New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-03-09
CITY ITEM =.

REAL ESTATE IN NEw-IoRK AND VICINITY
FABULOUS PRICES PAID pom PROPERTY on MURRAY III
AND yIcISlrY-fscRKAsE OF Rents AND GREAT sc.Hoir
OF DwEILlsGsAt the present time there Is s'ea' ach''E
real estate in th, city especially for fret class dwellings an
building lot. on Murray Ill. Fifth and Madison an
vicinity and fabulous prices being realized Several sao
Of efan. dwelling. have recently been made At prices vary
from 80 900 to 10000. These prices one hundred ?.
cent and upward per value Of three and four year nee
Mr. O. A. Conovrr sold his house, just completed corner
Madsonsye and Thirty nint'i, few days 'nce of W
COO which gives fair idea Of the valuation OF property III
vicinity great many FIN ave lots shove Forty eeont -
have been sold lately at $4,000 for inside lo an
sIs 90 for Corner in the vicinity Of Forty an
sl4 eco for lots in the vicinity Of fry seven'h-si
Nearly all the fihave lot. below Central Psrs have lee
purchased !or .!sne. to Re erected within two year, h'
Of the lot. Fhsye. fronting Cenir, Park have be"
bought M a, pce, ranging nom $1,000 $4,000 telos
Eighty .Shst, generally by parties Tor their own oeceiaio
Eshhsve property fronting the Pari in less demand b
Price, are strong Fight lo. on Erhhave between se'en'
second and Seventy ,hfd. and two the rear .'ey %
for $1,000
There 1. also considerable demand or medium priced DIVE
Hng. At IN advance of from 20 g. - peroen,
The demand for Wholesale stores Is good snd 'ops sale
have been and along ,h. side u IN
city nom Wall Broom..t The rents Of this cas' Of build
tugs about %, pr cent advance over a spring -
1
readily at an advance OF 81 per cent
The demand for DWELLINGS and psr's o. dwellings cor
and thousand. Of families viii be unable to prare
apartments while landlords putting Up III. price. bend
Ill reason. Oar reporter Informed AZ an extensive al
estate sgency yesterday that they have at least 80 nqui
day for dwelling. parts Of dwellings while th.y have
single one 10 let The advance will 50 per cent
last year Masses Of people looking for dwellings In Brk
yn jersey City the suburbs, and Considerable II.
snc. IN the county with bat little person nh
travel for All entire day without finding single "toh
posted up
The prospect for the Of suitable tenement dwelir.
the present year very unfavorlbe owing to the high pie
Of labor and material.
RIAL ESTATE IN WILLIAMSBURG.
There is great rush for houses IN williamsburg sndbut
few to be had Rent. have been advanced about 70 per
cent.
Considerable property il Offering for SALE bu, people
rally decline to purchase owing 10 the Abominabr ie,
conmodaon, This objection is si,ed particular, by
manufacturers who with great delays in transporting
goods the river The ferry companies however lave
agreed mend their wny, and have actually commenceddo
by placing boats the routes thereby enabling
them relieve the pressure Of that block the D
the vicinity ofthe entrances
REAL ESTATE IN JERSEY cITY-PRoPERTY SELLING
AT FORMER PRICES.
In Jersey City house hunters numerous and the sgu,1
have difficulty in securing tenants without rcsong to bel
old mode of posting up bliss in fact, If agen. 10 observed
going along with a bill in his hand he 10 innsd
a,ey be.et 10y half dozen house hunters cage. al
secure sort Of apartments Very many people lsy
given up the idea Of hiring, snd looking around win
view Of purchasing home Of their Owners opropety
are offering for sale. generally pI.uins to nyes
in Government. sseurIiet which they consider viii
pay them far better when they take into con.idrStIoa
Tl..
rents for hrstcla, dwellings in about twenty per cent,
while that tenement houses from Is o. per is
estimated that to-day there least 800 houses for sale
Jersey City, Sales Of br class houses have been made In
York Grand and other streets at about the figures they
were held three four years and persons find that
they can purchase house and lot for about what II would
cost 10 house at the present time Very few dwellings
will be erected this Summer except by builders speculson
and these will undoubtedly be snowy thsn durable
the builders could possibly compete with persons bsy
Ing for sale that erected when labor and material
were about half what they 1t the present time.
Quite number Of de,.Abs Ie.dences with gronnds ~
ched IRE offered for sale the suburbs along the lines
local railroads.
During the past season large number Of dwellings aud
,.v,l immense store houses and buildings for manuac-
,ns purpose. have been erected and the sunken grounds
between Jerey City and IIoboicn being hed up for
| further improvements
Tie NcW-JtrstN fhiirOhu Juh
locomotive house Washington and steuben sS It's built
Of brick 200 feet square, with center dome l2o feet in dian
Ter and 90 feet in hight. 1t will accommodate "a large
| gines, and cost +e00oo.
On the ,outherly side ~ the city tie Central Rairoad
Company making extensive Improvements which gives
emp fnent to large number Of new and CONNIE Ii
Gus Depot has been erected IA Commupaw and the
cove being filed in for the purpose Of erecting building o'
lreish. depot, and other purposes.
In Newark HoboAen and Elizabeth the dficuly i.
experienced A. elsewhere in procuring dwellings. and there
while bu, little building until the piice Of materials and Ia
Dor decreases materially.
IN, Mors and E.eI Rarosd Company have purchased Is
acres Of land from Mr. T. A. Stevens south Of the HOBO
ben Ferry Slip and filing in preparatory to erecting
machine shops freight houses &c. They have also
purchased the Hobolsn Hotel which will be used for recsp
ton rooms and for the various business oees connected with
| DE busine" Of the road.
OU. HAHcOCKs CoRPs.-The following addi.
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