The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09

BARGAINS In REALTY
City's Absolute Sale of
Property Acquired
Under Martin Act
Proceedings.
SITES FOR HOME BUILDERS
Details of Choice Parcels Which
Auc,ioneer Stevens Will Dis
pose of Next Week.

On Wednesday, April Is, Frank STE
VEINS. auctioneer, will conduct the fifth
peremptory auction sale of real estate
now owned by Jersey City. The property
to be offered has been recently acquired
under the Martin act for unpaid taxes,
water rents and assessments. The sale is
being conducted under the direction of
Messrs. James S. Bailey, Henry l.. kel-
lers and Reuben Simpson, who are the
member Of the Finance Committee of
the Board of Finance The sale will be
held in the Assembly Chamber OF the City
Hall. There will be seats for ladies'.
There will be no smoking.
Every parcel sold will be free of encum-
brance. The title to each parcel has been
perfected by the New Jersey Title Guar
santee and Trust Company. Warranty
deeds viii be given by the city to the
amount of the purchase price. A further
guaranty of title and a guaranty TO
cover. the cost of Improvement can be se-
cured by purchasers by application to the
Title Company.
1t is required of purchasers that they
deposit at least 20 per cent. of the sales
price on the day of the purchase. TN
remainder may be paid any time tnereaI-
ter before May 20 next.
In the four preceding sales no such OPP
portunities were presented TO homeseek-
ers TO secure bargains as in this SAFE:
Anyone contemplating the acquisition OF
a dwelling site will miss golden opportQni-
ties by not attending this great sale. Ev-
cry parcel will be fairly represented, SO
that no one need buy a cat IN a bag:
Some of the good things to be offered
are as follows
Lots 100. la2 and 1O4, block 5z.-529, south
erly side of Oxford avenue, wee the
Boulevard and West Side avenue. The
street is graded. On lot le4. whlch IS TX
Sc. there is a one and a half story barn,
l5x2o feet. Lots 100 and 102 are 2oxs6 feet.
The property is a good purchase.
For speculative purposes lots 66 and e.,
in block 339, are all right. They have a
frontage of 20 feet each on MONMOUTH
street, easterly side. p feet from Gilchlrst
street and Jos feet from the busiest thor
oughfare in the city, Grand street.
In block 591. bounded by Carteret ave-
nue.. Pacific avenue and Halliday street,
twenty lots will be offered. They are Nos.
IL. is. 10 and 20, 50, "a, S5 and Sc. and Al
to 81. inclusive. Lots IL to 20 front on
Carteret and Forrest street, each. having
a frontage of % feet and a depth OF 100
feet. The avenue is graded, and has wa
ter. Lots 80 TO So are full city lots, No. 81
forming the corner Of Carteret avenue
and Halliday street, Nos. %, 81 and 50
extending towards Pacific avenue Lots
Al 10 % are 25x1N feet each, fronting Hal
Iaday street, 800 feet distant from For
rest street. Carteret avenue and Halla-
day street at that point are not graded.
There will be some bidding, it is likely,
when lot IS, block 13S, is offered. 1t is 19x
100 feet, and is known as No. rs Railroad
avenue. on the lot. which is on the
northerly side of the avenue, between
Henderson and Warren streets, there is a
one and a half story frame house, 1880
feet. The avenue has all improvements,
Lot q, block 25-55. northerly side of
Giles avenue. which is graded and pro-
vided with wafer, should be a good pur-
chase. The lot is between Broadway and
Logan avenue.
No. l26 cornelison avenue will doubtless
draw out lively bidding No. l6 stands
on a lot 25x1o4. on the south side of the
avenue, between Paramount venue and
Dupont street. There is on the lot a two
story frame stable, in fairly good condi-
tion. There are tenanted houses either
side of it.
In Block 1888. which is bounded by
Walker, Rose, Jackson and WoodlaWn
n two fine parcels will be sold.
The first is lot Is, south side OF Wood
severed and has water. Lot q is on the
south side of Walker avenue. The avenue
is graded and severed Both lots are
.2sx100 feet.
Lot Is, block 54s. is a corner parcel. 1t
and Williams avenues. There are dwell
ings all about it. Property in the local
ity is always marketable.
Lots q and s, in block sos, form the cor
ner of Charlotte avenue and Cherry lar.e.
The lots are 25x85 feet.
There will be lively bidding possibly for
lots 20 to q, inclusive, in block SOP,
west side of Halliday street, between
iHs. : street and Carteret avenue. The
I0rs are now meadow lots, but there is a
tendency to improve the neighborhood.
The Improvement is under consideration,
which VIII give all Halladay street prop
erty a big boom
Communipaw avenue, between the Boule-
ward and Bergen avenue, will find pur-
ehasers. The lots are 20x10o feet, running
back to Tyson lane.
Lots I. s. 10 and II. on the south side of
Marion place, between West Side and
Giles avenue. are good purchases. The
street Is graded and has water. The lots
In block I,2s5, four parcels, lots Z. 8, 40
and Al will be offered. Nos. 30 and 41sare
25x100 feet, facing south side of Culver
avenue, and are west of Mallory avenue.
Nos. I and 5 nave a frontage on the north
side of First street, west of Mallory and
Lots fs and IA. block 2ss, form the cor
ner of Dupont n Whyte streets They
are good for speculative purposes.
In block $50, bounded bysForrest street,
Wilton street, CarteTet and Pacific ave-
nues,r 80 lots will be offered. Lots SO to
80, inclusive, form a triangle facing east
Esrteret avenue and running back to
within 30 feet of Forrest street. Lots 80
to 5oR. inclusive, are in the rear. No. SO
fronting 100 feet on Carteret avenue. the
other lots running back to $50 feet of
Forrest street. Parts of lots is and II and
lots u to 2S, inclusive. front on Wilton
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corner of Wilton street and carteret
avenue. For speculation the lots are all
good purchases.
If anyone wants property on Beacon
avenue the sale will offer unprecedented
opportunities, In block SIG. between Cen
trail and Summit avenues lots 5 to %. in
elusive, Is feet frontage, and a depth of
81 TO. 20 feet will be offered. All are on
the south side of Beacon aversue. In the
same block lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, forming the
corner of Beacon and Summit avenues.
will be sold. These lots are % and Sc
feet. Both avenues have all the inn
Lots 2oC and 24c, 25x52 feet, northerIy
side of Hopkins avenue, in block $50, will
not go begging, as the avenue has all inn
provements laid.
Those wishing to invest in Pavonia sec
tion property will have an opportunity
when lots Is and Is and Is and rs. which
are Immediately in the rear, in block 1928.
are offered. They have a frontage of
Is feet apiece on Fifteenth street, north
side, between Jersey avenue and Coles
street, and run back about 1856 feet.
Block 900 offers investors a rare oppor-
funfty. In 1t nine lots. two of them cor
"a and Is are ON the north side Of Hoad-
ley avenue, between Bennett street and
Mallory avenue. the same
streets are lots 40 and 60. each 25x100 feet.
facing Williams avenue on the south
side. Lot Al forms the corner of Mallory
and Williams avenue. Lot 40 forms the
corner of Mallory and Hoadley avenues.
Adjoining It are lots II, az and 43 on the
west side of Mallory avenue.
Three vacant lots on the easterly side
1f Commercial. south Of Caven Point ave-
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