New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-02
THE WEEK IN REALTY.
MANY SALES IN ALL BRANCHES or
THE TRADE

| BROKERS' IN BfN''Nbi'''
II would not be Mt all surprising If the activity
which has marked realty dealings lately shouio oe-
vcop into something like boom within tho next
| ,.o or tbree weeks There IL reason for such a
| thing occurring since the purchases whch nave
| hoen made Indicate - firm belief In the stap'h'y VI
| local realty on the part Of men whose Ju"s'"''' "
| keen and whose investments are maze oi''S wv"
| conditions which TO them seem proHi'S"ie' ~
| ,i,hstandInC a generally healthier tone wn'ch WIS
| s,,r, o,orvphere I'm the business world there
,,ore como mon who insisted at the beginning OF tne
vear that property n drug oci the mar ~
| Then came the revival In the STOCK mhiN'"
reol estate market took little squirt ana Io' "''
or two the pessimistc ones kept quiet h"' o' U.S.,
moss like true love does not always run smoo'nS
IT. do,, or two Of active trading was followed
| -. =, absence of important sales for twehty-Io"'
| hours or so the voice OF the dolcfu prophet was
| again hea RI In the land "a, ~
Last week the reports OF one Dig SAFE n.y. -
| o,hor rent echoing down the street Ike inc ooO
q, s-Inch guns and the noise that they maue va,
| ,,o,uotod hv the little sales. which were sP'''N
| f. mo tho cracking OF musketry. the croaN.'
| betook themselves their lonely o'hces anu eJao
| uoancd the day that they were oo'" W.
| prophets. , ororai and
| Tho weeks results show demand genera 49,.
| varied I'm character. A summing up Vi VI"
| shows activity in every branch OF realty
RIG DEALS OF THE WEEK.
MI. .a,o y, tho old Mercury" building to August
,r,,o
| y,,,ort G. 60 was the feature Of the week Inv
| rotose NJ this or the adjoining property on 'N'
| North WAS of vital importance 20 inc RAJ wv
| .skvscraper" I'm order to insure hght an" "'' "
lower stories The consideration repo'.eu
hor, 600 600 which out Of proportion WIN Va'en
| in the neighborhood For instance w.
| Row a full lot. sold for Sl'oV". 80 .-.
| A, ,nnortant transaction In mercantile properly
was the transfer OF the southwest corner VI plo d.,
vav and Walkcr-st. A nominal purchaser Is mn
IN the deed but It is said that corporation "''
| bought the property. for Improvement WIN All
$3.50, ,or,, huildirr An item OF interest further
an ,ovcn involved Nos 2js and 260 fifth-ave lh's
was probably an investment purchase
The unfinished Victoria OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NUS
40 a ,oo Vest Thrty-fourth-st.. prcmaturely re-
norted sold several times. was hnaHy dispose" Va
rho fret NJ the month furnished some sales In East
| Seventeenth and East Eighteenth SIS whch nav
| been followed Ivy the speculative purchase VI W.
: ras, saventeenth-st and No 6 East Eighteenth
81 all of which evidence a demand In that sec''o"'
| q II p Belmont having sold his buidihS Sue si'
tho south corner Of Fifth-ave. and SeVenty-seVe"'
ST. bought No. 81 F1fth-ave. formerly the nome u
| the city Club. +. II. Van lngen Followed MS pun
| chase Of the Belmont corner by buying q pot Oh
two Fifth-ave lots located 80 feet north OF hleh'E
scvcnth-st and large plot at the north corner OF
One-hundred- and SecOnd-st and Flfth-aVe' Mhui-
| son-ave added the list the purchase Tot l''-
| proyement with dweing-houses or the sou'ne"s'
| of the avenue ana fllletIl-Ht' 'p"'N ~ -
old Columbia College se). and the sale by fhi'a-
dolnbian Of the southwest corner Of Madison-aVe'
| and Eightv-second-st. likewise for improvements
ponor,ed sales Of the Sturtevant House southeast
| corner Of Broadway and Twenty-nnth-St' ana 'he
| Tower Building No. % Broadway, through 10 New
ST. were both authoritatlvey denied. In the case
OF the surtevant House. the initial steps In certain
negotiations have been taken, but further than that
| nothing has been done.
| ,-rr- G
! Edgar Leaycraft has sold for Mrs. Emily
| Hoffman Nos. PA ard 21G West Forty-eighth-st
two four-storv brownstone dwelling houses. on lot
&c 4x1OOj
f. De Forest Simmons has sold for Charles "
Smith No 81 East Ninety-frst-st., dwelling
| house on lot 19xlOO. at about $4,000
Charles H. s Brown has sold to J. Q. Cohen NO
100 Manhattan-ave. a three-story dwelng-house.
at about $4,000.
Preuss G. Glass have sold for client 10 Gus
| tavus l.. Lawrence Nos. $40 and 2i2 East Tmrty-
fourth-st two threc-story brick buildings on plot
30x0s0
Martin Meter has sold 10 William Drought for
| Improvement the northwest corner of Fifth-ave-
and Observation-Disclosures seventh-st.. 'oxloo.
Martin & Bro have purchased the northeast cor
ner Of Broad and Front SITS, an ola Duhu'"s' P'o'
A. fOxiO.3. at 100000
slawson g. Hobbs have sold for John c. Borges
the nve-story apartmenthouse on the southeast
corner of seventh-ave. and Observation-Disclosures
The four-story dwelling house No. East
Fortieth-st lot 2IxlOO, has been pougnt 10y .s
present occupant. Or. Richard II. Derby. Tor ABOUT
clarence True has sold through Henry Worms TO
William H. Search the hve-story dwelling-house
AZ the south corner OF Riverside Drive ana
E Esht lie Nest s IR neFt Pd6y%e' MI "'
Joseph A. Farley has bought from Edward op;;
the g9i si On feet east Of '
side Drive The buyer built last year three private
near CA the Drive lie finishing
bon 6d his Ps%r IN sys ahd
workmanship those he has built near ear. by;
TAYLOR have sold No 2S Mes on py
53sxlo22 taking n s exc mo- slo
The O. B. Potter trust has sold to W. X. Pende-
ton lots TIE south side OF q Mar
snail the three abutting lots on the north side OF
FraHk schiffmayer has sold No 476 seventh-ave.
'I louis secer has sold the four-story dwelling
"9 Grant IL B. schey sold the GgrstO5y brown
co &Ts o R3gye Sai
Paul Mayer has sold for picken y tnn Of
sevcnth-ave. and Observation-Disclosures AZ
$4,000 e., ,,-, - cot. nm
rcsonting the owner dweling-hous the north
of Ffth-ave. and Eighty hrd-st oYSl w,
tbc O. b. Potter Trust the plot 1l5xl30 in Fifth
ave. Eighty-eghth and Eighty SITS; also
ninth-st.. i3O feet east of Fifth-ave.
W. h. Hornblower has purchased me piot COX
100 on the north side of Eighty ninth-st 100 feet
east of Fifth-ave on which he will build house.
NJ & l.. Hess have rcsold for helner q Wolf;
No - East Eleventh-st.. to w q. Triest, who will
Improve with an cight-story building also No. 81
East EIeventh-st to owen Costello. who Will i'm
prove by the erection OF an eght-story business
building
Neubeck e. Busher have sold for T. A. Bell the
thrce-story frame hathouse. No. 10S1 East One
hundred nd -ninth-st 10 SxGOx1O0, also for
Mrs. Sarah Hazard two lots on Cauldwell-ave..
$50 feet south of ne-hundred-andh fifty sxth-st.,
.,OxiOO
Groezinger & Klopfer have sold for Annie Weber.
for about sci O00 the four-story dwelling house.
No Nj East One-hundred- and sixty frst-st. with
"A lot adjoining.
LAST OF THE VAN STOLEN LAND