Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-07-16
SALES OF THE WEEK
Business IN Real Estate Circles Is
Rather Duh.
WATERS 4 TUFTS ADDITION
An Esea iOO Transfers Werc Re-
corded By the Register OF lpsesi~
Ihe lieoosd in nr<~il

heal estate moved very slowly last
week. The number III sales we're lit
tie below that of the week previous aud
these resor,ied represented small par
cells The largest tract now under con
sssleration for plating PURPOSES at pres
ent Is. perhaps. forty acres near the d..
G. VI. a NJ junction on the west side.
owned by Dudley r. Waters and &. w.
TuftA Mr.. Tufts has bought the inter
est Of ID. H. Waters in the property and
the owners arc now negotiating with
surveyors Ia plat il for the market.
When plated the property viii be
known a. Waters 4 Tsfts' addition and
will contain :Di lots Of good
form and size. As soon ~ II
IL plated tho owners will erect
dwelling houses in blocks III ave. A
soon ~ the first fivs ARE sold the SECOND
live will DO built and ~ on IA the tie
mand Tor them continues Surveyor
Skeels has staked out = plat near the
Country club house for Leonard BenJa-
min. This plat will be known a.
Leonard Benjamin's addition and Is
bowded on the north by Robinson road.
on the weet by Leona avenue. on the
south by Wealthy avenue and ON the
east by Plymouth avenue. 1t viii make
eighty eight lots i2xll0 feet in size.
There were no plats filed with the
register Of deeds last week. The
number Of deeds placed on record
last week was an even 100. which is the
average for the last month. Real estate
agents are doubling their energies In
show the attractivcness OF Grand Rapids
property an the effects Of the financial
stringency make themselves felt. With
in the past week f. W. Bliss & Co. have
issus q "A neat advertising folder printed
in both the English and Holland Ian
guagcs. setting forth the dcsirability of
local property. Among other statements
in this book is found the following:
The future IL but continuation Of the
past. The only reliable guide as to
What the values Of property in Grand
Rapids are to be IL the record
OF tho city up To this time.
The population has doubled every ten
years. and in many parts OF the city a
building lot easily sells now Tor more
than an acre in the same plat did three
or four years since" The real estate ex-
change is also proving to DO an impor
tant factor in making sales A member
Of that organization said yesterday that
he knows Of several sales that are traced
directly to the exchange. The same
member said that il each member could
make one sale more in a year from being
connected with the exchange the com
mission derived from il will moro than
repay him for the expense Of being a
member. Within the week q. r.. Morgan
s III" ~ nv, ".e ~ =. m c..h;.,
ianafacA sc,ee' :"
Tor So.uSu. these iots are dNV ieet In
depth. Following are the transfers Tor
the week:
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