New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-12
MARKET LESS ACTIVE.
FEWER TRANSACTIONS IN REAL ESTATE
MANY MORE BUILDINGS. HOWEVER TO GO UP

MANY MORE BUILDINGS. HOWEVER. TO GO UP
HOUSES BOUGHT AND SOLD
There were fewer conveyances Of real estate IN
this city last week than In the previous weeH' anu
the amount involved in the TRANSACTIONS waS a ,
srnaller by several millions Of dollars Last weeA
operations in real estate. however, were Oh .
v larger scale than those OF the corresponu"s
o, last year. Reports from, NUMBER. Vi re-
estate Offices indicated that large numoer oi M
portant sales which had been contemplated nao
faned NJ contamination because owners or prop
erty had demanded higher prices. Inc uahsao
tions Of the week indicated boom In the erecuoh
OF new buildings. many old buildings oe'hs sou "
buyers who wanted sites for new STRUCTURES
John Kehoe the builder. has bought from Samuei
n Roabno the northeast corner OF Blocker and
Wooster sts at a price supposed to exceed see'Vo'
A a site for a seven-story mercantile ouiidins.
r 6 cIarkson reports a sale Of Nos. "a and rs
West Twenty -second-st.. two four-story houses on
n Mot 6axsS9 . client who will alter pom puiid-
INCA for business purposes. Louis sacns TOOK u''e
last week to No. "a for a consideration OF Wow
7 Arthur Fisher & Co. have sold for Mrs Louise
Wibber the three-story high-stoop brick dwelling
No ees second-ave.. between rhirty-sxth and Tnir-
ty-seventh SITS. lot about ax5s. for N625o
Fountain Brothers have purchased from the "eo-
ster estate the threestory stone-front dwelng' on
lot n6x6s9 No. 40 Lexington-ave. southwest cor
ner Of F1fty-eighth-st.. and will remodei IL INTO
stores AMI apartments.
Charles Martin has sold for c. Flock. OF Will
,amsbridge. the nve-story nathouse. 2Sx74xs2 NO
az West Eighteenth-st.. to James Mckenzie, ior
about $4,000.
Seton & Wissmann have sold for the estate OF
the late Mrs. Roe Lockwood to a client as an In
vestment the four-story stone-front dwelling on
lot 25xsSs No. 2 West Thirty-sixth-st. for about
$saOo
ST Jayne 4 Co. have sold conformity with Doug
las Robinson G. Co. for ST. Lukes Hospital the lot.
Sxl0o5 on the south side Of F1ftyffth-st. S25 feet
west OF Fifth-ave.. for $4,000 1t adjoins the lot
recently conveyed by the hospital to Dr. Thomas
E. Satterthwaite and will be similarly Improved by
the erection of q modern four-story residence.
David Steiner has sold the block front on the
east side Of FYfth-ave, between Northumberland
thirty second and sts..
1seloxl35 to a builder for immediate Improvement.
The property has been sold at big advance on
$4,000. the valuation at which 1t was taken In
trade from DR.. Reginald H. Sayre last week In
consideration Of the transfer to him by Mr. Steiner
q No. l3s Fifth-ave
OTHER TRANSACTIONS.
Martin Metzger and Joseph Hammerslag have sold.
with loan to a builder who will improve. the plot
loollxl2s on the northwest corner Of Lenoxave and
One hundred and-e ghteenth-st recently purchased
by them from the Sherwood estate
Charles Buck has bought from DR.. j. " Woohey
and j. G. Powers two full lots the south side OF
Seventy-slxth-st., 125 feet west Of West End-ave.
and will erect thereon two 25-foot dwellings
L. j. Phillips & Co. have sold for Mrs. James E.
Martin the four-story stone-front dwelling. on lot 25x
1905. No. II East sxty-second-st., to Maurice s.
. wormser for q little more than s65,ooo The seller
paid $50 900 for the house in September. 1881.
Hall ]. How Co. have sold for the Conselyea
estate . lot 25x102.2 on the south side OF Eighty
second-st. 100 feet west Of West End-ave.. to Ed
ward J. De Coppet who will erect house for his
own occupancy. The same brokers have sold for
George F. johnson to Builders Cumming Fergu-
son. for improvement full lot on the south side OF
Ninety-ninth-s It's feet west Of Central Park West.
for $4,000.
Charles Bauvelt has sold a lot. 2Sx1001l. on the
north side Of One-hundred-andhr 100 feet west
OF West End-ave.. to Andrew Brose. who will erect
q nvestory single hathouse thereon.
Ward Wheeler has sold the three-story stone front
dwelling. 1ssxi5x7b the south side OF West One
hundred-and nfty-second-st. just east Of the Bou-
Ievard, TO z. W. Pratt. Of the Equitable Life AS
turance Society.
Herman A. Schmidt. who is said to represent
George Ehret has bought from Morris Klaber the
two-sory and basement brick dwelling. lot 25x
10oll. No LII West One hundred-andt twenty fourth
st.. for $4,000. ana Of Sarah A. and John d. Clark
No. 10. adjoining. similar house. on lot 2sx
looii. for $2250o The former IL said to have cost
10000 seven or eight years ago. and the latter 5000
10 1880 or 1881 Mr. Ehret in March. 1892 purchased
yfssuT no. together Il with
PSs xt Il % ssses' rS Sn ns
west 100x south 20l.l0 TO One-hundred Twenty
fourth-st., east H3x north 100llx 459x north
1ooll paying for the property $2000 II the latest
purchases have been made in his interest report
sa he T. now the owner Of ~ plot extending through
Walker Lawson have sold the third OF their new
row OF four four-story, mestonefront dwellings re-
Gently completed in Riverside Drive. between One
hundred and-thrd and One-hundred-and-fourth SITS.
1t 10 No 314 lot 22x100. f. Meyers is the buyer
and the consideration OF about $4,000 Is said to be
partly represented by lot 25xl00 on the side
Of West Epd-ave. 75l south of One-hundred-an
second-st. to be conveyed to the sellers by the
present owner, Augustus Meyers stone-dealer.
Max Simon has sold for Jung e. Mohr, 25x69x-
looil. the last Of their Of ivestory double
hAthouses, In Ninety-eighth-st., between Central
Park West and Columbus-ave.
John p. Leo has sold the new three-story stone
front dwelling. 19x52x99.1l No 40 West One hun
dred- and-forty-nnth-st.. TO w. Steinkampf. Of
Oneida.
Francis Crawford Is reported to have purchased
from the Jacobs estate a plot. l00xlO0.n on the