, 1876-03-05
En- Inquiry Among Capitalists for In
proved Business Property.
But the Supply of Bargains About
Exhausted, and Holders
Firm.
Tbs Loan Market Continues Encoura gingly
Achye-Sone Of the Heavy Loans.
Improvements in the Vicinity Of Hum-
boldt Park--.Capacity Of Chicago
for Population.
The Astcrs Reduce Their Rents 10 Per Cent.
Real Estate in New York, Brooklyn,
and Elsewhere.


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SALES OF THE WEEK.
FEW INTERESTING TRANSACTIONS.
The nf7;cea of reaf-es,,,e da,1e.. tova conf;r
- ..:st ~
go ~ oo 'la1o' "o'4nf' 'uo pas' "eeA' ine e'
Elb!: oi 6aies consummated ls scanty one
There are several important transactions unde
va7. and ,ika,r t, he rano,ted hr ,not,,pr wcel
1-n,,,,,-o,.ad 49,, 49,, - -, ,.,, =,
~@'o ~ AS 49, N -
A!Ano, out 1ne1o Is an
INQUIRY FOE IMPROVED PROPERTY.
find anv ,noro das;rsh,o | h.ra.in. IT Thar c1ass
49,, 3seAs t1''o -. e~.D7 -
1ns:e 1fe f.astesn pa'taes uete oes'lous VI ~
EestlD3 III the purchase Of improved business
property rented at paying figures aud fhrowI
nm ,,e market hccause or The necessity OF own.
go, 4e eap'' ~ '0eso s"o 414s @sF@'
entity been exhausted. OF elsa tue pressure o1
iuccmbtauces is not 80 heavy a. croakcrs would
h:yc the outside world believe. With tho ap-
r, .s1 ;.,,,,,r;as a-a ,.a,o,,;.a <.a
~ 1no suo.noer "no 1n4a114e' @!o oe.o41.Ae &c
quen: Tor lo's cut o1 lo"n. Ihe ousiness IN
suburban property may reasonably be expected
:otc
MORE ACTIVE THIS srr1sa
,,. nr n ,,raa.d,nr a. M n., e. s..se g., ,
.r:s'. .',o.s-:.s... ...a ''.o.!e'" se- ~
Ns movement nas oeea naco aeceleFatea Of
:he rapid development Of taxation in tho city,
and needs only generous treatment from the rail-
r22us n the way OF cheap morning and evening
tra1nF 10 assume proportions tnas would aston
,sh even the eanguine operator IN suburban at
fractions. Tho railroads which are now discuss
sing the a!l-1npo:tant question oi cheaper
Suburban tariffs mus. not base their calculations
on tic present AMOUNT OF suburban travel, but
must take into account the immense lmpeius
that would be given to it it 1t were possible for
persons OF moderate means to use tho steam-
CARS twice day.
TIE MOST IMPORTANT TRANSACTION CT TIE WEEK
has been the sale by tue estate Of
r T. ". Peck to Shepherd Brooks, OF
Boston. OF 80 feet on Dearborn street, cast
sde. between .hadsson and Washington streets,
Tor f50.tCu, at the rate OF S1.200 foot. The
Brooks estate owu the 40 feet that intervene
between this cast purchase aud the Portland
Block and are expected to improve it by an ex-
tens on Of the Portland Block. tie orieina! de-
eisu Of which WAS considerably beyond the. di-
mcnsions Of the present STRUCTURE.
T. B. Boyd has sold the stone church aud lot
Washington aud Green streets, to 4. L. kopselL
for S.50,u00; also. lot 50116J, On Wabash avenue.
just south Of Eif1y-tLird street. all cash. for
s2.vu0.
George r. Clarke has sold at Morgan Heights
to Mr. Frisbie, OF Erisbie i Rappelye, house
and lot 1001G03 on Prospect avenue for Sd. $50:
to Mr: Carman, $50 feet On Arlington avenue
hear Western avenue, With house, for 95 5Ou
70 tlr. ldchar3 Pease, 1S3 feet on tho northeast
cor!,er Of Fairfax avenue aud East Crescent,
with house. for S4,000: to + 4. Cavansgh. so
Zee, On Morgan avenue, 9 blocks cast OF the
Dummy Depot, with house. for 81, ,0u0; to 8.
+. Nonroe, Lots G, :. s, IN Block 20, On Morgan
avenue, with house, ior 311U.
A a. Shaw has sola 2oxl59 feet. west front,
on Langley avenue. 200 feet north of Union av-
enuc, with building for S7.0n0.
u. A. Cl,ach has sold 15D feet front Or 1872 feet
deep. on the southwest corner Of Ferty-elgh,h
street and keuwood court being part of Dr..
hennlcott's homestead known as kenwooc, for |
-eo6, 70 4 ". Rollins, who will build 51O,-
u0o residence On 1t 1901135, southeast corner |
OF Fof.y-sl1th street and Charlc6 avenue. aud |
3uxlSo feet west front, 1856 feet ncrth Of Forty |
sixth street, on Charles avenue for $4,000
C. 3. Hosmer t. Co. sold for f.. Nnuuierre. |
on a s'1fe s9oa o1
~" aud RI il Block s. Lh kenzies Addition),
500. Mr Carver viii Greet 6ne residence or
w ) {: C. nI CadneII rJae Co. bss so,d tuo-,o,v and
,asemen: M house southeast T. corner Sophia aud
3taoeI su ueels. 1os - !. u. 11ue u H. Eo"efos, o1
>ew 81 Haven for $1,000. ail cash.
1oudalo ono lot for $50 cash tyo iota for
L l.S{s} and four lots for So Oi}G
During the month OF February the Ch;capo
:.nal and poek Company have sold s5 sixty lots Of
:sht Of the lots we're sold in their new subdi-
lion ~. near the RolnE-ills to actual Settlers
o%sec q 'celeon Gole aoa ~ ,rvov r7or,n.on o,o
e = % oo, Ogden avenue, near Sloan street, for
41'ouo' ,,,,.,
John T. Elliot sold to Louis y. GefsheIi 2ix !
81 feet on Prairie avenue, near Twenty-1ifth
tTeet. for S20Q0U.
!, Prairie avennc na.- ront~-s,~,n 14raa. 1Ie1