New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-28
TAMMANY AND REAL ESTATE
DEALERS IN PROPERTY ARRAyrr
AGAINST THE WIGWAM
THEY UNDERSTAND THE DODGE OF ANNouycrxo
THE INCREASED vALTATIoN-cOND:-


THE INCREASED vALrATIoN-coNp:.
TION OF THE MARKET.
The vicious grip which the thieves OF Tam,isny
Hall have long held upon the real estate OF thu
city has retarded the growth and expansion OF Tia
legitimate real estate business. The chief robsers
of Tammany Hall have succeeded in Juggling will /.
real estate sales tor the benefit of themselves ana
, their minions The real estate men Of New-York-
the men who have the welfare of the city at he.,,
and who condemn the unholy and colossal frauds
practised upon the city hy band Of political high.
binders and blacklegs-have united in the work a
exterminating from the face OF the earth the pot.
cal sewer in Fourteenth-st on Election Day they .
will present a solid front the polls casting thei,
votes against Hugh j. Grant and his associates o.
greed and plumber. Real in this city Ia.
been blackmaied by Tammany Hall, and the ssry.
ants of corruption have basked in the opulena.
that that Matchmaking has brought them
What success the legitimate real estate busne,,
in New-York has attained has been due "a
natural causes which the Vaccinations az
Tammany Hall could prevent. Had ths
robbers and punderers of the Tammany
organization not had 1t in their power TO use IL
real estate in this city for their own selfish enda
the business would have been in better condition
and property owners would not have been black.
mailed by the Tammany tax business.
Each year. when the new tax rate Is made our
Tammany Hall comes out with a flourish and an.
nounces that again it has reduced the rata
ga wing to property thousands OF dollars III
apostles then turn their faces to the wall and
chuckle to themselves they look at the In.
creased rate of valuation. which entirely onssu
the reduction in tn" tax rate.
TAMMANYS OLD DODGE.
This has been Tammanys dodge for many years.
increasing the valuation and reducing the tax
rate Property values are increased to such an
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purses despite the reduction in the tax rate. Tam.
many Hal has stolen millions OF dollars from the
taxpayers OF this city by its game % increased
valuation and reduced taxation Tammany Hall
took from the majority Of the real estate men
in this city composing the New-York Real Estate
Exchange. the legal sales. and gave them to the
servants and side partners OF the exboss Of the
Wigwam The New-York Real Estate Exchange
pays the city about 5000 annually in taxes, yet
IT has been unable get the business which 10
ultimately belongs to it,
The Honest Government Club OF the Real Estate
Exchange was founded for the purpose Of working
for municipal perity. and it is making energetic
efforts in this campaign to uproot the rotten or.
ganization which has been long menace the
real estate business. Hugh J. Grant vii receive
no support from the real estate men OF New.
York excepting from the friends Of Croker who
have gone into the real estate busI for the
spols which Tammany give thef l.
OPPOSED TO MR.. GRANT.
Hugh J. Grants previous administrations did not
commend him to the real estate OF New.
York and they have decided to give him sup
port for a third term. His connection with deals
which injure the city a frightful extent Is toe
apparent to exclude him from the gallery OF po-
Iitcal evil-doers. and his share OF the plumber Of
the taxpayers evinced by his prodigal gifts to
his godchild, Flossie Croker. does not exclude
him from the coterie Of Croker, scannei, Diver:
the two Martins. Sheehan and other lammany
enemies Of The public ws:faTe Vail !.
70 vote for organization which fourshes on
blackmail. and robs all the respectable people o.
the city They do not care to vote ior set , Of
men who plumber the taxpayers. and are really
not 4" been nae acquired I HONESTY d.
adenee m f HUN n h
day on the record he made as Mayor OF ms Guy.
he poses as tho friend OF the working people. bet
the truth is that there is nothing In his reeore
this city There is nothing in his record which
shows that he ever had the welfare OF the city q
The Rea, Estate Exchange Honest Government
Club which now has nearly 200 members, WIZ
Liberty-st., tomorrow afternoon Those VINO VIII
speak are Seth low Genera Maser Wgns
ford. Charles : Farchild. James c. Carter and
General James NJ. Varnum.
BUSINESS IN THE WEEK.
There was a good amount OF business transacted
in the auction rooms last week. and at private
sale there was continued activity. There were
many sales of property on the West Side OF the
city above Fifty ninth-st. and In other residence
parts OF the town vacant lots and lots with old
buildings were In especial demand and brought
good prices. H. the auction rooms the greater
part Of the business confined 10 legal sales.
Prices ruled low and well-informed operators man.
aged To pick up bargains. The amount OF money
involved in the auction sales last week was ss's..
N ne ~.
1876 in the same week last year. In Brooklyn the
sales amounted I'm value 10 slsi923. against s22i@
in the previous week and s37 osS in the correspond
ing week year age
The following were the principal sales AZ private
transaction In the week
An important trade consummated in the
week involving the sale Of twenty-one acres OF land
In westchester County. known as pari OF me oa
Williamsbridse. and Boston Pos, Road; lad out 10
go villa plots daS h fo 9 SS o9 IN oy part payment
the owner buys from Laura Preston ranch or Nv
acres thirty miles from San franGsiS r NJ from from
Walnut Creek. This has been sold by T. ;; AZ.
water and q. II: suydam for $500 the balance
Frsasrick southack has sold for william a Street Street
teenth-st two four-story dwellings. al reported
price OF sl?5eo. a l. Mordecai Son have e, sS 81
Nicholas between 0ne-hundred- and nineteenth
and One HUNDRED andy enticth SIS. for $50 90
to ohn dT so he block 'front.' Jour
including the northwest corner OF one-hundred -anH-
eighty -seventh-st. and Eeventh-ave., for sS"@
Frank l.. Fisher has sold for W. II. Jackson -
William Buhler the six four-story DWELLINGS, eae3
c0x60 and buffers pantry extension LOT ~. Nos.
10 81 West Eighty -eighih-st. Terms private
c. c. Judson has sold TO Mrs. c. True four St.ory
American basement 25-foot dwelling. No ~ wess
Ninety fourth-st. John W. Stevens has sod LOT
Mrs Aspnwall TO VI J. Moses the four.story anu
basement dwelling. 2Oxl0o. No +6 West Nine'yse'
enth-st. ALA
feminist, abuttng the property ALREADY "
ported sold TO the American Lthograpnic Soms'
pany: they are Nos. A and IL West NineteensnsSSS
No IL was purchased in April, 1855. for $500
by William A Street II has Just been SOLD thr0 os
Frederick Southack for $4,000. No N. size ssAsr
was bought in August. 1887. by William Il seo's
FOR sil 80 1t afiervard transferred ior
nominal consideration but this transfer is believed
to have been a family arrangement. II mas No.
Prices in this locality are stnening. ,,.rar