, 1870-10-09
REAL ESTATE MATTERS,
A Marked Improvement In the
mnrkcf,
Description Of the New West Side
Central Park


SHOW dtcIued lmpsoven emf over the past tNo
or three motths-thc totni trabsfers reaching I
million Of dollA1s-sEveIA u them quite large
and III an Important character. Among the leas1-
ing transfers are Its on Flt, nth sIe~t south
west md koutheatt C0iLcrs ol 1ndlanx avenue,
north 'front.' 3,1otxa6' feet: price. s10o0po block.
10, II aud IS, rarkere subdiyts!ou n G, Aa.w.b
section e. 3, II e., Tor 81, 90: Fourth Avenue, s.
e. corner Of Van Buren, st1eer weat front, 7axlos,
for 81, 600; I'VE blocks near Boulevard, 10 e. n OF
q. ". Y, section SO, 10, Is Z, for &4r,0oo; West
Adams street. r. {. corner OF fAu!lna htteet north
1r.nt, l96 7-lt1lso feet, with SIX 6ncl buildings,
SIG, ,Mp; West AdAms street, 80 ieet east VI
WUOd street, north frnnt. lsa11!o 1eet, s13.0oJ,
etc. Il u III e tha1 tne trallsetA sauth Ut Ihe
city limits, an,l IN the vicinity OF the paris anu
aIs.
REAL ESTATE At ACc7lGX.
growing disposition ~ buy ana ecti feal estate
under the hammer OF the auctiunsst, Seems to ex-
Isl among uealrls III the Cttr. The week past
thete have beEa quite nnlnbet Of suca sal:s, IN
which nrst-ciaks property has been o1rfest and
the llicce bFuuGht have been gehensll5 sansfac-
columns SLOW that about tver, .lay thla Week VAL
uahIc iilk roveu AID u1hmpruve.l property, IN va
rous rartsoi the csys 70 ,c otesei 70 sne highest
ttAgs: rs In tats respect chicago Ia far behind
her sister cities of the xorhl- rue auction raiur,
value oi piope1tr, add ID whe :nis fact il ] rrcos.
nize 10 PERSONALITY IL th.s c!ty, there is uafOr
14astt.y no application 0f II az u real estate In
New fnrk. Lonaun, lark. Phii.isiphsa, New Or
as n1ed as that OF stocKs and securities,
Tor the reason that It's sale y al
And sacn ought, ana % Isrtty eersa,aly % vii, uis.-
uIately. ae The Gust IN Chicago. We taluI 1hst
property oTners Renera1ls viii join u, In tals
conlec''on, IN wtsn'ug success to the nexty es-
1ahltshed nrm Of Thayer, Curry i Co.. No loa
Dearborn street, wLo irtose, in tna: eleg lut aul
Convenient lOc@ton to GIVE their attention exGlu-
nj ;luC'1un They arc aeconnsheti aacttuuectr,
and gentlemen Of integrity, WIN hare hat large
experience IN handling real estate and securities
Intend tn voc themselves s,cly 10 the sale Of
tlat Glass o. ptoIsr15. th.y are entitled 10 and
slu ulA ssse the support Of owners aud otters tn
ttftstcd.
NEW BUILDINGS.
In our article OF tnc 7th inst on buildings and
public inn TovCtuents In Chicago for the year l55,
st"e II has 5Ga
Esq, aud Clarke. Layton i 10. nea: The lake
hhote, frouitn9 north on Twenty aIth streer, cos
to-day Is the Ia: gcs, and most tmp'slngic appear
once that has. As yet, Teen constructed ID the
city. 1t conslsts Of Il buildings, = feer 'front.'
stories end basement. and $40 teet long na!ls q
WEST ciiicAGo CENTRAL rARx. 70,.
The dessh tuI this PARK has ben adopted By
aSout e eennsnee. NJ Ihs psst rs Is situated sa one
mud one-aa'f miles west pf Western avenue, Lakc
ant Mtitlson R'TeGl> passing through the groun,ls
ina.mnch al the passage If hay wagons aud teams
are III slightly anti foreign 10 the purposes 1t 4
nssE. Il was necessary t1 40 arrange the design
Is Aont lAy rctatning wall on either st,'e Of the
street about hrt tert high. and nuundlng alove
thesc >sa IL, >iortag on gently into toe pAtk. and
trees, % thar ,'sssons. within the park
,hat srs tr often within = iew ya.,,.
thytc pnrts thai, frum the very nature OF the case
tteinahu stpafase tteatutnt, with taty cnrn uun-
cAttuus Mtwren them BY means If broad,
fttngts, or, rather, tunnels IS they might bc
cslI,4. are planted on either side, 80 a. to con-
cxal the s!'a'', even from those on the bridge.
which the TWO roads divide the park IS arranged
with pleasure.dryes aud rromensdes, with nu-
! 1uetous auxiliary features TO Etvc variety and
contribute to The enjoyment Of Its visitors. The
Two smaller rortipns are devoted 10 special uses
| that IN the Hunth 10 museum OF natural history
! anu hosanteal and xooloStcat Garlen; that on
Is .lesgue-l LOT broat lawn with ss.led oonIess,
70 Ac usttl for para1es basc bail, ntl public meet
lnfs-
| and toward tho CITY on the line OF Washington
street. This line continued, intessects the sight
| Of clock tower placed some s0n feet within the
nass ~ he eSne st. o. Rsse point
\ cvct, ns far awaF Us Enion Park. West OF The
ctcCk tower Is broad LAKE, covering Au area OF
n'4Jul eleven acres. narrowed IN ts centre TO a.
Inv tic passage by Lr1tlNc to The rTer. connect
ipg the two IoulevArtts that enter the PARK the
t.U1th and sonth-
Al the west end ri the LAKE Is bruah, architect
ural terrace. In the centre Of which ts toe music
| stand, concourses for catriaRes-equesHikns aud
pedestrians are on either sl'ie-th1t all can mp
retectofy. with broa'l verantaahs, uveflooks the
LAKE on the north. ~hilc the p1posIts Aide, and
LcaIes the ely, Is the chlldfens play ground, with
ing opportuni,iea Tor pleasure parties to amuse
| Themselves with outdoor games, wander In the
shade, o. picnic, beneath the uees On the shore
Thero are many other details tha, cannot we'll
he tescrtn wi.iou, tue AId OF illustrations.
Iu genera terms. the design Il simple, aud the
Thcre Is an od sa5,ng, that simplicity Is elegance;
truth lhnt can be BuIsantateti b tie best as1-
thel.iies and thousands OF examples
the e,te for ef foture y musram. ~ paok. mi rns
cloauEea for animals, a DA1ry-{Ionse, and d Bo-
| tanlcal Garden This latter, though not In gen.
herd Of deer, Is nevelth.ieas \ feature thst can
| bc turned 10 the greatest benett. The study Of
| l,o.sny Is sadly nrRltc'ed, although VIC are the
win tae hcpc oi fa::asing this staiy M md Il 10 D.
creas,ns our interest In THIS branch OF natural
history, that this tenure has been Introduced,
| executed, untser the .l.fecS,ou Of the atrhl-
teets ana engineers OF the boart, Aesstl. Janney,
| ScncfMerborn and EoHalt OF tAS city. OF whom
educated IL razss, u the d;Ss-snmeut Engineer
SrhoOl, ant has been IN ptncttce in this city fu1
several years. NJ: SchtrnleIhoEn Is ca,et Engi
| ncer, in charge OF the works OF the Rrefsile
lmlrnrea,eut Company, at Riverside. ME. 10
Eaft still hol'ls the 1s'sition OF Chef Engineer
a,so te Sessu ioT ,ss wasains,os a1
Park 1t Albany.
SAN rRAsc1sca,
A correspondent ot New York paper write.
ts assests ssae Of real sssate Of thc cs
'2,, whsce ts abeut orc~th!Et the market Of actua
sa1ue. Thcte are 3, ,olU a:1a divided Into It's, OK
nul!4ing loss, IN tho city ard county,. There AZ
| four b.Dcls-adi Only fourth San francisco Ii
witch lots would sell high as s., ,10u to .o9e
| per f1ent foot, with au average depth O
~ feet. Thcss blocks are s1tuate., Gu Mont
ncy street Is the second best sctst business street
The corresponding b1ocks IN this street, betseeu
tsush and Market streete, Bre the best Lots art
MoTh +ao0 to ,aA0 per front foot Third street
trDfn Marie. To Howard street. Is the thiri ret,ii
business street Lois there are worth 81 q to Fl.
eo0 rer front foot: SAMSON aud Battery streets,
from Pine to Market streets Atc the hest whoIr-
| sale Duslhcss Streets. Lana Oh them Is worth $sa
to per front foot with An nvcraXr depth oi
TT Tae NOS P9P1a5 s,fest; toE psats RS,
leayecwuftn streets, en- the snny slope Of ren.
Il! rising hill iora. with depth cf 1879 ieet
ss i0E .aSo % s PCT ffont m ,ooL Sine-tenshs o.
LUIS Oh othrr vide sttects. mile tu 4 mile and
halt from the city centtr, sell for $l,N0 to Els
r.! p feet lot. with An average depth Of 100 ftc:
First and secondclass business property Is Cxpcct.
cts 10 pay u NIT annual Income OF AbUut 10 pe,
cent, While private residence property nayB ahou
1e rer cent Land In prospective BUSINESS street.
sells for $500 10 $500 pef fr0nt foot Real estate u
saH FrAncitco has been vetJ dull for over ycar
and psices have tended downward, espeeia!i; ID
the suburbs The sales Tor the nrst half OF jss,
amounted to 81, ,0o1 ,G4, while tnpsc mlte In tnt
I utst ha.f OF 1870, amounted to only x31t9.;4S
During the year preysons to the completion of ,At
PActfc Railroad everybody srecuiAtgL In real es
tate. the calculation being that new ers Vt prps
pet1sy Welll necessarily follow the laytug Of tht
! last lAli- The eject OF the road ya5 the Yery on
posttes however; 1t brought Ia outside competl1on
lrrm which San Francisco was previously con
rfetelv free. The teilrnaf has r1t N euu 70 the
tra OF exu1vaeant p,odts, hahila, and prices, 1t
era too Of progress in home manufactures Is be
E1nnlpg.
The New York 1tnt< Of Moniay says tAat, coz
frnrJ to the general eIpcCrz1 the week eHd,
Ing On SATURDAY, Oct i, vas not an active one II
real efsa1e- The buslnrss IL altrts branchcs, was
extremely dnl', no particular tntcrest being mani
| Tested, and hardly any event worthy OF notice
| ttanSFriuR. In the matter OF suburban salea
| the same apathy Was observed dur1nE the EceE
Several sales were attempted but theT latlcsl ol
having their mcttta Recognized.
| SEMINARY.
The fct1nwiCE table sh 3ws the youu1c and tend.
enc{ 81 In rraf estStc situated wtult
| 4 radius extending seven. miles tFom The Ccut1
| House ,fuFtnR the WEEK en,ljng October ), tht
IN all oelhE compared with the satae for the Qyt
| Ek&Ak - =