The New York herald., 1869-05-02

women nnd employment readily IN the factories
Ihey are somewhat clannsh, and have no re9aru ior
the Sabbath, and few OF them attend public worship
Those wRo come to the cities and factory towns
there but in some porsi"ns cf Vermeat and west
ern massachusetts many are purchasing Iarus iof
At the date OF the latest advices real estate busi
ness was very active In San Francisco. Tne Aud
Ca07.id says that the decline In the wealth OF the
OF some measures to attract aad fix population An
examination OF the State Surveyor Generals report
for lsoS, made by the Sacramento Union shows that
Of taxable properly in 1862 and Sos 45S COO in 1868,
and 676 Inhabitants six years ago. and 1928
the other hand have In the same period risen from
79 0 to las 265 inhabitants and from $34 AS 600 10
CHICAGO % Ss d 9Ss 18th u gives the fol-
lowing information respecting real estate IN that
city and the progress OF the park movement there-
TONERS regard to the parks. 1t Is not probable
that they themselves know what they shall do. For
BOARDS Us are but little acaaainted with park construc
ton and II will take some little time for them to be-
come acquainted with their new duties. Al the
present stage II may be supposed tnat each member
has become to good degree, impressed with the re-
spOnslbility Of new position, and OF the necessity
move carefully az ana Inis eeng Jonsd ~ wa aa aI
ter would naturally cause judlcious men to move
slowly. There are but two or three examples OF
parks OF any great extent and elabOrateness of con-
cepti0n and execution In the country. There must
be studies, which new boards OF park commission
erS Ike our own may prOuL Oy anu lmltate; anu,
while our commissioners are reading up the citizens
viii feel that 1t is better to move slowly than to
wrong. member Of one OF the boards intimates
that nothing VIII be done at present. He regards
prices OF outside property in the neighbOrhOod of
the parks as considerably inflated. II the Board
should condemn the properly for the parks at pres,
city and the taxpayers suffer unnecessary loss This
is his argument II the prices are inflated, little
delay Will tend to bring them down to their legiti
mate value. II they are not 1t Will only put on for
q time urther advancement in price, which must
take place as soon as the actual Improvement of the
parks Is commenced ih
In the meantime, that real estate within the city
limits Is on sound basis, indicated by its increas
ing activity The recorded transfers show that the
safes OF city property are continually increasing
while the transfers Of outside lots have been reduced
B. r Lee offered at auction, yesterday a NUN.
Der of lots, situated Hasted street. the point
where 1t Is crossed by the Rock Island railroad.
Also a number OF lots between Forty and
Forty-third streets. on Cottage Grove, Evans and
Peck avenues. The auction was TO have been held
at No. 1s Exchange place. at three O'Clock; but
ga Geaes who Were al sa
curbstone board, and who cared more for the
price OF corn and wheat than for that or real estate
and, after reaching bid OF twenty-eight dollars
per foot II WAS bid IN by the owner and the property
withdrawn. The auctloneer next offered number
OF lots IN the town OF Hyde park, on Eighty third
street, and, after receiving bid OF twenty dollars
per lot these were also Withdrawn, not single LOT
being sold. = 80
The same paper OF an earlier date makes the fol-
lowing expose Of operations In real estate In Chi
cago, which Is certainly worse than anything that
mas come under our notice in this market:-"Ihe
scalawag operation that was brought TO hight in one
OF me courts the other day reveals very common
method or doing the real estate business IN this city;
or rather OF doing the purchaser In tnat case the
broker was commissioned by the owner to sell piece
OF ground, the owner naming $1,000 as his price.
The broker, by artful representations, persuaded
lady, who happened tQ be the possessOr Of little
MONEY bpt no knowledge Of the value Of real estate
tnat he lot was cheap at 81 500 and, upon his rep,
a purchaser at $500 more than the owner asked for
his property, the broker went to the owner and said
he would take the property himself The conveyance
was made accordingly, and by this transaction the
broker made his commission for selling the lot, the
same as II he had sold it to third party. The con-
veyance TO the real purchaser then made by tie
broker and by this transaction lie pocketed $500 in
addition to his commission as a broker The decree
OF the court set aside the second conveyan,e e. and
thereby declared it TO be a swindmg trala asaction
Other and exactly similar transactions are almost
daily occurring IN Chicago, which never get into the
courts.n