New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-03-08

ests OF real estate. Mr. Mills TINS week reports o lo
lowing sales: For W. p Abendroth, building Plot on
Croves Portchester 100 IT, front by l2j IT, deep 10 MT
Hiram Beebc Of Portchesier, lO59 For r. r. CornGn,
In four lots i'm East POrtcheser with water front, with
frontage on Watcrst OF 200 IT., 10 Messrs AbendrOth
Bros q 400. .For W p, Abendroth, building plot on
We arc requested to make the following corrections
Thos Clarendon Of Orange Valley sold his place ior
si5,0oO, not $500, as reported yesterday
A TALK ABOUT RENTS.
"Rents going mp" is again the cry this year. ASH
was the last and will be the next Houses are very
scarce" is postuato that follows in the track OF the
other but both are assumed to make true in the end
what is false at the start Take for instance the house OF
Mrs Bouncer-HOt the famous lady in "BOX ana cox
in Tenth-st between Unverstyplace aud Ffth-aye.
She now pays rent and 5000 demanded Tor the
next year Her house is always full Of boarders OF the
best class-theatrcal people OF note and standng-Dut
takes all she can gather in this way ana
from good business besides, to run the es'
Enlistment and pay the rent. Yet there arc
today, in the same neghborhood, five large houses
facing Other they would tTown each other out
Of countenance with "To Lev the walls and there
they have stood for weeks waiting for tenants un "
would take Sergeant Buzfuz to describe them ID to
have directions upon them ustrucng persons mo may
them to apply to agents VINO VIII give peiS
The attempted increase present exorbtant rents
may best be husIaea oy It t tory and basement
6Tct houso I'm for $780, but the next year
re fonTt6 wear TO $1,000 In the third and fourth years
Of bs occupancy Of the house the increase was for each
and I'm file two years the increase exceeded that nrst
years rent 100 Last year the general ndisp9son 70
nav te enormous rents demanded enabled Mr. Readypay
to have his rate reduced but this year the land
lord wants 81 300 and the tenant Is compeeq tnrTW
instance Of hundreds IN every part OF tle cy ana a.
illustrates the way in which the ndu3oGS d aU1
gradually transferred the and occupancy or adYen
tnTers Rpt LOOK little further MT George resides in
fgb w NlItlNNCH.
good house, with respectable and agreeable private
family and occupies the secOnd.fOOr consisting Of
a large front ard back room, two small hail rooms
and closet and wardrobe bur lac has neither gas nor
water and bath on this floor. He has also rear base
neut kitchen; the Of these apartments two years
AGO being $780, and that now demanded 1000 vi course
an Increase 500 for the next year what was oO too
ligh the last Is than he can afford and he is com
lecd to 20 where he get the same ACCOMMODATIONS
Tor less money In Charlon-st., near Greenwich, he
'Ouud the same kind Of IA house, with water, gas,
and BATH and lacking only the basement TJOm
for $50 rear basement IN any h1nse So ILL.,, NOR
nary worth much less Tor which much more is paid q
Der month is not unusual rent for these damp and
lreaTy burrowng places IN the houses Of this
ty but the rent Is more frequently above than below
hese figures 81 is the standard price for the cilCnm
cribed limits in an attic usually allotted 10 whole
amy, the Accommodations being nearly twice the worth
If basement dwelling, as being much nearer heaven
rot so near the grave.
There is in this city peculiar kind Of tenements. DIFF
crpe In every essential from the tenemeuts already in
Heated in this article which may be known by the three
,r four bells 10 the door OF what otherwise appears
very nigh and OF course there is an effort
he rent stl higher. Ar Jackson living In OF these
Houses IN SiXth-ave, between FOTtyelghth ana rory
iinhsts pays tG5 per month for the first floor over
tore, and the other floors are held at 500 and A5 The
As apartments have been empty for months, because
10 person could be found to- pay so enormous rent
or accommodations so Inaccessible Furnished
houses rent much higher and while many unfurnshed
residences hired at every rate between 800 ana $500,
er month the others often bring $4,000 and even $1,000
er annum And il ~ be noted that these houses even
the avenue or IN the fashionable Streets aside from
be furniture In the language OF contemporary, sleep
lg against satinpapered walls" no better than the
be last few years. But II is assumed that the new
ouses erected during the last year are sufficient
the increased demand since the number
u IN the whole city does not equal those put up IN
ngle Brooklyn ward. Our sweet and yirtuOus rival |
hicago-a rival stll behind million two in the mat
1r Of population, aud uBuumDered millions In that |
I wealth-says, I'm its blandest tones Of
Is TO the official figures erected but 500 new buildings
~ b sa TS SHc@ " anu up T TS9 @qt
difficult TO understand hut New-YOrk Is not likely |
forget what Chicago fails 70 remember that for every
house built in this city have suburb % receive
Iburbs is more active I'm dweJ1es tban the
ali as many dwellings were put up last year az are |
ofrisp zoo We're ~ tact s7a bcn S 5It NOW
567 In the Nineteenth ward OF this city 900 buildings
heap dwellings, was 40 rapid that il was found necessary
extend the IRE limits 70 prevent tho safety OF the
the same neghborhOod. The whole number Of build
ngs erected OF commenced and not completed during tho
ear was $3.50 the number not completed Jan. was
,112 IL all the houses built by NewYork capital for
ZONES for Hew-York men marshalod in that array
figures OF which they are capable and every city and
rbute its number TO the general increase II would be
ound that instead OF our growth being only one-nth
hat Of Chicago, the growth OF Chicago would only be
ne fourth that OF New-YOrk.
There will be general increase OF rents this year
landlords are busy with the hue and cry but It is not
rObabe they will succeed I'm frightening any one Last
ear they attempted the same thing and most OF them
allied IN the attempt, with great loss TO themselves
Everybody can remember that many stores Broad
ray, opposite the City Hall and further up town
TODD unOccupied for half the last year. because
BIO owners demanded rent far exceeding
that business men could pay. For the first
me IN many years the principle recommended
{ the time by THE TRIBUNE was generally
dopted namely, that 1t IS better to remove to other
)catOn dsageeabe as removals are, than TO DO ruined
the eXactOns OF ayaricous landlords But not only
torres but dwelling houses and apartments stood idle for
lOnts for the same Even now, empty premises
between Seventh and Elghthaves, has
ad dreary bill upon IL long that 10 Is becoming
1onument Of desolaon, and from present appearances
n sXth-aye., between Tenth and Eleventh-ss.,
: , a. mouse, when two years ago was hired
$ follows; Cellar, $780, store, $1,000 dwelling, 1900
LAW out DIS old tenant, who had occupied II for years.
noyed 99 and since the first OF May has been leased
y s1 ueient sets OF occupants. None OF these paid
ny tout az az with single exception, and in that
ne tenant left the house the expiration OF the month
Ta when ne had paid The same Kind Of retributve JUS
o resist the encroachments OF landlords and show
han 10 nav rather 70 remove TO the suburbs
han man reasonably expect 10 earn ar onv ordn
'ey 80 @ "a TINS CITY man employed at $40 or
ose ~ 90 W 6e would have sorry time II he hired
must be devised by which people can live IN W, ~
umcenty near TO II to do business In the etv ithont
he degradation OF the whole population ia sure ~ 1 VI
Tie track Of aVarice and extoriion. ''--O"
THE SUBURBS OF NEw-YoRK-NEwJERsEY.
ted