New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-05
THE MARKET ACTIVE.
UNUSUALLY LARGE TOTAL OF REAL
ESTATE SALES.
TRANSACTIONS BY PRIVATE CONTRACT AMooN
TO 100000 AND THOSE AT AocrloN
TO N.soo.oco FOR THE WEEK.

TRANSACTIONS BY PRIVATE CONTRACT AMOUNT
TO s5.1Ooooo AND THOSE AT AUCTION
TO SsooOOO FOR THE WEEK.
A great record was made by the real estate mar
ket the last week. and It all the more remark
able because II was not looked for Sales by pri-
vate contract footed up the large total OF *oi"ooo
and to this was added Sl'sUVo 'hrou"" ~
by auction The feature OF the dealings was down.
town property three parcels of which represented
an investment OF $2.G25000. There was pe''er ue
mand for dwellings. and there was also an active
,nouirv for vacant lots The transfers OF the week
incuded the following:
SALES IN THE WEEK.
The trustees of the Seventh Day Baptist Church
cold through William Rosenzweig and Gustav New
man. brokers, the four-story brick building, iot COX
oolo No. 50 East Seventh-st.. to Joseph L. Butten-
w!eser on private terms The prestn bniidihs VIII
be demolished and a sIx-story apartment-house
erected on the site. In 1s4S the congregation hea
their first services In this city on that ste' wn'ch
was afterward rlven TO them by a wealthy member
Walter f. Thompson sold to A. G. Mcilvaine IT,
No $ West Seventy nvesiory
1oxi4. for about 5000 1t is one OF row recently
erected on a plot purchased year ago Dy MI
Clarence II Eagle sold plot geo llxloo; on the
southeast corner Of Flfth-ave and One-hundredand-
i John r. 0f Foley ss Sold for William to the Ma
Ona life Insurance COMPANY aS Gf H Rnw qunnns
through to No Ann-st; for consideration when
is understood to be 10000 .,,. ,o-,.n Va
50 East Eghtyninth.st ye-s!ory ha,house ar lot
Slxloo. for $1,000; also No tl IenIn,ahvei, N nr
+ s Atwa,er sold for John X. Cole the house and
l5xJOxlOo for about $4,000; also FOR NJ r. gum the
house and S No s % Company sold for David s.
Brown plot Of lots. 6xloo feet on the south sue OF
One-hundred and second-s near Riverside Drive 10
a. Joseph Il. cushman bought the English basement
house no. 432 West Twenty third-st.. and VIII oc-
cupy the same with his wife and family after ex-
tcnsve improvements. now In progress; are , com
pleted. Mr.. Cuehman Is the manager OF the Cush-
Charles j. Hartmann, of No, 80 broadway New
York sold for Mrs. Mary r. Hartmann. OF Brook
Ign, the Columbia and West End apartment houses
at Hicks and Pineapple SITS. Brooklyn, Ior 'Z' %,rv
TO Mr. Wise. a manufacturer, OF Baltimore MITE
Hartmann paid s2l6.0o for this property In 1884 =,
simon NJ and Samuel kosenba,t sold through 1.,nTY
frame brick front tenement, with two-story frame
tenement In rear lot 23x0o. on private terms IL
was purchased by the sellers In May. l%2' Tor
Maclay & Davies sold for A. 4. Pattou, the three
ave- to Dr. T. NJ MOrrel. on private terms. ,,.,.
private investor. for about $4,000.
Elbrdge T. Gerry bought from Mrs Greer. n n,c
Egbert and Mrs. Lowther. dsushie.s OF the s,l n,e
Christopher Meyer. Nos. &c. 81 and ~ East sixty
second-st. three four-story private dwellings, on
private terms nth
The Frank L. Fisher Company sold for Hlrsh
BROTHERS two lots on the south side OF seventy
sixth-st near Riverside Drive. TO A Is. Knight.
builder. for improvement.
J. Clarence Davies A. Co. sold for j. Is l<orge a
plot 62xipO the east side OF webster ave -
feet south Of Samuel-st.. for 1850 also. ior Alce
NJ Holland f4xloO on the north aide OF Westchestcr-
ave 100 feet east OF ST. Anns-ave Tor Sl2Jp also.
for Thornton Brothers two-stofy frame rouse.
~ sxtOxlcO on the side OF Bathgate-ave ~ ieet
south OF one hundred and -eighticth-st. for 49,
also n plot for Mrs. Reboul ?5xl+O on the south
side OF Weschester-ave, 100 feet west OF BROOK
ave. for $500
CONVEYANCEs AND MORTGAGEs.
Following Is the record OF conveyances mortgages
and buildings projected the last week compared
with the corresponding week In 1885:
CONVEYANCE