New-York tribune., 1909-10-06
FOR SAMLER TRACT S26O,71O
OFFERING OF go RIVERDALE LOTS SOLD 1T AUCTION
At GOOD PRICES BY JOSEPH p. DAY.
Highest Sum Paid Was sl7OO for Lot e56 Boaday
Market Found Parcels Washington Heights and

Big ana little realty buyers yesterday indicated
IN forceful manner their faith in the future Of
the Van Cortlandt section of The Bronx.
They were present in large numbers al the Real
Estate Exchange. Nos IA and l6 Vesey street from
noon until late hour. and just before the doors
OF the rooms closed last night. after Of
the most successful auction sales held by Joseph
p Day any other broker within its walls, they
were the owners Of the Samler estate tract of $40
lots with frOntages in Broadway. West 254th and
256th streets. Newton, Sylvan and Wales avenues.
They paid for the property s25o710.
The offering disposed of by Mr.. Day for
Stuard Hirshman and several other persons, who
bought the tract less than a year ago
New high record prices for lots in the dis
trict were made al the sale. That is one way the
successful bidders showed their faith in the realty
future OF the district There not duh. list
less moment. either, at the SALE and that was an
other vivid reminder Of what those present think
OF the outlook in this charming residential part of
The Bronx.
Mrs. Mary Q. Thiery, widow of the founder of
the Holy Name Society. paid Sll,iO0 for a plot
al the southwest corner Of 26th street and Broad
way II was the highest sum paid for parcel
Of the tract. The site las a frontage of about
g feet Broadway and OF about loo feet on 256th
street She also bought the adjoining plot with
q frontage OF about . feet on Broadway and
depth OF 160 feet, for 5000 Theodore H. Friend
paid $3.50 for the plot the southeast corner of
Broadway and 256tn street. 244 by 945 feet He
also purchased the adjoining plot with frontage
IN 256th for S,75O The plot. 251 by 9s6. at
the southwest corner Of 256th street and Newton
avenue, sold 10 George Form for S2,S25 and
adjoining plot about. . by l02 feet and 'front.'
ing in 25sth street, 10 the same buyer for Sl650
The prices paid for the block front the north
srly side of 254tk street, west of Wales avenue,
ranged from s725 sl400 lot; for the block front
on the north side Of 254th street from Sylvan TO
Wales avenues, from 1920 to about 1850 a lot
Along Wales avenue the prices paid from
$500 10 S.050 a lot. and along Sylvan avenue from
about 500 10 SLIGO lot obtained. The tri-
angular parcel 81 Albany Post Road and 254th
street was bought by Mrs. A. Ulman for $40. II
has frontage OF about l07 feet on the 254th
and OF about 426 feet on the road. J. Romaine
Brown paid SS725 for three lots the north side
OF 254th street, 25 feet west OF Newton avenue.
Among the other buyers were Louis BTy, jeanette
n Ockenden, Mclaughlin & Stern William c.
Schmidt, J. L. Abraham. August Stroefer. /. Well
Uriah Harris. the Clifton Construction Company
Emil Herr. A. NJ. Krug. Joseph Levi. William
Pfrender, H. Kress, Frieda L.angen, J. X Wilzin
James F. Coleman. John J. Sheridan. C G. Both
ner p. ]. Donahae. F. A. Wittig. Thomas Lynch
N j. Conway, J. Bertsch and I. Kurtzman.
Buyers were also found yesterday private
sale for several large vacant plots on Washing
ton Heights and in The Bronx There was also
q good demand for West Side houses and sites
FOR improvement with business structures.