New-York tribune., 1899-12-27
REAL ESTATE.
LITTLE BUSINESS TRANSACTED YESTER
DAY-NEws FROM BROKERS AND
AUCTIONEERS.


Tho cessation OF business in the real estate field
incident to the holiday was followed yesterday by
conditions Of inactivity, and few sales were re-
ported by brokers. The few Items that were mace
public were principally concerned with dwelIlhs
house properties In the auction room tour par
. cells were sold the plaintiff figuring in all OF the
results The contract Of sale Of the Roman Cath
Ole Orphan Asylum property was signed yesterday.
Forbes j. Hennessey signed the instrument for the
sellers and Charles 7. Barney and George H.
Sheldon affixed their signatures for the syndicate
which made the purchase. The property sofa
consists OF the block bounded by Fifth and Madi-
son aves Fifty y-hrst and Fiftysecond sts with the
execution Of the Madison-ave frontage. 2cOl0X75.
The purchasing syndicate consists of charles l.
Barnev George r. Sheldon. Henry Selgman John
A. Mccall. william A. Butler. jr. William F. Have
MEYER Edward n. Gibbs, Edmund Bayles, George
F Veeder and William Lanman Bull
The price OF the silk factory buildings. at Nos.
ZIG TO 52S West Thirty eighth-st., the sale of which,
by E. A. Cruikshank & Co. was reported In this
column last week is reported TO have been $3.50
II is understood that the syndicate which is try
. ing 10 purchase the Hotel Brunswick at FHth-aNe'
and Twenty-sixth-st. has acquired options running
until March TO- and that. In case the purchase is
made a fine modern hotel will be built on the site.
The syndicate. which includes several Boston and
Philadelphia capitalists is in the market 1t Is said
for four houses on the north side Of Twenty-sxth-
St. facing Madison Square.
THE RECORD OF SALES.
Kenpner Brothers have sold to investor No.
iG2 East Seventy-eghth-st., three story brown
stone dwelling house. lot 1S9xl0
The New-York and Westchester Realty Company
sold for II. Ii. Somers 10 Alexander Walker Nos u
and Is East One-hundred-and-six 0xlVV'
lanes Frank has sold through the New-York and
Westchester Realty Company TO Alexander walker
No. 81 West Eighty ty-fourth-st.' HtHIVo' at ABOUT
p s. Treacy has soldafor the Countess Nasell as
guardian the four story brownstone front dwelling
house No. 147 West Sixty -hrst-st ~,
Horace s. Ely & Co. have sold for the Rogers
estate to builder for improvement the old buhdo
ings 5Ox237. with an l. %Sx7O Nos. 30 ana 80
Cherryy,st ra. .o,0 20 T Freedman the three
story brownstone front dwelling house No. 2S9 East
c-hundred-and-siXteenth -.
report that We'll & Mayer have exchanged part
Of the properties No $50 to 5s2 Broadway through tP
to Crosby-st with ST. Louis investor Tor other
Foreclosure proceedings havs. been begun BY, by
Frederick Aver against Frank n. GIL on the GIL
The offerings at the NewYork Real Estate Sales
room yesterday were disposed Of as follows
BY Herbert a. Sherman-Nos. l49 and lol Broome-
St south side S76 feet east of Attorney-st $16x1OO
two three story brick stores and tenement houses,
foreclosure; to the plaintiff for $9,45O
BY Richard V. Harnett & Co-Nos As and 21
Amsterdam-ave. 5Oxl022 two five story brick fat
houses foreclosure to the'Planf IN S for $A1c
seyenih-ave., S36xlOO11 five story brick hathouse
BY McVickar e Co-No. S75 Elton-ave., on map
No SCI west side 125 feet north Of One-hundred-
and-sixteth-st.. 25xlOO four story brick hathouse
foreclosure: to the plaintiff for N43C No. Sl3 FL
ton-ave., on map No. S65, west side 100 feet north
of One hundred and-sXeth-st.. 25xlC0. four story
brick hathouse; foreclosure to the plaintiff for
$l4}00. -
Meyer Hellman has sold the lot on the east side
of First-ave.. 75S feet south OF Ninety-thlrd-st.
Ex-Governor Levi T. Morton took title yester-
dav to the southeast corner Of St Nicholas-ave.
and -fourteenth-st, lis 4x69 3xlO)l
The property is known as the Lucille Apartment
House
B. c. & F. T. Barry have sold to Frederick Haber-
man. of the National Enamelling and stamping
Company. the following properties: No. GIL Madison
ave east side. corner Of Sixty-frst-st., a four
story high stoop brownstone dwelling house size
25x6xs9 for John +. Dillon: No 669 Madison-ave.,
a four story high stoop brownstone dwelling house,
22x6)xS9 for Hannah J. Hull; the dwelling house
No. es7 Madison-ave., four story high sto4p
brownstone, size l6x60xS9, for D. Z. ConneH; the
dwelling house No. 665 MadisOn-aye., a four story
high stoOp brownstone. size 16x60XS9, for Judge
Jacob: also the lot the south side Of East Sixty
firSt-st.. 50 feet east of Madison-ave. size 2OX9
feet. for John T. Dillon. The purchaser pays all
cash In each the property has been owned
nv the present landlords since the early seventies.
The properties all under leases with the eX-
ception of No e65. which has been occupied as the
home of Judge Jacob. These leases have been
bought OF and the new owner will start TO erect
on May / a fifteen story hreproof family apart