, 1874-11-01

| June l,5jl 4.hJ7,e2G 1,.D1
September. 1,a9o 3:9oo,sSS 1'o5o 'o
| Ocfoocr. ..s---..--.-.. i,-p isfo9sao@ A,ee4
Total for 10 months. ,17e $50, ss4.s15 1o,544
| BUILDING.
5fr. II. D. Ogden has nearly completed the
| fine stores which he las been erecting on State
street. opposite tho south end Of the Palmer
House. They are five stories high, and are I'm
ished ot1 with stone fronts.
| J. c. McCord has begun the erection Of u block
| OF ten residences, marble front. two-atory and
| basement On Viucsunes avenue, corner OF Ihlr-
ty-eighth street. They will cost 90, 900 each, and
will be finished about ,Iarch L.
II. Corigan has commenced on State street, 50
feet from Hubbard court, three-story and base
| rnent building. pressed-brlck front. with atono
trimmings. 40xGu feet cost. 912, 900.
Wheelock j Thomas are drawing plans Tor a
fine building, TO be erected by III. Corisan on
the corner Of State street aud Hubbard court,
where Woods Hotel stood. The building will
| be 60xS0 feet four stories and hasement. marble
| front, and will cost about $4,000. Mr. CorlGan
has not yet decided whether to arrange the in
| terror for hotel or in French t1ats.
j.. j. Green is erecting three two~sso1y aud
! basement swell fronts brown stone, on Eeutre
street, JUS. west OF CLARK street. These are first
| class dwellings. and it is understood that Mr.
| Greea viii reside in one Of them himself.
| 4 three-atory and basement brick Is about
| completed on Huribut street. near Webster ave-
nue..
There a7e two swell-front brick dwellings, near
the corner OF Sheffield avenue and Centre street.
! The foundation of new dwelling is being laid
near the corner Of Halsted street and belden
/ avenue.
| A block Of three-story and basement brick
dwellings is incosed near the corner Of Webster
! avenue aud Hurlbut street.
| A BRICK store has just been erected on the cor
| her Of Lincoln avenue and Centre street.
On the southwest corner Of lincoln ayeuus and
4 EanfrA HfYaaf hrtcE hainp n;fa1 for L nnw ~
| dwelling.
! On Wells street, near Menomiuee, il new
| building that viii cost about $4,000.
"A fine maEble-frons dwelling is going up on
Howe street. near Sophia.
There are four two story and basement brick
dwellings, just being finished On the corner Of
Sophia and Orchard streets.
On Mohawk street, near Sophia, there are two
| frame dwellings, about completed.
Mr. Davis has about completed 4 large block
OF SIX stores two stories and brick basement, on
tue southwest corner Of Larrabee and Sophia
streets It is the finest business block in that
vicinity.
A two-story and basement frame dwelling is
shout completed On Orchard street, near Webster
avenue.
a franc dwelling ia IN process of erection On
Webster. near Racine avenue
There are si1 buildings, mostly ernsi in pro-
gress near the corner Of Belmont and Sheffield
&Fe0uas, that will cost about 81, 900 each.
BUILDING fERHlTa-
Russell Abbey, tWo-story stoue and basement,
79x40, on Erie. corner Of North State
Henry Wilson, two-tt0rr brick barn, 40150, on
Wentworth. in the rear Of State street.
S. H. Kerfoot, thrce-story stone and basement,
40x75, On Rush. near Huron.
Jennie J. White, two-story brick, 69145, ut 858,
$50. and 862 South Dearborn.
III. N. Lord. two-story brick, 24148, southeast
corner of Twenty-elghth street and indiana
avenue. ~
4. Lotboltz. tHo-story brick and basement 20x
j:P: o1on, two-s tory brick, 1sxe5, No. 26o
West Lake street,
Margaret Meyer. two-story brick and basement,
2216o, on North Clark near Goethe:
c. G.. Fowler, two-stoEy brick and basement,
20140. Ellis. near Egau avenue.
f. Leon. two-story brick, so148, Irving place,
near Fulton
J. .A.B,Waldo, three-storJ Stone and basement,
26x40. No. 227 Ontario.
7. F. Fitch, two-storY and basement, No. l57
The New York Bulletin in commenting on tho
building activity in the Vest improves the occa-
sion thus: |
While Of the East aro complaining Of deprecta-
tion in real estate unsalabe residence property aud
t,xes that et up the interest such Investments,
1t bc that the West IA increasing in population and
prosperity so rapidly that "dul times" and high J
tares overcome Or, il It because Western land-
lords have accepted the logic Of the panic aud reduced
that Is Stimulating this s demand and Tor better wsip@s7 R
complaining New York landlords % dwen to initiate
their saRaeioua Western hreshern7 Nodetate-pziced !
dwellings and cheap rents attract population, wnise
the opposite policy drives away what hare areaay.
to do with general tr.de than most peopls are dis
posed to believe. With population lew capital,
fss Il ss :gs Il and {: st, a.
tu5e tn these elements ot prosperity tnbsiae hezsn,
the West than IN the East the past season.
BUILDING IN NEW YORK.
llH building pTQSpeCta are not good IN New
York The several branches OF tho building trade
in that city have not been before in go unfayor-
the panic Of last year. The building improve |
ments for the first half of this year were greatly
less than for tue same time OF 1873, and the
gradual decrease in tue trade since the beginning |
cheaper houses, ~ fewer OF them. More tene-
ment houees, more stores, and tenements and |
more - French fats i" are built in proportion to
tho whole number Of houses than formerly.
report Of the Superintendent of Public Buildings
elbows that, while less than half as MANY
buildings we're planned as in the three preceding
months, there were onlJ one-thild as many first
class dwellings, but three-f -fourths rs many tenc-
ments. The Superintendent calls attention to
the fact that the character Of tho tenements ia
gradually improving, and speaks Of the French
hats ~ 'architectu1ally and hygienical1y credit
well lighted, and we'll Ventilated" The plans
submitted for the quarter represe Mt 257 new
buildings, Of which only 81 are itHt-ciass dwoi-
ings and the remaining LA tenements The
@ estimates Tor these buildings reach 81, ,o34 $50.
The highest estimate for any one building
is s20o.000 for that Of the Erening Posi-
At broadway as'd Fulton street. This is to be ten
stories. u 115 feet, in height. a frontage on J
Brosdway of g.. 10 feet and on Fulton street 1885
feet, aud 5s to be constructed wholly OF brick,
stone, and iron. 4 four-story brick building at |
Broadway and Twenty-third street with 'front.'
age on Bzoadway OF 102 feet. and on Twenty
third street Of II feet, is estimated to cost S106.-
600. The Fifth National Bank building st Third |
aTenna and Twenty third street, is estimated at
S5o,eoo since tie October report was made |
plans for sixty new buildings have been fled, or
bez and Of August And the whole Of Juix.
Among theee the highest estimate Is $500, ,O5o
Tor hotel 1t Fifth areuue and Ninth street. I
Most OF this number are ordinary brick houses.
the most TaluAh1a scbieh ;c :