, 1881-11-20

They had $l5D, ,0UO sulc Of real estate down in
st. Louis tho other day, ami they call 1t the
most extensive thut hn5 taken plncc ia the vii
ia.e for years. The cntAlo@ included resident,
store, and manufacturing properties, seventy
seven pieces in ALL and the sale scaltzcd $l10.00.
The transaction took place At tho new Real Es-
tate E1cnnuEc, tho bidding WIS spirited. the
prices obtuinci were generally i'll excess of the
owners estimates, and ST.. Louis is accordingly
cungratul:ittns herself on That she Is fnin to
call boom" III her real estate. Tho uiauu-
featuring sites, which wero outside of what Is
known us tho eligible quarter, brought less than
Is ordinarily pt,id for thnt class Of property,
while the residence property WAS in good de-
rland.
The plans for Cyrus ". Fields new olIice
building. to bc erected OIL Battery olncc, New
York City, where the historic Washington Hotel
stands, have been perfected, and the building
will be completed, If possible. by April. l5sJ
The architect, Mr. Edward II. Kendall, proposes
to construct Building which, in many OF Its de-
tails. will remind one Of the old Colonial days.
acu, to gone extent, mcmoriaiizc the butldin.
which now occupies tho site and " hich is known
II, huyc been Ge:l. WashiuStnn's headquarters
The pluus are I'll artistic effort which cannot
fail 10 attract the rye. and the buildip. promises
be ten stories htSn above the Gel
lar and basement, with I'm inside hight
nf l5U tcet. while above ult is to be circular
lantern, or cupola, with q taEstaf and electric
light. tho highest point from the. ground being
20 feet. Milwaukee brick. with Del'eyills stone
trimmings, is the material To be, used. The
main entrance will be on Battery place. and the
others on Broadway and Greenwich street, the
cellar the corner OF the last -nn1ned streets 70
lc used rs prcss-room Tor the EreMlng e. .nan'
Mr. Fields newspaper, which will likewise &C,
cupy the top ttour for editorial. reportoEnl. anu
coi11pos1ng- rooms. The Offices in the new buiit-
ing will be rooruy and elegant. aud the general
interior accommodations VIII! DC IN the Hrst-
class modern style.
4 tract Of land comprising III acres. contain
Ing over l.00U city lots. and situated IN ncslfa-
tile pnrt Of tho CITY put up for sale at Brooh-
i'm Thursday. The lands are known rs tho East
Side Park lands, und extend on either side of the
crest OF the ridge OF high ground which forms
antly divcrsiflcs the landscape iu Prospect Park
ami Greenwood Cemetery. When the tirst Pur-
chases Of land were madc for PROSPECT tark: Ill
1sG8. the intention WAS to have II extend turner
t3 the cast and nurth Inun 1t now does. tor thls
purpose rhe land was purchased TO tne me OF
Eashtagton avenue on tue east and as t'lr moEaa Ia
Prospect plnce.. 1t WIS lfterwaru deesneu betlcr
TO extend THO park to the westward, anu Tue
boundary on the east was nxsd az fl1toasn ~,
nue. This left the tract Of ~ nsres: nounaea oy
Prospcct place. Vanderbilt, Washington, ana
Flutbush avenues, and the city line on the flat-
bush avenue side UNUSED. ot,,.o,,
acres lca1 the ccutre. ut the top OF tne r'h III
1S7U an act wus passed by the AeeislAtute nu
thnrixfUr the sale Qi the rc!7H3Ht!Gr. CEsS'aA
ic..ui fiii1icuitics we're encountered and tt was
not until lS.::; that the arrangements for sellins
the l,u00 lots at auction we're made ING sue
was let down for December in that year. III
September caue the panic. and before the sate
came of the real-estate market was co1np!ete!y
unsettled The Board of Aldermen mct ~
Hrooklyu and pnsscd resolutions 1nplor1nS sho
turk Commissioners not to sacr1slee tho prop
crty. ami Offering to advance any money snos
might need for park expenses. Tue sac was ~
detinitly postponed, but 1t wasl l!teiy aee1ded
that the time was ripe for it, and the safe ac-
cord,n0ly too:. place Thursday There were ,,eo no
restrictions It's to the sale. except rs 10 elo eass
fronting on the park, about fifty lots we're re-
served by tho city for site for pubic pnllu!nes
The prices received are understood 70 more tan ~
Commissioners.