Omaha daily bee., 1886-08-17
$4,000 IN FOUR HOURS,
The Remarkable Sale Yesterday at AL"
bright's Annex.
CHEAP AND HAPPY HOMES.
The Second and Last of These Re-
mnrkable Safes VIII Take Place
To-Day With Free Train for
Everybody at 10 O'Clock.

One of the most remarkable cxcur-
sion trains which ever left the
Union Pacific depot conveyed nearly
1S0Opcople to the auction sale of the beau
tiful lots in Albright's annex yesterday
morning. Two engines were required 10
pull the load up the Summit. On board
were people OF ali races and sexes and
conditions in the community, from tho
lordly millionaire to the thrifty work
man. The train was superintendent by
Mr. Albright and his partner, who got
all the cars that could be had in the depot,
though the attendance was such rs TO
prevent them from being able to accom-
modate everybody inside the cars. Asa
consequence hundreds of them stood on
the steps and hung to the rails.
few minutes suihced to reach the an
mex, and then the party dismountod and
the sale began. 1t was effected in a most
skilfull manner by A. Nj. Goldsberry, an
auctioneer of national celebrity,
who sold the site of the present
town of Boone, Ia, in three hours;
Cedar Rapids in six hours and 5000 acres
OF Minnesota in eleven hours After
sale of one hour noon was reached. An
adjournment was then taken for lunch,
which was bounteously supplied, con-
sisting OF green turtle soup, vegetable
soup, ribs of beef and sandwiches. At
| o'clock. the sale was resumed, MIR.
Goldsberry again conducting the bust.
ness. Each lot was marked out by four
flags, one at each corner. According as
each lot was sold, the auctionccr and
proprictors and purchasers moved to the
next one, thus enabling everybody to see
what was being sold and each purchaser
what he was buying. The competition
was great, and at times the bidding s
lively as to make the prices run up in
grand style, but ten in every instance the
lots were more than worth what they
brought. In this manner the sale was
continued until 5 o'clock, when over
$4,000 worth of property had been sold.
This is really the greatest sale of su-
DurDan property ever made in this city,
and the prices ut which it sold were alb
so lutcly the lowest known in any similar
transaction in this city. Ii is tho
that vicinity which is not held by
spectators. 1t lies in the immediate
vicinity of all the industries of South
Omaha, and is the only place where the
1000 men who must find employment
there in the next six months can procure
homes. Many of those who bought to-
day propose to build Immediately, and
one gentleman is known to havo
already purchased lumber to erect tif-
teen beautiful cottages.
A BEE reporter, In conversation with
one of the proprietors, was told that tho
management felt satisfied with their
| magnificent sale, especially in view of tho
dsreputable lying and competition to
which they had been subjected by I'M
scrupulous rivals. But he claims also
that the sale to-day has killed all their
rivals, because people will no longer pay
81 200 for lots when others more favora-
bly, located can be bought for less than
one third the amount. The terms are
| the easiest on record -one-t fifth cash,
balance in s. monthly payments.
To-day will be the second and last day
| of the sale. The musical union band
will parade the streets for two hours, and
at 10 O'Clock another train will leave the
Union Pacific depot for the annex This
| time there will be all the cars that will be
required, because the road has secured
| other cars from the Bluffs. There will
| be another unprecedented sale, another
| free concert, another free lunch and
| another and the last opportunity to get
| the cheapest lots in the city
The following were the purchasers yes
terday: +. epellingburg, Fred Some.
| schein, West Point, Neb., eight lots; j.
| Newman, E. Spell, f. j. McShane, f.
Haas w. A. Wort, +. Sonneschen, West
Point; II. Spiegel, j; Kendis, c. L. Tay-
lor, s. SNYDER, j; B; West. Thomas Fitz-
| SeTilu, buSIlNc I.Oi, D. w lSclHaH, HOS.
G. Jctfries three lots; s. Newman, A. E.
Bryson, w. Campbell, M. Bairne. j.
| Newman, A. Altman, ID. Altman, j. Rem
dis, D. Pont, w. Nueskel, II. Spiegel,
| Nelson Anderson, G.. Cation, Simon Rob
inson, John Kuter, Israel Frank, two
lots; G. +. Bart, John Roth, Otto Banner,
James Honiston. Robert johnson, John
| Biglin, S. Robinson, A. Hoppe, Mrs. Gu
| sian, S. A. Wheels, M. Fleischer, An
drew Johnson, John Roth, +. Baily, A.
| N. Kean, Otto Banner, X. C., Boasin, s.
| Altman, Otto Wiseman, III. Moss, G. p.
Benjamin, Bernard Stigel, A. n. Kean
John O'Conner, j. G. Jurgerson, John
Rolf, w. j. Cronin, two lots; John
| Waura, j. A. Linahan.