New-York tribune., 1868-02-15

Uunterdou Co.. has bought the Benz veghte and Quick
farms In HHlsborOugh township, belonging 10 Mr. L. H.
Rice at s25 per Mr. Rice has also sold The farm
adjoining the above to Mr. c. e. sutphen Of Bedmin
STR township, for Sis per The late Evnrt j. Ber
gems farm In Hlsborough township, consisting OF IS
acres has been sold to j. Van NOstrand OF Middlebush
for Mr. Robert Dais farm OF 5o acres one mile
cast OF somerylle has been sold to gentleman frOm
ElizabethpOrt for $5O Mr. John Hartwes property
on Mair-st somerve. being the residence OF the late
Judge Brown has been sold 10 Mr. A. A. Clark for 5000
.sir. A. Il. Fuler's property. corner OF South and
Unioss Somerve 23s feet front by 200 DEEP has bren
sold to Capt Hail. Of Branchburg Township Tor
$500 Woodbury., Mr. Twells has sold his house on
Cooperst with lot west side, TO Mr. t. H. Carnai ior
II IL reported $4,000 Mr. VIM Macready sold his honse
and ice-cream saloon to Mr. H. W. Sharp for $1,000 At
Pausboro Dr. Reeves has sold his house To Mrs Mary
Pancoas for 5000 Mr. Chester Green his honse and LOT
TO SIR. Charles Hall for 1920 Miss Ruth Cowgin' her
house and lot to Mr. Benz ". Low for $1,000 MI Isaac O.
Warner his house and lot 10 Mr. john flemhg
for 1890 Mr. Jos. Ireland, near PauisDoro'
his farm Of % acres. with small house ana
stable. 10 Dir. Samuel Hartman. at Si4 per acre
Mr. John Benezet has sold Lis farm. near Mnltica mn
05 acres at $50 per Mr. Joseph Oens sr soid Ills
farm Of o. acres Clarksboro to Ar safk Clement
for g., and purchased the Aggins properly uate si'-
ley) at AlenborO for $500 The homestead lafh oi
Mr. James Jaggar recently deceased In Depiiord Town
shin l2s acres was purchased by his ir VIM jag.
gard for SlO2eG subject TO lis mothers GOwer...The
executors Of Mr. Felix lie Cheyaer deceased have sold
his farm known MS the Genat Farm" Mantua ST.
ton, to Mr. Peter Kierl2I aeresat S69 IS per acre
We have received the following communication:
10 fAs Editor Of TA< 1EibuHe.
SIR: The Real Estate column of THE TRIBUNE. par
ticulary that part containing suburban notices ana
reports Is one Of the best lately introduced
Local reports of this character Will interest large mum
ber Of readers and 1t will pay quite as well To eater Tor
than million that reside IN the suburbs as Tor
the million whose boundary Is the shore line OF Marhat
tan Island The time has when this great COM
mercial and fnanea3 should bo treated Me-
tropols and not as city whose natural and civil bonn
daries have long since ceased 10 coincide. As but
few New-Yorkers are willing 10 believe that the
suburbs now outrank in numbers the city
itself, give a few figures 10 sustain
our assertion. We know that NowY0rk business
go TO and from their homes every day so milesa
very few 60 further. Students from Stamford Conn,
and other equally distant points attend school IN New
York but for present purposes shall assume that
the boundary line Of this metropolis Is 2j miles from
Union Park points at this distance are easily reached
in so OF 90 minutes II the United States Cen
sus returns of 1860 find the population Of NewYOk
City be 4OOO and that OF its suburbs within % miles
Of Union Park 100000 Of which number $4,000 are In the
State Of EewJerscy NewYOrS at the present time IL
estimated 10 contain round million, and Ed by ref
erence the Census again that during the 20 years prior
to sCO has quite ped its numbers while its sub
Brooklyn aud Wiamsburgh Increasing times, Jersey
City very nearly ten times, and Newark, Elizabeth
Paterson Orange and other points have added 10 their
numbers rapidly that warranted In making the
assertion that there Ia fully aud onefourth millions
OF people within 25 miles of Union Park outside the
city limits or other words this great metropolis 80
miles in diameter and contains to-day 225OOO inhab
iants OF this number, nearly 10000 In NowJersey
100000 in Kings and Queens Counties aud about 10000 In
WestchesteT and Richmond Counties These are curious
facts, but they show coneusivey the direction the
growth Of the city takes Another reference To census
statistics for the past so years shows that NewYork has
doubled its population In every Is yearsOme place 1t as
low Is years. but prefer 10 be inside tie mark.
Add another term TO this geOmerica series, and In
years this metropolitan population will be 100000 and
Gen. Grant says. "The metropolis Of our country.
and, IN twenty years hence, OF the world" We must.
therefore, fully indorse the opinion expressed In THE
TRIBUNE of Feb 5, We know OF no sIrer investment
than in real estate In HewYork and suburbs" We are
seated In quiet farmhouse this moonlight Winters
night, overlooking broad acres Of field and forest,
I'm full view Of the Illuminated cloud that nightly
Overhangs the great City OF New-lork, ard
but thirtynue minutes ride from brilliant Broadway.
and have built homes for ourselves and Others and
are thoroughly familiar with all that relates
quirements Of New-York business men, desire to
show every who cares TO have home Of his own,
how he get it, and be forever IT'D Of the apaey Of
landlords We prefer to address men Of limited mod
late, and shall presume that nowhere Manhattan
Island the ownership of house and lot possible TO
Of average incomes AS familiar with thepnce Of
property accessibility and convenences OF this point We
propose 10 1t in illustrating argument. Ruher
furd Park n j. Is the first station the Erie Railway,
miles from the City Hail. lies elevated ground from
100 feet above tidewater and distant 80 minutes
from Chambersst and "a minutes Jersey City. No
living abose FOrtieh-s enjoys the same prompt aud
comfortable transit to the lower part Of the city Choice
lots 10 minutes walk from the station in sections Of four
making plot 100 feet square can be purchased by those
who will build immediately at $50 EACH or scoo for the
plot and credit OF from 70 years. good com
Portable house. OF elegant exterior and cosy Interior
pQutments rooms fence and all cOnyeniences, viii
cost eco making the total cost 81 500 The interest
this tSl total NewJersey tax including and bounty
tax s27 add for repairs c enough 10 make the annual
cost 800 The accommodation In the city may pos
s had for sGoO but think $500 would hardly secure
it IN any desirable quarter but whichever amount is
qured the difference between interest and rent WILL IN
moderate number of years. pay the whole cost Of the
house and four lots which the mean time has by other
neighborhoOd improvements, advanced IN value equal to
the whole outlay Of interest taxes &c, and every dollar
expended fully represented by real property instead
Of enrching landlord ANY who has confidence In the
future and back bone enough 20 into legitimate debt
with Of paying up cam II he Is Industrious
saving and success, 20 through with an operation
like the one described. e. 900 In cash. even less Is snf
hcient the safe margin Of loan on bond aud
mortgage foE the remaining 5000 Around financial
eepter Ike New York loans can be renewed changed
Tor any length time sound real estate security No
one need fear any sudden foreclosure IL Is one OF the
smallest risks that business have 70 contemplate
Thousands OF risks in all classes Of business are taken
every day Of O far inferior character to that OF
agreeing pay twothrs OF the value Of home. There
fore we say that any young man who means TO 1--we
within bis income IL warranted IN going into debt for
home in preference 20 putting his surplus earnings into