The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-15
NEWS OF REAL ESTATE.
A Review of the Season at the
AuburndaIe Plat.
NO REASON FOR COMPLAINT.
Business Has Been Very Good at That
Piat-The season at the Bartlett and
sprague Homestead Plats-other News
OF Interest to Realty Dealers.

The Narragansett Reai Estate Com
pany certainly has no reason to complain
because OF lack OF business during the
past season. 1t has had remarkable sue
cess with the Auburndale plat.
The Auburndale plat was formerly the
property of the Park Land Company and
was plated by it eight years ago. IL ad-
Joins Roger Williams Park and ELM
wood avenue runs completely through it.
1t contains about forty acres
Last spring the Narrayaasstt Real Es-
tate Co npaoy purchased the property
and replattel IL. IL how contains $40
lots ranging In size from 40xl00 TO 6)Xl50,
and in price from So to sl 500. Tie plat
was put on the market on May i, aud at
the present time, 1913 lots have been sold.
During the season work was commenced
on thirty-four houses aud the company
purchased -twelxe-houses- Mckinley
street which were erected by the Park
Land Company. The latter houses are
for sale 10 the COMPANY for $1,000 10
e, 1000 each.
Tleproposed line OF electrics will run
through the plat to the city line. TIE
Cranston Town Council has voted to
give the Union Railroad Company n
twenty years franchise, and IL is pro-
posed TO continue the line through Au-
burn aud 20 extend ths Craust on street
posed is from Johnston 10 Roger rWiliiams
Park. Ali these proposed facilities for
rapid transit will directly favor the rtsi-
dents of the Auburndale plat, and II put
through Will greatly enhance the value
OF real estate In THAI section.
A committee of the Common Council is
negotiating with the Narragansett Real
Estate Comp my for the purchase OF land
at the plat Tor the widening Of Elmwooi
avenue. This, too, sill I'd TO the desir-
Nil In rsat la n nlaI N fnR
dences.
The town OF Cranston claims that the
plat belongs TO ii aud 50 does the city of
Providence. IL Is claimed in Cranston
that the act of the General Assembly AN
nexing the plat WAS unconstitutional and
has assessed 1t for taxes. placing its valu-
alton at a sum In the neighborhood of
100000.
The city OF Providence claims that the
act was constitutional and mas assessed IL
for about the same sum
The matter will doubtlessy be settled
to the satisfaction Of aii concerned.
Here are some Of those who are build
ing on the plat:
Benjamin III. Pettis Is building "A SO. 900,
two-s ory residence on Elm yoJd avenue
j. Herbert Higgins is building hou SO TO
cost about the same. IL is on ElmwoJd
avenue, also, 4. M. Reilly Is building
residence for himse.f I on Park avenue TO
cost $4,000 In addition TO this Mr.. Reilly
Is buiiuing six houses 10 cost from 81 500
to $4,000 >. A. Whitlord is buiid-
ing house on Elmwood avenue.
which will cost about $1,000. Mr.. Whit
ford is building six Others, part on Alger
avenue anu part oD Crescent Court, the
cost ranging from 81, 500 To $2,0OJ. &. A.
Westcott Is building two houses on Park
avenue 10 cost ~, 500 each aud one on
Elmwood avenue which will cost the
same. Amos Il. Bri sgs is building a cot
tage and barn on Elnwood avenue at "a
cost OF 5000. The only two family house
on the plat is being erected by Charles
III. Sherwood at a cost of S5,0Uu. James
Watrous Of New London, Conu., is erect
ing three houses on Algsr avenue 60 cost
$2,OOOeach. Walter A Perkins is erecting a
5000 house OH Alger avenue. q. B. Whip
pie is building one in The same avenue
which will cost $2 600 Richard lie Jnard is
nlsc erecting house onAlger avenue. j..
>. Allen and "A. "A. Boswell each building
$1,000 house on Elmwood avenue A
number of Jther houses are in process OF
erection.
The success which the Narragansett
Real Estate Company has met In the
sale OF lots at the Auburndale plat is un-
usual and 1t Is estimated that the whole
OF those remaining will be disposed of
next spring,
The Bartlett Plat.
Another plat desirable for residential
purposes owned by the Narragansett
Real Estate Company is the Bartlett plat
in Edgewood, between Warwick ave lue
and the Roger Williams Park extension.
The plat contains 100 lots ranging in size
FROM 40xl0O to 50xl0J The price is from
$3.50 lot upwards. The Narragansett
Zeal Estate Company purchased the plat
a year ago last month and in December
about Que third OF the number of lots
were sold. Slucs then little has been
done towards bringing the plat before
the public.
Edge wood aud Lock wood avenues have
been graded anu BartletG avenue will be
graded this winter The Company will
40 considerable buildiIg in the spring
and tbe plat Will b. plac sd on the mar.
ksL whether the prices will remain as
low as they are now or not the Company
has not decided
The sprague Homestead Plat.
Lots on the Spragus Homestead Plat
are for sale by William r. Randall who
says that tue last season has been very
successful at the plat.
The Sprague homestead plat is n mart
OF the old Sprague estate and takes i'm
the large orchard. IL contains about
forty acres, aud Is ia the town of Grams.
ton, on the ". Y. ami n. Il. H. r., about
two miles and 10 half from the center of
Providence. Cranston street and Grams.
ton, Dyer and Narragansett avenues
bound the plat.
been sold About thirty houses have
been erected. varying ia price from s., 900
to $4,000.
j. Z. Conroy has built a steam boiler
manuiactory. lie has also built "a resi-
dence for himself on the pl.t. ID II,
Lawlor. the Half-Dime Restaurant MAJ.
mas about completed his sl0, ,OOJ residence,
which Is situated in the middle OF his
tract OF sixteen lots, at the junction of
Lsursi HUI avenue and Cranston street.
There are numDer OF other ine resi-
dences on the plat.
Washington Heal Es.sse Dealers.
The real estate dealers Of Washington
who were so much favored by the specu.
auve movement engineered here by
Sieveiand and Secretary Whitney under
Cieyeland's former administration. are
impatientiy awaiting Marca & They are
confident that, because Cleveland and
wnitney made each aD0ut 500, ,OOO out of
the omcial sanction they gave TO specu-
latlve movement eight veara 400 -.