New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-09

The high class character OF the proper
sses disposed Of yesterday AZ private saie
and tn the auction rooms was forceiu'
reminder Of the stability Of the real estate
market and the bright outlook in the ma
so-!ty os districts in the greater cry
The purchasing operations affected plot
81 the southeast corner of "eth street anu
Broadway. held st s3-A.ore: site at the
northeast corner OF 18th street ana Broad
way. valued al about SSn."o. ano which
vas Owned fv ex-Cont-oiler Myers since
1855: 8 row % twelve three story o~eiiins
houses in 18th street. just west OF sixth
avenue. several fine dwelling houses north
% as;h street and east Of Central Park;
some residential properties on the west
Side and a number OF parcels In the MD
TOWN retail shopping zone
ore Of the midtown transactions involved
property valued al about S.1c1"p- me
Bouwit Realty Company practically com
melted arrangements for the sale OF the
eight story building Nos 1S and Is west
ssth street on a plot 5eKl26 feet. 10 the
Frank A. Seitz Realty and CONSTRUCTION
~ornpany. In part payment the Bonwit
co-,ns1v viii take the two left buildings
Nos 81 and IS East 10th street on plot
q sNaa-S feet
The northeast corner or CoTtiano1 ana
c--eenu-ic1 streets was sold al auction by
Joseph P. Day Cor the Bedford estate TO
Clarence " Eckhardt. G. Horace :. E!y
& Co. for $4,000.
The bidding started a. z1oaeIn, and by
succession of $500 advances went rapidly
% Seaeeo From Sao0r0 MIR Day carried
RE p-5oe I'd 10 S225 Iao by bids Of tl.co, and
thereafter by bids of 500 until the figure
reached s25o."ne
The r-5ce was considerably higher than
that which the Bedford heirs expected
he prcrerty is assessed for taxation at
ros 600.
Tbs parcel IS in the block with the Nc
adoo tunuei building. Mr. Eckhardt rep
resented 8 client.
FINE AUCTION LIST
Erraa I. Kennedy viii sell at the Real
Estate Exchange salesroorns. Nos u ana
IS Tesey street, to-day, for trustees OF the
estate Of James a Ruthven Nos. % ana
254 West 18th street. two ola four story
dwelling houses on plot 3S-+x1fo5 feet, I'M
nediatelv adjoining and abutting the home
oe the Automobile Club q America Also
~ order Of the executors of the estate Of
George Barclay Ward a valuable plot on
the north side OF 152d street. 215 feet east
or Amsterdam, avenue, fronting 40 feet in
1aad street, and running through 10 lSoo
street.
8e will also hold an executors sale for
The estate Of Nathan E. Clark, OF Nos $50
and Isl East qlst street, q six story modern
hiEh class apartment house, On plot 59H
1eoS feet Mr. Kennedy will also offer the
valuable key plot, Nos. 3sS and go sixth
avenue and No. IS West oath street, sur
rounding the southeast corner Of 24th street
and Sixth avenue. with frontage Of 81 feet
OF Sixth avenue and 21.S feet in 18th street
and an extreme depth OF g feet There
s-e four and fve story brick business build
ings on the site
Plans have bern fled for a six story
spartuent house. rs feet front ard s. feet
6eep. p-iti7 suites for 7fty-siX families, 70
ne built fer the Dawson Construction Com
na7v. IS owner. from designs by Michael
and Mitchell Bernstein, architects. on Ca
tled-aI PARKWAY. 800 feet east O. Eighth
svenoe. at 4 cost of Eafft-3-
Plans have also been Med bE- Clement r
Brun. architect, for making an additional
sfore At th-s- south Garner OF the F1atiTon
Building - Fifth avenue and I'D street,
en6 Installing additional mezzani7e floor
snace the improvements 10 he made for
Birmingham & Co At 4 cost Of SI5ea
Plans have also been fled for charging
and renodeIlinE the dancing hall and meet
ing room building Nos and % Avenue D,
adding Two stories to the rear extension
making the building four stories through
ont the improvements 10 DC made at
-ost Of s12ooo for . Mr. Schaffler from de-
sfens bv Harrison & Sackhenn, as archi-
rccts-
Plans Rave also been fled for charging
tle oId-faslioned four story and store
hundIrz Nc GaS Broone street by adding
one and four story rear extension, the
improvements being made al cost Of
r,ooo from designs by !. & Shocks Sons
architects for the New York Life JnsuT-
zuce and Trust Company, as trustee for
the Chester Clarke estate, and for eRiarg-
ing the four story dwelling house No. -
weEt 134tia street and installing stores N
the lover stories, ths Improvements TO be
made at 2 cost of $500 for James c.
Thomas from designs by George Wallace.
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