The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-02-01

i zled over the recent notice sent them by
pr. Albert w. Billing, the owner. DR..
Billing also owns the adjoining three
! story brick building on Washington
/ street. The tenants of both buildings
4 who own leases, have received the follow
\ ing notice.
/ You are hereby notified to quit the
/ premises rented by you of me and now
4 occupied by you (here is inserted the
4 location and number of rooms) on the
hrst day of May, next, and to deliver
possession thereof to me on that date
Dated January 80, 1901.
ALBERT BILLING, Owner
/ From early last fall no tenant has been
4 allowed to secure a lease of the office
1 rooms in the corner building. They are
rented by the month. This, coupled with
| the fact that all leases expire on May i,
| next, and the bluntness of the notice,
4 has led even the uninitiated tenants to
| believe that the property is about to un-
! dergo a change. To them there can be
no other solution, and they are inclined
| to credit the rumor that the present
/ structures are to be- superseded in the
! near future by a new office building. It
is known that DR.. Billing. the owner, has
| tried to sell the property for some time,
and 1t would have passed out of his
! possession but for the big price he asked.
| Some $4,000 or $50, ,000 2 said one of the
| tenants.
\ There is one tenant, however, whose
! position seems to block the deal He is
JohR, F. McNulty, proprietor of the Grand
!; Restaurant, who occupies the whole of
| the first floor and basement of the corr
ner building. His lease dhree years. also
1 expires next May; but Mr. McNuIty has
1 an option to release the property occu-
/ pied by him for as long a term as he
sees fit. His lease, including the option,
/ is recorded among the deeds in the Re-
| gisters Office.
51s.s Nall II ssei 'sis morning that he
was not at all alarmed over the notice
he received It had been customary, he
| said, to send such notices to the tenants,
and, SO far as he knew, it meant only
notice that a lease was about to expire
| and the lessee had to vacate or renew
his lease. He said he did not believe that
| new building was to be erected there
in the near future, and that if there was
any big real estate transaction involving
| change of ownership or conditions, he
would be likely to know something of it,
ter, said that Mr.. NcNulty's option on
release placed him in position to block
any effort to oust him; that it would be
impossible to build sky scraper above
/ him as new foundations would have to be
laid." 'Mr. McNulty,'' he continued,
| has built up thriving business on the
corner and would be in a position to
| name his own price for damages if he
were ousted.
DR.. Martin, manager of the Boston Dem
tai Association, which occupies one-half
of the upper floor, admitted that he had
heard rumors concerning change pend
| ing, but said he could not speak for pub
lication.
| The only two other rooms occupied on
that floor are the law offices of Douglass
7. Story and Henry j. Morris These
| gentlemen have received the notice quot
| ed above. They are somewhat surprised
at its bluntness in comparison with the
tone of notices sent out to lessees here
| tofore. There is only one tenant on the
third floor The door was found locked
The inscription on the door glass reads:
New Jersey State Laundry"
Mr. Williams, of the George A. Will
! Jams Company Electrical Contractors,
) which occupies the two upper floors of
the adjoining building on Washington
~ = ~. 80 s.ano liie no
| new office building is to be erected on the
corner.
| Charles e. Cronham occupies the first
! floor as paint and decorators establish
ment. Mr.. Cronham receiver the same
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