New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-03
PITTANCES FOR OLD HOUSES
SALE OF EAST SIDE BUILDINGS TO MAKE
ROOM FOR A SMALL PARK.

r ,r,or N make room for Wlet Park. one OF
the new small parks to he provided by the city IN
the tenement districts the sale OF the houses III
two blocks bounded by Stanton. Pitt East Hous-
ten and Willctt sts ard by WHICH, otaii'o''
Sheriff and East Houston SITS. was beS"h n. "uo
ton Yesterday morning. The auctioneer. george
Rudolph. stood in buggy In Pitt-s'' anu was
surrounded by an excited crowd Of buyers Charics
II Wcodnan Superintendent OF Repairs ana pup
plies represented the Park Department. .
The condition Of the gale were that buyers shouio
begin tearing down within twenty days. .."u '''"'
all must be down within forty days Nho'"o' 'o'.
dition was that buyers could not collect rents a
nu-,ber of dealers In secondhand building ma
terials were present, but the first iots went 10 'ie
smaller buyers The lots brought prices 'a"si..s
from 81 to 1851. small brick house. al NJ. i'
Pitt-s, went for 81 80. and number OF tWo-sto'!
and attic buildings brought K each. a "o-soo''
browrstone tenement house. at No. 12S Ptt-st was
ho,Iv contested for. and was Knocked down LOT
SIP 20 while a three-story factory sold Tor
only ST. Such houses had hre-escapes brought
81 or 81 more than Others. a; O'CLOCK. "he"
recess was taken only few houses had pee" so.u'
and some OF the bidders backed OUT wnen ,'c
auctIoneer closed the crowd being so thick tha'
they could not be located
The celebrated Bone Alley. which Is said 70 DC
the original fIogan's Alley. Is In Wlllett-st. oe-
tween Stanton and East Houston SIS huihoe'
of Young men and boys call themselves '''
.uto-o,,s Alley Crowd" and Tor several years
trorc has been a feud between them and NICK
BaIzcr who owned the old frame house, NO. I'D
WiIIctt-st one Of those 10 be torn down Wheh
Palzer heard that his house was TO be demoiisHo'
no declared that he would buy II In ana tear IL
down himself rather than let any one else touch
# The Bone Alley Crowd thought this a good
onportuni,v for revenge and when the auct!oneer
camc 10 the house there was an unexpected rivalry
/, hiding BaIzer started with bid Of s. a good
oil vith hat
broupit Rut n man named Persch who led the
fcud against him. raised the bid 10 $40. The Did
ding went up by 81 and s. to 81, when Bazer
raised IL only 20 cents It then went up again I'LL
Balzer bid So Pertsch bid $40 90 ard Balzer said
that Pcrtsch could have 1t II he could pay so
much When the sale was announced the erowu
burst the doors of the store In ana ,ooK h t4
Ralzer family 4 big Sheet of paper was pasted
UP in the window bearing the following legend;
This house belongs TO A. William rer,s en- re- "a,
Estate Broker. III +. and will be taken down py
'"o 'i0s"' ' g. sCHAUM President"
big key Of beer was brought In, ana consumes "a
twenty days TO move and the Crowd viii then
paint the house red through and through. hod d
BESIDES buying the house itself the Crowd
bought Blazers stable In the rear. bidding sl2 90
for II. , A.. ,u,,,
on the entire block bounded by Stanton Pitt East
Houston and Willett sta. had been dlsposed OF
The entire lot Of sxty,onc houses brought |l''"' o.
or an average Of little over Is apiece ,.oo
The sale for this park Will take two or three
DAYS Then the structures on the land to be Gov
cred by the new Hester Park will be sold: Ihis Is
in the Seventh. Tenth and Thirteenth wards a,..
sion Suffolk and Norfolk SITS. and by East Broad
way There are seventy-hve buildings on this land.