, 1880-11-28

Prairio av, SO It n Of Fifty third st, vi, 'N
| sooxl;sA #. dated Nov: | Charles A.
1aaScs 1aEks to Gs0Ffs s e. nSrSu $500
| 90xl67 IT, Improved. dated Oct. Is
| James ii. Hill 10 Charles Nowell}.....: A,ooo
Prairie az, between F%orty-fourth % and
[ u Charles G. Austin to William r.
keep}.. .-............. 10,8s0
The following is the total amount of city
and suburban transfers within radius of
seven miles of the Courthouse filed for rec
ord during the week ending Saturday, Nov.
81: City-Sales, 1o7; consideration, Sso6,Go7.
North Of city limits-Sales, z; consideration,
! $3.50. South Of city limits Sales, 50; con-
| sideration, 500, ,493. West Of city limits
| Sales, s; consideration, S1a, ,864. Total sales,
| 152; total consideration, S1.117,9l4.
IN THE REAL-EsTATE LOAN MARKET
| money is being freely lent on good real-es-
| tate security at6 per cent This week. there
was $3.50, 40 placed by trustdeeds Oh sixty
! one different pieces Of property, and 81, sos
BY mortgages on twenty five separate lots, or
total OF eighty-six loan transactions for the
sum of $2Q6016. The sums loaned were gen.
orally small.
The well-known architect, George 0.
Garnsey, in connection with Mr. Wallace
Hume, theatrical architect, is preparing
! plans for the new Criterion Theatre. to be
erected OIL Sedgwick street, near Division.
The plan embraces q front building 45x76
feet, basement, stores, and two stories of
flats. There will be four stores and four
Easements for renting PURPOSES. Each fiat
will have six rooms, with closets. The
theatre building proper will be 75x1s5, ar
ranged for parquet, dress s-circle, balcony, and
gallery; seating capacity. I,700 people. The
stage will be the largest in the city. Particu-
lar attention Is being paid to give good
amount Of exits, and in this particular 1t will
be the best theatre in the city. The buildings
are to be erected Of stone and brick, with cut
stone trimmings, ut cost of S50,000 Work
Is to be commenced at once. The proprietor
is Mr.. Munger, the We1l-knoWn elevator and
grain man.
In TIE BUILDING PERMITS
of the week were those to the Milwaukee g.
st. Paul Railroad Company, to erect a two
story freight-house, 24x400 feet, on Califor-
mia avenue, to cost $12,0 600; to p. Fl. Rice, to
erect a one-story addition, corner of Kinzie
and Sangamon streets, to cost 5000; to 3.
Haley to erect two-story dwelling, No. $50
ualsted street, to cost $4,000; to George
Bartholmae to erect three three-story dwell
ings, Nos. $50 to 536 Sophia street, to cost
S1S,00a
STREET IMPROVEMENT.
Prominent rea1-estate owners on State
street, among them Potter Palmer and
Messrs. Field and Letter, have put into cir
culation petitions looking to tearing up the
present wooden pavement on that thorough
fare in the spring and repairing it with Me-
dina stone.
Ft,n
Superintendent Of Special Assessments to
report list of all streets for the Improve
ment Of which ordinances had been passed
and application for Judgment suspended by
order Of the Council; also q statement Of
opinions as to whether, in view Of the in
creased cost Of material, the assessments
made were sufficient to do the work.
The only change made by the Committee
ready published, OF streets to be improved,
from Clinton to Western avenue, instead OF
from Centre avenue, and the improvement of
Maxwell street from Canal to Blue Island
avenue, instead of from Clinton street. The
right of the street railway companies to pave
the intersection Of streets with cobble-stone
was also considered, and the conclusion
The North Division Committee on Streets
aud Alleys
HAVE ADDED TO THE STREETS
which Commissioner Waller has recon-
nlendcd the improvement Of the following:
Cass street, from kinzie to northern terml-
nus; Pine street, from Michigan to Illinois;
Pine street, from Ohio to Erie; State street,
fronl Chicago avenue to North avenue; Oak
street, from Larrabee to the lake shore; Clark
street, from North avenue to North Park
avenue; Centre street, from Clark to Sedg-
wick; Sedgwick, from Lincoln avenue to
Clark; Market street, from Kinzle to Diyis-
ion; La Sale street, from Kinzio to north
ern terminus; Chicago avenue, from Clark
east; Franklin street, kinzie to Chicago ave-
nue.; Division street, from Lincoln avenue
to the canal bridge; Dearborn avenue, from
Michigan to North avenue; Indiana, from
the bridge to St. Clair; Superior street, from
Wells to Pine; Huron, from Clark to Dear
born avenue; Erie street, from the bridge to
Clark; Michigan street, from Clark to Dear
born avenue; and Michigan street, from Cass
to st. Clair.
Mayor Harrison has vetoed the ordinance
for the
PAVING OF ASHLAND AVENUE
between Lake and Milwaukee avenue. The
Mayor holds that wooden blocks are not rs
good for pavement on outside streets as busi-
ness streets, from their liability to become
:" pocket-marked." In addition to this, his
Honor believes that there is growing oppo-
sition to wooden pavements, and points to the t
fact that Ashland avenue, from Madison |
street to Jackson, was macadamized in 1877,
and, in spite Of heavy teaming upon it, is vet |
in good order. the total cost for repairs since |
the date named amounting to less than $500.
Commissioner Waller means to recommend !
that stone be used in the Improvement Of all |