New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-14
THE APPRAISERS STORES.
p,rpcrAsE OF The SITE COMPLETED.
~ or TEARING DOWN THE PRESENT srRUcr
r-Rrs TO BEGIS AT oNoE-THE CUSTOM
EOrsH SITE.
,,<y rrLEanAPn 10 rue TRSsUNE.f

EousH SITE
~ rrIxanAPn TO TIE TRSsUSE.r
ur,ss,nrton New. i3-Negotlat!ons for the purchase
,e for the new Appraisers warehouse In New
- v,re concluded to-day, and the checks in maj
,.,.n. Of the land were mailed TO Patrick j. Room
- ia L. Prior. These negotiations have been In
--o.rsss nearly year and half. and would nave
I'm ended last May If Dir Room and Mrs rnor,
-. ~ only four parcels OF land In the block
o'.ss had willingly yielded their right of owner
- The site is the block situated between Green
~ washington. Barrow and Christopher SITS. The
"a vss owned by the Trinity Church Corpofation
-, and Mrs John Lindley, Patrick J. Room and Ida L.
Or All Of the property but the four parcels OF
"a Known as Nos G52, ga, 66G Greenwichst ana
- Ss7 Westinghouse. was acquired by the Govern
W. w., last MAY The price paid was 1920 600 leaving
zoo Of the $4,000 appropriated to be paid for
-, romsinder Of the block The transaction was car
~, ~ nv John undley one of the owners, who stipu-
~. with Secretary Window that the whole block
ss0aN be acquired for sJoo,ooo.
800 a. n was known that the Government wanted
Ind IN. property increased in value and Mr.. Room
". wr Prior refused TO sell their property for
"a 400 the remaining Of the appropriation Ed
80 Mitchell United States DistrctAttorney, by d.
80, q, the Attorney General instituted proceedings
!. me courts to condemn the land, and during the
-. summer officials in the supervising architects
,... ara Albert B. Boardman, of New-York, Special
.sis,ont Attorney General, have been endeavorng
:. acoul-e the legal possession Of the land These
~..esines were recently finished and decision Was
..... az 70 the value Of the condemned land, which
s-,d IN. price at less than the originally offered
=, ~. meantime Mr. Lindley, who had stipulated that
- uhol. block should be sold to the Government
coo 600 was obliged to give bond for 10000,
-. The auount OF $4,000, that the remainder Of the
..+v sbouh be secured, but with the conclusion Of
~. ,,cotiations he is released from this bond Tho
-. :, the abstracts Of title attorneys fees and eX-
80 a, condemnlng the land will up the entire
S.I,Dns Of the 81 100000 appropriation.
~ November bids to tear down and remove the
,-,,,,,cs now standing on the block were opened in
AZ, suusry1sing Architects Office. The bids are still
,d.r consideration, but it is expected that an award
I'll be made soon When II IS the work OF tearing the
,r,ainss down will begin at once. The supervising
rchtect has not yet made any plans of the new ware
hons for tie reason that the law prohibits plan
Ming made Of proposed building until the title to
The land is vested in the Government
Progress Is also being made In the purchase OF the
,.. ,or ne new Custom House in Bowling Green. Two
r,mon six hundred and fifty thousand dollars has
,.n aupropraed for the two sites and buildings, to
,hcs amount is TO be added the money realized from
che sale Of the Custom House in wallst The Attorney
c.n.-sI nv Mr. Boardman is now at work trying to
seouire the Bowling Green properly lhere are
arce number Of owners, many OF whom cannot be
reached Notices 70 absent owners nave Dee poS
cause why tire Government shall not acquire posses
sion Of the land selected. II is expected that the CON
dsmnaton Of the property will proceed rapidly after
neIt week and that before spring opens the plans OF
both buildings will be completed and the bulldne OF
the warehouse will be under way Inc CONSUME hy
somrisson OF five citizens Of New York who will be
appointed by the Secretary OF the Treasury.