The New York herald., 1869-08-29

made in suitable positions; and villa res dences.
hotels and rows OF cottage and other OF houses
Will be erected. This enterprise will doubtless lead
10 other improvements throughout the island. and
our Jersey friends Will find themselves obliged to
AT Yonkers the following recent transfers have
been made:-The house and grounds, lately owned
by w. I. shirley, situated on falisade avenue to H.
N. Titus for $35000; q plot OF ground, $50 by 100
feet. on WarburtOn avenue, near Locust street. to
John W. Ackerman. for $1,000; the residence OF r.
j. Mitchell on Buena Vista avenue. to party
named Burnham, for $4,000.
Cyrus w. Field has purchased OF Jacob sinners
hftyve acres adjoining the estate OF the former at
irvingt0n, on the Hudson, paying therefor 100000
II Is understood that the VIII at once naugu
rate extensive improvements on the property.
w. ii. Franklin has sold lot % BY 98 feet on Or
chard street, Tarrytown, TO Peter Lee for $1,000
In the same village and street John 5. Morgan has has
transferred lot OF similar dimensions to the last
named to J. r. Schall for 81, 200.
Is stated that when work on the Southern boule-
ward, IN the neghbOrhood OF Fox's Corners, town
OF West Farms. was completed BY the contractor
and subsequently accepted by the commissioners
certain property owners In That locality being
dissatisfied with the grading applied to have
the latter altered, and, 1t Is understood, agreed
to defray the cost OF the alteration. When tne
solicited change had been made the contractor sent
In his bill. which amounted to $4,000 Failing to
receive all or any portion OF the amount, the con-
tractor now calls upon the town to pay the bill and
In this ne s seconded by the Boulevard Commission
ers, with the exception OF one, who steadily refuses
TO countenance the issuing OF town bonds for that
purpose.
There will be sale Of state lots and lands at Lin
coin, the capital Of Nebraska, September 49, The
sale Will comprise 200 lots in the town site OF LIN
coin. and 900 acres Of saline lands situated within
an area OF ten miles OF the capital The object In
Offering the abOve-named state property at this time
Is to enable the Commissioners to complete the
Asylum at Lincoln. the Capitol building having been
built from the proceeds OF the previous sale Of lots
farm in Dinwlddie county. Va. belonging to Mr..
John Clements has been sold recently to Mr. Samuel
Sears, OF Philadelphia, at ten dollars per acre. The
miles from petersburg, and contains lie e acres A
iarm Of elghty'four acres, on the Southside road,
twenty miles from Petersburg was also sold at
The following improvements In Elizabeth. N. j.,
are noticed In local paper:-On Wednesday the
Mr. r. p Berret to erect docks on the water front Of
his property at the mouth OF Elizabeth creek. The
improvements contemplated are TO be OF an extern
sive character, and Will much Improve the navlga-
tiOn OF the mouth OF the creek, rendering 1t much
easier for vessels to come In and go OUT. and pre-
venting the wash now 0ccasi0ned BY the swell made
by the passage OF large steamboats,.
Quite large force is engaged upon the improve
ments In Jefferson Park. A concrete pavement Is
being laid In all the walks. 1t s designed at no dis
tant day to erect fountain in the centre, which Will
be great Improvement. The trees give o good
city limits to s spend quiet hour. FSe handsome
edfces surrounding the Park add greatly TO the at
fractions OF the neighborhood.
late number OF the Alta CALIFORNIA Says:-
Whatever may be said Of the prices Of valley lands
no purchaser can OBJECT to the rates In the rolling
by the leader Of the Japanese colony for 900 acres
with improvements, near Placerville. The same
party has bought another ,,S large well wasersd
&c, roadside inn, with twentysix BEDS, and other
furniture to MATCH barn, stables, and other out
horses cows. poultry pigs, Numerous and ali sorts
OF etceteras, for SOO The soi like their first farm
Is the best IN California for tea and mulberry panta
tOna Herr Schnell goes back to Japan to bring
large addition to the colony and to the stock OF
plants Finding our mulberry trees to be seedlings,
turists nd it necessary get trees from cultivated
varieties In Japan They foresee demand for graft
ing on our stocks Their tea seed grows 80 well that
they Will plant largely, TO supply others who
desire to go into this profitable industry. They
pect 10 have plants IN plenty of three years. growth
to out in December and January, so as to begin
tea making within two years at furthest
A Troy paper speaking OF the prOpress OF improve
proyements Of some kind are going on constantly
Our people are energetic and have laudable amDl-
ton not to be outdone In any undertaking by the
residents OF any city not more than twice its sze
There IL this difference between the improvements
which we chronicle every year az having been made
wilnm the preceding twelve months and those OF the
average OF cities within the same period:-As a rule
about one-fourth OF the money expended on inn
authorities Of those municipalities, while in Troy the
Hl'tS VIII not % exceed one-tenth Of the total. @ The The
cnterprising than are either our Common
Council or rival corporations This year is an ex-
cepton, how ever to the general rule: the subject Of
proper pavements for our most important streets
having forced itself on the consideration or the
thorties several streets now undergoing repairs
the value Of which Will in the end be made apparent
in the increased value OF property along those thor
oughfares. River, Third and Fourth streets and Vail
avenue are the most important streets which are
either being have been placed in proper condition;
while IN Eighth, Federal and one or two other streets
the iron water mains being laid by the city.
Those who are qualified to speak on the subject
say that the amount OF money expended this
season on new buildings and on extensive re-
pairs will not in all probability exceed one-half
of that done last year, and that the reason for this
state Of affairs IL to be found IN the increased cost OF
labor One master mason says that last February
the prospects for good season were never better.
the number OF new buildings contemplated was un-
precedentedly large and that competent judges esti
mated that over two million dollars would be laid
out IN Troy this summer for new buildings Accord
ing to this gentleman this was the condition Of
things when, like clap OF thunder out OF cloud
less sky the masons advanced their rate OF wages
twenty five per cent. The entire aspect OF affairs
changed when this was known Men who had pre-
viously been eager to conclude arrangements for
their improvements suddenly drew back ana refused
to proceed this year. but announced their intention
of waiting for more convenient time, especially
when, rs the building season opened. bricks almost
doubled in price, and the carpenters as we'll az
sons demanded an advance In wages. This IL the
unanimous testimony OF master masons and carpen-
these statements, but merely to give them 10 the
public as we received them and TO submit them to
the Judgment OF those whom they most Affect It
will not do, however, TO INFER tnat, with all these
drawbacks there are no new buildings going UP in
this city. There some property 0wners who, un-
deferred BY high prices did not alter their ntcn-
tops but have gone on in the path which they mad
tnat when cold weather puts a stop 10 outdoor
work the exhibit this year VIII compare favoraby
with those OF other years.