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The Real Estate Record.





May 14,1881





passed the Senate and now pending in the Assem¬
bly:

Section 1. Whenever any contagious, infectious or
pestilential disease shall exist among the inmates of
any tenement or lodging-house, or other building, and
shall, in the opinion of the board of health, be a cause
of disease or peril throughout the city of New York,
the board of health of the said city may take and file
among its records what it shall regard as sufficient
proof to authorize its declaration that the said build¬
ing or premises to the extent which it shall specify
is in a condition or in effect dangerous to life or
health, and thereafter the said board of health may
hy a resolution duly passed and entered in its minutes
declare such house, building or premises and so much
of the vicinity thereof as in the opinion of said board
the preservation of the public health shall require,
dangerous to life aud health, and subject to quaran¬
tine, and upon the approval of its said resolution by
the mayor of the said city the said board of health
may quarantine such house, building or premises and
vicinity or part thereof and prohibit and prevent all
persons living therein, and those knowu to have been
recently exposed to any such disease from leaving
such honse or premises without permission until fif¬
teen days after the last case of any such disease shall •
have occurred therein, or the said board of health
may, if it judge it necessary to prevent infection or
contagion, remove to the hospital provided for the
treatment of such diseases all persons sick as afore¬
said vmtil they shall have entirely recovered and may
also remove to and detain at such suitable quarantine
station or quarantine of observation as may be pro¬
vided for the use of said board, those persons known
to have been i-ecently exposed to any such disease,
together with their goods and effects for a period not
exceeding fifteen days after the last case shall have
occurred, unless soon^r discharged by the said board.
During the prevalence of any such disease the said
board may prohibit and prevent all intercourse with
those conflned at such quarantine or hospital, house,
premises, vicinity or part thereof, placed in quaran¬
tine as aforesaid, which premises shall be designated
by a yellow flag.

The Senate has passed the biU for an u'on
bridge over railroad tracks on Fourth avenue at
Ninety-seventh street, and it now goes to the
Governor.

The street cleaning muddle has been sent to a
new conference committee, aud there is a pros¬
pect of an agreement upon a bill to provide that
the Board of Health shall have the confirmation
of the appointment for Superintendent of Street
Cleaning made by the Mayor. The appointment
of ex-Alderman Purroy by the Mayor for Fire
Commissioner has been used to bring about this
change in the Senate.

The politicians aro now at work on the
McCarthy chai-ter, and propose to fix it up for a
report next week in such a manner that it wiU
carry out their special schemes.





WALL STREET   GOSSIP.

Secretai-y Wtndom's call, offering to extend
the fives at 3)4 per cent, was not known untU
yesterday morning and the market opened very
strong; operators believing that we are sure of
an easy money market aU summer, due to the
purchases of the Government. Set backs there
wiU be, it is argued; bat the market must re¬
cover. Hence the bull operators are very bold.
It is again announced that Canada Southern wiU
pay a 2)4 per cent, semi-annual dividend shortly,
and make a showing that 5 per cent, per annum
is assured hereafter. There is some wUd talk of
par for the stock, but the wish is probably father
of the thought.

It is predicted that Ontario and Western stock
wiU be active in a few weeks. The construction
company stock has been weak, but the roads
have been bonded for $15,000,000, which it is
hoped, will advance the price of the construction
stock, upon which one instalment of 20 per cent
has been paid.

From the World''s gossip and the Public, it is
evident that Jay Gould wants the public to buy
Missouri, Pacific and Iron Mountain, and to sell
Texas Pacific, and Kansas and Texas. Gould's
organs claim that the combined Ii-on Mountain
and Missouri Pacific can pay 8 per cent, while
iihe future of Texas Pacific and Kansas and
Texas is dubious; for the one road runs over two-
hundred mUes through an artificial desert in the
Indian Territory, whUe the Texas Paciflc runs
through a real desert as it progresses wpst-
wardly.

Ex-Surrogate Hutchings is said to be largely
short of the market. He has been a very lucky
operator thus far. But then, even the wisest
make mistakes in WaU street.

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The Chamber of Commerce annual report calls
attention to the need of a reconstruction of the





sewerage system on the lower part of New York
island. Whenever the city has money to spare,.
this great work should be undertaken.





OUT AJIIONG THE BUILDERS.

The entering wedge of improvements for busi¬
ness purposes in the immediato vicinity of old St.
John's Park was commenced on the ISrst of May.
No. 167 Hudson street, which years ago was the
residence of Dr. James Anderson, is to be altered
and enlarged, iron colmnns are to take the place
of the old fashioned heavy mason work in the
front, and the first floor is to be extended to the
rear of the lot, 80 feet. W^®'! completed it will
be occupied by the owner 'for his tea, coffee and
spice business. There will be a first-class engine
and boUer of moderate size, built by John Mc¬
Laren, of Hoboken, and two of Page's coffee
roasters with other machinery. It is also pro¬
posed to let the upper floors for business purposes.
Mr. Chegwidden is said to have much faith in
Hudson street, believing it wUl ultimately be the
leading street for the wbolesale grocery business,
beginning with tbe Thurbers at Hudson and
Reade streets, and running along northward tUl
it meets the new market at Gansevoort street.
There is nothing now in the way of solid im¬
provements in this direction, except the use of
the pubUc streets for the steam freight cars,
which, may it be hoped, wUl soon te removed,
and this historical and eligible site for commerce
take its place with the current march of improve¬
ments in this ever busy, widening and extending
metropolis.

Thomas F. Tracy will build five first-class brown
stone houses on the corner of One Hundred and
Twenty-second street and Madison avenue, from
designs by Charles Baxter. They will be 20x60
feet, and four stories high, with basement. The
cost is §20,000 each.

On Washington Heights W. W. Mills wUl erect
a first-class frame house to be used as a private
residence. It will be 30x65 feet, three-stories
high, with mansard roof, and cost $25,000. C.
Baxter is the architect.

In West Forty-fifth street, between Eighth and
Ninth avenues, John J. Astor will erect a row of
ten houses from plans prepared by Thomas Stent.
They are to be constructed of PhUadelphia brick
and stone, and to be four-stories high, with base¬
ment. They will be built in the Philadelphia
style, with an aUe.y-way running through from
front to rear; 20x70 feet are the dimensions, and
the cost $100,000.

The sisters of the Order of St. Dominic wUl
erect a large budding on the north side of Sixty-
third street, between First and Second avenues.
It wUl be three stories high, with mansard roof,
and have a frontage of 100 feet by a depth of 100
feet. It is to be constructed of brick and trimmed
with BeUevUle stone. It is for the exclusive use
of girls and wUl accommodate several hundred.
Besides the dormitories, it will include a large
chapel. William Schickel is the arcnitectand
the cost, $75,000.

On the corner of One Hundred and Fifty-fourth
street and Third avenue, Jackson Rogers is going
to build a three-story brick building, to be used
as a store and dwelUng, from designs of John
Rogers.    It wiU be 25x40 feet, and cost $5,000

On the comer of Fifth avenue and Fifty-third
street a first-class private residence is to be erect¬
ed. It wUl be 50.5x180 feet and constructed of
Connecticut brown stone. It will be of the Doric
order, four stories high, with basement, and fin¬
ished in hardwoods. James Renwick is the arch¬
itect and the eost $100,000.

In Sixty-eighth street, between First and Sec¬
ond avenues, W. C. Schermerhorn wdU erect a
row of eight brown stone high-sto^p houses.
They wiU be 16.9x48 feet, thoroughly buUt and
cost $75,000. H. J. Hardenbergh is -the archi¬
tect.   .

Mr. HiU wiU buUd a stable in West Fifty third
street, 25x85 feet, and two stories high. The
front will be of brick and red free-stone. The
carriage room is to be finished in hardwoods and
the storeroom Uued with yellow-faced brick. In
the second story in front will be the coachman's
apartment, with a storeroom for carriages in the
centre. From the first story there is to be an
elevator. The feed room wiU be in the rear.
The cost is estimated at $8,500. Mr. Renwick
designed it.

A depot for the Brooklyn & Newtown Rail¬
road Company is to be built on the block bounded
by Stockholm street and Central and DeKalb
avenues. It will be 200x275 feet and three stories
high. The first story, on a level with the street,
is for the cars. The second story wlU be for tbe
horses, and contain 500 single staUs and 27 box-
stalls. The third story will be used for storing
cars and feed. It wiU be a substantial brick
buUding and cost $120,000. Edward E. Raht is
the architect.

Nathan P. Rogers is pulUng down the old buUd¬
ing at the comer of WaU and Front streets, pre¬
paratory to erecting a new one. It wUl be 60x60
feet, and buUt of brick, with Wyoming VaUey
blue stone trimmings. It wUl be four stories
high with basement.   The base wUl be granite





ornamented with carved brick. The cornices are
to be of brick and stone, ornamented with carved
panels. It is the intention to buUd the walls suf¬
ficiently tbick for two or three additional stories,
should the business of the neighborhood demand
it.

The building, when completed, wUl be leased to
the Matthiessen & Wiecher's Sugar Refining Co.,
who will occupy the first story and basement as
offices, and rent the upper flooi-s. It is to cost
$40,000 to $50,000. D. & J. Jardine are the arch
itects.

At 67 Wall street, another old landmark is
being removed to make room for a new office
buUding to be buUt by the Estate of Daniel Par¬
ish. It wiU be 37x79 feet, and seven stories in
height. It is to be fire-proof throughout, and to
have ii-on beams supported by brick arches. The.
front will be of Westchester marble, and the fin¬
ish hardwoods. D. Lienau is the architect, and
the cost $90,000.

Thomas Kilpatrick is going to put up a block
of twelve houses on Alexander avenue, between
One Hundred and Thirty-ninth and One Hundred
and Fortieth streets, from designs of C. W. Ro¬
meyn. They vrill be 16.8x42 feet, three stories
high with basement, and built of PhiladeliAia
brick and brown stone.   The cost" is $72,000.

Mr. D 0. MiUs wiU erect an extensive build¬
ing at 35 Wall street, extending through to 11.
13, 15, 17, 19 and 21 Broad street, and taking in
35 Exchange place. It wiU have a frontage of
28.11 on WaU street, 163.6 on Broad street, and
100.9 on Exchange place. The basement wiU be
buUt of granite, and above the base of brick and
BeUevUle stone. It will be ten stories high, ami
fire proof throughout. The intention is to make
it as fine a buUding as can be put up. The first,
second and third stories will be arranged for
offices of bankers and railroad companies, while
the stories above will be finished for ordinary
offices. The building vrill be completed May Lst,
1882, and wUl cost $1,000,000. G. B. Post is the
architect.

In Ninety-third street between Lexington ami
Third avenues, Frank E. Smith will erect seven
four-story brown stone front houses, 28.6x86 feet
from designs of W. S. West. They will cost
$112,0u0. They are to be first class flats, and
contain all the latest improvements.

W. H. Hoover wiU put up four flats in One
Hundred and Sixtieth street between Avenue A
and First avenue. Two of them are to be 20x(j()
feet, and two 30x76 feet. The whole frontage is
100 feet. They wUl be four-story brown stone
fronts, and cost $48,000. Mr. West is the archi¬
tect.

The congregation of the Church of the Holy
Spirit are about to erect a new church on the
northeast comer of Madison avenue and Sixty-
sixth street. The plan has been completed by
Mr. R. H. Robertson, who estimates the cost at
about $40,000.

The old building adjoining the GUsey House on
Broadway, 67x100, irregular, is being torn down,
and the plot will be rebuilt with a building of
pressed Philadelphia brick, three stories in hight,
and wUl contain three stores ou the ground
floor, whUe the upper floors wiU be used in con¬
nection with the hotel.

HOUSES JUST  COMPLETED.

Three houses just flnished, on the corner of One
Hundred and Fortieth street and Alexander ave¬
nue, are first-class of their kind for that vicinity.
They were built by Andrew J. Odell as an invest¬
ment at a cost of $16,000. They are 16 8x40 feet,
three stories bigh, with basement, and built of
brick. Long before their completion they wei-e
rented at from $500 to $600. John Rogers was
the architect.

Brooklyn.

HOUSES COMPLETED AND  UNDERWAY.

John T. RockweU has just completed eight
houses on Sixth avenue, between Lincoln place
and Sackett street, from designs by C. L. Morse.
They are 16.8x48 feet, three stories high with
basement, and built of brick and brown stone.
A noticeable feature ■ about these houses is the
stone work, which is much heavier than in ordi¬
nary houses. These houses were built as an in¬
vestment at a cost of $8,000 each. The interior
finish is plain, but substantial. To those seeking
large airy dweUings in a desirable neighborhood
they wUl commend themselves.
i fOn Joralemon street, corner of Henry, Mr.
Edwin Packard is erecting an elegant private
residence. It is irregular in shape, 30x60 feet.
aud buUt in picturesque domestic style. This is
three stories high with basement, and constructed
of brick with stone facings. Adjoining this is
the house of Nathan A. Fish, 34.6x46 and 64 feet,
four stories high with basement, and constructed
of brick trimmed with stone. The style is of the
domestic gothic order. Mr. Packard's house will
cost $25,000. Cost of Mr. Fish's unknown. Each
will have spacious chambers, sitting rooms,
closets, etc. The windows in the first story of
the Packard house are stained glass in various
colors. The interior of both houses is orna¬
mental wood finished in cabinet style on the first
floor. A conspicuous feature ia each is a very
handsome flight of stairs, Ughted from the top