The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-04
REALTY'S BRISK SALES.
CITY AND SUBURBAN PROPERTY
SOLD AT LIVELY FIGURES.

DEFENDERS Court House Sales Ap.
proximate Close 10 $500, ooo-Ihe
Liberty Hall" Tract Brings s23. $40.
The Improved and Unimproved City
Property Sold ct Lifting Figures
The December court house sales Yesterday
were larger than for good many years.
The aggregate Of the sales approximate
si75. 900
The sale Of the Tybes road. for 800, 100,
by LaRoche & Mclaughlin, was the largest
sale Of the day. Tbs next largest sale was
800 acres Of land on the Ogeechee road, sold
by C. h. Dorsett for ga, 24o.
The tract belonged 70 the estate of the
late Martha ". Adams. and was known as
Liberty Hall.n It lies on both sides of the
Ogeechee road, beginning near the Smile
post, and was sold for 81 50 per acre. 1t
was knocked down to A. ". Har-
mon This property is about two
miles from the city proper. The
price named before the sale as the probable
inquire which 1t would sell at was S25 an acre
what 1t brought is an indication OF the
confidence of the people in the future of
Savannah, and shows the rapidly iucreas-
ing value Of real estate in the county. 1t
IS said that Mr.. Harmon represents a land
realize handsome profit on their venture.
ID. LaRoche & Son sold forty-ons build
ing lots on the Thunderbolt road, near the
tol-gate, to J. 8. Collins & Co. for 81 .305.
and also four lots 40 by lis feet, on Wald-
burg street, in Kelly ward, to the same
purchasers for $500. LaRoche & Son sold
367 acres Of land, a part Of which is in the
Seventh militia district and part sixteen
miles from the city, to Mrs. J. Williams
for 81 $50
The sales of city property were high.
LaRoche q Mclaughlin sold conditioually
lot No. 81. Forsyth ward-the third lot on
Drayton street north Of Hall street, front
ing the park-for 81 $50, the property being
bid in by Mr.. William Hone. The lot a.
southwest corner Of Barnard and Anderson
streets was also sold conditionally for
81, TOO
The Martha W. Adams property at Bar
nard and Charlton streets, consisting Of
two lots fronting Pulaski square, a corner
lot sixty feet front at the southeast corner
OF Barnard and Charlton streets, and the
lot adjoining it, also sixty feet front, was
sold for $l0,570, the corner lot for $6,505,
and the adjoining lot for $4,065. The
corner lot has an old frame dwelling. The
lot on the north side Of Liberty street,
between Montgomery and West Broad
streets, sixty feet front, belonging
TO the same estate, was sold for
$3.50. The property fronting Pulaski
square was, by the terms Of Miss Adams will
bequeathed to the Independent Presbyterian
church, on the condition that a chapel to
be known as the adams chapel should be
be erected on the property, and maintained
as mission of the church. The church de-
clined TO accept the property under the con-
ditions of the will, and it was sold by the
executors for distribution among the heirs
The property is understood to have been
bought by the Home Building Company.
The house and lot No. 155 Perry street
brought $500; the house and lot No. 200
York street brought S2,325, and one-half of
A house and lot on Duffy street, betwee
Habersham and Price streets, the lot having
frontage of 80 feet and depth of los feet,
sold for 81, $40.
The property at South Broad and Hous-
ton streets was withdrawn at sc 800, that
being the only bid.
j. Mclaughlin g. Son sold four lots on
Cemetery street, about 38x100 feet, for
81, 900 each.
Three shares of Central railroad stock
were sold by LaRoche & Mclaughlin, at
l2715 per share, and two certificates of in
deotedness bought at SO per share. They
were bought by ]. Cohen.
United States Deputy Marshal ART wedsen
sold the Francis place." tract of 1000
acres III w asnlngton county, TO benjamin
j. Wilson, the defendant in the suit, for
John L. lyle of Atlanta, for $4,000, and
deposited the check of the United States
circuit court for United States Marshal
Corbett. The bidding started at IS, and
when the next bid which followed was
$500, it almost took the auctioneer's breath
away, as he expected to hear bid for
about 81 next The bids proceeded in raises
of $500, the opposing bidders being Will
lam G. Riddle, trustee, the plaintiff in the
suit, and Wilson, the defendant The case
out of which the sale grew was connected
with the settlement of an estate, and the
land is a part of what is known as the Rid
die plantation in Washington county.