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Real estate record and builders' guide: Index: v. 27 (January-June, 1881)

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NDEX STATE YOL. XXVII. JAl^UAHY- -JUNE. 1881. EDITORIALS. PAGE 1 1 1 3 3 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..............■.■:;.':;...... 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......■..................... 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....................■ Comfort Forthe Bulls...................... Registration of Plumbers................... What if Jay Gould Should Die............ 649 320 861 344 244 244 245 ;m5 245 24() 246 246 246 247 248 248 373 300 274 275 276 276 299 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........................... 651 300 300 650 329 329 330 330 330 331 331 331 331 361 390 303 364 389 389 390 390 390 392 419 420 420 420 421 431 422 424 424 434 425 426 426 650 455 490 490 519 491 492 493 493 494 517 624 518 543 544 544 .545 546 546 .570 570 .571 571 571 .572 573 574 ".574 574 576 597 598 598 598 598 599 599 601 623 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. ■ 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.