THE PHILADELPHIA
Real Estate Record
^.ISTTD
BUILDERS’ GUIDE.
DEVOTED TO REAL ESTATE, BUILDING, AROHITEOTURAL AND INSURANCE INTERESTS.
[ENTERED AT THE PHILADELPHIA POST OFFICE AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER.]
YOL.IL— NQ. 1. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1887. PRICE 15 CENTS
Who Desire to Make Sure oe Getting Value for Their Outlay.
What is an advertisement? It' is a public announcement of a private or personal j matter the value of which to the advertiser is determined by the number of announce- j ments secured. In The Record an advertisement is printed over 100,000 separate times in a single day, sent in over 100,000 different directions, and read by perhaps 300,000 different persons.
The Record announces every day its actual circulation. The circulation of news¬ papers is generally concealed from the public and only estimated or guessed at by the advertiser. In nearly all cases reputed circulation is largely in excess of actual circula¬ tion, overstatements being greatly to the interest of newspaper publishers. For this i reason the figures given by newspaper advertising agencies, based on guess or hearsay, | are entirely unreliable.
The following compact table, verified by the affidavits of the proprietor and em¬ ployes of The Record, shows at a glance to persons who have paid for space in its adver¬ tising columns precisely what they have paid for. *
There is no other establishment iff Philadelphia where advertising publicity is sold which measures out to the purchaser in precise quantity and quality the commodity he buys, for the sufficient business reason that no other establishment has so much to sell or sells so much for the same money.
THE AFFIDAVITS.
City of Philadelphia, ss:
Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, Richard J. Lennon, Magistrate of Court No. 5, of the said city, HENRY AYRES, who, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say: That he is Pressman of The Philadelphia Record; that the above statement correctly shows the number of copies of the paper named printed during the year of 1886. And further deponent saith not.
HENRY AYRES.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this thirty-first day of December. RICHARD J. LENNON.
Magistrate of Court No. 5.
Office, 121 South Seventh street.
City of Philadelphia, ss:
Personally appeared before me, the subscriber? Richard J. Lennon, Magistrate of Court No. 5, of the said city, M. A. FORRESTEL, who, being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and say: That he is Chief of Distribution of The Philadelphia Record; that the above statement correctly shows the number of copies of the paper named printed and distributed during the year of 1886. And further deponent saith not. M. A. FORRESTEL.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this thirty-first day of December. RICHARD J. LENNON,
Magistrate of Court No. 5.
Office, 121 South Seventh street.
Daily Circulation of “The Philadelphia Record” for 1886,
107,375 * 29.503 103,646 102,794 103,141
102. —lO 103,091 103,434 103,814
FEB. MAR. | APRIL; MAY. JUNE. | JULY.
104,786 104,575 105.117 103,115 102,752 111,282 * 33,798 104,454 104,2741
106,920 106,979 107,052 106,862 107,371 115,058 * 35,684 106,785 107,673 107,85'
105,203 108,357
107,675 107,921 108,415 108,799
100,1011 108,808 114,229 117,424
*34,917 *38,623 107,047 108,584
106,777 108,488
107,452 108,612
107A82 103^396
115,487! 117,253 *34,913 *38.203
. 1 108,179
. 109,013
. 109,252
109,091
108,001
109,913
109,352
109,451
111.470 112,090 118,452 * 40,925 111,404 111,891 112,144 112,061
112.115
112,620
121,453
112,135
112,623
112,518
112,285
111,." O’. 111,992
120,791
* 42,993 111,376 111,361 111. >ii' 1 1 1 ,683 112,036 120,970
* 43,062 111,893 112,703 1 13.M >
111,901 112,638
112,258 1 112,713 111,859 119,928 * 43,493 111,636 1 I 2.2,21 112,168 111.791 111.3711 120,991 *43,489
111,1311
111,656
112,511
112,326
112,159
AUG. SEPT.
114.341
* 43,493
] 1 2)l21 112,338 112,278 112,134 120,448
* 43,800 112,070 112,332 112,450 112,821
113,41 113,567 122,277 * 46,498 113,412 114,105 113,871 114,333 II 1.121 122,161:
111,558 1,756 114,41
‘ 122,619
111,884 *47,898 112,660 114,121
120,597 114,937
*45,293 115,071
112,1«1 114,661
* 46,976 113,512 113.707 113,139 113,5, 114,071 120,354
* 46,851 112,426 112,636 112,428 111,7" '
110,513 109,808 109,281 117,445 * 46,793
NOT.
10S.191 108,335 121,967 111,596 108,868 115,497 * 46,828 107,261 106,973 107,142 106,274 106,007 113,422 *46,193 105,364 105,47" 105,25 104,340 104,531 111,210 *45,793 103,819 103,881 101,307 100,944 103,520 110,173 *45,797 103,744 103,461
153 ! 2,704,362 1 3,099, 188 3,051,121 1 3,154,168 ! 3.1 1 9,995 3,237.409 ;
Sunday.
City of Philadelphia, ss:
Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, RichArd J. Lennon, Magistrate of Court No. 5, of the said city, E. CAMPBELL BRADLEY, who, being duly sworn acpording to law, doth depose and say: That he is Bookkeeper and Circulation Clerk of The Philadelphia Record; that the above statement cor¬ rectly shows the number of copies of the paper named printed and sold during the year of 1886. And further deponent saith not.
E, CAMPBELL BRADLEY.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this thirty-first day of December. RICHARD J. LENNON,
Magistrate of Court No. 5.
Office, 121 South Seventh street.
City of Philadelphia, ss:
Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, Rich aid J. I.3i. non, Magistrate of Court No. 5 of the said city, "WILLIAM 1,1. HINGEBLY, wuo Doing du'y s wo-n wco-d lug to law, doth depose and say: That he is the proprietor of The Philadelphia Record; that from the best of his knowledge and_ belief in the truth¬ fulness of the above statements made by Lis employes, the above table correctly shows the number of copies of the paper named printed and sold on each day of the year of 1886. And further deponent saith not.
WILLIAM M. SINGERLY.
Total of all issues for the year .
Total for 313 week-day issues .
Daily average for year .
Total Sunday circulation .
Average Sunday circulation (fifty-two Sundays).
36,724.929 i Sworn and subscribed before me, this thirty-first day
34,564,865 I 0f December.
110,430 1 2,160,064 !
41,539 I
RICHARD J. LENNON, Magistrate of Court No. 5. Office, 121 South Seventh street.
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THE RECORD AND GUIDE.
JAMES P. MORNEN,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
925 Walnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Transacts a General Seal Estate Business.
Geo. W. Mkncock,
Real Estate, Insurance & Surveying,
717 Walnut St., and 40th St. & Lancaster Av.,
PHILADELPHIA.
LIDA A. WILLIS. MIRIAM S. Du BOIS.
ARTISTIC
DESIGNERS
— AND—
ENGRAVERS
ON WOOD OR METAL. Estimates cheerfully given.
WILLIS & DuBOIS, 1020 Chestnut St.
LEWIS T. BROOKE,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
731 Walnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Farms and Country Places a Specialty.
EDVARD J.PAXSON’, B
CONVIVMOIR, R
o
N? 735 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
Notary Public. Hi
WSriEFrESOIiTE 3STo- S^2.
WILLIAM GORMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
520 Walnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
(§i'oi i]c §}. Johnson,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
22 EAST LIA.BKET STREET,
Telephone 107. West Chester, Pa.
Chester Co. Land Titles, Mortgages, Collections, Convey¬ ancing and Real Estate specialties.
J. L. GALLOWAY,
REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INSURANCE AGENT
- Office -
N. W. COR. 11th ST. AND WASHINGTON AVENUE.
PHILADELPHIA
.A-ca-d. Moore's Station., IP- T77". dc IS. 3=2..
Joseph k. Mcelroy,
Real Estate Agent and Broker ,
No. 205 South Sixth Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Real Estate Bought and Sold. Houses Rented, and Rents Collected. Mortgages Negotiated and Interest Collected. Pur¬ chase and Sale of Suburban Properties on Pennsylvania Rail¬ road a Specialty.
NATHANIEL E. JANNEY,
Conveyancer and Beal Estate Broker,
315 S. Fifth Street, Fhila.
Real Estate Bought and Sold. Houses Rented, and Rents Collected. Mortgages Negotiated and Inter¬ est Collected. Care of estates a Specialty.
WILLIAM REITH,
STAINED GLASS
For Churches and Dwellings,
134 North Seventh St., Philadelphia.
Designs and Estimates furnished on application.
HENRY KELLY,
PUBLIC A CCO UNTA NT 923 Walnut Street, Phila., Pa.
Estates settled. Aeeounts adjusted and intelli¬ gently stated. Disputes of all kinds successfully arbitrated.
F. R. SHATTUCK, ) Attorneys at Law. BURTON BINNS,J Notary Public.
REAL ESTSTEILRW OFFICES
N. W. cor. 19th St. & Fairmount Ave., Philad’a.
Down-Town Office, 58 South Third Street.
Real Estate bought, sold, rented or exchanged. Rents col- ected. Estates managed. Guaranteed six per cent. Mortgages I or sale.
CHARLES F. COLLOM,
ARCHITECT,
No. 909 "Walnut Street,
Is:E3:2Xj-A.X>E31iF:ElX.A..
T. S. JOHNSON,
Tin Roofing, Pipes and Gutters
No. 16 North Seventh Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
OLD ROOFS REPAIRED and PAINTED
Blank Books
have always been sold by the quire, 24 sheets make a quire, but the Blank Book Makers have been sel¬ ling from 12 to 20 sheets for a quire.
We have inaugurated a hew system and cell oar Blank Books ]by the hundred pages.
HOSKINS, 927 Arch Street
SALTER’S
Manufactory and Show Rooms,
911 Market Street, opposite Post Office,
MIRRORS.
FINISHED IN BRONZE AND POL¬ ISHED BRASS. COLORS TO MATCH FURNITURE. MADE TO EXTEND TO TABLE WHEN IN USE. Perfectly Safe. SEND FOR DESIGNS, FREE.
A. J.WEIDE&SER,
36 S. Second St. Phiia-
ueiieious anu ciegaiu
CANDY
Wedding Gifts,
A Most Pejjcious and Elegant
POUND j Box of
CROFT & ALLEN,
1226 Market Street.
ROOFING.
ARTIFICIAL STONE PAVEMENTS,
BUILDING AND SHEATHING PAPERS, Roofing; Material, Ac.
Warren Ehret Roofing Co. (Limited),
I 107 S, Second St., Philadelphia .
ifflfflM LMlOIul ME
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Assets held in the United States . $5,924,010 83
All Liabilities “ “ “ . 3,334,907 64
SUSPLUS . . . $2,589,103 19
Losses paid in the United States since
organization . $37,466,135 57
PHILADELPHIA 0FFICM33-337 WALNUT ST.
ATWOOD SMITH, Gen. Agent.
ALFRED GODWIN,
For Churches and Dwellings.
N. W. Cor. 12th & Market Street.
Illustrated Catalogues on Application
PARLOR MIRRORS,
ENGRAVINGS, ETCHINGS mid
WORKS OF ART.
^ EASELS,
PEDESTALS, PICTURE FRAMES.
J. T. JACKSON & CO.,
Real Estate Brokers,
No. 711 WALNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
Rents, Sales, Mortgages, Etc,
Philad’a & Conshohocken Stone Quarry Co.
Office, 1A1Q Soia-tla. Penn Square. Producers of Dimension, Backing and Heavy Foun¬ dation Stone. Footings. Building and Cellar Stone. Large Supply Constantly on hand. Estimates Solicited.
Quarries West Conshohocken, Pa.
THE C1TV TRUST,
Safe Deposit and Surety Comply.
1821 Walnut Street.
Capital, $25,000. Telephone, T*i©<> 1380.
Chartered to Act as Surety in the Courts. Insures the Fidelity Of Officers and Employees. . Insures Title to Real Estate and Mortgagees against Mechanics’ Liens and Defective Title. De¬ posits of money received on Interest. Money Loaned and Loans Negotiated. Income and Rents collected and remitted. Deposit Boxes for rent. Rents Insured. Accounts solicited. Wills receipted for and kept Without charge. 1 he Company acts as Executor, Administrator, Trustee, Assignee, Receiver, Agent and Attorney. Trust Funds kept separate from the Com¬ pany’s assets. All business promptly transacted at the Lowest Rates consistent with proper management.
Chas. M Swain, President.
John Field, Vice President.
James F. Lynd, Sec’y and Treas. Joseph A. Sinn, Trust Office. solicitous :
B. F. Hughes and Lincoln L. Eyre.
DIRECTORS 1
t» T7- Jamison Charles S. Greene,
Chairm. Fin. Com., Stephen Farrelly,
Andrew (1 ' Siiin'n * Murrell' Shuster.
JAohn H. Wheeler, Stephen F. Whitman,
Isaac ScHlichter Thomas A. Edwards.
Isaac Scnlic liter Pair™ TV D. S.
THE PHILADELPHIA
Real Estate Record
AND
BUILDERS’ GUIDE.
VOL. II.— NO. 1.
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1887. PRICE 15 CENTS-
THE PHILADELPHIA
ResL*E$TSTe*Re<zoRD,
BUILDERS’ GUIDE,
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, AT 727 WALNUT STREET.
One Tear, in advance, ■ $5.00
JOHN If. OALLAGHGB, Prop'r.
Befers with permission to William M. Sing’erly, Proprietor of Phila. “ Record.”
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JAN. 10, 1887.
With this number the Real Estate Record and Builders’ Guide enters the second year of its existence. To establish a journal of any type in these days of super¬ abundant literature is no easy task. The cold discrimination of an age whose standard of merit is not only exceedingly high but even hyper-critical, makes the task doubly difficult. A journal to succeed must bear the imprint of worth and its merit and useful¬ ness in the field it is intended to fill, must be tangible factors or individuality is lost and success impossible. The people of America appreciate independence in journalism. They also despise the toadying, sycophantic, time¬ serving, monopoly worshiping journals who have eternal axes to grind and no opinions save those of their masters.
The idea advanced in the early part of last year, when the Real Estate Record and Builders’ Guide was started, that Philadel¬ phia, with its vast area and building enter¬ prise, its wonderful and continuous growth, its millions of capital and thousands of ener¬ getic business men, would not or could not support a journal devoted to its real estate and building interests was regarded by the propri¬ etor as pure and simple folly and a libel upon the intelligence, enterprise and liberality of the men who are practically re-erecting this great city. That other attempts had failed was no reason that failure should have been fore¬ shadowed for the Real Estate Record, and the best evidence of the correctness of these deductions is the fact that it enters its second
year with a patronage equal to its wants, the merited appreciation of its readers and the esteem of the press and the public. The growth of the Real Estate Record has been a steady and natural one. Sensational methods of forcing public attention and favor have been studiously avoided, and its rapid growth, although somewhat phenome¬ nal, is entirely consistent with its merit and usefulness. It must continue to prosper so long as it adheres to its present upright, out¬ spoken independence and careful purpose to serve the interests it represents ; failing in these it does not merit success.
A large share of the success of the Real Estate Record is due to the warm and earnest friends it made from the start, in men of broad mental vision and earnest purpose whose encouraging words and hearty wel¬ come more than outweighed the discourage¬ ments which are always plenty. To the daily and Sunday press of this city, — free from jealousy, a newcomer is always warmly welcomed and no youngster ever tottered to an early grave through unfair play from them— we owe a debt of gratitude, and we thank them for the numerous kindly mani¬ festations of good will and wishes.
Without the usual plethora of great prom¬ ises we make our advent into our second year with the feeling that we are not only capa¬ ble of filling the bill, but filling it to the sat¬ isfaction of our readers, our friends and our¬ selves.
The total cost of the buildings put up last year in Chicago is estimated at $25,000,000. The quantity of brick made is estimated at from 400,000,000 to 475,000,000 bricks. The excess of consumption of last year over 1885 is put at 50,000,000. Prices ranged from $6.50 to $8.00 per thousand. The highest anticipa¬ tions are indulged in for the coming year. Real estate is also improving in value and authorities there estimate the improvement at 15 per cent, over that of 1885. No specula¬ tion is apparent, but full prices are every¬ where asked and paid. The year’s business shows an increase of $30,000,000 in real esta- operations over 1385. The demand for pro¬ perty sold by the acre has greatly improved within the past year. Property in the cen¬ tral portion of the city is in goo<L3emand.
The Real Estate Board of Chicago has been in successful operation over three years. The membership fee to agent members is $100 for the first 150 members and $200 thereafter. The annual dues of agent members are $30 and for associate members $50 is the fee until the Board numbers 150 agent members and then the price is $100. The annual dues of associate members are $20. The committee on valuations is composed of five experts who were appointed for a year through whom ap¬ plications for appraisals must be made. The outside public is making liberal use of its ser¬ vices as they are found to be equitable and just. It is probable that the Courts will ac¬ cept the appraisals of this Committee.
The valuations are charged for at the rate of $15 to $100 after which 50 cents per $1,000 is charged. The services of this committee are of great value to real estate owners. The rate per cent, for leasing residences and stores from one to three years is the same as in New York. For ground leases where the term does not exceed 50 years the charge is 2\ per cent., on the total rent for the first ten years. Ground leases exceeding 50 years pay 2\ per cent on the appraised value of the property at the date of making the lease. For nego¬ tiating and making the leases the agent is entitled in addition to commissions to the amount expended for advertising and the sum of $2. For renting and collecting within the business limitations of the city, where the premises are occupied by one tenant the rate is 5 per cent on rentals under $1,000, and 2J per cent, when exceeding that sum. When occupied by more than one tenant, the rate is 5 per cent, up to $5,000, and 2J per cent, thereafter. The commission for selling property to the amount of $3,000, or less, is 5 per cent.; to the amount of $10,000 it is 5 per cent, on the first $3,000 and 2} per cent, for the excess ; on a sale exceeding $10,000 it is 2i per cent. These rates -are not compul¬ sory, but advisory.
The Dower Book was started during the year 1886, and now has a thousand names of real estate owners, dead or alive wherever there is a dower interest. This hook saves much time in the examination of titles by showing dower interests in any piece of real estate in Chicago and Cook- Co., certificates are issued by the Board for 50 cents, and each certificate shows all dower interests in the real estate involved.
A great deal of discussion has been had in the Board, concerning the proposition of a form of contract to owners in giving property to agents for sale, the particulars of which are too extended to receive due notice in this issue,
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THE RECORD AND GUIDE.
There seems to be a growing consensus of public opinions as to the desirability and in fact necessity of a better water supply. The fact that there is only one company that has the capital and the enterprise and the plan by which we can be supplied with water does not make that company a monopoly nor render its proposition any the less commend¬ able. Water supplies are very scarce. Even Paris has but one and London itself has but one system and while New York has two or three sources of supply from a purely en¬ gineering standpoint it has but one which is practically available. Philadelphia has two or three alternatives. It might dig wells for a few miles along the Delaware as they do along the Rhine, or we could rely on the Schuylkill supply with all its discouraging features, or we could seek temporary relief in one or more of the near-by streams but the only commendable plan yet presented is the one which has become known as the South Mountain plan. The best engineers have pronounced in favor of it and so have all the leading manufacturers and merchants in Philadelphia. A meeting was held on Tues¬ day by the Councils’ Water Committee to hear the friends of this project explain some of its details. The representatives of the Citizens’ Committee who have heretofore been opposed to it were present and after hearing the explanations made so far withdrew their opposition as to say they were not opposed to it and would attentively consider the repre¬ sentations which had been made. The peti¬ tion in favor of this source of water supply which was presented by Councilman Wm.M, Smith, was signed by nearly 250 business and professional men and firms, from Geo. B. Roberts down. Several hundred million dollars are represented in these names- Letters were read from Dr. Cresson and Dr. Leeds in reference to the Schuylkill water Dr. Cresson made the very important state¬ ment that in his opinion the Schuylkill river supply cannot be relied upon. Mr. Sam’l S. Hollingsworth one of the counsel of the Water Company explained that the Com¬ pany’s proposition involves a lease of the works for 50 years, and that a yearly rental of $500,000 wiil be paid from the completion of the works until the year 1910. After that year and until the termination of the lease the company will pay the city one half of the gross receipts, less $2,000,000 annually. During the first three years $5,000,000 will be expended in permanent improvements for the storage and distribution of water. Of this $2,000,000 will be expended as soon as the company has possession of the works and the balance at the rate of a half million dollars every six months. The company promises to expend $6,000,- 000 as Councils shall direct in further im¬ proving the system of distribution. The pro¬ ject of the company is to construct three con¬ duits. The first will be built within three years and will cost $11,000,000 and will extend from Point Pleasant on the Delaware to the subsiding reservoir in the city. In twenty- eight years from this date the company binds itself to build a second conduit of the same
capacity and cost and three years before the termination of the lease it will build a third conduit at a cost of $19,000,000 with a capac¬ ity equal to the first two. These propositions involve the expenditure of $52,000,000. The rental will amount to $68,000,000. Tho total expenses for the fifty years are estimated at $120,000,000. The total receipts for 50 years are estimated at $236,000,000 leaving a profit of $116,000,000 to pay $31,000,000 of running expenses and $40,000,000 of interest. The company figures out its net profit at $45,000,- 000 but the city comes into possession of the entire property at the close of the fifty years’ lease.
This important matter will come before the Select Council Committee perhaps three or four times and the matter will, as soon as possible be formally presented to Councils. Councilmen may rest assured that there will be no public indignation meetings held by the citizens should they decide to authorize the leasing of the works. The only possible grounds for opposition to the proposed lease of the Water Works is as to the matter of dis¬ tribution. There are some who would like to retain control of the streets and the water- pipes beneath them. The only answer to this is that no company could be found who would be willing to invest its millions where the other contracting party could not make a contract for longer time than one year. If this company brought the water to the city reser¬ voirs and no farther, it might be subjected to annoyance and interference by some future municipal body. The only thing the city can do is to place the supply of water in the hands of any competent party it can find to do it. The city has not got the money to do it itself and never will have. Philadelphians ought not to have such love for the Schuyl¬ kill as to pledge themselves to drink its im¬ purities for the next generation or two. This scheme is one which commends itself to our manufacturing interests especially. It in¬ volves the tearing up, if we rightly under¬ stand it, of all the old pipe that was put down in the older section of the city many years ago.
The project is in short to furnish not only the water but the pipe to carry it in abun¬ dant supply and the reservoirs to hold it and all the machinery necessary to guarantee be¬ yond the possibility of a doubt, that the city of Phildadelphia shall have for the next one hundred years at least all the water it can use in even the most wasteful way.
The extremes of fortune are presented in the cases of Mrs. Logan and Mrs. Gibson, one the widow of an eminent American General and Statesman, the other the poor but respected widow of a Philadelphia fire¬ man, one husband the hero of many battles, the other the hero of a simple act of duty, falling in the front rank for duty’s sake and without even the inspiring hope that his deed of bravery would ever receive a simple passing record. Mrs. Gibson like Mrs. Lo¬ gan was bereft of all that woman in her wifely instincts holds most dear. The one was surrounded by warm sympathisers and
influential friends, and all that the eminent qualities of the dead General demanded, was done to assuage the deep grief and irrevoca¬ ble loss sbe experienced. The other a simple fireman’s wife living in a home in keeping with the small pittance her husband earned, with young and helpless children to share her home, with grief as deep and cutting as was the other, received such comfort as a fev« poor well-meaning neighbors and rela¬ tives could give her. An appeal was made in the interest of both these good women. Thousands rolled in, in answer to the appeal for the General’s widow, while only a few hundreds came to meet the urgent necessity of Mrs. Gibson and were it not for the gener¬ ous weekly gift of an enterprising business man of this city, the outlook for fireman Gibson’s wife and children would be a sad and dreary one.
There is nothing that appeals so strongly to the better natures of men and women than the realization of the wants of those ren¬ dered helpless by the death of brave men dying for duty’s sake, and yet public senti¬ ment cannot always be relied on, for in Gibson’s case it was little better than failure.
It should be so constituted that appeals for help in cases of the Gibson type should not be necessary. Firemen should be pensioned for life if permanently injured, and if killed, their wives and children should be pensioned for a series of years at least. It reflects no credit upon the civilization of this ultra- civilized age that the helpless children of the men who are killed while in the service of the people of great cities should starve or be¬ come beggars.
A Law Was passed several years agojn the interest of the railroad companies of this state, making railroad ticket scalping a mis¬ demeanor. It was entitled, an act to prevent imposition and 'fraud upon travelers, subse¬ quently an amendment was passed, making it obligatory upon railroad companies to re¬ deem all unused (in whole or part) tickets at the price paid by the holder minus the rate charged by the company from the point at which the ticket was purchased to the point where it was presented for redemption. The latter part of this law has always been re¬ pudiated by the companies for when a ticket is presented for redemption, it is met with the proposition to send it to the main office. This law is so absolutely a one-sided affair that it is high time it was repealed. It is wrong in principle and bad in morals, it strikes at the sacred right of ownership and stamps the owner as incompetent to control that for which he has paid his money, beside which it often entails loss and annoyance upon the holder who should have the same untram¬ meled right to dispose of an unused railroad ticket as he has in the disposition of horse- car tickets, eating-saloon tickets, ball tickets, or even a bank check or negotiable note. The law is a pretty piece of tyranny and is a relict of the times when the Pennsylvania Railroad Company held a first mortgage upon the State, the Governor and both houses of the legislature.
THE RECORD AND GUIDE
Railroad ticket scalping as it is called, should be as legitimate as any other business and the cry made at the time the law against it was passed about impositions upon travel¬ ers, was done to hood-wink the public, for there had been a few cases of imposition practiced, but at the same moment the rail¬ road companies had by discrimination and other illegal exactions imposed upon the peo¬ ple of the whole State.
Repeal the law against scalping, license the scalpers and exact the bond. It is high time the people had a chance, the railroad companies have been pampered and favored in everything so long, that they have made the people feel that their power is irresistible.
The future manufacturing prospects of Philadelphia and other large Eastern manu¬ facturing centres can be best guessed at by observing the rapid growth of cities and towns throughout the far West. Those who have lived east of the Alleghany Mountains, or even those who have not visited the Northwest for some time, would be surprised at the wonderful development of that great country, which apparently was devoid of any other natural resources excepting cy¬ clones in summer and blizzards in winter. Within the past year or two railroads have penetrated all that region, and upwards of fifty towns have sprung into life, all stirred with an emulation to succeed. These are the centres of profitable agricultural com¬ munities. They are creating markets for the manufactured products of the East. They are preparing to add to the supply of our agricultural products, and in a few years what is now a sparsely settled section will become a thickly settled region, with its wealth, population and resources well known to the outside world.
Railroad accidents, especially in the United States, are of such rare occurrence that when they do occur they are the sub¬ ject of wide discussion. The peculiarity of nearly all of the recent disasters has been that the fault was purely with the employ¬ ees, that plain orders were violated or ig¬ nored, and that the engineers practically took the control of their trains in their own hands. It is intimated that the drunken¬ ness of the engineer of the freight train which collided with the Chicago express in Ohio the other day was the cause of that dis¬ aster. The railway managers have reduced railway management to a very fine point, and if they can find engineers and flagmen and train dispatchers and signal station. em¬ ployees to do their plain duty, there will be no loophole for accidents. How seldom one hears ofan accident from adefective road-bed, or defective brakes, or locomotive or cars? The system of inspection that is maintained on all roads is such that accidents from defec¬ tive material are almost impossible. Yet the occasional occurrence of disasters from this cause serve to remind managers that they cannot be too careful or buy good mate¬ rial. The engineering talent which pre¬ sides over our railway systems is responsible for the quality of iron and steel used. A
few years ago, when accidents were so com¬ mon, defective material was found to be the prime cause of many of the disasters. Those disasters led to the present careful system, which tests every car wheel, every axle and every piece of machinery before it leaves the shop. In some establishments car wheels are submitted to thirty different tests before they are passed. Even with all this care accidents will happen, and one of this kind is reported in the Springfield disaster.
Railroad building and operating is not as rosy a business as it might seem. During the past year forty-five railway companies, operating 7,678 miles of main line and repre¬ senting a total capital of nearly $875,000,000 were sold under foreclosure and transferred to new ownerships. This means the wiping out of a large amount of railway capital, but the properties remain and are as valuable to the public as though they remained in the hands of their original owners. To the im¬ partial observer it seems as though entirely too much railroad building was being in¬ dulged in. If the average of the past five years is a fair average we are certainly about to depart from it very widely. No less than 12,000 miles of main track will be built this year, if the fact that rails for that much mileage has already been purchased means anything. At the same time what this country can do and cannot do is a matter of guesswork. It is a mighty young Republi¬ can giant, and a few hard knock-downs do not seem to hurt it. Enterprise has been let loose like a roariug lion and the work done under this exciting stimulus will re¬ main to be enjoyed by others at least, if not by the original builders. It is an old saying that “ Fools build houses and wise men live in them.” While this is by no means uni¬ versally true there is a great deal of truth in it in regard to railroad building.
Under our new municipal charter and our new Mayor, our Real Estate Exchange will have an opportunity for doing some good in a variety of ways, which will not be ap¬ parent until the practical workings of that charter are under way. We have not been in¬ formed whether the Real Estate Exchange has got down to practical work yet, but if it has not, it would be well for it to do so and take a hand in devising improvements of a legislative character to be presented to the State Legislature. Our New York brothers are never asleep when the legisla¬ ture is in session. They have half a dozen bills always on hand, and with the help of some advanced lawyers of that city, they are projecting some very radical legislation in re¬ gard to land transfers, and to dower and courtesy. New York will certainly take the lead. New York city has more interests at stake than any other city. We should at least keep our eye upon what is going on there, and a well-appointed committee of our Exchange should take up the whole question of building and real estate legislation. It might be much worse than it is, but certainly it might be much better. It is easy to rail
at and find fault with our patched up legisla¬ tion. We know that when the work of re¬ forming it is done, it will require patience and great familiarity with all that has been done in the way of legislation for the past thirty years, and an intimate acquaintance with the requirements of the future. Among the measures which will come before the New York Legislature this winter, are several relating to the ownership of land and the transfer of title. A bill was passed by the Senate last winter, but it failed in the House. This legislation may be referred to a State Constitutional Convention which is to meet next summer. Another measure before that body is the providing for short forms for deeds and other legal instruments. The Land Transfer Reform Committee has endorsed the measure, the object of which is to get rid of the mass of verbiage now con¬ tained in legal documents effecting titles, mortgages and the like. Mr. David Dudley Field is the authority for the statement that over $100,000 are annually spent in New York for useless words in legal documents. It is not to be wondered at that all the legal fraternity of New York should rise up in their might, and call him cursed who sug¬ gests such a reformatory measure. It would be well for them to read what our Judge Arnold has to say on this point. He says, although not in our words, that the lawyers are cutting their own throats. They insist upon the simplest matters of business being lengthened out by the folio, and they multiply legal technicalities by the hundred, and ex¬ pend their ability in devising how useless liti¬ gation can be prolonged, in order that they may keep in fees and— bread and butter. J udge Arnold gives a valuable hint to our law¬ yers, and it would be better for them if they would act upon it. Many of the*i will insist upon a continuance of the feudal customs in regard to the handling of real estate. The New Yorkers will no doubt cut this Gordian knot by a legislative act and let the people free. They have been tied down to verbiage long enough. If common sense were relied upon, there would not be much litigation. Business men are disgusted with the farcical litigation of Courts and settle their disputes outside as much as possible.
Governor Pattison in his recent message refers to the inequality existing between Real Estate and Personal Taxes in the follow¬ ing pithy way:
“The ineffectiveness and partiality of the laws for the taxation of peisonal property must be confessed by every unbiased student of our financial policy. Of the taxes raised throughout the Commonwealth for all pur¬ pose, both local i.nd general, real estate con¬ tributes four-fifths, while its assessed value is only one-sixteenth greater than that of per¬ sonal property. If our laws were competent to an exact and truthful assessment of the value of personal property it would without doubt equal and most likely largely exceed the value of the real estate. As a matter of fact, therefore, real property in this Common¬ wealth is burdened by taxation four times as heavily as personal property. If we should eliminate from this comparison the taxes paid by corporations, and for licenses and other privileges granted by the State, and consider only the taxes paid by individual
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citizens upon their possession, it would be found that the owner of real estate pays quite ten times greater tax upon his property than the owner of personal estate. This in¬ equality is a flagrant and indefensible act of injustice. The burdens of government should be equally shared, or at least as nearly equal as human laws can contrive. Since our legislative policy is to tax property rather than persons, there can be no possible excuse for selecting the houses and farms of the people to bear ten times as much of the public burdens as personal property. If things and not persons are to be taxed, common equality would dictate that the aggregate of a man’s possessions, irrespective of their kind, and simply according to their value, should bear the infliction.
There were 1459 wills entered to probate during 1886, an ipcrease of seven over 1885, Register of Wills Kinsey, paid into the City Treasury as fees collected, $99,337,38 an in¬ crease of $6159,32, there were 1402 adminis¬ trations granted and 1570 accounts filed, there were paid to the State $417,556,58 col¬ lected as collateral inheritance tax an increase of $13,328,68 over the previous year.
Communication.
Washington, D. C., January 4th, 1887. John N. Gallagher, Esq.,
Proprietor Real Estate Record:
Dear Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of your issue of December 20th for which I presume I am indebted to you, containing a marked copy of an article on “ The So-called Bribery of Architects ” and desire to thank you for the views therein expressed. I fully agree with you that any architect who accepts or receives a commis¬ sion, donation, or any pecuniary benefit for using or recommending the use of any given material is guilty of dishonorable and unpro¬ fessional conduct. I also agree with you that this subject deserves the attention of all clients and the severest reprehension of all honorable men, and especially of journals representing building interests. Very re¬ spectfully,
A. B. Mtjllett, Arch’t.
Special Notice.
The Chicago branch of Messrs. Merchant & Co. has been removed from its former loca¬ tion, Nos. 182 and 184 East Kinzie street, and will hereafter occupy No. 202 Lake street, an unprecedented extension of their business having made this change necessary, in order to obtain more convenient and com¬ modious quarters. Mr. V. Le Huray, who for the past three years, has been the New York manager of the firm, recently sailed for London, England, where he will per¬ manently locate for the purpose of conduct¬ ing the new office which Messrs. Merchant & Co. will establish in that city. This is en¬ terprise with a vengeance and we wish them in their new departure all the success that their energy and upright business methods deserve.
The Warren Ehret Roofing Company find that the magnificent growth of their busi¬ ness necessitates removal to more extensive quarters. They have consequently leased the premises 428 Market street, and will lease their present location on or about Feb¬ ruary 1st next. This firm carry an exten¬ sive assortment of roofing materials, besides being contractors for roofing. Their great facilities enable them to make contracts for the heaviest operations, with the assurance to the customer of the best work, at the low¬ est price. Artificial stone pavement has re¬ cently been added as a new feature of the firm’s business.
Recent Decisions in Pennsylvania in Rela¬ tion to Matters Concerning Real Estate.
Decided by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
acknowledgment.
A certificate of the separate acknowledg¬ ment of a married woman, although omit¬ ting to state that she delivered, as well as signed and sealed, the deed without compul¬ sion, etc., is not invalid, if otherwise in the usual form, it is a substantial compliance with the statute, and therefore sufficient.
DEED.
When the interest of a judgment debtor in land is regularly divested by judicial sale on a valid bona fide judgment against him, the purchaser at such sale may lawfully subse¬ quently sell and convey such land to the judgment debtor’s wife, and her title cannot be overthrown, as in fraud of his creditors, without affirmative proof of such fraud.
LANDLORD AND TENANT.
A lessor who has, by request of the tenant, made a deep excavation on the premises for a well, and left it uncovered and full of water, is not liable in damages for the death of the tenant’s grandchild, between two and three years of age, who, visiting the tenant with his mother, and by her left in charge of an aunt acquainted with the premises, strays away and is drowned in the well.
MORTGAGE.
A mortgage given by the grantee of land, and accepted by the grantor in furtherance of the specific purpose of putting the land out of the reach of the grantor’s creditor’s, will not be enforced. Courts will not relieve a party from the consequences of his inten¬ tional fraudulent act.
In such a case, equity will leave the parties in the position where they have knowingly and wilfully placed themselves. Public pol¬ icy forbids the intervention of the courts to relieve a fraudulent actor.
A release of the land by the mortgagor, in accordance with a decree in partition pro¬ ceedings, upon payment of the owelty to him, does not prevent the mortgagee from afterwards recovering the mortgage debt from the co-tenant to whom the land was allotted.
VENDOR AND PURCHASER.
Where an agreement for sale of land is fully executed in writing, the vendor thereby assumes the character of a trustee, and holds the legal title in trust for the vendee, under the terms and conditions of the contract. The trust thus implied is of the same char¬ acter as if it had been expressed in the agree¬ ment. ✓
F. R. Shattuck, Attorney at Law,
58 South Third St., Phila.
— A writer in an English architectural journal suggests the following rule for find¬ ing out the best proportions between the height, length and width of rooms : Given the width and length, the height equals the sum of half the width and the square root of the length. Thus, a room 16 feet long and 14 feet wide, would have to be made 7+4=11 feet high. This rule is said to give pleasing proportions for rooms, and its adoption to re¬ sult in bringing the angle formed by the ceiling and wall just within the angle of vision of a person standing in the center of the room without raising the eyes. The rule can, obviously, be observed only for one room on each floor, unless the floors of dif¬ ferent rooms are not to be on the same level — a method of construction at once difficult and expensive, except in the case of small rooms located in ells or extensions of a house.
Builders’ items.
Building and Real Estate Notes.
The Receiver of Taxes collected last year $10,772,854.75.
A new national bank is to be built at an early day in Lancaster, Pa.
Darby is to undergo a large amount of building during the spring.
Last year $515,551 was spent on Girard College — a good investment.
The dwelling n. s. Arch, 2d house east of 2tth St., 20 ft. by 130 ft., sold for $13,000.
The Ninth National Bank will be finished this week and will be occupied Tuesday.
Haverford College will erect six new houses this spring on the college grounds.
During 1886 new buildings to the value of $850,000 were erected in Bethlehem, Pa.
Eighteen miles of sewers were built in Philadelphia last year at a cost of $246,802.
Mr. M. A. Byrne, real estate agent, is confined to his home with a paralytic stroke.
The Reading R. R. Co. have dismissed about 500 hands employed in different capa¬ cities .
L. W. Shields has purchased a number of lots in West Chester for building pur¬ poses.
Samuel T. Fox, 9th and Callowhill, has sold the property 1823 Wallace street, for $22,500.
The Keystone National Bank building, at Manheim, Lancaster county, is to be greatly improved.
The property S. W. cor. Broad St. and Montgomery ave., 146f ft. by 270 ft. sold for $55,000.
The fine dwelling and lot of If acres, at Chestnut Hill and Spring House Pike, sold for $20,000.
Wm.G. Huey, Broker, has we learn bought the property of the late A. H. Franciscus at Merion Pa.
A tremendous lot of building has been planned for West Chester during the coming spring and summer.
John B. Steinbacher, of Williamsport, has purchased a lot of ground in that place, upon which he will build.
The Girard Trust spent $298,565 on the new building for Hood Bonbright & Co., at Eleventh and Market streets.
It is rumored that Clay Kemble has bought a number of houses on Oxford street, between 16th and 18th streets.
The Los Angelos, California Times says that real estate in that city is changing hands at the rate of $1,000,000 per week.
A .Report of a sale by Mr. E. J. Paxon was incorrectly given, it should have been $8,500 instead of $8,000 as reported.
Investments in farm properties in the ad¬ jacent counties have been very large of late, and the prices brought are all good.
S. Twining & Son, have sold the property N. E. corner of Beech wood and Columbia ave., a store and dwelling for $9,300.
The Court House at Woodbury, N. J., will be finished in a few weeks. They are now putting on the finishing touches.
It is stated that Mr. Dearborn of 1508 Chest¬ nut street has brought about eight acres at Bala Station Schuylkill Valley R. R.
THE RECORD AND GUIDE.
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The mansion of John F. Starr, the finest residence in Camden, sold last week for $45,- 000. A lawn of eight acres is included.
J. C. Hahn, 1701 North 17th St., has appli¬ cations for more houses than he can supply, and is looking forward to a good spring.
S. G. Diehl, 705 Walnut street, has sold ' the S. E. Cor. of Juniper and Filbert St., for i $25,000, also 716 Chestnut St., for $30,000.
Building was never brisker in towns and ■ villages along the railroads between this city ! and Chester than during the past spring.
Jonathan ft. Lukens has bought a farm in Horsham township, Montgomery county, upon which he will build a number of houses.
Nearly 100 lives have been sacrificed in j this city during the past two years at the j grade crossings of the steam railroads and I the streets.
John W. Patton, retired leather merchant j formerly at Third and Vine Streets, has i bought seven acres at Devon and may build this spring.
Jones & Lloyd last week sold their brick¬ yard property, embracing eight acres of land- kiln and utensils, in the eastern section of Oxford, to G. D. Bender of New Holland, Lancaster County.
The new parish building at the N. W. Corner of Third and Dauphin streets was for¬ mally opened last Thursday. The house is built of Pennsylvania grey stone and will accommodate 900 persons.
Geo. W. Carson, 1916 Columbia Ave., has had a number of inquiries for medium¬ sized houses for rent. Sales are slow, though they have some in contemplation which they expect to consummate.
A. P. Bilyeu, 809 Columbia Ave., says: The houses in that neighborhood are gener¬ ally filled up, there being very few vacant, and there is a continual demand for houses that rent for $25 and $30 a month.
James Allison’s Sons, Clothiers, South West corner 8th and Market street, will erect a five story building for purposes at their present location early the coming Spring, Architect and Builder not yet secured.
There is a rumor afloat to the effect that the Peoples’ bank has bought the N. E. Cor. of Thirteenth and Chestnut, 41 feet 6 inches by 82.
The Farmville Lithia Springs Co., Farrn- ville, Va., proposes to spend $50,000 in build¬ ing a hotel and making improvements to their property.
George Herman, of Weldon, Montgom¬ ery county, has purchased a fine hotel prop¬ erty at Fort Washington, in the same county, which he will improve.
D. B. Clem, 1801 North 17th St., sales are slow, have but few vacant houses, but have a large number for sale at prices rang¬ ing from $2,500 to $11,000.
J. D. Walton & Bro., S. W. corner Green and Franklin, have fewer vacancies on their rental list than ever, prices are well sustained but sales are rather quiet.
Mr. Wm. A. Patton, of the Pennsylvania R. R. Co., residence 321 North Thirty-sixth Street, this city, has purchased seven acres at Radnor, and will build this spring.
A Large amount of building will be con¬ ducted during the Spring by the South Wil¬ liamsport Land Company. South Williams¬ port is a suburb of Williamsport, Pa.
Miss Martha M. Brown and Mrs. Chew, of 1617 Walnut Street, Germantown, daugh¬ ters of the late David S. Brown, will erect a handsome residence at Radnor this spring.
The Merchants’ Warehouse, at 18th and Market Sts., has commenced operations un¬ der favorable auspices, as the receipts of flour this week reached nearly 1,000 bbls per day.
Mr. Dallett, the iron broker, 315 Will¬ ing’s Alley, has invested $20,000 in pro¬ perty in Devon, including the property lately occupied by Miss Garrett, known as the Bid¬ dle property.
Joseph R. McElroy has sold the N. W. Corner 6th and Chestnut Streets to Mr. C. McDonell, the tobacco dealer for $120,000, the property is 23 ft 9 in on Chestnut and 85 ft on 6th Street.
W. L. Craven & Son, 2027 Columbia Ave., have no more vacancies on their rental list than usual at this season of the year. Sales are very scarce, but the prospects for spring are bright.
The Germania Brewing Co. has paid $55,- 000 for a lot 140 feet front on Broad Street and of a much greater depth on Montgomery Avenue. It is contemplated to turn it into a summer garden.
The Real Estate Exchange has completed its organization ; George W. Hancock has been elected President, Lewis H. Rednerand J Samuel T. Fox, Vice Presidents, James L. Stevenson, .Secretary, and Richard M. Hart- ! ley, Treasurer.
Savidge & Smith, 2003 Columbia Ave., have sold several small houses lately and are negotiating for the sale of others. They have a good demand for large lots of vacant ground. They have forty-five vacant houses on their rental list.
An offer was made by J. A. Bailey of New York for the Lincoln market house building on Broad and Fairmount Avenue. It is in¬ tended if it is secured to transform it into an amusement house. If he cannot purchase it he is willing to lease it.
Lincoln Market has been reported pur¬ chased by a New York syndicate for $200,000. The property has a frontage on Broad street of HO ft. 7f in., and on Fairmount avenue of 126 ft. It is to be altered into a dime mu¬ seum, and for other amusements.
i Twenty-six new dwelling houses were I built in West Chester during the past year.
J Among them were a two and a-half story | brick house by Isaac N. Haines, formerly of Oxford, and a three-story brick house by Joseph T. Harkness, formerly of that vi¬ cinity.
The Philadelphia Petroleum and Stock Exchange has removed to No. 304 Chestnut St. Six years ago it started business at Third and Walnut Sts., and since then their busi¬ ness has increased from 400,000 barrels a day to 3,800,000 barrels a day at the present time. The present membership of the Exchange is 223.
John F. Betz has purchased from Richard Dobbins the lot at the Southwest corner of Broad and Montgomery Avenue for $55,000. The lot measures 146 ft 6 in on Broad Street by 270 ft 8 in on Montgomery Avenue. It is is said that Mr. Betz comtem plates the erec¬ tion of a Theatre on the ground, and that it will be ready for the public about June 1st next.
F. C. Van Blunk, isth and Montgomery Ave., states that there is an increasedjncli- nation on the part of people that rent the j larger houses to take them by the month, so that when they go to the seashore they can store their goods and spend the money they would have to pay for rent at the seashore. Out of a large rental list he has only four or five vacancies. j
The American Fire Insurance Company have completed the alterations in their '
building at 308 and 310 Walnut St. It con¬ tains forty-six offices all of them well-lighted. The building has been transformed from an old-fashioned one into a modern one, and a story was added to the top of the old edifice. A new structure has been added to the rear 200 feet in length and three stories high. The main corridor has a width of 10 feet and a length of 266 feet.
John Everham, 2503 Ridge ave., has suc¬ ceeded very well with his houses on Oxford street, West of 25th having sold more of them, the remainder being let to good tenants rents are keeping up well, and houses are in good demand, Wm. Lynn has bought the vacant ground at 25th and Montgomery ave., and intends to commence operations in Spring. And the North side of Columbia ave., west of 25th is to be built up with fine properties this Spring. Mr. Caven has bought the tract of land between 26th and 27th streets and Columbia and Montgomery aves., and will build this Spring.
During the month of December, 75 permits were taken out covering 213 operations of which 139 were two-story dwellings and 16 were three-story dwellings. During Decem¬ ber 1885, 100 permits were taken out covering 148 operations. The total number of permits taken out during the year 1886, were 3,819 ; permits were taken out covering 8,985 opera¬ tions of which 4,690 were two-story dwellings and 1,935 were three-story dwellings, making a total of 6,625 two and three-story dwellings as against 6,791 dwellings for 1885. The record of miscellaneous buildings such as banks, stores, breweries, shops, etc., will add largely to this total but the statistics are not kept in good shape.
Some Big Farms Still Left— Notwith¬ standing the fact that Lower Merion town¬ ship, Montgomery County borders close to a populous part of Philadelphia, and that a considerable portion has been sold out in lots at big prices, yet there are some large farms in Lower Merion. The Moro Philips place comprises 365 acres ; that of James Mitchell Magee 300 acres, and of John Y. Crawford’s 2u9. The largest is that of Mrs. Naomi Morris, north of Bryn Mawr. Her lands comprise 594 acres, and of these not less than 100 acres are in one piece of woodland. Mrs. Morris is now ninety years of age. She is in possession of her faculties to an unusual degree for one of her age. This Morris family are descendants of the celebrated Robert Morris, the financial head of the American cause in the days of the Revolution. These acres were purchased by him, and have been in the hands of his posterity ever since.
The Philadelphia correspondent of the Germantown Telegraph objects to the Build¬ ing Trades Journal calling contractors “Mere Middlemen.’’ He says: “since in every case the contractor has a great deal of hard work of his own to do, besides furnish¬ ing materials which it would be impossible for the operatives to command without furn¬ ishing the money out of their own pockets, incurring debt at a ruinous rates to obtain. The fact is, that the present system upon which the building trades are organized in Philadelphia is in many respects peculiar to the city, and accomplishes an amount of work for less money than would be possible under the co-operative or any other system. Nor can it be said that the workmen employed on these buildings are paid miserably poor wages since the rates are in all cases liberal, and pro¬ tected by the law-making liens for mechanics’ wagesa first mortgage upon any new building upon whichtheymay.be employed. As lorthe capitalists, who in the first instance purchase the ground upon which the buildings are to be erected, their interests are evidently con¬ cerned in paying all claims in cash, in order to secure a clear title, and thus enable them to sell their own mortgages advantageously
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THE RECOED AND GUIDE.
after having disposed of their buildings. By these means operations covering values to the amount of three quarters of a million dollars are carried on with perfect ease.”
Architect’s Notes.
Lindley Johnson, the architect, has re¬ moved his office from 481 Walnut to 512 Walnut.
Jackson & Reed, Architects, 804 Walnut street, will start as soon as the weather per¬ mits a store-house in Germantown built in the Gothic style and furnished in Mahogany, Oak, Butternut, Ash and White Pine it will cost about $16,000.
G. Frank Milder, 615 Walnut St., two stone houses at 15th and Alleghany Ave., M- M. Hall, house at Westmont N. J., for M. L. Buyer, main church building Sunday school building and parsonage for the Re¬ formed Episcopal Church, Front St. below Norris, Philadelphia, all these are about starting. Will also start as soon as the weather permits, a Methodist Church at Baltimore Md..
Paul Brandner is about to start the addi¬ tions to the cottage of Joseph Newman, 913 Pacific Avenue, Atlantic City, N. J. The improvements consist of new steam heat¬ ing apparatus and rear building to cost about $3,500. A dwelling house and butcher-shop for Ernest Worner, southwest corner of Huntingdon and Sepviva streets, which will be started as soon as the weather permits and will cost about $5,500. Preparing plans for Mr. Philip R. Ritter, 2217 to 2223 Frankford Road, two stores new fronts third story, en¬ larged from the rear, also an addition to his dwelling house in the rear, to cost between $8,000 to $10,000.
Hazelhurst & Heckel, 508 Walnut St., are working on a number of plans for Spring, amongst them some large operations, theout- look is very fair. A great deal of work be¬ ing contemplated and a number of drawings being made, with a view of getting early bids. This movement is taking place a little earlier than usual. Drawings have been made for immediately remodeling and en¬ larging the hotel property on Delaware Ave¬ nue north of Market, for George Pfeiffer & Son, remodeling and adding to the residence of Mr. Irving at Shoemakertown on the North Penn Railroad, have prepared the drawings for a Sunday School and Parish building for the Universalists’ Church of the Restoration, also remodeling the old church ; are fitting up the offices of Mr. John Potter, the publisher at Tenth and Filbert, a resi¬ dence at Willow Grove, Montgomery County, Pa. This is a frame building for Mr. G. W. Buzby. Two cottages at Longport, Atlantic County, N. J., will soon be started for Miss Hunter of Atlantic City. These are the first of a number to be built on that end of the island. A frame residence at Ridley Park, Pa., for Mr. Boswell, which will be started as soon as the weather permits. A house at Merion Station P. R. R., for F. A. Harris, Esq., this will be a stone building, hard wiod finish and will cost from $18,090 to $20,- 000. A residence on School Lane German¬ town, for the Misses Campbell, built of local Germantown stone, hard wood finish, to cost about $10,000.
A new National Bank is to be started in the neighborhood of Germantown avenue and Norris stieet, for the convenience of the carpet manufacturers and others in that vi¬ cinity. A committee consisting of W. S. Y. Myers, A. B. Hackman, F, Magee, J. H. A. Klauder, Charles Shaw, and William Holmes, have the matter of subscription and organization in charge.
Chicago seems to be keeping up her repu¬ tation as the great divorce city of the West. The statistics of the county divorce court show that in 1886, 1250 new suits were com¬ menced, whereas, in 1885 there were only 952, during 1886, a total of 686 decrees were granted ; the number of decrees granted in 1885, was 548.
The News gives lawyer W.H. Madison, of Mifflin the credit of having said that “ There is too much circumlocution in legal phraseol¬ ogy. I realized this when I first began to practice law thirty-five years ago. I realize it with as much force now. There is no virtue in the obscurity of the phraseology and its vagueness. Time and labor both could be saved by a simplification.
According to the report of Chief of Police Stewart there were 54,409 persons arrested during 1886, 28,122 of whom were arrested for intoxication. Fifty-six persons were ar¬ rested for prize-fighting and 194 for cruelty to children. 6,426 arrests were made for breaches of the peace, 25 for manslaughter and 30 for murder. 41,978 white males and 8,209 white females were arrested and 2,413 colored males and 809 colored females. The station-house lodgers amounted to 54,589. 5,094 persons were carried in the city vans to the house of correction and 25,994 to the city prison. If the inducement to or opportuni¬ ties for intoxication were lessened the pre¬ sumption is the 28,122 arrests of 1886 would be reduced considerably.
Post-Dating.
Merchants and jobbers have not a little to say, but in a rather quiet way about the evil of post-dating. This evil has assumed, or rather is assuming a magnitude that is certainly calculated to call for more than pass¬ ing attention. Competition has passed be¬ yond legitimate limits. For awhile it was a question who could make the best goods for the best prices, the best machinery for the best prices, and so on, all through the vari¬ ous trades. Then competition began to as¬ sume a new phase. The merchant or jobber, or manufacturer who could give the longest credit began to stretch in that direction. Competition began right here and it is sur¬ prising to what limits it has already gone. If the evil could be confined to simply long credits it might be tolerated, but where a merchant, for instance, buys goods three to six months or farther ahead, he will sooner or later find himself stocked up with unsal¬ able or partly unsalable goods, which he must close out at a sacrifice. This evil is universally recognized and the practice of post-dating universally condemned ; yet all do it, and each does it because his neighbor does. Trade and commercial papers call at¬ tention to it and warn manufacturers and others against the out come of it, but still the practice is kept up and there is no ap¬ parent protection against it. This evil has always preceded a commercial disaster. At present we are not in any immediate danger. There is no telling how long we will be within the limits of safety. It is all right for a railroad company to buy 10,000 or 15,- 000 tons of rails in December or January, which they will not have delivered to them until July or August, because that is a legit¬ imate transaction. They have the money to buy and pay for the rails, and they have the road graded, and they have a community to supply with railroad facilities. And besides that they find customers before them who have bought the entire output of the rail mills up to that time.
But this is not the case in dry goods, lum¬ ber, coal, hardware or any of the usual com¬ modities of life. It is not necessary to buy so far ahead in these directions. Even were it necessary, it ought not to be necessary to
date a purchase made now as purchased on July 1st, 1887, yet this is being widely done, and the only thing we have to say of it is that the practice is a bad one, and will pro¬ duce the same results, that similar policies have always produced before. The effect of such a reaction is to cause a depreciation of real estate, and to undermind that peculiar sort of confidence, which leads men to buy and pay more for property than they know it is really wox-th. The real estate interests have more at stake than any other interest. If goods will not sell, the manufacturer can shut down and wait. If business slackens up, business men can simply economise and wait. But if real estate values take a tumble, they stay down long after the cause which lead to the precipitation has been removed. Investors refuse to believe the improvement, has come after it has come. Builders know that house and factory builders will econo¬ mise, and crowd themselves until actually compelled to enlarge or build. We all re¬ member how blocks of houses stood during the depression between 1877 and 1880, although there was a special cause for this in Philadelphia. The fact of the matter is an industrial or commercial depression, and they generally come together, reacts with terrible force on building and real estate in¬ terests. A depression in values takes place, which is unnecessary and abnormal, just, as in a boom, an appreciation takes place which tosses values beyond what they ought to be.
We do not believe we are in danger of any immediately bad results for post dating, because the stronger houses will not follow the weaker very far in the down grade. They will rather let them have rope enough to hang themselves with, and that will be the end of all those of moderate capital. Whole¬ salers will be very charry of extending credit to post daters, and they are right. A healthy commercial sentiment is our best protection against this evil, and it is being aroused.
JUDGMENTS,
PHILADELPHIA.
Entered December 31, 1886.
*Barry Ellen B — H B Luffberry 4 D
86 866 . 100
*Camm Chas M— Sallie M Camm (Attachment Execution issued) 4
D 86 743 . 13,047
*Same— Sallie M Camm (Attachment
Execution issued) 4 D 86 74 . 2360
*Same — Same (Attachment Execu¬ tion issued) 4 D 86 746.. . 7710
*Coulston Jesse C and Chas W — Jos Eitzell (Bond and Warrant) 4 D
86 799 . 26,000
*Doerle P H and Philip— John Colls
4 D 86 814 . 250
*Dockendorf Sami H, Clegg Francis B— F E Bennet et al (Bond) 4 D
86 832 . i . 500
Eyre John P, Allen Jos S — Michael
Glassmire Wm — Chas S Hahs 3 D 86
440 . 102
Jones Chas T— John E Fricke 3 D 86
489 . ...
Kemble J Ross— John Lamon 3 D 80
437 . S F
Kost Alexr — J F Betz & Son 3 D 86
350 . 176
*Komenarsky J — John K Kindig 4
D 85 738 . 60
*Laughlin Sarah J— Henry Kessler
4 D 86 802 . 200
Loper Wm H— John G Niel 3 D 86
324 . 127
*Lehmberg Chrs — Bythiner Tobacco
Co 4 D 86 722 . 51
McCullough Patrick, Tygh Francis J
THE RECORD AND GXJIBE
1
City (Bond) 4 I) 86 752 . . .
Miskey Jacob A dec and Marie E admx — E Miskey et al 2 M 82 592.. Murphy John— Mary Williams 3D
86 335 . . . . ••
*0’Rourke Michael— P McManus (Bond and Warrant Execution
issued) 4 D 86 809 .
Pleasanton A— W A Jenks 4 D 86 811 Phila. Exhaust & Ventilator Co, Pratt Dundas T— City (Bond) 4 D
86 751 .
Reeves Harry, West Chas F, Mc¬ Donough Patk — City (Bond) 4 D
86 750 .
Schuylkill River E. S. R. R.—
Penna. R. R. Co. 4 J 85 1069 .
Safe & Sure B. & L. Asso— Jas Bing
3 M 86 199 . .
Southworth Frank A, Bulkley Mar-
cius S, Williams Albert S— Dick¬ inson Paper Co 2 D 861 74 .
*Thompson Margt— Jane Bailey 4 D
86 735 .
*Wilhelms Henry— By thiner To¬ bacco Co (Execution issued) 4 D 86 720 . . .
* Wilhelms Henry— By thiner To¬
bacco Co (Execution issued) 4 D 86
721 . j .
*Wright Sallie E — Edwin F Metcalfe
4 D 86 795 .
* Wright Wm T and Sallie E— Edw
F Metcalfe 4 D 86 796 .
Young J-E S Horne 4 D 86 787 .
3719
35
Costs
2323
159
Costs
750
750
2014
25
Entered January 3, 1887.
Bruner H Naglce, Louis N and Meta
N — W H Gregg 2 M 75 1030 . 868
*Blake Maria — Mary L Watts 1 D 86
94..
*Carr Wm H— B F Teller 1 D 86 100 *Clement Franklin W — Annie B
Thomas 1 D 86 101 .
*Coverdale Wm— Adeline Coverdale
(Execution issued) 1 D 86 97 .
*Carson John— Wm Armstrong
(Bond and Warrant) 1 D 86 86 .
Clark Chas E, Keen Herbert J — W
F Rafferty 1 J 86 100 . ver
Faunce Ida E— Anna J Magee (Bond
of Indemnity) 1 D 86 98 .
Field Wm— M V B Vansant 3 D 81
401 .
Fielemeyer Leogardia — Louis Berg-
doll 2 D 81 675 .
Gilch Fredrick — Louis Bergdoll 2 D
81 676 . . . A . . -
*Greenhalgh Eliza— Harry Gill 1 D
86 78 .
^Gilbert Addison F— A M Zane 1 D
86 95 .
Huet Samuel — F W Devoe & Co 1 S
89 611 .
Henkels Stanislaus V — Thos Black 1
D 84 493 . ver
Jones Chas — Lewis T Brooke 2 J 86
Kuhn Chas— Minnie D Kuhn 4 J 86
557 . . . ver
*King Sami L — Danl Fitzpatrick 1
D 86 109 . .
*Kessmeir Julius — Val Kramer 1 D
89 84 .
*Kroll Mary A — Chas J Liebig (Bond
and Warrant) 1 D 86 88 .
*Lees John and Mary A W — Beckie
Basford 1 D 89 92 .
*Lusse Jost or Yost— Plenry Fried¬ man 1 D 86 80 .
*Mulqueen Cath and Bryan— Thos S Wiltbank (Execution issued) 1
D 88 110 .
*Same— Same (Execution issued) 1
D 86 111 . .
*Same— Mary Sauter (Execution is¬ sued) 1 D 86 112 .
*Maguire Louisa F — A A Harmer 1
D 86 96 . . . .
McLoughlin Neil, Reilly Garrett —
509
616
174
Scott A Smith et al 2 J 81 94 .
McNeile John H — Central Nat.
Bank 3 D 86 163 . ' .
Phila. & Darby Pass. Rwy — Peoples
Bank 1 J 83 725 . . ver
Proctor Joseph — W J Fell 3 S 84 328 *Powers W H — A P Hill 1 D 86 86...
* “ “ — W G Hill 1 D 86 90. ......
Pilling Caroline— James Burk 2 J 84
56* . . .
Riley Chas— Harry Gill 1 D 86 79... 100
*Schmitt Frank— Caroline Woeffle 1
D 86 108... . 1250
Snyder John — M A Elliott 2 S 86 309 731
SlemmerWm H, Street Edwd C—
Central Nat. Bank 3 D 86 370 . 4132
Smith Geo W— Central Nat. Bank 3
D 86 524........ . 1030
Shaw Aler— Theo Morgen stern 2 D
86 20 . 756
*Snyder John S— N Toussant 1 D86 99 300
*Sees Jacob, Rogge George, Arnold
Peter — F Hundhmark 1 D 86 91 . 300
Winner J Franklin— Peter Byrne 2 D 86 24 . 130
Entered January 4, 1887.
*Armstrong A — M Hay etal (Execu¬ tion issued) 1 D 86 127 . 266
Arlington Monterey— N T Lewis 1
D 86 140 . 10
*Balmer J H— Carpenter, Henzey &
Co (Execution issued) 1 D 86 145... Bardsley John— John M Thomas 3 D
86 454 . .
*Barnett Florie P— M Hay et al
(Execution issued) 1 D 86 128 .
Connery Robt M, Connery Boiler Works— Wm F Potts et al 3 J 86
1127 . . .
1340 *Carden Wm— Patk Hardiman 1 D
100 86 120 .
*Dreifus I— Sol Dreifus (Execution
issued) 1 D 86 114 . . 1397
*Dreifus I— Max Schofield (Execu¬ tion issued) 1 D 86 115 . 73
*Dreifus I— Minnie Beck (Execution
issued) 1 D 86 116 . . 330
Dooley Edwd — Jas Keenan 3 J 86
266 . ; . 300
Derringer Calhoun M — Michael Mer-
rigan 1 D 86 113 . 9
Enright John — P A Stanton 1 D 81
367 .
Egner Wm and Emma C, Janney Louisa, Murden Mary Ann, Cattell Eliza H, Fidelity Ins. trustees— A
Reed et al 4 M 83 654 .
Eglinton Sami G— A R Ritter 1 D
86 117 . E Judgt
*Fell Chas W— C D Maurer (Attach¬ ment Execution issued) 1 D 86 121 70
*Folev Danl T— Emerson Conrad 1
D 86 125 . 561
Fairmount B. & L. Asso— W A Win¬ terer 4 I) 85 574 . ver 20
Girard Point Storage Co— F A Riehle
et al 4 S 82 14 . ver 7975
Jaquette Jacob C— Geo W Saffin 2 M
85 85 . 12*
*Kraft John— B F Teller 1 D 86 137.. 400
*Lyou James C— G Herzberg 1 D 86
138 . 12°
Lumm Chas H — N T Lewis 1 D 86
139 . ; . 41
Levering Peter B, Tomlinson An¬ drew S— F Sylvester et al 3 D 86 37 . .
*Matlack John R— Thos McFarland
(Execution issued) 1 D 86 122 . 31
*Miller Mary — Hugh Lilly 1 D 86
124 . . .
*Mower John L — G P Einwechter 1
D 86 126 .
*Morse Frank— Edwin R Burdick 1
D 86130 to 134 (5 each) .
*Maguire Louisa F — Weed & Allen 1
D 86 146 . .
McCaffrey James— U. S. Electric L.
Co. 4 M 86 36 . ver
1304
50
100
McCullough Chas E— N T Lewis 1
D 86 141 . 51
Starr Edwd — N T Lewis 1 D 86 143.. 7
Spackman Morris — Isaac Rosskam
3D 86 194 . 598
The City of Phila— M Ehret Jr 1 M
84 133 . ver 809
Tasker Thos T Sr— J P Malseed et al
4 D 85 185 . Costs
*Thurgaland C T, Parrott E W—
Geo B Kerfoot & Co 1 D 86 129 . 368
Warren Henrietta, Large David K,
Guar. Warren Annie— Edwd Steer
2 S 79 491 . 287
Weber Chas H— N T Lewis 1 D 86
142 . 51
Walsh Philip J— John Berge 4 D 85
193 . . .
Entered January 5, 1887. *Balasouin Catharine — Chas Theis 1
D 86 159 .
*Balasouin Catharine— Chas Theis 1
1 D 86 160 . . . . .
*Brand Chas F— A James Jr 1 D 86
162 .
*Balmer J H— I P Balmer (Execu¬ tion issued) 1 D 86 148 . 1500
*Buell B E — Flesh am Bros (Execu¬ tion issued) 1 D 86 149 .
*Clement Faanklin W— Annie B Thomas (Execution issued) 1 D 86
150 . .
*Crosscup Geo W. West Wm R Jr—
Fredk E Ives (Execution issued) 1
D 86 157 .
* Crosse up Geo W. West Wm R Jr—
Danl L Crosscup (Execution is¬ sued) 1 D 86 158 . 1572
*Carey Michl — Cath Maher 1 D 86 165 1200
“ “ —Kate Deely 1 D 86 166.
“ “ — Jas Carey 1 D 86 167...
Costello Sarah J— Theo Schumann
1 D 86 169 .
Cox Elizabeth W— J W Everham 4
M 86 39 . ver
*Dare Geo L and Lucy B— Wm H
Lewis 1 D 86 170 . - .
Else Thos C— Richard F Myers 1 D
84 267 . ver
Faivre Chas— Sami S Phipps 2 D 78
231 . .
Grier Margt -David Lee 2 D 85 342 ver *Groskin Joseph— Jas Gilmer 1 D 86
164 . •""•••
^Isaacs Hortense J— Andrew Kaas
(Execution issued) 1 D 86 154 .
*Isaacs Hortense J— L Mastbaum
(Execution issued) 1 D 86 155 .
*Isaacs Hortense J — Rosanna Green- tree (Execution issued) 1 D 86 156..
*Klemt Julius— F Lambrecht 1 D 86
161 .
Murphy Patrick J and. A E— Kraft
& Reich 1 M 85 728 .
Poore John E, Kuhn Augustus J—
F Stirling et al (Treasurers Bond)
1 D 86 172 . . .
*Sessler Max— Caroline Bird (Bond
and Warrant) 1 D 86 163 . 28,000
Sides Harradon H— W J McMullin
2D 86 158 . .
The City of Phila— Chris Quin Jr 1
S 83 56 . •••ver
*T urner Wm C and Wm R — Cath White (Execution issued) 1 D86 152 ^Turner Wm C and Wm R — Elizth Lindsav (Execution issued) 1 D 86
153 . . . . .
Entered January, 6, 1887.
*Baker Joseph S. Jenkins James— C A Bickel (Bond and Warrant)l D
86 188 . . . ••••;
Beerhalter Henry— Thos Moore 4 M
165 . yer
*Beck Win G— Thos McManemy 1 D
86 177 . . . . 64
*Buecker C G— Sami T Fox 1 D 86 180 . . . . 150
200
90
100
120
1103
846
3000
450
1100
85
324
226
S F 120
100
1365
630
100
65
500
5000
315
262
1000
155
THE RECORD AND GUIDE.
Cohen Sarah A— B Marcus et al 2 J
86 613 . , . ver
City of Phila— Robt S Bey et al 4 M
86 135 . ver
City of Phila — E. Farrow et al 1 M 86
110 . ver
*Fisher Isaac— Nannie Fischer (Exe¬ cution issued) 1 D 86 181 .
Halsted B F— Alonzo Allen 3 J 78
254 . ver
Hong Marshall C— E O Michener 1 S
86 821.. . . . .
Harward Lilburn Jr., Ed. Paul and P. M. Sulger Isaac and Julia H. Harwood, A M, and S A, Hill J Clarson, A. M. Mary and Louise, Darrah Bradford and Mary Brews¬ ter John, T M and Eliza C. Well¬ man Wm A and Sarah A— Guaran¬ tee T. and S. D. Co. 2 M 76 710 ver Husted Samuel — Safe Deposit B.
and L. (Treasurers Bond) 1 D 86 191 Kettenring Jacob — Samuel Myers
et al 1 M 85 895 . ver
*Kelly Francis X Jr — Johannes Lange (Execution issued) 1 D 86
182 .
Leichtnam J C — Wm C Mayne 2 S
85 86 . ver
*McFadden Hannah A— Hallowell
(Bond and Warrant) 1 D 86 178 .
*McCulla or McCullen It Paul, Cor¬ coran John— M and J S Perrine 1
D 86 186 .
Penna. It. It. Co — Andrew J Bair 2
S 82 171 . ver
Ridgway Eli— J A Dougherty 1 D 86
185 .
Reed Jos P Kreemer Chas W— Jos
W Grant et al 3 M 81 351 . ver
Susquehanna Mutual Fire Ins. Co —
Wm L Elkins 2 M 82 342 . ver
Walker Abram, Shoemaker Geo Y — J P Hartman 1 S 84 726 .
Satisfied Judgments.
Thos Smith— WmJ Barr[entNov4
85 .
Thos Smith — Wm J Barr [ent Dec
29 85 . .
Rose Sweeney— Penn Mut. B. & L.
[ent Oct 10 82 . .
Alexander Hogg, Chas L Huoston—
H Clausen & Son [ent Nov 5 86 .
John M Downs— Wm B Irvine [ent
July 13 86 . . .
Jas P Wood, Susan E Tilburn — Val
H Smith & Co [ent July 15 86 .
T H Regan — A Mayer [ent Aug 25 86 “ “ — Jos G Harvey et al [ent
Sept 6 86 .
Wm F Weinmann — F A Poth [ent
Oct 27 86 . . .
Wm Shepherd — L Lowenstein lent
Sept 25 86 .
Philip C Schnitzel — August Schrei-
ber [ent Oct 13 86 .
Margt S Jones — Gillingham Garrison
& Co [ent Dec 26 85 . .
Sarah F Reese — W S Heilner [ent June 15 85 . . .
Mechanics’ Liens.
Andrew Wolf owner, James Short cont— Jacob Jarden claimant, W S
7th st, 96 ft S of Bainbridge st .
James Quinn owner, Wm Thompson cont — Refus R Thomas & Co claim¬ ants, N W cor 19th and Morris st Thos Badman owner, Wm G Bedford cont — Edwd Lyster claimant, E s
38th st and N s Charles st .
John Laib, G Binder owners, John Janda cont Dennis McArdle claim¬ ant, W s Mascher st, 146 ft N of
Jefferson st . . .
Timothy D Murphy owner and cont — W illiam Blair claimant, 3 bldgs
17
1000
2500
500
S E cor 32nd and Wharton st .
John O’Neill owner and cont— Michael Gormley claimant, S E
cor Snyder ave and 13th st .
Margt Keating owner and cont — John J Van Horn claimant, S s Lombard st, 26 ft E of 18th st .
400
40
102
228
SF
750
3000
267
4
4000
198
4567
1595
293
958
152
200
100
200
700
100
404
325
146
250
154
500
142
3600
116
126
45
38
Abbreviations.
Add.— Addition.
Alt.— Alteration.
Assn . — A ssociation .
B. & L.— Building & Loan.
Bk. — Bank.
B.B. — Back Building. Dwg. — Dwelling.
Est. — Estate.
E. J. — Ejectment Suit. E.S.— Equity Suit. Exr.— Executor.
Exrx. — Executrix.
K. & B. — Kitchen & Bath.
M.L.D. — Mechanics’ Lien Docket.
Nat. Bk. — National Bank.
Sav. Bk. — Savings Bank.
t. t.— Terre Tenant.
S.F. — Scire Facias to revive Judgment.
Sum C. — Summons in Case — A form of action invented to meet all civil cases, the form of which is not specially provided for.
Where there are no figures to indicate the amount of the judgment, the damages have not been assessed.
The first name in each line is that of the judgment debtor.
An asterisk (*) denotes judgment confessed or bond and warrant conditioned.
The figures 12 3 and 4 immediately after the name of the plaintiff indicates the number of the Court. The letters D. M. J. and S. after the number of the Court indicate the Term as D., December Term, M., March Term, as J , June term and S., September Term.
An examination as to the nature of judg¬ ments and suits will be made for subscribers without extra charge on application.
Real Estate at Auction.
At the Philadelphia Exchange, December, 28, 1886: -
714 Webb, two-story brick dwelling 13 ft 4 in by 60 ft., sub. g. r., $32.25,
and mtg., $381.12 . $900
424 Moore, 3-story brick dwelling 16
ft. by 67£ ft . 2,450
428 Moore, 3-story brick dwelling, 16
ft. by 571 ft . 2,300
430 Moore, 3-story brick dwelling 16
ft. by 661 ft . '. . . . . 2,500
432 to 438 Moore, four 3-story brick
dwellings 16 ft. by 661 ft . 2,300
869 N 40th, 2-story and mansard roof,
brick house 15 ft. by 53 ft. 6 in . 2,450
871 N. 40th, 2-story and mansard roof,
• brick house 15 ft. by 53 ft. 6 in . 2,450
S. E. cor. Frankford Road and Wildey, mill property 80 ft. by 100
1935 Howard, 2-story brick house 18
it. by 110 ft . . . 3,525
1505 N. 10th, 3-story brick dwelling,
24 ft. by 84 ft . . . 5,700
3959 Ogden, 2-story brick house 14 ft.
6 in. by 56 ft. 6 in. . . 1,950
3961 Ogden, 2-story brick house 14 ft.
6 in. by 56 ft. 6 in . 1,950
1016 Callowhill, 3-story brick dwell¬ ing, 20 ft. by 131 ft . 8,600
939 Watkins, 2 story brick house 14
ft. by 46 ft. 6 in . 1,100
907-9 Noble, two 2-story and attic, brick houses with slaughter house
904 to 910 Hamilton st . 9,550
2 Menu’s Court, 3-story brick house
13 ft. 10 in. by 14 ft. 1 in . . . 1,000
Three vacant lots Ambler, and Auburn st., each 14 ft. by 73 ft. 3 in 875
^ At the Philadelphia Exchange, January
Three-story brick dwelling, No. 1113 Charlotte street . . . ... . . $3,600
Two-story brick dwelling, No. 2011 South Sixth Street, subject to a
yearly ground rent of $90 .
Two-story brick dwelling, No. 521 Moore street, subject to a yearly
grovnd rent of $84 . ’..
Large lot, fronting on Arctic, Talle- hasse, Montgomery and Baltic
avenues, Atlantic City, N. J .
Large lot, S. E. cor. Baltic and Little Rock avenues, South Atlantic City Well secured irredeemable ground rent, $42.50 a year . . . . .
600
650
650
200
880
CONVEYANCES.
PHILADELPHIA.
Mortgages and Ground Rents are in Italics. The figures in the column represent the cash consideration only.
Monday, January 3, 1887. Amber st., S. E. s. and N. E. s. Hull Edmund Kay to Elizabeth E.
Wall, Dec. 27, 1886, 40 ft. by 93 ft. $5,050
Ashmead st., S. E. s., 143 ft. 9. in.
N. E. Mercer, Reuben Evans to Thomas Comfort, Dec. 27, 18^6, 20
ft. \ in by 73 ft . 2,500
Bainbridge st., S. s., 45 ft. H in. E.
Ninth, Mary E. Morton to Isaac Morton, July 29, 1872, 19 ft. 10£ in. by 15 ft. 2 in . 450
Baring st., 4006, Sarah A. Pennell to Herbert F. Pennell, Dec. 30, 1886,
43 ft. 8 in. by 40 ft.; also 4008 Bar¬ ing, 20 ft. by 75 ft.; N. s. Chestnut,
35 ft. E. Forty-fifth, 35 ft. by 214 ft.
6 in.; S. E. cor. Forty-fifth and Market, 42 ft. fin. by 214 ft. 6 in... nom Broad st., 1935 N., Charles C. Moore to George Shepherd, Dec. 29, 1886,
18 ft. by 150 ft.; Mtge. $7000 . 5,000
Catharine st., N. s., 30 ft. E. Fallon,
John Moynagh to Domenico Man- fredo, Dec. 18, 1886, 15 ft. by 56 ft... 2,600
Centre st., 3705, James Healey to Frank Broderick, Dec. 29, 1886, 12
ft. 7f in. by 48 ft . 1,300
Centre st., 3707, James Healey to William Broderick, Dec. 29, 1886,
12 ft. 4| in. by 48 ft . 1,300
Chadwick st., E. s., 258 ft. S. Reed,
Florian Moss to Rebecca Feucht- w’anger, Dec. 30, 1886, 14 ft. by 52
ft.; Mtge. $1000 . . 350
Crothers ave., Elmwood M. L. and I. Co. to Samuel N. Martin, Dec.
15, 1886, Lot 6, Sec. 11, 50 ft. by 100 ft.; also Lot 3, in Sec. 28, to Ernest G. Dussoulas, Nov. 17, 1886, 50 ft.
by 100 ft . nom
Dauphin st., S. s., 46 ft. 10 in. W.
Fairhill, Charles Logan, ex’r, to William Huss, Dec. 23, 1886, 15 ft.
by 64 ft . 2,650
Front st., 235 S., William Lougstreth to Martin B. Garman, Dec. 30, 1886
15 ft. by 40 ft . . . 3,900
Fiftieth st., S. E. cor. Paschall ave.,
William S. P. Shields to William L. Rhinehart, Dec. 30, 1886,; also,
1 lot on Paschall ave., and 1 on
Hanson st . 60,000
Fiftieth st., E. cor. Paschall ave.,
William L. Rhinehart to William S. P. Shields, Dec. 30, 1886, 15 ft. 7 in. by 62 ft.jalso, 10 lots on Fiftieth 5 lots on Say, 5 lots on Paschall ave,, and 3 lots on Hanson; Mtqe.
$28000.., . < . 30,000
Getz st., W. s., 94 ft. N. McKean,
Florian Moss to Emma Feucht- wanger, Dec. 30, 1886, 14 ft. by 46
ft. 6 in . 350
Huntingdon st., 634, Girard Life Ins. A. and T. Company to David Baeder, Dec. 28, 1886, 14 ft. 6 in. by
57 ft . . 2,300
Huntingdon st., 636, Girard Life
THE RECORD AND GUIDE.
9
Ins., A. and T. Company to John J. M. Waldschmidt, Dec. 28, 1886,
14 ft. 5 in. by 57 ft .
Eleventh st., 2841 N., F. W. Ayer to Salini S. Haines, Dec. 16, 1886, 16
ft. by 84 ft.; Mtge., $2000 .
Jasper st., N. W. s., from Albert to Elizabeth, Anthony M. Zane to Joseph W. Baker, Dec. 29, 1886, 120
ft. by 48 ft . .
Lawrence st., E. s., 258 ft. S. Cum¬ berland, Edw. H. Flood to Peter Muller et ux.,Dec. 15,1886, 14 ft by
47 ft. 6 in.;#, r., $78 .
Lawrence st., E. s., 215 ft. 6 in. 8. Cambria, Harry Brocklehurst et al. to Peter Foley, Dec. 16, 1886, 14 ft.
by 92ft. 6 in . . . .
Lydia st., S. W. cor. Aspen, Jona¬ than Cone et al. to Martin Bergen,
Dec. 27, 1886, 14 ft. by 46 ft .
Manton st., N. s., 121 ft. 1 in. W. Twenty-first, John McConaghy to Robert’ C. Laird, Dec. 23, 1886, 14
ft. by 48 ft.; g. r., $48 .
Market st., 4005, Rosanna C. Lagen et al. to John W. DeLong, Dec.
30, 1886, 20 ft. by 124 ft .
Mervine st., E. s., 156 ft. N. Colum¬ bia ave., Joseph 8avidge to Arthur Rapp, Dec. 10, 1886, 16 ft. by 73 ft.. Mascher st., E. s., 186 ft. N. York,. Mary E. Culp to Alonzo W. Allen,
Dec. 31, 1886, 18 ft. by 95 ft. 6 in .
Ninth st., W. s., 80 ft. S. Dauphin, William McKinnejT to William C. Randall, Dec. 8, 1886, 32 ft. by 86
ft . . .
Oriana st., E. s., 61 ft. 6 in. N. Somer¬ set, Frederick Lambrecht to Julius Klemt, Dec. 30, 1886, 13 ft. by 48 ft.
6 in . . .
Orkney st., E. s., 220 ft. S. Hunting¬ don, Hugo Dittmann to Gottfried Luckhardt, Dec. 16, 1886, 27 ft. by
36 ft. 6 in . .
Orkney st., 2557, H. Dittmann to Emma Martha Luckhardt, Dec. 16,
1886, 13 ft. by 36 ft. 6 in .
Paschall ave., 8. E. s., 100 ft. N. E. Sixty-third, William Osterheldt to Samuel J. Thompson, Dec. 29, 1886,
25 ft. by 85 ft .
Seventh st., 814 S., Wm. A. Burns et al., ex’rs, to John H. Baizley, Dec.
29, 1886, 16 ft. by 76 ft. 10^ in .
Seventh st., W. s., 135 ft. 6 in. S. Di¬ amond, Chas. Heller, ex’r, to Mar¬ garet J. Heller, Dec. 30, 1886, 17 ft.
by 80 ft.; g. r. $84 . . .
Sixtieth st., W. s., 23 ft. 6 in. S. Lud¬ low, A. Graham Elliott to Wm. Wilfong, Dec. 9, 1886, 69 ft. by 100
Spencer street, S. E. s , 113 ft. S- W. Dobson to Patrick McEniry, Dec.
20, 1886, 20 ft. by 82 ft. 8| in .
Spruce st., W. s , 68 ft. W. Albion,
Lemuel Coffin to Edwd. C. Lewis,
Dec. 30, 1886, 16 ft. 6 in. by 90 ft .
Third st., W. s., 67 ft. 6 in. N. Som¬ erset, Fred’k Lambrecht to Wm. Brown, Dec. 30, 1886, 16 ft. by 54
ft .
Tenth st., E. s., 34 ft. S. Mt. Vernon, Martha Steever to Martha H. Price, Dec. 28, 1886, 17 ft. 5 in. by 100 ft... Thirteenth street, 929 N., Elizabeth Bauer to Christ’n Hochwald et ux.,
Dec. 1, 1886, 15 ft. by 67 ft .
Thirteenth st., 931 N., Eiiz’th Bauer to Jno. Freudenweiler et ux., Dec.
21, 1886, 15 ft. by 67 ft .
Tulip st., N . W. s., 50 ft. 3 in. S. W.
Washington, John D. Griffith to Thos. W. South, Dec. 24, 1886, 50
ft. by 180 ft .
Walnut st., 913, John Hamilton, Jr., ex., to Lydia Isabella Biddle, Dec. 30, 1886, 25 ft. by 120 ft .
2.300 500
13,000
430
3.300
1.500
925
7,800
1,550
3,000
6.700
1,750
2.700 1,350
675
3,300
1,600
1,000
250
4,000
2,470
nom.
3.500 3,500
1,050
19,000
West street, W. s., 98 ft. N. Brown,
Mary E. Hanrahan to Chas. Rhode,
Dec. 18, 1886, 13 ft. by 68 ft . 4,200
Tuesday, January 4, 1887. Arch st., N. s., 20 ft. E 20th, Wm. H.
Jenks to Jno. Story Jenks, Dec. 28,
1886, 20 ft. by 130 . $13,000
Ashmead st., S. E. s. and N. E. s.
Mercer, Reuben Evans to J.
Howard Keely, Dec. 31, 1886, Also 10 lots on Mercer place; Mtge.
48100 . 17,850
Also, 2 lots S. E. s. Mercer place,
58 ft. 6 in. N. E. Mercer st., 27 ft. 9
in. by 55 ft. 6| in; Mtge. $1800 . 1,500
Ashmead st., S. E. s., 103 ft. 7|in. N.
E. Mercer, Reuben Evans to Geo.
W. Eckhardt, Dec. 27, 1886, 20 ft.
1 in. by 72 ft. 11 in . 2,500
Bainbridge st., S. s., 131 ft. W. seventh, Jas. Bradley to Mary Louth, Dec. 28, 1886, 22 ft 6 in. by
84 ft 6 in; g. r. $45 . 300
Bancroft st., W. s., 21 N. from Tasker, Jno. A. Shellam to Geo. A.
Wagner, Dec. 30, 1886, 7 lots, and 8 on E. s. Chadwick, N. from
Tasker . nom.
Broad st., S. W. cor. Montgomery,
R. J. Dobbins to Jno. F. Betz etal,
Dec. 16, 1886, 146 ft. 6 in. by 270 ft.
8 in . . . 55,000
Cantrell st., 3. s., 149 and 163 ft. W.
Sixth, Chas. Maisch to Geo. W.
Vogler, Dec. 27, 1886, each 14 ft. by 48 ft. Also, S. s. Cantrell, 177 ft. and 205 ft. W. Sixth, each 14 ft. by
48 ft . 2,666
Chestnut st.,N. s., 20 ft. W. Forty- first, Jno. M. Jordan to Geo. Hall,
Jr., Dec. 24, 1886, 21 ft. by 89 ft If
in . 7,500
Chestnut Hill and Springhouse pike,
E. s, Wm. H. Jenks, to Jno. Story Jenks, Dec. 28, 1886, If acres and
36 perches . 20,000
Christain st., S. s.. 287 ft. 6 in. W. Twenty-third, Hugh H. Gould, adm’r, to Dan’l Gormley, Dec. 30,
1886, 16 ft. by 60 ft . 1,250
Clearview, Twenty-seventh ward, lots 2795 and 2796, sec. 81, Jno. II.
Scott to Jennie E. Seubert, Jan, 3,
jggy . . . . ? . . . 275
Clearview, lots 414, 415, 416 and 417, sec. 13, Jno H. Scott to Wm. J.
Welsh, Jan. 1. 1887 . 450
Corinthian ave., W. s. 51 ft. S. Parrish Wm. H. ShourdstoWm. Wood,
Dec. 23, 1886, 17 ft. by 77 ft. 2f in... 6,800
Cuthbert st., 2128, and 2130, Chas.
Cassidy to Isaac Shaw, Dec. 22,
1886, 28 ft. by 48 ft . . . 3,000
Eleventh st., W. s., 150 ft. N. Spruce,
Thos. J. Town to Jos. M. Bennett,
Dec. 22, 1886, 16 ft. 8 in. by 56 ft . 6,000
Elfreth st., 134, Jno. Ford to Jer.
J. Haly, Dec. 20, 1886, 16 ft. by 51 ft 1,870 Federal st., N. s., 162 ft. W. Nine¬ teenth, John McConaghy to Jas.
A. Kelly, Dec. 23, 1886, 15 ft. 6 in.
63 ft. 6 in; g. r. $84 . . 1,400
Fifth st., 929 and 931 N., Jos. C.
Rodel, ex., et al. to John Mayer,
Dec. 24, 1886, 34 ft. by 133 ft . 15,000
Hamilton st., S. s. , 86 ft. 5 in. E. Twenty-third, Emma C. Grant to Sam’l Jones, Dec. 23, 1886, 53 ft. 6f
in. by 140 ft . 13,000
Hanover st., 1318, Wm. H. Mont¬ gomery et al. to Geo. W. Staple-
ford, Dec. 23, 1886, 16 ft. by 90 ft . 4,000
Jefferson st., S. W. s , and S. E. s.
Upsai, Wm. Hacker to John W.
Moffly, Dec. 13, 1886, 200 ft. by 187
ft . . 6,600
Jefferson st., S. W. s., 84 ft. Ilf in. S.
E. Johnson, Julia G. Arrottetal. to Wm. H. Brunner, Dec. 17, 1886,
irreg. shape .
Leverington ave , S. E. s., 500 ft. N.
E. Selig, A. A. Harmer to Louisa
F. Maguire, Dec. 31, 1886, irreg.
shape . .
Mercer pi., S. E. s., 100 ft. N. E. Mer¬ cer st., R. Evans to Jno. K. Ham¬ ilton, Dec. 27, 1886, 27 ft. 9 ip. by 55
ft, 6| in . . .
Mercer pi., S. E. s., 86 ft. 3 in. N. E. Mercer st., R. Evans to Hy. Stutz, Jr., Dec. 27, 1886, 13 ft. 10 j in. by
55 ft. 61 in .
Milton st., S. s., 66 ft. 9 in.W. Tenth, Mary Joyce, admx., to Mary A. Fitzpatrick, Dec. 9, 1886, 15 ft. by
59 ft. 2£ in.; g. r., $33 .
Montgomery st., S. E. cor. Natrona, Martha Pemberton to Wm. Howell,
Dec. 29, 1886, 75 ft. by 150 ft .
Mountain st., 1913, Jas. Ramey to Patrick M. Toomey, Dec. 15, 1886,
14 ft. by 47 ft.; g. r., $39 .
Mountain st., N. s.. 100 ft. 6 in. W. Twentieth, Alex. Guthrie to Marg’t Guthrie, Dec. 23, 1886, 14 ft. by 47
ft.;#-, r., $39 .
Mount Vernon st., 2036, Sarah Em- len Cresson to John MacDonald, Dec 30, 1886, 20 ft. 2 in. by 89 ft. 5
in .
Myrtle st., 1135, H. G. Oesterle to Herman A. Oesterle, Dec. 31, 1886,
16 ft. by 40 ft . .
Nineteenth st., S.W.cor. Alleghany, Robt. L. Brooke to Mary Ann B.
Smith, Dec. 3,1, 1886, triangular .
Norris st.,2000, Geo. Wiegand to Jas. E. Riggins, Nov. 18, 1886, 17 ft. 7J
in. by 70 ft. ; #. r. $216 .
Ogden st., N. s., 261 ft. 8 in. W. 16th, Chas. E. Morgan, Jr., to Elizabeth Frever, Nov. 18, 1886, 18 ft. by 77
ft. 10 in .
Powelton ave., N. s., 332 ft. E. 33d, Jno. Ord to A. Leslie Belleville, Dec. 29, 1886, 17 ft. 6 in. by 91 ft.
3f in .
Prospect st., 21st Ward, C. S. Albany ex. to Jno. R. Leewright, Dec. 1886
irreg shape . .
Penn st., N. W. s., 198 ft. 7£ in. S. W. Green, Enau McDermond to Carissa C. Dalzell, Dec. 30, 1886, 32
ft. by 107 . . . .
Ridge ave., S. W. s., 31 ft. 8J in. S. W. John Ulmer’s Lane, 21s"t Ward Hugh Hallowell to Jacob B. Fran¬ cis Jr., Dec. 28, 1886, 2 roods, 14
perches .
Second st., 460, Henry Fricke, et al. exrs. to Frederick Glading, Dec.
28, 1886, 20 ft. by 120 ft .
Shackamaxon st., S. W. s. and N. W. s. Beach, Louis Krautter ex. to Edward White, Dec. 21, 86, 20 ft.
by 80 ft.; Mtge. $4726.71 .
Snyder ave., N. s., 32 ft. E. Long, Francis Read to George Lodge,
Dec. 30, 1886, 16 ft. by 65 ft .
Also, S. W. cor. Long and McKean
irreg. shape . '. .
Snyder ave., N. S., 16 ft. E. Long, Philip Simon to George Lodge,
Dec. 30, 1886, 16 ft. by 65 ft .
Snyder ave., N. E. cor. Long, Geo. D. Fields to Geo. Lodge, Dec. 13,
1886, 16 ft. by 65 .
Somerset st., S. s. and N. E. s. Tus- culum, Jennie J. Boudenot to Jno. J. Torpey, Oct. 20, 1886, irreg. shape Stiles st. , N. s., 101 ft. 8 in E. Seven¬ teenth, James D. Kane to Andrew Kammerer, Nov. 30, 1886, irreg.
shape .
Susquehanna avenue, E. s., 16 ft. N. Thompson, John J. Conway et al., ex’s, to John Ebersold, Dec. 24,
1886, 15 ft. 3 in. by 67 ft .
Swanson st., 2 lots, E. s., bet. Almond
3,500
700
3,300
1,400
1,550
3,000
900
900
6,700
1,200
800
3,100
2,050
9,750
4,500
3,000
8,450
4,600
533
966
600
500
10,000
4,200
2,225
10
t;he kecoud and guide
and Catharine, Jno. Lowber Welsh to the Pennsylvania Warehousing and Safe Deposit Co., Dec. 31, 1886,
irreg. shape . ..: .
Third st., E. s.,226 ft. 8 in. N. York, Jno. I. McDuffee to Emerson Con¬ rad, Dec, 20, 1886. 12 ft. by 60 ft. ;
Mtge. $700 .
Twenty-first st , W. s., 59 ft. 5£ in. S. Federal, Henry R. Coulomb to Cath. Dougherty, Dec. 13, 1886, 16
ft. by 65 ft. i in.; g. r. $72 .
Twenty-fifth st., N. W. cor. Twenty- fifth, Chas. P. Keith to Charles T. Colladay, Dec. 29, 1886, 159 ft. 6 in.
by 135 fit. If in .
Twenty-fifth st., E. s., 36 ft. 11 in. S. Dauphin, John H. Krauss et al. to Jas. H. and Jas. L. Stevenson, Dec. 27, 1886, 18 ft. 5£ in. by 110 ft.
4J in . . .
Twenty-fifth st., E. s., 129 ft. S. Dau¬ phin, Lydia A. Bustill to Jas. H. and James L. Stevenson, Dec. 27, 1886, 18 ft 5J in. by 110 ft, U in. Also, E. s. Twenty-fifth, 110 ft. 9£ in. N. Emmett, 18 ft. 5J in. by 110
ft. 4£ in .
Thirty-fourth street E. s,, 140 ft. S. Walnut, F. A. Potts to Joseph M.
Bennett, Nov. 23, 1886, irreg .
Thirty-fourth st., N. E. cor. Locust, Jos. M. Bennett to the Foulke and Long Institute for Orphan Girls,
Dec. 27, 1886, Mtge. $1,250 .
Vine street, S. s., 74 ft. E. Twelfth,. Wm. Hudson Burr to Samuel B. McDowell, 18 ft. by 100 ft .
Wednesday, January 5, Adams st., S. s., 78 ft. E. Trenton ave., Charles Muehling to Elmer S. Little to Charles Muehling, Dec.
29, 1886, 48 ft. by 150 ft. 3 in. .
Brown st., N. E. s., 87 ft. N. W. Mul¬ berry, Decatur Building Associa¬ tion to James Crankshaw, Dec. 31,
1886, 24 ft. 9 in. by 123 ft. 9 in .
Bustleton and Bristol rd., 66 acres 30 perches, M. Glackin, ex’r, to Jos. D. Marshall, Jan. 3, 1887; mtge.
$7000 .
Buttonwood st., 1210, William H. Burr, et al., Nov. 29, 1886, 13 ft. 3£
in. by 55 ft. 11 in....~ .
Carver (formerly St. Mary) st., 611 and 613, John J. Toner to John O’Brien, Dec. 1, 1886, 28 ft. by 124
ft.; g. r. $65.33..... .
Clearview, Lots 2395, 2396, Sec. 69, John H. Scott to Robert J. Devlin,
Jan. 4, 1887 .
Dilwyn st., E. s., 139 ft. 7f in. N. Buttonwood, Rachel Ann J. Pan¬ coast to Sophia A. Young, ex.,
Dec. 31, 1886, 20 ft. by 70 ft .
Eighth st., 23 S., A. J. Reach to Francis H. Lea, Nov. 23, 1886, 16 ft. 6£ in. by 89 ft 8 in. ; Mtge. $14,000 Eneu st., N. s. and W. s. Chubb, Andrew Tomlin to Joseph A. Hackett, Jan. 4, 1887, irreg. shape Fifth st., 22 and 24 S., trustees of es¬ tate John Jacob Ridgway to Jarvis Mason, to Pennsylvania' Company for Insurance on Lives, &c., trus¬ tees, Jan. 3, 1887; also, 511 and 513 Chestnnt; 716-718 Walnut; 207-221 S. Eighth; 429 South; 426 Gaskili; 513 to 525 N. Tenth; 934-936 Spring Garden, N. E. cor. Pennsylvania ave. and Mulberry; 417-421 Green, and N. S. Catharine, 60 ft. E.
Fourth, 16 ft. by 80 ft .
Fifth st., W. s., 60 ft. 10J in. N. Girard ave., Caroline Balles (alias Kellermanjto Peter Schmitt etux., Dec. 21, 1886, 17 ft. 2 in. by 77 ft.
Ilf in .
Filbert st., N. s., 164 ft. 10 in. E.
145,000
600
1,200
46,000
40C
600
7,000
2,000
6,025
1887.
6,050
1,400
6,237
2,825
Nineteenth, David Carrick to George Abbott, Jr., July 23, 1886, 2
ft. by 117 ft .
Fitzwater st., S. E. cor. Juniper, Gus- tavus C. Seidel to Franz Flecken-
stein et ux., Dec. 28, 1886 .
Fontain st., 1704, Louisa H. Wash¬ ington to George Frescoln, Jan. 3,
1887, 15 ft. 58 ft .
Germantown ave., S. W. s., 14 ft. 6J in. N. W. Walnut, Enoch Taylor to Martha C. Poley, Jan. 1, 1887,
irreg. shape . . .
Girard ave., S. E. s., 34 ft, 10 in. N. E. Collar, William S. Magee to John Ebersold, Dec. 30, 1886, 16 ft.
by 80 ft .
Girard ave., S. E. s., 18 ft. N. E. Collar, Wm. S. Magee to Richard Holmes, Dec. 30, 1886, 16 ft. 10 in.
by 77 ft . .
Hermitage st., N. W. s., 71 ft. 8J in. S. W. Srriick, George Missimer to Hannah McFadden, Dec. 21, 1886,
15 ft. 4J in. by 99 ft. 9f in .
James st., 8. E. s., 706 ft. 6 in. N. E. Ridge ave., Thomas Byrnes to Patk. Jno. Ryan, Sept. 13, 1886, 20
ft. by 95 ft .
Manton st.. S. s., 254 ft. W. Nine¬ teenth, Wra. E. Stoeffler to Mark Hy. Barnes, Dec. 28, 1886, 14 ft. by
50 ft.; g. r., $46 .
Market st., N. s. and W. s. Meeting House Lane, Dennis McLaughlin, trustees, to Fras. S. Dinan, Dec. 30,
1886, irreg. shape .
Marriott st., S. s., bet. Fourth and Fifth, Janet M. Bullock to Ells¬ worth H. Hults, Dec. 31, 1886, 40 ft.
by 113 ft . . . .
Mole st., 1540, John Devlin to Richard J. Lennon, Jan., 1887, 14
ft. by 47 ft.; mtge., $1300. .
Ninth st., 734 S., H. A. Walker to Sallie P. Haines, Dec. 31, 1886, 18
ft. by 90 ft.; Mtge. $5,500 .
Nineteenth st., E. s., 123 ft. S. Ells¬ worth, John White to Andrew F. Gallagher; Dec. 17, 1886, 15 ft. by
62 ft.; g. r. $75 .
Palmer st., N. E. s., 72 ft. S. E. Bel¬ grade, Jacob M. Faunce to Ida E. Faunce, Dec. 28, 1886, 32 ft. by 130 ft .
2,500
240
2,000
21,000
150
nom
6,500
Perot st., 2410, Susan McCullough to Daniel T. Foley et ux., Dec. 31,
1886, 13 ft. by 42 ft .
Roxborough ave., N. W. s., and S. W. s. Mitchell, William Bishop Hughes to Howard R. Yocum, Dec.
30, 1886, irreg. shape .
Seventh st., W. s., 117 ft. N. Thomp¬ son. Anna W. Keck to Margaret
J. Pleis, Dec. 31, 1886 .
Sixteenth st., E. s., 52 ft. N. Bain- bridge, Chas. Vandyke to Elmira Vandyke, Dec. 27, 1886, 17 ft. by 76
ft. ; g. r. $59.50 .
South st., 623, Charles Gilles to Her¬ man Kraus, Dec. 30, 1886, 20 ft. by
90 ft.; Mtge. $4,500 .
Springfield ave., S. E. s., 50 ft. S. W. Fifty-fourth, Abby A. Longstreth, ex., to Hy. Longstreth, Dec. 31,
1886, 100 ft, by 200 ft .
Springfield ave., S. E. s., 150 ft. S. W. Fifty-fourth, Abby A. Long¬ streth, ex., to Benj. L. Longstreth,
Dec 1, 1886, 100 ft. by 200 ft .
Spruce st., S. s., 28 ft. 5 in , John Cadwalader to Eliza L. Graham,
Dec. 31, 1886, 28 ft. by 110 ft .
Tahasa st,, 926-928, Samuel Hempton to Annie Hempton, Jan. 3, 1887, 27
ft. 6 in. by 60 ft.; Mtge. $2000 .
Taylor st. W. s., 207 ft. N. Brown, Charles W. Henry to Joseph Oat,
Dec. 30, 1886, 30 ft. by 50 ft .
Taylor st., W. s., 237 ft. N. Brown,
1,800
7.500
1,332.66
1,332
1,750
2.500
700
nom.
2,300
550
4,000
1,450
6,000
2,000
600
nom.
nom.
8,250
nom.
nom.
26,500
1,500
5,200
Charles W. Henry to George R.
Oat, Dec. 30, 1886, 75 ft. by 50 ft .
Tenth st., E. s., 243 ft. S. Wharton, Amanda Dougherty, ex’rx. to Christopher Finley, Dec. 29, 1886,
irreg. shape . .
Twenty-fourth st., E. s., 18 ft. N. Hamilton, Alexander Kerr to Margaret Jamison, Oct. 7, 1884, 18
ft. by 76 ft. 3 in .
Vine st., 1530, William L. Clayton, et al., ex’rs, to Francis H. Kilpat¬ rick et al., Dec. 22, 1886, 17 ft. 6 in.
by 80 ft .
Willow Grove ave., E. s., 80 ft. S. W. Twenty-fourth, Clinton Rohrer to John M. Baisch, Dec. 22, ] 886, 40
ft. by 160 ft .
Thirteenth st., 1816 S., A. H. McFad¬ den to Thomas G. Hufnal, Dec. 24, 1886, 16 ft. by 70 ft .
Thursday, January 6, Ashworth ave , 300 ft. S. W. Eighty- eighth, Elmwood Mutual Land Association to Charles H. Baird,
Oct. 20, 1386, 50 ft. by 100 ft .
American st., W. s., 195 ft. N. Col¬ umbia ave., Adam Nahn to John Wichman, Dec. 31, 1886, 15 ft. by
67 ft . ....
Brunner st.. S. E. s., 240 ft. 1J in. S. W. Germantown ave., William D. Doughton to Albert Merath, Dec.
27, 1886, 30 ft. by 76 ft .
Broad st., N. W. cor. Brown, Penna. Co. for Ins. on Lives, &c., to John Wanamaker, Dec. 30, 1886, 60 ft. by
160 ft .
Chadwick st., W. s , 88 ft. 3 in. S. Morris, Thomas P. Twibill to Henry J. McLaughlin, Nov. 24,
1886, 84 ft. by 53 ft.; also, E. s. Chadwick, 144 ft. 3 in. S. Morris, 84 ft. by 53 ft.; 12 g. r's, $48 00 each
Chadwick st., W. s., 8. of Morris, John Friel et al. to Henry J. Mc¬ Laughlin, Nov. 23, 1886, 25 lots,
each subject to a g. r. of $48 .
Catharine st., 1233, interest of Geo. 8cott et ux. to John Henderson,
Dec. 31, 1886, 16 ft. by 80 ft .
Crothers ave., N. W. s., 300 ft. S. W. Eighty-eighth, Elmwood Mutual Land and Improvement Company to Charles H* Baird, Oct. 20, 1886,
50 ft, by 100 ft .
Eneu st., N. s. and W. s. Chubb, in¬ terest of Wm. L. Tomlin to Jos. Hackett, Jan. 3, 1887, irreg. shape; W. s. Chubb, 42 ft. 7 in. N. Eneu,
irreg. shape . .
Edgley st., 1611 to 1623, John Staf¬ ford to Anna M. Sheble, Jan. 3,
1887, 105 ft. by 58 ft .
Forty-first st., N. E. cor. Poplar,
Penna. Co. for Ins. on Lives, etc., to Jos. Leidy, Dec. 28, 1886, 123 ft. by 100 ft., N. s. Poplar, 100 ft. E.
Forty-first, 150 ft. by 205 ft .
Franklin st., Twenty-fourth Ward, N. s., 209 ft. 2 in. E. Fifty-second, Wm. R. .Nicholson to KateE. Sup-
lee, Dec. 18, 1886, 14 ft. by 95 ft .
Girard ave., S. s., 36 ft. W. Twelfth, Frank D. Graham to Edw. F. Albrecht, Dec. 30, 1886, 17 ft. by
100 ft.; Mtge. , $9,000 .
Girard ave., S. s., 36 ft. W. Twelfth, Hy. G. Schwartz to Edw. F. Al¬ brecht, Jan. 3, 1887, 17 ft. by 100
ft .
Germantown ave., N. E. s., 81 ft. 9| in S. E. Duval, John R. Read to Horace Pettit, Jan. 4, 1887,11 acres,
1 rood, 18 792 perches^ . .
Latona st., 1811, Robert Thompson to Jane Hutchinson, Dec. 16, 1886,
16 ft. by 55 ft.; g. r.,$48... . .
Ninth st., W. s., 306 ft. N. Susque-
13,000
3,850
2,200
5,600
500
450
1887.
nom
$1,800
5,000
5,000
10,800
22,500
150
nom
50
16,800
10,000
2,000
4,000
nom.
100
800
THE RECORD AND GUIDE.
11
hanna ave., Charles B. Mench to George Woolford, Dec. 31, 1886, 48
ft. by 175 ft . 12,500
Ninth st., S. E. cor. Indiana, Benja¬ min H. Senderlin to Elmer E. Sen- derlin, Dec. 31, 1886, 51 ft. by 114 ft.
21 in . 612
Ninth st., W. s., 233 ft. S. Hunting¬ don, John Loughran to Margaret Ann Smith, Dec. 31, 1886, 14 ft. 9
in. by 81 ft. 6 in . 3,100
Nineteenth st., N. W. cor. Tasker,
James Irvine to Alice McManus,
Nov. 23, 1886, 18 ft. by 68 ft. 6 in.... 4,100
Newbold ave., W. s., 200 ft. S. Rus- comb, Charles W. Henry to Win¬ field S. Tobin, Dec. 31, 1886, 20 ft.
by 87 ft. 10 in. . 333
Oakford st., N. s., 110 ft. W. Twenty- first, Thomas Marshall to John Conlan, Dec. 6, 1886, 15 ft. by 58 ft.;
g. r., $54 . 1,000
Passyunk Road, S. E. s., 91 ft. 2\ in.
N. E. Marriott, William Godshall et al. to Timothy J. Wholey, Nov.
18, 1886, irreg. shape . 4,500
Reese st., E. s., 246 ft. and 260 ft. S.
Lehigh ave., G. A. Lehr to Christoph Pacius, Dec. 31, 1886, 14
ft. by 61 ft. each; Mtge., $3,700 . 1,600
Spring Garden st., 1937, Mary E. McComas et al. ex’rs, to Horace N.
Kates, Dec. 27, 1886, 20 ft. by 90 ft.;
Mtge., $6000 . 8,000
Twelfth st., N. W. cor. Lentz, John Schaffner et al. to Samuel W. Thomas, Dec. 18, 1886, 140 ft. 6 in.
by 18 ft . 20,500
Twenty-second st., W. s., 212 ft. 9 in.
N. Race, Alfred Mellor et al. to Mellor & Rittenhouse Co., Dec. 13,
1886; also two lots on E. s. Twenty- third between Race and Vine;
Mtge., $8000 . 37,000
Torr ave., S. s., 477 ft. 2\ in. E. Meeting-house Lane, Rebecca Jalho to Joseph R. Rhoads, Dec. 31,
1886, 25 ft. by 200 ft . 500
Thirteenth st., W. s., 106 ft. S. Mas¬ ter, Anthony Groves, Jr. to Henry G. Freeman, Jr., Dec. 31, 1886,
irreg. shape . 6,250
Brown st., N. s., 16 ft. 3 in. W. Buck- nell, William D. Norman, Jr., to Annie Norman, Dec. 28, 1886, 16 ft.
by 62 ft . \ . nom.
Hegerman st., N. W. s., 150 ft. S. W.
Tyson, Mary Disston to John Mc- Mullin, Dec. 29, 1886, 25 ft, by 165
Tulip st., N. W. s., 100 ft. S. W. Washington, Mary Disston to George Arnold, Dec. 23, 1886, 25 ft,
by 180 ft . 360
Longshore st., S. W. s., 199 ft. I0J in. S. E. Keystone, James H. Ful¬ ler to Mary Disston, Dec. 16, 1886,
irreg. shape; mtge. $1300 . 1,000
Richmond st., S. E. cor. Jenks, Her¬ bert Reynolds to the city of Phila¬ delphia, Dec. 24, 1886, 140 ft. by
150 ft . 6,300
McKean st., IS. s., 128 E. Eighth,
Wm. C. Carman to Wm. Peoples,
Dec. 17, 1886 . 550
Twenty-first st., E. s., 109 ft. S. Fed¬ eral, H. R. Coulomb to Hugh J. Shannon, Dec. 21, 1886, 16 ft. by 60
ft.; fir. r. $72 . 2,100
Tenth st , E. s. and N. S. York, Frederick Schwartz to Anton Maier, Dec. 23, 1886, 33 ft. 9 in. by
90 ft. ; g. r. $144 . 5,100
Watkins st., S. s., 70 ft. E. Tenth,
James McClairn to Geo. Love,
Dec. 31, 1886, 16 ft. by 54 ft.; g. r.
$48 . 1,000
Wallace st., 4519, Geo. T. Deiss, mas¬ ter, to Mary H. Copes, Nov. 24,
1886, 14 ft. by 50 ft .
Worth st. , N. W. s.,261 ft. S. W. Or¬ thodox, Levi Battersby to George Patterson, Dec. 15, 1886, 40 ft. by
102 ft. 4 in . 825
Friday, January 7, 1887.
Aspen st., 3865, Jac. Rightly to Sarah S. Hart Oct 27, 1886, 15 ft.;
by 80 ft.; g. r. $108 . . $1,000
Broad st. W. s., 117 ft. 2 in. N. Arch,
Susan M. Boyd to John Wan-
amaker, Dec. 27, 1886, irreg . 55,100
Cadwalader Ct., S. s., 158 ft. W.
Eighth, R. A, Baeder et al. to John
C. Baker et al., Dec. 23, 1886, 40 ft.
by 43 ft . 4,300
Camac st., E. s., 32 ft. S. Jefferson,
George W. Michener to George H.
Kabish et ux., Dec. 31, 1886, 15 ft.
by 46 ft . 2,300
Chadwick st., E. s., 312 ft. S Tasker,
Samuel I. Goodall to Celia M.
Sears, Dec. 31, 1886, 14 ft. by 50 ft.;
g. r. $48 . 850
Coulter st., N. W. s., 252 ft. 4| in. S.
W. Hancock, Phebe B. W. New- hall et al., exrs., to Mary S. Mc- Murtrie, Dec. 4, 1886, 25 ft. by 210
ft . 1,250
Diamond st., 86 ft. 8 in. W .Eleventh,
H. J. Vasey to Samuel T. Roberts,
Dec. 27, 1886, 17 ft. 2 in. by 75 ft.;
Mtge. $3200 . 5,000
Eighth st. W. s., 40 ft. N. Christian, interest, Wm. H Elliott to Frank Cuneo, Dec. 31, 1886, 54 ft. by 96 ft,
6 in . 11,000
Eleventh st., W. s., 452 ft. N. Somer¬ set, Hy. B. Beard to Chas. H. Rob¬ bins, Dec. 17, 1886, 16 ft. by 94 ft. ; also, lots on Ellswm’th, Federal, Nineteenth and Twenty-fourth
sts., in all 24 lots . 95,000
Fernon st., 16 lots, S. s., 198 ft. 6 in.
W. Twentieth, Andrew Quinn to Hugh Copeland, Jan. 6, 1887, 239 ft. by 47 ft.; W. s. Twentieth, 50 ft.
3 in. N. Morris, 16 ft. by 67 ft.
6 in . 1,000
Franklin st,, W. s., 258 ft. N. Cum¬ berland, Wm. Sperl to Annie M.
Fisher, Jan. 3, 1887, 14 ft. by 65 ft.
4 in.; Mtge. $1,500 . 1,050
Lawrence st., E. s., 229 ft. 6 in. S.
Cambria, Harry Brocklehurst et al. to John Rothera, Dec. 31, 1886, 14
ft. by 52 ft. 8 in . . . 2,500
Memphis st., N. W. s., and S. W. s.
Ontario, Samuel L. Roberts to Humphrey John Vasey, Nov. 30,
1886, 278 ft. by 50 ft, 10 in . 5,000
Memphis st., S. E. s., and S. W. s.
Cook, Philip M. Mann to John Gries, Dec. 23, 1886, irreg. shape.... 3,100 Montgomery street, N. s., 17 ft. E.
Tulip, Jas. Dobson et ux. to Alice McElhone, Jan. 3, 1887, 18 ft. by
114 ft . 150
Nineteenth st., W. s., 18 ft. N. Fer¬ non, Jas. Milnamow, Jr., to John McLaughlin, Dec. 29, 1886 16 ft. by
48 ft. 7£ in.; g. r. $60 . * . 800
Palmer st., N..E. s., 72 ft. S. E. Bel¬ grade, Ida E. Faunce to Sarah E.
Faunce, Jan. 4, 1887, 32 ft. by 130
ft . 4,000
Park Ave., E. s., 143 ft. 9 in. S. Dia¬ mond, Michael Price to Victorine
D. Gross, Dec. 29, 1886, 21 ft. 3 in.
by 101 ft.; g. r. $360 . 3,000
Penn St., S. E. s., 25 ft. N. E. Arrott,
George B. Bonnell to Elizabeth Hewitt, Dec. 31, 1886, 16 ft by 100 ft. 900 Quince St., W. s., 101 ft., N. Pine, J.
S. Smith, ex., et al. to Robert D.
Murray, Dec. 28, 1886, 21 ft. by 75 ft.; also lot 80 ft N. Pine and 62 ft.
W. Quince, 21 feet by 13 ft . 4,000
Redner St., N. S-, 200 ft. W. Twenty- fourth, John K. Cuming to Frank
H. Leamy, Jan. 4, 1887, 28 ft by 42 ft.; N. s. Redner, 242 ft. 5 in. W. Twenty-fourth, 14 ft. by 42 ft.;
mtges. $3000 . 3,300
Redner St., N. s., 228 ft. W. Twenty- fourth, John K. Cuming to Eliza¬ beth C. Reynolds, Jan. 4, 1887, 14
ft. by 42 ft . 2,100
Seventh St., E. s., 32 ft. N. Moss,
John Stack to Michael Brady, Jan.
4, 1887, 16 ft. by 60 ft. ; g. r. $58 . 1,300
Sixteenth St., 1813 N., William G.
Serrill to Susan D. Schwrartz, Dec.
13, 1886, 16 ft. by 74 ft. 2 in.; g. r.
$210 . 3,000
Sixteenth St., E. s., 118 ft. 9 in. S.
McKean, Andrew Stewart to James McVickar, Jan 4, 1887, 16 ft. 3 in
by 117 ft . 600
South st., 1800 and 1802, Henry Wal¬ ker to Fred’k Wiegand, Dec. 31,
1886, each 16 ft. by 65 ft.; g. r. $57.. 11,100
Twenty-fifth st., S. W. cor. Swain,
.Tno. M. Sharp to Dan’l P. O’Neill,
Nov. 17, 1886, 15 ft. by 55 ft. 1| in.;
g. r. $98 . 1,650
Twenty-seventh st., E. s., 78 ft. 4 in.
5. Berks, Jacob E. Ridgway to Martha McKeown, Dec. 31, 1886,
15 ft. 7 in. by 68 ft. 6 in . 3,500
Union ave., N. W. s., 100 ft. S. W. Thirty-second, Mamie Hutton to Martha D. Hele, Aug. 17, 1386, 20
ft. by 100 ft . 500
Walnut street, 8. E. s., 215 ft. N. E.
Wayne, C. L. Peterson to Mahlon Bryan to Luc;y A. Peterson, Dec.
31, 1886, 60 ft. 7f in. by 231 ft.
5£ in . . 4,000
Whitby avenue, N. W. s , and S. W. Fifty-second, William H. Kurtz to Sarah Ann Lindsay, Nov. 19, 1886,
334 ft. by 115 ft . 1 . 2,500
Orkney st., 2750, Leffman Hope to Frank A. Greis et ux. Jan. 7, 1887,
14 ft. 7§ in. by 30 ft. ; 2748 Orkney,
13 ft. 10 in. by 36 ft . 250
Ninth st., W. s., 124 ft S. Hunting¬ don, John Loughran to Henry C.
Kunkel, Dec. 29, 1886, 14 ft. by
80 ft . . 3,200
Saturday January 8th, 1887.
Aramingo st., N.s., 127 ft. E. Cedar,
Michael Halloran to* Patrick De- vine, Jan. 5, 1887, 14 ft. by 60 ft.
3 in . $1,300
Ashmead st., N, W. s., 236 ft. S. W.
Mercer, Margaret Hillyer to Kate Cowhey, Dec. 27, 1886, 13 ft. 4 in.
by 100 ft . 1,400
Bainbridge st., S. s., 131 ft. W. Seventh, Chas. Fay to Mary South,
Dec. 31, 1886, 22 ft. 6 in. by 84 ft, 6
in., g. r , $45 . 300
Baring st., S. s., and E. s. Preston, Twenty-fourth Ward, James B. England to Wm. Howell, Jan. 5,
1887, irreg. shape . 18,500
Brown st., N. W. cor. Forty-second
Jos. H. Virkler to Anna C. Bauer,
Jan. 6, 1887, 18 ft. by 49 ft., g. r.,
$210 . 1,520
Callowhill st., 1109, Cornelius E. Spenceley, to Edwin O. Michener
Dec. 28, 1886, 19 ft. by 124 ft . 5,500
Cherry st., N. W. s., 115 ft. 9J- in. S.
W. Harrison, William Nelson West to Geo. L. Horn, Dec. 10,
1886, 150 ft. by 103 ft. 7 in., also lot
on Harrison st . 3,600
Eberle st., E. s., 110 ft. S. Godfrey ave., Charles H. Weiss to Mary Deegan, Dec. 22, 1886, 22 ft. by 80 ft 135
Eighteenth and Dauphin sts., H. R.
Schoch to William M. Singerly,
Sept. 9, 1886, irreg. shape... . nom
'airbill st., 2226, Philip Baeder to Robert H. Welthall, Jan. 6, 1887,
14 ft. by 62 ft 10i In . 2,700
12
THE RECORD AND GUIDE.
Fourth st., N. E. cor. Lombard, Hannah Sloops to Thomas Garrity, Dec. 16, 1886, 38 ft. by 64 ft., g. r.,
$28.87£ . . . .....
Fourth st., W. s., 22 ft. S. Master, Thomas McDonald to Michael Bash, Dec. 3, 1886, 18 ft. by 70 ft... Fifth st., W. s., 52 ft. N. Willow, Hermann Heller to John Bruns,
Jan. 6, 1887, 20 ft. front .
Fifteenth st., E. s., 258 ft. N. Norris, A. G. Murphy et al. to Charles H. Hamrick, Sr., Dec. 17, 1886, 16 ft. 6
in. by 90 ft. 8 in.; Mtge. $4,000 .
Forty -second st., 407 s., George B. Morrell to Caroline D. G. Granger, Dec. 25. 1886, 31 ft. 6 in. by 159 ft.;
Mtge. $ 560 .
Gray's ave., N. s., 200 ft. E. Seventy- first, James B. Craighead to Austin K. Evans, Jan. 4, 1887, 50 ft. by
Green la., N. W. s., and S. W. s., Hamilton, interest of Martin Fielding to Jerome C. Closson et
al., Jan. 5, 1887, irreg. shape .
Gerritt st., S. s., 419 ft. W. Twen¬ tieth, John C. Rutherford to Wm. Fall, Dec. 27, 1886, 18 ft. by 48 ft.;
g. r. $36 . . .
Gratz st., 1912, J. Louis Kates to John G. Rich, Jan. 1, 1887, 16 ft.
by 85 ft. 4 in.; Mtge. $2,000 .
Hunting Park ave., N. s., 31 ft. 8£ in.
E. Midvale, Philip J. Justice to
James E. Kelly et al., Jan. 3, 1887, 40 ft. by 114 ft .
Huntingdon st., N. W. cor. Eighth, A. D. Kennedy to Sophia Hess,
Jan. 3, 1887, 15 ft. by 67 ft .
Huntingdon st., 803, Sophia Hess to Amos D. Kennedy, Jan. 3, 1887,
14 ft. H in- by 67 ft . .
Hutchinson st., E. s., 86 ft. N. Hunt¬ ingdon, M. H. Heist to James Barnhart, Jan. 5, 1887, 14 ft. by
76 ft . .
Hutchinson street, E. s., 128 ft. N. Huntingdon, M. H. Heist to Mah- lon Durn, Jan. 5, 1887, 14 by 76 ft.. Hutchinson st., E. s., 114 ft. N. Hun¬ tingdon, M. H. Heist to Andrew Haring, Jan. 5, 1887, 14 ft. by 76 ft. Bancroft st., E. s., 270 ft. S. Tasker, Andrew Montgomery to William Spencer, Dec. 21, 1886, 14 ft. by 50
ft. ; g. r. $48 .
Juniper st., S. E. cor. Dorsey, Est. Jas. H. Errickson, dec’d, to Geo.
F. Payne and Charles G. Wetter,
Jan- 5, 1887, irreg. shape .
Lawrence st., W. s., 417 ft. N. York, Annie E. Lackie, adm’x, to Rich’d Gorman, Aug. 20, 1886, 15 ft. by 53
ft. 1£ in.: Mtge. $1900 .
Mervine st., 2009, Robert Boston to the R. H. Russell R. E. Associa¬ tion, Dec. 16, 1886, 16 ft. by 70 ft.; Mtge. $2500; 1238 N. Sixteenth, 16 ft. by 60 ft. ; 2315 Virginia, 34 ft. by
10 ft . . .
Mole street, 1510, Wm. J. Skipton to Valentine Skipton, Jan. 4, 1887, 14 ft. by 50 ft., Mtge. $800; 2437 Wright, 14 ft. by 41 ft., Mtge $800. Mole St., 1543. George F. Parker to John Friel, Dec. 6, 1886,. 14 by 47
ft.; g. r. $42 . .
Ninth St., E. s., 180 ft. S. Venango, Edward Sharkey, adm’r, to J. Thomas Taylor, Jan. 6, 1887, 20 ft.
by 114 ft . .
Norris St., S. s., 17 ft. 7i in. W. Twentieth, George Wiegand to Samuel N. Sellers, Dec. 31, 1886, 17
ft. by 70 ft . . .
Orkney St., 2222, Patrick Walsh to Ellen Kavanagh, Jan. 7, 1887, 16 ft. by 41 ft. 6 in.; 2233 Orkney St., 12 ft. 3 in. by 37 ft. 7| in .
6,000
1,000
5,000
3,000
11,000
850
200
900
2,300
1,200
6,700
4,000
2,550
2,550
2,550
850
8,050
420
1,500
2,450
Patton Ave., N. E. s., 100 ft. N. W. Queen Ledom Sharp et al., trus¬ tees, to Eliza K. Ogden, Dec. 21, 1886, 3 ft. by 47 ft. 7 in., being one-
third interest . . .
Peach St., 617, Elizabeth Curry to Elbert Y- Williams, Jan. 7, 1887, 19
ft. 10 in. by 42 feet 4| in.... .
Pierce St., N. s., 165 ft. 6 in. W. Eleventh, George Gettz to Agustus Wupper, Dec. 31, 1886, 15 ft. 10 in.
by 49 feet 6 in.; g. r. $30 .
Pine St., 3958, William R. Matchett to Rebecca and Eleanor Barclay,
Dec. 29, 1886, 16 ft by 86 ft .
Poplar St., 732 Richard Odenath, adm’r, to Laura V. Holstein, Dec.
30, 1886, 15 ft. by 75 ft .
Queen St., N. W. s., 25 ft,, N. E. Patton, Lucy Keenan to Eliza K. Ogden, Dec. 21, 1886, 16 ft., U in.
100 ft . ; .
Second st., 2524-2528 N., Charles Newman to George W. Michener,
Dec. 29, 1886. 48 ft. by 70 ft .
Second St., 2123 N., Mary K. Dixey to Jacob Kalb, Dec. 24, 1886, 16 ft.
by 65 ft.; wtge. $2000 .
Sixth St., W. s.. 204 ft. N. Indiana, John S. Serrill to Frank Lachen- man et ux., Dec. 23, 1886, 15 ft. lOf
in. by 100 ft.; g. r. $96 .
Snyder ave., 1034, William E. Schaf¬ er to Mary McHenry et al., Dec. 24,
1886, irreg. shape ..." .
Stenton ave., E. s., 130 ft. S. Chelton ave., John Davis to William Kom-
mer;Dec 28, 1886, 30 ft. by 90 ft .
Stenton ave., E. s., 100 ft. S. Chelton Ave., John Davis to Elizabeth Kommer, Dec. 28, 1886, 30 ft. by 90
Stillman st., E. s., 109 ft. S. Mont¬ gomery, R. J. Hanby to William H. Graeff, Dec. 29, 1886, 14 ft, by 51
ft, 7f in . .
Susquehanna ave., S. s., and W. s. Manakin, Adolph Gross to Charles
Sapper, Dec. 1, 1886, irreg .
Lingo st., E. s , 128 ft. IS . Dickinson, Margaret Bateson to Harriet Kings¬ bury, Dec. 15, 1886, 14 ft. bv 48 ft., $52 50; E. s., Mt. Holly, 44 ft. N. Dickinson, 14ft. by 50 ft.,^. r. $52 50. Thirteenth st., W. s. and N. s. Rod- man, John M. Ridings to Michael C. Shanahan, Dec. 31, 1886, 18 ft.
by 86 ft. ; g. r. $96 .
Thirty-sixth st., W. s., 40 ft. S. San- som, M. Gertrude Ball to Elizabeth Patton, Jan. 6, 1887, 20 ft. by 62 ft.. Tinicum ave., lots 4 and 5, Sec. 6.. Elmwood M. L. and I. Co. to Jennie Hayes, Oct. 20, 1886, 100 ft.
by 130 ft .
Twentieth st., 2036 N., J. R. Clag- horn to Mary R. Harmer, Jan. 2,
1886, 16 ft. 2 in. by 80 ft .
Willows ave., S. E. cor. Fifty-first, George L. Horn to William Nelson West, Dec. 10, 1886, 200 ft. by 100
Washington ave., N. W. s., 212 ft. N E. Germantown ave., Samuel Nice to Benjamin F. Kirk et al., Dec. 27, 1886, 75 ft. by 43 ft.\g. r. $162 .
33
1,000
640
5,800
2,325
nom.
1,600
1,600
2,450
871
187
1,250
5,500
450 |
4,800 i
|
4,300
nom. 5,000 i
3,000
nom.
nom.
Railway Tracks Laid in a Year.
200
4,600
2,500
The Railway Age says that in the year just closed 8,010 miles of new main line rail¬ way track have been built in the United States. Kansas leads the country with the surprising amount of 1,520 miles, the greater part laid within the last six months. As¬ suming the average cost throughout the country to have been but $20,000 per mile, the expenditure for roadway alone was $160,- 000,000. Present indications are that the year 1887 will show even greater activity.
The “News” Reduces its Price to One Cent.
The reduction of the price of the Daily News of this city to one cent was a perfect New Year surprise. It is always so full of newsy news that no one could possibly be¬ grudge two cents for so good a paper, but its new proprietors were not content with view¬ ing grand possibilities at a distance. They have been identified so long with Philadel¬ phia journalism, that they fully comprehend what can be done, and they mean to do it. Messrs. Wiedener & Elkins have retired. Their successors are Messrs. Handy, Megar- gee, Brainerd & Waggener, certainly a strong team, with lots of brains and business ability.
Items of News.
— The following is the amonnt of fees and also of collateral inheritance tax collected for the year 1885, also for the year 1886, being the first term of Wm. B. Kinsey as Register of Wills:
Fees for 1885, $93,178.06.
Fees for 1886, $99,337.38.
Increase over 1885 of $6,159.32.
Wills probated. in 1885, 1,452.
Wills probated in 1886, 1,459.
Increase over 1885 of 7.
Administrations granted in 1885, 1,425.
Administrations granted in 1886, 1,402.
Decrease from 1885 of 23.
Accounts filed in 1885, 1,507.
Accounts filed in 1886, 1,570.
Increase over 1885 of 63.
Collateral inheritance tax for 1885, $404,- 227.90.
Collateral inheritance tax for 1886, $417,- 556.58.
Increase over 1885 of $13,328.68.
— The English Mechanic gives the follow¬ ing method of treating new oak wainscoting and furniture to give it a desirable antique appearance: “ Oak is fumigated by liquid ammonia, strength 880 degrees, which may be bought at any wholesale chemist’s at five cents a gallon. The wood should he placed in a dark and air-tight room (in a big pack¬ age case if you like) and half a pint or so of ammonia poured into a soup plate, and placed upon the ground in the centre of the compartment. This done, shut the entrance and secure the cracks, if any, by pasted slips of paper. Remember that the ammonia does not touch the oak, but the gas that comes from it acts in a wondrous manner upon the tannic acid in that wood, and browns it so deeply that a shaving or two may actually be taken off- without removing the color. The depth of shade will entirely depend upon the quantity of ammonia used and the time the wood is exposed.”
—The permit branch has not much ac¬ tivity to show. January 1st., Front and in¬ terior alteration 2216 Frankford Ave., W. R. Brown, 2145 Dickenson St. Jan. 3rd, a new store front and interior alterations at 2230 N. Front, C. D. Hill, 2709 Jefferson. Jan. 3, back building for work shop, E side of Coral St. bet.Huntingdon and Lehigh Ave. D. Lupton, 2622 Frankford Avenue. Jan. 4, Interior alterations at 148 N. 2nd St., Thos. A. Lynch, 1619 N. 15th. Jan. 5, A building for Pipe Factory, S. side of 17th St. bet Hart Lane and P. R. R. Penna Pipe Mfg. Co., 242 S.3rd. Jan. 5, Repairs to building 723 Chestnut, S. P. Marriner, 716 Cherry St. Jan. 6, one front alteration 3710 Lancaster Ave. Chas Unger, 3710 Lancaster Avenue., Jan. 7, Boiler House and stack 60ft west of Bristol St, bet. 16th and 47th, Jos. Williams, Supt., 1634 Cayuga St.
— The Czar, of Russia, has expressed his determination to have an annual Parliament at Moscow. Ttis looks like the coming of a more liberal form of government for the Russians.
THE RECORD AND GUIDE.
We had supposed that patents on window shutters had been exhausted but a Des Moines man comes out with another in which he talks about angular and tubular stays, straps, pintles and so on. A tile has just been patented which consists of an ex¬ ternal frame, webs or projections inclosed by the frame and arranged to di vide the same into recesses, and an artificial stone composi¬ tion, filling all the recesses, within the frame and flush with the edges of said frame, and with webs or projections, the face of the tile thus consisting of metal and artificial stone.
Another composition for artificial marble according to a Syracuse, N. Y. man consists of glue, boiled linseed oil, water, acid and plaster of paris. A Chicago man gets up a patent conduit pipe. It consists of an outer cylindrical shell and a series of straight longitudinal walls, formed integral with said outer shell and a central portion connecting said walls, and also formed in one piece therewith, whereby segmental chambers are provided extending from the outer shell to the central portions, said chambers being of an area or capacity to receive and hold eletric conductors.
Apartment houses are still going up in New York. Chas. Buck & Co. will build one costing $250,000. There is a great deal of building activity in Brooklyn. Office structures in Chicago are still going up. There is a great deal of building going on in New Orleans.
— The consumption of lead pencils in this country is estimated at 250,000 a day.
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ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES,
114 S. Second Street, Philadelphia.
T783. Established. 1783. 18!
Mc^lLITlSTER’S
Headquarters for
SPECTACLES AND EYE GLASSES
To suit the various defects of Sight, such as Astigmatism, Myopia, &c., &c. Caref-u-ll^r zfitted. Toy skilled, assistants.
Drawing Instruments, Thermometers, Ac,
Seand. for Catalogue.
w. m. McAllister,
No. 720 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
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You are invited to inspect the following buildings, on which the paint has been used for years : — Record Building, Ledger Building, Philadelphia Press Building, University of Pennsyl¬ vania, Evening Item Building, Academy of Music; also the Traymore House, Metropolitan House, United States Hotel, Atlantic City.— Send for Price List. Roofs repaired and painted at shortest notice and guaranteed for five years. Paints shipped to all parts
190334 Oxford Street, Philadelphia.
LE1BRANDT & McDOWELL,
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The West End Shirt
$1.00 UNLAUNDRIED.
$1.25 LAUNDRIED.
Sent by mail on Receipt of price with 12 cents each for postage.
F. H. PEIRCE & CO.,
1416 Chestnut Street.
AMERICAN TIBE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Office, Company’s Building,
308 & 310 WALNUT ST., Philad’a.
CASH CAPITA!,, - $400,000.00
Reserve for Reinsurance and all
other claims, - 1,070,610.92
Surplus over all Liabilities, - - 447,821.13
TOTAL ASSETS, JANUARY 1, 1886,
$1,918,432.05.
TH0S. H. MONTGOMERY, President.
ALBERT 0. L. CRAWFORD, Secretary.
RICHARD MARIS, Assistant Secretary. DIRECTORS :
Thomas H. Montgomery, William W. Paul,
John Welsh, Pemberton S. Hutchinson,
John T. Lewis, Alexander Biddle,
Israel Morris, Charles P. Perot,
Joseph E. Gillingham
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10 Spruce street, New York.
CARPETINGS.
^LLlJ^C^t&^LO/lfl,
Manufacturers, Jobbers and Retailers of
Fine Carpetings,
1012 & 1014 CHESTNUT ST.,
PHILADELPHIA.
PERFECT
WINTER
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SLAUGHTER OF
OVERCOATS.
MANUFACTURERS OF
BRICK-SET AND PORTABLE RANGES, STOVES,
HEATERS AND OPEN GRATES.
flFFIPFQ- _ 123 N. Second St., Philada.
UT r IUC.O. 143 w. Pratt St., Baltimore. !
H. Mohr’s Sons.
If you want a Reliable PIANO or ORGAN at a Moderate Price, for cash or on easy terms, call on
A. G. CLEMMER, 1423 Chestnut St.
PRICES REDUCED TO SUCH LOW FIGURES that it will pay you to buy now and lay them away for next winter. Our Stock embraces fresh goods of fashionable fabrics 1 and we will guarantee a grand bar¬ gain in every Coat we sell.
$25 OVERCOATS, reduced to $ 16 $20 OVERCOATS, reduced to $13 $16 OVERCOATS, reduced to $10.50
AND YOU WILL BE SURPRISED HOW GOOD AN OVERCOAT WE CAN SELL YOU FOR $1.7 5.
A Wedding or Evening Suit of the best quality made to order for $25.00.
Will exchange Clothing for Real Estate.
D. KLEIN & BRO.,
918 Market Street, Philadelphia.
Esta.Tslxsla.ed. 1854.
629 and 631 Chestnut St., Philad’a. Importers of Diamonds, Manufacturing Jewelers, Wholesale Agents of all American Watches.
Ci (New York, 14 Maiden Lane. CAPTODV. S. W. Cor. Broad & 1 v 1 Chicago, 100 State Street, f MU I U M 1 .
OFFICES:
,. «. Race Streets,
Philadelphia.
PRODUCERS’ MARBLE CO.,
PRODUCERS OF
RUTLAND, SUTHERLAND FALLS AND EAST DORSET MARBLE, Have Removed to 201 S. THIRTIETH STREET.
SA.TVLUEXj WILLIAMS, Manager.
THE PHILADELPHIA
Real Estate Record
BUILDERS’ GUIDE.
DEVOTED TO REAL ESTATE, BUILDING, ARCHITECTURAL AND INSURANCE INTERESTS.
[ENTERED AT THE PHILADELPHIA POST OFFICE AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER.]
VOL. II.— NO. 2. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1887. PRICE 15 CENTS
STATEMENT OIF1 THE COTT3DITIOTT
Of the
AMERICAN FIRE INSURANCE CO.
OK PHILADELPHIA,
ON THE 31st DAY OF DECEMBER. 1886.
Cash on hand, and In the hands of Agents or other persons . $ 09,761 94
Real Estate unincumbered . . . . . . 185,673 00
Bonds owned by the Company, bearing interest at the rate of — —per cent, secured as follows:
190,000 00 United States 4% per cent. Registered Bonds, 1891 . 99,225 00
30,000 00 United States 4 per cent. Registered Bonds, 1907 . 38,287 50
40,000 00 Northern Pacific R. R. Co’s. First Mortgage Gold Loan
1921, 6 per cent . . . . . 47,600 00
5,000 00 Delaware R.R. Co.’s Mortgage Bonds, guaranteed 1895,
6 per cent. . . 5,750 00
7,000 00 Susquehanna Canal Co.'s Mortgage Bonds, 6 per cent . 1,750 00
50,000 00 North Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 1903 7 per cent . 67,250 00
20,000 00 Shamokin Valley and Pottsville R. R. Co.’s First Mort.
7 per cent. Bonds. 1901 . . . . 25,600 00
20,000 00 Philadelphia and Reading R. R. Co.’s General Mortgage
Bonds, 6 per cent, Gold Loan, 1908 . . . 20,400 00
125,000 00 Philadelphia and Reading R. R. Co’s Gen’l Mortgage
Bonds, 7 per cent., currency . 126,250 00
50,000 00 New York, Lackawanna and Western R. R. 6 per cent.
First Mortgage, 1891, registered . 65,000 00
20,000 00 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co.’s Loan, 1897, Regis¬ tered, 6 per cent . . . . . . . 24,000 00
20,000 00 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co.’s Bonds, Registered
1914 . . . 1 . 22,400 00
50,000 00 Steubenville and Indiana R. R. Co’s First Mortgage
5 per cent., Series A . . . . . . . ..: . 56.500 00
50,000 00 Pennsylvania Car Trust, Series C, Registered, 1891,
5 per cent . . 50,625 00
3,000 00 New York and Pacific Car Trust Co , Series A, 7 per
cent., 1888 . . . . . . . 3,017 50
20,000 00 New York and Pacific Car Trust Co., Series D, 7 per
cent., 1887 . . . . . . . 20,166 66
12,000 00 Railroad Car Trust of Pennsylvania, 5 per cent . 12,150 00
10,000 00 Louisville and Nashville Car Trust Company, 1889 . 10,150 00
12,000 00 Schuylkill Navigation Co’s First Mortgage Bonds, 6 per
cent., 1897 . . . . . . . . 10,800 00
20,000 00 Pennsylvania R. R. Co.’s Consolidated 6 per cent. Mort¬ gage Bonds, Registered, 1905 . . 26,200 00
42,000 00 Pennsylvania R. R. Co’s General Mortgage Bonds,
Registered, 6 per cent., 1910 . 56,490 00
20,000 00 Philadelphia and Erie R. R. Co.’s Bonds, 5 per cent.,
Registered 1920 . . . ; . 22,400 00
10,000 00 Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain R. R. Co.’s Con¬ solidated 5 per cent. Bonds 1895 . 10,050 00
10,000 00 Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore R. R. Co.’s
Bonds, 6 per cent., Registered, 1892 . . 11,500 00
1,000 00 Elmira and Williamsport R. R. Co.’s Bonds, 5 per cent. 1,100 Oo
15,000 00 New York and Long Branch R. R. Co’s Bonds, 5 per
cent., 1931 . 15,062 50
24,000 00 New York, Lake Erie and Western R. R. Co’s Bonds, 6
per cent., 1922, $5,000,000 Loan . . 23,640 00
24,000 00 Delaware and Raritan Canal and Camden and Amboy R. K. and Trans. Do’s Mortener* Ronds npr npnt.
4,000 00 North Pennsylvania R. R. Co.’s Second Mortgage 7 per
cent. Bonds, 1896 . 4,900 00
20,000 00 Belt Road and Stock Yard Co.’s First Mortgage Bonds,
6 per cent. 1911 . 21,160 00
30,000 00 Chicago and Western Indiana R. R. Co.’s First Mort.
Gold Loan, 6 per cent., 1919 . . 33,209 10
25,000 00 Philadelphia and Baltimore Central R. R. Co. s Bonds,
5 per cent. Registered, 1911 . . . . . 25,208 33
20,000 00 Corning, Cowanesque and Antrim R. R. Co.’s Bonds,
Registered, 1898 . . . 22,200 00
500 00 Philadelphia and Reading R. R. Co.’s 5 per cent. Mort¬ gage Bonds, First Series, 1922 . 325 00
2,100 00 Philadelphia and Reading R. R. Co.’s Convertible Ad¬ justment Scrip . . . . 1,176 00
5,000 00 Delaware and Chesapeake R. R, Co. ’s Bonds, 4 per cent
1912 . : . . i . 4 483 34
51,000 00 Lehigh Valley R. R. Co.’s Consolidated Mortgage Loan,
6 per cent . . . . . 69,360 00
5,000 00 Texas and Pacific R. It. Co.’s First Mortgage 6 per cent.
Gold Loan (Eastern Division) . 5,500 00
25,000 00 Virginia and Tennessee R. R. Co.’s 5 per cent, 1906 . 27,500 00
25,000 00 State of Georgia, 4]^ per cent., 1915 . 27,036 64
13,370 47 Philadelphia and Reading R. R. Receivers’ Certificates 13,384 85
500 00 Borough of Bellefoute Bonds . . 550 00
5,000 00 100 Shares, $50 each, North Pennsylvania R. R. Co. Stock 7,500 00 Loans on Bonds and Mortgages of Real Estate, worth double the amount for which the same is mortgaged, and free
from any prior incumbrance . . 728,039 50
Debts otherwise secured..... . . . 85,846 60
Debts for Premiums . 1 . 32,804 36
All other securities . . . . . 7,315 84
Total Assets . $2,301,858 66
Cash Capital . $ 500,000 00
Reserve for Re-insurance . 1,106,048 22
Outstanding Losses . 140.092 72
Other Claims . 2,843 50
Surplus . 552,874 22
Total Assets . $2,301,858 66
DIRECTORS.
THOS. H. MONTGOMERY, ALEXANDER BIDDLE,
JOHN T. LEWIS, CHAS. P. PEROT,
ISRAEL MORRIS, JOS. E. GILLINGHAM,
PEMBERTON S. HUTCHINSON, SAMUEL WELSH, JR., CHARLES S.WHELEN.
THOS. H. MONTGOMERY, President.
RICHARD MARIS, Secretary.
JAS. B. YOUNG, Actuary.
THE RECORD AND GUIDE,
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JAMES P. MORNEN,
REAL ESTATE BROKER,
925 Walnut Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Transacts a General Meal Estate Business.
Geo. W. Hancock.
Real Estate, Insurance & Surveying,
717 Walnut St., and 40th St. & Lancaster Av.,
PHILADELPHIA.
LIDA A. WILLIS. MIRIAM S. Du BOIS.
ARTISTIC
DESIGNERS
— AND—
ENGRAVERS
ON WOOD OR METAL. Estimates cheerfully given.
WILLIS & DuBOIS, 1020 Chestnut St.
J. L. GALLOWAY,
REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INSURANCE AGENT
- Office -
N. W. COR. 11th ST. AND WASHINGTON AVENUE.
PHILADELPHIA
-A-M-d. Moore's Station., IE*. "V7". do !E2.- IS.
Joseph r. Mcelroy,
Real Estate Agent and Broker,
Ho. 205 South Sixth Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Real Estate Bought and Sold. Houses Rented, and Rents Collected. Mortgages Negotiated and Interest Collected. Pur¬ chase and Sale of Suburban Properties on Pennsylvania Rail¬ road a Specialty.
NATHANIEL E. JANNEY,
Conveyancer and Real Estate Broker,
215 S. Fifth Street, Pliila.
Real Estate Bought and Sold. Houses Rented, and Rents Collected. Mortgages Negotiated and Inter¬ est Collected. Care of estates a Specialty.
F. R. SHATTUCK, T Attorneys at law. BURTON BINNS,/»»«“-3’p"M‘«-
RESL ESTJiTEsLRW OFFICES.
N. W. cor. 19th St. & Fairmount Ave., Philad’a.
Down-Town Office, 58 South Third Street.
Real Estate bought, sold, rented or exchanged. Rents col- ected. Estates managed. Guaranteed six per cent. Mortgages
Blank Books
have always been sold by the quire, 24 sheets make a quire, but the Blank Book Makers have been sel¬ ling from 12 to 20 sheets for a quire.
We have inaugurated a new system and sell our Blank Books by the hundred pages.
HOSKINS, 927 Arch Street
. SALTER’S .
Manufactory and Show Rooms,
911 Market Street, opposite Post Office,
MIBBOES.
Immense Stock, Lowest Prices.
Pictures, Bronzes, Statuary, Suitable Eor
Wedding Gifts.
JOHN M\ COOK
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
STEUBENVILLE OHIO.
Particular attention paid to Mortgages and Collections.
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LIVERPOOLand LONDON and GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Assets held In the United States . $5,924,010 83 All Liabilities . . . 3,334,907 64 SUBPLUS . $2,589,103 19 Losses paid in the United States since organization . . . $37 466,135 57 PHILADELPHIA 0FFICET333-337 WALNUT ST. ATWOOD SMITH, Gen. Agent. |
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ALFRED GODWIN, For Churches and Dwellings. N. W. Cor. 12th & Market Street. Illustrated Catalogues on Application |
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(§cori\e J?. Johnson, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 22 EAST ILC.A.XaiirrET STEEET, Telephone 107. West Chester, Pa- Chester Co. Land Titles, Mortgages, Collections, Convey¬ ancing and Real Estate specialties |
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WILLIAM REITH, STAINED CLASS For Churches and Dwellings, 134 North Seventh St., Philadelphia. Designs and Estimates furnished on application. |
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HENRY KELLY, P UBLIC AC CO UN I ANT 923 Walnut Street, Phila., Pa. Estates settled. Aeeounts adjusted and intelli¬ gently stated. Disputes of ail kinds successfully arbitrated. |
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T. S. JOHNSON, Tin Roofing, Pipes and Gutters No. 16 North Seventh Street, PHILADELPHIA. OLD ROOFS REPAIRED and PAINTED |
Producers of Dimension, Backing and Heavy Foun¬ dation Stone. Footings. Building and Cellar Stone. Large Supply Constantly on hand. Estimates Solicited, Quarries West Conshohocken Pa. NEVER BUY A HOUSE or lot without having the title examined and in¬ sured. It is the only safe way, and costs less than by the old method. Examination and $2000 title insurance . $20 Deed and recording . 10 Additional insurance for each $100, 25 cents; if title is declined, no charge is made. Special terms for building operations and blocks of ground. Apply to THE LAND TITLE AND TRUST CO. 621 CHESTNUT STREET. Capitol subscibed . .$1,000,000 Paid in . 500,000 |
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DIRECTORS : George W. Biddle, 1 Chas. Benj. Wilkinson, William Henry Rawle, Charles Richardson, J. Sergeant Price, George M. Troutman, Harry G. Clay, Thomas P. Stotesbury, J. B. Colahan, Jr. Harry F. West, Ellis D. Williams, William C. Allison, William R. Nicholson, ! Charles P. Perot, Nathanial E. Janney. President, CHARLES RICHARDSON. Vice President, THOMAS P. STOTESBURY. Sec’y and Treasurer, JAMES P. P. BROWN. Title Officer, WALTER D. ALLEN. Trust Officer, ALBERT A. OUTERBRIDGE. Ch’m Com. on Trusts. WM. HENRY RAWLE. Cli’m Finance Com. GEO. M. TROUTMAN, solicitor, S. HENRY NORRIS. Council for Title Dep., E. COPPEE MITCHELL. |
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THE BEST IN THE WORLD FOR THE PRICE. The West End Shirt $1.00 UNLAUNDRIED. $1.25 LAUNDRIED. Sent by mail on Receipt of price with 12 cents each for postage. Made only by F. H. PEIRCE & CO., 1416 Chestnut Street. |
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THE PHILADELPHIA
Real Estate Record
AND
BUILDERS’ aUIDE.
VOL. II.— NO. 2. PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1887. PRICE 15 CENTS*
THE PHILADELPHIA
ResL*G$TSTG+ Record,
BUILDERS’ GUIDE, PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, AT 727 WALNUT STREET.
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JOHN N.OALLAGHER, Proper.
Refers with permission to William M. gingerly. Proprietor of Pliila. “ Record.”
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JAN. 17, 1887.
Trade and labor matters are occupying a good deal of attention in this and many other large cities throughout the country just at this time. Both workingmen and employers are wisely endeavoring to come to an under, standing now long before the opening of the season. In some branches of trade the agreements arrived at, show that there will be no strikes for higher wages or shorter hours. This will be about the general result. The only thing that was to have been feared, was a, geperal strike upon the part of an entire industry, as for instance, the building trades in all branches. The recent labor movement has made strikes more difficult because the various labor organizations have combined, and one will not or cannot by the rules of their organization, strike without the assistance or consent of the other. At least, this idea of mutual consent occupies a more prominent position in the trade organi¬ zations of to-day than they have heretofore. One organization may strike, but where it expects assistance from another, the matter of conferences comes up and must take place and in this multitude of councils there is more wisdom manifested than heretofore. The painters could and did go on a strike, regardless of what others did ; so could the stone masons or carpenters, and in this way frequently great harm was done to the workingmen themselves, through the perhaps ill-considered strike of one branch. The idea of the Knights of Labor is still broader and seeks to bring the workingmen of an industry together, not only of a locality, but of the entire country. This is the move¬ ment now in progress and it will modify the relations of labor and capital in a very im¬ portant degree when the work now in pro¬ gress is effected. The miners, for instance, have an organization representing 100,000
men. The iron workers though only a trades union, has an organization of 20,000 esti¬ mated. The cigar makers have a powerful combination and so have other trades. All these various branches are federating into one. The tendency to centralization while fraught with some danger because of the mighty strength could be wielded, introduces elements of strength and of protection which have not heretofore existed. For instance, the dozen branches of the building trades cannot strike with tne same ease that they have heretofore. Consultations must take place. Causes are patiently investigated. Efforts must be made to conciliate. Com¬ mittees must act and interview employers and in these conferences the petty causes which perhaps in&tituted a strike are investi¬ gated and the entire strike is avoided. It requires no gift of prophecy to recognize .many of the advantages which will come from this combination of labor. While on one side it has the elements of great strength, on the other side it has the elements of greater wisdom and conservatism. It has often been said that every monopoly contains the germ of its own destruction, and every wrong the germ which will eventually de¬ stroy it. The labor movement has within it the germ which will protect it from itself, that is, from the extremes into which wild leadership has sometimes dragged it.
Just now the prospects for an amicable understanding between employers and laborers throughout the country are bright. The leaders of the Knights of Labor and of the trades unions notwithstanding some assertions to the contrary, are interested in the maintenance of friendly relations and are doing all they can to preserve them. The great strikes which occurred last year were the work of unauthorized lieutenants, seek¬ ing for a little notoriety and who did not understand their true relations to their supe¬ riors, nor the principles and purposes of their great organizations.
We take the ground that the harmful re¬ sults which employers are disposed to appre¬ hend from labor organizations are mostly fanciful. It is true that in many cases organ¬ ized labor has gone to extremelimits and has hurt itself and employers, and it is also true that in their lack of understanding of the intricacies of business, and of trade, and of the subtle influences that eontrol them, that they are likely to make frequent mistakes. Yet out of all this, good cannot help but come. The very responsibility that labor organizations have upon them, creates a more intelligent understanding of its rights and
duties. Strikes which were possible in 1877 are impossible in 1887, because working¬ men understand better their true interests, and the interests of capital and of em¬ ployers. Tiie work of education is pro¬ gressing slowly and the dangerous ground will soon be passed. Labor as a rule is more willing to arbitrate than employers. Employers a year or two hence will be as willing to arbitrate as their employees. The occasion for arbitration will not be so urgent when both sides manifest a disposition to do what is right. Real arbitration is willing¬ ness to do justice. The necessity for arbitra¬ tion is simply the dividend for selfishness.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company is about effecting a contract loan for $2,- 000,000.
In Germany they have an instrument for detecting the loss of water through the leakage in the water mains.
Philadelphia seems to be a favorite locality for burglars, pickpockets and gam¬ blers. Other cities are crowding them out.
The citizens of Philadelphia seem to be inclined to organize themselves into a com¬ mittee of the whole to see to it that the con¬ tractors do their work as they contract to do it.
The master masons attempted last week to organize a national association in Boston. The matter has been under consideration for many years. The combination of labor last year, made this present action necessary. In our next issue, we will perhaps be able to give some of the details of the affair. The convention was held on the 10th, 11th and 12th inst.
The era of large buildings has fairly opened in New York City. The necessity for them is very urgent. All that have been built are paying well. A new one to be twelve stories high and fireproof, is to be erected upon the site of the present Stone building on Liberty street. It will cost $350,- 000 and the dimensions will be 100 by 80 feet and 145 feet high. It will be of brick, iron and stone. It will furnish nearly 300 offices.
We referred a short time ago to the fact that the current architectural literature was rich in thoughts of clear thinkers. Some of the recent books which have come out, certainly deserve not only a favorable notice
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but words of praise. In some of them there is a little tincture of the student, just a little too much to suit the practical men for whom they are intended, but it is an excusable fault which even very practical men are in¬ clined to run into when they undertake to write a book.
While watching ojur own home affairs with a jealous eye, it will do us no harm to take a bird’s eye view of what is going on beyond the limits of our horizon. Over in New York they are a little frightened at the fact, that the bridge over the Hudson at Poughkeepsie is likely to draw a large amount of freight traffic from that city from the West, direct to the East in which New York’s competitor, Boston, will largely profit. The new bridge will cost $4,000,000, and is backed by capital representing $60,000,000. It is not necessary for New York to get frightened at this little thing. Traffic is seeking short cuts and will have them, and any trade which cannot stand the strong competitive forces at work must decline.
In 1876 the cost of buildings erected in New York City was $15,903,880. Last year the expenditures were $58,459,653, or nearly four times as much as ten years ago. This is a surprising progress. In 1880 the expendi¬ tures were $29,115, 335. The total of the expenditures in that city for the last thirteen years is estimated by the Record and Guide of New York at $409,014,769. This is only an approximate estimate, but, it is sufficiently accurate to show the wonderful progress that has been made in that city. Last year 13,- 569 conveyances were made representing $244,000,000 in round figures, against $185,- 000,000 for 1885 and $182,000,000 for 1884. The average amount of each conveyance in 1886 was $21,000 as against $9,500 seven years ago. The number of mortgages last year foot up 12,586 representing .$144,785,392, against $110,270,927 for 1885 and $118,519,976 for 1884.
The building prospects in cities to the East of us are no less favorable than in the West. The New York Elevated railroad may be ex¬ tended to King’s Bridge. In fact, there are rumors rife in New York real estate and building circles, of immense projects con¬ cerning which nothing definite can be said as yet, because the matters have not yet gone beyond the limits of possibilities. The improvements which have already been made in the Harlem region and the impetus which has been given to real estate operations and house building, have created a de¬ sire on the part of real estate operators and buyers of lands, to possess considerable prop¬ erty in that rapidly growing region. It is one of the rising suburbs of New York. It is within easy reach by rail, and is healthy and attractive. Real estate agents there have been quietly buying up a great deal of land, and it is not likely that they are making any mistake. The suburban rapid transit roads have made the Harlem region very attractive. Numerous transfers of property
are being made and as an exchange says, the foundation is being laid for gigantic fortunes.
The possibility of losing trade is stirring up some of the public spirit in citizens, to se¬ cure government appropriations for the im¬ provement of the New York Harbor. No doubt the annual howl that goes up against the River and Harbor appropriation, prevents the expenditure of a great deal of money that should be expended in that direction. We, here in Philadelphia’, understand just what we are losing every year through the miserly economy of the government. Dollars should be expended at once where cents are pinched out. While we have no such harbor as New York, we have facilities which, if properly improved, would enable us to take a far more prominent place in competition for the commerce of the Atlantic coast.
It has been intimated that the railroad companies are behind the opposition to the liberal expenditure of money for the im¬ provements of rivers and harbors. There is, no doubt, some truth in this. A few years ago sixty million dollars were asked at the re¬ commendation of army engineers of high standing. The bill was subsequently vetoed. Congress has been so frightened by supposed popular clamor, that new bills proposing to expend money in this way, will have little opportunity of passing. Of course, this is a mistake. The country demands these im¬ provements and the public intelligence will soon reach a point of comprehension of the public needs and requirements, they will overcome all opposition and lead also to the making of appropriations sufficient to put our rivers and harbors in good shape. We should do with our rivers and harbors just what a careful business man would do with his business or the building in which he transacts his business. If improvements were needed he would make them, but as a nation we do not. We allow a clamor, or rather our Congress allows it, to prevent it from expending money as it should for the furtherance of both internal and foreign commerce.
Inspector McDevitt’s testimony and practical illustrations before the coroner’s jury of the danger arising from the use of electric lights are certainly steps forward in the science of lighting by electricity. Elec¬ tricians and others have steadfastly main¬ tained that there was no danger if the wires were properly inducted, and their arrange¬ ment conducted under the supervision of electrical experts. That the Temple Thea¬ tre fire was caused by the electric wires there is now not the least doubt, and the discovery presents itself as a truly important factor in the array of causes of our annual fire loss. The crude and unscientific principles gov¬ erning fire insurance are largely responsible for the unreasonable annual waste through fire, beside which the collateral and inci¬ dental losses, such as business embarrass¬ ment and frequent ruin, are of no small im¬ portance. No sane nor honest man wants to be burnt out, no matter how heavily his
property is insured ; and every business man would cheerfully pay a heavy premium for that principle which would afford him a reasonable assurance of prevention. Hence it follows that the time must come when the self same elements of safety which enter into the business of title insurance will also become a principle of fire insurance. In the title com¬ panies the element of risk is almost altogether avoided through careful investigation and sound judgment, whereas fire insurance bears sad burdens of the yearly waste without the a murmur, and no effort is made to assail its vulnerable points and reduce the loss to the proper yearly minimum.
No doubt the foundation is being now laid for a movement, which may not mani¬ fest itself for a year or two, but will result in extensive improvements of our interior waterways. A Senate committee some ten years ago examined the various schemes then proposed looking towards the expendi¬ ture of money for the construction of such waterways, and reported that $150,000,000 could be wisely expended. The movement was killed by the railroad interests, who foresaw that an improvement of our inland rivers and the construction of inland canals would operate against them in their control over the traffic of the country. Since then the railroad companies have built 50,000 miles of road, and have secured a control that has been tenfold more advantageous to the country than to the railroad com¬ panies themselves. The time may not come for another half decade, but it will eventu¬ ally come, when this vast network of rail¬ way construction will urgently call for these very waterway improvements which the railroad interests successfully fought down ten years ago, and against which they have ever since stood. When the time comes for these improvements or some of them, as it will, the railroad companies which have op¬ posed them will be either their friends or will not actively oppose them. As land be¬ comes scarce in the far West the necessity for making habitable vast areas of land be¬ tween the Atlantic and Mississippi will arise. We are accustomed to imagine that because immigrants travel a thousand or two thousand miles West of the Mississippi that therefore all the land East of the Mississippi is occupied. A map showing the extent of population this side of that river would be surprising to those who have not given the matter careful attention. There are vast op¬ portunities yet to be utilized, but because of the peculiar configuration of the country railroad building is not as adaptable as on the prairies West of the Mississippi. The improvement of rivers, large and small, and the construction of canals can quadruple, to say the least, the agricultural, mineral and manufacturing capacity of the region this side of the Mississippi. The lumber resources of this region are beyond computation, and have yet hardly been touched. The mineral resources are better known, but developed to a very moderate extent. The agricultural resources are large, and are especially adapted
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to the wants of small farmers and plant¬ ers who are able to cultivate from fifty to two hundred acres perhaps. This region of country is the poor man’s country of the fu¬ ture, and must of necessity become the great¬ est wealth-producing section on the Ameri¬ can continent.
In the dearth for news, newspapers are dis¬ cussing how cars can be heated without fire or rather stoves which scatter fire when an accident occurs. A good inventor or two could accomplish more satisfactory results.
The proposition to accept corporate se¬ curity for contractors doing city work is a good one and should be adopted, but it should be distinctly understood from the start that our home companies are to have the preference against foreign companies, provided, of couise, that their capital stock is in keeping with the amounts for which they enter as surety.
The Aramingo canal notwithstanding its euphonious name will soon be no more, as a canal it was a signal failure, as a breeder of pestilence and disease it was a disgraceful success. Sewers are to be built to carry off the filth and the Aramingo is to be transformed into an eighty-feet wide street, and from Huntingdon street to Frankford Creek, be¬ low Huntingdon street, the owners of the porperty must be consulted as to their ripar¬ ian rights, before anything can be done.
Chester Avenue, is to be paved with fire brick from 43rd to 49th street, and this has been ordained b> Councils. A new and strange paving material is suggested as an improvement over anything we now have in use, its durability and desirability are heralded throughout the city, the ordinance makers go junketing over the country and return convinced that the new pavement is a success in some country village and wants at least a trial in this great city. A spot is selected, not where a fair test may be had as to its power to withstand the heavy travel of our busy thoroughfares, but a pleasant street where a heavy vehicle is seldom seen, and this is called a test.
Anti-monopolists who are seeking ma¬ terial with which to hurl thunderbolts at the railroad corporations, in all justice should make note of the reduction of rates in freights which has gone into effect in the past twenty years. The reductions are as follows: On the Erie road in 1865 the average freight earnings were 2.7 cents per ton per mile; last year .6. On the New York Central the de¬ cline was from 3.4 cents to .68 ; and the Penn¬ sylvania from 2.6 cents to .62; and the Michi¬ gan Central from 2 cents in 1870 to .56 in 1885. Passenger earnings are higher. The competition for traffic has driven freight rates down below remunerative limits, but passenger traffic remains at about where it was ten or twenty years ago.
We observe that there is a constant ten¬ dency towards a centralization among manu¬
facturers and traders. All of last year’s com¬ bination however, did not reduce greatly the number of failures. The ground is being laid for more. While ten thousand dissappeared last year, twenty thousand new traders, or firms, or corporations sprang into existence. Possibly this is a very low limit, that is for times when enterprise seeks re¬ cognition and field for operation. The induce¬ ments are certainly very encouraging and thousands of men with moderate capital will take risks and rush into the field of produc¬ tion or exchange regardless of the fate of those who have gone before them. In this struggle the best will win, but this is not al¬ ways so. Business has become a matter of generalship, of combination, of competition, and to a certain extent, of what people erro¬ neously call, luck.
Major Veale, in his report to the Board of Health, very pointedly suggests that property owners should clean and keep clean the small alleys, which are so frequently neglected as to become intolerable nuisances. The uncleanly condition of these alleys is the result of slovenly and indifferent tenants, it is a mistake to throw the responsibility upon the owner for it is a matter which is prac¬ tically beyond his control. No owner or agent can be expected to exercise a strict watch over the occupants of houses and even were it possible for him to do so, he might control his own tenants and yet be held re¬ sponsible for the moral apathy of neighbors. The alleys should be under the jurisdiction of the highway department, and the clean¬ ing should be embraced in the street cleaning contract for the district, then the efficiency of Major Veale could be exercised to the benefit of the community. An attempt to hold twenty or more different property own¬ ers responsible for the shiftlessness and un¬ tidy habits of a score of tenants, would result in such a complication of individual and collective responsibility, that the Major would be compelled to waste a large part of his time in placing the responsibility. As honors are easy so far as the alleys are concerned, the expense of cleaning should be met by taxation, practical methods are the best.
The frequent delays upon the cable lines are quietly working up a strong sentiment in the traveling public in favor of some more reliable system of transportation. The fre¬ quent breakages, or stoppages, or blockages, about five to six o’clock, preach more power¬ ful sermons to the annoyed riders than any amount of newspaper indignation, which editors sometimes fall back on when other subjects are exhausted. There seems to be something radically wrong about the me¬ chanical part of our cable line. Cars sud¬ denly stop as though challenged by an in¬ visible sentry, and remain stock still for half an hour or longer, and then, without invita¬ tion, begin to creep on their course. There is an explanation always, but the traveling public do not understand it. An elevated or underground railroad must be built sooner
or later. The cable people say that they will soon have their lines so finished that these delays will not occur. This is their only safety. Even though these delays are reme¬ died, the fact still remains that the cable system is not a sufficient one. Instead of short cars running every six minutes or more, we need trains of two or three cars, as long as the ordinary passenger car, run¬ ning almost as frequently as now. The man¬ agement of our cable and street car lines re¬ duces street car traveling to a minimum. A proper system would increase traveling to a maximum.
The Boston Herald has set a good example in endeavoring to settle future labor disputes so far as it is concerned by dividing profits with its workmen. The public will watch the experiment with a good deal of interest. If this system of dividing profits offer a solution of a troublesome question it will be a valuable piece of information and will be worth what it costs. The writers upon labor topics seem to agree pretty well that nothing but a system which involves a more or less just distribution of profits will be acceptable or will solve the difficulty. Other methods may develop themselves as we get further into or out of the labor question. At the present time, the system of dividing profits is the most acceptable, but a great many of those whose aim in life is to accumulate large fortunes by depriving others of their rightful compensation will not give this system a very warm reception. The percentage of the successful is small. The great bulk of workers either in the ranks of labor or in the ranks of employers when all is said and done, realizes no more than their just share, and frequently not even that. Therefore the system of individual ownership and absolute control, of a business is losing its charm. It is natural that men should seek to make the most out of any good business, but the practical results are in consequence of the operation of competitive forces that the re¬ turns are below anticipation and reasonable calculations. This result makes many will¬ ing to divide upon an equitable basis, and we do not doubt but that the system will gain in favor as it is tried.
The Window Glass Manufacturer’s Asso¬ ciation held a meeting in Washington last week and listened to annual reports and other matters connected with that industry. It was shown by the report of the President of the Association that eighty-two per cent, of the factories of the country are running, and that the product, in spite of the strikes that had occurred, was extremely large. It was stated that imports were stimulated dur¬ ing the past twelve months, until they reached thirty-two per cent, of the whole consumption, as against twenty-six per cent, for the previous year. The glass manu¬ facturers have had more than their share of trouble with the powerful organization which practically controls that industry as to wages. But as all factories are subject to about the same dictation, the practical result
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is the same, and the only difference is in the quantity of glass imported. The glass workers themselves will not knowingly put wages to a point where importations will be increased and they themselves thrown out of employment in consequence. While the present building activity prevails fair prices for glass and a heavy demand can be relied upon. It is rather surprising to know that so much glass was imported last year as stated, and the workmen, it is to be pre¬ sumed, are responsible for a considerable percentage of it. American glass is good enough, and if builders can purchase it at the same, or a little less price than the im¬ ported, they would naturally prefer to have it.
The question which a good many business men are asking, is, are we threatened with reckless railroad building? This is a matter which chiefly concerns those who are putting their money into railroads, yet it is one which many others are intimately connected with. A disaster to railroad building enterprises is a disaster to general business enterprise. An enormous amount of money has changed hands in railroad building during the past ten years. To the general public it matters not, perhaps, how much individual investors may lose, but to look at this matter