New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-30
DAY FOR HOMESEEKERS
Rain or Shine. 353 HlIlCreSt
Lots Will BE Offered.
LESTER HILL SALE, TOO
Bidders Will Also Find Attrac'
tive Properties at Colonial
Ridge, Port Chester.

MANY choice suburban properties are to
be sold to-day under the hammer at auc-
t,on 10 the highest bidder. To myriads OF
prospective homeseekers this will be an
eventful dav For years they have longed
10 become the owner OF nicely located
rlot Of ground or house and land In the
committing sections Of the greater city
and to-day the will see the realization
of this desire.
Unusually attractive is the list Of prop
critics to be disposed Of at auction this
morning and afternoon. And II seems that
splendid bargains are going to be had.
Among the principal sales are the ia
nIaica Hillcrest. at Jamaica, Long Island;
the Lester Hill. at White Plains \. y.
and the Colonial Ridge at Port Chester
Similar opportunities in those districts
are not likely TO be presented again IN
long time All the sales VIII be he!d on
the premises. rain or shine.
The Jamaica Hillcrest sale Will be be-
gun at 30 by William p. Rae, the well
known Brooklyn auctioneer, who has been
the sberiffs auctioneer Of Kings County
for many years That offering comprises
S53 lots
Jamaica Hillcrest is at the residential
centre Of the new Jamaica which is FORM
ing from the shifting Of the railroad ter
rninals with the completion of the great
union station and the new additional ia
I maica station at Union Hall street. 1t has
! a frontage Of over ZOO feet along Hillside
avenue. one Of the finest residential thor
oughfares in the suburbs. 1t begins three
blocks from the new railroad station at
The Soldiers Monument at Hillside and
Bergen avenues.
This development is two blocks from
! Fulton street. the main business artery
II has over 1000 feet OF frontage along
! Honelavn. Grand, Hillcrest. Briarwood'
| Orchard. Ackroyd and Union avenues
All NJ tho attractions of the country COM
bined with all the conveniences OF the
/ CITY are here available TO people OF all
/ classes over fifty houses have been
erected since the summer Of 1910. The cost
OF each dwelling averages about '0'0N'
come passing the $1,000 mark near the
! Hillside avenue section.
! The quickest way 10 get to Jamaica
rulcrest is to 90 by train from the Penn
svIvania station at 33d street and Seventh
taNenOe, OF rum lho N'S''--
station to Jamaica.
Special trains will leave the Pennsyl'
vania Terminal. at SD street. Manhattan
and the Flatbush avenue depot OF the
Long Island Railroad at p. m. Repre-
sentatiyes will furnish free railroad tick
cts and a large attendance is expected
The Lester Hill sale will be begun by
George w. Bard. the well known auction
-er. al D. m. The land is owned py
fish & Marvin. of No. 527 Fifth avenue
I comprises 1876 choice residential plots
tjxl00 feet. and larger.
The streets are macadamized, and
there are concrete sidewalks and curbs.
sewers. A fine water system. gas and
..ectric usht service have been installed.
Lester Hill is within three 10 seven
minutes walk Of the new Harlem d.
vision station at White Plains OF the
New York Central Railroad, and borders
on the Bronx River Parkway, now under
construction.
From this station one can reach 4Zd
street in forty minutes over an electrical
~ equipped railroad by about sixty trains
daily
The terms Of this and the other sales
are easy
Al 10 o'clock. at Port Chester. Austin
& Merritt. auctioneers. will sell 10 choice
restricted residential plots. The lots are
located on a high ridge and overlook the
Sound in the section widely known as
Colonial Ridge They vary in size from
80 by 100 to $50 and 70 by 80 and 100 by $50
feet Some handsome country homes are
on the premises and are occupied.
The adjacent property is largely owned
by well known persons.
All these lots are to be sold to the high
est bidder.