Evening journal., 1917-01-19
SET S176,OON Value
ON avenue Church
conttnued from FIr.t PaEe.

N0c0a (inciu0lnB extra COST OF new iot
in same locality, $4,000.
Total. tl7e.Sso.2s.
Chairman johnson reed q communi-
cation from the directors Of the Street
and sewer Department IN which Il
was agreed 20 allow the church AZ
least one and one-half years from the
date OF acceptance Of the award Of the
commissioners In which 20 secure q
new site for the church.
Pastor ] Y. Irwin testified that the
church was supported entirely BY
voluntary contributions, and that any
change or disturbance had an imme-
date effect upon the church income.
Alfred B. Moore. realty broker, was
recalled 70 testify 70 relative values
Of other properties IN the neighbor-
hood. He said that the property at
No f05 Delaware avenue, % feet front
sold for $4,000. or $3.50 per front foot;
northwest corner Delaware avenue
and West street, S25. 900. OF S640 per
front foot; Avenue Theatre, $3.50 per
front foot; No. pa West Tenth street
500 per front foot: southeast corner
Tenth and Tatnall streets. S11 per
square foot: Gomery-Schwartz prop
erty, at Tenth and Tatnall streets, 81
per square foot and Sc per square
foot; Wilmington Auto Company's
property. SIPS per front foot. The
church rested It's case after Mr.
Moore's testimony.
The 0omery- Schwartz properties
were taken up next, and Thomas Tat
nall testified that the property sold
Tor $50, 500. He estimated the value OF
the property next TO the corner In It's
present condition at $3.50 per front
foot. or S5S75. and $4,000 for the house.
which is In very bad condition. This
does not Include anything but the
house and lot on which II stands not
considering the vacant lot on the cor
ner. and totals S10875
Mr. Tatnall said his estimate Of the
value of the vacant lot was $500 per
front foot on Delaware avenue, OF a
depth OF so feet, az S21 ,645, or a total
for the two properties Of $4,000. This
includes the property No. 90 Tatnall
street and the vacant lot or yard ad-
Joining.
on cross-examination by Hugh NJ.
Morris. for Gomery- schwarts Com
pany. the witness said that he had not
figured on the three properties as one
consolidated lot the idea Of counsel
being TO bring out that q large lot
would be more valuable at this point
than the same size property broken up
IN three pieces
Mr.. Tatnall said that at present the
property At Delaware avenue and lNti
nail street was more valuable than the
property at Delaware avenue and West
street. He then testified that. bastng
the calculation on Transforming tho en-
tire TIRES properties into ono lot facing
on Delaware avenue, and extending
south on Tatnan street, the property
from this angle would be worth more
than $500 q front foot, the minimum
depth being 7s feet on ratnan street
He said the house No. OF Tatnall street
"A a Quess would be worth about S400S
In ne present condition, excluding Tho
land
nounoed that the city had no more tea
timony 10 offer
Hugh NJ Morris outlined the claim
Of the Gomery- Schwartz interests ant
said that this property had been sc
lected by the owners ~ the best ioca
tion for their automobile show and sales
rooms that could be found In the state
and that it would be impossible for then
70 secure a site IN Wilmington whici
would be anything Ike a. valuable ',
them. for their purposes He said tha'
no matter how high The award OF th'
commission 70 thom, their hope wa
that the city would not take the prop
erty.
If the propertv at Issue. testified that
II cost $4,000 and that the entir'
amount the property cost them wal
49, - - knA 1annniVaN
income Of s46O from It since their pur
chase.
He testified that two sets Of plans ha'
been made FOR new buildings on tn
sites IN question. as show rooms and a.
automobile service station He produce
the plans for the information Of IN
commissioners. He said that the ide
of the owners in purchasing this proT
ertv was 70 erect beautiful buildin
nt cnce, and that II was their preser
plan 70 commence the erection Of th
plant early IN the coming spring, an
TO be completed by fall. Mr.. Schwari
testified that they had "combed the cit
with n fne-touth comb" and that I
site IN question was by far the best
the CITY. He said that its advantai
for show purposes 20 his business WI
inestimabie. and that It was absolute
impossible TO duplicate r.
william J. Fisher. real estate deals
testified that IN his opinion the holdini
Of the Comery- Schwartz interests we
worth $500 per front foot on Delawai
avenue. az rs feet deep. and that n
OH Tatnaii street was worth $4,000. 7
could form no opinion OF the addition
value 20 the present owners Of the ~
vertising element for this particili
business, but was sure that II would
Of great value. Mr.. Fisher stated thl
since the purchase Of this property Il
$4,000 by the present owners the valt
Of the property had increased at lea'
80 per cent.
Alfred B. Moore testified that the I,
cation Of this property for an automS
Die saiesroom was peculiarly valuabl
he said that he knew the owners Ia
hunted an over the city for A prop,
ate and that Il was impossible TO q
cure a site 20 compare with It FOR the
purposes. Mr.. Moore placed a value
800 front foot on the property. b,
not FOR damage purposes Such a valu
he said, could not be placed except I
the owners.
Mr.. Moore said he was sure that q
erection OF a building such as a
comnany proposed 70 erect the
would be Of great benefit 10 the Ct
Only one ''BRo1Io oUnnB"