The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-10

Il has required many months of
abor, research. letter writing and travel
o ireland to sell the southeast corner
4 New Bowery and James street one
II those odd little corners lef. by the
cutting through Of New Bowery before
smallest watch charms" IN the city.
'ronts SO feet on New Bowery, &c feet
IN James street and is 20 feet on the
ear line. As was told in THE StN
.ome time ago. the property has he"n
purchased from it's ten owners hy 81
iames's Roman Catholic congregation.
whose school liz next to the watch
harm" The story OF how tho deal
anne about. however, was learned yes
erday for the first time from Nicholas
:. Walsh. a real estate broker Of 81 City
Hall place.
II seemed assessments Tor Improve
ncnts on the gore had not been paid
or many years on the hooks OF the
,ity it was part of tho sit of 81. James,
school \ careless appraiser some
YEARS dEp. NV l'p liEN ~ lEUIF'
)ut the value " this plot tlg,'rc1 g IN
with the schoolhouse si'e. The ASSESS
ncnts on the little strip were 50 small
Ich year that the Tax Department
I'D not bother 10 force pavmon.. Tho
aggregate of the unpaid asses smnn. $
amounted 70 about 5000 IA 1866 and the
tn was sold TO n man nam Il ogden.
who made a specially OF buying liens.
Recently the Rev. James T. Curry,
pastor of ST. Jamps's. was notified that
hc had not paid his tagging t1y and
curb TAX and several other kinds 80
taxes on tho gore. a. this was before
his time nc had the matter looked mp
md found that his congregation YVES
icing asked 60 pay nN IS Oh prrp.~''
not theirs Further seI.-h dove ped
he fact that tho splc" IN front of the
,orner entrance to his y'hool brlonVc I
% James owen p'Conr pr. tn Cd
lctor who gained rcuown through rid'-
uir.
Ufd read - q THE Sr- may better
"em, mbcr him as .nn nps who vrs
eyed for his utt'mp's to reci-c shake
Deare. The knowledge that tn immrd-
80 corner was NOT owned h' ST. Jau -
.onere Cation was surprise e. Father
'urry and he los. ~ time getting
lroker Walsh 20 secure it for him. IN.
lat was a greater task then DO ov
Walsh anticipated RI" fir. rrru.pm
"a to find the name ana address q th
wner Of this last corner Search M
he Registers Office showed Il had not
hanged ownership s'nc" 1866. when /.
.-ls acquired 10y james Owen O'Con-
or actor OConnor had died. and tho
problem was To- ind the person to whom
he had left IL.
Walsh started out TO look up al IN,
n'Connors in tho five bor0ughs. In hope
u getting the information. He came
across an O'ConnOr IN Brooklyn. a
'riend of many years. whom he had
overlooked because he was certain he
rad no connections with the actors
'mily In casual way Walsh told
lim Of his troubles.
THE Slattcrys for whom You collect
rent own that corner" O'Connor told
Walsh. Their mother was IN" daugh-
ter OF O'Connor. the actor when snn
died many years ago thu father took his
'amny 70 ireland to live. since II was
much cheaper and the prospects better
FOR bringing them up"
They own house IN Henry street
md the Income from that - sen' "a
hem by Walsh every month The
watch charm" corner hnd been over
noked since It brought no inrome Com
nunlcations " r. = Mt 10 th-m In Leo
lie. Dublin. Ireland asking n they
"ould sell the plot This was in June
ne answer was that Slattery would
-'hen began the task OF getting deeds
rom the various interests to the small
orner. with the exception OF one In
crest all I've IN Ireland. one OF Stat
iery's daughters. a Catholic nun, Is the
,nly interest to he secured.
As she took the vow Of poverty on
entering the religious order it IS neCes-
AIRY for the bishop and archbishop Of
he diocese in which she Is stationed 10
cn the deed before perfect title 10 tho
orc can he had by Father Curry''
hurch, Father Curry and Father Raj
~. n former assistant, now head ot
he Catholic Rowery Mission. made II
their business las. August when abroad
10 call On the Satterys IN their Dublin
homo 10 advance the deal
Tho purchase NJ the watch charm
Las cost more money, time and labor
han property many times its size. II
one of the most interesting deals that
las come to notice in some time. Sales