, 1880-05-16
REAL ESTATE.
The New Suburban Tracks Of
the Illinois Central Fin
ished.
Better Rapid Transit than the
New York Elevated
Railroads..
Noteworthy Purchases of Real Estate
Near Lake Calumet,

Near Lake Calumet,
Principal Sales Of City and Snburbs
Property-Building.
The Supply Of Brick-City Improve
Observation-Disclosures.
Chicago will see put in operation this week th
best rapid transit that Gun be found In any cit
in the country. The Illinois Central celebrate
last week by an excursion the completion OF II
NEW LINE TO GRAND CROSSING.
The experience of the day convinced the invite
guests that Chicago was about to be provlde'
with system Of rapid transit far superior u
that afforded By the extravagant and unsignt3
elevated roads of New York. Two new a1l-slee
tracks have been Laid between Chicago ane
Grand Crossing, and arc to be extendco
to Kenstngton. These tracks arc 10 oe
used exclusively for passenger business,
as the Company has two Other
tracks for Its freight trafhc- These new tracks
will enubie the Illinois Central to run suburban
trains half hourly morning and evening, and
hourly during the day. New cars and loco
motives of novel design hive been built for the
Rapid TRANSIT TRAINS.
The cars are OF the same plan as those In use on
the Metropolitan Elevated Railroad in New
York weighing much less than the ordinary
passenger coach. The engine Is double-ender,
with q headlight and pilot at each end. This cum
stracnon saves the time and trouble now given
to turning the locomotive Mt the end Of the
run. Six OF the new cars are ready for
use, and eight more arc being built The
new trims will make the trip between Grand
Crossing and Chicago in half an hour. They
will begin regular running tomorrow. Between
Lake street and Hyde Park the route Of the ILL.,
0ots Central lies along the lake shore. It is free
from the interruptions and detentions that Inn
pede travel on other lines out OF the city. It
has been the most popular OF our suburban
lines, and this new enterprise Of its managers
will add great deal to Its travel, and SO to the
development OF real estate just south OF the
city.
An important purchase Of land at the
OUTLET OF LAKE CALUMET
was made last week by Mr.. E. Z. Beach for MIR.
Pullman The new purchase comprises 80 78-10o
acres west of the Calumet River and south of
the outlet The price paid was $4,000. This
purchase, with the ECO acres Of the Douglas tract
bought some time ago, gives the Pullman COM
binatiou control Of the shore Of Lake Calumet
from the site OF their new shops all the way
around to the Calumet River. The tract
at the outlet was till lately the
property of the Hunt heirs, of Boston.
It had 9 been in the possession of that family
since 1885, when it was entered us Government
lying on both sides Of the % ousiet % to Mr. :. I'M r.
Martin. Of this city, for 510501. Mr.. Martin at
On once sold 3sh acres north OF the outlet to Mr..
Cheney Moulton. OF Bloomington, ILL.,, for 5000
cash and has just sold the ~ 16- 100 acres south
q ne outlet to Mr. Pullman for 5000 cash.
$l.00o bonus for his bargain. Mr. Martin still
has about sixteen acres left
Mr. George NJ Pullman has bought five acres
on
TIE CALUMET RIVER
south Of One Hundred and Thirty fourth street,
and NC, between Bolton and Lockwood avenues, for
Several new manufacturing enterprises are
negotiating for sites about Lake Calumet or on
the Calumet River It Is believed the Pullman
Works will be only the leaders in q move
neut which Will make
SOUTH CHICAGO
Calumet River. and Calumet Lake the centre Of
great manufacturing industry. Among other |
expected arrivals: it is believed that the remov-
ii Of the Illinois Centrals car-worlzs to its land
near Kensington is matter OF only short time. |
Griffin & Dwight have sold for p. H Price to
northwest corner Of Indiana and Oakley streets,
Tor 5000; for John Mitchell to DR.. Reynolds,
he d house and lot No; SO Fulton street for !
Dykes. lot on West Harrison street for 81. 100;
or Mr. a A. Westengard to Mrs. Franz, a lot |
M SnRe2r and Lne9n M Streets feT oe
N~A*
ll00, with improvements, southeast corner |
AXE and Curtis streets, for IS 600; also house !
lustin for SOU: and five lots in Norwood ParE
Mr.: Eugene S. Pike has bought for ses,sa4 the
ot aox13o on which the Unity Building, No. 70
Dearborn street. stands.
s. q. Kerfoot & CO. have sold eight building
ots, e51l00 each. at the intersection Of Blue
s.aad 81 m M Marenue, Lat1ir, and Nineteenth streets,
IN THE SALES or TEE WEEK
Fere Ex10o on johnson street, southwest corner
MTsa Psora Gn Wesf On bEntoR
ast Of Paulina, 5000; e3hx105 on West Aadi-
IN, east Of Wood, <4.00o; e01ln, improved, on
1T! & <1 street east Of Els Avenue
ast OF Lake, $500; 84x1e5 on Greenwood avenue,
outheast corner of Forty-sixth street. $500;
n on South Park boulevard, north of Thirty
ighth street. 81 80; 50xl30 In Groveland Park,
asst Of Cottage Grove avenue, $3.50; 28x109 on
n Wabash avenue south Of Thirteenth street,
orl saisl; s4x1oo. improved. On Burlington
rive on Stone street, northeast corner OF Divis-
y: 50 66e; ls.i ix1s5 on Hermitage avenue, south
-as1 York street. 5000; 4exlso improved, on For
,rior, southwest corner OF Ashland avenue,
tuU; ss!G5 on Clybourn avenue, northwest
oycd on Indiana avenue, north Of Thirty !
ird street, $;',500; 50xi50, improved. OF Oak
'enue, east OF Stanton. 1850; 251lG0 on In |
ana m avenue, south Of Thirty-fourth street. l
,00: sslxl25. improved, on Latfin, south Of
Dnroe. $4,000 sse5x7s OH Cottage Grove avenue. s
fthwest corner OF Thirty eighth street, $500:
k6SH. improved. on Thirty-eighth street, west
Cottage Grove avenue, 800; IS feet to alley n
Wentworth avenue. southwest corner of
.ty-third street, $500: 40x8S, improved. on II
Qcrson street, south Of Dc Kovcn+ <3400; 300x
on South Dearborn, northeast corner Of
ringer. $2,.j00: ST West Congress street,
sou; 10 acres Wood Street, southwest
Fner of Forty-ninth street. $1,000: s,
sx1D on West jackson. east Of Paulinn. n
uU: :1ls0 on Michigan avenue, north OF | ir
enty-fourth street, $1,000; e5x1e5 on Niiwau- g.
avenue, southwest corner OF Jane street, Ii
UU: lpx=00 on Wo<,dlawn avenue. north of ci
Fty-seyenth street. $1,000; 155x.e87 on Wallace
eet, southwest corner of Forty-ffth street, ta
sou.
BUILDING.
he Wabash Railroad officials hare closed
tract for the erection OF freight transfer
'ot OH the Compnny's grounds at Forty-first
eel The through trltic will be transferred
1ther lines at that point until such time when
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad shall
opened into the city.
h5rteen OF the fifteen brickyards on the South
West Sides are closed by strike OF the
'ksnguen for an advance OF IS cents day.
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