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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 49, no. 1253: March 19, 1892

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Msrch 19, im Record and Guide. 436 on tbe north side of 107th street, running through to a plot on 108th street, belween Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, aud the two tbree- story brick houses Nos. 148 atid 150 West 27th street. Ou Tuesday, March 22d, the Real Estate Loan and Trust Corapany wiU sell, tbrough Richard M. Montgomery. thirty-íeven very desirable lots variously situated in New York Ci'y. Of these, twenty-eight are included in tbe block bounded by Arasterdam aveuue, Convent avenue, 142d and 143d streets. Tbii property ii part of Hamilton Grange, for- merly the homestead of Alexander Hamiltoa, and the historical " Thir- teen Trees," represeuliug tbe tbirteen original States, are on the Couvent avenue front. One block below, on the same avenue, a $300,000 church has been erected. Five o£ the resiJue are on a coriier ot Ihe Boulavard and West 147th street, and four are ou East S4th street, between 5th and Madison avenues. On tbe same day the same auctioneer will also sell ten lots on the Graud Boulevard, betweenand on 15'2dand 1.53d streets. On Tuesday, March 22d, Smyth & Ryau will sell tbo four-story, bigh stoop, brown stonedwelling, No. 250 'vV^est^id street; four five-story and cellar brick flats, on tbe nortbwest coruer of 9tb aveaue and tíOtb street, and the five-story brick flat, 1.5x88x100, No. 103 West 6Jth street. On Tuesday, March 32d, Ricbard V. Harnett &Co. will.«ell, by order o£ the adminlstralor, the vacant plot at Noi. 303 and 304 West 13tb street. Ou Wednesday, March 23d, Bryan L. Kennelly will sell, to close tha estate of Rebecca Walbach, deceased, tbe three-story brick business prop- erty, No. 352 East Houstou street; ihe three-story browu .stoae dwelling, No. 913 2d avenue; the three-story brick aud frame dwelling, No. 142 East lllth street; and two lots situated on tbe southerly side of Itílst s'.,reet, east of Coui'tlandt avenue, with framo buildiugs tbereon. On the same day, the same auctioneer will sell tbe flve-story improved apartment house, No. 158 West 15th street. On Wednesday, March 23d, Smyth & Ryau wiU sell tbe fivestory brick flat, 28x93x103.3, No. 236 West 16ih street, and the five-story brown stoue double flat, 25x88x100, No. 448 West 55th street. The sale is positive and tbe terms liberal. On Wednesday. March 23d, Richard V. Haruett & Co. wiU sell the four- story single flat, No. 77 East lílst street, and, by order of executors, tbe' three-story brick buildiug, No. 148 2d avenue. On Thursday. March 24th, Ricbard V. Harnett í& Co. will sell tbe four. story brick dwelling, No. 202 East 40th street, aud the three-story brown toiie dwellÍDg, No. 248 East 7'2d street. Ou Monday, March 28tb, Ricbard V. Harnett & Co. will sell, by order "■of the surviving partner and the executor of the estate of Hugb McAIee- nan, deoea-ed, tbe New York City property, described as foUows: No 194 8th avenue; No. 12 Christopber street, on tbe southeast corner of Gay street; two lots ou 5tbavenue, oear lOJth street; three lots on 5tb aveoue, near UOth street,,and two loison64lb street, uear Central Park West. Ou Tuesday, Marob '29th, Adrian H. Muller& San wiU sell tbe flve-story brick and stone apartment, No. 161 Wost 4tb street. ou the northwest cornerof Cornelia street, facing on 6th avenue. On Thursday, March 3tst, Adriau H MuUer & Sou will sell, by order of the executors of tbe estate of James Mouteith, deceaseí, fifty-seven valu- able lots oo St. Nicholas and Edgecombe avenues, St. Nicholas place, 150th, 151st, I52d and 154ih streets. Also a two-aud-a-half-story fraine house at No. 14 bt. Nicbolas place, oorth of ISOtb street, aod adjoiuiug the resídencs of James A. Bailey. This propsrty is situated iu a very desirable resideuce locality. Seventy per cent of tbe purchase money may remaia on bond aod mortgage at 5 per cent. The sale of the Arnold estate lots wUI be held on Tuesday, April 5th, by L. J. Pbillips & Co., auctioneers. About one-balf o£ the 143 lots to be sold Ue north of Ceutral Park, along Leuox avenue, and east and west of said avenue on ihe streets from 133d to 139tb street. There are twelve avenue lots. iucludiug three corners, viz., northwest corner 128th and 13Sth and southwest. corner 139tb street. All uf tbese lots will largely ÍDcrease in value wheu tbe Metropolitan Traction Co. builds its cable road ou 6th and Lenox avenues. This is sure to come soon, as ihe títh and 9ih avenue roads were lately secured by tho owners of the Br._adway liue, wbo will revolutionize surface transit witbin a few years. There are deventy-three lots east of Central Park to be offered, ten of wbich are on 5th avenue, two westerly fronts on Madison avenue aud forty-seven lots on S7th, SStb, 90th, 94th, 95th, 97th and ltí2d Btreets. Purchasers at this sale, wbich will be aosolute and without reserve, are likely to secure bargains. Tbe terms are veiy easy, and book- maps raay t)e obtained frora the auctioneer or the executors. Gossip of the Week. SOUTH OF 5UTH STREEĨ L. J. Pbillips & Co. bave sold for tbe estate of the late Hugh McAIeenan the six-story brick buildiug on tbe southwest corner of Broadvvay aud Lispenard street for $250.000. Tbe same brokers bave sold for Havens & Winter to David L. Eiustein the six-story b'-ick warebouse, 9SxlU0, on the west side of Wooster street, 75 feet north of Houstou street, tor about $210,000. Less thau two years ago this property was owned by M. A. C. Levy, who sold it for $21,000 prottt on his purcbase prĩce to Scott & Bowne, who iu turn sold it to Haveus & Winter for a profit of $15,000, or a price of $210,000. Tûis last trausfer, tberefore, shows au increase of $46,000 over Mr. Levy's purchase price. Otto Pullich has sold for the estate of Tbomas Weatherby. to Keppler & Schwarzmaun, of Puck, the four houses on the north side ot Jersey street, 67 feet west of Mulberry street, on a plot about 73x07. This, together with the plot reported sold by tbis broker last week, gives Puck 97 ftet on Mul- berry stroet, x 14i feet9 iucbes on Jersey street, aud tbo eutire plct wiU be Iniproved immediately by a teustory building erected as an eitensioo to tha Puck building, southwestcorner Houstou aud Mulberry streets. Fred. A. Carll has sold for the estate of James Dickson No. 210 Weit 22d street, 20x98 9, at $21,000; No. 218, adjoiniug, 20x98 9, for Margaret Hind at$ál.00O; also in counection with Jaraes F. Bragg £or Mrs. Cathrine Col- rUI No. 214, adjoining the flrst meotiooed, 20i9S.«, at $21,000. The buyers of the tbree pieces, together 60x98.9, are Daniel Lawson and Abrabara Quackenbush. Two flats will be erected ou the plot. Douglas Robinson, Jr.,&Co., it is repurled, baTc sold for a clieut the plot of land Nos. 133, 134 and 136 West 14lh street, on private terms. Tbe sizeof the plot is 75x103.3, andthe purchasers are Ottinger & Korn, who ÍDteud to erect a six-ítory aud basement warehouse with stores. The building will have modern improvements. FitZîimons '& Smith have sold for Mrs. Jenny Allen Carew to Mrs. Annette Lehmann tbe four-story Englisb basement dwelling, No. 249 West 4'2d street, 18.9x55x100 5, for $24,400; and for John L. Hasbrouck to Robert Cbristie, the builier, tbe three story brick buiMing, No. 122 West 29th street, lot 25x100, for $20,000. Ascber Weinstein & Co. bave sold the premises Nos. 327, 3'c9 and S81 West 32d street, in size 54i9S 9, to Cumming & Ferguson, builders, for improveraent. Messrs. Weinstein & Co. have purchascd the tbree-story private house No. 438 West 51st street. Broker, Fred. A. Carll. Bellamy & Winans bave sold for Jaspar H. Sioger to I. LewidtzNo. 40 East 67th street, a four-story brown stone dwelliug, on private terms> The same brokers have sold No. 113 East 57th stieec, a four-story brown stone dwelliug, 2Os6JxlO0. Pbilip Sammet has purcbased from Professor Daniel S. Martin No. 23fJ West 4tb street, a tbree-story dwelling, on lot 20x88, and from Jobii Raynor No 238 West 4th street, a similar building, on lot 21xt>8. Wm. Keunelly has sold for Robert Adams to Police Commissioner James .1. Martin No. 132 West 48tb street, a tbree-story stone front dwell- ing, on private terms. Henry Waters has sold the flve-story apartment bouse, No 34 Attorney street, size 25.9í88xlo0, to Mrs. P. Obitbaum for $42,500. Broker, Jos. Waters. Melrose & Montgomery have sold for Mrs. A. Pell No 111 East54th street, a four story and basemeut browu stone dĸelling, 16.10x50x100, for $16,000. Johu G. Borgstede bas sold tbe flve-story tenement, No. 560 West S2d street, for John Klioker oo private terms. SetoD & Wissraaon have sold to Pbilip Sammet No. 144 Madison street, a three-story house. on lot '25x100, on private terms. John R. Foley & Son have sold for John Pettit to L. Jaoobs Mo. 161 Wasbington street, a seven-story buildiug, 2'>x9i, for $75.000. Mayer Kahn has purchased tbe four-story buildiug No. 47 West 27tb street, on private terms. Tbe nortbwest corner of Broome and Crosby streets bas been purobased by John Williaras for $100,000. Tbe^Rabery estate has sold to Dr. B. Grunhut the brown stone dweUing,. No. 267 West 52d street, near Broadway, on pnvate terms. NORTH OF 59TH STREET. The Colurabus Iraproveraent Company, it is reported, have purchased tbe northeast corner of Riverside Drive and 93d street, 29.2x97.10, from L. Toplitz; the adjjining lot, 28..5x97, from Alice M. Sumner, and ihe plot adjoining on tbe nortb, 56.10x97, írom Gardiner Wetberbee. Tbese purcbases, together with thtse previously made by this syndicate on thls frout, complete their title to the block front on Riverside Drive, between 93d and 94tb streets. F. R. Houghton has sold the four lots on tbe nortb slde of 72d street, 220 feet east of West End avenue, for Fraucis P. Burke for $120,000. Johu R. Foley & Sou have sold for Frederick A. Libby to Karl M. Wal- lach Nos 412 to 4'24 East 86th street, seven four-story brick tenemeotg, on lots 35x100 each, for $105.000. Cbarles Gahren, it Í8reported,'has sold ihe northeast corner of Columbiu avenue and 92d street. a plot 100x100, with the three flve-story flats and stores tbereou, on private terms. Bellamy & Winans have sold tor Riehard Deeves, No. 27 Weit Slst street, a four-story whitestone front dwelling on full lot, for $90,000. The Board of Education has accepted the plot, 200x100, on the east aide o£ Edgecombe avenue, between 140th aud 141st streets, for a school site. The property was offered to tbem by Hayden & Co., wbo have also con- sumraated the following sales : For John Casey the two four-story, gable end, privatedwellings, 20x5*5. ou lots 32x68, Nos. 718 and 732 St. Nícholas avenue; aud for Lizzie A. Maloy tbe plot, 65x50, on the east side of Edge- combe avenue, at the centre line of 149th street, ruuniug soutb, for $9,000. Frank L. Fisher & Co. have sold for P. T. Radiker. No. 425 West Eud avenue, a three-story brick and stone dwelling, 20x.55x9U, to Mrs, Wra. R. Sargeant for $28,000; for Geo. A. Denig, No. 143 West 92d street, a three-story stone front dwelling, 20x50x100, to Bernard Stahl for $25,000; for the sarae owner to a Mr. Hind, No. 151 West 92d street, a similar dwellÍDg, 17x50x110, for $22,iJ00, to Robert Staats; also for Mr. Denig, No. 153 West 9ád street, a sirailar dwelline', 17x50î100, for $i2,000; for Dr. Lozier and Charles McDonald, No. 64 West 82d street, a four-story stone front dwelUng, 17x55x100, to a Mr. O'Conner for $33,000; and for Prague & Power, No. 125 West S5th street, a three-aud-a-haU-story Btone frout dwelling, 20x55x100, to Mrs. Haskell for $.'8,000. Riker & Son bave sold for Cornelius W. Luyster No. 115 West 74th street, a four-story brick and stone front dwelling, 20x55x100, on private terms. Lewis Z. Bach has sold to Thos. J. McLaugbliu tbe plot 00x100, ou tbe north side of 65th.6treet, 40 feet west of 4th avenue, for $54,000, for improve- raent. Hirsh Bros. heve purchased from B. CarroIItbeplot, .50x100, ontbeuorth- east corner of 142d street and Willis avenue, ou private terras. Melrose & Montgomery have sold for Natban Wise, No. 14 East 76tb s'reet, a four-scory and basemeut brown stone bouse, 20x0(Jxlli2 2 to a Mr. Sboenfeld for $42,000; for A. Aeschlimann.No. 181 EastOltb s.treet, a tbree- story and basemeut brown slone dweUiog, 15x50x1011.5, to a Mr. McLough- lin for $13,000; fortheRev. H. S. Day, No. 134 East 60tb strcet, a four- story aud basement brown stoae, 20x50x100.5, for $24,500; and for Wra. T. Black, No. 119 East 6lst street, a four-story and basemeot browo stone, 20 x50xl00.5, to a Misg Ryan for $24,500.