The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-25
BIG SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
Tatnall Properties Bring sroI,o4s-
81. Which is the Largest
fF Amount Realized for
Some Time.

| SOme lime,
| The sale of the properties by Auctioneer
Stidham & Son at the Court House Satur
day afternoon, proved what was probabl,
tho most extensive public sale of real es
tate ever held in this city. The sale wa,
In accordance with an order of th,
Orphans Court VIII ich requires tho exc
eutors of tho estate, Ashton h Tatnall
Thomas Tatnall and Richard n. Tatnall
to make their returns on February g.
The terms OF the sale were ten per cent
on day of sale, balance on or before Febru
airy 9th, all taxes due to be paid by execu
tors. In case of failure to pay balance due
by February 9th, the money already paid
to be forfeited.
The total amount of the days sale, real
estate and stocks, was $l01, 94S25.
The properties sold are all part of the
old Tatnall estate, and have been for gen.
erations. 1t has steadily increased In
value. Lots that sold a few months ago
at $50 per foot brought Saturday $55 per
foot The rapid growth of the city In
that direction is responsible for the rise
Ia values, and it is safe to predict that
they will prove one Of the best invest
ments In the market. Following are the
properties and purchases.
Mrs. Sarah $. Kline, of Philadelphia,
Ne7 puo puiohasor VI elBub lOtS, which
brought prices as follows: Lot at twenty
eighth aud Market streets, Sc, $50; lot at
south east corner of Twenty eighth and
TaLnall streets $1,000; lot on Moore street
west OF Twenty eighth, $3.50; lot at South
west corner of Twenty Eighth and Tatnall
streets 81, 200; lot with buildings thereon
extending from Twenty-tth to Twenty
sixth streets, on Tatnall street. $4,000;
lot and stable thereon Mt northeast corner
OF Twenty fifth and Tatnall streets, $1,000;
lot on Elliott avenue between Tatna Ii
and West streets, $500; lot at Elliott
avenue and West street, $500.
Joseph Il. Richardson was purchaser of
n lot on Elliott avenue and Elliott street,
with frame house. for 5000.
Mrs, Mary r. Albertson purchased tho
property at the northeast corner of Twen-
lieth md Jefferson streets for $500.
John II Iatnm bought three properties
The lot at Twentieth and jefferson streets
brought S20 PER foot, making 800; the lot
and buildings at Nineteenth and the
boulevard sold for $50 per foot summing
UP 5000, and lot at the northeast corner
Of Third and Monroe streets ut SEQ per
loot, amounting to $1,000.
Jos L. Carpenter Jr., bought the prop.
critic bounded by Nineteenth, Twentieth,
Boulevard and Monroe streets, for s55 per
wv, EQUAL VI Sl0,Uo3.
Hawkins & 90 bought five lots as fol.
ows; lot southeast corner Nineteenth
and Wouddafe avenue, SIPS; lot at north
west corner Of Twentieth and Monroe
streets. 5000; lot bounded by Eighteenth,
Wooddale avenue and Park
ano at S!S per foot, making total of
S6oO lot at nor beast corner of Sixteenth
lnd West streets at " per foot, amounting
o S30i, and property at northeast corner
u seventeenth and Tatnall at Sl2 per foot
amounting to $500
Three properties were bought by Dennis
J. Mention at tho following prices: Lot
lOunded by Sixteenth street, Glen avenue,
Washington and West streets. at $3.50; lot
outhwest corner of Seventeenth and
West streets at 81, $50 rate of $3.50 per
DOT; lot at Seventeenth and West streets
1t $40 per foot, which amounted to 81, 600.
}. Newlin Gnwthrop bought the prop
rty on West street near Seventeenth for
j $50
Henry Tatnall bought lot on Seven.
eenth street near West for 81, 900
Robert Adair paid 81, $50 for the property
N Eighteenth street near Tatnall,
IN addition to the properties bought by
hem, Mrs, Sarah S. Cline, bought the 2lh
hareh OF Creston Land and Improvement
To-, at sll5,and 1855 shares of Wilmington
nd Philadelphia Turnpike Co. stock at
4? IS.
Seven lots of real estate advertised for
ale were Withdrawn.
The total amount of the days sale, real
state anu stocks, was $l0l, 9iS ?5.