New-York tribune., 1904-09-25

st for a single fare and also get transfer to all
lines OF the Metropolitan system. BY these ne"
routes and transfer arrangements the uno occu-
pied by travelling on a surface car from Houston
ST. to the upper West Side apartment house dis
trict is shortened fifteen minutes. The details OF
this new surface agreement were recently
printed in this paper. For years owners OF prop
erty in the upper West Side have been hoping that
suoh plan would be put in effect, and now tney
express themselves doubly denghted win 'he
pan because it is put IN operation when there are
signs that there will be vigorous demand uis IAN
for homes in the district
One OF the most important transacuonS IN 'Ie
downtown section was the sale by the Charles B.
Moves Company OF Nos s. and Jacob-st, three
business buildings, with frontage OF 4S feet TOT
the estate OF David Moffat TO Ambrose IL Ely
The same brokers leased the building for long
term of years from May 1 last to Stallman d
Fulton. BY the purchase Mr.. Ely strengthens his
holdings in this neighborhood. lie also owns No
70 II Jacob-st.. running through to No SO TO
SO Gold-st, with outlet at No. Ferry-st
The principal deal near tire Herald Square SEQ
ton was the purchase by the Hoster Brewing
Company OF Columbus. Ohio. Of the Walden Pell
estate leasehold Nos 1.42o and 1.422 Broadway
The property. which comprises a three-story
building a lot 2ST1 by s6.5. is opposite the
Metropolitan Opera House. The ground and build
ing are assessed at $4,000 and the land at $685.
CO., Ex-Sergeant Churchill conducted a saloon
the premises for some months His lease was puT-
chased by the Foster Company. Mr.. Blake of
action.
The central Sixth-ave section furnished an In
teresting lease. Renwick c. Hurry Co. leased
for Samuel Kraus vice-president OF the Eagle
Lead Pencil Company, TO Maurice Rogaliner,
ha berdasher, of No 1,2o4 to aOS Broadway, the
double at Nos 4S7 and 469 Sixth-ave-. north
west corner OF Twenty -eighth-st., for term OF
years at aggregate rental of $3.50 Tho stores
and n feet In Twenty-eighth-st. The lease IS
important. not only because of the large rental
involved. OF the best in the section between
Twenty-third and Thirty third reported in
tendency OF high class retail business houses TO
open stores in the central section OF SiXth-ave-
Nearly all the sites suitable for retail houses above
Thrty-third-st. and below Twenty third st are al
ready improved with large mercantile buildings
Another large transaction reported in the week
was the purchase by Harry Goodsteiu. through
the firm OF Lionel Froelich & Co. OF plot 10Ox1eO
feet the north side OF One hundred and thirty
eiShth-st. 800 feet east OF St Ann's-ave- "a 100
foot wide street,. from the Morgenthau- Goldsmith
auction. together with several blocks Of adjoining
property, In 1899. from the Coils P. Huntington
estate With the sale OF these four lots the syn
dcate has disposed OF its holdings in this section.
OF building improvements In tho last six months.
Mr.. Goodstein Will offer these lots for resale 10
The Fleischmann Realty and Construction Com
Of ssventh-ave.. between One hundred and forty
third and ne-hundred- and forty fourth SITS b:
Heine is the buyer OF ore OF the buildings and
Joseph Simerman OF the other. Each house is on
a plot 2sx10O feet. Mr Simerman has also bought
two hathouses in One hundred ma forty fourth
St west OF Seventh-ave- Simon Hoffer has also
bought a fathouse in the block. which IS
bounded by One-hundred- and orty-thrd and One
hundred and forty fourth sts Seventh and Lenox
aves. All the hathouses were recently built