New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-18
REAL ESTATE.
SALES OF APARTMENT-HOUSE PROP
ERTY A FEATURE OF THE WEEK.
THE MARKET STRONGLY MAINTAINS ITS ACTIN
ITy IN SPITE OF THE APPROACHING
HoIIDAYs-A BIG PARTITION SALE

THE MARKET STRONGLY MAINTAINS ITS ACTIN
ITy IN SPITE OF THE APPROACHING
Ho1IpAYs-A BIG PARTITION SALE.
An exception to the usual rule is notable in the
real estate market and the fact that the approach
ing midwnter holidays seem 10 have not the slight
est effect on business is hailed with delight by the
brokers.
The feature OF the market for some time now
has been the activity In West Side apartment
house properties Nc less than Ave of the hand
soonest OF these structures on the West Side have
changed hands in the last few days and In the
months of October and November ten more changed
hands while in the last week five large parcels in
hgh-class localities have been sold to builders. who
will erect more Of the same class OF structures
While the present boom IN Fifth-ave. property Is
remarkable in IT'S way. this West Side dealns Is
far more so. for It indicates departure from the
traditions Of realty dealing In several important
districts.
The list of offerings at auction was longer than
usual last week but 1t was composed for the most
part OF legal sales Three parcels were onered az
voluntary sale but each bid in. The tendency
is in fact TO withhold voluntary sales until afte1
the holidays.
The valuable property involved IN the McCags-
King partition suit. which las been In the courts
for the last three years. is TO be sold at auction
in the Broadway salesroom on January % by by
w W s East Twefih-st the Two at the south
corner Of Ffth-ave and ever
large plots a, Eighih-ave. and One-hundred anu
twelfth-st SIX at Manhatan-ave ana bloc1 IN
the south side Of One-hundred i,a
between seventh and ST. Mcnoa; ayes esnbet # he
About sixty parcels Of city realty, for the mos
part unusually hghcllss properly ons,aerppons
in ten cases amounted to SO oo IN ohe san san
week last Xannssn snd The Bronx
week the auction sales realized w 20 xsar
win M - N the Ss ascion sae We fsaztd
compared with sl24,sA In the same week '"S' ''"'
LATEST SALES BY BROKERS.
II was said yesterday that the property running
from street TO street between fllth anu "A,
south OF Twentieth-st. sold on Frioay' i''e.uO, 90
No. 10 10 % West Eighteenth-st 'oxA anu w -
., % West Nlneteenth-st., s9xs2 The Two IN H.
which adio,n in the rear were bought by TIT NJ
Helen c. Juiliard in 1894 FOR aDout H. Sei1e,s now
accupy the plot Frederick southack q Co. are ''e
brokers. .o,, ,or lanes Crawford to A.
pso1 Ba Nm 1ss West
ST. brownst9ne dw ser 70 Mr. Crawford 10
2 SWeet One-hundred- and no. e. 200
dwelling Is the Un buyer o! Of Nos
y Siveraty Place Mrs Johnson Is nov "E o
plans drsTn f 1dw 9n the s which SOn
Emulate the construction OF W. vii begin
with stores S SasT f1 IT Sailors Snug Iarbor
Ieasehold with seventeen years ~ '''' ~
year. ,,, - has sold 10 William Gilman
tin the new sou,hwest corner OF the Boulevard
and sr Br ibs brokers' Hsn'e
O. -. r. e VI Smith have sold FOR the DIXON es-
tate six sou'hxest s SQUAT q Walker Realty
ana I,ae for Improvement; for Mr. TrocKeI No
54s East To- James McsorIey
and t Sasems"' and ca,harine T Campbell no zoos
fra Tsm ,o D9 Mf @yracks No
Louis ~ We fve-story iathouse 25xsox75
GSaries F Mayer has sold No AZ East 6we,I,nr
aredand-t wenty-second-st. three-sloi! u"'i"'e
on 10; l6Sx1OO.