The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-24
THE Big SALE ENDED
Frank Stevens Realizes Good
Prices for the City's
Martin Act Property.
LIVELY COMPETITION IN BIDDING
Over Half q Million Dollars Worth
Of Property Added to the
Tax Levy.

Tn great sale OF city property con.
Quoted by Frank Stevens, auctioneer, un-
der the superintendent of Messrs. KEEL
Piers, Bailey and Simpson, of the Board
OF Finance. was brought to a close yes
terday evening shortly before six o'clock.
The sale was the greatest one in the his
tory of the city and more than SIS parcels
Of land, by passing into the
city's possession, were returned to the
ratables and win stand an assessment
easily enough Of a half million dollars OF
the parcels sold some were desirable. The
greater part. however, had little to COM
mend them to purchasers. Notwith-
standing this adverse circumstance Mr..
Stevens demonstrated his ability as an
auctioneer by having at the sales a buyer
Tor every lot, no matter where located.
With the result of the sale the Finance
commissioners are entirely satisfied and
they say too much credit cannot be given
Mr.. Stevens for the able manner in which
he carried out the minutest details. 1t
was hardly to be expected that the city
would realize what was due it on the sale.
for thetreason that on many of the cheap
parcels assessments, water rents and
taxes had been allowed to for
Years. For instance. against the property
known as No. 145 Montgomery street, the
city's claim was s12, 900. The property
consists of only one full city lot with a
ramshackle tenement, two stories high.
occupied by Italians. This particular lot,
however, was the choicest offered and
the monied men were after it. So were
| SPECTATORS.
1t was the last lot offered. The mo-
ment Mr.. Stevens said he was ready for
bids Robert Davis gave the other pros
pectiye purchasers a shock by shouting
Two thousand dollars. John D. Cars
cailen wanted the lot and he followed up
the offer with a jump of $500. Mr.. Davis
waited only a moment and made a second
bid of $1,000. Mr.. Carscallen was the only
bidder who had the courage to stay in
the ring. The $1,000 bid made Mr.. Car
scallen a trife nervous. He finally offered
So, 200.
-Four thousand dollars, came from
Robert Davis. Bidding stopped abruptly
and the lot went to Mr.. Davis.
Other sales made late in the afternoon
after sThe News went to press, were as
follows
Lot lSs. Block 1883, east side of Han
cock avenue. between South and Congress
street, sold to Charles Zahn for s735.
Lot e, Block 27-53 with a two-story and
basement frame, dwelling, west side of
Wright avenue, between Broadway and
Logan avenue, brought 1913 from Charles
Lot e, Block 525, south side of Tyson
Lane, sold to Mrs. Bridget Donegan, for
Lots ssA and SOB. same block were
sold for sl16 each to Mrs. Bridget
Donegan.
Lots ga and 3B to ia and lib, Block
oz55a, south side of Communipaw ave-
nsse, sold to Frank Mitchell, for $500 each.
Lot "a was withdrawn and sold for
$3.50 to the same buyer.
Lot "a was again put up owing to a
nalsunderstanding. 1t brought $3.50 from
w. r. Waters.
Lot BIB on the corner of same block
sold for sSl5 to ". r. Waters.
A two-story frame dwelling 14x20, A
rooms went with Lot 26, Block 1874, west
side of Boland street and Fairview ave-
Eue. It brought $3.50 from John Herman.
Lots 8, s6 and 81, Block 672, Cayen
Point avenue and Halliday street, start
ed at g each and sold for s6 each, to
George W. Rogers.
Lots 40, a, AZ, Canal street, and IS and
"a. Halliday street, same block, brought
$l3 apiece from the same buyer.
Lots 43. A. As and 46, same block, on
Canal street, and lots Nos. Is, %, 80 and
81, Halliday street. brought 81 apiece.
from Henry Byrne.
Lots. q to q, inclusive. and Lots Al to
%, nciuslye, On Capa street, brought $4
Lots SO to 81, inclusive, on Canal street.
and Lots II to n. inclusive, sold for SIS,
to Robert Davis.
street and Nos. II to Is. inclusive, on
Halliday street. brought SIS each, from
w R. Waters.
Lots {. I, 5, 9 n 10, and 8, 4 and parts
OF a. IS, 66 and 81, on Halliday street
ana Garteret avenue, sold for $40 apiece,
Lots SO, 1ol and log, Block 52S, south side
81 ~mmunip avenue, between the
Boulevard and West Side avenue. with
n~othouses On them. sold for $3.50 each to
Lots Is & - and 80, in same block,
sold Tor $3.50 each to H. V. Condict Lot
60 same block, was next offered. It
1S1, directly in the rear, fronting On the
north side of Vaudeville avenue. brought
$l35 from the same buyer.
Lots 10. 16 and rs and rs, Block 328. north
side Of Fifteenth street, between Jersey
avenue and Coles street, sold for sli5
apiece to Emanuel Smith.
Lots 86S and S6N, Block 922. sold to h
scnnm Ann for m;; Seg each Lots II and Z.
same plocK, hillside Road, brought $3.50
Lot &c. BLOCK s FL, on p%t the soafb side q
Fourteenth street. between Grove and
Henderson streets, with a four story
sold to ex-Mayor Wanser for s1,1OO. which
was low.
Lot &c. Block 564, south side Of Hon.
klns avenue. between Bonner and Oakland
venue went to Henry Byrne for 1900
Lot 81, same block, south side of Bea-
man for 1925.
Philip Tully paid $5O5. for Lot c, forming
the corner OF Bonner and Beacon avenues
and $3.50 for Lot d, adjoining.
Lot II, Block $50, north side Of Kearnv
avenue. between Ocean avenue and Hart
street. with a two-story frame house On
10 rooms, sold for $3.50 to Joseph T.
Lots 22B, E, andg22B, W, south side Of
Academy street. Brought SIS each from
II. v. Condict.
Lots Nos. 50 to So inclusive. Block sss
east side of Garfield avenue, north ~
Garteret avenue, sold for s45 a piece to
Lots 81 to A, Inclusive. Block 5aa form
ing corner Of Commercial street and Car
fsre1 avenue, brought $14 each from W.
Lots 50 to A. inclusive. Block e71 forn,
lng corner of Commercial street and oar
SeIeL avenue, sold to the same buyer for
Lots % to Is, inclusive, Block $40 CON
buyer. = east - same
Lots Sc and 81 On the east s,da Z.
GArneld avenue In Block $40. with 4 ho,,so
On them sold for $2S5, each ID E,,ah
sullivan the present occupant.
Lot ~. s~ameEblcck with a house m n
soio Ior Szl5: Mrs. NJ. T.. RahaIey. Lot
S z seia 70 g. r.. Schiller for SIS. and lof
= ad3oining brought s105 from Peter n.
Lot 100, Block GAO, easterlv side s.
Cayert street, north Of st. Paurs avenue
sold for 1920. It has d two-storv hricE
uWtiiltiE Oh AZ.