Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-02-28
GREAT DEMAND FOR UNION PARK
GARDEN HOUSES THRONCED THE
AUDITORIUM this AFTERNOON
Governments Auction Sale Resumed at o'clock, With
a Little Over Half the Operation Disposed Of 2S4
Of the SOB Houses We're Sold Yesterday Afternoon
and Last Night, Netting About $875,OOO.

The great demand for houses ir
Union Park Gardens. which deve,on.
Cd yesterday afternoon. when Gerths
Really Experts began to auction III,
property Tor the Emergency Flee
Corporation. United States shippins
Board. showed no abatement today
when the sale was resumed n,
o'clock.
The Auditorium. zoe West Eleventh
etreet. where the sale Is being held
was throngcd again today, and the
Indications are that Il will continue
that way all the afternoon and even
ing.
lt may be possible. though Il Is
not certain. that all Of the remain
ing properties Will be disposed OF
before the close OF tonight's session.
AT the office of tho United States
Shipping Board. Emergency Flee,
Corporation, in the du Pont Building,
this morning. it was estimated tha,
2ss pieces OF property wepe sold dur
ING the first day of the auction. Ap-
proximateiy ssT5.O0o was the total
amount OF the days sale.
However. II was impossible to se-
cure a complete list OF the sales, due
TO the vast amount OF detail work
involved In checking and rechecling
the various knockdowns. Both the
Shipping Board and Gerth's Realty
Experts had large stafr of ac-
countants and clerks on this phase
of the auction from midnight until
an early hour this morning.
A complete list OF the names of
buyers is not expected to be avail
able until some time tomorrow. The
names that appear In this issue of
Every Evening were obtained during
the progress of the auction by re-
porters Of this newspaper. The re-
porters secured names even when
members of the Shipping Board were
unable TO do so. While the names
form only partial list. they are
absolutely accurate.
Purchasers. IN addition to those
given on another page. were as
follows,
The dwelling at 1oi Grant avenue
was purchased by ], l.. Gueveneur:
1os Grant avenue, Philip .Cramer; 21S
Grant avenue, Henry l.. Thompson;
ei5 Grant avenue, c. NJ. Almond. Jr.:
2ol Grant avenue, J. r. Frorer; 2i1
Grant avenue. Agnes Wescott, and
SOC McIAne street. r r. Willis.
Spirited Bidding.
What, impressed the observer most
nj che auction was the competition
between tenants, out-of-town specu-
lators and local and foreign" syndi-
Gates. Whenever tenant held his
ground and refused to sacrifice his
home so someone else might profit at
HIS expense, and the house was finally
Knocked down TO him by Mr.. Gerth.
there was an ou.burst OF tumultuous
applause. Perhaps the most dramatic
incident OF the eale was when the
store and apartment building at the
corner OF Lancaster avenue and Union
street was put up. The store is oc-
oupied by s. i. Foster. druggist. lie de-
Neloped that a group OF spectators
from Chester, Pa. wanted the proper
~ and seemed determined to get it.
MIR. Foster made the first bid at $780,
600.
Ten thousand. FIVE hundred" shout
cd the spokesman for the Chester
crowd.
Eleven thousand dollars" cried Mr..
Foster.
Come again, yelled the Chester
man.
Eleven. thousand five hundred, .
said Mr.. Foster in a quick and deci-
sive tone.
Twelve thousand" came from the
corner whore the Chester visitors
chuckled Eleefuliy.
The vast audience. which at this
moment consisted of almost 5000 per-
sons. sensed what was transpiring and
a wave OF excitement swept over the
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