, 1877-01-28

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Dqncan n ay. cor Of Mound st, ef, SIX
>. 1H Il, dated Nov. s, 1873 ............ 1,1eo
a5L115h #, listed Jan IS: 49,. ....... 15oo
st vi. 5ox1oG II. dsted Jan IS 5000
| FORTY -hrse st, het Fincennes and Langley
| ays, ri. 21ssxl.l II, with building,
,. dated Jan. g.. ......-- 80. $500
n 81 # to alley, dated jan :6. ......:...... $50
ooutn Park ay, " cor OF Si1th-dsst st. e
!, .E-x316 II. with 541 It to alley, in
same subdivision, dated Jan. 1D..... TO- GOO
SUMMARY OF TRANSFERS FOR TILE WEEK.
Inc following Is the total amount Of city and
suburbon transfers within radius Of seven
miles of the Courthouse flied for record dur
Ing the week ending Saturday, Jan q: City
sales, Is; consideration, $i06 6l4. North OF ctv
limits: Sales, 2; consideration; s, ,2210. South
OF city limits: Sales, 81; consideration, Si.3 S5O
Total sales, VI; total consideration, $452, ,GG4.
SUCCESS OF BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
IN PHILADELPHIA.
The report Of the Artisans Building and Loan
Association Of Philadelphia for 1876 exhibits q
remarkable success when the times, pressing
with especial weight on the class concerned, aru
taken into account In this company, during
seven years Of business, with property acru-
mu1atcd now OF S275, 000 In bonds and mortgages,
ouly sir members have lost their houses (partly
paiu 1oIl and have been compelled to Leave
them IN the hands OF the Association. That Is,
SIX members have paid each year toward
Their nomesteads about the same sums they
would have to pay Tor rent in q tenenenr house,
ana then, unable to meet their monthly dues,
have been obliged to deed their properties to
the society: This is certainly = remarkable
showing. Moreover, during tie past wear the
worllingmen in this Artisans Association hara
done 2 business Of sel, ,597 at an expense Of only
ssi6.a4. They dlsbursed for loans on bonds and
mortgages s4S,s00, and made total, gain In
premiums OF $la,5Sl. There are 3.26S shares IN
the Company, aud the large number cancelled
or forfeited during the gear-6445-sho how
hard pressed many Of the members we're, and
TINT they could not wait for their proflta,
There are now, however, in the various series
4l9 shareholders, and the aggregate pro perty Il
valued at $3oS, l61. With all the difficulties Of
the year, the depreciation Of real estate, the
lack OF business, and the necessity for working
men to consume their savings, this Association
was enabled to make an average profit Of Il per
cent. The savings banks and insurance compa-,
MES have not done as we'll as this. One little
item In the accounts Of the Artisan Association
this: 6 Expenses, S346." Il the insurance COM
panies and savings banks would emulate this
economy, 1t would be better for them and their
patrons.
RENTS IN NEW YORK..
The agents tor the Astor estate IN New York
creased 20 to IS per cent, they will probably 60
down 10 per cent more this year. This opinion
is sustained by the leading house agents inter-
viewed by the New York papers. But, Ludlow,
LuG HGl1-kuORu 1lut atlcet AucLOueer anu rE3l-
estate agent, says that 1ents have declined from
20 to 30 per cent during the last three years. and
that it is impossible for them to 60 much lower
SO long as taxes arc as high as they arc at pres
ent. lie thinks that building will be brisk dur
ing the coming spring, especially in tho neigh
borlood of Central Park.
BUILDING IN NEW YoRK In 1876.
The New York Superintendent OF Buildings,
n. W. Albums, has made his report to the Mayor
OF the work Of his department for 1876. During
1876 plans were submitted for J, ,379 buildings
decrease OF only twenty seven as compared with
1915 The cost of the projected buildings WAS
estimated at Sl5 5S 40 against SIS, 2S6, TO for
1875. The cost of beginning new buildings, COM
plctiug buildings begun the previous year, and
altering old structures during the last year, was
s., ,635, AN increase Of sl35,0A0 over 1875
The following table shows the amounts invested
in building during theth1ee last years:
Year. :Se.c buildings. AIl<rations Totals. -
18Th. ...S16, 1Ds, 017 3,816, I12 SEQ, lis, 1oa
1875. =. IS, 072, $50 3,076, 471 Fl. I'D. az.
1876. 80. Il, 808, $40 3, 635, ATS 10, 5:c3, 718