The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-08
Il ESTATE SALES LIVELY.
or INTEREST MANIFESTED
THAN FOR MANY MONTHS.

wharf Lots on Hutchinson Is
,.,d Brought SI,O5O-A Year Ago
H., would Not Have Brought
tenth That Sum-The Where
,outs of the Owner Unknown and
~. Property Sold to Satisfy Tax
execution for $105-Good Sales
w.de bv Messrs. DOrsett, McLaugh-
-, IaFOche and others.
There was decidedly more interest mani
j ..tes in the real estate sales yesterday
A han there has been for some time past.
r,sre was large crowd in attendance at
a l.. .,,,,t house in spite of the cold winds
u IA fine bidding was lively. The principal
a s1er= were Messrs. C. H. Dorsett and j.
|hcLaughlin.
county Sheriff Roman only had one sale,
X, nt il probably attracted more attention
s,p anv of the others. The property
rd consisted of two wharf lots on Hutch
inson Island, west of Kinsey's old
Esawmil. A year ago the prop
kerfy would hardly have brought
Enough to pay the sheriff's fee, to
cav nothing of the taxes for which it was
sold amounting to $lO5. The projected
improvements on the Georgia and Ala
E1ama Railway Company in the establish
Ene of terminal facilities on the island has
made contiguous property valuable, and
as result there were number of bidders
4 at the sale.
Tax Receiver John r. Dillon started the
bidding at $105, the amount of the coun-
Tvs claim against the property, and after
some spirited bidding the property was
knocked down fifteen minutes later to
Il Capt Jacob Paulsen, president of the
Propeller Towboat Company, for 1850,
Just ten times the amount of the first bid
Mr. j. Randolph Anderson, secretary of
the Georgia Construction Company, which
has charge of the construction of the ter
minal facilities on Hutchinson Island, was
one of the bidders. 1t is supposed that
the property will be used by the Propeller
ToWboat Company in lieu of the wharf
property, which it recently sold to the
terminal company, being included in the
purchase of $4,000 of river frontage on
Hutchinson Island.
onged 10 r. NJ Gibson, who formerly re-
sided in Savannah, but when last heard of
was living in Ohio. No taxes have been
paid on the property since 1892. All efforts
to reach Gibson have failed. The county
now has S945 belonging to him, and 1t is
a question for the County Commissioners
10 decide as to what shall be done with
the amount. Chairman Dale remarked
after the sale that it had been a long time
since the County Commissioners had had
lunket, and perhaps the money will be
spent in this way.
Mr. J. Mclaughlin sold the southarr
half of lot "a, Berrien ward, with i'm
provements, to MIR. John Brennan for
$1,000. Mr. Mclaughlin also sold four
acres Of land at White Bluff, at SIS an
acre Mr. Nat Harrison being the pur-
chaser.
The northern one-half of lot &c, Brown
ward and improvements, having a front
OF IS feet on Whitaker street bv a denth
OF 90 feet on Ogiethorpe avenue lane was
sold by Mr.. c. H. Dorset, for 81, $50. Peter
Fox being the purchaser.
Lot 81, Elliott ward, fronting so feet on
New Houston street, with depth of 10S
leet containing six small houses. was sold
py MT Dorsett to Mr. G. Noble Jones. for
$3.50. O'''N O-'o9' ~
The eastern half of lot No 9. Wylly
ward, having a frontage of 80 feet on New
houston street, west, was sold by Mr..
Dorset. subject to mortgage amount
ing with interest, to about $4,000, to Mr.
A G. Guerard, who bid $95 above the
amount due.
Mr.. /. d. LaRoche sold lot in Dit
inersyille to Mr.. James M. Dixon for $685.
MI LaRoche also sold 100 acres of land
beyond Tatemville for 500 an acre.
Mr. ). X. Saussy, Jr., sold fraction of
io' NO !, Crawford ward, The property be-
ing old in by the Georgia State Building
ana Loan Association for s., 900.
Cnlef Of Police Lightbody of Tybee sold
iol n OF ward al Tybee to W. ]. Mlscal-
~ Tor S2509' and lots 76 and n, Furber
ward to James NJ. Dixon for $25.
Altogether, it was the best court house
sales day for several months past.
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