The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-26

bobtalled BUILDING s rather than risk tho use OF
the Lane ssiSk house t. going up
house on the same allie adjoining the ono now
one has besa bold enough To do on the
opposite eide. but two or three persons have
s iS.s ssodSn % On wSss
Ss%,aa Ts s. SS5as Sd S sss Van
siSrs Il ~ Ill, Ninth svsnas. Mr: FARLEY, how:
more ias aaonins f hls Yin ss baa dfas
nuo ami Ninety third stroet. lie says he has
RICH, to doso; The only o,hcr building Of any
mar school now building bstween Tenth ave-
nue. aud tee boulevard; but no, claimant can
wn the s 6isn snaa Re.
rcpott Of the Commissioner awarding II was
coniirmed BY the supreme Court on July ~.
to unknown owners" the .cour. taking THO
I5s .;p on payment OF several thousand
One man al who vi o has claim to part OF the limo
is William McGione. lie ia a poor mar. EN-.
ess .ms ba Hati sray w H1S the
s ThSnt hs o, iitty summers THIS nan were
ago he walked with sUS reporter around the
blocks Of brown stone houses that enclose the
pointment, His little hou IS midway between
Eighth and Ninth avenues on tho north siio OF
above the siisWak An old d's Wooden ions. o..
closes I. on EineeIy-,hir.l and Ninss,y.:Gurthh
ma oS a srns Wh
~ the enclosure. Inside lay an old farm WAGON
ih a was used forty yesrsS az" long before
Mr.. McGlono ,iow the reporters attention
to tile TACT that none OF The houses MP thero
iHs s Them h Un saII nSs Vsd reh
On hat !ano for twenty eight yoars. Ny ia,her
xsd ~ !h M. same sros be t M when 10 one
pointing to his little shanty. was there. My
father, William. built I; himself; he owned the
Inns any right to II wha'eyor. Some OF these
and It seems Ia, ' am nnsts 10 Keep ' .h"@
out. have not much money. An old man
came earn hris s.verai times some Yeas nGo aud
came. but my mother told me that no wanted
TO ,nlS with mo about buying my Claim, or ok
rv H. The last ,ms he was here he S Sal
lS and was very anxious TO make an OK;
was sa assed HH he 0y Woui 81 sell Ii.
ciaim. AMI lie said. Yes would. wonld y.
wMiinS to sell 1t ehsa because am unable to
Mr.. McGlone.,"' was asked.
would sell 1t for $1,000" he said.
John ". Stevens is real esta man and has
his olnce On the corner OF Ninsty-third street
and Ninth avenue. In conversation with the
There 10 no one person that has any claim
to the whole lane. i beioncs to ,hs nbut.ng
part OF the lane that lies against the rear Of
Their houses. There are s,T houses, the title
title Insurance Company OF 12O Broadway. A
bi okcr Regulated nine lots Oh Ninety-fourth
s NJ s % Ms Hsl. ss S "
Pine st Get. Tine people have been ,pnyi nc
taNes tor forty years and title 70 adjoining
that property twenty years There is no use
in any one sny.ng that LIE owns the luno,. Each
proper, y nwner owns the half OF what lies op-
Dos 10 his house"
. Mr.. Paircs Farley was seen At his house ON
sS ; M e siI a,
10 mad .5ti0o or 70 AieAa nler, Fraser OF a
S"ea rns eSo sa h.. ns right to the
to,a or Dr." S.ii sooi deal TO got TO deed
am going 10 hnili trrce houses on th' lano
e hs . has The ne o I un rSe
goin.: to- bu!l acnipst all Corners ior the sum
Q, $3.50. Tho IN u on tho eAsterly side of
its utetscrt on with the snu' herly side Of
Arihorns's OK .mnncsya lane. belonging for
iarm-r. WAS convey, d ~ EiwMri s. Angel By
n deed II 1859 to Mr. Aleynl.!er Fraser. and Le
s; very 'S ss 20 and hn Tan Isad
The rcnorter talked with several real estate
opinion that the lane belongs to the nb.tsing
property owners ut mona OF them could OK
pin n why tho nbuttins pr perty owners dare
nor buili Oh the lane. lest some claimant
should npn ar nnd order them to remove. or
Uull down iieic buildings.
sir. alleys lawSe: has his Office on Nassau
street. The lawyer talked with tho reporter on
! he sub Get. ont would not allow his name to
br usoh. he said:
Tie property on both sides Of that lana
was formerly the property OF Charles ".
Apthoruo. II is also called Jauncey's lane.
because he Jauncey family purchased q por-
ton of It from the Apthprps family. Thera
were questions raised as to the title Of tho
lane hy tho ~ horne heirs years ago Tho
tiris 20 different pert. oas depends on different
questions. tho questions a. to the several
parts being dependent unun Tia deeds. How
.ver. the title ~ ,h. ahntling property owners
has Lecn considered 20 far reriact tina. 1t has
10 ~ insured III snmo instances by one or
mere large II 10 cj!n.aries. N" investigations
hnv" teoh largely nn the EImwood plot. owned
Ey Mr. fTrier. ] have given the matter care"
t.i cuHsiicratior. and nm satisfied that III"
title $ mnrKotabie. Indeed. In my opinion, il
t. ,..ucii et.or than the title to tho St.iwrll
lane which In. been passed. upon by tho Court
OF Appeals ana held TO be gond"
The laAyyr admitted thnt there wero eono
dGub's = to the Interpretation o. some OF mo
dea"ririo',s in the titles and great dca! de-
bonded on this