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784 The Real Estate Record August 6, 1881 provements at the conclusion of lhe present season. The present hotel will probably be turned around and moved back to serve as a wing to the new building which is to be erected, which will be 350 feet long, four stories high, and extending back 100 feet. Over 1,600 feet of balconies are to be constructed, and the total cost will exceed $30,000. Mr. D. T. Cornell sold at auction on Monday last seven acres of land on the Creek at Princes Bay, Staten Island, between Ellsworth's Oyster Packing House and the Bay, to Israel Butler, for $5,200. The same broker has sold at private contract a cottage on Prince street, near Vanderbilt avenue, Stapleton, for Mrs. Simpson Gordon, to Mrs. Sullivan, for $1,200; a cottage on Laurel avenue, near Osgood avenue, to Mrs. Hammond, for $1,500; Fountain cottage on South Beach, a place rich in reminiscences to many of the Bulls and Bears of Wall street, to Mr. H Moquin, for $5,000. The sale of the six acres of Staten Island realty, formerly owned by Mr. Lanier, the banker, and more recently by Malcolm Horton, is reported for $800 per acre, which is said to be the best price realized for some time in this vicinity. A bid of $300,00 ) has been refused for the five-story office building. No. 150 Broadway, 27x110, with a small L. This property is a portion of the Jumel estate, and will probably be sold with the rest of their extensive holding at auction in the autumn. Plans were filed during the week for another apart¬ ment house, to be built on the Grand Boulevard, northeast corner of Sixty-first street. It will be 103 and 29 and 95 feet x 88 feet, seven and one-half stories high, and built of brick. J. J. Campion, owner. Cos:j $75,000. Berger & Baylies, architects. James Floy has purchased three lots on the south side of One Hundred and Fifty-third street, 100 feet east of Tenth avenue, from M. H. Cashman, for $6,500. All Saints Roman Catholic Church, of which the Rev Father Power is the pastor, has purchased the entire front on the east side of Madison avenue, between One Hundred and Twenty-ninth and One Hundred and Thir. tieth streets, 200x110, for $55,000. On the northeast corner of <.>ne Hundred and Twenty-ninth street and Madison avenue, there is a commodious frame dwell, ing. which is now occupied by Father Power, the ex¬ tension of which will probably have to be removed to make way for the erection of a handsome church, which the purchasers propose erecting at a cost of about $70,000. The four-story brown stone house No. 19 West Forty fifth street, 25x60x100, with a dining room extension 18x25, has been sold for $45,000, to Cnarles Douglas. Messrs. Butler & Matheson have sold for Mr. H. Curry, the three-story frame dwellmg and grounds on Paciflc street near Franklin avenue, Brooklyn, lOOx 110, for $17,500. The following are the sales at the Exchange Salt room for the week ending July 30: * Indicates that theproperty described has been bid in for plaintiff" 8 account: R. V. HAKNETT. *South st. No. 329, s s, 42.4 w Gonvernenr slip, 21.2x70. three-story brick factory bld'g. Mutual Life Ins. Co. (1st mort., amount due, aboui $7,1.50).......................... $4,950 *74th st. No. 25, n s, 50 w Madison av, 2,5x102.2, four-siory stone front dwell'g. George P. Lawrence, ('id mort about $8,500,1st mort $20,000) .................................. 32,948 Riverside av, s e cor ]22d st. 25x100, vacant. John Judge. (Amount due, about $13,600). 14,000 Valentine av,. w s, 100 n Central av, 50x100. Ely F. McGowan. (Amount due, about $3,250)...................................... 2,550 E. H. LUDLOW & CO. Walton av, w s, 300 n 150th st. 100x80, 6 three- story brick dweU'gs. Henry L. Morris. (Amountdue, about$16,250)................ 5,250 A. H. MULLER & SON. *].53d st, n s, 1.50 w 10th av, 7.5x99.11..........) 153d St, ss, 150 w 10th av, 75x99.11............f Vacant. R. C. Combes and ano, exrs. (Amount due, about $14,125, taxes $2,150).. 11,800 HUGH N. CAMP. 61st St, No. 33, n s, 100 e 9th av, 35x100.5, four- story stone front dwell'g. Arnold Fried¬ man. (Amount due, about $31,900)....... 27 700 61st st. No. 31, n s, 125 e 9th av, 25x100.5. ' Moritz Josephthal. (Amount due, about $21,900).................................... 25,000 J. T. BOYD. Cherry st, No. 419, s s, 25x83, two-story frame stable. James Owen................... 4 ooo Monroe st. No. 246. s s. 20x3^ block, two-story ' frame and brick front store and dwell'g. James Devlin........................ 2 800 104th st, No. 168 E.. s s. 25x100.11, four-story stone front dweU'g. Jolin H. Deane......110,990 TAN TASSELL * KEARNEY. *Broome st, No. 329, s s. 75 w Chrystie st, 25x"l 75, five-story stone front store and tenm"t....................................I Chrystie st. No. 121, w s, 75 s Broome st, 25x ( 100, flve-story stone front store and I tenem't...................................J GoitUeb Grlssler and Christian Fausel. (Amount due, about $8,700)................ S3,165 56th st. No. 305 E.. n s, 20x100.5, four-story stone front dwell'g. Soph a Beaudell. (Amount due, abt $8,550).................. 12,000 B. SMYTH. 32d st. No. 441 W., n s, near 10th av, 25x100, four-story brick tenem't and three-story brick tenem't on rear. Hugh KeUy....... 13,400 J. p. TRAVER. *99th st, s s, 160 e 3d av, 25x100.11. Vacant. W. E. Dimeckandano......................... 2,000 Total.......................................$222,553 6R00KLIN, N. Y. In the city of Brooklyn Messrs. T. A. Kerriga*, P. F. Meyers and J Cole have made the following sales for the week ending August 4: ♦Baltic st, s 8, 225 e Rogers av, 25x53.6. Elisha Irwin..................................... $600 ♦Remsen st, n w cor Clinton st, 20x100. John W. Jo .es and B. P. Fairehild.............. 15,500 Spencer st, w s, 600 n TiUary st, 25x100. Jos. E. Fagan................................... 780 *St. Felix st, s w cor DeKaib av, 20x64, irreg. Eliza L. Constock.......................... 5,000 ♦Warren st. n s, 192.2 w Nevins st, 20x100. Ed¬ ward Hincken, exr .................... 2,000 22d Et, n s, 363.2 e 5th av, 18.5x100. John Gaghan..................................... 1,50C ♦55th st, n e s, 150 n w 2d av, 50x102.3. Cor¬ nelius Travis.............................. 1,500 Tompkins av, e s. 25 n Greene av. 18.9x80. Roswell Eldridge as Treasurer Town of Hempstead................................. 3,000 3d pl, n s, 330 e Court st, 20x133.5. F. H. Ruck- ston........................................ 5,884 Montgomery st, n s, 300 w Utica av, 200x355.7 to Crown St. F. H. Ruckston.............. 725 Buffalo av, e s, 80 s Union st, 156xl00x77x—.. ) Union st, s s, 100 e Buffalo av, 45.6x157, V irreg..................................) F. H. Ruckston............................. 500 Sd pl, s w cor Smith st, 75x133.5. Robert T. Heath...................................... 6,975 Total....................................... $48,964 KllLDING MATEBIAL MiBKET. BRICKS.—" Nothing new" is about all the informa- i on obtained from receivers and dealers this week. Supply is full, but so is the demand, and with the bal¬ ance thus well preserved buyers manage to get about all the stock they require and sellers experience little difficulty in finding customers for their offering. There is a few exceptions on both sides, but the above is the rule and it has formed a basis upon which prices stood quite uniform, with no change to note on the general line of quotations. "Up-rivers," $7.7.5(^8; Haverstraws, $8.50@8.75 do; and Jerseys, $7.50@&per M. Pales are also finding a. steady movement and ret lin a firm position on values at full former rates. Fronts are scarce and firm on all grades. Of the vari¬ ous descriptions of brick the accumulations are very small, most dealers merely carrying enough to satisfy jobbing orders. Among ihe exports to the AVest In¬ dies this week were 100,000 bricks. At the points of manufacture every thing is quick and the production shows Utile or no abatement. Someof the manuf ac- turers, however, were lately compelled to make a xlig^t advance in the price of ordinary labor, and it is hinted that another demand will be made upon them, but as an offset appUcation has been made at Castle Garden for imported workmen as soon as they arrive. There is also a complaint from some of the yards over a scarcity of coal dust for mixing purposes. GLASS.—Domestic window shows no great amount of animation on the surfa<'e of the market, but still there is considerable stock moving out, and with the accumulation diminishing, a stronger tone is secured. Foreign goods are selling a little more freely and im¬ porters are encouraged, hut make no effort to advance cost as yet. Most wholesale business is done on a basis of about 5i) and 10 and 5 per cent, discount for French, and 60 and 10 to 60 and 20 for single thick, and 70 and 50 for double thick American. HARDWARE.—Seasonable goods commence to at¬ tract more attention both as to the number and size of the orders, and the market develops a compara¬ tively cheerful undertone. Indeed we find most deal¬ ers expressing themselves in a very cheerful and con¬ fident mood, and anticipations of a first-rate faU trade are generally entertained. No important changes on price lists are announced, but everything holds firm and the tendency is upward in some cases. Com¬ plaints are again heard of, a scarcity of some kinds of stock and especially mechanics' tools for mining and raUway work, etc., with manufacturers booking orders some time ahead of production. LIME.—At the shading on cost noted last week, the market has ruled quite steady, and the tone appears to be a little more cheerful. Demand proves fair, and about all the arrivals find a place as soon as offered, with room for more, to a moderate extent State lime doing quite as well as Eastern. LATH.—Our types became somewhat mixed last week, and by a transposition of figures quoted $1.57 instead of $1.75 per M. The magnitude of the error was quite sufficient to prevent anyone at aU posted from becoming misled, but for the benefit of a few who failed to discover where the trouble lav, and those commercial (?) reporters who so regularly steal from our columns, we make the correction. This week the market has remained fairly steady, and without features of much positive interest. The supply was not very large and foimd a place readily, with $1.75 obtained for anything at all merchantable, the tone at the close ruling quite firm. LUMBER.—The situation does not vary greatly from last week. On most grades of stock the demand is only fair, and buyers moving with some caution, while prices tend to ease ofl somewhat from ex¬ tremes, but there is no general downward tendency, and sellers in all cases refrain from urging the sale of desirable goods. Current consumption is full, but supplied by parcels coming in on contract, and, while dealers want all the stock offering, they have a slight advantage which is naturally made the most of. The export trade has been a little unsettled for a week or two, and. in some instances, it would be necessary to offer a concession in order to secure the attention of shippers. Sellers, however, are not much troubled over the situation, and calculate upon winding the year up with quite as large a volume of exports as shown at the opening. Eastern spruce is in fair stock and there is not much inclination to make further important additions at the moment. Demand in consequence is somewhat slow, and offerings of random cargoes have to be handled with some care, though not much actual weakness has thus far been shown on really attrac¬ tive stock. Specials meet with demand for fall deliv¬ ery and manufacturers adhere to full rates on any outside or ordinary cutting. For an operating basis about $13@15 per M may now be quoted, and $17 the average top for specials. White Pme retains a firm position, and notwith¬ standing the accumulating stocks holders are very confident. Home wants continue full and not likely to shrink much, while the prospect for export de¬ mand is considered excellent in every respect. It is claimed that a great many shipping orders formerly filled at the eastward must have come here as the only point at which desirable stock can be reached. At primary points the "talk" is very firm, and some of our operators are purchasing at tbe full rates asked. We quote $17(819 per M for West India ship¬ ping boards; $24.50®26 for South American do.; $16 ® 16.50 for box boards; $17®17.50 for do. wide and sound do. Yellow Pine has had a few ups and downs of de¬ mand, but as a rule dealers express themselves satis- fled with the amount of bnsiness doing, and the mar¬ ket shows quite as good, if not better position than usual for the season. Quite a number of .specifica¬ tions have been accepted on accounts ranging from 100,000 up to 500,000 feet, and at about former rates. There is some tendency to advance the cost of freight from one or two points. Randoms are not much wanted, and would b« difficult to sell * except at a shading. We quote ran¬ dom cargoes at about $34.00@26.00 per M; or¬ dered i-argoes. $36.00®38.00 do. green fiooring boards. $34.50(326.50 do; and drj- do do, $37.00@29.00. Cargoes at the South, $15.00@19.00 per M for rough, and $20.00®24.00 for dressed. Hardwoods in good demand for choice seasoned stock and at full rates, the market ruling quite firm throughout, though it is intimated that "indi¬ cations " from primary points are a shade easier in some instances. We quote at whole¬ sale rates by carload about as follows : Walnut; $77 ©85 per M; ash, $35®38 do.; oak, $40®45 do., maple. $30@35; chestnut, 1st and 2d, $30®35; do. do. culls, $18@20 do.; cherry, $50@55 do.; whitewood, ^ and % inch, $25@27.50,and do. inch, $a3®35 do.; hickory, $35@45 do., for Western, and $65®75 for good nearby stock. Shingles sell well enough to prevent any great accumulation of supply, and prices are supported all around. The stock- is only fair. We quote Cypress at about $6.00 for saps and $8.50@9 for hearts; pine shipping stocks, $4 for 18-inch, and Eastern saw grades at $2.50g4.50 for 16-inch, as to quality and to quantity. Machine dressed cedar shingles quoted as follows: For 30-inch, $1(5®23.25 for A and $28.75®3.3.25 for No. 1; for 24- Inch, $6..50ai6 for A and $16.7.5(a23 for No. 1; for 20-mch, $5®10.50 for A and $11.25(&11.75 for No. 1. From among the lumber charters and engagements recently reported, we select the following: A Br. barque, 482 tons, from Bridgewater, N. S., to Bristol Channel, deals. 52s 6d; a Br. barque, 6S9 tons, from Montreal to River Plate, lumber, supposed .^515 net; two Br. schrs., 139 and 95 tons, from Mirim ehi to Vineyard Haven, for orders to a Sound port, lum¬ ber, $4 621^; a Br. brig, 529 tons, from Savannah to Montevideo or Buenos Ayres, lumber, $19 net; a schr., 109 tons, from Fern.andina to St. Kitis, lumber, $11; a schr., 360 tons, from Fernandina to Demerara, lumber. $13; a schr., 174 tons, from Fernandina to Laguayra, lumber, $1,600 and foreign port charges; a schr., 250 tons, from Jacksonville to Progreso, lum- bei.', privatd terms; a schr., 220 M lumber, from Orange Bluff to San Fernando, Trinidad, lumber, $1,250 and back to Hampton Roads for orders, to a port not East of New York, asphaltum, $3; a schr., 140 M lumber, from Jacksonville to Philadelphia, $8 50; a schr., 200 M from Norfolk to New York, $3,25; a schr., 300 M lumber, from Brunswick to New York, $7.50; a schr.. 240 M lumber, from Cedar Keys to New York, $11 per M. Exports of lumber from the port of New York: This Since Week, Jan. 1, feet. feet. Westlndies.................. 405,976 25,115,121 South America.................. 295,107 1.5.463.444 East Indies, Africa, etc......... 60,040 3,981,716 Europe, Continent...................... 669.:i83 Europe, United Kingdom....... 72,000 8,416,739 Total........................ 833,123 47,646,403 GE]!li£RAL LUMBER NOTES. STATE. Albany Lumber Market, as reported by the Argiu. FOR THE WEEK ENDED AUGUST 2, 1881. The most important movement in the district since our last report was fully set forth in yesterday's Argus, in giving the action of the trade on Monday, in which every house, we b3li.^^ve, participated, ad¬ vancing the quotations of pine lumber, viz., $1 per ."^f. feet on common, $3 per M. feet on intermediate grades and $3 per M. feet on uppers and inspected pickings, and pretty generaUy through the list. This is no sen