The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-19
Over -Four Hundred New Buildings Going Up
on the East Slde Up Town.
WHAT RAPID TRANSIT HAS DONE.
The Rhinelander Estate and the Inten-
tons Of the Executors.
ACTIVITY IN REAL ESTATE.
Homes for the Middle Glasses at
Moderate Rents.

The unprecedented activity in building operations
now everywhere visible in the eastern uptown
ton of the city. encouraged it has been by the
successful introduction of rapid transit along the
east side avenues has led to a report widely crcu
lated in real circles that the Rhineander
tate about erect 400 buildings the vacant lots
lying between East Eighty sixth and East Ninety
third streets and extending toward the East River.
While engaged in obtaining facts. showing the un-
precedented improvements now going in
that section Of the metropolis. q representative
of the HERALD called yesterday at the Office
of the Rhinelander estate and there informed
that though tho time had undoubtedly arrived for
the improvement of their uptown property the
present heirs could anticipate the action of the
courts. Mr.. William C. Rhinelander died in June
last. and amcable partition suits progress
ing and it was hoped that in about six or eight
months the various heirs would each get their share
to be settled by the present executors Of the estate
all Of whom were anxious that the property should
be fairly and honorably divided. Naturally
most of them would at once set to work
and improve the property thus acquired. but the
estate as such had nothing to do with it, All
they had to to was that each one got his her
share and leave whatever improvements were to be
made to their individual enterprise. The agent at
the Rhnelander estate Office having referred the
tleman having charge of the partition suits. the latter
called upon at the Office Of Messrs Platt Gerard
L. Bowers, in William street. Mr.. Stewart explained
the status of the property in of partition
INTERVIEW WITH ONE OF THE RHINEI-ANDER HEIRS.
He said:-"No plans have been made nor has any
contract been signed for the improvement Of single
lot Of Mr. Rhinelanders estate but presumably all the
heirs will build the moment the definite lots are
given them. The partition suit. which is now in
the Supreme Court. is an amicable one, and the
divisions will be made soon as the commits
sioners of partition appointed by the Court pre-
pare their maps showing the respective shares of the
individual devisees. Almost every mechanic in
town has been at the Office of executors to find
out about these 400 buildings. but how any one
of us build until we know what lots going to
get? The moment we know that, most of the heirs
will. no doubt erect private residences the nu-
east side streets. running through the
estate and presume they will be buildings that
be rented for $500 to $500 and having about sixteen
feet front. The buildings the avenues will be
stores"
''what is the extent of the property % asked the
writer.
Here are eco lots" replied Mr.. Stewart. "lying
between Eighty sixth street to the south, Ninety
third street to the north, Lexington avenue to the
west and the river on the east. Mr.. William c..
Rhinelander was the sole surviving trustee of his
father. William Rhinelander. who acquired this prop
erty in 1885, Is record that the latter paid for
the first piece Of this property s1.65o; for the
second he paid $1l,356 20; for the third he paid
nominal sum. for another piece he paid ST. 9Gs. and
still for another parcel $780, The whole of this is
now worth fully over ST. 900. The Mr.. Rhine
lander who died last June had power to sell any
part Of this vast tract, he could not issue build
ing loans, and people did not to i'm
prove it so long a. they could not get possession
of it. except by lease. With Mr. Rhinelanders
death in June last the entail terminated and now
nineteen different heirs come in. all of whom will
no doubt at set to work in improving their
spectve shares. You see by their names that
they are all persons we'll known in New York. all
heirs who have the welfare Of their native city at
heart"
WHO IMPROVE THE PROPERTY?
'.In so far as they are the parties to mako the
much talked of improvements have you any objec-
ton to furnishing the HERALD with their names?'
asked the writer.
mot at ALL" said Mr.. Stewart, "but they in
different groups First come William, Julia and
Serena Rhnelander and Mary r. Stewart, all children
Of william G. Rhinelander." Mr. Stewart here added
'The latter is my mother. and for shall advise
her to improve her thirty lots without delay Next
is Mary G. King. only child of Philip Rhinelander
She is the wife of ex-state Senator John A. King of
Long Island, and being only child she is entitled
to about one hundred and twenty lots. Then come
Charles and Laura Rhnelander. Emily c. Watson and
Gertrude r. Waldo, all four children of Bernard
Rhinelandcr deceased. Next Frederick W. Rhine
lander. Mary 4. Newbod. Lucrctia S. Jones and
Elizabeth Edgar. all children of Frederick
W. Rhinelandcr; then Frederick w. Renwick
William II. Renwick and Mary II. Swan. chill
dren. and Mary r.. Calender. grandchild of Mary
Rhinelandcr. who married Robert Renwick. The last
group is composed of John II. Stevens and Mary L.
Gaatn, children Of Eliza Rhinolander who married
Horatio Gates Stevens Now you have them all. and
you that the various parties are all persons
not overanxous to keep unimproved property their
hands The executors of the entire estate are william
e. Rhinelander, William X. Renwick and Lispenard
Stewart The Lispenards, after whom Lispcnard
street has been named. intcrmarrcd with tho Rhine
landers.
NEW APARTMENT HOUSE
Mr.. Stewart added that the Rhinelandcr family had
been far successful with their uptown than with
their downtown property where they had to contend
with considerable litigation at the time that the
New York Elevated Railroad Company first
erected its pillars through Greenwich street.
Still, rapid transit the east side
was now making up for IT, and ON or about Tho LIST Of
erect without delay large apartment house on the
southwest of Eighty sixth street and Second
for the division of the rest of the property This
corner they had been compelled to repurchase at
foreclosure sale and they would at once set to work
TO improve 1t.
''rle anxiety of the Rhinelsnder people to get
through with tho red tape OF the courts said a
prominent real estate in Pine street yesterday
''can be easily understood. considering the advan-
tages they now possess for building owing to the
chcapness of the material and the desire OF many
persons from Jersey city aud Brooklyn to come to
New York and purchase cheap homes"
avon hf %ax ErrEcr OF RAPID rlAssr;
what change rapid transit is making Tor New York.
The effect upon our city is like the Introduction of
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