, 1879-03-23
REAL ESTATE.
Withdrawal Of the Opposition to
the Michigan Avenue
Boulevard.
Zen -fts Of That Improvement to Tax
payers and Real Estate
Owners.
Actiye Opening Of the Building Season..
Small Houses and Stores in
Demand.


sa1es and Building Permits Of thu
a. rrror+
S1ue Horse HALFWAY
Tits now understood that the opposition oi
Mr.. Wentworth in the Legislature to placing
ychiran avenue under the care and supervision
If ,h,. soufh Park Commissioners has beer
withdrawn, and that the bill will probably pass
without opposition. In this matter Mr.. Went,
worth has renrrsenfcf1 the uronerty-owDrrs
alnnr the narkwar Of which H1ue Island aYeuut
IS = uart from the Brighton Canal bridge to tic
1weuty-acre park At the corner OF the uorth-ant-
south boulevard and Fif:y-fifth street. They
have been paving their taxes for park aud bouie-
yard purDoses for half dozen years, and
GETTING MAINLY PROMISES
that their boulevard should be improved at
s,ne time in the indefinite future. A few la,ul-
f,,nors have steadily on,osed The location and
~ W.,,+uo-,,,. nr,nosc1 ,u.n,mo,t az we
'. .--,s. ef ,4,,
10" ieal1'' siup4t lequ'teo .t'at III otnei ap-
lroaches 10 the park should be opened at the
same time with the Mich igan avenue. Thcse
,,nde we're all condenne,I Last week. am1 fine
p.-1- c,,,,.,;se;o,,o~s ,.~, ,,o,~ ar soo, .e ,bo
o''4'=one' 1 "o' % ao01 49,
'en4e o'1' - 'a'9'u, ~ o~s p.osseo
~ eo."p'sAe jug " 'Ne "e'
~ Tue "of'a' eAteno'l'S ta"'!A Ane
Brighton Caual bridge to the South Farhs, anu
THENCE around by Michigan avenue to the city.
Nor ;s ,his ,u r nrrds hit little 1nore rhan
r...,a.,.-a 49, ho !, ,,o,ad h, ,,,,,
ta'i '.4.'e ~ ooa'e. .a'u '" ~ p~"s1 y. 49,
West Side Commissioners 10 eoai'ccS Oous1as
Park With the boulevard ct the Brighton bridge
t. make the drive complete from Lincoln Park
through the three West Side parks all round
wi; ,7,,,h,,.s. I'm .,onr ,t ,r car,v dav T. car
"'4 ,.,s, ~, -. :; xo-. ,ta-;.,,~
la''''e snon'o oe' Ao' LAC W, - Nv" eaee''n5
oD
am, M slr,o]c announcement viii 80 certainly
I'll, 49,, .,,.;,-.+., f,,.,:,;o. ,..,, -,
a''',t "c'''"' ''o 1-'1'eo 41o", '"1
tue western cites as Inc completion OF these
splendid driveways. They will Invite and secure
fa- n.ove taxable wealth 10 the city than they
haze, ,.,st cn1 ,hus add vre,,1r m hcr nrcst;qc
>'s'' -.'N s."' "a1 ~ ~. -
+."a ptospc!'.' ~" u!al li'e eppos1l'oi ~ toe
passage Q! tile Michigan Avenue bill sWithdrawn
We hope Mr. Wentworth will mite with uur
oth:r Representatives 10 secure lis passage At The
earliest day possible
builaiii@ has begun with vlcor, although the
spring! las HOT yet ia1rly opcled. l!e prizes Ut
material are not Us cheap rs IN lorner wears. and
brick is scarce, but there are slgns OF more than
usual ACTIVITY Ill lne erection OF
NE" HOUSES AND STORES.
4 large proportion OF the houses tobe erected
this year will te OF Kind to rent at 50 to $40
month. There Is 3 stronger demand Tor this
class OF teneHents than 10r auS other Il good
business centres. There arc moi enough small
stores. Inc demand 1or them is 'elt especially
on Inc Scntn olae, anu cxteoos Is lar south Oh
WABASH avenue as Slxtecnth street. Among
of thc ,ree,- we're rinse tn Rcrnhardt Ri.te1
7K6-st5,rr l,r;rl duel}ir1. o1r:l3 f,ast W ~
1.arrshr,. street - f00: .tnh:1 O,Nupn t,rn.
story ana hasrn,cut hr,cE t1we})inr o5yJ; ft.r
PARK avenue and I.eayift street. ii 003. Petrr
Melville fonr-story ard h.sement Gri,.l- stn,a
0;r1o5 icef NJ 81 Michigan ,vrnue S1t, M.
:Iosenb Mann. tro-sfory hr;c,s d,yc1j;n,r .s1yS1
ferr n AZ Sadov;r( s+r.st - nnn: r. lin,
Conne1]r, rw,,story h-irt har,. 1f;Sv:; fcrt anl
h|arEsm,9hshnn .lviS foet Ha3st w tr.t .,,,,1
Sou:h Rr9nrh. &, in1: Charles Wi]ler 1wo-s,or,.
a,v1 hoeorncn4 hr;rr dro,1;nr oo~1n foa. A.. a
Wast S;netoen+h $500 s, OH. pate.' i,a.,,
thrre-story and dwelling, corner al Madison ind
oe;n ctroate ~ cne. 60 mn A'''@
1f,ssrs Nc1;r,,r /, 11awnc, b.va h,,o,, ,u.,ra
ed The yontrac. Tor the masonry xnrl, for "
+. Storey's new residence at the corner OF Fortr-
third street aud Grand boulevard. The minor |
CONTRACTS have mol as yet been let, it will be
two years before the mason work will be fin |
lshcd. The cutirc cost o{ the house viii be |
about $500, 600. |
The title to the church property Of
situated at the corner of Wentworth avenue !
and Parkway Pavilion, has lately teen straight |
enrd out BY the efforts Of the Rev. Father Flan-
nesan, the parish priest There was clause iii |
the deed which rendered the property CON-
rarati4ely worthless, and under Ger |
taln contingencies it would have reverted /
to :hc original owner. This has been |
remedied and Il perfect title obtained. TIE
eomp!etion OF the church cditce will soon fol-
loF- The plans arc already drawi, and the work
will bc commenced about the 18th Of afay. Tile
foundations for structure to cost abuut $50 CD
were laid swo years ago under TIL. direction of
The Rev. Father leydcn. the incumbent at that
time. The plans have since been modified, and
structure costing about SIS, 0J0 decided upon.
! nc wor1s when begun Will be pushed aud prob
aol@ cou'uetcd this season.
Although it is but little past the middle Of
u Narch, Eouse agents report themselves over
run with applications for houses, and tie |
crowded appearance Of their Offices bears out
their statements. Most OF the renters are resi-
dcuts. but the usua! proportion Of outsiders
harc made their appearance 1t is too carly Us
yet to tell definitely what will be
Tur COURSE or RENTS
bnt ocents,s,k of norhin, ,ror., 80 r,,,a.h.
,'1':r- - nrcs.nt ,,r;aas yhos ~ rue .nan
.vncrtnfion IT ,n adrsnc, a. ~, - se;, ~ eceaal
# ,,.,n.nd orer s,,nrr 80 80 warr;,.+ = cn:'
,-.a,..st ac+i,.;.,- -, hnIca. 10 -o-n - !,e