New-York tribune., 1902-06-15

property prices were easy, put very soon Lne west
Siders began to realize that some great movement
was on foot. and demanded their own valuations.
The process known holding out is being prac-
tised II than few instances The AtIantlc
Casino. the east side Of Eighth-ave, between
Thrty-second and Thirty-third SITS, is still doing
business and has several unexpired years Of ten
years lease yet run. Not few individuals
who have grown up with the district are heaFt-
broken at the thought OF moving and talk of con-
test at law. A Busch & Son. No. 22l West Ihirty-
second-st dealers in coal and wood. still continue
their lease. Perhaps the most thoroughly unhappy
in the whole neighborhood is a druggist IN
Thirty-second-st-. not far from Ninth-ave-, who
sold his house early II the deal. and had the eX-
perience OF seeing lis next door neighbor selling
at double the figure
While the lodging houses and private dwelling
houses pretty thoroughly cleared cut, the store
district which includes the east side OF Ninthave..
the east and west sides OF Eghth-ave and the
side Of Seventh-ave, is in the transition stage
Most OF the storekeepers are still doing business.
but nine-tenths have sign in the window telling
where they will be found three months from date
They are planning TO follow their clientage-
The majority Of the residents will cling close TO the
district in which they have grown up. The re-
ports Sub-statiOn z, which is the postoffce for
the district. show that many will go south a couple
Of blocks. and about equal number as far north
as Fortieth-st. few are planning flight TO
Brooklyn. Jersey City and Harlem
The late Judge McAdam lived for five years at
No S54 West Thirty-third-st- which is considered
the house in the district II belonged TO the
old Graham estate and is forty-three years old
His family still lives there. Clarence McAdam.
who is the Assemblyman for the XIth District, said
TO a Tribune reporter:
This is a most interesting development. or
course ike the rest OF our neig hbors snail
to move. but because Of my political connections
lots Of people hard Dr. Van Loan. who lives Just
up splendid practice His clientage is the people
OF the surrounding blocks. Their flight ana ms ms
again. Ny friend Nj Morse, who is properly
vacated, and found that practically every avaIiane
bit Of material good for q Junkman had been aP-
Thev could gel their rent free as caretakers in the
deserted buildDgs Several of the iessors are prac-
Using sub-lettinS three months lease, which
there seems TO be no immediate prospect Of gen,
eral tearing down don't want to get any real a
firm which had their once within the limits OF the
g 6s Dt d6ue nS TO 0d o for e prom
erty. The point Of this lies in that Douglas Robin
Robinson
Tribune reporter:
rather hard luck story - see some Of these resi-
6 some Of the Door old women omen have cried about
it. I have lived here long enough to see the com
# was a straight American crowd, later came
within few years no negro dared set foot
Of Ninth-ave. or vest OF seventh-ave. II was as
and now we have some sixteen hundred of them
P. ". Riley, old resident, and for nine years
postuan from Sub-station the condemned
locality. said to Tribune reporter:
We have had lots OF trouble in getting the mails
ad djusted. In forwarding and changing addresses,
but the entire bulk Of the mail is not large the
people being the tenement crowd and no reduction
Of the postal force has been necessary The heayl-
days for the carriers were what we called The
steamer days which brought letters from Italy.
France. Germany and Ireland I can remember the
time when in Thirty -second-st.. between Eighth
and Ninth aves.. there were nine Italian restau-
rants The business Of the lodgers in these blocks
was mainly hotel and restaurant waiting and hack
driving. The vandalism has been an interesting