New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-01
Activity in It's Trade
and Home Centres

Dental enhancement is not at all tagging
This place has been described by many
writer's as an ideal town OF many beaut.
full suburban homes, and that descripten
briefly tells about tho chief realty cham
Of old Hackensack.
Every effort has been rade for mary
years to conserve and TO add TO the Do
Ightful residential features OF the place
and few residents can be found who would
gladly welcome there the arrival OF one
or many large industrial concerns. We
do not care 10 have our home districts
affected by the building OF many fac.
tories or mills" is the way one reside,.
expressed this idea. I'VE do not want 10
be known as a factory or mill town We
want to grow much greater as delight
full home place for the city worker"
Hackensack has never had what miga!
he termed a building boom. It's growth
both In the trade centres and in the home
districts has been in response to health
full demand. An idea Of values on the
main street may be had from the asking
prices for properties for sale. There Is
site with a frontage OF 80 feet near the
,olenhone exchange 70 be had az s20,0M
IL is said that that price will be consd
erably reduced il the prospective buyer
offers all cash.
Near the old postoff1ce Is plot sox2e'
feet. which is offered, II Is also said. at
$4,000. This asking price is at the rate
OF 5000 a front foot This Is not hs'
price. Judging from the volume OF hus'
ness done in this steadily growing Gacs
mart. Another plot in the same part o.
Main street Is for sale at s220 front
foot
About four years ago 3O-foot ro'
near the Susquehanna station chanssa
hands at $1,000 Within year II was r.
sold at about $4,000 OF course, that
an exceptional transaction. Nevertne!e''
some large profits have been made 10 r.
cent years by the purchase and resale
we'll located sites. whether in the homo OF
business districts OF the town.
The choicest residential plots, 75M''
feet. are 20 be had for $4,000. similar
lots, but with frontages on the side streeu.
OF so feet frontage and with a depth o.
135 feet. may be purchased for Sl'3oo Up
The average cost OF the modern dweHins
houses being erected ranges from $1,000
about $4,000. These figures show Wv
high type of house that is being put W
for the making OF more beautiful HACK
ensack.
Other house prices range from Jaw
up Not building venture Is being ne1
back by lack OF liberal mortgage chan'
nels. The town Is widely known Tor No
strength OF its building and loan assoc
atoms and its great banking institu''oa|
A $4,000 dwelling house is owned
Otis T. and Lewis ID. GregS. {. T. p'e'.
enridge has a beautiful home on suin'A.
avenue which cost many thousands '"
dollars. Another striking dwelling NOUS
is owned and occupied by George W. h'''
and at Central and Prospect aenu"
Theodore Boettger has 4 beautiful mooe'"
house
The high class home districts OF ''
town cover a wide area. IL the iTon'ae
OF all the house properties were )o'neu
gether they would extend over some n'N.
and this fact furnishes fairly accu'a'
idea OF the extent and value OF 'ho W.
ern building garb OF this dehshuui 'D'
urban town.
Hackensack is growing in many "N
The Second Reform Church. fron'he
Andrews. Ward and Union streets VIZ"
was erected about year ago cos. NV.
than 100000 The old home "hlen a.,
of frame construction. was burned
ground. The Rev. Arthur Johnson
tor Of this fourishing church.