The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-20
The CALM BEFORE
The COMING STORM
Merchants and Builders Lay Upon Their
Oars Pending Opening Of ROuslng
New Years Business
NOTES FROM THE SHOP AND OFFICE

The present is the calm Detore the
storm in real estate and building cir
Giles in Worcester and vicinity Mer-
chants dealing in real estate feel the
Christmas tide as usual, as would-be
givers of Christmas presents would
hardly deem it advisable to crowd a
house lot into the stocking OF Irlehu.
Some of the more enterprising OF the
merchants, however, are of the opinion
that deed for a building site or
hctI,se and lot would be gift that
would be appreciated by many:
Brokers are not idle these days by
any means and many transaction
which has been hanging fire for some
time past is coming to a head' anu
though next week is Christmas week
there is liable to be several convey
ances of note recorded by the register
of deeds at Worcester County Court
House.
Though the weather for the past
week has not been conducive to the
comfort of prospective purchasers,
many local properties have been looKeu
over An old real estate man told Ihe
Spy representative recently that some
of his best transactions had been mace
in the dead of winter, and he could
see no real reason why certain among
the brokers should howl calamity
because Jack Frost had taken posses
sion of the atmosphere and terra hrrla
This man can see no reason why trans
actions of Importance should not go
| through within the next few weeks
Much talk Is heard among the local
offices regarding local and SUBURBAN
values in real estate. 1t is the concen-
| sus of opinion that rock bottom
| prices now prevail, and have for sew
eral months past The conditions lead
ing UP to the prevailing low prices nave
been discussed in The Spy recently and
are generally known The decline mas
been gradual for few years past, ana
| with the exception of certain down
| town properties values are consider
! ably less than a few months since.
! One real estate man who has WatcHeo
| the fluctuations of the market for
nearly a quarter of a century, eX-
| pressed his opinion to The spy man re-
| Gently. He contended that there was
| no good reason why general values
| should be so extremely low. he eX-
planned that never within his knowl-
| edge had the price of building been SO
high as at the present time. Every
| thing" said he, "in the line of wood
iron, lead brass or other materials
| used in building is from 10 to 80 per
| cent higher than it was five years
| ago. Labor is higher than it was
/
| ly all the branches Of building work
| but eight hours per day now as against
| 10 hours few years ago. A house,
| said he. (which, five years ago, cost
| $4,000, cannot be built, today, for less
than s500O." All other building is in
| proportion"
Worcester is growing day by day,
| however and though materials have
| increased in value, there promises to
| be a building boom in the early spring
| unparalleled for several years. own
| ers of suburban plots have been busy
! for some time past in furnishing est-
| mates to prospective home-builders
| and as a result it is expected that
many pretty little domestic nest will
| be built before warm weather sets in.
| The restrictions placed on building In
| certain localities insures symmetry in
| the new thoroughfares and provides
| for architectural beauty in nearly all
| cases.
| It is understood that early in the
| season there will be considerable &C
| tivity in valuable real estate within
| the mile circle and it would not be
| surprising If several new apartment
houses were erected. The property in
| question is on the market and we'll
| known local real estate firm Is the
| selling agent. The property has been
| looked over on the quiet recently by
| prospective investors and the knowing
| ones look for a change Of ownership
! of some of the property soon:
| The conveyances for the Worcester
| district as recorded by Daniel Kent
register deeds, up to close of business,
| yesterday, were as follows:
| ATHOL-Forristall, Sylvender B.
John r. Hale. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Sl.OO
Holt, Daniel l.. ct ux-Stillman
| Stockwell ...,........... 55.OO
Southland. Henry-Ada ]. Mosh-
| er Observation-Disclosures .lzOO.UO
Rice ......e..................... 1880
| AUBURN-Lee. William J.-Ad-
| die E. Harrington. LOO
| Marble, Eizabeth-George s.
| Marsh OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. LOO
Gibson, Alice f. ct ali-Eliza-
| beth Marble observation-disclosures. 100
Prentiss, Ernest A.-Frank f.
| Fuller NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. LUZ
| Hickey. James F.-Charles A.
| Hamilton OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Luz
! Walcott, Ellen S.
| Mortimer H. BOwman........ LOO
| Rogers, Mary Martha E.
! Driver ........................ LOO
BLACKSTONE - Wilson, Will
lsrd-Uxbridge & Blackstone
| st. Ry. CO...........---...... LOO
BROOKFIELD-Lee Gilbert L.
Mary J. Williams. 100
| Mulcahy, John-G. i. Leete.. 10000
| CLINTON-De Blois, John B.
Victor E. Therrien. LOO
| Dooley, Margaret-Selina Coul-
ter OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. LOO
| McRell, Alexander ct uX ct ali
Martin Dolphin, Jr............ 100
| GARDNER-Anderh Martin
E. S.-Anna NJ. Seaberg.... 2OO.O
| Greenwood, Ahio A. A. T. ct al
Eugene E. Barthel. $500
Sauterre, Elzeard-Abigail Bas-
sett ........................... LOO
| Murdoch Nettie M.-Charles o.
Bent ct aI..................... 1900. 90
| GRAFTON-Stowe Silas E
Herbert H. Robbins. .......... $4,000
Hathaway, John M.-Lewis A.
Peters OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1OS
| Pratt. Clarence R.-Mabel c.
| Leonard Observation-Disclosures. 100
Huot, Napoleon P.-Corine NJ.
Latorneau NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. LOO
Latorneau, Henry-Napoleon P.
Huot Observation-Disclosures. 100
McGrath. John Holm NJ.
Hathaway ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. LOO
| Taft, Arthur M.-John H. Nc
Grath ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. loo
Jourdan, Lizzie M.-Charlotte
A Bachelor .................. 100
HARVARD-Pycott. John W
Abel Willard .................. 100
| HOLDEN-Person, August-Ed-
win E. Brown. LOO
Brown, Edwin E.-Anna L.