Fulton Street Land Values

New York, 1895

What the Town Hall Land is Likely to Cost.

The Commissioners appointed to appraise the value of property in the village of Jamaica, to be taken for Town Hall purposes, met at the Town Hall on Monday and concluded the taking of testimony.

Thomas Foley, who occupied the Denton property, considered the renting value $1,200 to $1,500 a year.

John H. Brinckerhoff said that a fair market value for the Denton property as it stands is $10,000.

Andrew Kammerer valued the Herzog property at $12,000.

Christopher Prinz valued the Herzog property at from $13,000 to $15,000.

Adolph Herzog reconstructed the building after the fire at a cost of $3,000. He paid $5,500 for the property 8 years ago. It is worth $15,000.

David L. Hardenbrook valued the building on the Herzog property at from $4,000 to $5,000.

The testimony was closed and counsel summed up for their respective clients. The awards will probably aggregate $30,000.


For Support of Flushing Hospital

E. N. W. Rossiter, Supervisor Pople, the Board of Trustees, J. H. Quinlan, John W. Weed, and a number of others are at the head of a petition calling on senator Childs and Assemblyman Fairbrother to introduce in the Legislature a bill authorizing the town of Flushing to raise by taxation yearly the sum of $5,000 for the support of Flushing Hospital. This institution has been maintained by voluntary contributions. The financial question has always been a serious one with the management, which is now tired of the struggle. The announcement is made that unless prompt financial assistance is rendered the hospital will be closed.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, Feb. 22, 1895, p. 1.