Real Estate Record

AND    BUILDERS'    GUIDE.





Vol. XII.





NEW YORK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1873.





No, 298





Published Weekly by

THE   REAL  ESmB  RECORD ASSOCUTION.

TERMS.
One year, in advance...........$8 00

AU communications should be addressed to

WuiTiNG Building, 345 and 347 Bkoadway.

SEAECHINO TITLES-THE ASSESSMENT
BOOKS.

As the custodian of the city Treasury, Mr.
Green, of cotu*se, is in duty bound to protect
not only all the funds actually'- on hand but
also the numerous amounts at all times due to
the city; and it is for this reason that he de¬
serves some credit for endeavoring to close the
channels by which the city has been in the
past, and is even now, continually cheated out
of assessments accurately laid and justly due.
Il strikes us, however, that the mode of closing
the assessment books to a sin.i^le firm of real
estate lawyers, which necessitated the issuing
of a mandamus and the outlay of further costs,
is a iioor way of uprooting the system, at
■vvbich the Comptroller is aiming his shafts.
Titles must be searched and assessment books
must be consulted, and though the city of New
York is pretty large, the Comptroller, howev¬
er, ought to be sufficiently acquainted with the
class t)f men who abuse the privilege accorded
thein by law of inspecting, in pei'son, the rec¬
ords. They are a small band, after all, and if
they cannot be circumvented in their endeav¬
ors to get up " cases" out of these assessment
lists, then the Finance Department of the city
of New York does not come up to the expect¬
ations of respectable tax-payers. Why, then,
If he fears that some real estate lawyers
make capital out of the records iu his office
does he not exercise kis own discretion as
to the men who shall not have free accees
to the books ? To exclude all is simply im¬
possible, for every person is entitled by law to
consult them whenever he so desires f«)r legit¬
imate purposes. Let those, however, who do
this work with ulterior objects in view, so as
to vacate what they term illegal assessments,
be watched and placed on a black list. They
will soon abandon their raids, and leave more
time to those who legitimately go there to
perfect their titles of real estate. To exclude
all. however, is not only illegal but unjust,
and affects the interests of hundieds of prop¬
erty owners who leave the searching of titles
lo their attorneys, most of whom are men who,
while enjoying the confidence of capitalists,
may.as well enjoy the confidence of the
" watch-dog of the city Treasury." They
should notsufifer at the hands of the Comp¬
troller for the sinsof' thefew Shysters among
them.   And in order to upset the doings of





these last, there are other modes of reaching
them without interfering at all with legitimate
rights and duties of respectable lawyers.





MECHANICS' LIENS.





NETV YORK.

Nov.

26 Bkoadwat, s. w. cor. 26th st.
Alex. Macgregor agt. Elias Hotch¬
kiss..............................    $214 22

22 Cherry st. {No. 191), s. s.   John

R. McSorley agt. H. Rubenston...       284 00

24 Essex st. (Nos. 154 and 1.56), s. e.
cor. Stanton st. Charles Schwartz
and Charles Lehman agt. Freder¬
ick Rollwager....................    3,039 00

24  EL1Z.A.BETH  ST. (No. 216),  E. S., BET.

Prince and Houston sts. (Cont'n.)
Haden & Winans agt. Thomas
Haulon.......'...................    1,000 00

25  Same property.    Patrick  Corr

agt. same........................       130 00

26  Elizabeth st. (No. 216).   Richard

Halpin agt. Thomas Hanlon......       350 00

28 Eighty-fifth st., n. s., and 86th
St., p. 8., 325 e. 3d av. Gorton &
Gushing agt. Edward S. Innes___       519 35

21  Forty-sixth st., n. s., 225 w. 11th

av. Martin Lynch agt. William
Leonard..........................       175 00

22  Fifth st. (No. 233 E.), s. s., bet. 2d

and 3d avs.   O. C. Assenheimer

agt. Adam Gaugh................       825 00

25  Fifty-eighth st., s. s., 120 w. Mad-

ison av., 5 houses. J. and R. Dar¬
row agt. Peter Donlon...........       789 25

Fourth av., n. e. cor. 41st st. .. l

26  Forty-second st., s. s., ia5 e. V

4th av..........................)

Alexander Macgregor agt. Elias
Hotchkiss......................       10128

26 Fifty-fourth st. (No. 542 West).

Thomas Connolly agt. John Nagle.        21 75

22 Henry st. (No. 107), w. s. Joseph
Leavy agt. Michael and Mrs. Ken¬
ney..............................       141 25

25 Lexington av., s. e. cok. 47th st.,

5 houses on av. and 12 on a. s. st.
James Hanlon and Joseph J. Mor¬
gan agt. Edward S. Innis.........    5,912 50

Lexington av. s. e. cor. 47th st. )
25 Madison av., w. s., 80 s. 45th st., J-

2 houses.......................)

Hanlon & Morgan agt. Anson B.

Birdsall and Edward S. Innis.....    5,912 50

25  One Hundred and Fourth st., n.

8., 240 e. 3d av., 12 houses. Henry
L. Volkenuing agt. Sigmund 1.
Meyer...........................    1,125 00

26  One Hundked and Fourth st., s.

s., 100 w. 3d av., 6 houses.   George

B. Snider agt. T, W. Bayand.....        64 80

26 One Hundred and Seventeenth

St.,  n. s., 200 w. Ist av., 25x100.

Johu l^. MiUer agt. Kichard Welch 121 10
26 Sa3ie property.   William Pynam

agt. same........................      200 OO

21  Second  av., e. s., extd'g  prom

122d to 123d St., 10 houses.   Nolen

6 Steers agt. George S. Drew.....    1,150 75

36 St. Mares pl.  (No. 31).    Louis

AVendel agt. Samuel Schustar___      100 00

22  Thirty-first st. (No. 108 W.), s. s.

Gallagher  «fc  Maekey  agt. Mrs.

Maolv............................        18 69

^ Third av., n. w, cok. 116th st., 4
■ houses. (Cont'n.) Kobert T.Ber¬
wick agt. James S. Dale......___    1,746 80

24 Third AV., e.s., 20 s. 118th st.

Herman Boetzel agt. Mr. Pierce..        40 00

24 TaiKD  AV,,   E. S.,  40 N.   117th  ST.

Louis Frazer agt. same...........        65 00





24 Third av., e. s., SO n. 117th st.

Charles Wall agt. same..........       105 OO

24  Thirty-second st.,  n. s., 203 e.

llth av.   John Schukraft and Ed¬
win E. Merlit agt. Martha Kuck ..       936 00

25  Twenty-eighth st., n. s., 281 FRO.vr

9th av., 5 houses.   Newman Cowen

agt. Solomon Gayton.............       832 50

5 Tompkins av., n. w. cor. .Macdon-
ough St., 80x100. George Hath-
onie agt. Tompkins Av. Presbyte¬
rian Church......................    2,300 00

21 Vandewater st. (No. 1). Thos.
and M. Mahoney agt. John Tow-
hall..............................       35O0O

25 Washington st., e. s., 25 n. Jane
St., extd'g 25 feet. Thomas Shan¬
non agt. Patrick McGeary........    1,181 00





KINGS COUNTT.

Nov.

22 De Kalb av., s. s., 300 w, Yates

av., 100x100.   Hemy M. Ruxton  .

agt. Jas. M. Ashton..............     S123 00

17 Garden st. (No. 36), w. s., 19i N.

State St., 20x—.   M. J. Lowery and

Farrell, Donnelly & Gillespie agt.

Owen Byrae.....................    1,000 00

21  Bergen st. (No. 292), .s. s., 125 w.

3d av., 2.5x100.   Jas J. Dowd agt.

John .McGarry and   William  D.

Brennan.........................    4,0G0 00

20 Smith st , s. e. cor. Huntington

St., 50x45.   Chas. Hart agt. Thos.

McCartney and Anne Dufly......       346 00

20 Luquer st., s. s., 284.6 e. Henry

St., 62.7x—xl2.1x103.    W.   II. H,

Cbilds and J. B. Byrne agt. Robt.

Tackaberry and Jeremiah Dalton. 75 00
20 De Kalb av., s. s., 375 e. Throop

av.,   100x100.  5   houses.     Chas.

Schwenck agt. Jas. M, Ashton and

I. C. De Bevoise.................      108 66

20 Same   property.     McKinney   &

Carson agt. same................       475 00

22  Same property.     Wm. H. Kush-

more & Co. agt. same............    1,600 00

24  Same property.   William Jukes

agt. same........................       418 10

25  Same property.   H. C. M. Ingra-

ham agt. same...................       404 77

Stuyvesant av.,  e.  s., extd'g 1
from Monroe to .Madison St., 10
houses......................... 1

34 Monroe st., s. s., 3 houses adj.

above .........................

Madison st., n. s., 1 house adj.

above 10 houses   ..............j

J, L. Wacker agt. Anderson  &

Grooves and W. H. Hollis........        K 00

25 Gates av., n, w. cor. Ralph av.,
37x80. H. C. M. Ingraham agt. J.
M. Ashton and K. H. Hunt.......        53 75

20 Woodbine st. (Nos. 16 and 18), s.
8., 170 e, Broadway, 40x100. E.
D. Newman agt. P. W. Higginson
and C. L. IngersoU..............       557 87

23  Clay st. (No. ll:i), s. s.   Denis De-

vlne agt. James Mullen...........      550 00

25 Yates av., n. w. cor. Hart st.,
. 100x200.   C.  E.  Evaus agt. J. R.
Mullison, .Michael Solan, and A.
C.Squlros........................    1,014 29

20  Bdtlek ST., s. s., 155 e. 5th av., 40

xl99.   J. F. Healey agt Thomas

Phelan...........................      S20 00

21  Schermekhobn st., n. s.. 150  e.

Powers St., 1.50x100. Morton &
Son agt. Chas. McDonald and ibe
Central Presbyterian Church.....    7,000 OC

22  Same property.    Charles Hart

agt. same........................       880 CO

22 Stuvvesant av , s, e. cob. Madi-    •
son  St.,  100x100x50x100x150x200.
Hawley, Johuson & Wright agt.
Fredk. Groves and Edmund Titus      529 8X.