The New York herald., 1869-02-19
Real Esfnte Nafes.

With the approach OF spring there is observable
great activity in building which is nowhere more
notcaoc than III the upper emo OF the island. MI
merons improvements OF this character are already
in progress In Harlem, and many more are contcm-
plated. Unless operations are interrered with py
another conflict between the builders and the difIer
ent operatives, such as proved so disastrous last
year, the coming summer and fall VIII witness the
CoupetiUn Oi more new buildings than has any pre-
Nluus similar period.
new railroad in Westchester county il projected
between PORT Morris and hvington. II is proposed
10 run the road through Merose Tibbett's Brook:
thence along the Inc o that brook to the east side OF
Y0nkers. whence IL VIII follow the Saw Mil river
road 10 the negnborh0od OF irTiagtop. II VIII there
connect by terry with the liermont branch OF the
Erie road 1ouverneur Norris Is said 10 ue largely
Interested IN the enterprise.
WORK has been resumed upon the West Shore
railroad and tue company have contracted ior the
completion OF the section between Jersey city and
Fort Lee by June. TWO aud quarter miles 1f tue
grading u iinlsled from the lormer point. mile
OF grazing has also been completed netWeen Fort Lee
and Piernont and piles have been driven for the
track near Nyact.
several New Workers have recently purchased land
near Fredericksburg, Va. the price was from ten
60 ffteen dollars per acre. THE HtTGyd OF that cry
says that thirty persons nave been there ooNlng or
h0mesteads
The Boston ogruals ere commenting upon The ac.
tivty In real estate In that city present One OF
them says--For the irsr four days ~ February the
average number OF deeds handed in for record was
hfty-seveu per day, and for the whole tim" since TIE
average has been about forty per day This looks IKE
business In the real estate line 1t i said that there
before. Wnile real estate and government bonds
nna ready sale al increasing prices we may hepe for
prosperous times.
The bill emanatng from the south Rrooklyn I'm.
provement Company asking FOR the extension OF the
Gowanns Canal 10 Inc block between First and THIRD
streets and Third ald Fourth aycnues presented 10
the Legislature during the present session, has since
Ifs provisions have become generally known aroused
the opposition of many Of the property owners Of
tnat locality. The intention Of the b, II appears
~ to egaze cut ten feet deep and forty feet wide
across Third avenue, over which permanent
fn.flI hB laid 4t.nt etta
OF the street would not be Distracted. canal
would then be dug from the bridge up TO Fourth
avenue. The effect would be, stated by the sec
rttafy oi the association at meeting OF property
owners recently held, to drain the meadows between
Third aud Fourth avenues into the canal below, and
thus eventually the land would be dried and made
ht for llIng and building u not II could bc used
for wharf purposes, Tor class OF vessels without
masts; 50 there would be no need OF a araworIdye
or any obstruction whatever to the street traIflc OF
Third avenue. In reply to this 1t stated fhat the
bill gave tne association additional powers, which
bridge lor masted vessels. The citizens OF the
Eighth aud lwenty-second wards have prepared
renonstrancc against tie passage OF tie Dill.
Returns just received by Commissioner wilson, OF
the General Land ONCE. for the month OF January
last show disposal 2f i0,5os acres OF the pubic do
man at the folowinNocai ollces:-SQringield NO.,
1i,525 acres Dacofah, Neh 1o.06j acres: omaha
Neb.. s03S acres; Beatrice, Men, 10 ST. acres The
greater portion OF tie land was taken for actual resi-
dcnce and cultivation under the homestead laws,
and The remainder sold i0r cash or located with mill
tary bounty iand warrants.
has just received advces IRON the Surveyor General
NJ Denver Colorado showin-..he completion or the
survey OF seven additional townships IN South
Park in Park county, embracing an area OF
16i,2I5 acres. rhs tract IL watared by
the MIDDLE FORK Of south Platte ana
several small trlbutaries The lands are mostly roll
Ing aud tAe sol OF good quality VITA Il ine growth
or grass, anofulng q flnc stock range. There arc
some groves OF timber. consisting oi pine spruce
ana aspen, but the supply Is not large, but sufficient
for AL economical purposes. There are large num-
Der OF gulcn mines on this tract along the streams
some OF wnich have yielled large quantities. OF the
precious metal. Tie town of Fair Play the county
seat OF PARK county Is situated this tract on lhe
middle fork OF the South Platte IN ich mining re-
gion anu contains from 200 TO 800 inHabtants There
is large amount OF anas In this region suitable for
stock raising which are stl unoccnpied and open 10
settlement under the homestead end pre-eInption
laws. rair Play Is the seat Of local land ONCE.
W. 4. Znlnncrby has sold house and lot tthe lat
ter BONl8O) on POcalicO street, Iarrytown 10 John
Loyett Tor $1,000. At sing sing the following have
been tansierred:-Abran Acker, one lot, 2Gi feet
deep, On Spring street. 10 BENJAMIN Tunstal Tor
Sl,5JJ; Il, q. Buckh0uf, his property known as
summit Pace to VI. J. Nixon for $4,000: the
property corner of Highland avenue aud James
street To Dr. Collins for $1,000; sey. u. l.. Schoon.
makcr, chaplain OF Sing sing prison. Las purchased
a residence on state street for 200: j. Il. crow
mas bought the business property OF codngton II
Lyon. on Central avenue, for 5000: Thomas Larey
has purchased OF n. Q. Lyon house and two ots on
Broad avenue for $4,000.