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New-York tribune., 1909-03-07

Manhattan Island became a profitable calling there
have been many persons holding pessinIistic views
as 10 the future of the city, and many OF them
have loudly expressed such opinions in public
uiaoes The real estate records show that there
were large numbers Of such persons identified with
the Manhattan realty market twenty years ago.
Some are still active in the real estate market.
either as Brokers spectators, investors or opera
tors ana they all acknowledge that if they could
have seen things in their light years ago they
would long ago have been able 10 have retired from
the market as large holoers Of well paying invest
lnent properties within the boundaries Of the
greater city
II was an easy task to find in 1889 many we'll
known persons who held tenaciously TO the idea
that the city vas overbult regards hathouses
and that buyers Of such structures were assuming
a very hazardous risk. Some persons also said in
those days that the growth of the business dis
tricts Of the city been far greater than the de-
nland for Office structures warranted, and that it
would be a long period before the area occupied
q by the Sreat business zones considerably en-
iarged- Since then the taxable properties Of the
greater city have been increased by the addition
OF many miles Of modern fathouses. and by the
enlargement Of the skysCraper district in such
way that il is not only many times greater than
# was in 1889. but rises TO record heights.
WHAT THE RECORDS REVEAL.
The real estate records clearly show what large
increases in value have taken place in the last
twenty years, period which forms one Of the
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good volume OF business was TRANSACTED ids'
week in the real estate market Builders ana N
vestors were prominent as buyers in many cehlFal
sections and IN MANY uptown districts Some feat
lres Of the business of the week were broaoeh-
ing Of the demand for ,ha.ce residential prop
critics particularly in the upper Fifth avenue zone
7snd = quicker market for larger number OF Dls
Improved Parcels. may bc TO early TO preaicl
that realty conditions indicate that the local real
estate fields are entering upon a new era oI d.
tiv1tv notable for unusually large bIildlnS ana
1llrchasine operations. There are many signs
however which show that the money channels al
fecting real estate operations in the greater ciIS
isave recently undergone marked change for the
better and one Of these signs is the placing OF
many ~ per cent mortgages on well located prop
eTtses which are especially attractive 10 investors
Z The financial depression Of 1861 which checheo
realty progress for long period. naturally in
creased the p5Imber Of persons with pesslInistc
-vfens regarding realty trading. and some OF those
persons occupy the high places in the great real
estate field of the greater city In nearly every
season since the real estate brokerage business on
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Nassau street 69.7x593 feet at S45O00O without
the building and with the building at s550.0O0.
In 1889 Richard V. Harnett & Co. sold plot 25sx
100 feet the northwest Of SSth street and
Fifth avenue, John B. Ireland for $500 1t also
sold on the same day an adjoining plot 75x1OO feet
to Y. K. Stevenson for Russell Sage at 10000 An
other plot in the same block, with a Fifth avenue
frontage Of 70 feet and a depth Of 100 feet, to Mr.
Stevenson for Mr. Sage for 10000 And it also sold
for Mr.. Sage 70 the buyer plot 25-Sx1OO feet
at the southeast corner Of 89th street and
Fifth avenue, for s27,075. Evidently the SO was
thrown in extra good measure OF value.
These prices surprise the real estate student when
he compares them with the prevailing front foot
valuations in this section Of Fifth avenue to-day.
The old front foot valuation revealed by this
auction sale Of twenty years ago. was then little
$1,000 for corner parcels and less than $3.50
a front foot for inside lots.
That higher prices not obtained at the auc-
ton sales for the properties which changed hands
may have been partly due TO the views then held
In various brokerage offices as 10 the future of
the upper Fifth section. At that time it
thought by many real estate experts that
Riverside Drive destined TO be the chief resi-
Dental district of the city because Of its richness
IN natural charms and the unobstTucted view to be
had of the North River from nearly every plot
fronting the drive Many experts then figured
that the northerly limits OF the Fifth avenue zone
would be in or near the Plaza, and that the upper
Fifth avenue district in which the homes
of Commodore Gerry. Colonel Astor and many other
persons prominent In social, business or profess
siOnal circles. likely TO be built up by modern
buildings used for club purposes also with large
apartment houses similar in character and as
costly as many of the modern structures which
have been erected in recent years in the great
West Side. Many brokers even tried 10 urge
many prospective buyers Of fine home sites to
overlook the upper Fifth avenue district and to
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nlent houses the one at the northeast corner being
eleven stories high and the the southeast
corner seven stories high The size Of each plot is
upon the land Will furnish idea of the large in
creases in values in this choice residential section
Of the city since 1889. The city places valua-
ton of 81 600 each plot which IS little less
than 81 500 d front foot The sale price in 1889
was at less than 5000 a front foot. Here IS an
increase Of $500 a front foot. estimated by the
city experts The city valuations are usually con-
sidered TO be from 20 TO so per cent Of the price
that property would bring under ordinary circum-
stances. There is a doubt that most Of the
leading investors would consider themselves fcrtu-
nate if they could buy plot in this section Of the
city having a frontage Of 1922 feet for about
S200 O00
In 1883 Martin & Brother sold the four story
building No. 81 Nassau street, on plot 25.2X4s5N
232x47 feet for $4,000 to D. ] Warren. The
records show that there many investors in the
field at that time who held firmly TO the opinion
that this section Of Nassau street would be in
great demand in years come. and that a re-
suit of that demand much higher values would
prevail The premises No 81 Nassau street are
now valued by the city without the building at
sIl5.OOO or $4,000 more than the sum paid for
the land and building in 1889. With the building
the city Valuation is $4,000 The city figures
a smaller frontage, being 22.6X4S4 feet. worth
sS6 600 without the building, and with the building
$4,000. The city estimates the value OF No. 65
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most interesting and one CT the largest develop
rnent eras in the history Of the city OF course,
there are some zones Of the city which have prac-
ticay stood still that period, and the reasons
that they have not kept pace in growth with most
other regions Of the city not hard TO discover
or understand. Il in 1883 that Daniel Birdsalh
& Co sold the old brick dwelling house No. 80
Laight street and No s Vestry street on plot
a7xl75 feet S3o.250 That parcel is part OF the
block bounded by Laiglt. Nestry, Varick. and
Hudson streets and Is within about q half block
of S.. Johns Chapel. The dwelling house the
site long ago torn down and replaced by
modern storage warehouse, being of q of
plot This parcel IS in the district which
known the Lower West Side wholesale business
sone There Trinity Corporation has vast holdings.
IN comparison, there has been little building acv-
ity in the section II the last twenty years.
The style OF the sirUcture -he site is the char
acter OF The building best suited for the zone and
the entire section is likely be in the future
The scene Of many big building operations. which
VIII result in the Transformation of large areas
land there into a Zig warehouse centre The city
as IN need q many more such centres. and there
zpuesrs TO be 10 other region of the city su-
rerf1ly located this for the carrying out OF
such projects. In spite Of the small amount OF
building which has taken place in this area Of tnc
city IN the last twenty years. values are higher
to-day than IN 1883.
II Vas IL 1883 that J. H. Hg1nt sold Tor Spencer
zids1ch q plot III 2zlO9 feet the northeast cor
ner OF 18th street and Ninth avenue, J. E. Van
oewster for $1,000 II such plot offe9d 10
e-v investor now at that figure. contract 10 pur-
chase the property would be Immediately signed.
some of the brokers who active in this part
of-the city twenty years they often had TO
plead with the big buyers 70 take over such sites
sf such prices Il was looked upon as a big SUN
for the property in tnose days by many real estate
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LARGER NUMBER OF BUYERS FOR IMPROVED PROP
ERTTES IN CENTR4L DISTRICTS.
Some Paid Manhattan Parcels Tenty Years Ago-O PpT
Fifth enu Lots Sold Aucon for about 81 900 Foot Front

experts. who we're considered TO be among the
abest in the market Even some Of the best known
optimistic traders had a leaning toward the same
view if the real estate records may be taken as a
guide TO their opinions the market in those days
This site is now in the heart of the great west
Side " hich the last twenty years has been prac-
ticay rebuilt from a series of small fathouse areas
and little residential zones into one Of the most
alluring one Of the most valuable and one or the
most progressive apartment house and high class
dwelling house districts of r4le greater city. In
fact as regards natural and artificial charms 1t Is
considered TO excel any other similar class of resi-
Dental zone in any other country in the world
VALUES NEAR MANHATTAN SQUARE.
The section of the great West Side of which
18TH street and Ninth avenue, which, by the way
Is now known as Columbus avenue. was easily ac-
cessbIe from most of the principal districts Of the
city twenty years ago, so the apparently low cost
of land there in those days cannot be said to have
been due 70 Iemoteness from rapid transit lines.
On the easterly block front in Columbus avenue
between 18th and 18th streets, two large apart
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
A TALK ON TITLE INSURANCE.

Philip S. Dean. of the Lawyers Title Insurance
and Trust Company will be the speaker Tues
day night the real estate class of the West Side
Young Mems Christian Association His topic will
be- Title Insurance"
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Nezo JERSEY Real Estate.

no LET IN ARcoLA PARK, n. TEN ROOM
4 bo,s.. all modern improvements; Is miles from
- hours TO Grand Central depot BY trolley
s45o per year: references required Address b r
PAUL. Supt. Ridgewood n }. II r = ~
"AcKE;NSACK. .- RARE OPPORTUNITY Bf'SI
III h,,u huse Il rooms with billiard room: solid Wal
nut 5oors and trim plot cost $i1OOoi M l
a,ces sell n $4,000 quick buyer; easy terms Cl-tSS
sussex HaCkcnsaCk. n J.
- p0TTT,-RY FARMS. EACH 10 TO 20 ACRES; WITH
snc to room houses and outbuildnSs on each; near
,ia,s md railroads Hackensack: farm 30, other -
srres. subdivision: low figure. easy terms CLCSS -
Sussex St Hackensack. n J.
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Furnished Houses Wanted.

WANTED FOR THE SUMMER FURNISHED COT
w taRe containing six bedrooms. besides several
all modern convenieuccs. including facilities for
heating be either fresh salt water. and
enough ground privacy. rent not TO exceed
$3.50 Address COTTAGE" Postoface Box 1885, New
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CONNECTICUT SHORE -NORWALk. DAHlHN'
y Rowayton westport and vicinity: farms water,
fronts country homes etc ARCHIBALD G. FOSS "
East 42d St New York City. or ~ North Main 8
South NOrwalk. Conn
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07

Mt Vernon. o. oG0 enS IN Also Furnisbed and Un-
City Of FURNISHED Cottages Tor rent. Geo. W s.rT
Homes City Kan B4us-' Ae4 S4'' NJ N0--l'--
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COMPARE THIS HOUSE

AZ 900 with others and It's superiority Asoe.'
cement exterior: 13 baths: billiard room; & sac
electricity. steam heat sun paEu
chester HIN restricted COOLEY WEST unr'
Mount Vernon y Y
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7 AXE FRONTAGE OF Il MILE 40 ACkzS
Il house. barns. spring. woodlands, TUT
located Iitchhed County Conn, price Sl5Oo1 -
ARCHIBALD {. FOSS. 80 East 42d New York CiN
DIAINFIELD. y J--MODERN DWELLINGS ~. =.
L sale or for rent High class farming properties
sale JOHN H. DOANE. Real Estate Broker. 20 NoTu
ave. Plaindeld n J.
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7 IFETTME OPPORTI

7 IFETTAIE OPPORTUNITY - IDEAL. COCNTRf
Il Home. one hour Erie. communication IA cents y
minutes station OF beautiful rapidly growing u"
high dry healthy; schools. churches. - acres
cultivated. Woodland pasture fine running stTsal
house. barn. finest stone t12tS-l) poqlI
house in state. Horses Cows Hogs. Goats. laying He
Farm Implements, &c; price l26OO- very reasonaa
terms no agents. Particulars J. l. r. Room 5u5 ~
Montague st. Brooklyn
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
Country Property for Sale.
: OR SAL :.

House. - IarCe aJtc, slals
trees. all baths hour from New York On
New Haven road; station within mile. trolley aai
golf convenient: pariOr eight large
floor: lived in house 20 years Mrs L
h SEELY. . West 3gth
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buy in or somewhere near the drive cehlteS' -
s,,ra were they that the development Of the two
districts would he along the lines which iheE
pictured To-day there many homes ocruPie' oS
veIl-lnown society men and women. with IaIse
frontaces on the drive. But the choicest resi-
Dental district Of the city is that region ol '0
ri,,, formed bv central and upper Fifth avenue.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-07

The real estate records clearly show what large
increases in value have taken place in the last
twenty years a period which forms one Of the
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-14
brave on the box outside the proud.
est man in America. THE Define.
ator for May.
HARE FOR ENGLISH JURYMEN.
HUNTED In Morning, Served At Evening,
According TO Old Custom.

The quaint custom of hunting the
hare in the morning. to be served up
for the jury's dinner At the annual
court baron, has just been revived at
Chard, says the London Standard.
The custom has been discarded for
the last 20 years, but in the old time 1t
excited . great deal of interest A To-
cal pack Of hounds used to hunt the
manor lands in the morning, and the
first hare killed was sent back to the
chief hotel for the dinner Of the jury
1t the court baron.
It IL said that another feature Of
the dinner was an enormous bowl of
punch, the contents Of which would
cost - much As eight pounds sterling.
The young Earl Poulett, who 10 the
lord OF the manor Of Chard, brought
over the Seavington pack Of hounds
this week and the mayor presented his
lordship with q gold-mounted hunting
crop as . souvenir of the occasion.
Later In the day the court baron din
ner was held and the hunted hare was
served up with all the honors.
Judge Beresford held the monthly
sitting Of the county court in the
morning and In honor of the old Gus
tom decided to postpone judgment
summonses till the next court in order
that there might be no commitment Of
debtors to prison on that auspicous oc.
casion.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-14

traffic respected the public feeling
that wanted to withhold from any
community the sale of liquor by
refusing to sell to any retailer in
such locality, the people might
now be disl .osed to show OF tol-
Grant consideration for the various
interests involved in the manufac.
ture of alcoholic drinks. Against
great provocation the people have
long been lenient, but it is pretty
plain that the limit of toleration
hss been reached, and a restrain
ing hand is now reaching out to
control the sources of supply il
this evil. If it cannot be accom-
plished by the action of the states
separately, then the prohibitionists
will be found knocking at the
doors of the congress of the nation
with Il rap that will leave no doubt
as to its meaning.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-14

Last weeks issue of the St.
Louie Mirror has u strong article
against srhte prohibition in Mis-
souri,. We are an admirer of E.ii-
tor Reedy's style Of writing, even
when be writes on that subject,
and we are quite willing to believe
that be is honest in his statements
- to individuality Of adopting
prohibition, but to our way Of
thinking his arguments might have
more force if they were not fol-
lowed few pages further along
by fnll.pa9e ad of a brewing
concern. 1t il the misfortune of
the anti.prohibition element that
its nowspsper champions always
seem to he specially favor ed iu
business way by the breweries.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-14
membranes. The occupants
possess iron and brass bedsteads or

membranes. The occupants
possess iron and brass bedsteads or
display as their chief treasure
highly polished, elaborately carv-
ed folding. bed, never used. Roll
ing themselves in blankets, they
seek repose on the floor.
One home boasts as it's principal
furniture four opera.chairs of up
holstered leather, with movable
seats, such as are TO be found in
any theatre.
A Spokane Indian was the proud
possessor of a shining black hearse
bearing four huge ornamental sable
plumes. Riding his cayuse INTO
town one day be encountered a
funeral. Tie hearse caught his
fancy; he followed the procession,
awestruck, to the cemetery. Moth
ing would do but that he must have
the grand chariot for his own.
Disposin9 of some land, he pur-
chased the hearse and WAS wont 10
take bis wife and numerous chill.
rem out for q drive sitting on the
door of the hearsc, bouncing from
glass side to glass side as the road
became rough. trying to appear
dignified aud nonchalant, but grin
ming literally from ear to ear, tho
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-14
HISS 10 IN NATURE OF BLUFF.
Sound Emitted by Cat ~ a Protection
Against Enemies.

DO you know why cat Kisses
when In rage or anger?" said a nature
Student. We'll. sir. she Kisses as a
flying criminal puts on goggles and =
false beard. With that hiss she tries
instinctively to disguise herself a. a
snake.
did you ever notice the markings
on . cats tail? They are transverse,
like 4 snakes markings. The primi-
tive cat in the wild state lived in rath.
er tail grass. When danger ap-
preached he hissed, and at the same
time put up his tail and waved it SLOW
ly. The oncomer heard that serpen-
tine hiss; he saw the tail-and only
the tail-which waved in ominous, ser
pentine manner: he said, Snake in
the grass and withdrew.
The cat Of to-day, kissing horribly
'aad waving to and fro his erected tail,
follows ancestral precedent. 1t helps
him not at all, nevertheless he always
does it, thinking it the right thing.
Is not man sometimes like the cat In
this respect?"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-14

1t is pretty plain that the swell
ing prohibition sentiment in Mis-
souri, has the brewery and liquor
interests running in circles in des-
peration to find an outlet from the
labyrinth Of their growing trou
bles, and like II bat in u brilliantly
lighted room, they fly every where
but in the right direction. The
troubles of the liquor interests are
Of their own creation. Too long
has been their arrogant defiance of
public sentiment in the past to
bring them under control of the
laws for the regulation of their
traffic. In this the great brewers
and distillers, acute business men
in general capacity, have given
an exhibition of blind stupidity,
that now that the lightning circles
of the prohibition sentiment is
growing smaller and smaller
around them, there is little sympa.
thy for them from any source over
the dilemma they are in. 1t was
the greed for profits that rang the
death knell of the liquor interests
10 large portion of the United
States. The persistent sale of
their products outside of the law
to make a little more money is
what has caused the determined at
titude of the anti-liquor sentiment.
Even now, at this late day, the
men who dominate the liquor and
beer producing business refuse to
see this. Right her in our Own
community they are supplying
men with their products for dispos.
al against the law and against pub.
lie sentiment. To reach for the
petty local offender has been
found to be too trivial and ineffec-
tive method while the source of
supply was always open to them,
and abetted in the illegal traffic.
Had the men engaged in The lianor
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-14
HIGHER TARIFF ON TIFF.
Congressman Elvins Succeeds In HGv.
ing the Duty On Tit Raised
to $3.50 q Ion.

Representative Polite EIvins Of
the Thirteenth Missouri district
made his maiden speech in the
House Wednesday last. and "made
good" as congressman, for the
amendment which be supported
and upon which he largely made
his campaign last fall, was adopt
ed.
"Vote for Elvins and q tariff on
'i6," stared at every passer by
from the trees along the highways
down in Washington and neighbor-
ing counties last fall. The people
voted for Elvins, who received $50
more votes than Taft. and w ednes.
day the House of Representatives
voted for the tariff on tiff, or barry.
tes, US it is scientifically known.
Speaker Cannon, who was Oh the
hoor at the time and listened to
Mr.. EIvins' speech, was the 6rst
to congratulate him.
''You did we'll, my boy" he said
as he shook the baby Republican
member of the House by the hand.
Herbert Parsons, Nicholas Long
worth and Mr.. Van Olcott of New
York, we're among the others who
added congratulations.
Mr.. Elvins let it he known in no
uncertain language that be was a
protection Republican, and that
was why he was demanding pro.
lection for this industry in his die.
trict. He was generously applaud
ed on the Republican side, aud he
successfully met the arguments OF
Francis Burton Harrison Vt New
who made the principal speech
against the proposed incr ease OF
duty on crude barytes from Is
cents Il ton to 81. 50 a ton.
Mr.. Elvins called attep ton to
the fact that his predecA sor io
Congress, Representative Sm ith, q
Democrat, had introduced . bill
ruising the duty oes. If th.k wac
a good proposition for ths Dkmo.
Gratis ut IS ton, there es,tsipiy
ought not to be any objecttbu to
the proposed rate Of 81. so a ton.
SENATE OPPOSED TO lNCREA; sE.
The Senate substitute for The
House tariff bill places the duty
on tiff where it is uMler the L6,g.
ley tariff, Is cents per ton on IA "
tiff and 1926 per ton o0 mao'nfa =
tnred bury tes.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-14

The government again has the
Standard on Go. In court ip its ef-
fort to proys that this corporation
il conducting an illegal monopoly.
The trial has bssu 10 progress in
The ST. Louis federal court for
more than . week, and the oil com.
pany has ito usual array of bril-.
liant lawyers on hand to combat
the governments purpose. 1t is
needless to cay that men occupying
the position that these attorneys do
must b men of more than usual
mental capacity and foresight, and
their arguments, even when rem.
dered ia the biased attitude OF de.
feudiug client, must be received
With serious consideration by the
ordinary laymsn outside OF the
legal tribunal % we'll ~ by the
lawysrs at ~ har. The point The
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-04-14

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