New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-10
REAL ESTATE.
A PHENOMENAL Squirt IN THE MARKET.

..vs At PRIVATE CONTRACT TO THE AMOUNT
OF MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS CLOSED
THE DEALING PRINCIPALLY IN Ut
TOWN rRoPERTY-NEw LIFE IN
THE AUCTION BUSINESS
City realty TO the amount of cohs'ue'ao'' -
than 81 900 900 changed hands at private co"''"
Yesterday ana in the auction-rooms ouhdlhss anu
lots valued at nearly half that sum went unoer 'ne
hammer at exceptionally good prices aitet o''7N
comnet,,ion II the days business could ne con
side-ed A sample OF what may be expected IN 'ne
next few weeks brokers would be overJoyeo' "'I''
even Il "a does not show quite 50 much the 'e'n"'
Able squirt In realty trading is considered F''
indication that the market is in thoroughly SCUM
-. "a .bat the prospects for spring business are
good ,oa
The Edison General Electric Company purchsseu
the entire block fronting on the East fNNe'' o'
twee, Thirty-eighth and Thirty-nintn SIS ru'''"'s
2aSh 10 Pcck a. reported price OF $3.50" The
rronnd IS said TO Se intended as site ior ne e
cngS;fv ee'f' Fh' w sa IT, the e
transaction. however oeyona 90 ihe Purchase
There are twenty-five lots in the tract ana 49,,
Of these were conveyed Gay OF i"C OWED he bal
ase o ~ Marcus sold for the trustees Of me Mas
dslen Asylum TO August Oppenhelmcg ne Piot o.
Twelve lots 1853 ix2o or the noT,5 soc o. ~
ess, sss. Of Fqfth.ave oi e6ou $2eo This plot
was formerly occupied by the asy um. MI 49,, 80,
aeayimer house for which this negnborhGoa has
become desirable since ne o9e Tsl o" ~ he ear and
ave electric road ana the rehoN" oi ''' N"' W
stsge sage se,ob.rit purchased from the Hamilton
sess me entire block front in Central Park es 81
ha.ueen Ninety fourth and Nnetv-h.th SITS WIN ne
s es 6 ION " ocs sa,house now s,an The parcel
con prses even lots w.ih ir3h'@se u ~" 70 itb
I7s feet opposite Central F"'h. Inc P''''
chares R ereeor & Sons sold for the estate Of
rva.r two
- Ss,en,v-sixth-st 825 fee ives; o. central PARK
Vet and two lots. 50xloa adjoining, owned BY H.
provemeni -Four handsome dwel!lhgs' pans pan, I on
'n e !UI + Schuyler Co sold for r. E westeot'
Wes; conner Of the Boulevard and one-hundred-2and-
min h-st md the iSI XsS - @alo a3i y" nose pr
chase b. MI waiworth earlier in the week and
since f. MorIeo cain Co sold tor Potter s Bro
10 willard II. Barse the ten lots on me cas-, side
nineteentb and One-hun Z red-and-twentieth stsr
vita fron ages Of $50 feet In ST Nichoes-aye
fee on One-hundred- a nd nineteenth-st The price
IL withheld
DWELLINGS AND FLATHOUSES SOLD
Contracts were signed yesterday afternoon by
which the old four-story building AT the southeast
corner % Broadway and Waiker-st. %xl7bx29sxlI5,
pass al from Louis NJ. Jones owners al a
cost Of nearly 500 900 a ten twelve story build
ing is be erected on the plot, as tod ny Inc
Two ivo~story hsthouses. Nos ss and go Column
busaye a, The southWes, corner OF S096Ss ave
sold by John Carey 10 PAU IL Zagao ''r S'@'''"
Stabler & Smith sold for Theodore F Tone to an
estate Tor investment the seven nve-story stole
No iS.9 amsterdam ave. at the southeast corner
OF Amsterdam-ave. and Manhattan-st., l@'Al" IT.
The Se~-York Realty Company Grake = DOW
ling trad n s'xSt9y stoI ana 10y I 2HG Far
the sixstory egartment-9ouss Nos ~ ana Ia
Four,h-sve and irving Place. This trade involves
sum OF over $4,000. the loft building being valued
q $4,000 and the apartment-house ana 4o'S al
Warren E; penn. has sold to we ai-iIafNTn
TsSne %hea re9 and formerly owned By Henry Hi
March 1856 through HOFFMAN Brothers. 10 Jefrer-
S.a3s s0s H fSs fSqEeTy Ssss}2 t
g 91 5 estate neus Of Rens Roach to Morris Ross
The price somsthlng less than S9oSC so East
Mr. TsS bought sEs Il IN
lf: sa 'Ss b% has Fs nd 3Tssfs ESdxs Es:
house, on lot ssaSai which he bought IN 1854 FOR
John A Bell sold to an out-ot-town resident No.
East a sx T5e p4ye IS %hhSd
aye.storT sa,house No 4oS West Ffty-seventh-s;.,
95xios. private terrns
GOOD AOCIIpN blEl>I-So
For the FIRST time in several weeks the broadway
auction rooms were crowded yesterday and com
ne,,tion Cor the parcels offered brisk. The
sales at the close realized total sum OF nearly
$4,000. The mos, satisfactory part however was
tina: mos, Of the parcels wero bought by outsiders
Richard Y. Harnett offered the seven-story and
basement apartment-house. plot Hsloo on the
northeast corner Of COlunbu s-ave and seventy
fourth-st II was knocked down 70 Martha Holmes
IGf soS ~ four boxers a. 6o and as Tie
terms Of sale we're not particularly favorable the
The RiSe- estate property offered by George r.
Read was all sold 70 OUTSIDE pnichasers az eeTS4
Water-s:. with one and two-st2ry extensions
Lich;;eEs,ein Bros for s2226o A plot 29o4xloOx-
29.Gs,11cO at the northe 81 corner OF James ana
YEAR. s32o66 broushi sSiGoo after brisk com
fss' 81 the three parcels ee-storr ana attic
sus st a. Nc is2 o Bot 2Sx95 had been ad
judged likely 20 bring peiAa $500" II was sold
Peter Meyer sold in fOFselsosg5e the thr eco
STisf aGsaE ~ $50 feet
west Of AmsterdaIn-ave. TO George c. Blanke for
81 9 'h So 81 asi Wsst Sh ~
sever th-st se8 3 feet vest Of Amsteroam ave, 10
Sen Ro Ssfs for Il SSC and N H' 9sH
hundred and-forty seyenth-st.. SsS4 fee' YES Of
Ass'f Be van : Ssa sS5ssiosq5s
story prick d"s1ns house "1 sss no Wssn-
si 10 the plsirtlT .or .sl25; and the Two hfee
story br, * and frame dwcng-houses, Hsxj05X5lx
90 Nos 70 an6 "A Bedfor1-.t southeast corner Of
Cormerce-s,/ 20 the plaintiff for Sl6l9
/. ] Ph Ips sold in fore i2sure The one-story
frame bu.i.as on plot 102 2x50Nl02. 2xsss irresu-
feet ives OF Ves, Fnd-ave. &c the plaintiff FOR
10000
story business building. 57.2x16, Nos ls6 and le7
Era: klin-st pets een Washington ana Greenwich
SITS 10 JOSEPH A Cutter for $40o1. and halfin-
-erest IN the fvestory brick building. 255SGlS No.
sa Washingtorl-st.. near Hartson-st., 20 Joseph A
Gutter for 800
Ferdinand n. Nea yesterday filed Dlans for q
brick mercantile building 10 be erected
a The northeast o. Spring and Crosby SITS.
at cost % $4,000.
r H s-S.,s q Co Of Brooklyn, have sold for the
wolcOtt ee,ate 70 DR.. John j. Kindred for $1,000
River Crest large dwelling house and barns