, 1881-01-23
Moderate Demand for Real Es-
tate with New Inquiry.
for Acres.
Active Search for Stores to Rent,
Especially from Outside
New SHE Proposed for the Board OF
Irade-South Chicago De-
yelopment. i
West Washington Street Boule-
ward-Scarcity Of Dockage
miscellaneous.

mrd-Scarclty OF Dockage
miscellaneous.
There wns moderate volume or actual ttaos'
actions IN real estate last week. ana an
UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF INQUIRY.
Several real-estate connoisseurs agree IN 'oe
opfifou that the drift Of the market - eo"sio
acres, with the prospect Of an unusnany acuse
market this spring for that k'no VI psap 5.',,ast
considering that January Is always 1ne oultest
month Of the yea1, the sales OF the week canno1
be regarded as below the marx.
C.. II. Henderson Co. haye sold fnen Aoa on
the southeast coruerof
FnAyHN AND ADAMS
streets for $l57, 600. Tho frontage on ADAMS -
1e5 feet, and the depth on Frankiln 19u' 1uo
price paid is S, go foot On Adams suees- t"o
rrars neo this property was valued at $8oo 1oo1-
The Gas Company s lot On the norfneass CUT
ADAMS AND MARKET
stncets 1,as: bccn bought by C. NJ Henderson y
C;o for s86. .5O0 The frontage on Adams s11eet
ts1r3 feet with depth OF 95 feet Tor W 1eet OF
It and OF about $50 feet for the remainder. auo
;p,ricc per front foot on Adams street was sso
: The west side Of Market street. oetween naau1 i,
tson and Adams street, Will eoon " ~ up4o'ea'
Messrs. Farweu, Law. Rogers, and otner Prop-
artv.nuners there have decided to build.
nmtjons are being quietly secured on property
the ,,1ock between Third and Fourth avenues
and jackson and Van Bnrcn streets. 9hose1n-
fercested are believed to be looking Tor new
site for the
BOARD or TRADE,
sn t3,at in, case obstacles are thrown III tne way
ID their moving down La Sale street they can
hare another resting place This oloek' aoAeoo'
iann}d otYo a]1 the room required, with 4o1s TO
snare. and It's position south o. ING eoseon~
Fo,,se !. q ch1dce one.
Mr- B. P. Hutchinson has Eold Nos. l39 anu zoi
Etrthnvenue. 5219O, south Of Monroe, west front,
1oscnh nonnerEberser sold to Herbert C. Aver
+ha residence on tho southwest corner OF Maple
street. and Dearborn avenue, '54xlO teets lot
$4,000.
Gibbs & Ca1kins haye sold 50 feet on Michiean
arnnue retygecu Twenty-eiFhth and IHenty-
ninth streets, east front, for ss:.'5,oN-
~A,r n phi1pot has sold 200 feet on Indiana
.ycnuc. and $50 feet on Michigan avenue, be-
r1yeen TIfty-eiRhth and Fnty-ninth s1ee1s' 1or
Atout $40 foor.
sp,eyce {: Ware have sold during the week the
h,,j1dfnr ct the southwest corner OF South water
and Dearborn streets for $5000o; also ou1ldln8
M. 159 Fifth avenue, between Aad1son ana
Monroe streets, for ,000- They report tho
market in rents active for stores, the demano
Aeing chiefly from outside houses.
t.onrad Seipp has sold to bfartln Howard the
,ortheast .orncr Of Franklin and Jackson, 1o61
1Gj, for $s5,00O-
yififam n. Stokes sold fer r. u. Simpson to P.
NJ. Peterson Lot :, Block q, Ogden's Additaon,
81, 900.
On Foy4y-ntnth street. between Woodiawn and
Greenwood avenues, 15o1A' feet has oeen solo
for $3.50.
on Dre1el boulevard, between Fifty-fifth and
Eiftygix1h Streets $50 feet, east front, has been
sold for 500 foot TO Mrs Woodwork. -.
Mr.. Samuel Gchr has sold between Fifty-e1ghth
aud FYfty-uinth streets, eight lots On Indiana
avenue at So per foot, and SIX lots on Michigan
avenue ut $50 per foot; and on State street. be-
tween Thirty seventh and Thlrty-elghth Streets,
t,rcnty-ny feet to william II. johnson for S6'
per eoot- ...,.
Stxty-six feet on Canal street, south Of Jack
son. has boon purchased by the Pittsburg s
Fort Wayne Kail1oad Company to increase its
facilities The sum paid was S23,0O-
Adolph Loeb &; Bro. have sold the Tivoli Build.
Ing on North Clark street, north Of Division, &c
Mr. ii. Kohn, for $4,000; the southwest corner
pfSedgwiok and Sigci streets, for Air- J. Len
Enchor, for st5,000; twenty-five feet for Il
koibe, on Huron, near La Sale street, io1
s. zoo; four loIs on DreIel avenue near Fifty
seventh street, at $50 each; fifty feet on Dick.
son street, near Epps malt-house, for 81 500; lo
On Archer avenue, near TWenty-second street
for $500; Ei1 lots opposit StockrIards al
$l,ooo each
-Mr D. H. Hammer has bought two lots OF
State, one between Thirty-serenth and Thirty
eighth streets, for which 81 500 was paid. and tht
second between Fortieth and Forty-hrst Streets
the purchase price here being $500.
The Chicago e. Western Indiana Railroad have
bought the
>, NOTHE DANE ADDITION
to South Chicago, 040 acres. situated about mid
way between Browns Mills and thu soutl
:soundary line Of South Chicago. the Calume
Riyer running through it. The price paid wa
500 an acre 4 large switching yard will be es
1ablished here, in connection with the ne'
tracks to be hid by the Company south OF tn
Caluuet and extending to South Chicago. .
n. Earnes reports the sale Of 200 feet from
hpRr South Park Station, 1e0 feet On Chcstnu
street, and fifty feet on the corner OF Ffty-1rs
.strcct.ana Jefferson avenue.
LEASES.
The Renting Agency Of J. c. Sampson L. Co
No lila Sallc-st, have negotiatcd the follow
ing leases: For James Q. Rutter, the 1ye-stor
and basement building formerly occupied b
Clement Bane s. Coz to Hirsh. Mayer e. ca
wholesale clothing house. Mt q reptal Of Sl1,0t
Der annum; for the Singer Sewing Machine Con
pany to the Wilson Sowing Machine Compar
tho fiye-s1ory and basement stonc-front b,1ilt
ing Nos. Us and 81 Wabash atcnue, for tly
years, at rental OF $So0o0 per term; Tor w
Bal, Of Racine, Wis, the floors Nos. lss au
I38ast Madison street to Harzfeld s. Goodma1
for the cloak and suit business, for term
three years, ut $1,000 per term: No. 167 Ea
Madison street, for William Golscn. stol
and basement to George Marshall
Co., studoners, at rental Of 20
ferGeorge n. Parsons, Of ths New York Cit
tho five story and basement stone building No,
G.ast Washington street, to G. F. Foster, Sons
Co. fora term Of one year, at rental Of $500
for the McCord estate, the building No. lc5 En-
Lake street, to Elicl Il Co., n wholesale leaf t
bacco house, for 5000 per term; for Hem
Corwith to the Singer Sewing Machine Coznpan
the five story and basement building on Wabas
avenue. near jackson street; the four story an
basement building Nos. lis and Us Wabash nv,
uue, to John IT. Grayes for three years, .
$1,000 per term; store Nos. Isl and l5s Ea
Monroe street, to George H. Sanborn s. Sons,
New York, for term Of years, at s., O00 per al
mum: loft Nos. III and 14G Wabash avenue