, 1880-02-22
Particulars About Sales, Rents,
and New Buildings.
The Jackson Street Bridge and
Boulevard.
The BouleYards to the Parks and
Cther City Improvements.
EistorT Of the Public Sur1eys-Pay as lou CO.
Miscellaneous.

the market George r. Ciarke s. Co. sold for
". F. My1tck 366 feet on Lake Park avenue and
Grove Park avenue, between Thirtieth and
Thirty first streets, for Sl5,s55. and 4011oo feet
on Lake Park avenue, between Thirtieth and
Ihirty-first streets, for 1000, and cottage No.
&c. with lot 25xl5l on Thirty-hrst street, for
saa.10o Messrs- Chandler l. Co., mortgage bank
c.s have sold this week 965 West Polk street for
s. 600; 1858 West Harrison street, $500; 4S9 and
al Beden avenue, $6C00: 12S4 State street, 81, eco
{subject to thx for widening State street,. 100x
15o corner Of fourth and II Hyde Park avenue,
5000; III Fremont street, $500; l452 Shurtlef
avenue $1500; 140i Butterfieid street, 81 400; 10
acres in the S. E. u Of the n E. X Of Sec 81 81,
l6, 800 an acre and half the profits when resold
within six months: lots on Forty-frst street,
SL0u0: lot on Duncan Park at $3.50. With one
exception, no deeds yet on record This certain
ly indicates an active state Of the market, but
Mess1s Chandler Co. state TINT the prices have
been attractive, and only limited in cheapness
by what WIS required to
LET OUT THE MoSET-LESDERs
who had been forced to take the property in duA
times The sale will be continued on this basis
until the whole list is closed out. J. H. Bisseu
sold, for the estate Of George E. Pugh, Of Cn-
cinnati 20 acres in southeast corner of Sec 70 On
Riverside boulevard, to Samuel " Allerton. Tor
5000 cash. D. ". StorTs has sold 40 acrcs on the
ridge at Washington Hcirhts. corner Western
avenue and South street, to G: C. Benton, for
<la,01O; acres on Stxty'-seyenth street. Engle-
wood, for 5000; also :.>.ox3B feet southwest
corner of Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty first
to F. G. Porter, Esq, for *a95oo cash.
This sale is the most important one made
in that locality for several years. and has At
the search By capitalists for desirable invest
mcnts. Ira 1}rown sold thirty-two blocks at
Homewood. being S. E. = Of Sec: 30, 7; 36 y, +
c. YU +1r ftfn ir1
Evanston to A. NJ Garner for 5000; three lots
in Lc Grange to Henry Racine for $500; and
Three lots IN La Grange to Mrs A E. stirm for
In the other
SALES OF THE WEEK
were 5o1150 feet on Dearborn avenue, north Of
Maple street 1xl6o On Indiana f axenns,
51x151 on North La Sale street, northeast corner
Of Goethe, $500: a0ox121 on West Jackson
street west Of California au{S avenue c S1 a3 43
Thirty-sixth, $500: 80 feet on Michi--
gan avenue: running -. to u, Indiana, northeast beast
Lake street west Of Wood. running to alley,
IS go; 150x60 feet on Carroll avenue, northwest
corner Of Clinton, S13,0oo; 90rls5 feet on Carroll
$500: 6ox11o feet on Carroll avenue. northeast
corner of jefferson street. Sn-500; 1:51l61 feet
OH Michigan avenue. northeast corner Forty
Ct Ct Adams street, street. $il ,ooo: 19l feet to river on
Grove street, south of Sixteenth, S.7,500; 3Gxl00
feet OH Illinois street, east Of North Wells,
$50: 5qx139 = e. feet on Pratt place. west OF AoSne
The rents s Of the Hale Building, ut the south
east corner Of State and Washington streets.
VIII be $2 900 this year, against IS 200 last year,
an increase Of
NEARLY Is PER CENT
Mr.. ". E. Hale has rented the store, 40x150, Nos
r. md 81 State street. for 6,O0o 1t was unrent-
rent rents in tic eroccry quarter may be cited tho
case OF the Mckay Building, which stands on tho
northeast corner Of Wabash avenue and Ham
leased by " r. Allen l. Co. wholesale erocers,
for term Of I'VE years, at $1ooofor the first two
years and s. 600 for the last three. It is under
5000 for their lease. The building is Of brick
and iron. five stories high, and contains TWO
steam elevators
THE BUILDING PERMITS
issued last week numbered cighty-tWo, and COW
cred the expenditure Of $71,3.a5.
Among them were those to Thomas H. Biddle
to erect thrce-stoy store and :, dwslnng' sdl Nos.
drew Madsen to put up Two three story stores and
dwellings, Nos ~ and 81 West Ohio street. to
cost sl0o00; to K. Kelley to erect two story
to james N. Pyatt to erect four three~story
dwellings. Ashland avenue, near Congress street,
to cost $4,000: one to John Brown to erect two
eighth, to cost 5000; to Anton Hammacher,
two-story dwelling. Wood street, near Ambrose,
e s r. Ko!oF e t@Gsto1 @ 2 eEjainE oba
Lomux: thrce-story factory, Congress street,
near Fifth avenue, to cost $4,000; to Charles
hasiea 10 sxe e ~ e. heS aae
two-5tory dwelling, No. $40 West Adams street,
10 cost $1,000; to 6. 3. Cook, three-story dwell
HU; and to Asbury Lowrey, seven two-story
dwellings, Park and Western avenues, to cost
JAcKsoS-sTREET BRIDGE.
The West Division Committee on Streets and
Alleys have unanimously decided in favor of the
petition from the citizens In the vicinity Of
jackson street asking TINT the Committee direct
the preparation Of proper ordinance for the
erection Of II bridge across the South Branch of
the Chicago River ut jackson street. md also
viaduct oyer the rail:uad-track on the west side
Of the said South Branch, md between It and
Canal street, at the point where jackson street
approaches said Suuth Branch.
Commissioner Waller has bought
HALF 4 MILLION BRICK
for the new City HILL T. s; ]. D. Tiuey, Thomas
Moulding, and LII & Morrison are to furnish
1GO, each, the former ut $3.50 per 900, and the
attf6 two tno at 9 sad M9yt re 1Sp co
tractor has contracted for the remainder Of the
brick be will need ut IS per l,00 to be delivered
WIEN inc a, nem s ncH ,s 1,,,r ,1 r 4o dIc @ f
October which will be ahead Of time.
Mayor Harrison is opposed to the extension
Of the Washington n-strcct boulevard
THROUGH UNION PARK.
which can be properly used only as park, and
would be made dangerous for children and 9TH
cr frequcnters If fast driving were encouraged
in it,
JACksoS-sTREET BOULEVARD.
The residents Of this street intend turning 1t
t> cr to the West Park RoMrd, norninal1y as a
boulevard 10 Douglass Park Ordinances have
been passed and assessments madc for paving
it between Canal and Rockwell street; also for
California avenue between Madison md Twelfth
streets. An ordinance is to be introduced to
gravel the two blocks between Rockwell street
and California avenue The public will then
have straight drive from the head OF Nichf-
ean-arcnue boulevard (which stArts at Jack
son street, three and thrce-fourths miles
10 California avenue, thence south, passing tho
Fair Grounds, to Douglas Park; or, north TO the
Washington boulevard; or. west to Central Park
and the race-course- A graceful curve Will be
given it ut Hcyne avenue by condemntng the
vacant lot OF, the southwest corner.
When under the control Of the Park Board,
heavy tcAuling and the moving Of houses upon
it flor any distance) will be prevented. A large
rpon the street the coming season.
BouLEvARDs-
The owners Of three miles Of frontage on
Filty-flrst street have protested to tho South
Park Board aEnfnst granting permission to the
Chicago s. Western Indiana Railroad to cross on
Fifty-nrst street to Western avenue, crossing
the end of the park in so doing. The name Of
Sps.fh Grove parkway has hce1 changed to
Drexcl boulevard The West Chicago Park Com
missioners having received q petition, with sig
representing l., 600 Tcet Of frontage, 2N0
feet more than were needed, in favor Of the
West Washington-srrcct boulevard, have ap-
proved and cOncuFrcd in it.
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