Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-02-10
rhiIndeIpLInns In New York.

1ur GRFAT REAL ESTATE PURCHASE ny THE DREXEL
FIRM.
Uur Philadelphia correspondent refers to
9ielyy purchase Of real estate in New York, by
BIZ Messrs Drexel. The Journal Of Commerce
lpI Thursday, gives the particulars
4 Tie rumor OF a large transaction in real estate
b. Wall and Broad streets, which was floating
about down town on Tuesday and creating con-
Siderable interest among the busy men of finan-
b. circles, proved to be founded upon hard
iArts
s0OO,OOO LOT AND ITS PURCHASERS.
The property known as q, ,25, 251< and 27 Wall
breet, and 8. 5, Z and Broad streets, being 7s
feet inches on Wall street, and 113 feet inches
pn Broad street, has been purchased by Messrs.
4. A., A. j. and j. W. Drexel for 0l5,000-
hessrs. i. A. and A. J. Drexel are Of Philadel-
phia and the other brother, Mr.. j. W. Dexel, is
bic wtll-known banker of this city.
WHAT THEY WILL DO WITH IT.
The new owners design to remove the build
lnss now On that ground about the 1st OF May.
BUD TO erect upon the site a large and elegant
{stmcure six stories in height, to be used as
Banking house. The plan of the new house has
bot vet been chosen. neither has the material OF
Which it is constructed been decided upon. Mar
Z pc iron and granite will compete for the honor.
WALL STREET ALL AdoG.
Tie brokers' in the street, who catch every ru-
4 knor that chance sets aloat, were really aston
A khel when the details Of the purchase were
4 luown. Al day long it furnished a pleasant
4 1opc Of ofconversation. As late as 4, z. M, yes
erlay, gentlemen woxld glance up at the old
ouses whose many occupants they had known
NJ 1l years, and ask, /" ls 1t really possible that
DrySel Morgan Co. have bought all that
ground = " When are they going to build ~
nj splendid place for banking house, isn't
al All over the Stock Exchange, up in the
q iod-Room, in Delmonicos, on the street. and
M n the banks, everywhere the great sale and pro-
posed improvement were talked about.
ANTIQUARIAN GOSSIP.
81 The group around the soda-fountain at Della
4 ours listened with regret to the history of the
# lace that will 30 soon be swept away. "What
Il pale this lot so narrow z" "Why, when the
welng houses at Nos. 8 and Broad were built
M ls was left az an alley to the rear entrance OF
Is he houses. When the dwellings, were turned
to Offices this alley was closed and turned into
shop ~ WAS Delatour the first occupant y
ol no, old Mr.. Usher opened the place in
SOY and sold Congress water here. After
s.er left here he went to Saratoga with CLARK
White, and commenced bottling the water
JrIalour kept this little shop for twenty years
ul thel sold II to the present occupants, Gel
ION Bnssng" The boys on the street con
llered DelatOur's soda-water the best and cool
NJ III the city, and his thermometer was suppo
ed to regulate the heat in that part OF the towr
he little shop was rented at "a 900 per annum
TUE PROSPECT OF THE SIEGE.
That with the property at and Broad street
as bought by the Messrs DreXel about fou
erhs ago for s205, 900. No. 27 Wall street ha
i line white marble building, Ave storie
sG and adjoins the Leather Manufacturer
'AnA 1t is said to have brought S250O00. Tn
'ahd strategic point was the brick house on th
oiner ner Of Wall and Broad streets. Forty fee
van street, and about fourteen feet on Broad
onliolled the other property, and if allowed t
vli1lh man would spoil the appearance Of any larg
llng placed behind it. Possibly, the ladie
no ned the title appreciated that fact an
yIld not be comforted for less than $3.50 600 i
oi' o,I At least, report says that was the amour
THE FUTURE OF THE CORNER.
hie NE Old landmarks will pass away Wall stree
In V crowded for months with the wreck Of IL
ahd materials for the new work, and the
~ great house Of the Drexels will rear its loft
T S"n and challenge admiration. Already Il
ar, avVt has been felt in the neighborhood. Dr
ale oi5 are trying TO have their leases extended, al
tIlds onsIld,s, are talking Of raising the rents II
raLIIleinily expected that the new house will
,.''eu nr' IN year from the LIST OF May next, al
S,ni S1n worthy companion to the elegant Stol
r,OnallSe' the massive building OF the Su
'oeauIA, and BVan prpat Trinity ftaalf