, 1873-06-01
4 Fair Business in Cheap Lots
and Suburban Lands.
Progress Of improvements In the
Western Suburbs.
4 Drive to the West Side Parks and
. Bouteyards. -. .
Transfers for the Week,

4ha sneom1at;va activity ~ ~, =. Wv
rhera IL hovevar a+;i1 49,. ..,.....s,. As'
c1.sx of nronartv h.;n<, Ia $500. ~: ~: o'ot
hnainaaa oro,,a-+r ~ g.. 1922 t'04"o
:" .-+, - ~ oo-t.:s, =, .oo1uenee ~ p1op
vii =, +ha h,,.;.~.e ~, :uo etts' 1ne etea
-. ~ - ot1u III .ae sac OF chea]
.o'e !ot 1uaeoa1e Improvement, at prices rang
ing from $500 to 81 800 each. Next to this tn
activity is still in suburban lands, We hear
no less than four large a,1aa ~ 1sna .. w.ah;ae
TIM Ha;ch+s - go s ~ !1no ~ " "s.s ~
- n o' ~ P1'eeo ranging 1som St,oo
sl,ooo per acre. none Of which
: go as to transfer the land. the delav in cettlue
nhstracta of +i+1o h.,,,r tta H., o1....., g.
..1 9 .11e1 oAo..1s
> ~ ~1usa'.,oie ~ 4ano near oo1nen, aao alsc
near the Northwestern car-shops, are also await
ing the samb kind Of documents before they can
be conplatad- The thraa naichhorhooda ahova
~nart;o.aa .~a o,,.- s,,t,,-saa ....e -.
o4soneo ato sue oms AaD1Da one" ;, IL "n1on
mere Is Special ACTIVITY. AS Tor prices, there has
couple OF weeks past. Owners OF land in the
ttrea aboTe ne;ohborhooda ara oosar;no, $500
3eo1 of land for sa1a hr+ faa,n, .t4 sAuas ~
oe.e u lauo .ot sale, out 1eehng secure that the
1al1road facilities which they now possess must
eventually make their property much more va1u-
able than now. are not disposed tn rnako anv
concezsiona IN ,r;caa
''Aeu0 . - p1uos'
-: TIE sonrHwEsrEns oAn-sHops.
+ The walls Of the round-honse Of the North
western Company are now about 10 to u feet
h;cb and tbe vortr ia ha;no n,stoa ~ ~.
80, -. .sS:x,: 80. s pa0neo VIII Luz
S1oaso91 Poe'4"4o f@p4o1t1" AS eeen from the
washington stlee1 entrance 10 central Park, it
looks as big as Fort Sumter, and, when it Is re-
@ @@embered that this is only one Of dozen as big
approximate notion OF how the whole mass Of
buildings Will help to break up the dead uni
for1aitY Of the prairie northwest of the mark
J. D. Harvey has sold within tho he las last p ten aavs
gastern H,r.shon u s spts n me cacago North
poses. The West Chicago Land Company will
commence the erection Of fifteen si1-room cot
tages in this LEGALITY next week.
sas sna+ hao, comn1ata3 - ~ T r..
on fhe cornar # Wat Mad;son ~, i1slso' Paa.;a'
Edeets, to be known aa the "n1a1ison Block"
II u spacious three-story and basement brick
with stone trimmings, with lou feet frontage on
.aaason n ana 11u 1ee1 Oh feoraa Streets. The
nfss noor M Is Designed Tor stores (wholesale and
but Will have also large dining hall and billiard
taan- Inc thlrd door contains forty-6ve lodging
Iooms, slng!e and en- suite, which are finely
nnsaneo- and a. already FURNISHED and ready for &C.
1lnlng-room Below, Is, IN TACT, new addition to
me MOTEL capacity OF the city.
~. George Sturges purchased, q few days ago:
I.o loss z21to0 each, On the southwest corner o.
. aoa WI 9ulid there tm5 spr1n&; ~
from the sales @ made by W. d. ker1oot Co.,
aur!ng the past three weeks We select the fol.
LOWING as showing about the average range OF
prices IN the 7a1aous 1ocaAsles Inensloned:
4ox1oa feet east side Of Fourth ayeauo, bstwetm
'san bulea ana aAlI'son e2! streets, re- T., $1o'oo.'
Ss41se rsst tesf oa ~ op4h ,+
tween Wood snd Lincoln. 81 4oo. '1 ''Ne''' D''
e61s3 feet on south side Of warren avenue esss Of
California, 8 coo.
31sg fest e e1ss s. side Of Of Nor2 Lasae street,
1o+s ~ ~ ~, w. e44%u: 49,, +.oo. ...,.s
94aoo @&'' o>A'''' @Nr~A @1!A''>A e''D'''
20 acres in Eec ID, r. 50, r. IS, $1,000. \
so acrea in Sec 50, 81, 49, $4,000.
go acres in Sec, Is, SO, 13, ss,ooo-
~ Gott: aeres r p sss e. 2, 50. Is *4o9o ~ ~
ssr1 5ast re IN ~ s11k Avenue On ieaaed tot
Soo 1eo1 on Hefnlaee aVenue just south OF Polk
Mxi2s feet corner Walnut and Lincoln streets ss12s
2lots Dsshie street, near Thirty eighth street
TIE WEST SIDE FAn8s.
The West Side Park Commissioners are trying
into condition that viii make it pleassnt |
nIaca of resort thia snTnnoer Tha a1,n, r. aI++t
$4,000 has now been exnendad IN fhis PaTE
and though 3 great portion Of il has been 1or
Of the soil, etc.. an. ares Of about ana-tanth ~
he whole bark has bean baantiaed With oresn- "
s1ard and trees. and on1v Incts INV tha c6mnia-
lion of few good walks and driTeways to make
these into Condition that will nnaEe theno avff;
able for uso 40 m to throw tha e,atarn 1,ort;a,,
of the Park open to the public about the Eourth
of July- II Is ;17st nbont $S'~"' ''49 oo4'0
FORTY arSurrs," np1vr
ut an ordinary ioR-trot rom The Conrt-Honse tn
Central Park in fhe present condition of ia
roads, f the streets west o. Western sTenne-
were improved With gravel or macadam. or eTnn
il the dirt road we're rolled 90 as to Be smooth in
dry weather, it would not be more than thi,tv
minutes drive. But tor the great mafority Of
people who cannot afford to own or hire hofaea.
the chief obstacle to q visit to the park is
LACE OF MEANS OF TRANSIT.
: The Madison street horse-cars nov run no
3u!ther than Western avenue, though the West t
Side Railway Company hare intimated that they
VII soon extend their track to the Great Eastern
;4a ;4aa!lroad, distance Of q quarter Of mile.
I This Eonld bring the horse cars within one
mile OF Central Park There is also an endeayor
o1e1ne made by Some OF the owners Of property |
net"een Western avenue aud the park to extend
me me track the remainder Of the way to the.