The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-10

Foley for 49, $685. has bought Of Ezra J. Coates lot
OF land at Boston Highlands at the corner Of Grove
Hall avenue aud Edgewood street, containing 1850
square feet. Messrs. Thun h Jansson, for e2,5s4,
have bought OF Roger Druy square feet OF land
on the southwest side Of court or street 80 ieet
wide, running sOuthwesterly from Parker street TO
the Boston and Providence Railroad. The estate No
10 Bllerica street. for 4,soo has been bought BY Mr.
Abrams til broker from Messrs Hickok Prosser.
Michael Burk. for S., 700, has bought Of A. H. Read
an estate the southeast side Of willard street, 22
feet and inches 'front.' Lorenzo Bowen for 81 500 has
bought OF widow Moriarty land and buildings on
Poplar court Mrs. Wright for 81, 800 has bought OF
James E. Wilder an estate In South Boston, on the
southery side Of Silver street. the lot being twenty
two feet and six inches 'front.' Dennis Farracy, Tor
$1,000 has bought OF Thomas :. Waters an estate IN
South Boston on the southery side OF Silver street,
Just westerly of street, tw enty feet 'front.'
The follow Ing real est tate sales are reported In a
late philadelphia paper:-rhree story brick store,
34S North Third street. 2Oy125 feet 800; genteel
three story brick dwelling S2s North Tenth street,
subject to a yearly ground rent Of ninety dollars,
So, 500; lot on Howard street, south OF Cambria
street. s425; two story brick factory Ashland street,
Forest HILL tie farm of Mr.. Robert Mckenzie, one
mile from GordOnsvil!e. Va, and containing $40
Mcintyre OF New York, for $50 per acre cash. The
hotel properly at Gordorsvie, formerly belonging
to the Messrs. Wood, has been sold to hessrs. Mur-
ray & Ely, OF New York, for s, $50 cash.
Washington paper gives the following additional
particulars concerning the proposed sale OF 500 COG
acres OF Virginia land noticed here yesterday:-The
Norfolk and Great Western Railroad Company and
the Virginia International Land Company have
lately entered INTO contract ~ WHICH tne ster
all the surplus lands lying along the projected rail-
road that may be conveyed TO It's company IN sub
scrptop for stock. This the land company VIII uu-
deytake to do chiefly by inducing and furnishing
facilities for the immigration from Germany Of per-
come os q puTchasers 70 this end they viii proceed
with all practical despatch to establish agencies III
Germany and engage the means OF Transportation
to Norfolk. The means accrung from sales VIII go
to the railroad company In and oil It's lund 1or con
strucrion. This project seems feasible ana prom
ises very important results.
BROOKLYN paper saws OF the real estate market In
this vicinity :-Great activity continues 10 prevail III
the real estate market a. East New w, f ,Sa
on which they can tie had so reasona1le mat NUM-
bers wishing secure houses or lots for Investment
The attention Of the masses has been called to the
advantages Of Long Island by the purchase OF Hemp
given to il by the press has been the Of send
ing thousands prospecting to this favored location.
who on seeing ITS advsnages are , Locating mere
| villages Wi! be greatly benefited by MT. Stewards
purchase. Buildings are being erected In every
quarter OF the town. several factories are about
being located here. The grading and extending OF
Atlantic avenue viii soon be commenced tue eur
veys having been made. The builders and real es-
tate Offices are doing n good business.
The Boston 7sureiier OF wednesday last says con-
the s, eaa d NV i aa
of Aldermen for fhe extension OF Washington street
does not carry in II an exactly straight line with the
present end OF the street. but trends t very little
To the left as to strike aud INCLUDE the west cor
ner Of Hanover and Friend streets, which Is nearest
to Portland street Everett occupant, and the most
OF tie part OF that building which Is on the OBJ
posite east corner, on the same side OF Hanover.
1t DESTROYS and IN cudes that little place which leads
out Of Friend street. just lew steps from Hanover
toward Sudbury, called Billings place. IL comes
out into iiaymarket square by taking nearly the
whole front OF the lsidde carriage mart which Is the
property Of ST. Andrews Lodge OF Free Masons, and
part of the Alpheus Hardy trust estate, adjoining
which Is occupied by George w. Berry q Co., furni.
ture dealers. The street takes away most OF the
Rand printing Office building on Cornhfl, about half
of tue City Hotel and the alley that runs along It,
corner OF the furniture or old Museum Hail. on Fin
street. that corner towards Hanover lhat part oil tue
Solomon Wlldes estate that Is on Hanover street,
&c. The amount OF land taken Is III general terms
as follows the final decision as to the number OF
feet not being quite dcfne:-COrnhlll-heirs OF Ed
ward Tuckerman (Rand's 1855 feet: Brat!le street.
Fifty Associates Getty Hall &c., l3,!Io feet; Elm
yer street southeast side-heirs OF Solomon Wide,
s22o fset heirs of Thomas Capen. $50 feet tiigsius
store). The Solomon Wilde esrate Includes that
wooden range on the southeast side OF Hanover
street. where Whites bonnet rooms are Hence
these Old buildings were left standing when the rest
OF Hanover street cut of on that side by Nider-
ing. Hanover street, northwest sldc-J. NJ Beebe's
estate 1870 feet j. II. Hatch, Jr. 905 feet u. >. H0-
toms boot store: Thos. Higgins, corner OF Friend
Everett occupant 1895 feet; heirs OF Samuel Ken
dali. other corner Friend 1855 feet, now occupied
by Dwight Wheelock Il Co.; Chlds, Crosby & Lane,
SIS feet. Friend sireet-Ed. Jordan's back corner,
40 eet rear OF four estates running back to centre
OF the block-EliZabeth p. Gray, 1920 feet; George
r. Bowling, 1880 feet; James Damon, lao feet;
George W. Berry, $3.50 feet. Haymarkot square =
Mary f. Bird (rear cornerl 7l6 feet; st. Andrews
Lodge, $500 feet; Apheus Hardy, trustee. 1907
feet The amount OF damages to be assessed Tor
each estate has not yet been fixed.