Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 7, 1874, Page 5

o - THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDA REAL ESTATE. pesume of the Operations of the Week. = jinificant Auction Sales of City and Suburban Preperty. jo Increase in the Number of Houses to Rent, wnother Plan for Moderate Homes for floderate Means. e Apartment - House in New e York, Boston, and Chicago. tew Residences, Stores and Ho- ] tels. Improvement Southwestward --- Mis- cellaneous. ERATR HOMES FOR MODEEATE HODERATE BOruaxs, In’ Chicago there are thousands of peopls chom tho expenses and difficulties of American bousekeeping have driveninto ‘boarding-honses ; penare EEPT POOR bythe costliness of running four-story awell- fronts ; more mothers than we know are broken ipbeslih and happiness by the perpendicular redgery that five flights of stairs necensitate, acd ere, in consequence, tho slaves of their ser- vints § awarms of children are growing up ig- gorant of the true mesning of home, and de- pived of the growth that is poseiblo only in its stmosphere ; how many landlords there are with fouses wholly or partly tenantless, on account of high rents, only the agents could tell, and they won't ; clerks, bueiness, and profeseional £ea, some of the best political elements wo Lare, go by hundreds to seck INCONVENIENT HOMES cathe confines of the city, or in its suburbs, tecanse they cannot afford to live in town; wres of store-lofts are vacant within a stone’s {wrow of the business, the amusomente, the society, and the protection of the city; valuable Jsod equally near all these is lying unimproved tecuse moro stores ate not wanted, and nobody seswhatis 8o desperately necded ; every tax- qayeris being bled to death for the sowarage, g, water, pavement, grading, and improve- Test of tén times the area that is actually pecagears for the accommodation of any popula- Gon Chicago, is likely to bavo in the next ten iem, conceding the fulfillment of her wildest reams. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ALOUT IT ? Puild homes that people of moderate means can wford touse. Imitate Bt. Louis in tho one wrticular, if Do other, in which she has proven berself superior to Chicago. Putup one and tso-story houses to accommodate those who bosrd not bocause thoy like it, but because they cnnot afford a fashionable tenement ; improve idle lots with houses in which several families may live distinct and independent, and economi- ally ; it p the vacant lofts for living purposes insuites of rooms. Is there any sense in sub- mitting to tho inconveniences, losses, annoy- 1nces, and even social and political disadvant- 1ges entailed by su system when thoy may In previoua issnes. THE TRIBUNE has dwelt at Jeugth apon duferent plans for obviating tho miserable defigiencies of the domestic building of Chicago, which are confessed op all gides. The mos: prominent of “thieso” were Mr. Josiah Quincy's scheme for & co-operative workingmen's sttlement, in which each should have a home insomo convenient suburb, and the plan of Mr. Auctin, of tnis city, for_cheap brick dwellin houees, This morning we present a third su; g;:tiun. It is tho erection of houses for mult- i o S AMAKOA . PR S L SO A AR APARTMENT NOUEES, crfists, ns they are gometimes called. These hsve this immediste commendation. They have teen in successful operation for many years in the largest and most lururious cities of the world. They yield great profit to the owners and great comfort to the tenants,—a strange con- Tummation, and one impossible under the old- fzshionedsyetem. Theygave tho father’s pockef [oe mother's back, and the children’s souls, an Jethrone the nsurper of the kitchen. They are slegant, private, and cheap. Abrozd, the problems which sre now begin- ning to prees_upon us, long_ago received this sulution. ' In Berlin, Vienna, Brussels, Florence, sod Paris, tho finest houses are apartment Louses. his work on architecture, ‘Mr. Jen- vey, of this city, ssys: “ It i a popular saying that tho French have no word for homs ; that sy be true, but they have two words that ex- [‘?sss it \'eg:;ril..!, and wlz:;ia better, thousands of persons e American cities woul ) boforced fo board, i a i IS PARIS HAVE A HOME, » a3 live better and more comfortably than we t‘.a.‘md for considerably less monsy.. “In Paris, the apartment house is the rule; tha isolated dwelling, called hotel, is the excep- tion. The advantages of this system are nu- mezous ;. the proprietor obtains a much larger reat from the several families than he could get from houses built and occupied in tho ordinary mr. It fumishes conveniont houses in good iu,l:flal within essy distance of the places of dusiness, of the markets, shops, and amuse- zenta, permits enjoyment of the advan- tages of the city with the least possible incon- teaience. It is sometimes stated as an objec- h‘an that one does not like to livoin & house with cther pw{x‘l::, and especially up soveral flights of salrs._This objection Js rather imaginary then o Each spartment has its frons door, door- Yl end Talls, os distinct as tho several Donses iz a block; the staircase is brosd, well- &nud' 2and easy to mount, and far more private b x'f“ etreet it really represents. It is far fli‘ . borious to monnt three, four, or five o kd of ewrs than to ride a mile or two ina “;Lnd horse-car, and thea watk two or three b 2. Living on the third story of an apart- eut-honse is far less laborions than 1o {73 ALL OVER A THREE-BTOBY HOUEE, Guas leas laborious ta the women.” R & 0 of tho firet American erPerimentl in the r;*:ment_ Eystem was mado in New York tienty i 220 in & emall but handsome house erected Hm:m:er Street, on a plan furnisbed by B. 3L - A similar honse in Hudson streot, erect- Eor o0t tha eamo time, offered complets facili- 2 for modest housekeeping on separate floors. 2¢58 houres were engerfy taken by families of means, who could not afford expensive ‘gflum beuses, and were sensible enough to bs hfl?rhh]!' The Hotel Pelbam in Boston was nd.;,? I;pmmenc bouse instituted in that city, TXUXPLE THAT HAS BECOME FASHIONABLE. gt Berkely House, tho Hotel Pelbam. the %%l Bosleton, Hotel Hamilton, and the Hotal roalme, 80 & grent mauy ofber of the finest i ‘ures in Boston are now built on the apaTt- $lan, with ten or twenty suites of rooms, I 10 first-class housekeeping at ressona- 'nfi-“{“ The Stuyvesant Buildings, opened Emio2d 1671, situated, one in Eighteonth 7% tnd the other in Thirteonth street, wero iy bpartment houses of the modern sort tiy 3New York. From tho first, they have tmflu;d with first-class tenauts and have #elied golden profits. : wapegpriment of a different charactor fs do- by Mr. James Ricbardson in @ recent o artidle, to which we are indobted for l_m! interesting facts concerning the apart- i bouzes of New York. § capaight Houre, corer of Fifteently streot th avenue, infroduced s iy il’nuu EITCHEN AND DINING-ROOM, “'fl er features, which give it & position g, 2etWeen an apartment-house proper aud hm‘yheluL It has fiva floors, divided into 4 iy family suites provided with eversthing 1 gfale for independent housekesping, an % gy Sks for singlo gentlemen. Each ¢ fanily apartments includes o emall bér or privaie entrance from :,,m;:uap ball, a parlor, a din- U o3 (nith butler’s pentry), s kitchen, ‘wSrooms, and a bath-room. Tho bache- Yoy s are of two and three rooms each. 3 g, 0 Served in the dimiog-hall or restav- 3 b 00 85 choose to dispense With codking 4 Puter OWn apartments. Those wWho prefer 4 gy Tirer, can order their own markeling Z o0 the steward, have the food cooked in gb&mon kitclien, and served in their own i 'y A steam luundry does the washiog for Serzanis B.R. ¥ Kifchen 12x13 16x19 | ENTRANCE HALL 10x33 5 _VEbrary * X hamser Chamber 15x19 \Diiing Room 16x19 ey {ENTRANCE HALL, 10x33r Zidrary 12x21 PLAN FOR THE FLOOR OF AN APARTMENT HOUSE 85x160—OPEN COURT 32x60. — the houeo, and an elevator relieves the tenanta of tho upper floors from the fatigues of stair- climbing. The internal history of this house neatlyillus- trates what promises to be & characteristio fes- ture of New York life under the coming rezime,. that is, the clustering of particalar social sets about particular centres. From the frst, the Haight House has been the CHOSEX_REFUGE OF ARTISTIO and literary peopls, who are able to find home, society, recrealion,—evervthing almost which goes to distinguish civilized life,—without pass- ing from under their own roof. An establishment of similar character, though immensely more ambitious and expensive, is the Stevens House, on Twenty-seventh street, be- tween Broadway and Fifth avenue. It was opened in 1872, and bas gince been partially re- modeled. As &n investment, it has mot been fortunate, its great height, ornate front, and ex- travagant internal decoratin making it far more impressive to the bebolder than profitable to the owner. While it splendidly illustrates one phate of the new order of domesfio architecture, its influence on the reform has been hardly favorable. The Grosvenor, corner Tenth street and Fifth avenne, is a type unique. Starting with a sin- gularly clear conception of the wants of a partio- ular ciass of New Y ork families,—a class pos- sessing wealth, culturo, refinement, and love of eazo, nnd desiring the security and comfort of homb life, with none of its cares,—the designer of the Grosvenor bronght to the task of supply- ing the demand & raro experience A3 a success- faf = hotel-manager, & genins for organ- ization, ample mosns, and mntiring vigil- ance in the carrying out of his plans. The result is an establishment which may well be considered 5 model, since it secures ! m of multiple tenancy and co-operative living, with the atmosphere of home, and combines all tho sdvantages of Eaglish exclusiveness and solid elegance with the utmost independence in all thiat pertains to individual life. It is, in fact, A NEST OF ELEGANT HONES, each distinct and thoroughly socluded, yet all provided for with the elaborate maclnery and systematio servica of s first-rate hotel. Tho Grosvenor was a success from the firat, It opened with ell its rooms leased for terms of Tears, while scores of desirable tenanta eagerly enrolled themselyes s candidates for the frst vacancies that might oceur. While these first-rate adventures wero dem- onstrating the need of apartment-houses for the Yory rich, and the willingzess of good families to adopt the style of life which they call for, Dot & litcle progress was made toward uunnlymx with similar homes the classes less bountifully favored by fortune—not progress euough to make house- keeping and home-life available ta the multitude, but quite enough to give a clear indication of what the future New York dwelling is likely to be. Inthe newer districts around the lower end of Central Park, and along the avenues np town, a great number of new houses have ‘been 1aid out in indepondent floors, each designed for individoal housekeeping. _Lower down, ia neighborboods lately absndoned by the tide of fashion, it has come to be quite & common practice to convert into flsts & stylo of doop and double housos, no longer sccoptable to those who can afford to accupy them alone, &nd to throw together for a like parpoee groups of old style, narrow houses, immensel: increasing their capacity and deeirability, besides DOTSLING THEIR RENTAL. Indeed, this method of adapting old houses to pew uses by changing their plan has become & marked featare in tho architectural develop- ment of the city. The Suneri;rkendent of Buildipgs in New York estimates that about fifteen permits a month were issued last season for the recon- struction of old buildings and the erection of pew ones for apartment use. Owners of unoccupied buildings, houses, or stores in Chicago shonld note how money is to be made out of them. Mr. Richardson gives this illustration of the profit of i TECOSSTRUCTING OLD HOUSES for apartments. Under the direction of & compe- tont architect, & gronp of five old-style houses was recently converted into one apartment house, with spartmients ranging from twenty- two rooms to thres rooms. The change was madle ot an expense of $15,000. The immediate Previously increase of rental was ©10,000a yenr. it was with great difficulty that tenants of any kind could be retained ; after the altoration first- rate tensnts were plentiful and eager; and Whera originally five families were inconveniently boused on the five lots, the same area now gives superior sccommodstion to twenty families. 2 A rerious mistako madein most of the apartment houses erected in New York has been their ox- trayagant cost and their consequent high rents. Suites of rooms in fashionable localities rent for from §3,500 to $6,000 or moro a yoar. If theex- eriment wers made on the same foolish scale in Chicago, it would be foredoomed to failure. Moderats homes for moderate meaus ia the great need of Chicago. Theee must be obtained by practical means. Before the fire, a great many people lived in the business-centre 1n apartments DO atores. A great denl moro room than thero Ohe then mow invites the same tanancy, but the {:gpnlntinn that was displaced by the fire haa not ed to return. i fi:;:‘:g‘r‘:g of the clerks and other business s woll ‘a5 professional men, who travel miles every dsy to_ resch their families, could find accommodations in these lofts, if they we;e properly propared, that would not oply be cheaper J:an their- present homes, bat more etired. vy 9 :;’utlst-;dn{ this kind, of which the m‘“:rk of the plans presented on this page may be taken 28 a0 -illostration, ] . ONE THING 18 INDESPXNBASLE. ‘Every apartment or_suite of rooms must ba en~ tirely secluded. The practico of renting the ‘upper floors of store bulldings for temantsisa very common one, but there are very few cases io which tho arrangement of the rooms entitles them to the notice of people of refinemont. To “gay nothing of the interior, very many of tham ‘hnva tho doors of their rooms openiog.om & oommon hall. People passing up the stairs, or throngh _this hall command s view of every ‘door. ~ Tho disprivacy of living in such & way is intolerable, and no one should allowa Jandlord to palm off such accommodations upon him. Fho * front door ™ of cvery apartment should b at the stair-landing, and no other ghould be isible, and this shonld open into & private hall Jike the front door of an ordinary house. If there are two or four apartments on a door there should be two or four of these doors, each open- ing into & private ball.” In this way PERFECT PRIVACY IS SECURED. The large double building which Mr. W. W. Boyington is putting up on South Clark street for Mr. McMahon, south of the Pacific Block, is an examplo of the propor kind of apartments. On the level of the strest thero are stores ; each floor above contains four suites of apartments ; at each landing thore aro four doors. Tho visi- tor, the creditor, the inguirer sre all stopped at this door, wluch is as much of a protection ag the front door of any houge on Michigin ay- enue. The ringing of & bell brings a servant to the door, and admittanco is gained or not as the case may be. - Each spartment cousisty of a family room, kitchen, and ous or two bodrooms, * It will be completed in four months, and will ocost $15,000. % BALCONY! KITGHEN. e xia OINING ROOM 2 X8 BED ROOM 0X13.8 PARLOR BED ROOM _ M ex1zg PLAN FOR AN APARTMENT 25x80. = ‘The smaller of our plans is snother illustra- tion of the same kind of an apartment. It was designed by Wheslock & Thomas for Mr. A. T. Galt, of this city, and has been in successful operation for some time on North Clark street. The spartments were' taken by good tenants bofore they were finished, and HAVE PAID A CLEAB PEOFIT of more than 10 per cent. The building is 35x 80, three storios and a bagemont. ‘The front is pressed brick, handeomely finished with stone trimming. Tho first story is used for a store. The two stories sbove are’ for dwellings, a3 shown in the plan. As will be aeen, this gives four tepsnts. Such s building can be put up, 8t the present prico of material and labor, for £6,000. The ground -is -estimated &t €450 per foot, and on E1e basis, afrer paying insurance and taxes on the building and ground, the rent- als pay & profit of more than 10 per cent net. An examination of the plan will show betier than any verbal description the accommodations which it provides for tepauts. Houso-agents on the North Side have caie Lind, aud moro th for quarters of this kind, and more than one ar- chitaot haa told us that Le could find tonsnts for & very largo apartment-house if the capitalista oonld be found to construct it. - The rosult of 3fr. Galt's sxperiment shows conclusively that there is money to be made out of such tene- monts. The tenants all agree that these spart- ‘ments give the most comfortabla living. If they are comfortable for the one, and profitable for the other, they onght to be multiplied. Chicago capitalists bave never boen backwardto sce their own interests, and ought not to bo blind to this opportunity. The larger of our plans was de- eigned by Mr. Jenney for us as an illustration of a er and finer apartment house than any wh:::’ghuyet been erected in Chicsgo. It is designed to afford elegant accommodations for people of culture and good standing, to be free fromthe extravagances which have madethe New York apartment-houses accessible only to tho yery rich, and also from the vmlgar publicities that have brought into discredit zome of the attempts in this direction in Chicago. An inspection of the plan, which is for the second story and thoso above, will show the arrange- ment of the rooms and the character of their ac- commodations. It is planned for an injerior lot 85 teot wide, aod of the ordinary depth. Two complete spartmeats are on every floor, at- Shough, if desired. they. could be cut up into emug liftle suites of three or four ruoms ftied for simpls housekeeping for - those naving fow children. 'The cars of e having few en. e care O ff,:{.”.pm.nu igvoh'n but little labor. By tbe use of gas as fuel, and the adoption of sev- eral simple but scientific devices for cooking, the areatest degree of privacy and economy could casily be attained. The entrance to the iuflding is through » maswive door, and broad, well- lighted ball on the first floor. Thia is also bails for a carrisge-way. tre gives light and ventilation to the building, and & place where carria; f:ru may furn and wait. If the house weres o a ge enough scale an elevator could be added. In tho first story the janitor or his assistant is in constant waiting to zitend to the front door or the wants of the oc- cupants. " As to the cost of_a bnilding of this sort, no es- timate can be formed. It would depend altageth- er upon the stylein which it was done. Mr. Jenny haa built on the corner of Chicago avenus and Larabes street an apartment-house of brick and terra cotta, 60x90, and three stories Lugh that cost $25,000. There are four apartments on a floor. This is not a fashionable locality, but. 28 the locality does not dotermino the expense of bm{dmg, it a¥orda some idea of the comparative cost, As .an instance, we present_a plan prepared }:! the architect of the Pelham House, in Boston, or A MODEL APABTENT-HOUSE. The plan assumes for the building a frontages of 200 feet -on an avenue,—an entire block—and a dopth of 125 feet on each sido of the stroet,—25 fcet more to be taken fora rear roadway to be depended at each end by high, ornamental gates of cast iron. This will give ton oity lots to the building, and two to the Toadway, and securs a plentiful supply of light and air on the four exterior faces of tfis struc-- ture. Tho height is to be oight stories, the first appropriated to fizst-class shops, and the uppor - stories suitably divided into rooms for sorvants, and baggago or storo-rooms. There will remain six floors to be appropriated to forty- eight apartments, eight on s floor—cach suitoon- tirely indepsndent of all the othera, By reserving five -interior courts of various sizes, direct light and perfoct ventilation may be secured to every room _throughout. The door of each saite opening directly {from a broad mj3rble landing connected with the main staircaso, and tho adjacent elovators, will bo to that suite, in_all respocts, & front door. Within is o vestibule, or ante-ohamber, and be- yond o private hatl o corridor, upon which all 1ho rooms and emaller passages open. The coil- itigs will be effectually deadoned by one course iof” deafening between the floor-beams, and ‘another _three-fourths inch courso of cement 1aid solid on tho top of the under-boarding ; this latter will be again covered with the thick ‘English felting now imported for the purpose. There sre six stairways of brick and iron, completely fire-proof, two of them being grand staircases for the oc- cupants, and the other_four back-stairs for ser- vants, supplies, etc.; all to be readily accossible from each apartment. Two clevators, constant- ly running, will couvey the occupznts or their visitors readily to the upper floors. . The front entrance is demgned to bo grand and imposing, 18 befits o structure of such magnitude. All the halls and public passage-ways will bo heated by steam in the manner usualin first-class hotels ; and a concierge, with aesistants, to be constantl; in attendance in the office to direct visitors, Wi]{ take charge of parcels and meseages, and attend to other gencral servico of the sort. Each suite of rooms, or separate apgriment, consists of drawing-room, 1623 feot; dining- room, 14x16 ; three chambers, each 14x16 ; dress- ing-room or smaller chamber, 8x10: kitchen, opening on one of the innor courts, 10x14, with three large etoro closots attached; butlor's pan- try, 6x12, with hot and cold water laid on; ball, or ante-chamber, 8x8; bath-room, and eight closets of various §iz3s, somo of them excoed- ingly’ large,—and, in sddition, threo mansard roows, 14x10, for servants’ uso, storage, and 8o on. All the ceilings will be high, and the finish handsome, though not extravagant throughout. Such & holise, 48 experience in New York, Bos- ‘ton, and Chicago has pmve“th would return ebout 15 per cent on the building and 10 per cent on building and land. Althongh Chicago = boasts no thoronghly- planned and fally-cquipped ‘spartment-house of the European style, with the main front en- trance under the constant supervision of concierge, and with a high style of luxury in the finishing and accommodstions,—such an one 83 proposed_by Mr. Jenny in the nccompanying ghn,—!fiu one is surprised, on_examination, to nd the number of well-equipped, thorough apurtment-houses that bave been built in this cty. - APARTMENT HOUSES IN CHICAGO. On the corner of Cottage Grove avenue end Thirty-seventh streei, Wheelock & Thomas have | buile a block of stores, threa stories high, with apartments above, for Mr. G. W. Hoffman. There aro three Btores, each with two apart. ments above, making six in il Each has the indispensablo requisito of « private hall. The person aacending the public tairs sees nothing of the apartment on the first floor but its front door. This is an absolute protection of the pri- vacy of the occupsnts. Theso flsts have been vory popular, and rent for an averago of $35 per month. The same firm have buflt for Mr. R. B. Kiog, on Chicago avonae, two stores, with apartments #bovo, with private hails, and an arrangement of tho -rooms similar to those just described. They also ara all rented at £30 to $35 & month. The two bildings cost £10,000. : Alr. King was 80 well pleased with his profit in thin venture that ho has contracted for the ereo- tion of & block devoted exclusively to dwellings, on Randolph, near Sangamon. Tim sitnation is not desirable for stores, and experienco shows that there is a good demand for such apartments. One apartment is on the ground = floor, and has an ontrance ontirely separate _from those of the spartments sbove. It may bo rented with or without the basement, which is arranged for a separato dwelling if Tequired. There are five rooms, with closets and bath-room, and s flight of stairs to the bascmont. The entrancs to the second floor is up an independent stairway which léads to an spariment of six. rooms. This apartment hss a gallory in the rear, used for drying . clothes ‘and otber domestic ‘rurpona. These two houses will be 50x50, and will cost sbout £9,000. Each will accommodate fonr tonants, who will pay rents ranging from £30 to $10 per month. On the corner of Cottsge Grove and Oakwood avcuues, ' Messrs, Isham and Bishop have two ctores, with apartments above, which rent from 425 to 30 & month. One of the best arranged apartment houses in the city is that built by _Mr. George R. Clarke for Mr. W. B. Peirce. "It stands on tha corner of Randolph and Sangamon streets. There are six_stores, each with two apartmonts above making twelvo spartments. Each apartmen! has o kitchen, dining-room, patlor, bath- room, tlree chambers and seven closets, the Iatter a"point that honsekeepers will appreciate. From the firet landing, st which is the front door of the firet suite of roams, run threo stair- ways, one upatairs, ong to tho street, and the third down to tho back yard. Under the fronl slsirway the store below has its descent into the cellar ; under the back stairway itaclosets. The devices for giving every room in the apartments plenty of light and air ‘are cspital. Tho cost of this block was §20,000. Every apsriment was rented at from $35 to 845 & month as soon as the building was ready for occupation. 3Mr. Clark has prepared plans, which have been ac- cepted, for a lazge block of apartment houses to Do built on the corner of Lako and Halsted by 2 Doston capitatiat. Thobuilding will be 60x160, and will cover the entire lot excepi'the space neceseary for lighting snd ventilation. On the wecond and third floors thero will be six apart- monts, with the ssme wamber of rooms snd closets as in tho spartments just described on Rendolph strest. On the ground floor there will bo thres stores on Lake street, and on olsted street 1t will be given up to three spartmenta. The exterior will be red brick, trimmed with yellow brick and tiles, and & very little stope work. The windows will be square- hesded. There will be heavy &tone caps over the main entrance.- The wood-sheds will be on the roof, and thoe coal-bins under the sidewalk, and in the basement thers will ba a separate “Jock-up" cellar for each apartment. Each Jatchen has an ashes-shoot into a bin in the cellar, The coal is to be carried up 1n & dumb- waiter in s well-hole, runming by each kitchen. The cost will bs $31,430. 8o far, so good, ' These, every one who bas studied the eystem of European cities and of New York and Boston, knows very well, are not what would be called model apartment houses. With ose or two exceptions, they are ad- juncts of tho stores. They have no olovators, no janitor at the entrance, and are sometimes destitute of slmost indizpensable conveniences, For all that, they are aretog- nition of tho needs of the people, and an at- tempt to meet them. They are in keeping with the habita of life of the people who most need ibem. Rents are very low at present, and the astonishing fact is Teported by the agents that TOERE ARE XORE HOUSES FOR RENT than there wero during the month of April. Cottages snd flals in desirable local- ities can essily be rented, but ths bet- ter clisses of houses aro not wanted. Houses that were rented at 1,500 duriug the month of Aypril wers - now. offered from 500 to $1,000. One of the largest dealera has ‘more houses and stores for rent at present than at any provious time during the last ten years. Could there be a more timely or forcible dem- onstration of the truth of the remarks with which we began this article 7 Chicagoans are becomtng homeless. If the complications and oxpenses of American honsekeeping remain as they are, or increase, we shall 2ocn be worse off R L &V Tha open coart in the cen- than the French. They have homes, but nosin- We shall have the gle word to expresa home. name and not the thing. —ps SOME SALES OF THE WEEEK. Ira Brown han s0ld twenty-threo lots at Park Ridgo for $100 each; three blocks of fifty lots each at Thornton; four lots at Desplaines at $200 each ; one lot at Evanaton for £500. D.N. B. &D. W. Potter have sold the busi- ness block and lot on the scuthwest corner of Dearborn and Sonth Water streets; 43350 feet, for 850,000 The property belonged to C. H. Beckwith and was bought by a Chicago capitalist for investment. Rhodea & Clark bave sold three lois of Rhodes & Clark's Subdivision at River Park for £1,000. Commons & Travers have sold one lot at Evanston for $100. Tho Calomet & Chicago Canal and Dock Com- pany have sold during the weck: Twelve lots at 500 each for $6,000; two lots at $562.50 each for £1,125 ; one lot for $625 ; one lot for 750 ; ono Yot for $3859.88 ; one lot for 81,000 ; one lot for $1,025; two lotaat §1,038 each for 82,076; one lot for $1,200. _ Boyder & Lee bave sold an undivided ten acres in tho northwest gnarter of Sec. 31, to Daniel H. Prestoo, for §2,250 per acre, 85,000 paid in cash. E. Ashley Meare, during the woel;, has made sales as follows: At Highwood—One house and lot _on Walker avonue, to A. H. Guun, for £1.500; ono house and lot on Highwood avenus, to George Roso, #3,000; ono honse and lot Highwood avente, to Mr. Strom, for $3,000 cottagre on Highwood avenue, to H. Pryke. for $1,800; 275 feet on Webster avenue, by 125 feet on Wankegan avenue, to Ralph BMiller, for $3,500 ; a store and dwelling to John Churchnll, for £4,000. The Rey. Dr. Everts has just sold half of Lot 11 to H. Norman, on which he is erecting s handsome homestead. The West Chicago Land Company has sold ono lot on Hyman avenne, west of car shops, for' £600; two lots on Ontario streot, west of car shops, for 81,000; one lot on Lake street, near West Forty-second street, for $1,000. 3. D. Harvey has sold the west 1§ of the west 3¢ of northeast 3 Sec. b, 39. 13,—40 scres,— for 81,500 per acro. The purchager is a wealthy Boston gontleman. SOUTH CHICAGO. Forty acres have been sold in Scc. 30, 3, 14, and 40 acros in Sec. 81, 38, 15. The considera- tion was 81,000 per scro. Knauer Bros. & Co. haye s0ld 4 lots in South Chicago, 2 for §450 each, and 3 for $350 each. LAKE VIEW. Knauer Bros. & Co. have sold 2 lots in Baxtar's Subdivision for 450 each. . Chace & Abell have sold st South Chicago, 4 lots for 8375 each; 1lot for $625;-1 lot for $859; 8 lots for 8500 each ; and one lot for 3750, O. M. Watson has sold at the village of Wash- ington Heights subdivision of Lots 8 to 14, Block 5, and all of block 11, aod subdivison of Lots 4 to 6, Block 10, for a total consideration of $82,500. . Soyder & Lee have sold 20 mcres in Bec. 81, 88, 15, to Col. Dennis, of Iows, for £40,000; 40 acres north of Austin, in Boee. 5, for $24,000-—cash. This last sale was below actual value, to obtain immediate funds. Turner & Marsh have sold lot 50x172 feet at Ridgeland for £1,200. B. F. Ebrman has sold to L. A. Gilbert Lots 31 to 49 Halstod street addition to Washington Heights, for $21,250. Merrilt & Engle has s0ld 18 Iots at Austin, at $30 and $40 per foot. D. K. Carter hassold Lots 7 and 8, in Block 68, Melroso, at 320 per foot. E. 0. Col® & Co. have sold No.12 Hope street, dwelling and lot, 20x65 feot, for $4,400. Georgo K. Shoaneberger has gold 10 #+res on ‘Hinman straet, corner of Sonth Park avenue, to Olinger & Ballard, for $50,000. » H. H. Honora has sold Block 17, Honore's Subdivision, in Sec. 12, 37, 13, for $15,000. Mason & Mills have sold 150 feot on Hum- boldt boulevard. west front, mear Armitage avenue, for $4,500. BAILROAD LAND SALES. The Towa Railroad Land Compsny report ssles for May of 224 farms, comprising 19,- 479 18-100 ncres, and including 84 town lots, for an _nggregate of $143,157.88. These lands are exclasively of the grantamade to the Iowa lines of the Chicago & Northwestern sud Illinois Central Railways, all located in tho middle region of Western Iowa. LAKE VIEW. Heal estato sales in Lake View recorded dar- ing the month of May;were doubls in value thosa recorded in April, amonnting to 8306,250. These were distributed 28 Iollov{g 3 No. Total.oonseneensiieec2h 3,869 $306,250 Mr. B. F. Culver has recently sold his fine ree-. idencs on Barry avenue to Mr. F. W. Palmer, of the Inter-Ocean, for $42.000. It is understood that Ar. Culver will rebuild in the ssme vicinity. In the same locality, on-the corner of Waubun and Wellington avenues, Mr. H. A. Hurlbat. of Hurlbut & Edsall, has purchased seventy-fivo fect, sonth front, of Mr. Culver, and will build a residence for himself. The proporiy-owners on Wellington aveuue aro preparing to pus_down a Nicolson pavement on that avenue, from the Lake- Shore drive to the Green Bsy road, & distance of half-s-mile. : AT AUCTION. C. C. Thayer & Co. on Thursday sold the fol- lowing property at the Real Estate Exchunfie 2~ T e RS 3¢ of N.W. i of Bec, 35, 1. 38, R. 18, Block 1 ©of 10 acres was sold to F. W. ‘Adams st €485 an acro; Block 4, 10 acres, was sold to D. Weaver at 8480 an acre. Lot 1, Block 17, Canal Trustees’ Subdivision of the E. 3§ of Bec. 29, T. 40, B, 14, 182x1183¢ feet, southwest corner of Wrightwood and Seminary avenues, was gold to Mr. F. W. Adams for $22.50 & foot. The terms were §2,000 cash, balance at 8 per cent. The lots advertised to besold on Evans ave- nue, between Forty-third and ' Forty-fourth streots, will be put up on Wedneaday next at the same place. - C. C. Thayer & Co. sold, on Saturday last, two lots oo Main street at $675 each,.and two lots on Farrell atreet at $353.60 each. At the sale of lots between Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth streets, on South Park svehue on Wednesday, by William A. Butters & Co., one lot, No. 11, 25 feet front, was sold at $122.50 per front foot to John Yanker. -Lot 12 was soid at $118.60 to J. Kelly. At this point it was decided that the sale should be adjourned to Alondsy morning next, at the Real Estate Exchange, on LaSallo street, at 11 o'clock. - Five lots on Sonth Park avenne, and four en Calumet ayonue, all between Thirty-fourth and Thirty-ffth strests, remain to b sold. AT EVANSTON. Flison, Pomeroy & Co.’s sale of the lois In Payno & McNeill's Subdivision was attended by s large number of purchasers and spectators, But. o8 in the case of the inside property referrad to above, the bidding was not such #4 to encour- ago the sellers to put up the entire property. The total consideration of the property mold waa $20,450. To Block 8, between Grant and Lake streets, Preston and Dodge avenues, Lots 1and 2 were sold for $8.50 a foot; Lots 3, 4, 5, and 6, for $3; and Lot 7 for £9.50. To Block 2, adjoining, on Willard avenus, Lots 1 and 2 were sold at €8.50 s foot: Lot 3, at 29 ; Lot 4, at 210; Lot at 812; Lot 6, 8t $12.50; and Lot 7, at 812.50 a foot. The whole of Block 9, between Preston and Dodge svenues and Iashington sod Chency stroots, comprising 16 lote, was bought by M. J. Korley, at €9 a {oot. i Lot 22, in Block 5, on Emerson streot, between Willard and Preston avenues, wassold for $10.50 & foot;.and Lot 23 for $15 a foot. In Block 2, botween the same svenues and Durkee and Cheney streets, Lot 6 was sold at €8.50, and Lota 7, 8, and 9 for €3 a foot. In Bloek 6, between Willard 2od Ashland avenues and Grant and Lake streets, Lots 5 and 6 wero sold for $10, and Lots 7 and 8 for $10.75 a foot. In Block 6, between the same avenues, but between Emerson and Durkee streets, Lot 6 was sold for $10.76 & foot; and Lols 7 and 8 for 10.50 & foot. i The terms of sale were one-third cash, balance in one and two years at 8 per cent. itis Yropnsog to sell the remainder of the lots privately. ——— MISCELLANEOUS. Building permits were yestorday grlnteq to W. H. Smith, to build & two-story brick build- ing at the soutbesst corner of Prairie aveaue and Gano street, and to W. R Somell, to con- struct a three-story brick and stone residence &t 736 West Madison. The corner-stone of the First Presbyterian Cburch at River Park will be laid on the 23d of June. This will be one of the finest church buildings for its size in Cock County. Its architecturs will be Gothic, snd the windows stained glaes. The wood-work will be grained in. imitation of Englishand American, oaks and the walls will be Enely frescoed. In sizeit will be 30349 feet, with & spire 8214 fecipigh. CLARX STEEET. The contract for fillive and gradicg Clack streot up to Chicago avenus have been sizned, and the work will begin at oace. . BUILDING. . C ‘Two new brick stores are in the conrse of erection by Mr. Brackett, betweon Rush and g;;u mstmec.s, on Kinzie street. ‘They will cost Mr. Enos Ayres is about to build a fine house on the property recently purchased by him at the corner of Eighteenth street and Michigan avenue. It will be 1013¢ feet deep by 34 feet in width, will have two atories and a Mansard roof. The Michigan avenne sod Eiglhteenth stroet {ronts will both be of cut stone; thers will be & verandah on the Eightoenth street side. At the front entrance thers will be a cut-stone portico. The interior will be finished in hard woods. The front hall will be a noble passage-way 11x33, and will be unbroken by stairs. %hus will ascend from tho rear of the main hall, and run at right angles to it. The design is by Wheelock & Thomas. The eame gentlemen have designed lans which have been accepted for the new uilding of the Wiscousin Institute for the Blind at Madison, to replace thoe one recently destroyed by fire. It will be 230x104, and wiil contain 100 rooms, inclading several large halla. Campbell Bros. are buildiug a block of two Bonses, two storios snd_basewment, of brick, on Campbell Park ; alsoa block of two Liouses, two atories and_busement, of brick, on Van Duren stroet, frontiug on Cougress Park. E. Ashley 3ears is building at Highwood two houses, 36x36 feos, with Alansard roof aud high tower, at 3 cost of 95,000; also, & house, 24x30 feet, with front piazzs snd tower, ata cost of $5,000; also, & small plan Lousé ata cost of aboat 52,000, Mr. Ralph Miller is bullding at Highwood o handsome homestead costing Ade 84,000, PE . HAASE'S FAMILY HOTEL. “Frederick Linase's Garden Hotel, on tho north- wost corner of Hammond and Menomines straets, of which we bave_already._spoken, is now ready for_occupancy. Mr. Wiliam N. Arend is the architect of the building, and the plan is similar to the Hotels Garni of Europe. Thers are in all sixty-fivo Tooms; eome of thom are singlo, and others are in suites of four or five rooms, wich kitchens for the useof famiiies. On tho fust floor thero isalurge diniog-room, on the sccond floor a ladies’ parlor, on the third floor a gentlemon's parlor, snd on the roof thero is the plessure garden, lighted with gas, with trees planted about tho edge, and fower-beds in tho centre, "and a fountaiu. From the roof afing view of Lincoln Park and the lako can be bad. In the basement is ample room for storage and_rooms for servants; also, the common kitchen for those who Lave not private kutchens. The rooms in tho Lozl are nearly all rented at from $7 o $12 per month, : The idea is altogetheranovel one in this conn- trs, and is meant to suit s, varloty of tastos— those who enjoy collective living, and those who prefer the privacy of tneir own apartments. EEDZLE AND FULTON. The eale of the corner of Kedzie and Falton, on whicn a Catholic church will be erected, has had a quickening effect on tho price of property within a radius of five or six blocks. ) DIPROVEMENTS SOUTHWESTWARD. Alarge section to the sowhwest of the city’ has for many years been almost entirely nec- lected. Improvement and speculation have foi- lowed tho lake shore, even to and beyond the Calumet, some dozen or fifteen miles from the city, while property southwest of Brightou, from 1 to 3 miles from tho city, has Temained comparatively stationary. Thia con- dition of things is not likely to continge many months longer. Last year the Park-Commis- sioners threw open Filty-fifth strect from the South Park to Western avenue, snd named it Pavilion-Park way. They dressod the contreof it with broken rock and cinders, put in tho sewers, and planted trees on either side of the boulevard. Within the last few weeks they have purchased twenty acres st theintersection of Pavilion Park- way with Western avenne, and will lay it out in = beautifal little park. Hero will be the grand circular where the boulevard is to turn north and connect the South with Douglas Park cn the West Side. As yet this Boulevard has no name. and the Commissioners would be glad to receive suggestions from property-bolders. Western avenne forms the western line of this north and sonth boulevard. Within the ast féw weeks most of the real estate for it has een purchased betwoen Tifty-fifth street and the Brighton Honso, and it is hoped the whole can besecured within the present month. They are preparing to open the boalevard in all this fall, and probably they will dress it as they have Fifty-fifth streot; but the sewera, and trees will have to wait till next year. A movement has been started {o plat and open Forty-third street from Archer avenze to the Stock-Yards, which it is-hoped to accomplish be- fore the summer closes. o THE REAL ESTATE EXCIANGE. At the last business megting of the Beal Estate Exchange it was.decided to throw open the Exchange to all the real estate dealera in the city for tho month of Juno. .They have the privilege of meeting thero for the transsc- tion of their business without charge. TIE LOAN MARKET FOR MAY. . . The following compurative atatements cdntain. some interesting information about the real es- tate Joan market. The total oumber of trust deeds filed for record during May, 1874, was 1,242; the amount, $3,309,455; of mortgages, tho number was 318, and the total consideration expressed, $944,391. The releases wore, 1,179, Compared with preceding months the account stands: Aggregate No. of trust-deeds and mortaages. ZTieleases. Total for § months.7,052 _ $56,578,892 5,138 A comparison befween May, 1873, and May, 1874, shows the following: TRUST DEEDS. MorTaAGES, ——— pite, Ko Conederslion. o Conrlleration v/ 508,173 $1,836,766 sy, ... 1,2 3 218 e 42 Agareaate No. = trustdeeds and mortyades, 1,007 Agcreqate No.of eonsideraton, releases. Ay, 773, 9,644,959 1,010 sy, 'T4. 4,253,848 1,179 “Two thiogs ore very apparent hero : The con- sideration of these trust deeds and morigages in Aay, 1874, was not more than balf that of May, 1873'; and the average consideration of each in- strument was less this year than last. For in- stance, the 1,518 trust deeds of May, 1873, sggre- gated 87,703,173, an averago for ench of abont $5,000; while the aversge amount of the trust doods of May, 1374, was Jess than $3,000. The samo is true of the mortgages. These facts sliow that both borrowers and lenders have be- come more conservativo. THE CLYBOURN DOWER SUIT. Another bill for dower in the Clybourn case, affecting the whole of Sec. 32 is soon to be filed. This section s bounded by Fullerton avenue, North avenue, Ashland avenue and Hal- stod street, and_compriscs no loes than four It inclugen the Presbyterian mmary grounds snd Cashman's - Addition. There are in it 125,000 front feat of property, the value of which at 240 per foot, is £5,120,000. The bill already filed affects only 80 acres of this property. AUCTIONS OF THE WEEE. Tywo real ectate auction sales are sunounced for the coming woek. A Clarke, Layton & Co., through William A. Butters & Co., will sell withont rosorve, at the Real Estate Exchange, on Monday, at 11 o'clock, soveral choice pieces of North Side property, and more in the vicinity of Hyde Park, and on eagy terms. And on Thursday, on the grounds, C. C. Thayer & Co. will séli Miller's addition to May- wood, five and one-ball miles west of city limits. b A CANARD. 3 The publication in some of tho morning papers Iast Bundsy of the elaborste plans for the erec- tion of-a large fenement house on land owned by Ar. Timothy Wright, bstween Madison, Washington, Ads, -and Elizabeth streets, was upanthorized and incorrect in every Jotail. M. Wright bas not leased the land referred to, as yot, to auy one; the plaps published were neither invited nor have Thoy been accopted. The property-owners in tho neighborhood havo becn reatly alarmed by the annonncement that a building of this kind was to bo piaced on Isnd adjoining their own, Dut, 48 no such sction haa been dotermined upon, thoir fears are dless. The property will be improved only on a substantial and credita- ble style. Negotiations to that end are now m vrogress, but have not been settlod. e —— TRANSFERS. The following instruments were filed for record, 8aturdey, Jone 6: QT PROPERTY. Date. Consideration. Flourn 165 £t w of Francisco st, n £, 1322 ok Barvaed st petwesn Fratelsco 1 132 1, anc "fi'fi%’fi' of 03x104 ft, dated sy 21 S as s w corner of Hubbard #t, o 7, - divided 3 of 95x104 1, daiad Myl Thirky-third st, 48 {t e of Jousy 3 ‘undivided 3 of 24x128 £1), 264x120 f1, dated Dl et B £t * also Weatern av, betwoen Fultan Sts, w f, 1003125 £, dated June 5. 5 Elsten road, 103 ft o w of Division st, 8 e £, 50 1t to alley, dsted JUD® 3.oooioreertoisissos Weat Polk #t, 82 ft v of DeEaDb at, 8 1, 242128 £, éated Juns 2. 1,600 1120 Central Park av, s w oor of Tewenty—six| ol -84 w 24 1L, lated June .. R e ] North Franklin st, 138 ft s of Wi 231505 1, dated May 4. o oo er 2T Michigan. a¥, noar o 6 cor o w £, 20x112%; ft, dated May 4. Bdlllogl’g?i‘lll’ &t, 120 ft e of Wal Mary O. Truern: i S emnsn to John Bouth Water et, 144 ft e of Wahavh 100 £t (saine tosamae), dated Fe av, 8 f, Uz 4. = Jure s, 3,000 LIl n resbals Lot 17, Block 3, Heint Sof 3D X Sec4, 33, 14, dated April 2., Lot 5, Block 19, Egandale, dated May 7. Tnd X of Lots 24, 27, 25,29, and 33, i resab- diviton of Lt 3, Sec'16, 55, 14, dated June Lot 3, 3 14, dated May 33 2,50 - suaany oF X, The following is the tolsl amount of city and suburban property, within s radius of seven miles of tho Court-ouse, franserred duriag the week ending e Al 2,000 1506 4,008 P T Notth of city liinits Sonth of city limits, West of city limits. Total. JEWELRY, WATCHES, &o. LIPMAN’S HIOREY LOAN OFFICE N, W. cor. Monros & Clarksts, Forfeited Pledges FOR SAT.E, vVIiz: Ladies' Gold Hunting Watches - $25 fo $35 Gents' Gold Bnnting Vatches - 30 fo 106 Silver Lever Bunting Watshis - 500 30 Stem-Winding, American, Swiss, English, and Jurgensen Watches. 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