New-York tribune., 1877-05-02
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
MAY-DAY CHANGES.
EXTENT OF TIE ANNUAL MIGRATIoN-NUMERoUs
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.


EXTENT OF THE ANNUAL neutrality-suspicious.
REAL. ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
Nav Day and Moving Day made their stimuli
taneous appearance usual yesterday. Up to p ~
the weather was Of great disappointment TO the
trickmentbere being neither mud, rain nor dust to OK
cite the customary amount Of proaDty-and was only
after breaking an extra armchair two and exciting
the grayest approhcnsions the mind OF the father OF
the family by practicng difdcut feats of cScrdeman
with the paror mirror and best china and glass that he
recovered somewhat Of his ordinary scfrcSpcct ana IN
ward cOmplacency Tho pleasant weather. indeed eA
erted powerful influence upon the tcmpcrs OF house
holder and hOusebTeakcr and it was widely remarked
that yesterday was Of the most moral moving days
that NewYOrk has enjoyed for number OF years one
thing however the truckmeu did with might and
main That was the lack of occupation which frequently
seemed to fan upon them spell. Empty and waiting
trucks were numerous.
Itwas difficult to ascertain yesterday the real extent OF
the nomadc experiments which had been performed 10y
the citizens Of NowYOTk, Brooklyn. and jersey City.
Streets and districts variable, showing very
few changes while in others every third family seemed
10 be shifting It's quarters Questions asked of men who
ought to be Judge BY the signs to the extent Of
the moving received different replies and 1t was declared
day. The ferries Ike the streets aud were cilor
heavily taxed With furniture Wagons or almost lorgtn
OF the existence OF such thing In the general direction
10 which the finger Of migration pointed however al
streets and al ferries seemed 10 be unanimous LNe&I5 ~
thing tended westward. Scarcely ferry either ON the
Hudson or EGs River, carried dozen loads o lunte
eastward. Nne many Ncw-Jersey trucks went empty to
Broollyu and Wiriamsburgh and returned dlcd with
tie household gods Of future JerseyMtn H. ftUon ana
south ferries on the East River. and thn PENNSYLVANIA
Central Railroad and Erie ferries the North River.
monOpOzCl almost the whole 81 the May Day tIaic IL
was declared AL OF these to he quite rs heavy as IN
former years and al the Ec Ferry 10 exceed last year
work by 20 per cent The staten Island ferries arc ga
good business number OF families moving to 'lat
island for the summer, or perhaps longer. iaIe OF te
westward bound furniture was dcstned Tor New
Jersey towns or the seaside resorts Nearly l OF went
10 Jersey CITY and the Bergen HGhts.
80 lar as could he Judgcl yesterday thefc was T as
movement Harlem"aH than h3d beeH SApiGiiCI' tHe ne
reason this is the lack O rapid transit iaceS TO inc
uprcr end ui Manhattan Island which IS no" mrthe 7
or IN uIEt, .u NcM-JtIsA U.,'lIs 49,, g..
tauce from Jersey City. Another attraction winch is
gradually ja,Hg families luto Ncw-Jersey is IN the low
moving Yesterday was merely shifting TO ort dis
tanccs nd much Of the contemplated migration never
took place consequence Of not altogether unexpected
compromis' with %, landlord al the .ccyeniL hour
were Verg heavy yesterday, though ordinarily most
transfers appeu on te records before rather .n oi
these operations OF sa!cs there were a. In EFt cases
price Is named The amounts S,ate9 loI tut % o,lf,
transfers aggregate II O3GJ3l Included among hcm
the sale by referee 10 the Man attau Cldb Oh ING prem
- ~ t s,utryycst corner OF Filtccuth-Si and Fifth
ave for $4,000, evidently not the fan va'Ge, for the
ib I1c Trrili,c5 for 10000 TIE most noticeable
c sale is ~ ia rttwo lois on Seventy first and Soy cnty
sccoud-sts aud MalisOuiye., in parcels OI lof lul
stz8 $50 or a5opt Sil 700 a lot No. a. Whitcst
sold for sGOO 600 and two lots on FO.ySAthi between
Sixth and seventh ayes., went fot 1000 Inc German
Mission House sells three lots Madi,Oust Tor %l1aOO
and lo 40 Pearl aud M&disonst for S21oyJ anb the
s5230O seven leases are embraced in the is.. IhaTe
are go mort cages, including the Manhattan tIb mort
fhc mos; noticeable Of these mortgage by the Lit
rry Society OF ST. Vincent feuer OF property atit norm
east corner OF LeNngtoA-aFc ana SlA'! -I'u''' ior
mo trrcRncn OF Brooklyn complained vest 'rday that
the amount Of moving was much less tLsn usual. MANY
OF their wagons stood unemployed ~ tner accustomed
places. There were few changes made by movers INTO
better houses, but many went into humble. quarters
The most OF the moving was done by the poorer classes