Evening journal., 1919-12-27
REAL ESTATE
MARKET BUSY
Property Valued at $3e5, ,44s
is Transferred Within
Last Four Days
HIGH PRICE ON
ALL PROPERTIES

The Wilmington real estate market
continues to increase In its feverlsh ac-
tivity. High prices continue, and dwell
ings for which would have brought
$1,000 five years ago. are now selling
for 5000, $500 and s6.OOO The great
increase In price Is due 10 the advanced
cost OF both labor and building mate
rials, SO that houses now standing,
have, in many Instances, doubled In
value within half a decade. This gen
cral increase In value is felt both down
town as we'll as In the suburbs, ana In
fact hardly any part OF the entire
country Is without It's housing prob
lem. 10 has been said on good author
ity that there Is o national house short
age OF at least 100000 homes, for in
stead Of 100000 residences, there are
but 100000 In the United States. 10
house a population OF not less than
iiO,OOO.OOO
Property transfers recorded in Will
niington during the past four days
reached the unprecedented total OF
1898, ,iiS 80 in value. The most impor-
tant real estate sale recorded was thSt
Of the Bowe Carriage Companys big
building, at Eighth and Orange streets,
10 Gawihrop and Brother, the purchase
price being $4,000.
Walter 5. Simpson has purchased the
palatlal Quayle residence, at Delaware
and Riverylew Aves. for $4,000. Lucy
n. Ouayle was the seller.
Other important real estate transfers
are:
Building at the northwest corner Of
Fourth and Shipley streets, bought by
the Salvation Army, from James T..
Laws. for $4,000. The Salvation army
also purchased the prOperty next door
10 the Laws property. on Shipley
street. for $4,000. Annie NJ. Hughes, ct
al, being the seller.
The business building at No. 2iS Mar
ket street. formerly owned by Samuel
Harris and wife, has been purchased
by David Kardon, for $4,000.
other property transfers follow:
Ninth street, north side, i07 n. west
Of Van Buren: Annie r. Brown from
Equitable Trus. Co, $50.
Nandeyer avenue, n. L. corner Spruce;
! Ltiigi A. Celia from Emma Halderman
and husband, $500.
Elm street. south side. a II. 2 IS in.
cast Of Porter street; Ely Greenblatt
from Ira B. Phillips and wife, 5000.
1920 Bennett street, Ellen NJ. Kem-
berger from Charles Rono and wife,
s2.2'0.
zoo E. Ninth street. Mary G. Walsh
from Clara Z. McEvilly and husband,
81 $50. -...-.
1892 Walnut street, Benjamin Briggs
from Georgia NJ. Gilllgan, ct al, $1,000.
1917 Vandever avenue, Louis H. Ehler
and wife from Harvey Orenstein anc
wife, ct. al, $500.
iO3 Z. Seventh street, John r. Byron
from Mary Ann Vance. S..
r. 3JOi Market street. John T. Spring.
sr. from Mary L. Keen and husband
Si.500
Broome street, east side, ~ IT. Z in.
north OF Chestnut street; Frank J. Null
lin from John Newberry. 5000.
i2j W. Eleventh street. Aaron Hell
from J. LeRenne Guenveur, siOO.
zoo p. Ninth street, Clara A. McEvilly
from Wilmington Trust Co., trustees
SIC Adams street. Charles A. Clancy
from Charles B. Evans, administrator
King street. east side. 6s It. south Of
Third street. two lots; Peter FeinberS
ana wife from Hattie Z. Riley, Si4.OOO. (
liO5 W. sixth street. Morris Shtof-
man from George C Hutton and wife,
Orange street. west side, 100 IT. 3 81
I'm north OF Thirteenth street; Louis
7. Palese from Truston L. Davis ana
wife. $500.
i2s7 W. Fourth street. Herman II.
Jones from Jacques Seitz, S2,6OO
Tatnall street east side, Isl II. south
NJ Thirteenth, Henry Garrett, Jr. from
Harry Kriger and wife, $3.50.
Grant avenue, west side, Go n. north
az Shallcross avenue. Raymond w. Ellis
from Gerald b. Street and wife, $500.
\. w Corner Of Boulevard, south
west OF Twenty-seventh street; Joanna
i. Hanley from Carlton Bryan, siO.oOO. |
Sixth avenue, west side, t3i IT, 4 In. |
south Of Brown street: William Abber- |
GER from Catherine O'Hanlon, $500
3Oli Washington street. Howard t.
Welch from Jennie Jones, $500.
50i \. jackson street, William Rich
ardson from Isaac r. Pyle, $500.
Tatnall street. s E. Cor. Twentieth i
Margaret Mclaughlin from Anna Lea,
s2.70.
Walnut street. east side, y IT. in.
souib OF Twelfth street: Georgia Run |
ner from Georgia NJ. Gilligan, ct. alr
FIN street, north side, 200 feet east
Of Poplar: Reuben Berkowitz from
Max Keil, $500
20j-2O1 w. Eleventh street, keil Motor
Co from Max Kei and wife, $4,000
Kirkwood street. west side, 79 IT.
north of Taylor; Theodore w. Dests,
Jr from Elizabeth V. Nicols. $500.
Nottingham Road, 800 #. SO in. south
og McDonough Road; Robert Lowry /
Holiday from E. !. dupont de Nemours
* Co.. Si3,353 50.
Lincoln street, west side. 1876 IT. . 3-i
I'm north Of Eleventh street; Max Cohen
from George :. Charles, $1,000.
Adams street, east side, no II. nortn
Of second street; Walter n. Wright
from Harry Keech. $500.
203 Delamore Place James A. Dugan
from samuel f. Usilton and wife, si,t0O.
Kirkxood street, n. w. Cor. Seventh
Nincenzo and Joseph Rollo from Abra-
liam silver and wife, $1,000.
Broome street, n. w. Cor. or Oak;
Bridgcl Haney from Katherine c. Dillon'
sh5O0.
sixth street, north side, 70 IT. east OF
Snruce: Theodore Shatyski and wire
froni. Constantine Cwicki, $4,000.
fTellh street. south side, 50 IL. IN
east. " Adams; Elmer B. Boylan from