Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-10-25
FIRST EDITION.
Heal Estate ana Bonds.
PUBLIC BALE OF THE REMAINDER OF THE MLEAu
ESTATE - LARGE ATTENDANCE AND FAN
PRICES,

| PUBLIC BALE Of THE REMAINDER OF THE M'LEAu
ksrArE - LARGE ATTENDANCE AND FAIi
PRICES.
There WAS quite good. sized crowd in the In.
stitnte Hall, on Saturday afternoon, at the
| public sale of iea estate aud securities of the
| hcl.ear bankrupt estate. In the company were
many OF our wellknown citizens, including
| real estate holders, builders, contractors, 10
and keen watch was kept up by all on the
progress OF the sale. l.. w. Stidham was the
auctioneer. The bidding WAS at times spirited,
though the general expectation that the prop
erty must be sacrificed prevented any one from
giving up to high figures. The prices realized
are regarded as fair, though generally low, and
the aggregate of the sale Is but three Thousand
ported to the creditors year ago, could proba
bly, be obtained
The sale began with the lots fronting on Front
aud Tulip streets, II feet front by 10 and rs
deep. These sold as follows
Three lots on Front ST, sc feet, to James Nor.
row, ut III per foot
Two lots on Front st, - feet, to Peter Smith,
at SO rs
Five lots on Front st., 81 feet, to Jacob 8.
Wedn, at 30.
FIVE lots on Tnllp st. Sc feet, to Jacob g.
Wedn, at 81 25.
Three lots on Tulip st., 5l feet to Il. Aims
worth. at Sl.75.
Two lots on Tulip ST., 80 feet, zone CT them
the corner OF Dupont St. y at 90. .25 and s2.75.
Two lots on South Franklin St., zone OF them
the corner Of Lindon,) i8 feet to Elijah Green,
at "a 20.
One lot adjoining above, II feet. to Chas.
Reynolds, at s3.75.
Two more, adjoining above, "a feet, to Elijah
Green, at "a.
Three more, adjoining above, 81 feet, to James
Morrow, at 50. 80.
Three lots on south Van Bureu st, at the cor
ner of Elm. 4s feet, to James Morrow at Sc.
Four lots on Clayton st., between ailpin and
Shallcross Avenues, 35 feet, to w. J, Mcdear. al
e., 25 and i2 90.
Lot on south side of West street, between Dela-
ware Avenue and Ilth, 25 feet, to DR.. j. Der
rickson at $50 per foot. This is desirable
lot, worth no doubt $75. foot and Mr.. Candy
stated that he could haye sold it at private sale,
il lie had had the liberty OF doing go, for s70
foot, a few weeks ago
Three lots on the west side OF dilpin Avenue,
in all rs IT. inches, sold to W. G. Spruanoe, at
1925 a foot Mr.. Spruance throws them in with
other lots adjoining and values the whole at
much higher figure. A builder present at the
sale desired the lots for building but refrained
from bidding against the purchaser.
-Four houses on South Jackson st., between
Elm and Linden, sold low. They assessed, 1T
is understood, at about 5l700 each They ARE
three-story brick dwellings with frame sheds in
the rear Except one, the last Sold which has
brick back building.) They sold us follows
Nos. 3l7 and 3l9, lots IA by 10, to Thomas Toy,
for S1l00 each No. 32l, same sized lot, to Mrs.
Hedrick, for SLIPS No. 1926, corner house, lot
lG by TO- to Michael Ford for sl6SO.
This closed the rcal-estate, the aggregate sale
being SS8l4,l9.
The bonds were then sold They consisted OF
Wilmington and Western first mortgage Will
mngton and Heading seconds, and Northern
raolcs, all that class OF securities which pru-
dent investors. who squeeze the American eagle
when penny leaves their fingers now look shy
at. There wore bidders however, for all-even
the W. & i. Seconds. The lot sold as follows
800 W. Il W. to Jas l.. Devou a $3.50
400 " - % Crsige, Johnson * Co "a 1880
5000 " '' " Jas. L. Devon "a 1000
5000 - " " Jas. Bradford "a POPS
4000 - =" " +" " "a 2075
500 w. u r. W. j. Fell "a SIS
800 N. Pac. " John NJ Dunn "a l525
Total sale Of bonds, S41l9.50
Total amount OF real estate S,Sl419
Grosa total 40 g33 GO