, 1869-02-22

1hc activity aud speculative excitement IN soA
c>ta.e dp1.rr the pss1 week has cxc:cded anything
ever experienced here hctore. We hear ot rome
transactions which have been made at such u1r.
vcIltus advance. that they make many pEu.
dc1t people who wou!d Otherwise purchase hold
on from buying, because they fear the re-
suits OF Zach a rapid irc,csec OF prices. Laad IN
tic pe,ehborhood oteome of the proposed pafks has
bcen teld tn number Of install cct during the rsst
wick. at from 100 70 2nU pc: cent advanrc on The
prices at which It vas bought couple OF msnths
ago, IL we eycn hcar Of conc on which almost
as much advance has been oo-
ta.ntd In enc week. 1t is pse-
lees to predict what witt ba the rcsult, as
TIC nanst confident predictions have heretofore
come 10 Taught. Thc1e II, however, one Thing
ccrtnlu. aud that is that property cauno. always
advance ut this rate, 1t Ia tue tha: the proposed
psrke, II they become realizatoEe, will mske somo
property. which ha. heretofore been htmost use-
lees for any purpose, available for drttcase resi-
dcncce but purchasers a1c.it e to be feared sEttt
patirg Eaany instances tho res! tEcseasa IN the
value OF the properly th,t will be msde BY thc &C.
complement Of the plans {or parks. 1t IL. how.
erer, proper TO say hire that the speculative ex.
element has been chiefly in property outside the
cIty limits at there hae becn no adyAncc On in.
s!de property 10 compare to tha: oatsl1e. BTcx'
anlujrg the tablc, EIreu below Of Transactions in
different pa,ts Of the cIty f3t the past wcckae com
pared with tho pscvlous week. i: will be scrs
tkas there has been change in the tendency. ane
| ttst while the tiautactioEt IN property Inside
| the limits have Lot charged Erestly in yo.nme
ih.re has been an enormous tncrc2ec n the so7tn
| beyond Es.n aycnuc. and in the Nest, beyoat
| the city limits.
While tntrc IL not cloud to be discerced IN tn
| financial Il commercial horizon, 10 contraction
Of the currency, no douo: about the tolvescy G
tbs tArks, no bad harvest in prospect. i
tbor., uott,rg hut what promises we'll 70
The future s.ow1h aid prosperity oi the city, In
.e1Iee never experienced before
at these thiree. II wculd be better IT the 1n'e
| cs,s or the city tftbc p7escrt excitement shoul
| 70. increase. sueh ,arid advances unsstsle men
I'd, a. abt nj tie real value Of anything, and pE
them in A ftame OF ia,nt in vh'c1 they nla5 CASH
! ttc,me dcmoralizcd aud pantcs:ricken whe
| ihrtc Is no Cause.
| In house 1euts there bAs been scarcely I'll
! Change since Iaet fail. 4 great many OF the ne
| hhuete Lsvc Iot been put ID the Mstk-t Jet Il
rent TIE orntle holding of with The expecsatft
Of II Him. In default of which they will b. for &c
about The IL. o: May. II IL believed that. 10 nc:
II all I1ttnLclE, owncrs WHO are NOW renti1
| viii he g I'd 10 rem. the lenses us thet teEal
| theile.rit ra'ta. For stufcs ihtfcie III ritHu.i
art In ept'air 1utsIt'tne. Fnet a. afatr tifret,
| racer Lake and Maids on. large htnaec@ alssc 1c
| u4fn f. -rr,e OF tbs ns*v stntes, ehtin m la
ittr rAtne that they uuuId hasa ttu1tht a Jeaf 4
h, l-nm ~ to n ret cent.
The 70 l,,wft r tahtr shows thc snInnc at Il
drmy tfhtsa. .liunt IN I'm estate s1'hatcd vi
1T A fAtine extending sertt tntIes frnh1 tbe CUi
: | fl nsr. during ttt wrsk ehdinr rehfnstY qf
i I'll" *gEtrgAtr <suo III ract, rtsect,n:. mi ID"
II 'A In III, ht'ts t"fnrHted with the sAn's tut Il
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