The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-04-17
SUDDEN CORNER IN WINDOWS.
0llmpses at the Centennial Parade
Quoted at From SIS to $1O-Balconies
Cost $500 Apiece
FROM the Ne,c York Herald.


Cost $500 Apiece.
From the Nep York Herald
Most persons who nave windows to let
along the line of the centennial parade seem
to be going into the thing with the idea OF
getting competence intwo days. If the
show lasted a week they would probably
expect to make enough to enrich their re-
lations also. A good big window on Broad
way or Fifth avenue is better than a block
of stock i'll the Golconda miDes. BY the
time the procession starts it will be better
than two counties in Golconda.
There was a strong upward tendency in
the window market yesterday, aud the bull
movement threatens to carry prices out Of
sight before the end of this week. Persons
who rented their windows for $50 at s
o'clock could have got $75 at noon and 500
at night. The farther up town you went
the higher the prices climbed. In the region
of Wall street the demands Of the window
brokers only temporarily deprived the APP
plicant OF his breath. At Fifth avenue and
Forty-sixth street he commonly fell into a
Swoou.
The cunning speculator went up and
down the line of march weeks ago and COB
bled most of the available sites for specula-
tors Down town most Of the stores and
offices were pre-empted by their tenants for
the use of their families Wherever there
is vacant Office or a new building, how
ever, it will be utilized. Ia some cases the
iauitors will turn few honest double eagles
by renting chairs i'll the Windows Along
Wall street and lower Broadway the
highest price mentioned for such acco nm y
dations is So A vacant store window in
that neighborhood rents for SIS or $50. At
Broadway ana Thomas street u little box of
al office, perhaps eight feet square on the
second door, with only one window, rented
for $50. For room twice as large, with
two windows, $50 was refused.
THE HIGHER YOU GO THE WORSE IT Is.
About Prince street several store win
dows have brought 500 and second and
third floor Offices S75 each. Near Houston
street a second story office with six windows
brought $50 for the two days. AT Nos. G57
and $50 Broad way is a large, double five
story building. For the use of the windows
in 1t for the two days a Spectator offered
5000. The offer was refused. The pro-
prie5ors wanted the windows for their own
families. Next door two small show win
dows IN a shop rented for $50 each. and
three windows on the second floor brought
1925.
For single seats in the windows of these
places from SO to $40 was asked. In Wav-
erly place. near Broadway, three windows
on the third floor brought $50, and 500 was
paid for the whole fourth floor. A few
So is in the biz stand in Washington square
were still 10 be had at 81.
IT WILL COST TO SEE THE SHOW
The harvest from windows in tbs part Of
town was nothing TO the golden st res that
filed the exchequers of hou 5eholders little
farther up. At Thirteenth street and Fifth
avenue $3.50 was paid for one window for
the two days AT NJ. 80 Fifth avenue a
single seat brought $50. A balcony between
f urteen a1d fifteenth streets rented for
$500 for one day. A window on the fourth
floor brought 500 for one day.