The Jersey City news., 1898-04-21
SUCCESSFUL SALE.
Frank Stevens Obtains Good
Prices for Martin
Act Property.
MANY BARGAINS OFFERED
List Of Purchasers and the Parcels
Which they Secured.


sale of city property, which is being con-
Quoted in City Hall by Frank Stevens un-
der the supervision of the Finance Com
lnittee of the Board of Finance.
The property being sold is that to which
the city has acquired title through the
nom n-paymerlt of taxes. water rents and
assessments by former owners. Chance
Parcels were offered yesterday, and wise
spectators gobbled up many of them
Home seekers turned our n unusual force
Spirited bidding was me result and fair
market prices were obtained for major
part Of the lots sold The parcels sold
were -
To Spaulding, Jennings & Co., lot TO- at
Grant and Mallory avenues, for $3.50.
Lots Is and II, Dey street, to Dennis
Sullivan for $50 a piece.
Lots 81 and sSB, st. Pauls avenue.
brought $3.50 from Mr. Lahey. The same
purchaser tok lots n, 40 and 81, Lexington
avenue, for $1o each
John King purchases lots Is and IS,
Garmania avenue ard Columbia avenue,
for $235.
Michael Gain paid SEQ apiece for lots 3
70 ls, Inclusive on Seventeenth street, be-
tween Jersey avenue and Coles street.
spaulding. Jenning & Co. paid s26 apiece
for lots IS, 50, 60 and 61 on Hatch avenue
and $50 each on lots and Il on the same
avenue. The same purchasers took lot
So, Beach street for $40. lots IL and Il,
Carlton avenue. for $50 apiece
Lots 60 and 81, block 10, south side Of
Yale avenue, sold to Charles Bergerhof
for $50 each.
e. E. Phillips bought plot B1 block 20,
Freeman avenue for So
Ex-Mayor p. f. Wanser was a heavy
purchaser He paid s34 each for lots "a
to 60, inclusive in block 674 Pacific ave-
nue.. between Carteret and Caven Point
avenues; $45 apiece for lots 60 to 6S, in
elusive and s35 each for lots to in the
same block, facing Wilton street.
Julia Mulcahey was the purchaser Of
lot s5, block 1,255, east side Of Sea View
avenue. She paid $50 for it.
John Cooney bought lots 10 and 20,
block 1,257, east side of Runyon avenue,
avenue for $40 apiece. He paid sci apiece
for lots IA to 4H, inclusive, block 1856
west side of Runyon avenle.
Lots 20 and go block 945, south side OF
Carlton avenue, brought s1c5 each from
Minnie Borpski.
Louis Lyons paid s14O for lots "a and 50.
block COS. Williams and Mallory avenues.
Lot 49. same block, brought $50 from F.
Herterich, lot IS, same block, sold to NJ.
Kelleher for s1eo. Lot "a, same block,
sold for $50 to William j. Nimmo.
Charles Maxop paid s115 for lot 131,
block u.s. Vaudeville avenue, and $155 for
lot 60, same block, facing Comn1unipaw
avenue
John Prigge took lots to u, inclusive,
in block 9sl, Tonnele avenue, for s21
apiece. and. lots % to %. inclusive. same
block, Carroll avenue, for Sl5 each.
Charles Gebhard paid S35 apiece for
lots 5 and l. block 9sl Bleecker street
NJ. Mumforl took plot p, block 54l, Ev-
'f,td Lot !. I'i block M s4s, N corner Of Williams
avenue and Miller street, sold to Jennie
Williams for :43.
William Lohrengall paid $40 apiece for
lots 40. Al and AZ block 1875.
There was spirited bidding when lot 5,
block 76S, east side of Palisade avenue,
was offered. Robert Segelkin has a
stable in the rear, the only approach
to which is through lot 5, Palisade ave-
nue. A. half dozen people wanted the
lot. It was bid up to $500 and taken by
on the avenue and 100 feet deep
William ]. Nimno paid s1l0 each for
lots 81 and IS, block 622 south side of
Hoadley avenue.
Alexander Cooper secured the bargain
of the day. He paid only $500 for lot Al.
block. SIT, between Communipaw and
Carlton avenues
The lot is 25x75 feet and has on 1t one
and a half story frame house, known as
No 10 Sackett street.
James Leroy paid s62 for lots 5A and
3d. block 959 Lot 5B adjoins the North
ern Railroad of New Jersey, ands lot 5A
extends through to Tennele avenue.
There was spirited bidding for lot 40 cor
ner of Henry street and Waldo avenue
,aid IN
There will be another sale next We'd
nesday. There still remain to be sold
about hundred lots Many of them are
desirable for residential purposes, and
poses So far as the sale has gone, the
prices procured have been quite sagis-
factory Auctioneer Stevens is getting
every dollar possible for the city's realty.