, 1879-04-20


,eor have been struck, but arc not yet ready to
be put into print The sale Of the Pike Building
for $3oo, ,0o0, as announced By The TRIBUNE OF
Sunday last. created q sensation in real-estate
circles. The negotiation was conducted in part
by Recs, Pierce g. Co.. who get commission.
There are other claimants for commission, and
one OF them has brought
4 BREAcH-oF-FRoA1sE
suit agaipst the buyers for 5000 damages for
not puying 1t through him so that he could get
"commish " out Of the seller
N.D. Kcrfoot g. Co. have sold 1SA feet to
the aIley on State street, north Of Washington,
for s32 coo.
Nj. E. c. Cole has sold rwo-story and base
ment brick house On West Monroe street, No.
373, to Mr: Edward Tffany. Of Ohio, for S5:o0o;
q two-story stoue-1ront house on the northeast
corner of Pau}iua and Jackson streets, with lot
25x103, for $, ,25o and the house adjoining with
lot 2Oxl03, ior $500.
In the sales Of the week were 201124 feet on
West Washington street, west OF Robey, s5,00o;;
99Sx1o5 fee: on Washington avenue, southwest
corner Of West Polk street, $4,000; 41Es7
feet improved, on West Erie street, east OF Ada,
s2,s00; 24xl10 feet on South Halsted street.
nrer Nineteenth, $3.50; 2Ax123 feet, improved,
on Church street. south Of tentre, s.: 800; az
81 feet on West Jackson streer, east OF Panlina,
$GUW improved; 24x125 feet, improved, On
Webster avenue, east OF Fremont street, S4,0O0;
ner Of Walnut street. $500; 2a4x125 feet on
Hart street, north OF Forty-second, 81 $50; 1151
1G1 feet on Michigan avenue, northeast corner
of Forty first street, $4,000; 25x125 feet. i'm
proved, on Twenty-sixth street, west OF Han
over, s5 600; 255x125 feet, improved, on Centre
25x145 feet on Milwaukee avenue. northwest OF
Noble street, $1,000; 20x125 feet on North May
street, near West Ohio, improved, 81 5O: 21x
125 feet, improved, on Paulina, north OF West
roe street, east OF Centre avenue, 5000; 251S0
feet on North Dearborn street, north OF Nichf-
gan street. s. 400; 4Sx100 feet on Kendall street,
west Of West Polk, 81, GOO; 31x100 feet onJe1
eon street, improved $4,000; 1o0x1A feet on
street, $4,000; 4sx122 feet on West Ohio street,
east OF Hoync street, $1,000: 50x125 feet on
West Madison street, west OF LOOMS street,
$500; 3Gx125 feet on West Madison street,
west Of Latin. $3.50; 25xlSS feet on West
no feet on South Halsted street. north OF
Twenty-second street, improved. S4.5o0; 90xl1G
feet on West Ohio street, east Of Morgan street,
improved, $4,000; 25x142 feet, improved, on
Twcnty-ffth street, east Of South Park avenue,
Arthingon street, $4,000; 60x1T feet, i'm
proved, on Indiana avenue, south OF SixteeEth b
street, $50, COO; 59sxoG6 feet on Loomis street,
southwest corner of Forty-seyenth street, Slo,
600; 511150 feet on Fitt;-third street improved,
Forrest avenue, between Thirty-third and Thir-
ty-fourth streets, improved. $3.50; 72K
126 feet on Honore street, south ct Congress
street, 5000; 4Sx90 on West Van Buren street,
east of Jefferson street. S3,500; 2ox100 feet on
Kinzie street, east Of North Dearborn street:
s3,75o; o5x13l feet on State street, north of
Twcnty-nintl street, $1,000; 20 teet to alley on
Ellis avenue, 81, 900; No. 1913 South Peoria
street, S5,25O; 90x29 feet on Chicago avenue,
northwest corner OF North Wells street, So G2255;
2sxl45 feet on Webster avenue, east Of Orchard
street, 5000; 4lxS2 feet on North State street,
north oil Chestnut street, improved, +,260; 26x
III feet, improved, on Forty-second street,
west OF Chanplain avenue, $500.
Rents do not exhibit the universally upward
tendency that has been =ather unadyiscdly
claimcd fsr them in some quarters. With ex-
ceptions, rs for:
HOUSES NEAR THE BUSINESS
centres. house rents are higher than last year.
Landlords IS 4 rule think they hare done well
when they have renewed the lease OF satisfac.
tory tenant a: Inst years. prices. This tendency
to renewals may be estimated from the state
mcnt Of one agent, that of si1ty-four leases
made las. week all hut four were made to old
tenants. But while there are only few cases
OF advance, there arc so far none OF reduction.
The downward movement may be fairly said to
be arrested. At the same time agents report
this week less firmness. il rents,
i. soME IMPORTANT LEASES
have been made SINCE our last report. The
four-stcrT a,,l basement store on South Water
street, utar Clark street. 20xS0 has been leased
for $1,5O0. The floor occupied until lately by
tic Illinois Trust g. Savings Bank, on
rented to the Produce and Grain Exchange for
$4,000; the basement underneath has been rent
ed to KirchhofT for 800; as1nall store on CLARK
street, near Lake, rented for $500; three stores
$1,000: store at the northwest corner of Clark
and Lake, 10 by 20, $3,500; ae1oot store at
the corner OF Madison and LaSalle, 1850; q
20-foot store ut the corner OF Madison aud Fifth
avenue, 1850; the large room, 50 By 70. in the
rear of Nos. 135, 137, 139, and III Madison
street, to the Produce Exchange, $500; the
basement at the southeast corner OF Washing.
ron and Fifth avenue, 81 500; E store at the
northeast corner OF Fifth avenue and Monroe
etrert, $91 so mouth; the two floors above Tor
Paulina, $40 q month, including rooms above;
TWO stores ut the corner Of Madison and Wood,
$25 month. =,
A meeting Of property-owncrs OF the North
Side will be held at Turner Hnll, Oh Tuesday
evening, to take steps to have laid out-a park
DRIVEWAY IN THE NORTH DIVISION
similar to the Improvement OF Mlctigan avenue
On the south Side The plan. that hnds most
favor is to have Dearborn avenue, froul Lincoln
park to Chicago avenue, Chicago avenue from
Dearborn avenue 70 Pine street, and Pine street
IT, the Lake shore drive made one continuous
boulevard This will give drive to Lincoln
park and return drive
There seems no doubt that the Michigan
avenue boulevard project will be success.
The state authorities and the property-owners
have done their part, and all that now remains
is for the City Council 10 approve it. 1h2
friends Of the measure have canvassed the
Council. and claim that there is beyond a doubt
a majority of that body in its favor. Some
nice questions will arise when the
AVENUE BECOMES A BOULEVARD
Who Is to nay for lighting the bou1cvard,- the
city or the property-owners: When water
mains or sewer-pipes arc to be taken up or laid
down, will the bill be paid, by the city
or the Park Commissioners Is the prop
crty on the Lake-Fron: to. be taxed
1or the improvement OF the whole width
Of the avenue there, or for only its
halfq Under tile language OF the law, will the
cost Of paving those portions of the avenue op-
n0stc cross streets be levied on the property at
he corners, or will it. be distributed through
the whole avenue!
To-morrow the recent sale OF the Fidelity
Bank property on Randolph street will CONT