portisas of West¬
chester County contiguous fco fchis island, and to
devise plans for transit across or under fche Harlem
River and Spuyfcen Duyvil Creek. In 1870 the
new charter conferred upon the Deparfrrsent cf
Pubhc Parks all the rights and powers enjoyed by
the Board of Commissioners of the Central Park,
extended their jurisdiction over all the parks,
squares, and public places in, the city, and placed it
under the charge of a board consisting of five
members."





THE MASSETSFOE BTTILDING MATERIALS.
The volume of trade in the aggregate is not
of unusual magnitude, and probably consider¬
ably less than last spring; but, as compared with
a few weeks ago, there is a decided improve¬
ment, and the markets generally are settling into
better shape. The supplies offering are fair and
of good quality as a rule ; and prices, though
stUl a little high in some cases, especially where
manufacturers and producers have effected
combinations, seem to have reached a point
where the fluctuations are not likely to amount
to much, and buyers, in consequence, operate
with greater confidence, though the feehng of
caution has become too universal among all
classes of merchants during the past year to ad¬
mit'of laying'in stocks greatly in excess of
known wants. It appears to be very generally
believed, however, that, in the face of reduced
rents and depreciated values, real estate im¬
provements will be pushed with considerable
vigor, and a large amount of material consumed
during the coming summer, capitalists looking
upon this as the safest investment, even though
no immediate profit accrue, in view of the rather
shaky condition of affairs in financial and com¬
mercial circles, and the absence of relief from
legislative action.





MECHANICS'   LIENS   AGAINST    BUILDINGS
IN NEW YOEK CITY.

April.

ai FOKTT-FIRST   ST.,    S.   S.,  6   HOtTSES,

com. about 398 e. 2d av., and 5
houses in rear. Hugh O'Neill agt.
AValter L. Cutting................       f 83 CO





FiFTT-KINTH. ST.,   S.   S.,   COM. 225T

21       w. sth av., running 50..........|

Fifty-eighth st., n. s., com. 2ih {

w. 5th av., running 50..........J

Hugh O'Neill agt. Peter Alger et al.       123 CO

22  Fortt-sixth st., s. s., 12 houses,

com. 220 e. 7th av.    Chas. R. Har¬
vey agt. G. H. Cudling...........       720 00

25 Fifty-ninth st., s. s., com. 175 w.
of Plaza, running 80. Michael &
David Roche agt. J. P. Martin....          ^1 GO

25  Fifty-ninth st., s. s,, 175 w. 5th

av.,  running 75.     Wbod  &  Wil¬
liams agt. Peter Algie et ah.......       301 00

26  Jane st., n. s, (No. 51).   Baetine &

McKenna agfc. James R. Taylor...     1,130 00

26  Jane st„ n. s. (No. 49).   Same agt.

same.............................        245 00

25 Madison AV. ANiJ79TnsT., n. e. cok.,

102 ft on av., 78 ft. on st.     Thos.

Hagan agt. David Green et al.___    1,100 00

25 One Htjndeed and Fifth st., s. s.,

15 houses, commencing about 100

V7. 2d av.    Bnnting & Blakslee agt..

J. D. Moore......................       375 00

24 Thirty-eighth st., s. s.   (No. 448

W.),   between   9th and 10th avs.

Ross ife Coyle agfc. Fred'k Brievogel    2,000 00

24  Same rnoPEKTy.   Thomas Cogans

agfc. same........................       200 00

25  TntKTY-SEVENTH ST., s. s. (Nos. 530

and 532 W.).   Lyon & Houston agt.

J. K. Spratt......................       389 00

27  Twenty-fourth st., n. s. (No. 323

E.), between 1st & 2d avs.    Mich'l

Mooney agfc. John Lowden___....       363 75





MECHANICS' LIENS AGAINST BUILDINGS IS
KINGS COUNTY.

Apnl.

19  Warren st., s. s., 105.5 w. Pijery

av., 100x131. Patrick Juhan agt.
Chas. Whitlock and Amelia E.
Bums............................     $261 00

Gates av., s. s., 250 e. Tompkins"]
.,,     av., 25x100..................... I

Gates av., s. s., 200 w. Thboop f

av., 75x100.....................J

Wm. Quealey agt. Rufus K. Hardy

and Amelia E. Bums.............         39 50

23  Lewis av. and Hart st., n. w. coh.

(3 houses), 100x150. J. J. Dowd
agt. Jno. S. McLain and Kennard

Buxton..........................       326 23

Gates av^, s. s., 200 w. Throop I

04     av., 75x100.....................I

Gates av., s. s., 250 e. Tompkins {

av., 25x100........?............1

Owen McAher agt. Rufus K. Hardy

and Amelia Burns................      150 00

24  Warren st., s. s., 165.5 w. Perry

av., 100x131. M. Costello and P.
DUlon and P. Smith and O. Lemon
agt. Chas. Whitlock and Ameha B.
Burns..,,,,.,............,..,,..,       102 00

20  Halsey st., s. s., 200 e. Theoop av.,

200x110 (10 houses). R. Dinnmg-
ton agt. R. Bailey and Hannah S.
and 6. H. Chamberlain and J. P.
Rust..........'...................         39 CO

20 Wyckoff st. and Vanderbilt av.,
n. w. cor. (9 houses). P. Gosson
and Thos. Monohan agt. P. H. Car-
hn and G. W. Mead and Annie
Livermore and P. H. Donnelly....       439 50

,24 Alabama AV., w. s., 170 n. Atlan-
tic av., 50x100. Chas. Halstead
agt. Jas. Sheehan and Roger Clan¬
cey........ _......................      283 41