The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-06
PLENTY OF BIDDERS
NOVEMBER SALES OF PROPERTY
AT GOOD PRICES.
THE TEEPLE STORE SOLD.
KNOCKED DOWN TO MIR. II. e. WILL
SON, AFTER SHARP BIDDING,
FOR $14.1CO.

The Property, Consisting of a Two
Broughton Street, Between Jeffer-
son and MOntgomery-The Tone of
the Market, Strong for City Prop
erty, Did Not Seem to Be Good as
to Tracts of Land Outside the City
Limits-Some Otherwise Desirable
o6erings Were Withdrawn by the
landowners ON This Account.
The sales of property before the
C.ourt House yesterday morning were in
every respect the most successful that
have been held for several months.
There were a number of attractive Of
ferings and, though some of them were
withdrawn, the most valuable piece of
property exposed was. knocked down
at a good price.
This consisted of the store now oc-
cupied by the furniture house of J.
w. Teeple & Co., located at 315, 81 and
319 Broughton street, west, between
Jefferson and Montgomery streets. The
LOT upon which the door stands is sixty
nv ninety feet, and the store is of two
stories. 1t was exposed for sale by
Auctioneer S. K. Platshek, and after
spirited bidding, was knocked down to
Mr.. H. E. Wilson, attorney for an
undisclosed principal, for $14,100. Later
in the day it was reported on the
streets that the property had again
been sold, at price in advance of that
obtained at public cutlery. This rumor.
however, was not verified.
Mr.. Platshek also offered a piece of
property at 222 Liberty street, west,
consisting of lot sixty three by nine
ty feet and a. brick residence. This
property was bought in by Mr.. NJ. A.
C'Byrne on behalf of the owners, for
$4,000.
Mr.. r. H. Tatem sold two three
story brick houses on Harris street,
No 20S and No. PIC, for $1,000. The
purchaser was Mr.. l. D. LaRoche, who
acted in the transaction as the agent
of another party. Mr.. Tatem sold also
the open accounts belonging to the es
tate of L. B. Brooks, for $3.50, The
face value of the accounts was about
$500
Two tracts of land on Wheaton
street. extended, the one containing
ten and the other eleven acres, were
offered for sale by Auctioneers c. H.
Dorsett and 1. D. LaRoche. To the
non-eXpert in real estate both of these
seemed to be attractive offerings but
apparently there was no one in the par
ty at the door of the Court House who
was willing to give the prices which
the owners of the property considered
adequate, and in neither case was there
sale. That offered by Mr.. LaRoche
was bid in by one of the owners for
$4,000. while Mr.. Dorsett withdrew the
60. IL 81, ,erln
bid.
Mr.. Dorset sold a piece of property
at the corner of East Broad and
Wright streets for 81 600, the purchaser
being Mr.. H. Semken. The property
has a front of sixty feet on East
Broad and of about $50 feet on Wright
street. which is the continuation of
Bryan.
Mr. Dorsett also sold a cottage on
Burroughs street extended for 1920. the
purchaser being Mr.. John Goette, and
two lots and cottage in Sackville for
800. A lot on Joe street, in johnson
ward, being forty by fifty-five feet in
extent and containing a neat cottage,
was sold by Mr.. Dorset to John w.
Armstrong
Mr.. LaRoche sold four small houses
in Lovers lane, three to Mr.. John L.
Archer and one to William Fraser, at
total price of 81 $50.
Messrs. Youmans & Demmond' offer
ed a one-thirty- second undivided in
terest in the schooner Jennie Thomas,
which was bought by Mr.. S. K. Plat
shek for $3.50. The same auctioneers
sold three shares of the capital stock
OF the United Hydraulic Cotton Com
press Company, at $50 per share, ana
three lots, of undisclosed size and loca-
ton, in the town of cambridge, for SIS
per lot. The lots were also bought by
Mr.. Platshek
There were some other pieces of prop
erty that had been advertised for sale.
out for one reason or another these
We're withdrawn. It was not because
the general tone of the market was not
pouyant, for as has been said ii was
petter than it has been for months and
a more decided interest was shown in
me bidding. All the property in the
Guy that was offered attracted plenty
OF bidders, and in almost every in
stance was knocked down at what was
least fair price. Some bargains.
buyers.