Morning journal and courier., 1884-09-19
REAL ESTATE.
Land Sold at Auction Yesterday Nes
 Neck Bridge and Elsewhere.

Land Sold at Auction Yesterday Near
 Neck Bridge and Elsewhere.
 Quite an important auction sale of real es tate took place yesterday. The property pertained to the estate of the late Sidney M
 Stone. The property was purchased by the late Mir. Stone about twenty years ago. De- ceased was the owner of much other real es- tate in this city and Meriden. When MT. Stone bought his land near Neck bridge which was auctioned off yesterday, he bought it by the acre for @ comparatively small price. He made important improvements in the land, grading down the steep bank alongside of which at one point Mill river ran, at Peters Landing" where nearly every year some person was drowned while in bath ing, the current being swift, deep and treach- erous. MT. Stone laid out two streets, Beach and Mill river streets, both of which are now well settled, as many as thirty houses hay ing been erected in the locality. It was Mir. Stone also who turned the course of the river, cutting off the bend at Peters Land ing" by filling it in and cutting new chan nel further out, which gave the river more direct course Financial difficulties owing to d u0pTSCldGlOu OI real SSIdIG 0IuUdIIdSSoO G1lO deceased and much of the property sold yes terday yielded but little above the face of the mortgage notes.
 The sale was under the direction of Judge Luzon B. Morris, the administrator of the estate of the deceased. MT Booth was auc- tioneer. A crowd of about 100 persons was present and followed the auctioneer from of fo int Many of the people present had an eye to making Q purchase. The auctioneer stood in MT. Norris carriage and talked to the crowd in persuasive and bland way, inviting them to improve the chance before them to make fine bargains. The first property disposed of was group of eight lots covered by blanket mortgage of $7,O00. The advertise ments of the sale announced that this clus- ter would be sold together. Ex-Road Com missioner William J. Atwater was the pur- chaser. The lots were knocked down to him for $200 above the mortgage, or $900 per lot. The other property sold in this vicinity included house and lot on Beach street pur- chased by Lawyer John w. filling after some sharp bidding against MT. Atwater, for about $3, 900; a lot on East street near Beach, sold for $56O.
 The scene of sale was next on Beach street, where half 8 dozen pieces on that street near the river were offered. The first piece offered for sale was piece that had frontage on State street of sixty feet, but ran then down into the meadow and into the river. The real estate men were rather shy of this piece, because it would require a pavement in front of it soon ct cost of about $250. It was very difficult for the glib auctioneer to get bid of more than $60. But
 ok haiv aI1 hot
 two of the crowd and ran the price up to $210. The longer heads appeared to think it was worth no more, to say the least of the matter. The next was another piece which also ran down into the river, but fonted for l 210 feet on Mill River street. MT. Atwater | followed this piece until it reached $500. Then he jumped into his carriage and drove l away from the crowd. It was bought for | $845, and was generally pronounced to be worth thousand even for speculative pur- poses The auctioneer again gave the word and the procession moved to the southern ex- | tremity of Mill River street and sold three 1 little houses and lots, two together with & 1 joint encumbrance of $1 800 to William J. 1 Atwater for $195 and one to William Costel- | To for $913. Neither was considered re- l markable bargain. A lot on Laurel street 36 | feet front and a lot on Railroad avenue, cor I ner of New street, with joint remembrance I of $1 400 was sold for $1 to MT. Atwater. | No bids could be obtained on a piece of land ! 190 feet front Railroad avenue, north of | Merwin's packing house. There was an en-
 cumbrance on it of $4,00O Two pieces of | land on East street, between New and Grand streets, were sold for $45. The remembrance | was $1 400.
 Among those present at the sale were the l board of assessors, Robert T. Merwin, Rich ard E. Rice Prosecutor Cable, William F. ! Diekerman, John W. filling, R. E. Baldwin, Patrick McKenna, ex-Town Agent Johnson ! and Captain Lawrence O'Brieu