New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-07
END OF BOOMERS FOLLY.
BREAKING UP ANOTHER OLD ESTATE
THE IosIrLARp SPENCER PROPERTY SOLD TOO
"A BIG DAY FOR REALTY.

"A RIG DAY FOR REALTY
Memories that reach back forty-eisht years c~nno'
,.ya ,orgottsu Bloomers Folly but ior the CIR
ughtenment Of the younger generation oe's ~
Cook executor tells all about 'hs 0s'
fashionable halter of half century ago. na' n"
sold by Richard V. Harnett 90 !es.eioa''
rtnv wears ago Elisha Bloomer was the "Sene
ba,,er % NewYork, with a shop In Broadway' "heio
The Mauusud Building now stands. Beng Iasr
lonable halter he got rich, and having iai'h III w
growth OF the city, he invested MS ior.uno ~ ~
tbst were selling for song In the howIng VIM,
ness surrounding the spot now oohtera.eo W W.
Nevyork Hotel He also committed tho iohy Vi
hudrr bouses I'm there. suburban residences SO iar
.u.v rom town that be became laughne-stoch'
Uis most daring speculation was the puiiuihs' III
1s1o of the colonnade houses In Broad"ay' opPo'"o
the NewYork Hotel, the last OF which was ior Yeas
his home 1t is standing yet, and Is oai'eu uo
Co,onnade Hotel The Bloomer houses were MOI
lie. ,osb,onabIe than the Boomer hats. They wero
costly examples Of tho architecture OF the PERIOD
and Il delighted the hearts OF his city acquaintance
10 walk out in the country Of a Sunday 10 tahe .
Iook AZ Bloomer's Folly" Why, those conten'ea oiu
residents Of Bowling Green agreed among themselves
that Bloomer's houses would scarcely 90 III uo
s,,hurbs hrfore 1910 1t would take the city al
least a century 10 grow that far up the islanu
tn. houses were built of white marble cut IRON
the Sing Sing qusrTies by convict iaDor' Anoio
were no Knights in those days but traces Unions
existed, and their opposiuoh 10 ''e
the stone caused not , w., us
houses there were solid, substantial structures-no
obeap veneering They impressed theh chai"0''
upon the surrounding locality, and 70 MT oioon ,
probably as much 10 any other man. INC ~ ~
Ward owes that air Of solid respectaoih.y ior ~. W.
u is stu noted The farsceng halter dicd IN io'"'
,.v,n, III. nronertv in trust for the benefit OF his
beirs-eve daughters. All these having now come
Of age a division Of the estate became necessary
tn. nrouerty was valued at $3.50 ,o0o and It took
Mr. Harnott two hours and a half to sell IT. DIE
crowd attended the sale, which took place at inc
Exchange Many Germans were present, and they
were there to buy too, Indicated by their DisA
Kidding and their accurate knowledge of each lot
offered Seated on camp-stools Immediately IN Hoh'
az the auctioneer were halt dozen women VINO pu'
in an occasional bid Among the faces seen III INC
throng wers those of Amos r. Emo, John Livingston
John T. Foley Thomas Aud, Edward Harrigan H.
Henpessey j. wolfe NJ Ben,hcim, d. o MacElroy'
gentamfu Fairchild, and eX-Alderman MacCaherty
The first property offered was No 81 Greenwich
ave. including No / Perry-st 1t consists OF FOUR
story brick dwelling with stores, and is rented lot
81 $50. Levi Morris bought 1t for S2o,4oo'
No Perry-st. similar building, renting for ABOUT
a.. cam. amonnt went TO Adam Hill for $4,000.
No o1s West Fleventh-st is three-story ana
basement brownstone dwelling on lot 42xo4' III
is leased for 81 100 year and was sold 1or Sll'o'o
to NJ sibersteln.
rented for 81 ,050 per annufn, was pNAcu up w 'o
Psngburn for Ell $50. $500
Tho corner of Waverley Place and Perry-st'' Delns
M Is ON the street is four-story and basement
brick dwelling producing rental OF $3.50 per an
num- 1t sold for s3l 500 TO Samuel Levin.
The adjoining house, No. 10 Perry a fourstory
and basement brick dwelling rented for Sl,o9o per
snuum sold TO Ascher Weinstein for s157oo
No IL Perry-st, fourstory and basement orlcA
dwelling rented for So, o10 per annum, sold 10 MIS-
Edward Ha,rigan for $4,000
No. COT waverley Place IS three-sory and base
ment brick dwelling SO feet deep on lot 2Ox17. and
is rented for $1,000 per annum william D. hoomo
bought 1t for S10,5oO
No 22o Waverey Place, similar house renting
for 81 ,4le year, went to Ascher Weinstelh lor
$4,000 -
and do Orovest, a fourstory and basement pricR
fat with stores SIS feet deep The property produces
an annual rental Of 3474. The bidding ran from
sos 600 TO s34 500, at which price Meyer Helman
was the buyer.
No <o7 West Nineteenthst. is a fve-story brick
dwelling rented in suites of apartments and produc-
Ing q total Of S3,2sS from monthly tenants Inc lou
is 25x7ex1oo 1t was bought by Henry Stevens Tor
s2e75o.
No. 31o East Fourteentb-st, fourstory brown
stone dwelling, leased for $1,000 year, brought
SIT 900 from John f. Emerich. No. 3l2, a similar
dwelling similarly rented, went Tor The same pnoc
70 he same buyer.
No 3Oo East Fourteenth-st is a fourstory and
basement b.ownstone dwelling leased for sl,46o per
snnum and restricted to It's 1t went to Charles
Z. Head for $4,000
No COT Firsave., a four-story brick tenement
with store renting for 81 900 year, was sold for
So 200 to Morris Glucksman
No 100 East Seventy nfh-st Is a three-story brick
dwelling rented for 500 per snnum George Wolfe
got it for SO 875. No. "a Fst-ave went to the same
buyer for sS,375
<ho ,ntp.fh vi
Ward In Anderson-ave., was sold TO B. +. BeeAman
at $500 so per lot.
Tho sale included also various parcels IN Brooklyn
Yonkers and other places all Of which were well sold
The total amount realized was s374,675, more than
10000 under the estimate Mr.. Cook, the executor
said that Of the lots brought good deal less
than he expected while few brought more
Peter +. Meyer sold some West Side property to
wind up the estate of Lorilald Spencer, ir who died
about years ago. II consists of an important
block between st. Nicholas end Edgecombc aves. and
One hundred and fifty -nnih-st
Tho corner lot on ST. Nicholas-ave. brought $685.
from John Hayes; the next three lots on the avenue
went to s. Bergman for 81 9o5 each; II. Y. Lynch
took the next at $3.50 c. H. Briggs bought the
next for SIS, 100, and NJ. Ceuc the next for $4,000
No was bought by John Hayes for 5000, and
similar lot adjoining the centre line Of One-hun-
dred and fifty -eghth-st. brought 5000 rom NJ A.
Mcbride. Two lots on One-hundrcd- and fifty ninth
ST. went TO John Borkel for S2,o75 each The corner
Of Edgecombeave. bought by Daniel Coffin for
So 600; the next interior lot Edgecombe- ave.
brought So475 and the next two ,075 and 81 $50
respectively George f. GanZ bought the last
The remaining lots brought from $1,000 up to
g., 900 each
The total Of the sale realized S74,575, the estimate
Of tho being $4,000 for the whole estate
John +. B. smyth had an important sale consisting
OF Nos. 40, ~ and "a Bond-st., and No. Do Great
Jonesst two and four story brick buildings and lots
The property was sold under foreclosure, and realized
as follows No. 40 Bond St brought 500 :00o No AZ
Bond-st S25 500; No. "a BOnd-st, S25,750. Morris
b. Baer was the buyer No. 43 Great Jones-st went
to william G. Flanagan for So 300.
James c. Lalor sold under foreclosure sixteen four
story dwellings In West sixty hitlst, east OF Tenth
ave. John wnlarih and william Lam NJ, Leverett We're
the purchasers, total of S23S,32o.
l.. TopliiZ has sold four lots I'm Onehundred-and-
twenty 1fthst, seventy five feet east OF Eleveniave