, 1881-03-06


were 5G8 sales of property, which brought
s. 639 til and in the corresponding Febru-
airy, 1850, 5sa sales, for s.. .42', ~
made III the last year or two by Judge Van
II. Higgins IS printed in the alliance, which
gives the Judge q high place among the men
wuo 1T.vr nr11r CHICAGO.
at cost q Snvo WtiG1i M w., - atn,i np Rn,t
R,se WILL 100 eu M NV .vnr], in 1he
ni.ch, ~ s9s1 s9s1 wxi y, : IN faat ~ tha corner
of , F;ttr.ninrh nj sfrcef boulevard and Michigan
avenue u M. M -, t}a corner nf For-
10Y Stofa stroets ,yhich cost him
tanM n,,n wv i ,rnrth IT. last S1G0 oOo: acres
~ 10 n,u o. NJ Fortvseventil Street aud
I. u!1 e"ia1 ,7a,ua at = cost # ss0 mn warth
MnW 9-o,uo, 7e ~ nG69 0aG nd ,vorth XII clkl. N
~ o,, - SusIE Wahash nv..mme sunth Of Adams. for
~. isaG M v - 300 ~ Dndoih and ia strpnrs
fnr "a txk} fnne-third Of Which We notice has
oeel s9i9 ~! oao. ~. ~. taay in Cn1ver,s AIitjon
sltees, ~. ~ "oras ~ Erond nnt,l..
lor o!o,oeo, al.n - W;iI,,r I, Gtornv,s rel
J a,u J4or or nnn, ~ , niece of nronrrty which
eoll - 1s-S fnr SG; nM Ha las purchased,
also. 1000 feet at the corner of Forty-third
street and Hyde Park avenue. running
through to the lake; about II acres, known
as the Orchard property, purchaSen lot
i;nay from aa tine % to Il lime, Eta has taken iii Of
rna jnr,1mhrances of Roseill Cemetery, and
viii ,mal-a # whnt if shouiI be, having spent
.ean fnn ,st year innrovjnr It. and Is about to
oyo J ~ ASt M KIT t,orn ttis sason It IS bound
SpHlu S3doJ9 nao4e LIP 'e11. G1; ~ = III IN
vestment in this is over S2l0 ,op:" .,
The I1eut Estate M7lU Butut'lg JoHFHut
gives some interesting
oID-rlNE ITEMS o,
about Chicago real estate. When Chicago
hrcnu1e CITY. OIL March i, 1857, the entire as
sessment ] within the limits was 500 4s22. The
11u T.1., heimtr ont"fourth value, it would seem
that the entire city territory was worth ABOUT
one million aollals; ,a, f,,,,, 1seo II 1se,t
impssiret f5 rec record Of Which is preserved We
lind these items:
Two lots syxlSo feet in size, fronting north
on IL 1ake e. stIst rs tntai n trae Years aftarwards
-, ~ W 10 cInn 1n;aca. eit.ht months sub
uley piuusi. Gtoo 81, ;f,,t hnnn, tev vent
sfqeTtt3' St 5a Thcv Tha w would sell now for over
Sl0o,000 apiece. Lots in tile same vicinity
sold in 1886 at from ST, ooo to S2,0o0 each.
,nd II We1s 19 LUG strnets brousnt Ssoo Mr. c. i.
Moimes being tho purchaser. Two months
later, 5 a1r. c: [: Peck soid sox11o feet where re
the satzc.mng M = raiifan f t, now vcar Se9f Mth L
o anu m Jamu, ,'1, " ,,,,a. uua' ,ino for sl;a1
King bought 4 lot Ill lne Salle Dloch 4oA sooo'
now worth Sl0U.oOU.
From 1872 to 1915 the first really heavy ana
trportaut transactions began to be made,
nmI I,oul, t,o,lnty land made Il stride towards
-. cyhsu,uant nnsifinn in Western wealth,
- ~ o.,ant- -bna. .fomrtf, scoI--incr,.nsing
t1le ~ 80 ~: ~ in 3iS nnfi i,
from Sioos ~ llt - ~ -':;..atn - ~ 81 u,s
'sS the DOCKS sno"eu itli est4ln"te VI *7'o'o'
22GG5 .
The Government sold or lana N Cooh
County between 1885 and ISIS, 2.t2 3t' acres,
and realized :sI.33 per acre, or S:,9G}.0lG for
II n.1rinr this period $4,000 acres were
Hnoot.d IHr srhonls and the canal, making
n0ss a2!xs No1 nras n;ran fnr tha ~ MI, l1} RI
@,;,S @,tco,Goo "cteo sA'e" AoA A'Ao ~~'
celved: xoo, o,+,+o
~ lS't ~ LIZ e., S4's >t - SKI nar acre for
was e@o,o3-,ooo, VI s.oouG ~. nv ;nniutIod
tne e1snkeeii s4uto ,utS n;o}, .,ara hn,nfiad
Wltiltl tno clts IIliie; nIt.; sts.nt Nnrth
Dy EnNefInh avenue, oeuEN NiGn o. E.t' as i -.
| avenue, Western avenue ana 1"eIty-scconu
street.
Twenty years ago any lot on " aSnInetOn
street. eo1,itl have been bought at 800 per
fr,rt fnnt Maritime h;,t nIiu old brick aud
fo',' uo,,s,s occnn3a,l II Intson tllis street.
frame EoussS occuple9 -. ;1oorovanants . and
alnWns iali palce +i, hni +ntn} hvn sinca snid
deuuctuls lnlS Ion tlio custei: ~. osS @ go - -
1T s., ,3 per 1!onl iool, allu IL !i.as upt ~ - .
| he th1 I'm finest blocks in the city.
e.r,,rn4v,s rrAysFEcs.
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