New-York tribune., 1897-08-23
REAL ESTATE.
IMPORTANT TRANSACTIONS UNDERLf
ING AN APPARENTLY DULL MARKET

s,,,.r,.r. LARGE DEALS IN DWELLING HOUSE
PROPERTY THE ONLY FEATURES OF LAST
WEEKS BusrNEss-THE QUIET SEA
SON PRACTICALLY ENDED
To all appearance the closing days OF the last
veek I'm the real estate market were marhe" "'
a,ction from the activity. unusual at this time OF
the wear with which the previous week hao ohueu
T., rcaltv below the surface OF the market az 'ne
daily reports In the newspapers Show H. '"e'e was
M diminuton in the volume OF business III c'u''e
OF transaction , .h.,
More than one deal OF greater magnitude ina"
has been pu. through In the holiday season IN 'he
last few years OF depression IL making STEADY pros
ros, and when these are announced each one VIII
be hailed abundant proof that business Is P'0"
ing I'D and that investors are recovering co'"'""'
and are putting ont their money more '''V' ~
realty as in other forms Of investment b"t s''"s
u,dertakngs involving hundreds OF thousands "a
dollars are rarely completed In day OF even
ok from, the time of their inception. and In the
field Of real estate perhaps more than In any o'he,
business O allow the public to suspect 'ha' u'"
Is pending before the last papers are s's"e" ''
the deal Is closed. Is frequently Costly "-'''''
and seldom ruin the project Inc cih',y
broker sometimes shakes his head mournlully III
public over the prospect before him when ne mas
much reason TO congratulate hmseii on 'he o"'
look Such transactions as were closed ana an,
nounced last week however were OF "A substantial
and encouraging sort, and there IS prohi'S" VI '''
ter Immediately In store.
The week disclosed the fact that the demand FOR
private houses of the and most expensive class
Is considerably stronger than 1t was. ana .hls -
generally admitted to be- mos nt trasncons
OF the week were the purchase or ne houSe 81 80
bought by Oliver H. T. Bemont Tor m n.s t ne" Of me
house and tha, in which Albert Flax oi huvnr y,
New York Realty Company. acted boIn As p"S -
an% Rncbssier % the residenc" No. l Riverside Drive
charIes Buck the piot in Riverside Drive, near
Seventy-sxth-st.. on which he had in'ehueu u
The pnrchase Of Riverside Drive site by y,ja an
expert Ike Mr. Buck seems to pres,se ne" '"''"
The strengthening OF the movement 10 WIne,, an,
Of ,hc last week The enhancement of values from
this improvement, as well as the general peneit,, M
Se so ~ large as some people have predicted At any
rate tho improvement is now wlhn meaSul n t "p th
distance IF being made. The only objection 10 l, tho
project Is the fact that It Is apparently imposSple
10 widen the for its entire length through 10
| Broadway ,..,- u.oo,, 9, nj
A stronger market may he expected this week ann ann
is probable that business in the f
at the sales and most Of the really vauaps M pie ea
critics adjourned The schedule r1r rs ARE
! number Of valuable properties
THIS WEEKS SALES AT AUCTION.
The following are the auction sales scheduled to
| take place at No. III Broadway. except where
! otherwise specified:
Monaay oS. vS 1;aasbcek referee No l.si
i@ Frstavc west side. block front s between y;sS
hr,S aKu ,enemcns with stores on avenue
/ and vacant 1T rear. due on Judgment sH'''' S"'-
'ef' Pv TO James Ses 'D L. Wells foreclosure sale David
Thomson referee No Il Rvsryisw
sisStbs sif 25xi2o 5x25 2xla25 two-story frame
dwelling; due on iudgmena @.;it Foreclosure sale;
William ] Lardncr referee; No. 81 Broome meo'',
| south cidc 253 feet west Of Goerck-st, f'N!w'i d
! cl
ment 81 a2s subject to other morgases Ior Hhmas
by Wam 4olsTqs KTnneS ~ 62 10 vest evnh
st. southwest corner Of sixh-ave runs %ey' orpS
Q6. Nve-story brick factory: due on Judgment
Ka3rnSy BY Wiam leq1ed 2o a de
l73 feet north Of One-hundrSd- en- 'dr,ont
97xI2O two-story frame dwelling due on Juus'"f"''
by William Kenney FSrcco,re 61 ws sale Th9ma'
drei-a nd thrty-sxthst. north side - feet weS' oi
lione NdWclnss No: III and il west onchundred
and-thirtys.xth-s north side, lIn Ity d1e On m
sT9H4Se IgsSsS, c '%9 ''Fee-'oFy brick DWELLINGS, 'S ."
y Bryan l.. Kennedy CO. Foreclosure ,, saie' sac
CO.. fcc south Of One-hunirei and-seventy- -nintn-st
runs south "a by cast l9S 6y north y 3y frsm wS
building and vacant: due on judgment, SI,2l$
by William Ryan o. orab Tae side about ut
% fect west of Cliff-s. 3ixS24x3ix76a hve-stGry
brick building, with stores and lofts; due on jung
BY james l.. Wells: Foreclosure sale; Lew;s l..
eIa'rd loxlisxioS lxss3 leasehod
interest Of the Casino Company and others III 'he
iS' nv James l.. Wells: Foreclosure sale; Il r. Ear.
rei referee ~ ~ ioy 5c Tvs5 Tas + frame ig
dwelling due on judgment &:S7s ,,ooo,os,,ro so,o.
1h3mSs ' C. Kinney. referee northwest corner Of
Sixty-sxth-st. and Central Park west runs runs np'b ~ t
nor,5 5 ,oS feet to sixty-scventh-s by west 70 by
south 1908 by west - BY south 1902 feet 10 SNig ng
ment ssi i62j: subject other MORTGAGES for S66S@
BY solomon dc WalItHarss partition sale nTror Gno
hundred and nineteenth and One-hundred-a and
twentieth ss 75 feet eas, Of iS ,ooi runs
w WednostayNBy Jamts L.. Wells Foreclosure sale;
e,Psi j. b. h0nh souih % SIDE i feet west Of Firs-av 2x
1903. frame shed. with two-story bricK s'aple at
Daniel p Ingraham. referee; NO; l5l Convent ave
ST iSxS5' thrce-story brick dwelling due on judg-
mcn sioso subject to another mortgage for &gGU $o
H. Rossn referee No s2 Fast fHn, d:s d.
Wyvc '9Tiy 'ia5xo Gu'h @ DWELLING
due ON Judgment. s3.i3l. ,,...,...,.. .o,o. T.,
va2a y TS.S Rrowne referee No 20 to 26 Columbusayc
and Nos 1903 and o5 West be 6eng ;o at & the
GSf Ma & %5R s9ff Se '"S on 6e
By J@hn 81 Thomson Co TsreSlos9rG ,1e os roa, saS
exander Gnme9n l5e n fnst ue @ Of sixtEvc Xxx
ioo5 fve-siory brick ha;housc; due on Judgment
s24.13l. - ,,-
cs. + hceEmdn nh2s 4elsreS Co. p P'T? rd q
Mangin-st. east side. 5oxl9O one and two story
/ frame buildings and vacant.
I By William Kennedy: Foreclosure sale: Norman
W. KcrnGood, referee; No. 23j East For'y- -ninta-st
! brick tenemcnt-house: due on Judgment s7G2S.
/ Nv D. Phoenix Ingraham & CO. Foreclosure sale;
Charles Iu.kley Huhhcll referee: One-hurdred-a and
nfconih-st.. north side 525 feet west of Ienoxave.
l5yG H. vacant: dne on Judgment. slN
Elliott sandford. referee; Nos. 2o3 and 2o5 West
| Njnetv-cighth-st.. north side SO feet Of Am
, stordam-ave.. 52.7xli5x29 loxli03 two fve-story
| brick nathouSes due on judgment. 81 i95. subject
| 10 other mortgages for $4,000
BY Peter F. Meyer & Co Foreclosure sale: John
! II Rogan referee No. 62 East One-hundred-ard-
! fortv-fourth-st. south side 9 feet east OF Willis
- i-.L-I. L. Ii.