The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-08
IN REALTY
WAS OFFERED BEFORE COURT
HOUSE AT APRIL SALES.
$4,000 WORTH WAS BID IN.
FIFTY PIECES OF PROPERTY
BROUGHT AVERAGE PRICE
OF $1,000.

More offerings and Larger Crowd
of Bidders Than for Several
Months Past-WhiIe Large Values
Were Not Received for the Offer
ings. Real Estate Men Think
General Tone of the Realty Mnr-
ket Is ImprOving-AH Sorts OF
Property in Every Locality Was
Put Under the Hammer.
The April sales of real estate at the
Court House yesterday were the larg-
est which have been held in many
months. Nearly 100000 worth of pro-
perty was offered for sale, of which
amount more than $4,000 was actual
ly sold.
The sale was attended by a large
crowd of bidders. While the property
brought comparatively small values,
there was no lack of bidding, and the
real estate men took the result of the
sales as indicative of a renewed ac-
tivity in the realty market. There were
nearly 200 spectators and prospective
purchasers at the sales place when the
first Offering was put up at IL o'clock.
There were about so pieces of property
placed under the hammer the sales
occupying more than three hours. The
average price per piece was about ST.
500, and the property being located in
various localities.
The most valuable piece of property
a three-story dwelling and brick out
house, situated at No. 222 Liberty
street, west was sold to M. A. O'Byrne
for $500, by Platshek & Co. The same
auctioneer sold the Grady residence, at
419 Henry street, east, for $5,150 to
]. E. Grady, Sr.
Twenty Lots in COIIinsviIIe.
Property on the corner of Perry and
Habersham streets, upon which is To-
Gated a two-story residence, was sold
to Pat Bremen for $4,000. Twenty lots
in Collinsville were bid in by G. II.
Miller and Mrs. Lucy Black at s2S5
lot. Botha of the sales were effected
by I. D. LaRoche.
A three-story brick residence, known
as AIT Charlton street, east, having
frontage of sixty feet on Charlton
street, was sold to Emile Newman,
agent, the price paid being $4,000. The
property situated at 81 York street,
west, directly opposite the postoffice,
brought $780,, the purchaser being
William Kehoe. Capt. Fleetwood bought
the house and lot at 205 Park avenue,
east, for $4,000. The three sales were
made by Youmans & Demmond.
Five hundred and six and sos Nc
Donough street, east was sold to Ju-
Illus Kaufman, the price paid being
$780, The same auctioneer sold a
house and store on the northwest cor
ner of Fortieth and Jefferson streets
to George A. Mercer Jr., for $4,000,
and No. PA Park avenue, east, to the
same purchaser for $4,000.
Platshek & Co. sold the property
known as POP, 204, 206 and 20S Farm
street, and $50, SCI, 569, sos and SCI Will
liam street, being lot on the south
west corner of Farm and William
being Abe NJ. Brown. Also to H. e. .
Wilson a vacant lot on Bolton street,
19Ox108 feet, for 81, $50. The same auc-
tioneer disposed of the property known
as 9O1, 903, 905, 907 and 909 Cuyler street
for 81, 1918, the same being bid in by w.
Woledge.
Land on South Side.
Three lots on the north side of Boil
ton street, between Price and East
Broad streets brought, $2,445, two oil
them being sold to George A. Ball for
$1,620 and the third to G. H. Miller
for $500. f. G. Black sold the property
at No. 215 Thirty-third street, east, for
$4,000. The property at 203 Thirty
third steet, east sold to Emile New
man, agent for 1920. 1. D. LaRoche
auctioneer. Two houses and lots on
Hall street, near East Broad, were
sold to H. Brooks by c. H. Dorsett
for LIS. A lot on Duffy and Haber-
sham street was sold to G. H. Miller
for $1,515. John A. Archer auctioneer.
Platshek & Co. sold the property
known as 423-5-7-9- 31-33 West Bound
airy on the Southwest corner of Sims,
to j. H. Collins for $1,540; a lot 53x63 on
the northwest corner of Duffy and
Lincoln streets to d. o. Donovan for
$1,750; a vacant lot, 30x90 on the
north side of Oglethorpe avenue,
between jefferson and Barnard streets,
to H. E. Wilson, agent, for 1880; six
lots, 150x100 near the northwest cor
ner of Thirty-siX and Reynolds streets
to Jacob Cohen for, $210O; thirty-one
and third acres at Cattle Park 'front.'
ing on the salts to c. H. Dorset for.
81, 265; one share of stock of the Tybee