The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-11
real ESTATE News
Building Brisk in the Bergen
Seetion-Leaving Ocean
Avenue.

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at Monticello and Paramount avenues
has been9 an eyesore to the people in
that vicinity for over a year, and many
are the supeculations as to why the owner
I2does not rebuild it. unsightly
as the place is at present, how
| ever, the ~neighbors are better
| satisfied that it should be so than
that its last occupant should again &C.
| cupy it. The building, which adjoins a
cobbler's shop, was run as a billiard and
| pool room by Dan" 1t is his
boast that he has taught most of the
young bloods of the Hill to play pool
| there. The players could be heard all
| over the neighborhood, and the neigh
bors complained of the place time and
time again.
On the night of April "a, 1898, shortly
after 10 o'clock, flames burst out OF TINS
was more tina half destroyed. Newman
stood by smoking a cigar saw II
burn.
He attributed the fire to a cigarette
dropped by one OF the players. After
the fire he left several half charred poor
tables in the place: 1t stands today the
way it appeared the morning after the
fire, 1t was said that Newman holds a
lease on the building and wants inc
owner to rebuild that he may run an
other pool room there; thai the owner
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and that Newman will not surrender
the l Lease: civ News. reporter verified
this. The property is owned by United
States Commissioner Isaac Romano. Mr.;
Romano said:-''1 have never ASKED
| Newman to surrender his lease. The
fact is | nave not decided yet what L
Mr.. NEWMAN TALKS.
Mr.. Newman was freer in talking. he
said:-"I have a lease on the place, anu
- -y.,n CAt bic nc Ir - 700 n m - I ne
| again. If the roof had fallen in 1t would
have cancelled the lease; but the ROOF
is still standing, and my lease has eight
months yet to run. Romaine will not
renew the lease or l would build my
self; but it would hardly pay me to
go to hat expense for SO short a time;
building, and will not take 1t out until
my lease expires"
The Bergen Republican Club are look
ing for permanent quarters in that vicln-
ity. The committee appointed to look
into the matter think Mr.. Roma1nes
property about the proper location, ana
are negotiating with him to build a club
house there for them. Their plans will
probably be blocked, however, by New
man, and they will have to find another
location; In the meantime the smell OF =
an eyesore to the ~neishbors n all
Mr.. j. j.. Van Wrinkle of the firm of
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munipaw avenue is now an ~auetloneer,
and has already hoisted his danger
signal on several valuable pieces OF prop
erty on the Hill. On Thursday, October
IS, he will auction a portion of the es-
tate of Abraham Collerd, deceased, CON
sisting of twelve houses and fifteen
street, Hicks street, Van Wrinkle avenue
and Tonnele avenue. This is a
splendid chance for persons wish
ing ingnt to nr make Tah win 4 i Tmf aalkin lnV oVer
the real estate market, said that it is
improving slightly. Inquiries are numer-
Gus, and he has made a number of sales
in the past four weeks. Renting is pick
BUILDING BRISK IN BERGEN.
m & Co. report a number of
sales. They also report building to be
brisk in the South Bergen section, They
are making numerous loans to builders.
All the Improvement, they say, is going
on on in Nt the section snd Of the yd Hll a De5wf fSe
Pennsylvania Railroad cuts and west of
Agent ]. W. Smith of No, 175 Mont
gomery street reports the sale of ten
lots on Summit venue just south of
Montgomery street. belonging to the
James estate, to a Brooklyn builder for
IS, coo. The lots run through to Baldwin
avenue. The purchaser will build row
of brick houses on Summit avenue n
frame houses on Baldwin avenue, and.
will offer them for sale or to rent. Ac-
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merous, but there is little buying. Houses
renting at from $40 to $25 are in great
demand.
Ocean avenue property, south of the
Newark and New York Railroad bridge,
is covered with for sale, to let, and auc-
ton bills. People seem to be vacating
places as many as six houses vacant in
one block. A Jersey City News re-
porter asked Mr., Maxon of Emmons &
co. how he accounts for it. His explain
a+fop ic orOnI and iS nrnha hlU the anTrept
one.
"Ocean avenue was Intended original
ly," he said, "for a residential street,
and was laid out as such. Soon, how
ever, frame teneinents, stores, flats and
saloons began to spring UP. There is
not enough business there to maintain
the stores, and consequently man of
them are vacant The erection Of the
stores. and tenements, together with the
trolley, has spoiled it as a residential
district, and it is the old houses that
are now heinz nffered at auctionn