New-York tribune., 1905-06-22
S0eIETf'S HOME SOLD.
TAX on n. ]. HISTORICAL.
Mistake at Sale for 4rrears-Salua-
ton .4rmg Headquarters 90, Too.

The Ne7v-York Historical Soeiety's building at
,,o 10 a5-ave. and the Salvation Army head
ouarters. ct No. 124 West 14th-st,. were sold
,,asferiay for arrears of taxes. but the sale of
he first parcel was an error, and the army will
,entsst the sale OF is headquarters. Altogether
,he sales realized about s35o,0Go. Out of $50
-srces in the second section, 250 Were put lSlder
ne hammer yesterday. Theinext section will
he solG on wednesday Of next week.
The Historical Soc.efy's building was sold to
sstlsfv claim Of s26 10 for water rent for 1897.
This bin the society paid and holds receipt.
The purchaser has bought a pig IN poke"
ssia Charles a. Sherman, treasurer of the So
,atv Yesterday We were told by the city
sane tine ago that We owed the water bill. bat
when ve looked it up we found our receipt and
shovel it TO the collector OF arrears. He said he
would Strike the entry from the schedule but
--ol,s bl,r ae ~orso. it
The c.71r- against the Salvation Army head
epauels 49,. for S404 IS for 1899 taxes. An
oYer Of seven years by I. Roth. of No, 8 Nassau
ST. was accepted.
The most valuable piece mentioned IN Section
as the University Building. Waverley Place and
Washington Square. The valuation was set down
=, 5.OG0. There are against the property
s6T0l 80 in taxes, which have been accumu-
la+ine since 1895. There was much interest
aroused when the number was reached, but it
vss announced that the property would not be
offered for sale.
Collector Slattery interpreted the law that the
b,,ver at the sale takes possession Of the prop
s-tv after two and a half years, although the
term for which he bids must begin with the day
of sale. Most of the bidding was done by spec
1Ilators who counted on the owner coming for
ward within the period to clear the property
one parcel sold was two story house ana d
lor al No. 40 East 13th-st-. said TO have be-
Io-pad for wears to Senator John Foley. The
accrued taxes amounted to $1,000 It was taken
for fifteen years by Cherry * Weecker, No. 464
crand-st who were frequent bidders at the
ea1a ! parcel Nos 60f TO Cos Broadway, lear
rect Fnustor-st.. assessed TO Charles V. Smith
esq - was bought by Charles Decker, Of No
Us Ist-ave.. for term Of four years. This was
rbe most valuable sale Of the morning.
The Grosvenor, at 5th-ave, and lOth-st,
tax in 1903. S. NJ. Barber, Of No. 1,1O9
Nadison-ave., became the successful bidder at
three ard one half years The smallest parcel
nut up is in Doninick-st-, between Hudson and
varick sts The person to whom ii is assessed is
unknown Against the property is a bill OF
SIS % for taxes 1899 TO 1900 This lot is said TO
be an alleyway between two buildings AS the
rftv wants the taxes il allowed 70 go Tor
three years to J. J. Boyland, of No 4oZ west
The property at No. So1 Greenwich-st. was
offered because IN 1893 assessment OF - was
neglected The property is assessed 10 A l.
Reynolds. It went TO Henry Wise, OF NO: 80
bront-st on a bid Of TWO years. Collector STAT
1erv announced that the Kings County Lighting
Cornparv had paid account OF franchlse tax
S2T Ta5 76 and the Edison Electric Illuminating
Company of Brooklyn for the same reason pa1o
in S254 .461 p.
Orh4r COLLECTIONS on individual parcels in ar
rears amounted TO SS1 0S2 Il. making the total
payments 10 the city for the day S613.249 IA