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The   Record  and   Guide.
 

April 9,1887
 

instance, has never been bothered with strikes, because that rich
family have always had the good sense to treat their employes
with some consideration. Those who have files of The Recoed
AJTD Guide would do well to look back upon our warnings when
Jay Gould was fighting the striking workingmen of his South¬
western system.

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first Three Months of 1887.

The tables of real estate conveyances, mortgages and buildings
projected for New York and Kings counties so far this year make,
on the whole, a satisfactory showing. The number of convey¬
ances for January, February and March indicate only a small
increase over last year, while the consideration in money is some¬
what less ; but both years show a large increase over 1885. This is
particularly marked in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth
Wards. That the movement in these two wards is largely specu¬
lative is shown by the large increase in the mortgage account.

CONVByANCBS.

1887.               Conveys.    _ Amount.          Nom. 33d & 24th W.   Amount.     Nom,

January
 

Conveys,
996

February.....       988

March........    1,431
 

Total........    3,4ie

1886.

January.....    1,133

February.....      935

March........    1,297

Total......   3,365

1885.

January......      928

February...
March.....
 

777
 

Total.
 

2.633
 

Amount.

$17,581,862
17,746,213
28.101,782

$63,429,857

*S24,227,117
18.078,312
26,841,992

$69,127,421

513,158.882
11,621.415
15,278,035

$40,058,332
 

Nom. 33(1 & 24th W.   Amount.

181             182          S874,S37

192              167            635,097

233        ,   211          1,359,160
 

660        $2,869,194
 

103
 

252            142

169            115

246            135
 

$537,655            25

509,453            21

1,178,839            29
 

667

26'5
346
230

74]
 

39 i        $2,225,947
 

116

88
97
 

301
 

$I73,.508
236,354
304,155
 

No.

1887.        Morts.

January...     970

February..    959

March.....   1,255
 

Amount.
$9,435,420
11,097,342
15,076,839
 

MORTGAGES.

No. at
No. at               less than

5 p. c.   Amount. 5 p. c.   Amount.
"    $4,875,344       97    $1,312,860
 

482
451
660
 

4,914,031
7,802,928
 

126
 

2.247,100
2,570,805
 

$714,017
 

Banks,
T.&

I. Cos.
127

117
220
 

75
 

Amount.

$2,362,080
2,394,500
3,795,973
 

Total....  3,184  $35,609,601 1,593  $16,992,903     311    $6,130,765     464      $8,552,553
 

January... 952 t$12,803,428 458 $5,445,439 47
February.. 810 8,266,199 385 4,244.134 49
March..... 1,033     11,749,042     552      5,962,305      92
 

$896,250     141      $2,501,400

980,010      98        2,030,000

3,103,550     128        2,939,050
 

Total...   3,794 $32,820,669 1,395  $15,651,878     198    $3,979,810     467      $7,470,450
 

1885.

January...     927

February..     657

March.. .     766
 

$7,924,718 445
7,047,923 285
8,183,998    333
 

$4,051,53b
2,929,874
2,784,488
 

30

17
29
 

407,667
805,800
 

129
75

117
 

$1,792,550
1,473,100
2,517,975
 

Total...    2,350  $23,156,639 1,063    $9,765,900      76    $1,593,775     321      $5,783,625
 

♦Includes transfer of N. Y. & Brooklyn Ferry Co. for $8,000,000.
J Includes mort. of same for $1,000,000.

Tne number of projected buUdings for March just passed com¬
pared with March of 1886 and 1885 show an extraordinary
Increase; but this is deceptive, as the builders have filed their
plans ahead before the new "Tenement House" law was passed,
and then they fear other changes in the building laws. There wUl
undoubtedly be a falling off from this time out in the plans for
new buildings; still, the plans for the past three months show an
advance over the flrst three months of last year when quite an
exceptional movement was underway. It will be noticed that the
largest amount of building will be on the east side and in the
Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards. But here is the table
in detaU which is worth careful study by all interested in New
York realty:

BUILDINGS PKOJECTBD.
1885.

March.

Total No. of buildings projected.........             310

Estimated cost..........................$3,953,950
 

No. south of 14th st......................             33

Cosfc..............................    $593,500

No. bet 14th and 59th sts................             €8

Cost..............................    $960,800

No. bet 59th and 125th sts, east of Sth av..             72

Cost.............................$1,084,600

No. bet 59th and 125th sts, west of 8th av..             36

Cost:.................................    $650,000

No. bet 110th and 125th sts, Sth and 8th avs.

Cost................................

No. north of 125th st.....................             44

Cost.............................    $467,075

No. 23d and 34th Wards...................             72

Cost.............. ................    $198,075

-1885.-----------> ,-----------^1886..
 

1886.
March.

512

$7,945,640

61

$1,230,250

63

$1,760,325

112

$1,638,350

123

$2,036,600

22

$303,000

67

$761,700

64

$216,515
 

1887.

March.

887

$13,528,450

101

$2,387,800

81

$1,655,800

185

$3,330,050

141

$2,281,600

39

$645,000

133

$1,975,375

214

$1,252,925
 

-1887.-
 

No. b'ld'gs.      Cost'.      No. b'ld'gs.     Cost.    No. b'ld'gp.      Cost

January.......      160         $3,100,400         202        $3,824,198         168         $3,610 190

February.....      211           3,469,350         359           .S,236,600         392          6 366 530

March........       310           3,953,950          512           7,945,640         887         13 528'450
 

Total.
 

681
 

$9,523,700       1,073       $17,006,

BUH/DINaS  PROJKOTEIB.

1885.

Jan. to

Mar., inc.

TofcalNo. of plans filed....................              384

Total No. of buildings projected..........              681

Estimated cosfc............................   $9,523,700

No. south of 14th st.......................               81

Cosfc....................................   $1,715,900

No. bet 1401 and 59th sts..................              130

Cost...................................   $8,684,800

No. bet 59th and 125th sts, east of Sth av...              133

QQgl;...................................    $2 119 500

No. bet 59th and issth sts,' west of 8th iav.'..       '    '75

Cost....................................    $1,506,000

No. bet UOth and 125th sts, Sth and 8th'avs..                 9

Cost...............................      $122,000

No. norfch of 125th st......................               94

Cost...................................      $905,550

No. 23d and 24th Wards...................              160

Coat.....................................      $570,950
 

438      1,447       $32,505,170
 

1886.

Jan. to

Mar., inc.

512

1,073

$17,006,438

128

$2,754,630

143

$3,526,875

364

$4,255,350

236

$4,014,350

43

$507,000

152

$1,584,200

108

$365,238
 

1887.

Jan. to

Mar., inc.

629

1,447

$32,505,170

188

$3,970,100

161

$2,921,850

320

$5,826,150

254

$1,498,100

47

$789,000

175

$2,827,876

.307

$1,672,095
 

Kings County does not by any means make as good a showing as
New York County. There are fewer conveyances this year than
last, but the cost of the property transferred was somewhat
larger. There does not seem to be any increase in the cost value of
new buildings to be erected in Brooklyn this year over last year.
 

Number.

January .....      1,122

February....          913

March........      1,272

Total.....     3,80?
 

KINGS COUNT¥ CONVSTAKCES.

—1886-----------------,         .-----

Am't

involved.

$4,876,701

4,259,940

5,458,948
 

Nom.
272
184
280

$14,593,589         736

MORTGAGES.

•1888-
 

Number.
971
 

1,341
 

3,180        $15,220,195
 

-1887------------------,

Am't

involved.     Nom.

$4,208,938         210

4,533,175.         154

6,478,082         267
 

631
 

-1887-
 

Jan..
Feb..
Mar..
 

No. at 6
Am't     per cent.     Am't
No.     involved,   or less.   Involved.
814   $3,110,112      343        $1,767,475
626     2,253,947      279         1,350.906
 

No. at 5
Am't      per cent.      Am't

No.   involved,   or less,     involved.

888    $3,242,024      441       $1,809,1E9

656      2,733,761       329         1,516.075
 

792      3,964,534      431         1,782,973    1,002      3,6?1,160      544
 

TotaI.$2,232  $8,328,593    1,053      $4,901,354   1,.596    $9,646,945    1,314
 

2.255,7f
S5.E81.029
 

KINGS COUNTT PROJECTED BUILDINGS.
 

Jan.
Feb.

Mar.
 

Total
No.
b'gs.
266
228
424
 

-1885-
 

No. of No. of
brick frame
b'gs.     b'gs.
 

106
113

278
 

160
115

146
 

Total
No.

b'gs.
199

290
475
 

-1887------------,

No. of   No. of
brick    frame
 

b'gs.
55
112

268
 

b'gs.
144

178
207
 

Total.   923
 

497
 

431
 

964
 

435
 

529
 

1886.

Cost.
1,105,310

844,685
3,274,480

4,234,475
 

$4,007,313
 

The Molt Haven Station.

At first sight it seems odd that so large and important a station
as the new one of the Hudson River road at One Hundred and
Thirty-eighth street, of which Messrs. Robertson & Manning are
the architects, should be erected for the use of Mott Haven, at
present one of the least important as well as one of the most
depressing and disreputable in aspect of the suburbs of New York,
Mott Haven has that temporary and tentative appearance which
denotes, what is the fact, that the line of its development has not
yet been determined and that its property-owners are waiting to
ascertain this before they commit themselves to any improvements
of a permanent or a costly kind. It does not yet appear what it
shall be, but it does appear that the march of improvement, when
it begins, will find little or nothing in the present building of Mott
Haven to obstruct it, or that cannot be removed without trouble,
expense or regret.

It is not for Mott Haven alone, howfever, as many of our readens
are aware, that the new station is built. It is rather a transfer
than a local station. Passengers from the East, bound up the
Hudson River, 'are now carried to Forty-second street. By
awaiting the up-river trains at One Hundred and Thirty-eighth
street they save some ten miles of distance and two journeys
through the tunnel. The rapid growth in the upper island, espe¬
cially on the west side, requires some consideration for th©
increasing population for which Forty-second street is too far
down town to be convenient. The extension of the Madison avenue
street railroad to the new station makes it probable that this will
be used by all New Yorkers who live above the Park for their
outgoings and their incomings.

These considerations justify the Hudson River Company, as rail¬
road men, in providing a new and important building which, to
the lover of architecture, needs no justification, but is its own
excuse for being. The new station is, in extreme dimensions, not
far from 200 feet by 50. The northern half of it, which is 100 feet
by 30, is given to one large waiting-room, or possibly refreshment-
room, opening along its whole length upon a sheltered platform
some 15 feet wide. Subordinate waiting-rooms, ticket ofiices and
the like occupy the southern half. Over the centre of the building
is a clock tower some 15 feet square, and at the southern end is an
open loggia with a porch. To the baggage yard on the west access
is gained through a large archway, some 30 feet in span, in a wall
which continues the southern front.

This plan is extremely simple and straightforward, and the
architectural problem in such a case is how to get out of such a
building which can properly be but one story, or counting its sub¬
ordinate rooms a story and a-half in height, anything but a long,
low, monotonous shed, without features, and without variety or
contrast. These elements are gained here by the widening of the
buUding at the south end, by the arrangement of roofs thus
epforced, by the introduction of the clock tower and by the treat¬
ment of the south front. The studies of the architect have been
so successful that whUe nothing seems forced, and no feature has
the look of having been introduced for its own sake, the building
is by no means monotonous, and is a highly effective piece of
architecture.

The material throughout is baked clay, common brick for the
walls, pressed brick for the jambs and arches, red tile for the roofs,
red terra cotta for the ornament. The bases of the round piers
in the loggia are of quarry-faced sandstone and the jambs of the
doorways are protected from chipping and handling by a few
courses of grey granite, slightly battered. These do not count in
the color of the buUding.    " There is safety va. moaochrome,?' .andr