, 1881-12-18
transactions at an Advance on
Fifth Avenue and Else
where.
4 Summer Hotel and an Iron Pier Of the
j.. = Coney Island Style on the
Lake-front.
purchases on State Street-Plans
- for New Wabash
Depot.
New Building Enterprises-The
Observation-Disclosures
neoQS.



s.t. Of tie Clifton Hotel and Lease OF
tile TKatte@on.
The Clifton House, at the northwest corner
# Monroe street and Wabash avenue, has
heen sold to Il capitalist associated with
uessrs- Woodcock & Loring, the present les
sees Of the Ma,teson House. The price paid
was COO for lot eighty feet OIL Wabash
,yenuc and III feet OH Monroe street, with a
si,-story building Of brick with stone trin1-
mings, Messrs. Woottcuck IL 1oring will
tske possession of the Clifton House by tile
middle of January. Its present lessces, the
Munger Bros, will close tie house next
Tuesday evening. They have leased the
Matteson House Of the Connecticut Mutual
Ufe-1nsuEance Company for five years from
MAY !. at a rental reported to be SIT, 600 i
rear Tile Connecticut Mutual will spend
several months i'll repairing and rcnoyati1g
tie house, at IN expense of about SIS ooo, ;uid
ylll give possession Of it about May to the
new tenants.
An enterprise Of considerable importance
lies behind tile purchase given the other day
IN THE TRIBUNE of the Aver mansion. No.
Park Eow, by Mr.. z. J. Lehman. The lot
has frontage Of iifty-five feet OH Park row,
and runs back III feet, with l25 feet of ri
parian rights in Lake Michigan. Nr.LcEnlann
bus maturcd his plan for building UP first
class summer resort The house will be re-
modelled Us a hotel and restaurant Park
row is to be opened to the lake, and on the
property which goes with MI. Le.ln,ann's pur-
chase Of the riparian rights will be built
three handsome piers, after the Coney Island
fashion. Here every facility for bathing,
promenading, boating, and all the pleasures
Of such a resort will be furnished, The main
pier will extend 800 feet into the
lake from the railroad right of
way. The piers will occupy along
the. shore the entire frontage Of 1o5. feet,
which Mr.. LeIlmann has purchased. At the
farthcst end the main pier will be thirty feet
wide. Buildings of handsome design,
lighted by electricity, will supply baths Of
lake water warmed 10 an agreeable temper
ature- Fountains, tanks with sea lions, and
other attractions are promised. On the lake
end Of the pier there will be promenade
140x3o, with landings for boats. Part OF the
plan is to make an arrangement with the
Government to allow seats to be placed OIL
tie breakwater for the accommodation OF
those who cross the bay III boats. Mr.. Letl-
nlailn has been offered $4,000 for the right
to build an observatory On the end OF his
pier Mr.. Lehman has s15o, LOCO of his OWL
to spend on this enterprise, aud has at Ills
command whatever additional MONEY may be
needed.
Isha1n s. Prentice have SOLD 43]>zx153 with
small brick building on Fifth avenue, be-
tween Jackson and Van Buren,, and Lot and
al Of Lot t, except the north G1z feet in the
E. 4 Of 81, School Section. The price was
1000 and taxes Of 1881; also, Lots 10 and u
and north . feet Of Lot 16, in Block liz, on
Clark street, south Of Harrison, l22;x10s, for
$4,000.
Ar. Marshall Field has sold to Stephen
Monroe, of Albion Mich, his new building
Oh Fifth avenue, just north of the new Shell
dou building OIL the corner of Adams street,
with lot 43x9o, for Ss5,Uoo. The building is
4 tirst-class brick and stone improvement
FIRE stories high, which looks out at the back
on court Of extra width. This gives the
store as much light as it it stood on a cor
ner. Mr. Monroe sold for sG5,oo0 his build
ins On the oppcsit side Of the street one
block further north. with 10 feet of frontage
NE. Nathan Corwith has sold a lot at tbs
corner Of Thirty-thlrd street and South Park
x,nna ~ ca. x..:.' $500,
'11es w. u ~ iout ~ Ills p.ope..s.
lhe premises Nos. 193 and So1 Fifth avenue
have been sold for $4,000. This is All i'll
crease of 100 per cent il, value in a year..
The Wah,si, H,ilrnad lave determined to
hni1I Sss. n,as. @u .,oa'ae 80. a.,n. 60 ~
oa''u Atst7chass passenger oepot "ll oIate
-eleeL between Twelfth and Fourteenth
Streets, and are buying tile property they need
ii 500 foot anal the cost of tie improve
ments- Mr. n II Eorr,- x,ho n,,rc1,,sod in
Anil ,es4 ~ - ""o ar.,...-".,1. -"
- p4i' teot+ VI MI. sherman, ol All"aukee1
Tue premises 1:3s3 to 1S;7 State street, 114S1SS,
fog SIS 500, has been offered $4,000 net for
Il, and has raf,,sad # Tho nrona,tp il ROY.
efe,l with rhna,, ,rnndo, n,,i1t;nrS Wv
l. Loeb Il ISro solG this week house and
lot on Dcarbnrn ayenue ne wear Schijier street.
1t slQ0OO. 1a1, iats in Sntbarland,s Snnrli,
vision So,r,th En,1,s,rnnfs af e. M. fo1r Iots
on Bissel street Gaar f.o,,fra 1T Il I'M. hnmsa
End lot m Hiss.si efroaf rn,r Tontrn -.
$500: 10 acras ,"nrtb ~ ;,nii,',a,, ~ - ica n.
e9rner Of PotE and ia KAN Streets at - Son.
six lots on FmIra,.] aXn,,np and Eiffv,i;rsf
ktrert at =, m. lnt ~, ;noo,', a,,,,,,,o naar
Garfield ayr,yp At - M @~AA
The norfheast cornar of cto+a and con-
eres, l0Dyl:S ,yith ,irao.etorv hr7cl. honsa
TIA: cost * {xX, hatnngIn" t. 1t,e estafe of
Millialu Wheeler. has heen sold bv f. 4.
Bragg for S1::5 fa
J.. Iii. F. A. Eragr has hought n5y13s feet on
State near EieiitentL T fnr $40 G loot @ ' o''