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492 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. -------——^-«->---------------. 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