New-York tribune., 1907-12-03
LOT SALE A SUCCESS.
FOR 45 PARCELS SIS, 900.
Remaining Unsold Plots 10 be
offered on Thursday.

Rrvan L. Kennedy held yesterday at the fse"i
Estate Exchange Salesrooms, Nos. IA and 10
yesev street the first all-cash auction sale OF
the present season. The offering comprlseo
eighty-three lots and seven houses Iron'iis :"
Whitlock ave-, Timpson Place. Austn race 'ii'd
East 144th (St. Joseph's) st. All the pafceiS
were scheduled to be disposed of to the hlghest
bidder for James L. Stewart receiver OF the
New York Chartered Bond and Mortgage Com
pany by order of the Supreme Court The terms
were 10 per cent down and the remainder on
December 23 After foTty-three lots ana the
seven houses had been sold for SI99oo Mr.
Kennedy adjourned the sale until thursday.
foreclosure action affecting the property
was recently begun. 1t is likely TO be settled
outside of the auction rooms. it was thought
yesterday, owing to the results of the sale yes
terday. The total sum due on the property Is
a mortgage for about $4,000, plus Sll,oOo for
taxes and assessments. About S49,Ooo was paio
for the lots in yesterdays offering. or apout.
S1140 a lot. That price lot is likely to be
paid for the budget of forty lots on Thursday
so the total sum OF the sales will probably be
considerably greater than the amount of the
mortgage and other liens affecting the property
The prices paid for the houses ranged from
1925 to S6.050. and for the fo1ty-three lots
from $3.50 to $1,000 Moses Franklin paid S613o
for four lots comprising the block front on the
north side of I44th ST., between Austin and
Timpson places For four lots on the north
side of 144th st. between Austin Place and
whitlock ave- F J. Goodwin paid $40 each' ana
the three lots adjoining, being the northwest
corner OF Whitlock ave. and 144th ST, were sofa
to A. H. AIber for 81, 800. Lots in Whitlock
ave. between 144th and 149th sts. sold at from
$3.50 to 81 100 each.
Oppenheim, Collins & Co. which is erecting
big store for its own use in 34th ST., between
9Th and 6th aves., has got loan of sS-1.oVo for
five years at ) per cent from the Equitable LAie
Assurance Society. The money will be used IN
erecting the building.
The comperative building tables for Manhat-
tan for the first eleven months of this and last
year have been compiled by the Buildings De-
partrnent. They show decrease OF more than
sss 600 600 In the cost Of buildings projected this
year as compared with the cost of structures
for which plans were filed vast year. the figures
for last wear being SI06.22S.215 and for this year
sT29eS,75O.
There were IS dwelling houses built last year
that cost more than $4,000 each. as compareo
with % this year. Last year POI tenement
houses erected cost s56,33s,400. as compared
with 304 this year at total cost OF sZooS''ooo'
last wear 40 office buildings were erected at
cost of s17.0624So, while this year there "eF0
80 erected at cost of s20,9915oo
In the first eleven months of 1906 there Were
1s schoolhouses built by the city. al totai cost
of 80 100000. and in the last eleven monthS -
school buildings were put UP at q total cost o.
So 2a5 600 Nine churches were erected last
wear which cost s5S7.5C0 and this year only )
were built at a total cost of S265.5O0 The city
last wear built for itself is public buildings at
q total cost Of s1.:76,275, as compared with 10
this year at a cost Of s1.7Sso90. Thirty-four
places Of amusement were built last year at
cost of s7073.9o0. as compared with Is this
wear which cost s31oo.zoo. The sum of sl6'-
77o 200 was expended last year in alterations as
cornpared with s1610s,529 this year.
William B. Leeds took title yesterday TO Nos
ia and iis West 18th ST. 7bN92 feet from
James +. Elder.