, 1876-08-20
IN GENERAL.
TEE GROWTH OF BROOKLYN.

The official records prepared ty Mr.. Roche,
the Secretary Of the Board Of Assessors, show
that over 1,5)o new buildings have been erected
within the city within the twelve months ending
on the 1st Of May last. The aggregate taxable
valuation Of these structures amounts to So
a., 100, exclusive Of the ground they occupy.
As the assessed valuation is ittle If at all, over
50 per centunl OF the actual cost Of the build
ings, it will be seen that the addition to the real
estate of this city in the year is i'll excess Of
S7,5O0, 600, not counting the lots now put to
productive use, or the alterations and c1tcn-
sions OF buildings, which can hardly fall to raise
the total aggregate to S9,000,00o. The statistics
recently prepared by Supt- Naughton, of the
Building Department, and which have also ap-
pcared IN the Eagle, show that the building
business was more active during the last half Of
the current year than the first, from which it Is
fair to infer that steady improvement is still
going on. As it is, greater addition has been
made to the real wealth Of Brooklyn this year
than last, or in any one year, if We except the
five years Of the speculative era, which
began in 1865 and ended in 1873 The Twenty
second Ward leads all the other wards in
except the Seventh. In all probability houses
have been erected in advance Of the demand for
them, for money is plenty and readily obtainable
on adequate security. Beside, experience has
shown that real estate, in a growing city, is
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ing the past three years quo, 600, 900 of personal
estate III bonds, stocks, and other securities
have been absolutely wiped out Of existence.
Holders of productive real estate have felt the
Inconvenience Of tight times and reduced in
comes, but their property remains. And in this
city the future before it is more encouraging
than ever before. Within two years at furthesl
we will have cheap, safe, and 1T all times certain
communication with New York by means of the
East River Bridge. This will bring all OF Brook
len +s,N Nrr- VrrI- 40 hn fnvnrn1
section Of our city now is.-Erooklyn Eagle
ROYAL OWNERS OF REAL. ESTATE IN NEW YORK.
Whatever may be thought By the ''bears" in
Wall street, several foreign Princes are putting
their trust IN lands, tehements, bonus' and
stocks OF different titles and corporations in the
United States. Several of the most expensive
buildings in broadway are owned by tie cx-
Empress Euge:ic4 who derives from them an
annual rent OF So, 900. The Duke OF Nassau,
one Of the disposscssed German Princes Of 1866,
was here in Isis. lie had bills OF exchange to
the amount OF 81 SOC, 900. He purchased tcnc
mcnts in Allen street that to-day ar: no1ninally
owned by German lawyers or Notaries Public,
aud that yield him II per cent on the capital in
vested. The Grand Duke Of MtcklcnbnrS-
Schwcrin, Frederick Francis H., is the owner of
lots anl houses in Elm street, ami Queen Eicto-
ria owns considerable real estate in Broadway.
It stands i'll the name Of an Englishlnan. Tie
King Of Sweden owns $500,O00 worth Of real
estate in New York, aud the Grand Duke Alexis
owns hotcl IN bfoattWay hiuS bonlpa DUugght
six houses in Greenwich street in 1852, and they
arc held BY Italians for his son Francis II.
SUBDIVISIONS.
The following Plats were filed for record the
past week:
/. \ subdivision by r. II. Childs OF the VI. y OF
n. ". Il Of $. E. i Of y. W Il Sec. g. :sS. II.
acres in the Town OF Lake, S, L. corner Of Forty
ninth and Wallace streets.
. Newells addition to Park Ridge, Blocks l. .
and 5, each containing 15-foot alley and n lots
OF IN ayerage size 25x173 feet. The blocks are
separated by 65-foot streets,
s. A lesubdiysion OF Block 80 Blue Island.