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38o RECORD AND GUIDE. March i, 1902. i p. de E. Wis&mann has sold for the City Real Property Invest¬ ing Co. to George C. Coleman, Nos. 17 to 21 West 32d st, three 4-sty dwellings, on plot 73.9x98.9. The sellers bought this prop¬ erty in December last from John L, Cadwalader, whose asking price was $240,000; he paid $70,000 for No. 19, a lot 25x98.9. Geo. B. Read has sold for the Hamilton Bank Nos. 418 and 420 We&t 16th st, two 5-sty tenements, 50x117. Geo. R. Read has sold for William A. Duer No. 17 Weat Slst st, a 4-sty dwelling, on lot 29.8x98.9. John P. Kirwan has sold for Lowenfeld & Prager Nos. 520 and and 522 West 27th st, old buildings, on lot 38.xl0x9S.9. Thomas B. Hidden has sold through McVickar & Company the "Southeast corner of 7th av and 49th st, old building, on ploi 100.5x100. He bought the property in January, 1901, for $180,- 000, from the Dewhurst estate. The present buyer will improve his purchase by the erection of a 12-sty hotel, W, W, & T. M. Hall have sold to George Helme, president of the American Snuff Co., No. 35 West 56th st, a 5-sty American basement dwelling, on lot 25x100.5. They bought the property in April, 1901, for $82,500, and has since altered and modernized it. putting In a flreproof staircase and a passenger elevator. The same firm have sold through L. J. Phillips & Co., to S. J. Reck- endorfer. Treasurer of the American Lead Pencil Company, No. 45 West 56th st, a 5-sty American basement dwelling, on lot 22.8x100.5. The sellers bought this property in June last for $60,000. Louis Schrag has sold for Mathias Horn and the estate of Jacob Mussel, Nos. 160 and 162 West 25th st, two 5-sty single flats, each on lot 18,6x98,9. Searle Barclay has sold No, 64 West 38th st, a 4-sty and base¬ ment dwelling, on lot 20,10x98,9, John McKee has sold to Silas "Wodell No. 30 East 39th st, a 4-sty and basement dwelling, on lot 20x98,9. Jacob Hirsch, the buyer of Nos. 202 and 204 West 34th st, has bought Nos, 206 to 210 West 34th st, thus forming a plot 91x100. Christopher st. Nos. 117 and 119. See Lex, av, Nos. 1465 to 1469. ,' R. M. Haan has bought No. 8 East 55th st, a 4-sty and base¬ ment dwelling ,on lot 25x100, from Samuel Thorne for $107,500. The property adjoins the IS-sty hotel, St. Regis, which John Jacob Astor is erecting at the southeast corner of 5th av and 55th st, on plot 75x200. Mr. Astor bought No. 6 in March. 1901, for $115,000, Mr. Haan's present purchase will be used as the site of an addition to the hotel, but will not be extended to the full height of the main building as this purchase was made mainly to protect the light and air of the St. Regis. The Stuyvesant Realty Co. have purchased from B, Smith No. 395 7th av. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. have sold Nos. 42 to 48 East 20th st, an S-sty loft building, on lot 88x92. The sellers obtained it in a three-cornered trade last year for the much traded Beard Building, on Liberty st, the 20th st property figur¬ ing in the deal at $450,000. It is now sold at $480,000 and the property is now said to be out of the market. Frank E, Smith was the broker. E. G. Scott has sold to Henry Schuyler & Co, No. 36 West 20th St. a 4-sty dwelling, on lot 25x92. Joseph O'Donnell has sold No. 316 West 20th st, a 4-sty dwell¬ ing, on lot 16.8x98,9, Herbert A. Sherman has sold for Dr, C. W. Cutler No. 50 East 53d st, a 4-sty dwelling, on lot 16x100, William E, Finn has sold No, 682 Broadway to the John W, Stevens Building Co. H is an old building, on lot 29x130. The buyer will erect a 10-sty store and loft building, for which Mr. Finn makes a building loan of $80,000. Nevins & Pereiman have bought the northeast corner of Ave¬ nue D and 3d st. old buildings, on lot 48x75, The Jay estate has sold to George W. Stetson No. 38 West 45th st, a 4-sty dwelling, on lot 20x100.5. Mr. Stetson already owns Nos. 40 and 42. a plot 40x100.5, which sold In December. 1901. for $85,000, Edward N. Crosby was the broker. The Rfynal estate have sold No. 30 East 40th st. a stable, on lot 25x98.9. No. 38. a similar property, was sold to the City Real Property Investing Co, in January for .?47,500, and No, 34 for $50,000, No, 36 East 40th st and No, 35 East 39th st. 25x 197,6, were bought for $121,500; No. 33 East 39th st and No. 34 East 40th st sold for $137,500 in January. Nos, 34 and 36 East 40th st and No. 35 East 39th st, have been resold to the Cos¬ mopolitan Realty Co, for $192,500, and they in turn have resold to Walter Stabler for $222,500. J. C. Lyons has sold to Mrs. Frederick Benedict No. 47 West 49th st, 4-sty dwelling, on lot 20x100,5. Columbia College lease¬ hold. Potter & Brother have sold to a Mrs. O'Brien, through Alex¬ ander Wilson, No. 113 West 47th st. a 3-sty and basement dwell¬ ing, on lot 20x100,5, John J. Coady has sold to Jackson & Stern Nos, 334 to 33S West ISth st, two 5-sty flats, on plot 60x92. NORTH OF "iltTH STREET, H. H. Cammann & Co. have sold for the Century Realty Co. the plot. 100,5x150. at the north corner of Central Park West and 64th Et, The buyers are The New Tork Ophthalmic and Aural Institute. The plot Just sold was bought by the sellers in 1901 for $160,500. The northwest comer of 65th st. 100.5x125, which was recently purchased by the Evangelical Lutherdn Church of the Holy Trinity for $170,000, sold in March, 1900, for $150,000; at the same time the south corner of GOth st and Central Park West, a similar-sized plot, aold for $140,000; it was recently sold for $225,500. with a building loan of $200,000. Philip Jeselson sold to Frank Tilford, President of the Stand¬ ard Gas Light Company, the following properties: for Wendoiin J. Nauss, Nos. 32 to 38 West 125th st, a 2-sty and basement brick store and office building, on plot 62,6x100,11, Part of these premises have been occupied by above-named corporation since the construction of the building, nearly five years ago. Last August Mr. Jeselson was the broker In the sale of this property to Mr. Nauss, the present seller. For Henry Steinau, No. 40 West 125th st, a 3-sty and basement brownstone front store and office building, on lot 20.10x100.11; and for Mrs. Josephine W. Wuppermann, No. 35 West 124th st. a 4-sty and basement brownstone front dwelling, on lot 20x100.10. This house, abutting the 125th st property, as well as No. 40 West 125th st, will re¬ ceive extensive alterations and be connected with present stores and offices; the entire purchase gives the Standard Gas Light Company a frontage of 83.4 feet on 125th st and 20 feet on 124th St. Adelson & Slone have sold to Israel Lippman Nos. 1465 to 1469 Lexington av, southeast corner of 95th st, a 7-sty apart¬ ment house with store, on lot 55.8x95. The buyer gives in pay¬ ment $06,500 and the two 6-sty tenements with stores, on plot 49.9x90.6, at Nos. 117 and 119 Christopher st, Frankel & Bassman have sold for Dr. Victor C. Bell, No. 53 West 114th st, a 5-sty double .flat, 25xSSxl00.ll. Leopold Herrmann has sold No. 75 East Olst st, a 3-sty and basement dwelling on lot 21x100. Ernest Tribelhorn was the broker. S. Osgood Pell & Co, have sold for Miss Johanna Kelly to the Real Estate Security Co., No. 53 East Olst st, a 4-sty dwelling on lot 19x100.5. Edward J. Welfing. Jr., has sold for Ferdinand Kurzman to George Schaefer, Nos. 362 to 368 Lenox av, four 5-sty flats with stores, each on lot 18.9x100. The Greenwood Cemetery Association has sold to A. Kassel Nos. 314 and 316 East Slst st, two 3-sty dwellings, on lot 30x 82, for $12,000. Frank L. Fisher Co. have sold for the Hamilton Bank No. 161 West 75th st, a 4-sty dwelling, 20x65x102.2. The bank acquired the property as plaintiff in a foreclosure action in 1900 for $27,500. Lewis L. Abbott has purchased No. 153 West 73d st, a 4-sty and basement brownstone dwelling, on lot 21x102. Charles M. Goodrich has sold to Klein & Jackson the southeast comer of Madison av and 79th st, a 5-sty flat, fronting 21 feet on 79th st and 80 feet on Madison av. The Provident Realty Co, has bought from Jonas M. and Fred¬ erick Libby the plot, 240x100.11, on the north side of 101st st, SO feet east of Lexington av. The property was offered at auction some months ago, but "was withdrawn, there being no bidders for it. The plot will probably be improved with tenement houses, this being about the only improvement suitable to the neighbor¬ hood. Max Marx has sold for Nathan Wise to Mortimer C, Addoms the southwest corner of llth av and lS2d st, a lot 25x100- Henry H. Otten has sold to Henry Marks No. 2651 Sth av. be¬ tween 141st and 142d sts, a 5-sty flat with stores. 25x80x100. The estate of John B, Snook has sold No. 35 East 65th st, a 4-sty and basement dwelling, on lot 16.8x100,5. James V. Geraghty has sold No. 103 East 7Sth st, a 3-sty and basement dwelling, on lot 18.9x102.2. M, Morgenthau recently bought No. 105. Henry J. Braker has sold No. 146 West 72d st, a 4-sty dwelling, on lot 19x102,2. F. R, Wood & Co. have sold for Ralph S, Townsend No. 330 West 88th st, a 4-sty dwelling, on lot 18.6x100,8. WiUiam R. Coe has purchased from James A. Frame & Son, through Henry D. Winans & May. a S^^-sty dwelling, on lot 28x102,2, noTv in course of construction on the south side of S3d st, 155 feet east of 5th av. The buyers bought the plot, 80x100.5. in July. 1900. for $225,000, Slawson & Hobbs have sold No, 16 West 115th st, a 3-sty dwelling. 20x50x100,11, J. Clarence Davies & Co. and Brooke & Georger have sold for Otto Diedrich Nos. 169 and 173 West 7Sth st, two 5-sty single flats, each 22,6x102,2; in part payment Mr. Diedrich takes a plot, 225x120. on the east side of Sedgwick av, 450 feet north of 165th St. The Equitable Life Assurance Society has sold to Gustav J. and Leon Fleischmann, through L. J. Phillips & Co., the plot of nineteen lots on the south side of 141st st, between 7th and Sth avs. The buyers are now completing a 7-sty apartment house at the southwest corner of 7th av and 141st st. Frederick W, Marks has sold to Isaac Dreyfus No. 69 East SOth st, a 4-sty dwelling, on lot 20,6x102,2. Alexander Wilson has sold for a Mr. Steel to a Dr. Smith No. -136 West 66th st. a 5-sty double flat. Henry Gerken has sold to Prederlck Lese No. 234 East Slst at, a 5-sty double flat, on lot 25x102.2, Mr. Lease gives in exchange