The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-19
CHEAP FLATS WANTED
Real Estate Agents Find 1t
Hard Work To Collect
Rents.
THE MARKET VERY DULL.
Not Much Moving This Fall
The SuckleY Estate on
the Heights.

The spring rush of real estate dea.eri
was up to expectations, but since spring
moving. purchasing and selling ceased
the prices have decreased and the expert
ence OF many SPECTATORS has bean that
good property III various parts OF the city
has been sacrificed during The summer.
1t was hoped chat September would
iustill a new life and activity Into rhe
the realty market, but at present a re-
markable duliuess prevails. Not only
in Sc ling and buying but in renting.
The past three fall seasons the real
estate business has been brisk, aud
although May Is considered the pro-
verbal moving day the month OF Sap
tember mas, until this year., bsen the b IN
ner mouth In this branch OF the realty
business.
NO MONEY.
The cause of the present dizziness and
gloomy prospects for the rem lining fail
months Is exclaimed on all sides In three
words, ~"stringency OF money :" Real
estate dealers whom l have talked with
on the subject have but little hope of auv
great amount OF business III any chan nel
being Gone the remainder of this year.
CHEAP RENTS.
There Is a continued demand for small
HOUSES, Cueap uHts, auu even rooms.
Tenants cannot aft ord to pay high reuts.
and many who now occup first class
flats are looking for an opportunity to
pack up aud find cheaper rentals.
A Grove street dealer said TO me yes
terday:-
A TO COLLECT RENTS.
Those people who ciu move and who
eau nnd cheap rooms or fats are doug
it. But cheap houses aud fats are
absorbed. In my experience as y real e.
tate agent cannot recollecG a time when
! have experienced 80 much difficulryssiu
collecting rents. | have to do some pretty
mean things 10 tenants. who uatil now
nad always made prompt paymsnts.
We dta'ers CANNOT tell landlords til it W,
can't collect reut' and make an eff brL TO
excuse tenants nv referring to The dull
times. We are p lid 10 collect reuLs IL
tnust do IL or gst rid of The delinquent
tenants. PEG Die are having II bar Tin.
playlng rents. Dealers IN al parts IT tie
City are betug leuient with ~tsuuuts."
These statements are a9Dit wiz: ali
dealers make and the pro poets are s.,at
this fall AMI winter will be idle and uu-
profitable Ones Tor Real eseaea dealers and
tying upon unfortunate people who a.e
out OF work and untbl" to secure any.
LAND LYING IDLE.
In the ytcluity OF The corner OF Paiisaie
avenue and The Patrr.on Pla,k F. ad,
- tfSP oG w Il hVO fCl0o
af practically no use NJ present. 1t il
on the dividing lines of Jersey City. II {
bokrn, anil West Hoboken, on the hi.l
above HoaOken. aud In the miis OF Il
ge'y ihirkiy papul ii ~neighborho d. /
l. known as tile Suckl.y estate, aal ha-
oniy one building upon il, WI CT Is occu-
Lied by the Rev. Mr.. Mead
When us ,riy all of the section now
khowU rs West Hob 1usn an | J- sly C.iy
t,tyond the RESERVOIR. was ow e Oy the
VuiiNo st esti.e.ttfs aud WIS ptiran tsel
by DR.. Rutseu Suckley. On tbs death il
WIS left 10 BIS brother Thomas and .i,t-r
Csthariue. Later iG was ! II To Il ,gerc
4. Suckley, or the use Of IL while lie live
wnen IL is 20 ~ To MS suus aud dan kh-
iers. The terms of the last Will travid-
that II cannuG be s Ill till TIA you ig st
child is of age, which will he soile ten
years hence.
A sig }, advertising the land to lease.
apin ar. on the premises, but thou III i
hue been there II nunbsr VI years tt has
awaited nothing AMI ina. D osp cts ars
mat the land will rem in lie Till sold.
L. WAS rumosei that tne own RI were
about to open II up as apubl C puk. uaS
the a9eut. J. r. WAaples, OF West H.
boken, denir- the stoey. lie said:-
BAD BOY SPOILED ALL.
About tnree yeafs aga we trle Ii, ant
white 1t went ali right fer awhile. II was
a tairurr. We placed Il fence around the
incest part, made Il ground for c-.q t-t.
nut up swings and proyidsd seats be-
Meath the large trees. a | went we'll in
summer. but tue following winte. he
boys carried away the feuce for tirew I'D
AMI aestroye I the prop -rty. When The
police from West Hob3ken came after
them they ran over the J rsej City line,
and whea the jersey City police came.
Wee versa; when q joint attacs W |. made
they ran over the hill side into %Ii0boKsn.
s. you see we do not wish To go through
the same again"