New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-08
NOT SO MANY SALES.
BUSINESS LESS ACTIVE IN THE REAL Es-
TATE MARKET

&
Sales Of real estate reported by brokers the las'
week were somewhat reduced in NUMBER l"c'
which was attributed In part to the change IN 'he
weather At any rate. the contamination OF sew
oral important transactions was postponed ihceh-
n,telv and large number of small trades uhuer It,
collation. were likewise put Off. The week invest
ments In improved property by private contract
footed I'D about 100000. Seven purchases NJ
VOWED considerations approxlmatne one-haf OF
the total While the inquiry for building lots was
not up &c expectations. the chief disappointment
was in the transfers OF dwellings
SALES IN THE WEEK.
Y Altman & Co have increased their holding In
Eighteenth-st adjoining their large drNgoods s'o'e
by the purchase from Thomas Kerr AT N"op eaon
of Nos ~ and 1873 West Eighteenth-st' TWO oui''
ines on lots each 25xA feet. These. IN con)uAcuo"
Win the p,operty owned by Altman & Co., VIII give
them frontage in Eigheenth-st OF about ~ lte'
Tn Nlncteonth-st. the holdings Of the irm eNleno
back from Sxth-ave SO2 feet The s'ore III 'N'"
ave. which is now only 1883 feet deep Is 10 " 81"
larged so as 10 cover the ground acquired during 'o
last wear The building. 1t is said. Will then De
almost as large az the store now In course OIL col"
s,,uc,ion on the east side OF Sixth-aVe between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth SITS. The firm mas a ans"
nrrchasal NO 40 West Ninoteenth-st, -''lVNiVV
Tor Ss5 OO0
Gutwiilig Brothers and Jacob Hrsh have purchaSeu
the Mot 75xlOo feet with old buildings thereon o
o., nor,h silo OF West Third-st, 80 feet west OF
Greene-st ard adjoining the plot whieh tneE -
Gently bought from the Stewart heirs. Inc lo'
now embraces the entire block 'front.' on NVos'V'
:, $50 feet deep on Third-st., and 4S feet 'front.' Oh
rourth-st with increasing depth OF the DOCK a
modern business building is TO be erected on 'he
r,h,rd-s, front after Nay next, which comprises
oil b,,t the corner Of Wooster and Greene SITS Inc
uropar,v was sold by Henry Corn at an advance
upon what ne paid for IT few weeks ago.
lanes McCaffrey has exchanged the HNe-S'oi!
hfrf, rs
NJ harris for the hve-story hathouse NO 3.Z 90
,urbus-ayc 25xlO5. The Columbus-aNe. ha'house
was Immediately resold by MI McCahreS. i
Harris purchased the latter fathouse IN 100, ~.
$1,000 The house adjoining. NO S'4' was SUI" ~
1894 for Si5Wo ,,, .. -, tho
80. slao of the Boulevard between One-hundreu-
and second and One-hundred and-thru s's'' -
ing eastward to the old Bloomlngdaie roau, nv
dimensions of the plot are WlloXloSe'eNZ-ol
The lease of large property oeow rvul S,nars
c, AZ 100000 a year. for term OF Twelve He"I''
aor.ratinr $4,000 is reported closed the fuI par
culars will be withheld for two or three days Inc
brokers' commission in this transaction VIII ie"'''
$500. ,oso ,ha sor,b
west corner Of Manhattan-ave. ana O'e-iiu'O' 90
snd-twenty-se cond-st.. NONllXlV.
rhe rumor that one of the Rookefeiiers had pui-
chased from Robert Hoe, j.. his place. ms
of about fifteen twenty acres si'ua'ga oppoa..0
the fine estate of George i. Newton "a al t -,
Is denied Inc at from about $i26OO $4,000
The Frank l.. Fisher Company has so.d iU dpda ma
lam Bmnig front mt dweing No s2e Vest Eighty
eighth-st sizo 20x6Oxlco. TO Christian hrue' o' pa
FTeSericE southack & Co. have consummated one
o., s1 nroperty involved includes the block front on
the east side OF WOostef-st between Hho,,s,bt NV
and Fourth sis w anS rs Hirsh They viii
erec an eleven-story ire-reslstng building WIN Una
1TOntass OF aH s i5 Go feet in West Thd The
iessees George Borgfedt CO VINO a % rent
OF SIS 900 making the total rent for the period sIS9vv
Wis an o the eishteen Dwellings Nos l5i to 800
2s 70 1870 and $i 70 e5s 20 East Gao feSngoavs
hn houses in One-hundred- and fourthst are two.
story 6rownstone structures each 2oXfxv
Ave it and was sold in 1884 5000 and the south
vest e Was sSd n So for
estate Of the late s Esnk opa nyn So as A q
to the 0usnaa tWostory Stable on lot 25xlOO for
sioe it was sold in 1894 for s25O'1 sesor has sold
~ an investor the southeast corner OF Third ana
Mercer SITS 25x1Oo. with sx-story store ana ioi's
Richard Montgomery has sold for D avid W W
Ns1 FG2G %S for aSoa Mr. FOTney the
adjoining property No. 25o being the nGr'"es'
L. J. Carpenter has sold for AUGUST Bpmen rlii
TO a Mr. Zabriskie. Of 3urrll Zaoflske q o nuIIIIt,
a. No, 81 West seveny-hfth-st size 22xe0xlO22 for
5000. The seller paid 3i7'5" for the property !"
Martin & Bro have sold TO General Lloyd 5:
bryce No 293 Fifth-ave., four-story brownstone
Horgan & Siattery have sold the four-story stone
private dwelling, lot 2Ox55XloO NO. Ni west Emu
ave- to Robert Main, for $1,000
CONVEYANCES AND MORTGAGES.
The following table shows the number OF convey
ances mortgages and projected buildings for las;
week and for the corresponding week year ago.
CONVEYANCEs.
1904 1880