, 1869-02-21

The activity ind speculative excitement 10 rail
e-ta.a dsrrg the past week has &c >eded AnJthlus
ever experienced here bet 70. Ws hear OF soma
tatsae1Iors which have BON mads n such mt1-
vrla IA advances ieat ihey mako ln1ny pru.
dcIt PEOPLE who woud otherwise purchass hold
ii ffom buying, because they feaf the re-
sal,4 Of such rapid Il cease Of prices. Lad Ia
TIC D. .lrhborhood otsoms VI posed parks has
tccn sold In number Of 1Lstar ees during tn- pns
week. At iron looto 100 per e:as advance On the
prizes It which II vas bouA BIT coaple Of N .nshs
ago. n d ne even hear Of acme on which a!nost
u much AdrAncs has been o.
untd In one week. 1t Ia use-
ess 10 predict wn&e Will b too fsault, u
the most cor td,Lt predictions hara Eeretotoss
CONC 10 1AuEns- Thr1o IL. huNesef, oae thing
etrtA E. aLd thai Il That property cannot always
advance At thiBr., It's uus thas the proposed
pltkr, II ikey b.corne rt talxatinrq, Will aake some
properly, which has h. retoiore be,u almost use
ss ior any purpose. available fcs drs-ela.s resi-.
deneee but purchasers alel ts 70 be fearcd snict-
pattnx In Hauy iBssknees tao 1eal Increase in tbs
value Of the properly thn will b, u,ds By tna a.
comInshm mt Of the plans for parks. 1t IA, how
eset, pr per to say h.re thst tha speculative e1-
atemant las been ehitnJ In p;o,ersy outsido The
city limits a thero hAa * en- no advance On in
SIDE property 10 comparu to that o1tAlde. BJex-
amlnsne tie table, given below, Of Transaction. In
different p1r1 of The city s1s tho past week "a COM
pared with the previous week It will he eeen
thas there has ben change In the teedo1cy, and
that whila the ulutact1ors IN property inside
the lnlts bare rot changed greatly II volnm.,
th.re has been m enormous 'ncrrsse u tho Soatn,
leyopd Egsu aTtnce, a1d In lhe West, beyond
tht cry .l1cits.
Wslie tll.e Il not cloud to be discerned ia tho
d1aIeisl n eomuetclsl hortxoa, ro e,at.ae,ion
Of The currency, no donb. sbout' tbs solv.Acy Of
H.. NJ H. no bad hhryest In pfcacset in
thoit noshira uus what promises uer! Tor
be future Rtowth ahd prosperity Of the city, IN
de-, &c rcser experienced Observation-Disclosures
ell these things, II would be bctcf fIr tho IN ef-
c.:e OF the city II tie prt.cnt excitement should
1ol iucttase. Su-h rapld advances rnse&be non's
ID, az ab d: tie real salre Of anything, and put
| 1hcn IN iIsne Of n,uc IN when they may ea1,ly
| eect ne dcnoEalEed and pallc-s.1setcn when
| there is 20 cause.
In house rents thcre has been scarcely sny
change since Last MI. A greAs many Of the neW
houets hare not best put IN tha market yet for
rent, tie oEntts holcinx od with tns expectation
Of ee!lirf. IN defaut Of which thsy will bs for rent
about the 1dt Of May. Il 1s behaved that IN ne.r-
II all tlst1ccts, owners who zrr now renting
Ill ba Rad 10 the lessea of their tenao,s II
tho peeert fates For etofea there s N Inquiry,
md in certain locslions. such as Htate street. be.
| tween Laks and haditon, large bonuses hsyt heen
pa1d far some Of tho new stores, whle on Lake
e,1ee wes; of STATE. E,o1es cun not bo 1eated for
| tie samc that theJ would have brought year ago
b1 ;Euu. II 70 Is PCT cent.
The fo.lowir table sto1s the volume 4nd ten
dency Vi ir1DsA NOES In real estate AltuAted With.
| in 1setua extending teven uiiee nom The Court
| fiji usc. during tee week ending FcbrultJ 90tn,
the se1rcy ate slue In each olIecuo1, and the 10
,al In al, beng compared with tue s.ns ior LAST
| Week: