New-York tribune., 1895-12-16
REAL ESTATE.
BUSINESS IN THE FIELD.

The real-estate market for the last week mas
been dull. no doubt in degree on account OF
the approach of the holiday season IL is Known
however that several real-estate deais Oh 00n
siderable magnitude are now behg cohsiue'
Plans for another "sky scraper' in Wail-s'' Vi
about fifteen stories are being drawn. The par
ticulars for another real-esate operation IN lower
Broadway Of considerable public interest are neary
roadv for nuh,,cation The architects generally
throughout the city during this dun perlod are
actively employed by rea-estate SPECTATORS anu
builders in preparing plans for new oui'u"ss 10 NC
erected in the early future.
The auction record shows the customary pre-
ponderance of sales Of legal character over t'ose
Of a voluntary description The properties onered
pursuant TO decrees Of court during the week nave
been much more attractive and Desirable than even
the few disposed OF for the account of individuals
OF the latter kind there eight sold and two
withdrawn but as of the three parcels as
posed of a tbs. Real Estate Exchange were bought
in by part owners their sale can hardly pc cIassl-
fed as public auctions. Notwithstanding that inter
ested parties have the same right 10 purchase as
outsiders The aggregate weekly investment at
auction sales for the last week has. with remark
able regularity. shown an increase. very large as
rule over the safes during the same weeks OF last
year. The bigger totals are anything but ehcour-
aging however as being derived mainly from legal
sales they simply show that greater number of
properties have gone by the board under foreclosure
The auction sales during the last week aggregated
in value si4l77 against sSoo3SS for the correspond
ing week of last year
In Brooklyn the auction sales for last week
realized the sum of sS97,772, while for the corre-
spending week OF 1884, the amount realized was
s2s7 OO5 The sales last week at private contract
were far from being satisfactory. As compared
with the same week OF last year there was a
shrnkage OF business this year e. as so WITH WITH
sales of last week aggregated only Nooogn whle
for the previous week the sum of S2'oso" was
The conveyances reported last week were 2Ss of
wneh M sy %eTs Sd 90 Far ihe
ing week last year the transfers numbered lS9 of
which q were nomnaL M dhe e remainder pens repre-
In the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth wards.
sSrnnfv transfefs Of Wien fory-four were nom
na the consideration for the Others smOgnting tnr to
wards. including the new Annexed District. there
were seventy Transfers anonnng 10 S sz!y $50 of
sss7S4 Al against sii5o go 70. the same period Of
rate Of interest at not less than per cent year.
For some Of the loans a higher rate was paid
Only sl579.7so was borrowed at lower rate Of in
There were fled in TIE building Department nifty,
six plans for buildings al an estimated cost OF
is 50 while for The e9rrespondns week week Of +, last
Augustus D. Juilliard is having the plans prepared
which he proposes to build at Tuckahoe.
Fitzsmons & Smith have sold The iveccs:ttory nat
The New Manhattan Athletic Club has purchased
the clubhouse at Madison-ave. and Foriy-ffth-st
from Adrian Iselin. who bought II in AZ fore
closure sale in july two years aco Tor $'3eVH. -.
Richard V Harnett & co. have sold for about
$4,000 the five-storv American basement dwelling
o5x6Ox1022 No 212 West Seventy-second-st. for
Henry y Cook. making the fourth sold of row of
five new houses.
H. H. Rliss has sold for William Broadbent the
four-story dwelling Ne. 80 St Nicholas-ave. for
about $4,000 4 Mr.. Hutchings.
Lambert Suydam has sold a plot l0)x99l on the
south side of Onc-hundred and thirty seventies St
27s feet west Of LeroX-aVe. 10 Judson ; Todd Tor
s24 Coz and for the estate Of Robert Orr two lots
on the north side Of Sevonysth-st.. $50 feet west
OF Frst-ave.. 20 Schnatz Massett for improve
ment.
The Frank l.. Fisher Company has sold for Cla;-
ence True the fOur-stOry American basement dwell
ing 25Sx56 on the southwest corner of West End
ave and Ninety-third-st. and ne two simiaT!y
built adjoining houses Nos 9p and 3Oi West Ninety
third-st. with lots 81 and % respectively X5os.