New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-24
REAL ESTATE.
SOME ENCOURAGING SIGNS.

rharc are many signs OF encouragement for deal
~. and investors in New-York real estate despite
tho comparative quiet OF last week 1t Is 10 De ex-
ected A. this season OF the year that many brokers
M absent themselves from their offices for va
catlon. The resident part OF the city at present
q, IT'S most fashionable quarters seems deserted
rho blinds are closed the front doors are boarded
u, AMI the window shades are pulled down Tiles
q, brick and mortar line the sidewalks IN lton'
~ some ~ the larger houses which are undergoing
,,,nroycments Many changes are being made In
ThIrtv-fourth-st between Fifth and sixth ayes.
aver a half a block OF boarding houses have been
torn down within the the last thirty days In
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Sta, east OF Sixth-ave.
ono can now only see the debris or several ''ild-
nss which during the early part OF the month
Of May were occupied Large buildings are soon
~ 20 up In tho place Of these houses,
II ia now known that some OF the largest real
estaic deals ever made IN this city are keeping
several brokers very actively employed
Tho piece OF property announced sold on Saur-
a,y 10 the Durlands Riding Academy Company
has been source OF considerable interest to real
cs,nto dealers within the last slx months. The Site
has "A frontage running from Six,y-siSth TO sixty
seventh sts. OF $50 feet. overlooking Central PARK
Wcst Mr.. purland Of the academy, said TO IA
Tribune reporter on Saturday that the moment
II was learned he had secured this site everybody
seemed TO want IT, "Our purchase has he said.
"aIready caused a big advance in property around
ia We have had the offer of a large bonus for
The auction sales during the last week amount
ed sl Last year the 'Gtsi fSr Inc CORE
sponas Of The auction sales was 81 $50 as com
pared with $500 for the corresponding week OF
The private sales for the last week aggregated
81 7cO o as compared with $500 900 for the previous
week For the corresponding week of June. 1894,
conveyanCcs 10 the number OF 2s2. of which I57
S Ssss a consders'lon ssssi Fer the
Standing week OF last year aS transfers OF which
g We're nominal, were filed. the amount involved
The mortgages figures show there recorded
last week 2+6 involving 800 l16. while FOR the
corresponding week OF 1884 there were '"z loans
latter sum a mortgage given by the United Elec-
trio Light and Power Company of 100000 is in
There we're filed in the Building Department
plans for new buildings. at an estimated cost OF
Year there were recorded 80 plans. at an esti-
mated cost OF 81 .43S.070
Several interesting private sales OF real estate
ness day. Frederick Southack & co. have sold for
Samuel and Henry Corn to Char, rs;r T. Runk' the
story building on lot gxlco feet The selling
PR Frank T. Fisher & Co. sod for James Carin
dwellings,. each 2Ox5sxio5'2 feet.
Pncqs Lowened who last week ,l9 from dS
stony HsnGn 1no Nos M7 East Eighty
j. Hamilton Hunt has sold TO a Mr.; Allen No.
207 West End-ave:. a three-story dwelling, on lot
20X1oO. for about sSoeV &c.,
NJ Cassidy TO j. ". Elger No. 1923 West Twenty
second-st.. three-s;ory, dwelling, on lot 226Y9S9
Wess nataS~sT 1esc '
house. acx7oxsss. No. p carmine-st' was given IN
Walker & Lawson Will erect large apartment
house Nous Snd ' Wes st'Ifn tn Sch they
purchased at auction in the week for $4,000