The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-24
FORTY SEVEN DEEDS.
Wholesale Land Transfers
in the Interest of the
North Hudson
Railway.

Register George B. Fielder az the Court
House, surrounded by busy clerks and
score or more OF pretty girls, can De seen
daily one of the most genial and obltging
of all county employees, Mr.. Harry Brink
erhoff, the recording officer. Perhaps no
face is better known and no man better
liked than ne. His face is beacon oI
good nature; his whiskers are the envy OF
every city and county official. his greet
ing to every person who comes to Go busl-
ness with him makes that business
pleasure. Years of active service In the
capacity of recording clerk have familiar
lied him with real estate values, and ne
has general knowledge of Jersey City
realty which would gladden. the heart OF
any zealous real estate agent.
Yesterday this gentleman hal pre-
sented to him for public record AL deeds
in one lump. and for once the pleasant
face wore displeased look. But that
has passed.
The filing of SO many deeds by one per-
son excited much interest in The ReRls-
ter's office. and the event will prove
equally interesting to real estate dealers
aud speculators.
THE DEEDS.
The deeds were filed by Counsellors s.
and John G. Besson of Hoboken for the
Holland Company. The property des-
cribed in the deeds comes from Hills j.
Bonn, son of the late president of the
North Hudson County Railroad, and 1t
has value which is estimated AT not less
than a quarter of million dollars.
The Holland Company is a corporation
OF which little is known, but 1t is believed
to be the North Hudson County Railway
Company. John Il. Bonn, when presi-
dent of that corporation, owned about
two-thirds of the entire stock OF the conf
pany. His reputation as dnancler and
business manager was an envlaoie one.
When. under his manipulation, the COM
pany began to spread out it's branches.
Mr.. Bonn realized that an individual
could purchase real estate cheaper and
easier than a corporation. tie wished.
besides. to guard always against the con-
demnation of property Dy the company,
for the reason that condemned property
can be used only for the purposes Tor
which it is condemned, and II sold or
used for any other purpose, reverts back
to the original owners. Fearing that in
the future such a condition OF affairs
might cause embarrassment, vast tracls
of LAND were purchased by Hillic j.
Bonn, and held in trust, as 1t were, for
the company, all condemnation provis-
ions in this way being avoided. IL Is De-
lieyed that Mr.. Bonn, now wishing TO
get the property off his hands or the Di-
rectors of the railroad company. desiring
to have it under their more direct con-
troll. have decided on the present transfer. .
not to the North Hudson County Rail-
way, but TO the Holland Company. cor
poration believed TO be composed only OF
directors and stockholders OF the North
Hudson County Railway Company.
THE PROPERTY.
The deeds show that for 81 600. lots 25.
o6 81 and 20 in Block 122 on the westerly
side of Clinton street were transferred.
Also lots 81, 22, 3d. 24 in Block 120 on
dams street tor $500.
lots 1 to 16, inclusive. In Block 119 at
Fifteenth and Madison streets, Hoboken,
for St, 900.
Lots 1859 and 10, also lots 6 and In
Block op Main sJreet for S2.500.
Lot 314 in Block 6 on Main street for
81, 900.
Lots $40, Bill in Block for $500.
Lots 322, 376 327 in Block 8. lot 322 being
on Fort Lee Avenue and 326 and 327 on
Liberty street for So, 900.
Lot 1928 in Block 6 on Liberty street
for $500.
So, ,25O.
Lots 800, 30s. 307, 306, in Block on
Main street, for $1,000.
Land and premises on lot 81, In BlocR
s, on Columbia street, for S., 800.
Lots 167. 16S, in Block z, on Main street.
for $2.500
avenue and Webster avenue, for 12.0G0.
Lots "a. 25 and &c. in Block 8. on south
erly side of Ravine avenue, $500.
Lots 16 and II, in block &, lots IA and
15 in Block Z, on Ravine avenue, fol-
Lots 10, 2U. 81, %. in Block Z, on south
side of Booraem avenue, for "a. 400.
Lots 6. Z, 8, III Block 5, on south side oi
Ferry street, 12s feet from Webster ave-
Lot 81 in Block 4, on Webster ausnue,
Lot 1s in Block 6, Ravine avenue
lots 10, 20, 81, % in Block 8, on south
side OF Reservoir avenue, $4,000
Property 55 and 1856, OH corner Of Elm
street and Clinton avenue, 81. 200.
Lots IA ard Is in Block 6. Ravine ave-
nue., $1.S00.
Lot in Block 5, Ravine avenue and
Ferry street, S., 1000.
Lots 25, 26, q. 2s in Block 1s1. Hoboken,
81, 200.
Lots 20 to 26 inclusive In Block 119. lots
8, to inclusive in Block 122, Hoboken,
81, $50.
Lots 80, s3, "a and lot 9, on northeast
corner of Pavonia and Summit avenues,
1000.
Lot 500 in Block 81. lot and part of T.
on north side of Cook street, 146 feet from
Newark avenue, 500.
Property on west side of Cook street,
81, 500.
Lots 90 and 81 in Block 6, Rayine ave-
nue., $500.
Lot S29 in Block 6. north side of Liberty
street. 81, 500
Lots IS aud 10 in Block 6, Ravine ave-
nue., $50 feet from Webster avenue, "a, 500.
Block s, north side of Fulton street, 125
feet east from Hudson avenue, $500.
Property on South side of Ferry street,
1853 feet from Central avenue, S13, 800.
Properly on west side of Cook street,
f66 feet from Hoboken avenue, 81, 800.
Lot 291A ana pol, on Sherman avenue
and Ferry street. S2.500.
Lot, S0x50 feet, on easterly side of New
York avenue. 155 feet from North street.
81, 800.
Lots IL to Is. inclusive, and 20. in Block
l.: Lots 6. Is. 10 to 81, inclusive, IN Block
B, and parts of lots is and rs in Block A,
easterly side of Paterson and New York
Plank Road, $500.
Property in Bergenline Woods, leading
to Bulls Ferry, $1,000.
Lots 90, "a, 25. 26, 81, 2S, 90 on westerly
side of Willow Court, 81 feet from Newark
avenue, $4,000
Property on easterly side OF Central
avenue near Ferry street, also Ravine
avenue and Forrest Place, $2s, 900.
Property on easterly side Of Paiisade
avenue and Ogden avenue, $4,000.
Lot 25 in Block 10. lot 16 in Block 118
Mathison aud Fifteenth streets: a so, lots
/. 2. 81, 80 in Block 122, lots 20 to 80 inclu