New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-06
THINK THE SCHEME IS WILD
REALTY MEN SAY THE "FLATIRON' is
NOT NEEDED BY CITY.


Real Estate men were talking yesterday about
| the resolution offered by Councilman Brce at the
| meeting OF the Council Tuesday. In when at
! tention was directed to the dangers OF CROSSING
| Tweny-third-st at Broadway and Fifth-ave., ana
| which called upon the Park Department 10 con-
| denim for park purposes the piece Of land known
| "a the "F'atron." between Twenty-second ana
| Twenty-thrd sts. and Fifth-ave. and Broadway.
At the meeting OF the Board OF Aldermen the reso-
luton was referred to the Committee on Streets
and Highways.
| The property which II was proposed TO condemn
includes No III to 1s5 Fifth-ave and No 945 TO so1
Broadway. which will be offered for sale at auction
| by the Emo estate next Wednesday, and also the
adjoining property Nos III and l73 Fifh-ave. the
! site Of the Cumberland apartment house, formerly
the ST. German Hotel The Emo plot contains about
four thousand square feet and It's real value Is n
| matter OF conjecture. The plot has frontage OF
feet In wentythlrd-st. Of 1872 10 fee, In Fifhave
| and 1A3 feet I'm Broadway The property was
| bought by Mr. Emo March 30. 1884, for S2,lO IL
is occupied by two and three story buildings. partly
! rented, which said to yield an annual income OF
about $4,000 Conservative estimates Of the present
value of the plot range from 100000 to $4,000.
| The Cumberland apartment-house was trans
| ferred to Hckson W. Fled jr.. in 1853, for $4,000
! Several brokers who were asked yesterday what
they thought Of the proposal TO have the city BUY
was a Wild one and that nothing would come of IT,
| They said that with Madison Square Park just
'' Breathing space and that such widening OF
| the street it would permit would hardly prove
| great advantage. considering the large expense
PRIVATE SALES.
! L. J. Phillips e. Co have sold for II. vogel to w.
| w. and r. NJ Hall the lot. 25xlco, on the cast side
OF Fifth-ave. 1911 feet north Of Seventy-nnth-st'
| private terms
| ". b. Taylor Sons have sold for +. T. Garrett
son the three-story brownstone dwelling house No
81 West Forty-ffth-st;. 2ox55xloo5 the buiI9lng
adj oi in thD he
Forty-fourhst sold three weeks ago by r. DE K X
Charles f. Schuyler & Co. sold for Potter Broth
ers the plot 100 feet in Broadway ks feet in one
hundred md twenty northeast corner Tor
immediate Improvement , , for
the estate of Sarah l.. Louis, deceased. No 92b
Frs-ave southeast corner of Nineteenth-st' 2ox,O'
with a four-story brick store and tenement-nouse
This property was advertised for sale at auction
Mandebaum & Levine have sold to J., Tishman
the ,hree,sory and basement brick .n tSs
southwest corner OF Avenue and Fourteenth-st..
a fve-story tenement-house and stores on 10,
BIKES and have purchased the four.story front and
rear brick buildings. on lot 25xsS9. No. al West
Iowenfeld & Prayer have purchased from D.
scherr through cIaTks9n Edgar the ysstoTy
front and rear tenement house. on lot 25x5. No 1876
on lot 25xio22 No 2O5 East Seventy and
the brick dwelling house. on lot lssxiOon' NO 0i2
Young estate through B. Blumentha the the four lIo
East Flfth-st., terms private. -, ,,,. -
A. Gottlieb No. 2O3 Lewis-st., a four-story loft
building on lot 22.lOx7O. ,-..,,,-.
house. g. xo No n' 2
week from Charles n. S. Brown. 49,. ,,...
Van 0rdfP the po ocO on the south side Of
one-hundred-and thirty -second-s 20 feet west OF
msterdam-ave.. for Improvement with hve ana
three story nathouses.
Potter & Bro. have resold the plot l,axCo, on me
cid of npa bpdrp cd d.
200 feet east of Amsterdam.ave through Isaac l.iy
ingston to sussman Goldrier The plot was pur
chased by the sellers last week through Samuei
B. Issacs purchased from George Davis "a Nos s. sn
en-st. 2xoo being three four and five story tene
joseph Fahys has sold Nos. so and So wooserst.
fsTy R4S3 h SSSg s6d for Mr. cohn to Mr.
seybel he plot 52xso. the west side Of Park-ave
D. Kempner & sons have sold No. loi Seventh
ave. fye-stogy building ey.-.,orv build.
ing plot 2sxlO92 has been sold.
10 5i2 Fast D. @ naa :od
hundred Ccxloo Is reported M, .Gd
Brown No q Riverside Drive hve-story Ameri-
basement private ot ON P }ormer X
belonged to Francis VI. Jencks and was sold by
him Win the nnG T w SR[nfT pr and
sold the corner: but sold his large LOT 10 Mr. eu s
lots ts" on the south side Of Eighty sevenths 1922
feet cast of Fifth-ave.. each 25 6xioo5 e..o,,
Mrs Dora Schnecr has sold to William Sugarman
the old building at the northwest corner OF Scam
mel and Cherry SITS. sx-story tenement-house
samuel g Baum has traded the yes sTCS TENN S,
dwelling house NJ Ais East Sixty -ninth-st. 25xoo
AUCTION SALES.
Although the attendance at the Broadway Sales
room was large yesterday. the results can hardly
he said to have been satisfactory The foreclosure
sale by George r. Read OF the Morse Building was
adjourned 10 April 26
Most Of the property belonging to the estate Of
Maurice O'Brien put up by Philip A. Smyth, was
bid n and the Psres a ss by 6ne
by William Ryan, were purchased, with one eXcep-
ton by the parties in Interest T., Peter Meyer
st. Nicholas ave. corners. The results are APP
peter F. Meyer SEQ sold No. 50 West End-aye;.
east side. g. ceet south Of One-hundred and
stonefront dwelling house, foreclosure to A. NJ.
Brugsenmsm for $500 sso in st NfaS
feminist 30 2xi9sx25i1x34 one-story frame store
and plot 10 Mary A. Fa9 FOR ao
twelfh-st, 255x75. vacant to Timothy Donovan for
James L. Wells sold No s3S One-hundred-and
sixty-hrd,st. south side lS9 feet west OF Cauld
Samuel Godsticker sold No. 7s3 East One-hun- |
gate-aye.. siiox727 two. story frame dwelling house
also No 7S5 East One hundred-a and eighty -seventh
121 two-story frame dwelling house. foreclosure |
also No 7s7 East One-hundred- and eighty |
St north side AZ 10 feet east OF Bathgate ave ok |
III. two-sory frame dwelling house. foreclosure:
also No $50 East One hundred and eighty seventh
ST. north side. $40 feet east OF Bathgate-ave 22x |
7?.7. two-sory frame dwelling house. foreclosure;
and No. 2.4O0 Bathgate-ave.. east side. 721 feet |
north OF -hundred-and- eghtyseventh-st. 22xlOo
x2fx100 two-sto-y frame dwelling house foreclos-
,re to Ronald II. Brown. trustee. plaintiff for
SIS 6Oo: also No Il5 West Eighty -fourth-s. north |
side 30i3 feet west OF Columbus-ave S9.6xl022 five
story brick and brownstone apartment house to |
r. Il Sturges for $5i 100 also No. 1ls East Thirty |
hrst-st. south side. 2i9 feet east OF Fourth-ave.
10 9xasa threestory. basement and extension brick
nathouse TO Mrs J. NJ Cary-Pardee for 80 $50: also
No IS5 West Nineteenth-st, north side. 1851 feet |
west OF Sixth-ave.. 2o5x92. three-story and base
rnent brick dwelling house. front. and two-story |
brick fla thouse rear administrators sale: |
George Schultz for $4,000.