The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-01
. GOOD PROPERTY
SALES REPORTED
Five Brick Houses en- Twelfth
Street Change Hands.
HOMESTEAD SOLD
This Is One of the m of
Bloomfield, Containing Seventeen
Rooms-Has Been Rebuilt Many
Tfmes-GoOd Residence-Sixty Build
ings Lots sold With the House.

ings Lots Sold With the House.
Philip ]. Bowers, of Philip ]. Bowers &
Co, real estate operators, 1S9 Market
street, has just sold the property at s1A,
Ss, 50, 351a and 81 South Twelfth street to
Dudley Farrand. the latter being repre-
scented In the deal by Owen F. Conlon,
real estate broker. 757 Broad street.
The property consists of five single-fam-
lily brick houses on a plot 100x100 feet.
These dwellings are three stories In height
and contein nine rooms and bath each.
with all modern improvements.
Owen F. Conlon also sold for the Far
rand estate to Thomas H.. Morehouse the
old Farrand homestead and the surround
ing trac; in Bloomfield. This house, con-
tanning seventeen rooms, has been built
and rebuilt several times and at present is
a strictly modern residence, containing all
improvements. With the house the estate
sold a tract of sixty building lots, aver
aging 3OxlO0 feet each in area. The new
owner intends to reht the house and rent
the property to a suitable tenant. In both
these sales the consideration was private.
Notes of the Building Trades.
]. H. and w. C. Ely. OF 800 Broad street,
as architects, are taking bids on general
and separate contracts for the erection of
an office building on the north side of
Bank street, near Halsey street, for James
E. Blackmore, of 60 Academy street. The
building will be a semi-hreproof structure
of brick, six stories In height and cover
an area of 81 by 6S feet. The ground fooE
will be occupied as a store, while those
above will be rranged into offices and
lodge rooms. Specifications call for a Stag
roof, elevator, fire escapes, plate glass
lavatories, steam heat, tile vestibule and
gas and electric lighting. The estimated
cost of the building is $4,000. The archi-
tects will superintend the work and award
all contracts.
Plans have been completed and the archi-
tect, Francis Averkamp, Of 43 Sterling
street, is ready for bids under separate con-
tracts for the erection of a church edifice
and parsonage for the congregation of the
Court Street German Evangelical Asso-
citation, of which the Rev. Theophiel
Weber is pastor. The proposed structure
will be erected on the corner of Avon
avenue and South Seventeenth street, and
have a seating capacity of 1000. Accord
ing to the plans the church building will
be of brick and stone construction, one
story in height with basement, and have
ground Dimensions of 100 by Sc feet. The
parsonage will be of brick, two and one
half stories In height and measure Is by AZ
feet. Specifications for the church build
ing call for a slate roof, steam heat, beam
ceiling, hardwood interior trimming, tile
vestibule, plate and stained glass, gas and
electric light and other improvements.
The parsonage will also have a slate roof
and contain all modern improvements. 1t
Is estimated that both buildings will re-
quire the expenditure of $4,000.
Ground has been broken on Spruce street,
between Monmouth and Somerset streets,
for the erection of a 16-family tenement
house. which will be erected according to
plans prepared by Hyman R~osensohn, of
TAI Broad street. The building will have a
frontage Of 80 feet and a depth of "A feet
be OF brick construction five stories IL
height and cost SIS, 900. The ground fooi
will be divided into two stores with apart,
ments in the rear. The specifications call
for a pressed brick front. with terra Gotta
trimmings. Stag roof, galvanized iron
cornice, fire escapes cypress trim, tile
baths. ranges and other improvements.
The building will be owned by Joseph
Okin. of 23S Washington street. who will
build by days work and is ready for esti-
mates on all material required.
Plans for a brick structure, which will
be erected on Lackawanna Railroad ave-
hue LOT lne Union Deer company, nave
been completed, and the architect, William
e. Lehman. of 73S Broad street, is ready
for bids on all contracts The building
will be two stories in height above the
basement and measure 81 by 60 feet. The
rear of the first and second floors will be
coupled as a refrigerating room and ice
house for the storage OF beef. Specifica-
tions call for contrete floors. tar and
gravel roof, toilet. plate glass store front
and gas and electric lighting. The esti-
mated cost is $4,000.
Ten thousand dollars will be expended by
the New Jersey Land and Construction
Company. of I175 Broad street. on the
erection of a double fiat at % Bigelow
street, The plans for the building were
prepared by McMurray &c Pulls, of %
Clinton street. and call for a frame strue-
ture three stories in height, measuring 80
bv n feet. The exterior Of the structure
will be finished with a cement stucco on
metal lath. Specifications call for all mod
ern improvements. including steam heat,
tile baths and gas and electric lighting.
The mason work will be done by Samuel
Gold. of 125 Broome street. The owners will
do all the carpenter. plumbing and paint
ing work by day labor and are ready for
estimates on all material. f. J.. Boyer Is
president and manager of the company
and will superintend the construction.
Charles L. Steinbrenner, of 120 Market
street, as architect. is ready for estimates
for the mason, carpenter, plumbing and
painting work required to erect a three
story frame fiat on South Ninth street.
near Thirteenth avenue, for Frederick
Werner, of 81 South Canal street. The
plans call for a building measuring 20 by
IS feet and containing an apartment con-
sisting of six rooms and bath on each
floor. All modern improvements, including
steam heat. are mentioned in the specii-
cations. The estimated cost of the build
ing is $4,000.
Plans have been completed by Jacob
Wind. jr., with offices IN the Dix Build
ing, in Elizabeth, for the erection of a
store and fiat at 246 Second street, in the
same city. The building will be of brick
construction. three stories in height and
measure 25 by 66 feet. Specifications call
for modern improvements, including gas
and electric lighting. The architect is open
for estimates under separate contracts. The
building will be owned by John Cornell,
of Park avenue and Second street, Eliza
beth, and cost So, 900.
Real Esthte Transfers.