, 1880-08-08
The Illinois Central to Have a
Depot at Sixteenth Street
Workingnen Buying Lots-The
General Market Dull.
Sales of the Week-Increase In
Building Permits.
What Chicago Must Do to Be Paved
Street Railways.

The transfers contained very few Important
transactions. Real estate dealers reported
the inquiry for lots quiet and sales small
Notwithstanding the present state OF atfalrs'
agents generally express themselves with ina
greatest confidence as to the future. 1t Is
significant fact that the Iaboring people IN
the vicinity Of manufacturing establishments
are
STEADY PURCHASERS OF LOTS
A large number of sales have been maze 70
this class in the vicinity of the North Side
Rolling Mills and the similar establishments
on the western and southern edges OF the
city.
The Illinois Central Railroad will at once
open a new depot for their Hyde Park trains
al the
HEAD OF SIXTEENTH STREET.
on Prairie avenue. They have purchased
through AIr. George N. Bogue, from the Con-,
necticut Mutual, the old church lot on Prairie
avenue, at Sixteenth street. The lot has a
frontage Of G. 7-1o feet on Prairie avenue,
and extends to the railroad. The price paid
was S13,400. There are twenty-five feet Of
the lot vacant, and here temporary depot
will be at once put up, to be followed by a
better building as soon as the lease Of the
house expires
AIr. Potter Palmer has sold to John D.
Jennings los feet on Michigan avenue, north
Of jackson street, for $500 foot
IN THE SALES OF THE WEEK
were 50 feet to alley OIL Elston avenue, north
of North $500; undivided third Of 25x100
on State street, near Van Buren. So 900; the
undivided third of 125xl25 On Bliss strict,
northwest corner of Hickory, s.. GOO; s5x1o24
OH Thfrty-ffth street, east Of Ellis avenue,
ST. $50: 25x100 on State street, south of Van
Buran, Slt GOO: 68x1:0 on Lake avenue south
It,oms street, south OF Van Buren, $500:
3;xl00 m Chestnut street, west nf Dear
born avenue, 500; BIS Rush street, S1.5O;
G5I74 ON Market, south Of Adams. s.: 80:
f Wcs snd on ts ear s sosis sise1 on :? Msan @
avenue, southwest c0rner of Jackson,
&25.0 coo; 1o0HlGo IN Michigan avenue, north
Of Forty-uinth. $',500: lS2x165 on West
Adams, west Of Campbell avenue, $500;
1850 on Fifty-irst west Of Western avenue
boulevard, $a,4T.
4 dwelling and the lot on which it stands
on ThiHy-ffth street, near the corner OF El-
lis: avenue, has been sold by 4 J: Cooper,
for Sc. $50. The Int, which is 35xl02 feet, was
valued at S121 per foot
L. c. Paine Freer. the lawyer, has purchased
"a feet fronting on State street, 300 feet
south Of Van Buren street, east front, for
$40 per foot
IN THE BUILDING PERMITS,
which numbered l23 for buildings, to cost
SaGo, 1000, were those to II. Zoellner, to erccta
three-story store and dwelling, No. 552 Blue
Island avenue, to cost $500: one to John
Goesche, to erect Three two-story stores and
a aae No - fan KIT RSfsa e sge est g eeS5
warehouse, 52xGo feet, corner Of Seymour
and Kinzie streets, to cost 5000: one to IL.
Gtai1s f 70 ereet one onStoty s co6,a, e Tn,o' W'
nea! s folk strees' 70 COSY son; 2He 70 o WaM! ;
lo, - ~. Is snn ~ 7,har ~ ss ~
1actoty, 70 cosL So: trn 20 o!lf u i, zuHel. ~ y
1alsaeo @ street, sieet' 70 COST @ so'o"' one e+,>tt, 70
James swan 70. 70 e[ect I"o-S1o1y
o"e!iEg' "a: oo s4e9 A1Trntean 1venue,
to cost Sl0,oo; one u W; Aelr1ng: g,,t9 to
South Halsted street, to cost $500; one to
the City OF Chicago, to erect a three-stHry
school-house S4He4 fett corner OF ~! Mcgee oo
avenue ana walnut stleet, 10 cost Ss'o;OVu;
three story stores and dwellings corner Of
" y az bnftn ai11 Desplalnes slreets, 10 cost
30, 900; one to Thomas Morse, to erect two
story dwelling corner OF lwenty-seventh
qnd 81 wallace streets, to cost snSy;: one to Il.
Of Clark street and Fullerton avenue, to cost
81 :oo: one to e. l. Gamer, to erect q two
sto1y dweumg on GiarK stfeet, near ruler
toh avenue, " cust Sa..No1 oHe ~ :. IEtchoW.
to erect tTo-story store and dwelling On
state street, near fhirty,nlnth. to cost S4,-
600: one to John ". Polly, to erect q two
story dwelling on fa1k avenue, near faullna
street, to cost Slo,oo0; to Z. Brandal, to erect
2 one-story bowllng-alley, Nos, 4;S and 43'
Randolph s: @et TO- cost S2oOo; one
to j. ~ Storcht TO erect
two-story dwelling, NO. a Del1nyster
street, to cost s. 40; one to e: Bessey to
erect tEo-story factory; Ashland avenue, to
cost S2,a0: one to J. n. Carthy 70 erect 9
sWo-5tory DWELLING corner OF May and Good
Streets. to cost s., loo; one to ). II. +. DTdge
e erect tourstory, store and dwelling,
CLARK street. near 1nn1nna' 10 cost sO.uoo;
~. ~, ~ ti;2 " ..,e t;t,t, - ria e"u
cos1 81 90: one to jain Felkc 10 erect a two.
story dwelling. 10. E2 Larrabee street. to
cost s.. 800: one to Miss Fitzpatrick to erect a
two-sturv dwelling. Drarborn street. near
Thilty-sixth, TO cost s., ,n0: one to F, Uuschke
to erect two-story dwelling, No, Isl Orchard
street, to cost S200t,: one to Clement e. Sons
to erect a tllrce-story building for stores and
dwellings. State street, near Fourteenth. to
cost $4,000: one to A. E. l. s. E. Kent to !
erect four three-story stores and dwellings.
Nos. 40 tn 4a5 South Clar1, street. to cost
81, coo: and one to a. ". Windsor tn erect a |
threestory store and dwelling, corner OF Wa |
bash avenue and Thirty-frst street, to cost |
$1,000.