New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-20


considerably more attention than the broA-
erage business. Among this Nesey street
offerings were the Murray Hill Hotel ID
Park avenue, from 10th TO z1st street. ana
the Pierrepont. twelve story apartment
hotel In SGD street, between Fifth avenue
and Broa dway.
The Murray Hill Hotel was sold by Jo-
seph p Day in partition proceedings 10 set
tie the affairs Of the estate Of Hugh smith,
IN which about a dozen heirs Were interest
ed It was bought by a syndicate OF wnicn
3. L. NJ. Bates. the lessee or the hostlery'
IS a member. for s1.796. 500, John Delahun-
". lawyer. representing IT IN the purchase
It is said that the syndicate INTENDS %
Epend large sum In improving this popular
hosiery.
Tho salesrooms were crowded. anong
those present being William l. De BorSt'
of The Cruikshank Company: William ID.
vvheelock. Of Douglas Robinson. Charles
:. Brown & Co: Robert E. Bowling and
William H Chesebrough and John Delo-
hJinty
The bidding started at s1,eeo.coe, the first
bid being made by Mr.. De Borst- Mr.
wheelock followed this with a bid Of Loo
600. The bidding was between these two
and one other bidder up TO $1,000. Nj
Delahunty came IL at sl,756,000
The Murray Hill was built twenty-five
years ago. at q cost Of about 100000. and
has always been popular with army Off
GERS West Point graduating classes, when
ever IN this city as a body, have always
made the house their headquarters Inc
American Trotting Association has met
-here 10 adjust differences. arising after the
-rort5pg season, and football teams OF all
the big universities annually stop there on
their. way 10 Princeton, Annapolis. west
Point or on the eve of games 70 be played
III this city.
The site occupied by the hotel forms part
II he stable and car barn Of the old Maci-
son avenue stage line, which years ago op-
Grated between z2d street and the financial
district
The sale of the Hotel Pierrepont was ad-
5ourned for one week.
H .. Senior &. Co sold at private sale
scr the estate of Gideon Fountain Nos. 2
md % West Goth street, two three-story
dwelling houses, on a plot 36xl0O feet ana
Nos. So, 50 and g., three similar btlldinss'
on 2 plot 54xlc0 feet and for Margaret
Chauveau No. 81. a three story dwelling
house, on q lot 1sx10o feet, TO Aneta Howell,
= client Of William L Levy The connlneo
plot is l09xl0o feet II was last transferred
IN 1880
plans have. been fled for q twelve story
lot and stores building TO be built at No
20 10 81 West 18th street for the Widbern
Realty Company. ct a cost OF S20o.o9o. The
building VIII have frontage Of 66 feet and
8 zsDth Of s. feet, with an extension IS
feet by S feet. the FACADE being Of brick
with limestone and terra Gotta trimmings.
James F Council is the architect
To Invest 100000.
Plans have also been fled for nine
teen STORY brick store and office building
% be erected at the northwest corner OF
Fifth avenue and 26th street, for the
Croisic Realty Company OF which Louis
If. Jones IS president at a cost Of $70ooo-
The facade viii be Of brick with trimmings
IF granite limestone and terra Gotta It
will have e frontage Of $50 feet on Fifth
avenue by I27.e feet on the street. Fred
erick c. Browne is the architect
Plans have also been fled for making a
four story building out of the three story
dwelling house No. 126 East cath street
BY adding one story and building base
rnent and two story rear extension To be
used. as Z laundry, pantry and bath. At g
cost OF 5000, for Dr. J. Dodge Peters.
Ccrtlandt Z. Luce is the architect
Plans have also been FLED for adding a
story to the five story hospital Of the Beth
Israel Hospital Association at the south
west corner Of Jefferson street at a cost
OF s8eoO the additional story TO be
used as ward for the hospital, and for
removing the south and west wall Of the
eleventh story and extending the roof 10 the
exterior walls of the Metropolitan Life
Building, at the northeast corner Of Nadi-
son avenue and Sd street, at a cost Of
5000
Plans have also been fled for increasing
The height OF the three story and base
raent dwelling house No. 176 East 70th
street, by adding one story, building rear
extension two stories high, and changing
the building TO an American basement
dwelling house. removing the old brown
stone ashlar and substituting with faced
brick. at a cost Of Sl2.oOo Walker & Haz-
ard are the architects.
The old house Of Judge Otto A Rosalsky,
CT No. IS Rivington street, a three story
and basement building. is to be made over
into q store and dwelling at q nominal
cost.