New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-19

however ~ d,Sn 81 and landlords must in many
..; concessions in order TO retain elg lfneas 0!
| obtain new once T1o n at Winter was ino'ement
enough to sSuet pcope Win living within the city and
being dependent on fore-cars and omnDuses Tor pass
age TO and from their honest ana, pgpu,ar as ~ ~
jersey villages have been, they piOh $50 W 10 st
popular this Spring, and 70 draw OIL ihgr n'Doi
people from Nev-iork Business has bf'n ~ t R'or
dn,e uhrcnuhcfutlVe during the Echr, AZ H., tbrr
economy that merchants are exercising IN a. Si, t
business Affairs Is pncuced III dom99s''ts rj,'s
t'I7, great many people expect, INN "rTi
% Yacate property commanding hgh Iehts gu w.
either content themselves with more modest hOmes III
the cry or remove 20 the neignpoung cllos anu eu =.
decrease therefore, Is not Improbable III INC rents ~
large aud elegant houses In fashionable quarters. IN
moderatepced property there VIII Ne Il lte Ia
change though there IL likely 10 be considerable change
IN tenants the former tenants moving out OF tne o5,
anu thelf places being hHed by thoSo VINO io,ror my
from higher-priced property. There Is grow low
ing reluctance to live far up town. ana o nipto
located there than in that further down town Inc
ioIo"ihg are specimens OF thc rents ION hshou d ~
furnished dwellings In TINS city: Engsh basement, ~
foot house In East Sixty secOndst. 5000 hrceSOiy,
Slicg high-stoop brownstone house IN East
st. l0 2OfoOt brOwnstone house IN East FOrty1st
ST., s2G Engishbasement house IN West f0rtyclgntn-
ST. slS hgi-stoop brOwnstone mousse III ElII i.i r,
nnth-st, 400 2lfoot brownstone house IN East re
tieth-s and similar house in Sxty-seconds near the
Iafh s5oG Dick mouse III LeAhg,oha sloo, TSi
sioOp, brOwn-stOne house IN East FOrtyiOurth,st''
s9f Dro"ns'ohe nouse III hlst ihit W.T. az" Tbirty
gust bascment, brown-stOne mousse III HesL IhIt{-
secOnd-st. each sl,SW brick house III West flfeehlh'
St, 5000; wide, brick house IN West f9ryeIhbllst,
hnsement brownstone house in West Thirty fourthst,
house
S2soj; browns stone house in Fiftyseyentnst near the
Park fourt0ry brownstone house in East Forty
Bnth-s, near faye.. S3.2p); similar house IN west
sXtecnlh-st, $780, four-story, DIoWh-stohe mouse on
West Fyseyenth ST.. and similar houses on west flity-
second and West Sevcntccnthst $1,000 English base
ment, brown-stone house in flithaye Som our-,t9y'
brOwnstOnc full-siLo house or west flIB-
5000; brown-stone house on West Fourteenth
st., 5000; hghstoop four story: ia oo oroE Eir
furnished houses the following rents are asked; Four
story, high stoOp brOwn-st0ne house on East ftctst
5000; another. three stories, on same street 500 on
West Forty,mnth-s 500; on LeHllgtoh.ave SHoy'
ON West Fifteenth st.. aud on West tiIy -hiih,oI',
on West FIf,y~coud-,t, 1920; on West Forty third
st.. $500; on East Thirty fourhs, 5000; on last
FortyirSt-st, S6OOO, and one, very large on west
Eleyenth-st, $1,000.
CITY STORE RENTS
The usual time Of year for renting stores In Newfork
suitable wholesale trade is the st Of February The
rents obtained this exhibit decline as compared
with those Of last year, and very heavy decline com
pared with those obtained during and Immediately sue
ceeding the They have also been very irregular,
stores in some streets bringing full and in others much
lower prices than heretofore Il5 diversity mas
been noticeable not only where one locality
was particularly desirable and another less
sought for, but even IN the same heisnDoTrI
decline years prices, while another near by has
greatly Deprecated Ills result comes from the anxiety
OF some merchants to be in exactly me hoisooIho ,
they prefer. and the consequent opportunity OF me
landlord to exact high price; and on the oIner MANI
the anxiety of store9wners to rent tlec pniseS. "a
the advanced, even at low rates Ih0Se lner-
who have been situated thdt thcy cOuu uedy
hiring store until late III the season. nave Deei oiaocI
to make much favorable arrangements
than ,et any CORRESPONDING season. hi. ' wear n}
rents of stores suitable for the wholesale dry goods
trade compared with last year. has been 10 to IS per
cent II will be remembered that aS year sun gIeIter
decline took place. This rate of depreciation app!tS
only stores taken early in tie season Those recently
rented on still, in the market nave declined on the aver
ago. full 40 or so per cent one store, Me atuaI 70
feet wide and 100 feet deep heretofore rented 'r
sI2 900 per aunum, has been rented since February "r
g 90 nor aHuum Another smaller store was l'.teu Ot
il was finally rented for 5000 On Broadway there are
some stores not yet rented tlat may pe optantu ~
low rate. The Broadway stores, rented Gltiy III il'
guided into taking their stores at that time find that they
made bad mistake they unable to profit by the
11,icniie s,naII stores have been more easily
rented than large ones, ana the spirit Oh Ie'eHchen
XIV No. ,gIir, a few wears ago deemed a very large
' m! ,nor have learned by experience that the
.anc amount OF business may be transacted In smaller
at leo expense ana with iAi less SIocA'
BRoOKLYS
4 better feeling prevails regarding Brooklyn real
estate. thoueh no great activity is yet manifest The
high prices and high rents OF New-York have driven
Thousands OF people to Brooklyn, and in past years
greatly stimulated building The number Of houses
erected however, was in excess Of the demand.
and as a result a great many have been unoccupied
during the past year or two. These the owners coud
neither sell rent. A. consequence ~lak holders
have found il difficult to carry thcr properly ahd many
builders have been loaded down. Among tins ciss some
IA lures have occurred, ana sales have been lprcdi t
not been frequent a. dntlflitcl lHt
city has grown nuch WITHIN e past nv yelt' anu
distance j. now great 90 the outskirts, ana the
means Of acccs, poor, that pause mas taken pace
in the growth Of some hcghDorho9u7. y PR ~
now shown for the more accessible parts OF the city.
tc icrrics ind Il dIGcnt to rent and sti more difu
TO sell Wt located property on the ights III ne oder
portion OF the city, and rs far east a the Nh Ulr
neighbJrhood of Washington Ptra), find their property
i'm demand By persons dr>TOu, Of hng but 90 not ma
very active demand from buyers. The greatest draw
back To BROOKLYN il the enormous taxation. Prudent
people especially those 81 small mans VINO are com
peled to economic. hesitate to 20 10 Brooklyn and pay
four 10 five per cent high VALUATION II Is OF
this class-pcaple In moderate crclnstahceN-lhdl lhs
population of Brooklyn Is 10 great extent composer
and Will in future be- increased Thousands who would
make BROOKLYN their home, are now coimpoHtt
tlis Excessive taxation. There seems TO be no
immediate prospect OF relief. and ia all probability New
BROOKLYN the population that the two cities should re-
tain The Bridge i, making progress ana IT'S completion
population Brooklyn and the value o property there
Bu this is 80 far distant that AT present it, construction
has little effect values. Brooklyn !, suffering greatly
from the same cause that affects Ncw-IOrk namely the
want Of steam communication between the 1.rfirs anu
the distant portions of the city. Although IL Is ahtIc
pated that very large accesSons 70 the population VII
be made this spring, the groTth VIII NOT compare WIN
what would be could people reach their homes more
speedily. IT,, o., ,o,i ioco.oi
proprrty in Brooklyn given below. property
on the flights commands the highest prices; four
bcg held at 10000 three-story, br0wn-stone house
on Culumbia-,t at S25,0O1 a thrceslOry proWIstone
house nm JoralrnoI-,t. at $4,000; one on Mon
,ra al, ot so ol0. one similar, but with attic
story additional, street, AT SO,wO III, the
les. desirable streets OF the district termed tue hShs
frame aud brick dwellings according to SIZE ana l0ca
tou can be obtained from $500 upward ON tnc mn
The following prices named: on OXi0rdsta three
SOO0 three-stOry, brOwnstOne houses at sI'Ooo 10
ssOOo On Portandiye. prices are similar owners rtI
INC for tLrccsory br0wtono houses $1,000 to $1,000
IN thr avenues Clinton. Washin gtOn &C., the nfslcaSs
places have usually number of lots III addition To lnit
an which the house stands. on ClintOn-ave, house
with four lots commands from 10000 TO st0VO accord
ing to the nature of the improvements ph %
10 brict house with four lots Is held at $4,000. one
f the features of Brooklyn rendering the city 50 desr
allie m "A place OF residence for people III moderate CIR
nstancrs H. that in the immediate vicinity OF these
du naees of the wealthy are modest and less va
able houses pleasant brick or frame oSe az 80, oco