New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-05
THE WEEK IN REALTY.
NUMEROUS SMALL SALES MAKE A FAIR
AVERAGE.
ppoKERs ARE HOPEFUL THAT THE INCREASED
ASSESSMENTS WILL NOT GREATLY
bEPRESs RrSINESS.

ASSESSMENTS WILL NOT GREATLY
DEPREss BUSINESS.
The last week has not been without encouraging
signs I'm the real estate business, and In point OF
number the transactions exceed those OF any week
since the beginning Of the season. last October
While the transactions have been small. they have
included numerous parcels Of hathouse property.
form Of realty which is popular with small invest
ors I'm good times There Is some difference OF
opinion among brokers and real estate men gen
orally as 10 the effect Of the new assessments. a
few have expressed the hope that the depression
will be temporary They compare the situation TO
that which was apparent I'm mercantile lines during
the high-tarif discussion. when merchants hest
tafed to place orders. awaiting "A final outcome Of
the question. Now that the question OF taxes has
been settled. u Is hoped by some that activity In
the realty market will follow
Among the more notable private transactions OF
the week those involving the fve-story store
and loft building No. 50 Leonard-st.. the dwelling
houses No. 81 and No. S3 Ffth-ave.. the vacant
plot at Fifth-ave. and Ninety-eighth-st, together
with several other unimprovtd properties. and a
plot In West Forty-hfth-st. 10 be- used as the site
for a bachelor apartment house
Sales Of lo3 parcels OF city realty were closed in
the last week. Considerations were given IN six
teen cases. and aggregated s7s27Jo. In the pre-
cedng week seventy-one parcels sold. twenty
five for total considerations Of 50 2344o
In Manhattan and The Bronx the auction sales
for the week brought s7S90i9 compared with
$35s.292 I'm lS9s In Brooklyn the auction sales
brought S9S 500 compared with 1925 2O6 last year
In the auction rooms interest centred in the sale
Of the old home 81 Mrs Paran stevens at the
southwest corner OF Twc1ty-cighth-st. and Fifth
ave. The property was bought by Andrew J.
Connick for $4,000. The auction sale Of properties
belonging 90 the Emo estate Will take place on
February q and will De awaited with interest
LATEST PRIVATE SALES
a. NJ Benhem has purchased from the Nc
Crcady estate the plot. IND. at the southwest
corner o. Wooster and Third SIS. at about $4,000
3 VI. Strauss q Go. have sold for Mr.. Walach
20 client for investment. five hve-story double
nathous,s 2ixiOO each situated the south side Of
Elghty-sixth-st.. between Avenue and First-ave.
Barnett q CO. have sold for Bradley a Currier
80. l2i East c-hundrcd-and-twenty -seventh-st
a nvc-story brick house 25x9o to Meyer Goldsteln
on private terms
S,awson x Hobbs have sold for Clarence True to
client for occupancy. The new hve-story Ameri-
cau-bascment dwelling house. 17Nlo2 3 40. 39 West
Eghtieth-st., terms private
Y. q. Han Il co. have sold No. lSl West one
ndred-aud-twerty- seveuth-st. for a Mrs schuy-
ler at about $1,000. also 40 40 Buter-st.. Brook
Ign. at 5000 for Mrs x. r. Hall.
Hamilton Nick. Twombly has purchased the Isaac
Ford estate between Convent ana Morristowu.
y j. The property is situated near his estate Al
Convent.
John H. Ioscorn reports the following sales No
9 East observation-disclosures hye-s'ory
double nathouse 25x1oo. for Helena Rexer. TO
Samuel +. Jacobs as executor; also Nos. J4s and
i5N West FOrty-thrd-st. two hve-story double
tenement houses 50xloo5. for Samuel f. Jacobs to
Helena ReXer also nos ~ ana i2i West Fifty
siXth-st. two hve-story double tenement houses
30 32l East Fifticth-st. thrre-stOry and base
ment brownstone front dwelling house Tor Hfien4
Eghty-sl1 th-st iour-stoTy double natho1se' TX
c6o East Observation-Disclosures third-st three
story single hath9use FOR Kate johnson to Ineo,
dore Nup also No 55l hast mr. So - ono d
four-story tenemeut-house. 23XsSs. FOR Kate Johh-
Rocco NJ Marasco has purchased from Jane p.
= Welsh and Eliza De . and Catharin' - try
story frame building %os 80 and 36 Broome-st
ana no y? Nth rg gT No. sold for Jacob
Isnd on Fort Washington-ave northwest corner
Of One-hundred-and-seventy -hrst-st. J1xs5, terms
VI Bargebuhr & Son have Sold 10 y. Jacobs the
avc-story double nathouse on lot 25xlwu 70, u
West one hundred aud-hirteenth-st. 10 Matildo
| I'm part payment Tho thrce-story hathouse NO o's
DeFraw-st. BROOKLYN at 500 oex,o, h.. ,,.,,
bought ly the owner OF Nos - and Il, who WI
erect an building on W !na G9'P" surgess
40 lN East Thiriy-ninth-st. a four-story private
barnett 8 Co have sold FOR Bradley & cgrrisr
80 IA East ne-hundrcd-a nd-tWcnty 50
% 0ve-story brick hathouse &Ns'Nl"' 10 NJ "'''-
Iacob Frohlich has bought 80 800 Madlson-st.
four-story tenement house. lot &NlV0
The plot on ne north side 9f 6
harc 's' Brown and Howard Hadgley sod for
the estate Of Augustus Schell so - West IhlriE-
| thlrd-sf a four-story dwelling, 2l2X"N"F lof
Gcorro r Turreu purchased from RUBIN Sat.
tensteln the nyc-story buildings az the northWcst
corner Of Broome and Norfolk SITS. plot AK" Tor
Mrs Marin ; simpson sold TO John Glark ,, 81
~ aud 2j9 Wes Thirty -siNth-S'.' iou'-S'o
Robinson ' pur> based No ~ West Thirty-sixth-
81 "a fye-stOry hathouse. 25NsNH. ~ .
Thuriow W. Coulter sold 20 Corne Jus srtbwcst
ley az SjOo the old buildings ~ me Hgutn"cS'
come smls a a &C. sold for Ann smith l. 1aussg 80
lGi West Thirty fourth-st. dwelling honS'' -0N''
Km oS' Go also sold 20 Sc Lenox, i've
The Luu estate sold the nor!6Ess GqTnf fo o;
Socond-ave. and Sixty-hrsi-si,t uNV' VIII" i'''
Rufus r. Randall sod FOR r Lena bs5 IT, corner TO
0f Wcister-ave and hundred and-seventy-
Am~s a Co. have leased for term Of years for
Thomas Nngent 10 the Metropolitan storage ware
house Com.any tne ne% VIZ sIxvs,yth,st at
graded rental aggregating about S@'"D Tor the en-
"'e Clarence Davies sold for The owner TO he
Pcttv Soulard ana Walker Realty Company me
plot on the north sde Of k s-d5, 6 & feet on The
westerly side by irregular by ~ feet on the eas''S
Ease 4 Farley sold for Alfred G. Fincsy and an
other the southwest corner OF one hulgI'u
XtV-uiuf hist. ana IlulDl-hN'-s "i'''
IGei an Irregular strip on the west side OF linton
49,, - ft south Of one hundred and-siXiy nintn-
81 and 10 075 East One-hundred-and sixty ninth
81 a two-story brick and frame dwelling mouse
is gxlW. ~ on, W., S,vtv-
The nvc-story tenement house 30; =" NeS' ''A''-
sec"nd-st 25xdoxl00 is reported sold , -,
Voeiskv a Heman purchased nom AIber, t-Iu,
man and Charles NJ Essential plot. l5Fxle2 on
..t n" az. side If Commbus-ave p feet north or
G,, turdrrd-au -seveuth-st J. Lcvingson was the
I"inr Il Berlnger were the brok .rs In the sale 10
NJ A. Il Ehrenreich OF the southWrst corner ol
Na1ison-ave and Eighty 1rst-si. fhns are ptlht
,r'-arsd f,r . t.Ag5 uine-story hrtprOOf apartment
fi'iilng on The avenue and TWO 2-foot hVe-story
4m.rinsu basement dwelling houfes on The street.
The following sales are also reported. me mr. mr.,
.,-,. t.n.ul.rit-nousc 30. llb First-st., lh9KIrh
49, Srhoru - philip r Leyendeckcr for $1,000.
%"s ~ nj ~ Marl,et--f six-storN tcnene house
st.,.i A. Grnssual. 80. il4 Henry-st.. lS.Nt4. ~.