New-York tribune., 1896-11-20
HIGH PRICES FOR HARLEM LOIS.
AROJT HALF A MILLION WILL BE REAL
IZED FROM THE SALE OF THE WARD
PROPERTY.

Dor,,. .,,.r, real estate broker and operator in
the city reinforced by large number oil oc'aSo'"'
Investors and bidders covered the entre moor oi IL"
New-York Real Estate Salesroom. at NO III Broad
way at noon yesterday when ID. Phoenix ihsr"-
ham offered for sale the of l9 lots belonging 10
the Susan B. Ward estate. at Fort w Ndsh''s'o"
Heights Every one Interested in real estate h'P"'
that desirable lots on the West Side below 'he-hu"
drad-and- -nnctieth-st. are becoming eNreHheis
scarce and are rapidly Increasing in value. YET
few n any anticipated that such high prices would
he secured AT the auction sale of large an estate
Those who had ventured a guess as TO 'he pro-"
able prices the lots would bring based their oacu
tions naturally upon the prices paid by 'harieS A.
Barney in June last for eiGhy-four ell! o'S pe'o's
ing to the same plot and estate Mr. Barney pu'-
chased the lots included in the two squares pe'"eeh
kingsbridge Road Fort Washington-ave.. One-hun-
dred- and seventeen and One-hundrcu-ahu-S'No"'s
second SITS. paying an average price OF ~" q lo
He bought these lots through Richaru "' 'oi''
gomery e. Co at private sale In June, ls'9' 'he uas
before the entire 2s3 lots to have been sod Al
auction This purchase caused the pcstponement oi
tho auction of the remaining Ward estate lots unt
this week.
The sale Yesterday included plot or about t"eh-
tv6ve acres extending in a broad strip from the
westerly side Of Eleventh or West End-aVe. ana the
Kingsbridge Road to the Hudson River II Is inter-
sected by three streets the Kingsbridge Road, the
Fort Washington Ridge Road and the Boulevard
Lafayette or French Boulevard 1t includes ~" ci'y
,o,s Of ordinary Dimensions. besides SIX plots OF
eround each of an area of about seven or eight city
lots facing the new Western Boulevard ana the
Hudson River
Mr. Barney was n large buyer again yesterday
He purchased number of corner lots AT Wha'
saened to many real estate men unusually hish
figures and bought the greater part OF the lo'S
fronting In Fort Washngton-ave.. opposite MS
other property thus practically controlling that
part of the street ,
The surprise came when lot No. !. at the south-
west corner Of Kngsbridge Road and one, hundr.n-
and-seventieth-st. 2Sx!rx25XlH. was oner'i anu ,o
b,ddinr on II jumped at lively rate from s5'VV 10
50 $50 at which Il went TO C. Buckinai, ,,o for
Joining was knocked down TO g. w y an Ai'em r lor
of Kingsbridge Road and one, ,hundied.aiu. ~
nnth-st for s. 900 Among Charles / farheE puM
chases were the southeast corner OF foIt W ,,,
nrton-aye and One-hundred-an '
i0- o2x3 for $3.50 three lots anJoH,-
ing on the north 1890 each: three more iols A. az
ioning on the north $500. the ADJOINING ol oii wy
northeast corner OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ~
As the rear and inside lots were reached prices
fell or somewhat and along one -hunuir,, M,
sixtv-ninth-st lots went for as niue az N,-.
,n,ai ohteined for the block bounded 10y one-hui-
dred-and- -sixty ninth and One-hu,.i -,
eth SITS. Kingsbridge Road ana for' ""9"'e'
ave. was Sl5loo - ,,,,u cqo u m I'm
which time Mr. Ingraham disposed OF liS OF tle
iots for about S35O0o The remaining hity-sN iols'
Including the six large plots. each having run
@ 40 ,ore than 100 feet in the Boulevard laiaN-
cite will be offered Monday next 400 oo .,
The estate will pr obably realize about >'V"" i'o'"
the sale of the entire plot. -, -, .,o cu,rene
The auo ton which WAS ordered by Inc 9upi1n piI,,,
Court is to divide the estate OF MIS-. Waiui ,rn Mi
of the late Montague Ward among her T, oIu,e ,.
George Il. Ward Beverly Ward NiIlai. Do .ie ,sn -
Iuther Kountze OF Kountze Brothers. the we'll
known firm OF bankers