, 1874-10-11
REAL ESTATE.
A ReyleW of the Market for the
Past Week.
The Loan Market -- Comparative
Statements for October.
How Government Affects the Value of
Real Estate.
Opening Of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railway to South Chicago.

Opening of the Baltimore & Ohi'
Railway to South Chicago.
Tho real estate market for tho week offers nj
features for comment, beyond the remark tha
du1lness still reigns- Tho amount OF transfer
that are recorded shows din!nut1on IN til
amount of operations There is uo feeling O
weakness among the holders of property, ant
there is enough doing to make H very respecta
bic showing even in comparison with the large
market Of New Yorx.
Building is progressing with unabatetl vigor il
syery division OF the city. The prices Of l=bo
and materials IRE much lover than they wo-e 'ht
two years after tue fire, and shrewd men. liks
The proprietor of the new block on the corner o
Monroe street xnd Wabash avenue, ere takin:
advantage Of their opportunity. Regond tiie. il
ua1st be remembered ihat thousand streams ats
swelling the we.lth anu resources OF the city
through every period. of apparens halsing. TT
growth goes Oh day ~ 1sY like tha current Of !
mighty river.
Operations in outside l.nds are not active.
sonK or THE SALE: or THE wEnK.
Ira Brown Las sold four lots IN North Evans
ton nt $500 each: also, tweuty-tllree lots il
Park Ridge. at 500 sacla.
Day j. 6auborn have sold the two-story and
basement brick reRide.ce and lot. No. a3 South
Curtis street, for S15,u ,u0o.
Warreu kccney .: Co. hare sold 2 acres in
HinelaIe for SID, 900.
J. S. Gould l. Co have sold thirty-ionr lots in
Winters Subdivision, Sec "a, -, II. fos
81. 100 caaA.
Campbell Bros. have sold :wo lot. on Western
xrenue soath nf Polk street, each 333xl25 feet
for 81. .6uo apiece
Davidson & We!ch have sold 2G feet front On
Michigan avenue, near Thirtieta street, for
ef Polk, a: 81, ,::,00 each
O. J. ::out,,h hss .o1d the four-storv brick resi-
dence No. :!4S Caiurue: ayenie 10 Col l.. TiIrcn
for $4,000.
Also. 90 fec: near stonsh's Station, Hinsda!a,
for #. 0UO.
o. j. Stoash las just sold 50 acres Of land
near Hinsdnie and Clarendon Hills for S30, 100:
al par down. The same 50 acres were sold
seven years ago for ::G, 00D,
Stednau d Pope have sold house and lot on
Michigan avenue. near Iweut;-nin:h street,
thFee-story aud basement, sweGed front. for
S16,0lN; also two blocks 1t Norwood Park for
$4,000.
Linn Hswkinson have sold S0x200 feet on
Hu1lbut street, 9dI feet north Of Ee1den aycnlle
west front, for 81 600: aud 40169 nozthH est coz
ner Dearborn and Superior streets for @7,aoo:
and 10O1l60, ,;cfichlgau avenue, near SlS:y-si1th
street. for $20D0.
S. VI kroft l. Cc. have sold thirty-tuo lots in
Block Il Of Hundley's Subdivision Of the west 3
of :be northwest i Of Sec. II. 50. IS, just north
Of Cent1a1 Park. to William II. Phinuey, fer
<.aao. .0ro; IS feet in Washington Heigtts at s12
per foot: two lots in Wliitfords Subdivision, at
South Chicago, at $3.50 eacb.
g. F. Culver has sold 100 feet in Cuiyey's Ad-
diton, on the no.thess: co1ner OF Evanston and
Wellington streets. for $4,000.
L. 4. Gilbert Il Co have sold 400 feet On In
diana avenre, south Of For.y-1,inth street. for
81. 800: Lots q to . in Block II, South Engle-
wood, 1t $500 each St>] feet III Odclls :subdi-
~ieion A. South Engjcwood for *l2. 100:
Fl. G. Moore d; Co. have sold residence and
lot No. 474 West Taylor street. to 0. II. Brooks,
for 8.003.
Ii. G. Goodrich has cold house and lot CD But
terileld street. near 1hi1ty-third. for $4,000.
Ira Holmes Las sold + acres. corner 1.ober ard
Twelfth streets, for $50. 300, $9l feet on Mi"hi-
s35, ,oco.
william O. Cole has sold 10 acrea in the n f.
i OF Se:. I. 81. Is. for 10000, 70 Oliver II.
Sheldon; nineteen los III Block 10, Coles Sub
division, to r. A. Bragg, for $3.50; four lots i'll
Block II. same subdivision. for 81, 750-
William Il. Rieo has sold No. 845 Michigan
avenue. house and lot, for S14,o ,oE0-
Mann d Consdon have sold l3 acres in Ser.
Is. H. IL, in Evanston Township, ior s11.4J3;
;ro-stofy aud basement brick house sad lo. en-
Monroe street. sonth or Robey, for $1,000; 50
fee. On Ridge avenue, South Evanston, for
R2.500.
Henry v. Brooks have sold in South Ensie-
H. F. Eldred l. Co. lave sold . house and 200
feet Of ground in Riverside foE $4,000; also,
block Of 10 acres ut Slough Station IEnsdale,
for 3ioo GOO; a1ko, $500 acres land in Arkansas
b. A. Osborn has sold three lots in Osborn l.
Bkillman's Subdivision at South Evanston for
S1,1G666 cash each.
Harbert, Keeney & Co. hare sold house and
lot No. II in B. F. Aliens Addition to South
TyanatOn to HIj1fon George of Chirngn Tor