New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-09-03
NETWORK REAL ESTATE.
" G. MULLIGAN TELLS OF ITS
VALUE NEAR THE BRONX.

g THE PIONEER WOMAN REAL ESTATE
o,,rR AND HAS MADE LARGE SALES
SAYS PROSPECTS ARE BRIGHT.
.,,,.,, G. Mulligan lawyer and real estate agent
.,. ofsce at No. ~ Tremont-ave. The wife OF
n ns y,llgan was formerly Miss Agnes X Murphy
A' cceeded her father in the real estate business
vho l,cali,y She was born in the immediate
ID ."S.rhood and being possessed of strong bust
h''e ,rcis she became. on the death OF her father
hes' ,,reer real estate broker OF her In this
'ho md was admitted TO the Exchange. where she
oS' Totally received. She has the surround
Wa ..un.rv grow from what were small farms and
'ns -, Garden patches interspersed with masses Of
i,.ers in the days when the entire district was
pe". as goat land. TO a rapidly improving part
~. r,etropois which be reached from
VI cry Hall within an hours time by the ordinary
scc,mmoda,on trains
Tribune reporter speaking OF the real estate
.,,sss which is carried on in the name OF
30 husband. Mrs. Mulgan said:
'r,u the improvements which have taken place In
.,,. ,e,shSorhood have been under my own eye.
vs. n is true I have conducted many important
-. a, large tracts in this locality. to complete one
:, ~h,ch | was obliged TO make trip TO Europe
,,s these sales that OF the well-known
T,skln and Tsppan property OF sixteen acres
'..si few years ago for the sum of $1,000. About
live months sfterward. in October. 1891. the land
.xirE
~ property was again sold. realizing the sum OF
raor or 5000 per lot.
nrbs land nereabouts Is not purchased 80 much
H.. ejaculation al for the establishment by thrifty
onle OF small homes for their own occupancy
go the sale OF the 20t lots mentioned. 80 houses
g. been built on that tract Meanwhile. also.
va n, the lots have changed hands several lines
q also sold the eight acres embraced In the
u,,ry storey estate. The purchase price was sso-
"a This property was subdivded into city lots
I'd within a short time they we're sold for Ni2.0U
~Kountze Brothers. the bankers. at No. 100 Broad
..y are large holders o, property here which re-
,,a,ns unimproved. They purchased In lsSs what
,,s known as the Thomas Il. Ludlow property at
!. an ner acre. They have since refused offers at
the rate OF $500 per acre.
some erroneous impressions exist as to the class
n, people who come here TO make their homes
rhere are few mechanics the bYlk OF the purchasers
Yang men with small families and thrifty habits
sho are engaged in the lower portions OF the city
~ various capacities These have come here and
taught city lots ranging In price from $500 upward
m which they could build homes.
"Tremont-ave is the principal cross-town thor
ourh.are 1t has already been widened from nifty
90 eighty feet and will be paved Webster
ave lust west OF us is 100 feet wide and Will be 10
.hls section what Seventh-ave. is to Harlem. We
have 1000 acres devoted TO parks north or the
Harlem and these will be linked together by boule-
Yards with general system. .
numerous. indicating the best OF prospects Tor
All and winter trade. There is place where
,eonle OF modera;a means can buy land within the
cy limits so cheaply as they can buy 1t here