, 1880-06-13
REAL ESTATE.
New Development Of the Mani
fest Destiny Of Wabash
Avenue.
Inonirv for Real Estate Moderate
Sales of the Week

Increase Of Building-Buildfng Permits
Miscellaneous.
1,h. manifest destiny OF Wabash avenue is to
hc forwarded BY very important building en-
+rrnrise. ground for which was broken last
xcek. The owners Of .ooaTect on the west side
of Wabash. south Of Harrison street. have united
in plan for improving their property with
STORES AND APARTAExr HOUSES.
The corner is owned By ME. D. ". Irwin. who
has frontage Of - feet: his parner, Mr. Green,
owns the adjoining II feet To Mr.. John Z.
Iore belong the next "a. to DR.. Judson the next
%. and to Mr.. Byrou L. Smith the adjoining 70
feet. This frontage Of e0O feet is to be built on
at once. Messrs. Irwin and Green will erect
3olnt1y a four-story building four stories high
The first floor will be divided up into Small re-
1uti stores Upstairs there will be HATS AF"
Dore will put up next to them snllar stfoct-
ure The cont1ucts have been let for DE. JUDI
sons block next door, which, as well Us Mr.
Smiths, will be three stories high Mr. Smith
building is also under contract. 1t will have
Ecifurd stone front, and will cost @l4,oou.
Special attention has beeu given To the arrange
n,.nt of the apartments III all the buildings. and
u.m has been sacri1ced to make sure OF plenty
Of light
THE TOTAL COST
Of the FIVE buildings is estimated to be not less
tl:an $11S00o. There Is a great demand 10 IRE
tuil stores and flats on Wabash avenue, and this
property will pay good INCOME the moment its
accommodations are ready Tor tenants Ihe
old sto:e church on the northwest corner Of
Harrison and Wabash will be pulled down, and
the ruaterial used in the new buildings
Mr. Cornelius Price has refused an oner OF
x4lJ foot for his forty feet the east side OF
Wabash, south Of Harrison street.
Mr.. Byron l.. Smith will also build block
with stores below and 1Ats above On his prop
crty ut the southeast corner OF State and
Twelfth streets, where he has frontage OF l0
builders report that they have had
AonY PLANS FOR HOUSES
and stores to figure on In the last week than
during the whole month Of May. Building has
fnilcn 70 to per cent in cost since last fall and
those who have been whiting for this reaction
are beginning to take hold again Brick Il
down to SC a thousand: and on. urge
orders cun be shaded tritlc- Iron, lumber.
and other materials huye receded from the ex-
1l.lne prices of the boom. Labor is stin, and
IS not expected to yield much, as Inst years
The Michigan Central Railway Company are
building very large warehouse Just
SOUTH or KESs1SGToS.
They will do most of their freight transfer here,
Mr. William Borden win build in the fall on
his purchase. soxso OIL the northwest corner Of
Randolph and Deurborn. 1t wills his tirst inten-
tlnu u build strictly fire-proof building, but
this has been given up " extrASaSnnt- Tho
plans have mt yet been drawn hr taalh' Gal9raith'
will build a handsome block as soon rs his leases
expire
permits for eighty-eight buildings, to cost
4iA.,UU, were issued during the week. In them
were those issued to George W. Smith, three
story brick dwelling aud store, 41'U feet cor
t5e ftsAf1 ct IN
Eturk Bros, store and dwelling, 60x.O, Nos ;04
to :NS West 1ndin1a street. to cost $20O00: J.
j. Loestcin, four one-slory cottages: So3W u
b1use strcc1s: one tt John Sturmos to erect Il
t~s-s,ory dwelling, corner OF Nood ard Twen-
English. to erect q two-story store and dwelling,
ct.l1ler Of Halsted aud Thrty-seventh streets, TO
cost $500: one To Jacbh Lehr, to erect three
to ct,st FL 0J1: one to F. Ber1nucr, to two
4hre.-Stury St3rt.s and dwellings. Nos. $50 and
ahe s;n u ere, ss, so eSS' dxe
avenue, ncur Madison street. TO cost $s.Goo:
t. L. Brandt to erect a th.rc-sto-y s1ore and
dwelling. corner of Jefferson street and Milwau-
kcc avenue. 1u cost $',0u0; one to ". Dccbi1n to
erect Il two~stor. dwelling, No. 45B Clinton
street, to cost $1,000; one 10 John GrutzE1an to
cl~rt twO-Story Kt0re and dwelling, corner OF
Chicago and Ashland avenues, to cost $30oo;
one u jake Rchm to erect Il three-story build
onc nx to % Wiiard % Dcn:, Eel e. t. to erect cree . two.
story u,nchine shop. No. .-sl} Archer avenue, to
ccsr $a,No: one to 5. Cardow j. Son. to erect
malt-honsc Bliss street. to cost ST, 6,0o; one to
n u. Kca1n, to erecr two story dwelling,
Grovclaud Park, to cost $4,000; one to John
LICK st. ereci e<set to cst snd one e
1iull. To erect two.story dwelling No. 1e.a Full
ton Street. to cost $luQp.
was Que to L. 4. BAGcock to erect three-storv
store and dwelling No: sl3 West Lake street, to
cost s@S ens to H we t. erect 5e
Blue Island avenue, to cost $10.0O; one to Ham
nah Howard, to erect Il three-story dwelling and
to % j. Breston, M to erect two-story dwelling, n"
143 Isciden avenue, to cost 5000: and one to q.
Lucnthal to erect Il two-story cottnge, Eight
eenth: near Paulina street, to cost s., 500.
SALES OF THE WEEK
were 275 and "a West Madison street, 900; 5o1
1oJ or Ciark strect, near JAckson. 90; triangle
Ftrcct S3Gs0: :;.4 1l:.5, improved. on West Con-
ercss strt.,t, northeast corner IF Robey, s. 00O;
ore. x4,03: :51lo0, improved, On Nor1h Franklin,
southwest corncr Of Chustrut, <S},,,CD: 1U9 feet
on West Harrison. southeast corner OF Canal,
$.,+tU; ;alx1oo Oh South Halsted street, north of
11a1wcll; sa.5a,: 1'xl25 On Lake A. A.
S. oa Gsns norts norts of sf ErfnF rs S $685.
Pier street 800: SONIC on Dearborn avenue,
Ea fau;n snie Hs nof6 II Ps 4o On On S
street. south Of Huron: $9,aD: 5uxso on West
H. e9st Of gniSn @ @ s51q hs9 9P
Of ;sxlso on Randolph: 40 feet east Of Dear
born, tmproysd. north front, stS0o; M ~ feet TO
p G. a south wS11 g. s9 91 oe Ssr1o
avenue, east of Jefferson street. ssl7ao; 5:2x]25
on Carroll avenue. northeast corner OF Des-
plaincs, <I0,7:0; and the undivided quarter Of
<ns349 On Pauina, north Of Chicago River,
$5.pU.
7: d. Boyd sold for Robert Bristol, to Mrs:
Mary E. Chamberlain. the northwest corner Of
Madison and MorRnn streets, lot 5Oxll0, with
two stores. for $1,000: two lots. 4s1160, on
Taylor street. between Wood and Lincoln, for
Thomas Burrows 81 ,Gn-
The Secretary Of the South Park Board has
been instructed to advertise for bids for an as
phat pavement for the east side OF Drexel
boulevard from the Stock iard railroad to Oak
NItodS-
4 deleynuon OF
rHOPEnTY-OwSKRS II LAKE
waited On the South Park Board to request 1t to
make speedy and substantial boulevard and
park improvements in the Towa. Of Lake The
delegation pointed to the fact that the Board
owed Lake the disbursement of f1Ul,GJD on the
GENERALLY nrccDtHd rrincne thAt as much money