The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-03
$4,000 OF PROPERTY
SOLD AT SEPTEMBER AUCTION
SALES.
SAVANNAH STEAM LAUNDRY.
Did OFF FOR $4,000 FOR PHILA-
DELPHIA PARTIES.

Bidding Was Lively on Nearly All
Observation-Disclosures Property at Duffy
and Lincoln Streets Brought 3d.
5Op-City Property on Thirty-sev-
enth Street, West. withdrawn for
Lack of Bidders at the Minimum
Price Fixed.
Nearly $4,000 of property was put up
for sale in less than thirty minutes at
the Court House door yesterday morn
ing, and with the exception of the
property offered by the city. it was
quickly bid off. While the offerings
were not numerous. the prospective
purchasers were, and as a result the
bidding was the nve1iest in a long
while. The results of the sales were
pleasing to the auctioneers.
The most valuable property put I'M
der the hammer was that of the Sa-
vannah Steam Laundry Company, and
paid was $4,000. The purchase was
made by Mr.. C. H. Dorsett as agent
for A. S. Guckenheimer. Mr.. Quicken
heimer, in turn, was buying the prop
erty for parties unknown. 1t is under
stood that the unknown factors are
PhiIadelphians.
Mr.. Albert Gerst, a brother
in-law of Mr.. Guckenheimer,
has been in the city several days look
ing over the plant. Mr.. Gerst is pro-
0f Of ha 1aIln6ripc
in Norfolk, and 1t is said that he was
much pleased with the plant. He was
present at the sale and, with Mr.. Dor
sett, bid on the property for the out
of-town man. Both he and Mr.. Guck-
enheimer said after the sale that they
were not at liberty to divulge the name
of the purchaser. He said that the par
ty was an out-of-town man-even an
out of the state man-but that he had
signified his intention of moving to Sa-
vannah in the event that the property
was purchased for him.
Mr.. Gerst said that he did
not know whether he would
himself be engaged in running
the plant or not. He added that he
liked Savannah, and that if he receives
sufficient financial inducement. he will
certainly move here.
The plant is on Lumber street. near
West Boundary. and consists of the
real estate, buildings, appurtenances,
ma chinery, stocks, etc. of the COM
pany. The property is subject to
mortgage of $4,000 in favor of the Sa-
vannah Bank and Trust Company,
trustee for bond holders.
Mr.. John Cell bought for $500, the
lot and Improvements No. SO White
ward, situated on the southwest corner
of Duffy and Lincoln streets. The lot
has fifty-two feet front on Duffy street
and a depth of 105 feet on Lincoln
street, and was formerly the property
of Joseph Deter, deceased. The home
place on the Waters road was also TO
debts and distribution, but the amount
realized on the city property was suffi-
Client to meet these, and the other
property was not offered.
Lots and in Kingsville, on the
corner of Barnard and Hill streets,
were sold to J. R. Cain, attorney, for
1915. There were but two bids on the
property, and the price paid was a
very low one. The offering sacrifice,
the auctioneer called it, was made by
w. P. LaRoche.
Inc property NO. OZU OSlelnOTpe ave-
nue.. east with two pieces of out-of-
town property, was sold for 1880 to
Z. H. Hill, Jr The city property
has a frontage of 80 feet on Oglethorpe
avenue, and rectangular depth of As
feet. The other pieces are a lot at
Jasperville, fronting on Bay avenue
30 feet, with depth of 100 feet, and
a lot bounded on the south by Estill
avenue east by Habersham street, and
on the north by South avenue, having
a width of 81 feet on Estill avenue and
South avenue, with a rectangular
depth of 371a feet. All three pieces
were sold as the property of Susan L.
Barlow. under and by virtue of power
to sell In a deed executed in January,
1902. Platshek & Co. made the sale.
The city marshal offered for sale the
two blocks in Owens ward, extending
from Florence to Burroughs streets, on
the north side of Thirty-seventh street
The marshal announced that no bids
for less than 20 cents a square foot
would be received. Those present evil
IDENTIFY thought the price too steep for
investment purposes, and consequently
no sale was effected. The property, at
90 cents a foot, would have brought
2.240.
Capt. j. Thomas West bought II
shares of Forsyth Investment Company
stock at $22 a share. The sale was
made by Platshek & Co.