NDEX
STATE
YOL. XXVII.
JAl^UAHY-
-JUNE.
1881.
EDITORIALS.
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Notable Investments in Real Estate___
The Madison Avenue Extension.......
The Broadway Underground Road___
Extravagance in City Printing.........
Hints to Real Estate Investors.........
About Ships................................ 3
Will New York continue to Flourish........ 3
May it not be Overdone.................... 3
The Palace Car Business.................. 4
Annual Report of the Brooklyn Building De-
partmeat...................'........ 4
Madison Avenue must be Extended......... 5
About the Ontario and Western........... 6
The Northern Pacific Railway Loan........ 6
The Sale of the Tontine Building............ 6
Our Annual Market Review................ 31
Rapid Transit in the 33d and 34th Wards___ 31
Three per cent. Governments............... 31
Mayor Grace............................... 31
Our Building Department and its Shortcom¬
ings .................................... 33
The Register's Office........................ 32
Assessed Values in Brooklyn................ 33
Talks on the Street.......................... 33
Gossip about Mines......................... 33
The World's Fair an Assured Success....... 45
Jay Gould Master.......................... 45
Facts to be Remembered................... 45
Down Town Investments................... 45
The Western Union Deal................... 46
Real Estate Values.......................... 46
Apartment House.';........................ 46
Street Cleaning Department................ 47
When is a Panic due........................ 47
What ai'e the Best Investments............. 47
Shameful Neglect of Business Sti-eets....... 48
Some Facts about Mines.................... 48
The Madison Avenue Extension........___ 48
Real Estate in Boston....................... 49
Ground Floor Investments.................. 09
Registpr's Office............................ 09
The Telegraph Situation___................ 69
A Great South-Western Combination....... 69
Looking after the Wells ................... 70
Is a Three Per Cent. Government Bond De¬
sirable .................................. 70
A Triumph of Hard Work as well as of Spec¬
ulation.................................. 70
Sanitary 8cience in its Relations to Land-
Owning and Building................... 71
What ex-Governor McCook says........... 71
Gossip of the Street..................71 93 19(>
About Mining..............78, 156, 847, 301,' .570
Hard Times in German3'^.................. 73
Danger Ahead.............................. 91
The Ideal Curx'ency......................... 91
Giving the City its Due.................""**.' 93
The Dry Goods District.................... 92
Ohio's Business Promise..................... 93
Increased Interest in Mining Shares.......'! 93
Railroads through the Mineral Regions..... 93
Repeal the Tax on Mortgages.............. Ill
If Gold Stops Coming, What............'".. Ill
How to Govern a Great City................ 112
Litigation about Mines.................... 113
The Co-Operate Plan of Building....... .... 113
In What shall I Invest......................' 113
Six Gigantic Enterprises.................... I8.5
What we may Expect...................... 1:-5.t
Position of the Western Union..........'.".." 135
The Rent Market.......................... lyg
Condition of the '' Street".................. 13B
A few Points.............................] ] I37
Mining Notes.........-........ ......... i;-]7
The Mining Trust Co..............*. .... ..*.". 137
Rents as Incomes........................... 1,55
Why not American Ships and Commerce... 155
The Plumber's BiU.......................... 1.5,5
The Raid on Shanties and its Results..... .'. 155
Co-Operative Buildings................. 1,56
Building Department Statistics........'.'...'. 156
Street and Park Improvements Needed___ 156
How to Deal with the Elevated Roads.. . 175
New York City and the World's Fair....... 175
Corporations and Monopolies___ 17.5
The " Racket'' in WaU Street...... ' " 176
Who Can Explain...................... 176
Mining Items.............................. 176
Local Railroad Consolidations......[...].\\ 176
The Rights and Wrongs of Corporations.... 193
Capitalists in Congress___ . iq-^
weToid.You So..............â– .â– :;.':;...... 194
Jay Gould on the Metropolis..... ...... 194
The East and the West Side........'...'. 195", 489
About Mines........................196, 330' 333
Real Estate in the West............___.... 195
How the New Cabinet Affects New York... 219
The Situation in the Street, 319, 390, 433, 519,
597,
The Mechanics' Lien Law in the Legislature,
Financial Journals......................243,
Unfortunate Names........................
Condition of the Markets...................
Rapid Transit in the 34th Ward............
Real Estate Elsewhere......................
Magnificent Buildings......................
Libelling New York........................
Is San Fi-ancisco Dead ?....................
Married Women's Rights...................
What Joaquin Miller says..................
The Union League Club Building...........
British Investments........................
About Dividend-Paying Mines..............
A Harlem Feri-y......â– .....................
The Bull and the Bear View Contrasted-----
The World's Fair.......................373,
Notes on Mining..............,.............
A Bull View......................... .....
Something from Harlem..................
A Desirable Property...................
Attention, Builders....................
Have Jay Gould and Robert Garrett joined
hands...............................
The Points of the Markets ..............
City Realty at Albany ... .874, 301, 333, 364,
392, 431, 4.54, 491, 580, 545, .574, 600, 637,
For Speculative Investors..................
A Good Time to Buy.......................
A Look Ahead.............................
Telegraph Stocks .........................
About Turkish Baths......................
Unimproved Real Estate Burdens....
The Annexed District.....................
That Bridle Path...................
Working of the Present Lien Law___. .. .
Bold, but Prudent..........................
The Truth About Mines................3(53,
Business Points of Interest.................
Building and Ornamental Stones...........
Offices to Let...............................
Improvements Needed......................
Rapid Transit Matters at Albany...........
Important to Mining Investors.............
The Projected Fair.........................
Real Estate in Yonkers.....................
Cheap Money and the Times................
Elevated Roads—the Other Side............
Promising Retail Trade Centres............
Public Markets............................
Club Sites.................................
Hints and Cautions about Mining..........
The Proposed Rotten Row..................
The City Hall, Hoboken...................
The Architectural League..................
The Assessment Commission.................
Real Estate in the Annexed District........
Laws of New York.........................
Legal Decision..............................
Mining Information.......454, 573, 599, ()26,
Reforms in Transfers of Realty............
In a Sound Condition......................
A Great Bulkhead..........................
Mining Points..........................491,
Transfers of Real Estate....................
Wall Street Gossip.......'....................
The New Zealand Land Laws..............
P^eal Estate in Newark......................
Twenty-third Ward Property'..............
Will T here be a Summer Boom.............
Our Elevated Roads................517, .5()9,
Are Prices too High........................
About Some New York Journa Is............
Jay Gould's Great Schemes.................
Information about Mines...................
Matters at Coney Island....................
Staten Island Realty.......................
Real Estate in New Rochelle................
New York and Chicago to the Front........
Some Districts..............................
The Situation on the West Side..............
A Financial Outlook........................
Across the Harlem River....................
New York's Future.........................
The Vanderbilt Houses Criticised...........
A New Seaside Resort.......................
Concierning Construction Companies........
A Wall Street A. B. C......................
Our Heating Arrangements.................
IVho Gets the Wealth.......................
The Fall Prospect.........................
The Leaders of the Street....................
Real Estate Titles...........................
About Financial Writers...................
What New York Needs....................â–
Comfort Forthe Bulls......................
Registration of Plumbers...................
What if Jay Gould Should Die............
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How Things Look Out West................ 633
The Financial Outlook..................... 624
A Hint to Investors........................ 624
AmericanMines Abroad.................... 625
Suburban Pi,apid Transit.................... 625
Distinctive Private Houses.................. 625
The New Tax Law in Vermont............. 626
Lawyers on Titles___....................... 626
The Caution Against Fire in Europe........ 626
Protection of Iron Columns in Buildings___ 627
Why a New Rapid Transit Commission..... 649
Street Rumors............................ 650
Our Water Front........................... 651
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CONVEYANCES.
NEW YORK CITY.
Academy st___458, 459.
Allen st, south of Broome st___75,118, 279.
north of Broome st... .53, 179, 306, 604.
Amity st (see West 3d st)___31.
Ann St....3.38, 4.58.
Attorney st, south of Rivington st___369, 4.58,
o79.
north of Rivington st....31, .53, 118, 23.5,
380, 339, 397.
Bank St....397, 430.
Barclay St.... 19f>, 430.
Barrow st___31, .579.
Baxter st, south of Leonard st___97'.
north of White st... .118, 325, 309, 338, 549,
579, ((30.
Bayard st, east of Chrystie st___338,430,497,
549.
bet Chrystie st and Bowery___141, 234.
Beach st___75, 383.
Beaver st... .9, 118, 253, 338.
Bedford st... .97, 430, 459.
Beekman st... .179, 224, 4.58.
Benson st___460.
Bleecker st, east of Broadway___581.
bet Broadway and South .5th av___225. 579.
bet South 5th av and Moi'ton st___97, .524.
west of Morton st___141.
Bloomingdale road___97, .534.
Bond St.... 9, 234,4.58.
Boulevard (also see Broadway), from 59th to 69th
st....9, 97, 334, 63.3.
from 69th to 75th st... .9, 31.
from 75th to SOth st... .306, 397.
from 8Cth to 86th st... .9, 31, 98, 397, 498.
from 92d to lOSth st... .118, 458, 466.
from lOSth to 125th st... .33S, 604.
from 135th to 145th st... .118, 224, 497.
from 145th to 155th st... .77, 306, 338, 524.
frona 155th st to termination___498.
Bowery, south of Canal st....76, 119, 141, 824,
279, 306.
bet Canal and Grand sts... .118, 141, 324.
bet Grand and 2d sts... .53, 119, 579.
north of 2d st___75, 252.
Bridge St....369, 4.59.
Broad st... .338, 339, 4.59, 460, .524, 630.
Broadway, south of Cedar st___9, 31, 459, 497,
.524, 579.
bet Cedar and Barclay sts___9, 459.
bet Barclay ard Worth sts... .118, .579. .
bet Worth and Grand .sts___97, -338, 4.59,
549, .579, 604.
bet Grand and Bleecker sts___7.5, 97 118,
179, 199, 352, 379. 498, .534, 679, 604, (530.
bet Bleecker and 4th sts.... 76,141, 224, 579.
bet 4th and 14th sts... .76, 306.
bet 14th and 24th sts... .199, 324.
bet 24th and 39th sts... .11. 98, 224, 630.
bet 39th and 45th sts... .31,141,369, 4,59. .549.
bet 45th and .52d sts... .2.52, 459, 497, 579.
bet 52d and 59th sts... .97, 338, 630.
north of 59th st (also see Boulevard)___9,
97, 369, 459.
Broome st, east of Lewis st___53, 224, 338, .579.
bet Lewis and Sherifl: sts___338, 430.
bet Sherifl: and Clinton sts___160, 252.
bet Clinton and Orchard sts___118, 654.
Vet Orchard st and Bowery___338, 4-59.
bat Bowery and Broadway___53, 179.
west of Broadway... .234, 338, 397, 524, 549.
Canal st, east of Broadway___379, 498, 654.
bet Broadway and Laight st___75,141,459,
498. â–
west of Laight st... .369, 459. 584.
Cannon st, south of Rivington st___118.
north of Rivington st___75, 369, 459.
Carlisle st___397.
Carmine st___338, .549, 579.
Caroline st___119.
Cathai-ine st___384.