New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-14
ruE WEEK IN REALTY.
CONTINUES TO BREAK THE RECORD.
The EXCHANGE PROPERTY, THE TlLDnS HOUSE
AND OTHER LARGE sALEs-NEw
TRANSACTIONS.


who are in the habit of looking only on
l,sce OF things and whose opinions there
me founded mainly superficial observation
fore .s,,ned 10 the view that the last week has
arc disappointing one In the realty field. AL
nesp the considerations named in last weeks
tnVs,,ons fell considerably short OF the preced-
t'.nss II must be remembered that the latter
Us comparatively remarkable one for this sea-
a, the year. Last weeks transactions showed
sY activity in all kinds of property. a fact
e,s.n sufficiently convincing when II Is recalled
W ". ,he week was the second In May, a month
s,h has heretofore been by no means prolific Of
illness in real estate. 1t cannot be expected that
gus s,oUing of the last three months will be con-
.,r,sa into the summer. The business done up to
w w c,esent time has been eminently satisfactory
VA W, those who express disappointment at last
-.ts showing certainly expect too much.
~ss most interesting feature of the week was the
chase by the New-York Realty, Bond. Exchange
-. Trust Company Of the Real Estate Exchange
-,srty which consists of a six-story iron struct-
,.s occupying plot OF ISIS square feet fronting
s feet at No 80 to s5 Nberty-st. northwest corner
- liberty Place. Soon after its organization. in
,s,a the Real Estate Exchange and Auction Room,
limited acquired the property, and. inclusive of
,.,s,ions 10 the building and furniture. the plant
an,ssented an expenditure OF s5s4SA 90 The build
49, with contents, has now been sold for sosoOOo
sIch will net the stockholders about par. and the
'sa,rs Of the Exchange will be wound UP soon
ss praciicaoe.
o, West Thiriy-fourth-st, and the builders pur-
sss NJ the remaining six lots OF the old Columbia
College property the south side Of Fftieth-st..
~ feet east of Madison-ave
The sale of seventeen tenement-houses In First
vs details OF which published below. is OF
considerable interest, and OF some consequence to
the market.
Another item OF interest concerns the sale by the
mining estate Of the plot at the northeast corner
NJ Fith-ave. and Ninety nnth-st The Upper West
SIDE as usual has been prominent feature Of the
weeks business The latest sale reported In this
remarkably active section involves the north corner
o, Riverside Drive and Nlnetyfourth-st.
The sale ~ the Tilden home, at Nos. II and Is
G,amercy Park for $4,000. attracted attention In
the aucton-rooms. one of the most important
rse-nes consisted OF eghty-hve lots in Kings
bridge Road, Wadsworth and Eleventh ayes, and
Observation-Disclosures. One-hundred and
seyerty-seventh and hundred and-seventy-
eighth SITS. Washington Heights. After some fifty
lots we're sold the balance of the offering was
withdrawn.
In the last week sixty parcels OF city realty were
sold. considerations being mentioned in nine cases
and amounting TO 1895 $50. In the preceding week
eighty parcels sold, sixteen for total con-
alterations Of s2OsO.450.
Tie auction sales for last week amounted to
SleSe27 as compared with s4s0959 for the
spending week OF last year.
NEW PRIVATE SALES
The estate OF Benjamin F. Dunning has sold the
plot at the northeast corner of Fifth-ave. and
Nlne;y-n;nth-st.. l0Oxl75
The plot of three lots, at the north corner of
Riverside Drive and Nlnety-fourth-st, with two
lots adjoining in the street is reported have been
sold TO builder.
William VI Ryan has sold for Robert L. Cutting
seventeen four-story tenement houses, with stores
No. 725 757 Frst-ave. The property occupies the
block front, 20Ox5O. on the west side of Flrst-ave
between Forty-frst and Forty-second SITS, and the
plot. l64x50 at the northwest Of the avenue
and Forty-second-st.
William NJ. Ryan also sold for John A. Davis to
Lowenfeld & Prayer. the plot the south side Of
observation-disclosures. 4OxlOo. 233 feet west Of Park
ave
George r. Read has sold for the estate OF w. p.
Abendroth the Mercantile Building. No. $50 Pearl
st. TO Mary W Wright Of Brooklyn. for $4,000.
Bernard smyth & Sons have sold for Richard II.
J.. Townsend No 232 West End-ave.. three-story
The Ernst Marx Nathan Company has bought
through David stewart from David J. Stein, the
OF observation-disclosures fifty ninth-st. between st.
Nicholas and Amsterdam-aves. including both cor
eIick Brandt who will erect seven-story apart
mon,- house. with stores, on the Amsterdam-ave
front
In exchange for the above plot. the ErnstMarx-
Nathan Company takes the three hve-story fiat
plot iOollx95. at the southeast corner of One-hun-
bred and-nneteenth-st
buyers Of the block front the south side of One;
hundred-a nd-sixtieth-st.. between Amsterdam and
George f Johnson & Sons have sold No. l,l06
lot ?5xioo house 2Ox56 to A. Munro for $3.50; also
No. ll@ Dawson-st: a two-story brick ana stone
Mehs a. ~ levy US is the buyer Of No Is
saTs2" Aos HOBS naYe i0 Vest eSt
two hve-story apartment houses -.
plot on the south side of One-hundred- and-thrty-
hrsst. $50 feet west Of Fifth-ave, @xloO -,
Brooklyn has sold for John L. Searles, to Ben,
amln F stephens, the nine lots on the north ana ma
corners of Ocean-ave. East Twenty-hrst, East
Twenty second and East Twenty third SITS, for
and basement browhstone dwelling houses, l6Sx iox
TO- tSy DR. Wam 10 f prnt 70 PLACE W three
story and basement brownstone dWe ms o mouse
29TiS1loo, for j. H. Lyal TO T. YORK for MlV sc,d
Laura B. Rhinelander Is reported 10 nave 500
lot 25xOO feet in Fifth-ave Is feet north of Nine
ty-sxth-st TO a Mr.. GARRISON, who owns plot ~
EdEsr ward j. Wiling jr. has sold No: 81 East
One cumberland twenty ninth-st., frame dwell
ng-house for A. Regain, TO Hogenauer Wesslau
NJ. F. KERRY has sold for Frank Lockwood to to
George Feuerhle the cottage on the south sac OF
Third-ave., T.3xlO0 49,
Grace Carroll sold the four-story dwelling house,
No. 4s West End-ave southeast corner OF Eighty
hfth-st lot 232xS0
~ D. Starr sold to an investor the two hye,story
Nos AZ and "A West Ninety
eighth-st ~
cassel oshinsky sold to Louis Lese the old build ,h,
feminist. 100 feet east Of Lexngton-ave.. plot
f5xl0O
Abelman & Rosenbaum sold to Louis Cohn four
story fathouse, with stores on the west sde OF 81
Ann'save.. % feet north Of One-hundred-and-hfty-
seventh-st 25x13xl00
Joseph A Stoll is the buyer OF the northwest cor
ner Of Broadway and One-hundred- and-seventh-st,
and Jonn T Williams the buyer OF the north corner
OF Ffth-aye. and Eighty-thrd-st.
Anne D. Wood sold TO Leon Tuchmann the OLD
building Nos 81 and 81 Cherry-st.. near Ohver-st.
plot 15x9es
Catherine Dellam sold TO Hendrika Buga No. 20
b6.sdhursi-aye.. threestory dwelling house near
One-hGndred- forty n4x59l Tx irregu-
mr, the buyer giving In exchange No. 81 West |
Nneieenth-st.. ive-story fathouse. ZSxlcoE ,oo
Rachel Axelrod sold TO NJ. j. Hornthal, NO. Jos |
West Observation-Disclosures. dwelling
mouse, l5xeOxl00