The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-05
REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT
REAL ESTATE NEWS.

It Is reported on good authority that
property oWners on the south side of Wash
ington street, between Montgomery and
York streets, propose making extensive i'm,
proyements. The extra large tracts Of land
and premises situated on the southwest cor
ner Of Washington and York streets, are
owned by Mr.. AIeck Mckenzie, DR.. Benja-
min Edge and Counsellor Flemming repec-
lively. Mr.. Flemming and Mr.. Edge areadis-
posed, it is said, to remove the pres
buildings with stores on the ground
floor or fats. Mr.. Mckenzie has
recently expended $4,000, in the improve
ment OF his property, but IL others on the
block are willing to make extensive improve
ments he will pursue a similar course. Mr..
McKenzie's inter ton, it Is said, is to erect
on the corner a five story Office building with
stores on the ground floor
With the Hudson County Bank IL Provi-
dent Institution for Savings buildings on
one corner, tho Hotel Washington extended
SO as to take in the opposite corner, the pro-
posed new buildings Of Messrs. Mckenzie,
Flemming n Edge on the other and
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS near the remain
ing corner, Washington street will certainly
be the street of the, city down town. Not
only are these improvements projected but 1T
is said that the owners of the small frame
dwellings between THE News building and
the old Fleming building arc to be replaced
pulS ldil Will mOuEfu Oulce DuAlulnSS.
These improvements will give Washington
street realty a healthy boom
1t is understood that the first business to
| be considered by the new Board of Works
win be the erection Of a new school house
building on the site of No. 1 School in York
street.
Transfers.
Thomas ". Robinson to Ruth E. Piper for s1,450,
| land and premises west side Sherman avenue, 70
feet north OF Manhattan avenue.
Queen for Slo7,3l, land and premises south side
Robert McDoonaid BY City Collector to John W.
4 Queen for Sl07.sl, land north side Of Williams street.
% feet east Of Mallory avenue: 49,.
4 3sand 7, Block 6, north side Of West Side avenue;
James W. Packer to Louisa Packer for 81, land
and premises north side Of Grand street, 235 feet
east Of Bramhall avenue.
John Dillon to Robert J. Dillon for 81. land sonth,
wesl corner Bergen and Lexington avenues.
Executors Jeremian Dwight to Fannie Nixon for
$500. lot IS, Block q, north side Dwight street.
Mortgages.
Charles Joergens to John z. Andrews, on land and
R west of Crescent eSssn s Avenue os for 6s{ a5'soo. avenue 400 i0e
William Martin to Jonn E. Andrews, lon lots a. d
and Al at Etuyvesant avenue and Weldon street, FOL
William Il. Mabon to James 4. Van Buskirk. OF
| land southwest side of East Thirty ninth street, II
G. William Wemner to the GARFIELD Building ant
Losn Association, on land and premises northwesi
side of Arlington avenue, sA feet southeast OF
Wilkinson avenue, for $1,000
Frederick Klein to the Garfield Building and LOAF
Association on land ana premises northwest SIDE Of
Arlington avenue. us feet from Wilkinson avenue
Emmeeiia Kessler to the Garfield Building and Loar
Association on lot l64, block %, Sipl avenue, Io
Augusta Pittke to the GARFIELD Building and LoaI
Association on part Of lot 70. lot u, Block s. nortf
Joseph B. Cole to the Garfield Building and Loan
Association on lots 50 and s., Block 1874, for el,ao.