The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-04
REALTY is ACTIVE
MORE OFFERINGS IN FEBRUARY
THAN FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
Fifteen LOTS WERE SOLD.
SUMMER HOMES IN COUNTRY AND
BY THE SEA.

No Large Sales Were Contaminated.
Bulk of Property Consisted in Out
Of-TOun Holdings Cottages at
Tybce Brought Good Prices - DIR.
FnIIiEant Bought House and Lot
on East Gwinnett Street at Bar
gain Price-Four Lots in the Mead
Oyvs Withdrawn on Bid of $4,000.
The offerings at the February sales in
front of the court house yesterday
morning were more numerous than they
have been for several months past.
The auctioneers have been rather chary
about putting their property under the
hammer at this season of the year, and
the sales in November and December
were nearly all forced ones. But yes
terday the number of offerings indicated
that business was picking up in the
realty world, for not less than a dozen
pieces of property were offered and
sold at fair prices.
There were no large sales, the bulk
of property sold being out-of-to town
holdings. Bidders looking for bargains
were in evidence in no small number,
and those looking. at this time, for a
summer home, had an excellent op-
portunity of buying country property
or cottages by the sea- Several cot
tages and lots at Tybee were disposed
of by Platshek & Co. at fair figures.
Tybee Property Sold.
The Tybee Island property belonged
to j. H. Ruwe. An eight-room cot
tage situated near the Tybee Rail-
road, and known at Lot @, Plot 10, of
the Ruwe property, was sold to DAN
iel O'Donovan, agent, for $3.50. The
price paid for this offering was con-
sidered cheap. The intention of the
government to purchase property on
the island has led to an increase in
values of recent date, and there were
quite a number of bidders on this Of
fering.
Another lot, situated on the ocean
front, adjoining the property of Will
liam Kehoe, the dimensions of which
are 50xS0 feet. was sold to the same
purchaser for $45. Another lot, No. 80
of the Furman tract, containing TWEEN
ty acres, was sold to P. ]. O'Connor.
agent, for $3.50. The bidding on this
property started at $50, and rose rap
idly in bids of $40 and s25.
City Realty.
DR.. Falligant bought the property
known as Gil Gwinnett street, east.
for $TT5. The lot is 30X60 and contains
a two-story house. 1t was sold at the
November sales for larger price but
the purchaser was unwilling 10 retain
IT, not because of any fault which he
found with the property itself, but be-
cause of his inability to properly judge
the value of the Offering when the sale
was made. l. D. LaRoche consum-
mated the sale yesterday.
Four lots in the Meadows, on Waters
road. between Waldburg street and
Park avenue on one of which is
situated commodious house, re-
Gently built, was withdrawn because
the price offered was not adequate.
One bid of $1,000 was made, and there
being no response to the call for $4,000,
the auctioneer, 1. D. LaRoche, with
drew his Offering
A sixty-five-acre farm on the Central
of Georgia Railroad, between Meldrim
and Eaton, nineteen miles from Sa-
vannah, was sold to Jacob Cohen for
1878. There were but two bidders on
the property. but it was thought that
the price paid was about the value of
1T. Platshek & Co effected the sale
The same purchaser also bought, for
$780, three lots situated on Thirty
ninth street, between Price and East
Broad, having dimensions of 30x92 feet.
each. Platshek & Co., auctioneers.
SherifR's Sales.
City Sheriff Horrigan offered three
pieces of property under an execution
from the City Court, in favor of H.
Taylor and against w. c. Fripp. The
first piece, known as lot "a Browns
ville started at $50 and went right on
up until the S267 mark was reached,
when it was sold to G. w. Owens, for
plaintiff in fl ia.
Lots 100 and 161, which We're sold
under the same execution, were offer
ed separately, DR.. Falligant purchas-
ing both of them. The prices paid were
1851 and $140 respectively
City Marshal Dreeson also had
hand in the sales. He sold the i'm
provements on lot %, Small ward, to
G. H. Miller for $25. The same pur-
chaser bought a house free from lien,
situated on lot Fl Southville ward for