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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 12, no. 298: November 29, 1873

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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.