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Advertisine Index AdTertisiiiflr Index Page TABLE OF CONTENTS Page A B See Electric Elevator.4th Cover New York Edison Co., The 123 Ackerly, Orville B., & Son..2d Cover SECTION 1. New York Title Mortgage Co...100 Acme Service Corporation 1U7 101 Niewenhous Bros., Inc 125 Adler, Ernest N 2d Cover Noyes Co., Chas. P Front Cover A. J. Contracting Co., Inc 126 Realty Legislation Delayed by the So- Alliance Realty Co 100 103 Obelisk Waterproofing Co 120 Ames & Co 2d Cover Ogden & Clarkson Corp....2d Cover Amy & Co., A. V 2d Cover Victory Hall Will Be Built by Popular O'Reilly & Dahn 2d Cover Anderson & Co., James S 100 104 Orr & Co., John C 125 Armstrong, John 2d Cover Real Estate for the Current Week.... 105 Payton, Jr., Co., Philip A 11© Aspromonte & Son, L. S 123 Pease & Elliman Front Cover Atlas Waterproofing Co., The.. .12.5 Private Sales of the Week 105 Pflomm, F. & G Front Cover Automatic Fire Alarm Co 122 Statistical Table of the Week 115 Poe, James E lis Pomeroy Co., Inc., S. H 124 Beaumont Co., G. B Title Page Available Lumber Supplies Not Equal Porter, David, Inc 106 Bechman, A. G 113 116 Porter & Co Front Cover Berkshire Realty Co., Inc 108 Ready to Start $8,500,000 Church and Purdy & Co 108 Betz Brothers, Inc 124 Pyle, Howard C, & Co 112 Birdsall, Daniel, & Co..Front Cover Office Building 117 Boylan, John J 2d Cover Principal Buildings Planned for Erec Queensboro Corporation, The.... 109 Brooklyn Metal Ceiling Co 124 tion in 1920 118 Rafalsky & Co., Mark..Front Cover Brown., Federick 112 Ray, Inc., Willes 2d Cover Brown Co., J. Romaine.Front Cover Reports of New Projects Indicate Un- Read & Co., George R.. .Front Cover Bulkley & Horton Co 112 119 Realty Associates 115 Burling Realty Co 112 Personal and Trade Notes 119 Realty Company of America 100 Burns Wall Paper Co., The 110 Reis Co., John 112 Butler & Baldwin 2d Cover Trade and Technical Society Events... 119 Reliable Iron Works 109 120 Ritch, Wm. T 122 Cammann, Voorhees & Floyd Current Building Operations 120 Roman-Callman Co 112 2d Cover Building Material Markets Ruland & Whiting Front Cover Carpenter, Leonard J 2d Cover 122 Runk, George S 2d Cover Chauncey Real Estate Co.. The.. 106 Ryan, George J 2d Cover Chesley Co., Inc., A. C 12.'j SECTION II City Investing Co 100 Schindler & Liebler 2d Cover City and State Supervision Co.. 108 Record of Conveyances, Mortgages, Leases, Schwiebert, Henry 113 Clark, Noah. Inc 115 Auctions, Appraisals, Lis Pendens, Me- Scientific Lighting Fixture 122 Classified Advertisements 113 Scobie 113 Cobb-Macey-Dohme 109 chanics' Liens, New Buildings and Al- Seaver .Si Co.. Frank A 112 Corning Co., Edward 4th Cover terations. Selkin. Alexander 114 Corwith Bros 106 Smith, Clarence B 114 Cross & Brown Co Front Cover Smith Co., Inc., B. C 116 Cruikshank Co Front Cover Spear & Co 113 Cruikshank's Sons, Wm.Front Cover Spielman Electric Company 114 Steinmetz, John A lis Cudner R. E. Co.. A. M 2d Cover Page Page Cushman & Wakefield. .Front Cover Gallin & Son, John 124 Lawyers' Title & Trust Co 107 Staudinger & Reisberg 124 Cutler & Co., Arthur 2d Cover Gilbert, Chas. L 106 Leaycraft & Co., J. Edgar Straus, S. W., & Co 108 Cutner, Harry B 2d Cover Gold, Louis 112 Front Cover Thompson Co., A. G 112 Goodwin & Goodwin 2d Cover Lehigh Portland Cement Co.... 125 Title Guarantee & Trust Co 100 Davenport Real Estate Co 113 Levers. Robert 2d Cover Tucker, Speyers & Co 2d Cover Davies, J. Clarence 11.3 Hallback & Co., C. E 122 Long Realty Co., A. J 112 Tyng & Co., Stephen H., Jr 100 Day. Joseph P 2d Cover Hecla Iron Works 127 Dike. O. D. & H. V 2d Cover Hess. M. & L.. Inc Front Cover .Manning, Bernhard Realty & Ullman 113 Dowd. James A 2d Cover Holmes Electric Protective.4th Cover Const lOS Uris Iron Works, Inc.. Harris H.126 Doyle. John F.. & Sons 106 Huberth & Huberth 55 Manning & Trunk 2d Cover DuiTy Co., J. P 124 Marbleloid Co.. The 126 Vogel & Rotkin 126 Eastern Gas Appliance Co 125 Inter-City Fuel Co., Inc Ill Markham Realty Corp 100 Walsh, Irving J 2d Cover Eberle. Edward P 114 Martin, H. Samuel 2d Cover Watson Elevator Co., Inc..4th Cover Electric Service Eng. Co 122 Jackson, Daniel H 110 Maurer & Son, Henry 124 Weld & Suydam IQO Electro Sun Co 124 Jerome Property Corp 112 May 6 Co.. Wm B 110 Wells Architectural Iron Co 125 Ely & Co., Horace S.. . .Front Cover Kane Co.. John P 4th Cover McLaughlin, Thos. F 2d Cover Wells Sons. James N 2d Cover Empire Brick & Supply. . .4th Cover Kelly, Albert E 114 McLaury Tile Co., Inc., D. Welse, H. S., Sons 115 English, J. B 2d Cover Kennelly, Bryan L.. Inc...2d Cover H 4th Cover Westwood Realty Co 112 Kerns Co.. James F 112 McMahon. Joseph T 108 White Const. Co.. Inc., The... 121 Fassler & Roberts 126 Kewanee IBoiler Co 127 Miller & Co., A. W 2d Cover White & Sons, Wm. A IOO Finegan, Austin 2d Cover Knap & Wasson Co 2d Cover Mississippi Wire Glass Co 106 Whiting & Co., Wm. H. .Front Cover Finch & Co., Chas. H 123 Kloes, F. J 122 Moses & Moses 112 Winter, Benjamin lift Fischer. J. Arthur 2d Cover Kohler. Chas. S., Inc 100 Wood-Dolson Co Front Cover Fox & Co., Fredk 2d Cover Nail & Parker loO Wyckoff, Walter C 2d Cover Frank & Frank 124 Lawrence Cement Co 4th Cover Nason Realty Co !lOO Fuller Co., Goo. A 122 Zicha Marble Co.. A. R 127 Lawyers' Mortgage Co 106 Newins. Harvey B 100 Zittel & Sons, Fredk 2d Cover
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DOWL ING, President January 24, 1920 RECORD AND GUIDE 101 When to Call a Halt senting the people in carrying out the proposals they Realization that the costs of the government have had enacted into law through their representatives in reached unbearable heights and that one of the most the legislature. effective methods for reducing the cost of living is by "The question is," declared Senator Sage, "not drastic curtailment of appropriations, is reported from whether a more efficient Health Department and a bet Washington. The prospect of a national budget o fsix ter Labor Department and higher paid school teachers billions with a deficit of three billions has alarmed Con are desirable or not. But it is a question of how far the gressmen, who have at last heard the wail of the people state ought to go." that relief ^rom excessive taxation must be had. Senate Senator Sage would have the people stop and con and House committees have, it is said, agreed that there sider whether it is not, at the present abnormal mo shall be no public building bill at this session; that the ment, the time to call a halt on uncurbed appropria diplomatic and consular appropriation shall be cut three tions and, like the prudent business man, when outgo millions lower than last year; that $42,000,000 proposed exceeds income, cut overhead to the bare necessities. for the education and Americanization of foreigners 'J'he Senator's suggestion is well worth consideration shall be reduced to $6,500,000, and that the River and in view of the announcement of the Federal Depart Harbor bill shall be pared down from $42,000,000 to ment of Agriculture that the wholesale prices of staple $12,000,000. Further reduction in the appropriations meats and vegetables in New York City had increased for other federal departments is promised. from 10 to 100 per cent, since August 15, when the cam A year ago there was a general demand for large paign to reduce the cost of living was started. This, governmental appropriations for public works to give evidently, is not the time to increase taxation. employment to returning soldiers and to give business Give private business a chance to get going; then, in various lines a start after the paralysis occasioned when it is established over a firm basis, will be time by war. At present such measures are neither neces enough to consider projects that are well enough in sary nor wise. There is a shortage of labor, especially their way, but not essential. of the unskilled kind. And there is greater need of tenements, which the government cannot build, than of new post offices and court houses. There is now no Deflation lack of private dwelling projects and no stimulus other Bankers hold that inflation, necessary in war times, than the great demand for housing and ofifice space is if maintained during peace, results in continuation of needed by builders to encourage them—all they are high prices. Under our system of banking the Federal looking for is labor and mortgage money. Reserve Bank can now exercise the same control over The reports of the immigration officials show that the money market as the Bank of England always has the tide has again set in the direction of our shores, so exercised by fixing the discount rate. The unification of that there is likely to be more and more of common the banking powers under the Reserve system, new to labor for work on buildings, in mines and mills and on the financial community, is a powerful factor in stabili transportation lines. From about 12,000 a month at zation of the money market and will aid in the re-estab- the beginning of 1919 the number of immigrants rose Hshment of business on a normal basis. With the rais steadily throughout the year until in December there ing of the discount rate to six per cent, the Federal Re were over 40,000 arrivals in this port alone and prob serve Banks of the three Eastern Districts have taken ably 60,000 in the country. These are not record-break a step that was expected, although the rate is higher ing figures, but they are promising. The prosperity of than was anticipated. That it is a higher rate than the this country, now so widely advertised, and the lure of consensus of opinion in financial circles thought prob princely wages, cannot fail to prove an irresistible at able is evidence that in the view of the Reserve of traction to the half-fed peoples of southern Europe and ficials there is need for drastic measures in bringing the Near East. about deflation. That this will be the immediate efifect Reduction of taxation, if accomplished, will help the of the high discount rate is without question and the money market. And in this connection it should be country may soon expect a distinctly favorable turn to mcumbent on the Legislature to take to heart the prices in all markets. words of Senator Henry M. Sage, a recognized author That something more was necessary in fighting the ity on state finances, as to the increase in the expendi high cost of living than mere governmental commis tures in New York State. In 1910 the appropriations sions to prosecute profiteers is proved by the figures were $38,000,000; in 1919, $78,000,000; 1919-20, $95,000,- published by the Department of Labor showing that 000, and the requests for the present year amount to prices of necessities are constantly rising notwithstand $141,000,000. Every department has increased its ex ing all efforts to control them. Putting the dollar back on penses, and Senator Sage, in drawing the attention of a true dollar basis will do more to bring prices down to the Merchants Association to the rapidly-mounting their real level than all the pronouncements of theorists. costs of the state government, took no antagonistic at The other one thing that will really help matters is titude towards the increased activities of those repre production. If everybody gets down to business and 102 RECORD AND GUIDE January 24, 1920 does a full eight hours' work each and every day the the working community. It will, if every man who be period of cheap money and high prices will soon pass. lieves in it makes it his business to circulate this truth There are signs that this idea is spreading throughout in every quarter he can reach. Readers' Comment on Current Topics Editor of the Record and Guide: Editor of the Record and Guide: We hear a good deal about speculative prices of land and In the present time, homes, apartments and buildings are houses. Prices of living have about doubled—prices of build largely the subject of daily discussion. ing have increased about 75 per cent. Is real estate selling I advocated some time ago the building of large apartment at double the prices of two years ago? Where then is the houses, housing many families, and of the most modern con speculation in land? Western lands have gone up for say, struction, in large parks, laid out beautifully and making $250 an acre, to, say, $350 and $400—say from 40 to 80 per cent. the surroundings lovely to live in. These large apartments At present value of the dollar compared with three years ago, can be built on land costing less than $10,000 per acre and that is no advance at all. the present cost will not be so large as to make the rents With some notable exceptions, the same seems to be true high to the tenants. They should be built in the city and of stocks. suburbs where all conveniences are to be had—gas, electric Further, I see no chance of "over-production" (more goods light, proper sanitary connections and reasonable labor con than the people can buy back) for at least two or three years. struction. I feel sure that the demand for houses and land will not be With proper investment of money in these large apart met for another three years. ments, with small fare, 5 to 10 cents, life can be made happy How can we have depression with a short market for goods tor any and all without crowding our cities to excess. and no material reduction of inflation? HENRY F VAN LOANE. New York, Jan. 20, 1920. BOLTON HALL. New York, Jan. 19, 1920. Good Prices Realized at Auction of Sage Holdings HE auction sale of the real estate owned by the late street, five apartments, was sold as follows: No. 1,269 Park Margaret O. Sage, widow of Russell Sage, held at avenue to Philip Gasner for $28,350; Nos. 1,263, 1,265 and 1,267 T the No. 14 Vesey Street Salesrooms, on last Tuesday, to H. Brown for $16,000, $16,300 and $16,500, respectively, and aggregated $2,619,250. There were thirty five parcels in Man No. 104 East Ninety-eighth street to S. Lipschitz for $16,000. hattan and Long Island. The original offering included sixty- No. 1,325 Park avenue was purchased by August Dunwitz seven small dwellings at Cedarhurst, which were taken over for $29,000; No. 1,570 Lexington avenue by J. Bregstone for by a syndicate at private sale. The auctioneer was Joseph $35,700; No. 1,572, adjoining, by Joseph Jacobs, for $25,000; P. Day. No. 1,374 by Isidor Sacks, for $25,250; No. 1,576 by Margaret The Sage residence at 604 Fifth avenue, between Forty- Stabler, for $25,500, and No 123 East 100th street, adjoining, eighth and Forty-ninth streets, was bid in by Michael Dreicer, all five-story tenements, for $27,600; No. 123 East 100th street the Fifth avenue jeweler, on behalf of Charles Thorley, the went to J. Gillman and John Lione for $17,750; No. 107 to florist, at $441,000. The assessed valuation of the property is Gaetano Tomasula for $17,600, and No. 109 to E. F. Altohul for $430,000. $26,000. The Open Stair Tenement Company bought for $12,500 Samuel Augenblick paid $117,000 for the leasehold of 632 Nos. 515 and 517 East Seventy-sixth street, vacant. Fifth avenue, a five-story and basement business building The corner at intersection of Hunter avenue and Prospect occupied by one tenant. This property is owned by Columbia street. Long Island City was sold for $15,300 to the Kings- University and was leased by the Sage estate until May 1, 1928. borough Development Company, and the dwelling in the east Its assessed valuation is $490,000. side of Hamilton place, 225 feet north of Central avenue, Far James Brannan purchased the two apartment houses at Rockaway, was bought by the Frank Realty Company for the corner of Central Park West and 102d street, paying $18,000. H. Frankfort bought the northeast corner of Central $155,000 for the corner and $90,000 for the inside house. avenue and Hamilton place. Far Rockaway, for $15,700; the The eleven-story loft and office building at the northeast Frank Realty Company the plot in the east side of Hamilton corner of Fifth avenue and Fifteenth street was sold to New place ISO feet north of Central avenue for $6,000, and David man Dube, clothing manufacturer and director in the Metro ii-enberg the block front in the west side of Hude street, be politan Bank, for $435,000. The four-story tenement at Nos. tween Central avenue and John street for $16,300. 45 and 47 West 12Sth street was purchased by the Neumont Realty Company for $63,000. Charles V. Paterno, builder, bought the three-story garage, S A real estate barometer the records of Register James 25.6x100.5 at 117 West Fifty-fourth street, for $47,000. A. Donegan's office reflect the true condition of the The two six-story apartment houses, 100x100, at the north A realty market in Manhattan. During the year just west corner of Central Park West and 102d Street, were ended they show an increase in transactions of more than 80 bought by James Brennan for $245,000. The group of five per cent. four-story and basement private dwellings at the northeast Recorded leases on all kinds of realty were nearly trebled, corner of Madison avenue and Sixty-fourth street, went to as comparcil with the year 1918. Many, covering property in Robert E. Dowling for $337,000. This property is assessed at the downtown and midtown sections, were for terms ranging $333,000 by the city. They were sold as one parcel. from five to thirty years and at rentals running from $1,000 Robert E. Dowling and Robert Simon bought the choice to $225,000 per annum. i)lock front of vacant property on the east side of Riverside There was an increase of 24,701 instruments in 1919 over Drive between Cathedral Parkway and 109th street for $435,- the year 1918. This increase consists of 5,789 mortgages, OOO. Thi sproperty is surrounded by high-class apartments like 7,135 deeds, 9.348 chattel mortgages, 1,792 satisfied real estate the Hendrick Hudson and the Bonavista. mortgages, and 576 satisfied chattel mortgages, 51 block The only parcel of Harlem realty, 45 and 47 West 125th changes and 10 miscellaneous papers. street, a four-story brick flat wit hstores, on a plot 40 by Briefly summarizing the income of the register's office for 99.11, assessed at $65,000 was sold to the Neumont Realty 1918 and 1919 the result is: 1919, $172,453.46; 1918, $108,073.18; Company for $63,000. increase, $64,380.28. The ratio of increase has been fully main The southeast corner of Park avenue and Ninety-eighth tained during the first few days of 1920. January 24, 1920 RECORD AND GUIDE 103 Realty Legislation Delayed by the Socialist Hearing Activity of Many Members in Proceedings on Eligibility of Five Assemblymen Prevents Constructive Committee Work (Special to the Record and Guide.) Albany, January 23. taxes upon the same property previously delivered. EAL ESTATE and housing bills, like all other legisla Both the Senate and Assembly have adopted a resolution tion, is feeling the effect of the proceeding to determine calling upon Public Service Commissioner Nixon to file a R the eligibility and qualifications of the five Socialists report with the Legislature showing whether or not his in recently suspended by the State Assembly. The hearings of vestigations have disclosed if it is possible for the traction the Judiciary Committee in this matter are being held in companies operating in New York City to render adequate the Assembly Chamber, at the time ordinarily given to the service at the present rate of fare, together with any recom consideration of legislation. mendations he believes will relieve traction conditions in The prompt introduction of several bills designed to ex New York City. empt the interest on the principal of mortgages on real This action by the Legislature is significant in view of the property up to $40,000 from the State Income Tax gave rise recent consideration of the report of the up-state public to the belief that these measures would be among the first service commission, as well as a report from Commissioner to be given hearings. All these bills were referred to the Nixon, urging the enactment of legislation vesting the com taxation committees. The Socialist inquiry will interfere missions with power to fix local traction fares irrespective with this program, because several of the members of the ot franchises agreements and statutory limitations. Judiciary Committee are also on the Taxation Committee. There is a strong sentiment in the Legislature in favor of Before many weeks the Legislature will have before it the granting the public utility corporations relief from the stress report of the Davenport taxation investigating committee they have felt by reason of the increased cost of wages and and it is believed that this report will discuss the limitation materials. This sentiment is especially pronounced among of taxes on realty. the representatives from up-state cities, where the local trac The advocates of the limitation measure which passed last tion lines are facing ruin unless permitted to increase their year now contemplate framing a bill which will limit the bur fares. Several opinions by the Court of Appeals have indi den of taxation which can be placed upon realty at a certain cated that the duty of relieving local traction companies percentage of the budget of a city. In the preliminary dis rests with the Legislature. This court has pointed out that cussion the suggested percentage was 75 per cent. \.'here franchise agreements or statutes fix the maximum Within the next few weeks several bills favored by the riites to be charged the courts are powerless to intervene. New York City Real Estate Board and having for their Strong opposition has developed in the Legislature to several ultimate purpose the reduction of the city budget by the bills providing for the licensing and regulation of real estate elimination of useless bureaus will be introduced. One of brokers and dealers. One of these bills places the licensing these bills will call for the abolition of the sinking fund and power in the Secretary of State and the other in the mayors another will provide for the payment of taxes in New York oi cities whose population exceeds 200,000. The attitude of City into a single bureau doing away with several depart the opponents of the bills is that the real estate situation ments which now receive taxes. These bills were discussed all over the state is such that nothing should be done to check and tentatively framed this week at a conference attended the activities of real estate brokers or limit their efforts to by John P. Leo, of the Bureau of Standards and Appeals, relieve housing conditions. It is pointed out that present David Hirschfield, Commissioner of Accounts, A. C. McNulty, cramped housing conditions are largely the result of exces counsel for the Real Estate Board and Edward P. Doyle, also sive war prices for materials and not the outcome of the representing the Real Estate Board. acts of individuals. Another bill shortly to be introduced will revive and ex A new rent commission bill made its appearance in the tend the corporate existence of the New York Real Estate .Assembly this week. The measure, introducer by Assembly Association. Under the terms of this bill the corporate ex man Jesse, would create two rent commissions, one for the istence of this association is revived and "declared to be a first district embracing New York City and another for the valid corporation with the same force and effect as the same second district, including Buffalo and Rochester. A commis existed on June 25, 1919, and prior to the expiration of the sion of three members will operate in each district. The period for which said corporation was created." This organ members will be named by the governor. Under the terms ization, chartered 50 years ago, through inadvertence per of the bill the commissions may on their own initiative or mitted its charter to expire. There is little doubt about the upon complaint investigate the reasonableness of rents and speedy enactment of such a measure. other charges imposed for occupancy of real estate and de Senator Dunnigan introduced a bill this week amending termine what such rents and charges shall be. the General City Law by providing for the acquisition by Another bill introduced by Assemblyman Jesse provides cities of lands for the purpose of erecting dwellings upon for the exemption from increased valuation of real property such land and renting such dwellings at cost. improved for dwelling purposes in New York City, the valua Minority Leader Donohue in the Asembly submitted an tion not to be increased over that on the day the building amendment of the New York City Charter which provides plans are approved until the assessed valuations for 1926 are that no tax lien for unpaid taxes, water rents or charges or fi.xed, provided plans have been approved on or before Oc assessments on any real estate shall be sold by the city un tober 1 next and the building ready for occupancy before less the word "arrears" shall have been written in a bill for December 31, 1921. 104 RECORD AND GUIDE January 24, 1920 Victory Hall Will Be Built by Popular Subscription l: Plans for $15,000,000 Monument in Pershing Square Now Being Prepared by Herts & Robertson, Architects NLESS the present plans miscarry. Victory Hall, the Around the walls of this great auditorium there will be a proposed monument to New York's dead and living broad continuous band bearing in bronze or gold letters U heroes of the World War, will be one of the note- the name and unit of each soldier, sailor and marine, as well v/orthy public structures of the country. The site selected as of each man and woman from the city of New York, be for this structure is the block lying south of the Grand longing to the Red Cross, Salvation Army, Y. M. C. A., Jewish Central Terminal, between Forty-first and Forty-second Welfare Workers, K. of C. and Army Nurse Corps, and of streets. Park and Lexington avenues. The west half of this all others who died in the service. The roof of the audi block is now owned by the city and is being used for subway torium will be sustained by horizontal girders 20 to 30 feet purposes, but in no way will this interfere with the con deep. The space between these will be available for separate struction of the projected structure. meeting and club rooms. In both plan and design this structure will embody a num Provision is being made in the plans to devote considerable ber of unusual features. Herts and Robertson, the archi space for the use of the American Legion. tects, are now working out the details and it is hoped that The great American Legion hall will be surrounded by other the preliminary arrangements will be completed so that this rooms to be given over to auxuliary and patriotic bodies. $15,000,000 project may be started before the close of the The central part of this floor will be 235 feet by 112 feet and current year. v.'ill form a hall for the meetings, dances and other entertain A complete description of this building is impossible at this ments of the organization and of the other societies affiliated time because the details have not yet been finally worked with it. Surrounding this central hall, which will be of great out. On the level of the Fourth avenue esplanade there will dignity and illuminated by large clerestory windows, will be be a great auditorium and convention hall into which pro a balcony looking down upon the hall. Beneath this balcony cessions may march from the esplanade, through the main will be a corrider giving access to a number of rooms which portal of the edifice, which will be a triumphal arch incor will be assigned to the G. A. R., Loyal Legion, and the aux porated into the Fourth avenue front. It may also be reached iliary societies, patriotic groups and other organizations that from the Forty-second street level by elevators and numer carried on war activities. ous stairways. This auditorium will be in the form of a On the floor below the street level will be located the im lofty amphitheatre. A majestic monumental colonnade will posing Memorial Shrine and Hall of the Allies. These apart surround it upon the exterior. The roof will be an uninter ments will be reached from the street level and from the sub- rupted span with a ceiling carefully devised to secure the vvfay station by four broad monumental stairways, descending best acoustic effects. In the center will be an oval arena 120 from the great foyers running north and south and one to feet in width and 270 feet long that will admit of a running the east and another to the west, and by elevators. track, ten laps to the mile. From the eastern end of this hall a double intramural stair This auditorium has been planned to provide for tourna way will lead into a lofty memorial hall or crypt, 70 feet ments, great musical festivals, pageants, athletic games, large square, hewn from solid rock underlying this section of the civic gatherings and public assemblages, including those of city. In the center of this crypt will be placed an altar, a dramatic nature, and will afford as well to the children of upon which there will forever burn a fire or beacon that tbe public schools an athletic practice arena for which a will serve as an "Inner Shrine of Memory" and to symbolize great need now exists. This hall will seat 5,000. the purpose of Victory Hall. PERSPECTIVE OF VICTORY HALL IN PERSHING SQUARE. January 24, 1920 R E C O R D A N D G U I D E 105 Review of Real Estate Market for the Current Week Many Important Multi-Family Houses Figure in Recent Transactions and Buyers of Plottages for Improvement Were Active ONSIDERABLE buying activity developed this week in stories in height for their own use. On upper Fifth avenue the real estate market, the business reflecting a lively interest again centered around Fifty-seventh street, where C interest in practically every kind of property. The the John L. Riker Estate, located at 19 West, was sold for chief contributing factor in the large number of transactions $500,000 to a buyer who is planning to erect an 8-story busi closed was the heavy trading involving large apartment ness building on the site. houses which was stimulated largely by speculative interest. Operators, too, claimed their share of the business. Harris Among the notable transactions of the past week figured & Maurice Mandelbaum, Fisher & Lewine again figured in a the 12-story apartment house at 405 Park avenue, which was million-dollar purchase involving the 15-story office building purchased by tenants from J. C. Mayer and Millard Shroeder, at 395 to 399 Broadway. The loft structure at 43 to 47 West Twenty-fourth street, held at $500,000, was sold by Isaac who acquired the property several weeks ago, and who fur Schiff to the Elias Gussaroff Realty & Construction Com ther displayed their confidence in Park avenue holdings by pany. acquiring this week another large fireproof apartment at 640 Park avenue, valued at $1,400,000. Other large apartments It is interesting to note the immediate effect of prohibition which changed hands were The Turin at 331 to 335 Central on realty, as with the advent of "dry" days came reports of many leases of hotel space. Conspicuous among these was Park West, acquired by the Realty Syndicate, Inc.; The the rental to the United Cigar Stores of the century-old Verona, at Sixty-fourth street and Madison avenue, held at Eastern Hotel at the lower end of Manhattan for a 21-year ^1,100,000; The Bellguard, valued at $700,000, which was term at an aggregate of $2,500,000. The same company also bought by Joseph Shenk, who also added to his holdings a leased earlier in the week the Saks department store build number of other multi-family houses on Washington Heights ing at Herald Square for a 21-year term at a total rental of and in the Bronx; the apartment house at 777 West End $8,500,000. Another 21-year lease in the same vicinity involved avenue and Ninety-eighth street, held at $750,000; three apart the property at 138 West Thirty-fourth street at a rental ments on Washington Heights purchased by an operator and of $700,000. The Silver Lunch Company signed a million- numerous others. dollar lease for the 2-story building at 1663 to 1696 Broadway, In spite of prevailing high construction costs, sites for also for 21 years. structural operations are still in demand. In the financial The shortage of space and the persistency of the demand district the Lawyers Mortgage Company purchased the three was emphasized by the alacrity with which available'space old S-story buildings at the corner of Maiden Lane and Nas was absorbed and in many cases its occupancy secured by sau street, where they intend to erect a building of at least 12 leases of unusually long terms. President Kelsey says: Cobb-Macey-Dohme, Inc., Will Move. "In NeTv York it was necessary to devise PRIVATE REALTY SALES. some method of disposing of our larger Cobb-Macey-Dohme, Inc., have leased for mortgage investments, for the individual twenty-one years the four upper floors of the HE total number of sales reported but not buyers for them had been frightened off building, 412 Broadway, for offices and display T recorded In Manhattan this week was 151, by the income tax. Our participation cer purposes, at an aggregate rental of about $130 - as against 139 last week and 49 a year ago. tificates have been very helpful in this 000. The Charles P. Mayes Company made the The number of sales south of 59th street was respect. During the year we have sold lease for Frank D. White and G. F. Heublein. 68, as compared with 63 last week and 14 a year Adolph F. Dohme, president and treasurer of agck. 3.193 certificates, amounting to $5,033,603 the leasing company, in commenting on this The number of sales north of 59th street was in New York, and 1,406 in Brooklyn, lease, stated: 83, as compared with 66 last week and 35 a year amounting to $1,194,712. These certifi "Our business was the flrst offlce equipment ago. cates are Increasing in popularity as the busmess to move north of Franklin street. Ten From the Bronx 61 sales at private contract general public becomes better acquainted years ago we selected 412 Broadway as the were reported, as against 55 last week and 22 with them. We take one large mortgage, future center of the ofilce furniture and offlce a year ago. have it guaranteed by the Bond & Mort equipment business. How near right we were Statistical tables, indicating the number ot is best emphasized by the fact that during the recorded instruments, will be found on page 115. gage Guarantee Co. and sell it to our past two or three years the largest Arms in investors, giving to each one the exact the city including Globe-Wernicke, Hosier Safe amount of Investment that he desires. Co., Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Co. and Reming Annual Report of Title Company. The plan Is very elastic, as it permits re ton Typewriter Co. have purchased buildings investment each three years as Interest right in this section of Broadway close to Canal In the annual report of Preaident Clar street. We selected 412 Broadway because It ence H. Kelaey of the Title Guarantee and rates change. It also allows for a re was in the Canal street block and because we Trust Co. he calls attention to the inter valuation of the property and the ad knew that all subway lines in New York City justment of the amount of the mortgage, would have stations on Canal street and this esting fact that the Record and Guide, should change of value require at any would make this Broadway section near Canal under date of January 3 of this year, pub time. street the most convenient of all downtown sec tions for business purposes. Our business has lished a list of thirty-one real estate "The title losses for the year amounted grown largely at 412 Broadway, and we find transactions during 1919, each Involving to something over $31,000, which Is per that we have outgrown for showroom purposes two and one-half million dollars and up haps a little below our yearly average, the store and basement that we have been occu which has been about $50,000 since the pying. Double the space was required, so the ward. Ot the thirty-one all but seven lease that we have Just made gives us over were examined and insured by this com organization of the company. 20.000 square feet of the very best display prem "The profits from the banking business ises in New York, and here we will be located pany. itself show a satisfactory advance in New for many years to come. The company sold to Investors in 1919 York and Brooklyn and a very decided "Ground floor space in New York City has $36,477,728 in mortKagres. as compared with advance in Jamaica and Long Island City become so expensive for merchants that the a little over $19,000,000 in 1918. The larg in Queens. price is prohibitive to those firms who wish est record in mortgage sales ever made by "The total deposits at the end of 1919 to sell their goods on a close margin. It is my the company was in the years 1905 and amount to something over $35,000,000, as prediction that within fifteen years the leading 1906. when the sales amounted to about compared to $28,000,000 at the close of firms in our line of business will be transacting :$74,000,000 each year. their business above the ground floor, and this 1918. This amount is the largest In our is right along the lines of economy and exactly The recorded mortgages for the year history at the close of any year. The in the same as is being done in several western 1919 in Greater New York exceed those crease amounts to $3,000,000 in New York, cities such as Chicago with its Republic Build recorded in 1906, the report continues. $3,000,000 in Brooklyn. $400,000 In Jamaica ing filled with retail Arms of high standing, The reason why the mortgage business of and nearly $50,000 in Long Island City. and in St. Louis. Not only do large upstairs the company was not as large as in 1906 salesrooms permit of economy in operation, but The increase Is due partly to better times the premises are better for salesroom purposes apparently is that a large proportion ot and partly to a very determined effort on account of better ventilation, better light the real estate boom of 1919 has been on the part of our banking department to and better facilities for showing our product. financed by the owners of the property in increase its usefulness in the community. Our building at 412 Broadway directly faces the way of purchase money mortgages The number of accounts has Increased Lispenard street and the upper floors of the and not by lending Institutions and indl- building have natural light and sunshine at •vlduas. They have not been willing to from 10.931 to 11,834, a gain of almost 900 every point. Our executive offices will occupy in the year. the top floor of our new quarters; our second furnish the money and the mortgage mar "The Income from trusts shows an ad floor will be devoted entirely to the display of ket has been much restricted by the Fed- mahogany furniture: our third floor to oak «ral income tax. vance of approximately $30,000 above the figures of last year." furniture, and on the fourth we wiil display 106 RECORD AND GUIDE January 24, 1920 steel furniture and office filing equipment. With double the amount of space that we have ever had before, we expect to show the most repre BROOKLYN'S OLDEST sentative line of goods that is shown in New York City, and we will be able to look out for the furniture trade as well as it is humanly Real Estate Office MONEY possible to do and continue to sell our goods at a m^oderate or fair margin of profit." FIRM ESTABUSHED IMS Mr. Dohme has seen the center for the offlce furniture business extend north from Liberty TO LOAN street to Nassau and from Broadway and Worth street to the present point where it will probably l^lje Cijauncep remain for all time, and it is very close to the financial district and at the same time con on venient for uptown shoppers. When he origin ally moved his business from lower Broadway to ^ 3^tal estate Co. 412 Broadway, many in the same line thought 187 MONTAGUE ST. New York City he was making a rash innovation, but within a very few years many others followed. It is BOBO or BROOKLTN, NBW TOBK OTT believed that many others who are unable to Real Estate get ground fioor locations in the exact centers Telephones: Main 4SM, 43*1, tfU that they wish to locate, will follow Mr. Dohme's lead, with the result that merchandising above Appraisers Auctioneers the ground fioor will be the next important LAWYERS MORTGAGE CO. development in the New York real estate market. A8ENTB and GENERAL This has been tried successfully with clothing, RICHARD M. HURD, President shoes, women's apparel, and it is pointed out that there is no reason why it cannot be done Capital and Surplus $9,000,000 with marked success by almost any other line Eeal estate Profeerg of business. 59 Liberty Street, New York Members: Stoddard & Mark, attorneys, represented the 184 Mentarne Street, Brooklyn owners of the property. Williamson & Bayles Brooklyn Board of Real Estate Broken represented the leasing company. Charles F. Real Estate Board of New York Noyes Company sold the property to the pres ent owners, and only recently reported a lease for twenty-one years of the store and basement at an aggregate rental of $200,000, to the Ex- Members Brooklyn Board o< R. E. Broken nhange Buffet Corporation. ESTABUSHED 1882 Brooklyn Brokers to Dine. The annual banquet of the Brooklyn DAVID PORTER, inc Board of Real Estate Brokers will be held at the Hotel Bossert tonight at 7 o'clock. Real Estate Agents The guests of the evening w^ill include United States Senator William M. Calder, Brokers, Appraisers State Senator Henry M. Sage, Hon. Ed APPRAISERS FOB ward Riegelmann, President of the Bor Tbe United States Government The State of New York ough of Brooklyn; Rev. Paul Moody, rec The City ol New York tor of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Tbe Equitable Life Assurance Society Church of Manhattan; J. Willison Smith, Equitable Trust Co. lately manager of the housing division. The U. S. Title Guaranty Co., etc, etc. U. S. Shipping Board, Emergency Fleet BrMkljra OwBkw •! CoBMaraa BalMliw Corporation, and others. 82 COURT STREET William Raymond Burling, president of Telepbone: Main 828 BBOOKLTN. N. T. the board, it was incidentally learned to day, has a big surprise for the members, the exact nature of which he refuses to divulge, although rather unwillingly ad- rnits it to be something entirely new in JOHN F. DOYLE & SONS the arrangements for this year's dinner. The committee in charge are James B. REAL ESTATE AGENTS Fisher, chairman; Fred B. Snow, George Horton. Joseph W. Catharine and George BROKERS and APPRAISERS H. Gray. 74 Wall Street. New York City Management of Estates a Specialty Franklin Simon Co. Secure Addition. Manbarot Boaid .( Brakas Franklin Simon & Co. have purchased 5-9 Jaaa V. DevU Joba W. Dsvlft Jr. West :i7th street from Wolf Bros. & Co., of Philadelphia, which will add more than 90,000 square feet to their present floor space. The new addition is a modern fireproof twelve-story building and is in the rear of their present The Leadins Asency ;>Sth street buildings. The lower six floors wilt Firm Esteblished 1874 Woolworth Building taken * through be used for selling purposes and the upper six ?oUshed Wire Glasl Window to tSe floors for manufacturing, stock rooms and re Western uSon Building. New York Oty serve stock rooms. The individual floors will be occupied as soon as the leases of their re CORWITH BROS. 1 spective occupants expire, the majority of which only have a short time to run. Franklin Simon, Why not get the bene & Co. will do all their shipping, receiving and OreenpoHit and Long Island City delivering on 37th street, thus relieving the con fit ot reduced insurance gestion on 38th street, which on account of its excellent transit facilities has become one of the Real Estate rates, together with the best specialty shop side streets in New York City. FACTORY SITES maximum of Fire and A SPECIALTY Breakage Protection? Operators Acquire $1,000,000 Loft. Mortgage Loans, Appraisals, Insurance The Forty-fifth Street Exchange Building, at Entire Management of Property Install Mississippi Pol 141 to 147 West 4oth street, held at $1,000,000, has been sold by the Arthur Carter Realty Com 851 Manhattan Avenne, Brooklyn ished Wire Glass with its pany to Vogel & Schultz, through the Knap & Corn Exch. Bank Bids., Bridce Plaza, L. I. C Wasson Company. The building is thirteen silver white wire and sur stories high, 70x100. The annual rental is about $125,000. The leases expire in about a face equal to any plate year. The thirteenth floor is given over to the storage of films. The sellers acquired the prop Tel. Bedfard (900 glass, and save money. erty last September from Frederick Brown, who tSttntm BraoklTB Board sT Bnkan gave in part payment a large estate at Mount Kisco, N. Y. Morrison & Schiff were the at Write for Catalogue torneys. Chas. L, Gilbert and Samples. Trinity Church Corp. Sells Chapel Site. REAL ESTATE BROKEB The Charles F. Noyes Company sold for Trinity Church to Adolf Pricken for his Coast APPRAISER wise Warehouses, Inc., the plot of 33,600 square Rentins, CoUectlnK, IniontBCe MISSISSIPPI feet, on which stood for over a century St. John's Chapel, at 34-50 Varick street, extending WATER FRONTS through to St. Johns lane, with frontages of WIRE GLASS CO. 240 feet on each street and a depth of 140 feet. FACTORY SITES Mr. Pricken is taking up with the city of New Efficient management York the matter of the extension of York street Room 1712 so as to bisect the property into two plots, each of Brooklyn Real Estate 220 Fifth Ave.. New York City about 100x140, on which he will erect two eight- TU Naatrand AT*. BBOOKLTM story fireproof warehouses to contain 150,000 •I at. isksfs PlaM ••W TOM square feet of space each. The total operation January 24, 1920 RECORD AND GUIDE 107 will represent an investment of approximately street. The buyer is the Apartment Manage five-story buildings with a frontage of 43 feet »2,000,000. ment Co., Edgar A. Levy, presidebt. Douglas on Nassau street and 57 feet on Maiden lane» The plot is opposite the St. John's Parle freight L. Elliman & Co. were the brokers. The buildings are known as 58 Nassau street depot of the New York Central lines. With thla and 20 and 33 Maiden lane. improvement the warehouse company will con Big Long Island City Deals. The brokers in the transaction were Cammann^ trol approximately 1,000,000 square feet of space Voorhees & Floyd. in lower Manhattan. William D. Bloodgood & Co., Inc., have sold one-half =of the block bounded by Pierce, Eighth Considerable time and trouble were involved!* and Ninth and Washington avenues. Long Isl in assembling the properties and acquiring title. Verona Apartment Sold. and City, to a New York moving picture com Most of the tenants had long leases and hesi Benjamin Winter, who has dealt extensively pany for a studio. This plot is but one block tated to surrender them because of the short in apartment properties on the West Side in the from the big studio now being erected by the age of space downtown and the desirability ot last few months, turned his attention to the Famous Players-Lasky Co. The same realty the location. It was not until then that the East Side this week. From the Thornhill Cor firm has also sold a factory at Hamilton street "lease snarl" was untangled and the way poration he has purchased the ten-story Verona and Freeman avenue. Long Island City, to the opened for the great improvement contemplated^ apartment, at 32 East 64th street, on plot 132.6x Chemical Novelty Co. of New York, and have 100. This is one of the finest apartment houses leased to the Maxwell Motor Car Co. for Its Park Avenue Apartment Sold. in the Madison avenue section, and was erected Long Island City agency the garage on Hancock about ten years ago, meeting with continuous street, near Webster avenue. J. C. and M. G. Mayer and Millard Shroeder^ success since its opening. It won a first prize in who recently purchased and resold 405 Park a contest for its interior finish. It has two avenue, gave further evidence today of their apartments to a floor of twelve rooms and four Lawyers' Mortgage Co, Buys. faith in Park avenue by purchasing from the- baths each. Leopold & Herbert Weil repre One of the most important real estate trans Shafpa Realty Company, through Robert C^ sented the purchasers and Douglas L. Elliman actions that has been effected in months was Knapp, of Douglas L. Elliman & Co., Inc., the & Co. the sellers. that closed this week by the Lawyers Mortgage thirteen-story fireproof apartment house at 640 Company, Richard M. Hurd. president, for the Park avenue, the northwest corner of 66th northeast corner of Maiden lane and Nassau street. The building was erected by the Ful- Buyers Plan Eight-Story Structure. street, opposite the site of the proposed Federal lerton-Weaver Construction Company Jn 1914.. Brown, Wheelock Company, Inc., and Royal Reserve Bank. It is the intention of the The plot contains more than 9.5U0 square feet Scott Gulden sold for the estate of john L. Lawyers Mortgage Company to erect a building and is considered one of the finest apartment Riker the four-story dwelling, 50x100, at 19 for its own use of not less than twelve stories houses on Park avenue. The building is ar West 57th street. The brokers report that in height. ranged with one apartment to a fioor, contain $500,000 was paid for the property, or $10,000 The property aquired consists of three old ing 18 rooms, 6 baths, 40 open wood-burning a front foot. The buyer will erect on the site an eight-story business building. The prop erty was held free and clear, but the estate allowed a purchase money mortgage to remain. It is reported that an owner of a single lot further down the block has refused an offer of $2ii),000 for this house. Buying Low Operators Buy Broadway Building. Harris & Maurice Mandelbaum, Fisher & As the wiseacres advise, means sometimes Lewine purchased from the Equitable Life As surance Society 395 to 399 Broadway, the south seeing your purchase go still lower and get west corner of Walker street, a fifteen-story oflBce building, with a frontage of 51 feet on snuffed out. The safest investment is a Broadway and 147 feet on Walker street. The Guaranteed Mortgage at par, always worth property was held at $1,000,000. par, and sure to be paid in full. Builder Adds to Holdings. The Holland Court Realty Co. has sold the eleven-Btory apartment at the northwest corner of Park avenue and 92d street, fronting 100.8 feet on Park avenue and 130 feet on 92d street. Lawyers Title and Trust Company This property was purchased by the present owner as a possible future site for Miss Spence's 160 Broadway, New York 383 E. 149th St, New York school for girls. It stands at the crest of Car 188 Montagae St, Brooklyn 1354 Broadway, Brooklyn negie Hill, near the large house and gardens 44 Court St, Brooklyn 367 Fulton St, Jamaica, N. Y.- of George Ehret and the new home of Francis Q. Palmer, on the northwest corner of 93d 160 Main St, White Plains, N. Y. There is neither wisdom nor econ omy in waiting until some damage We look after your eleevators, inspect them at is done before hav frequent intervals and keep them in perfect repair under yearly contract at a price which will save ing your elevators you a good deal of money and worry besides. repaired. SERVICE AT ALL HOURS ACME SERVICE CORPORATION Day Telephone: 246 CANAL STREET Night, Sunday and Holiday: Franklin 4765-4766 NEW YORK Wadsworth 5359-5522 ELEVATOR REPAIRS AND SUPPLIES Scientific Upkeep of Electrical Equipment Under Yearly Contract 108 RECORD AND GUIDE January 24, 1920 fireplaces, cedar wood closets and individual laundries. Rentals, $140,000; asking price, $1,- 400,000. Among the tenants are George D. Pratt, Robert Franklin Adams, W. V. S. Thorn, Andrew Fletcher, Edward Drexel Godrey and Charles A. Coffin. Stoddard & Mark, attorneys, Present-Day Problems of It Is Good represented the purchaser and Nathan Smyth the sellers. Douglas L. Elliman & Co. .will con tinue as managing agents ot the apartment Judgment to house. Building Maintenance West End Apartment Sold. require expert advice and guid Elgar a Feinberg resold tor Clements Realty ance. We are able to advise Company to Reznick & Zimmer 777 West End avenue, southwest corner of 98th street, twelve- owners and agents of all Start Building story elevator apartment house. Rentals, $85.- classes of real estate with re 000; asking price, $750,0O(.). The house was built gard to State laws, City ordin eight years ago by Edgar A. Levy. Frank Ijocker represented the buyers and H. B. Davis ances. Departmental procedure, the sellers. The same brokers sold the property and all executive, legislative Now recently for J. C. and M. G. Mayer. and judicial regulations affect ing real property. We act in T is our opinion that a new Shenk Figures in Several Deals. an advisory capacity to owners Joseph Shenk bought from a client ot Morri of saloon and brewery build price level has been estab son & Schiff the Bellguard, a twelve-story apart ment house at the southeast corner of Broadway ings and other classes of prop I lished by economic condi and 89th street, 101x80, held at $700,000; also erty, and can demonstrate how bought from a client of the Duross Company tions created by the world war the southeast corner of Broadway and 141st such holdings may be profit and that building costs have street, two six-story apartments, 120x100. held ably converted for other uses. at $400,000. Mr. Shenk sold through Max Rosen Correspondence is invited from been stabilized at a point below feld to Philip Wattenberg, Nos. 1394 to 1402 Clay avenue, three six-story apartments, 135x100, those interested. which they are not likely to held at .$275,000; also to a Mr. Gerdino through A. Walkenberg the six-story apartment at the fall for many years. northeast comer of Haven avenue and i69th street; also sold through William S. Baker to CITY AND STATE the Jules Realty Company Nos. 503 and 507 West In view of this fact and the Impera 13.3d street, two six-story apartments, held at SUPERVISION CO., Inc. tive need of buildings for housing, .$150,000. commerce and industry, we urge 25 West 42d Street New York those who have deferred construction In the hope of lower prices to go Syndicate Acquires the Turin. JOHN H. SCHEIER. H. A. ahead. The somewhat higher cost of Feinberg & Reiss, Inc.. sold for the Benenson Advisory Archlt«ct to the Oompwiy building will be more than offset by Realty Company to the Realty Syndicate, Inc., Increased rentals, assuring a safe, J. W. Doolittle president, the Turin, a twelve- profitable investment. story elevator apartment house, 125.8x173.4, at 331 to 335 Central Park West, northwest comer of 93d street. There are one six, two seven, We are confident of the future pros two eight and one nine room apartments to a perity of this country and are demon floor. Asking price, $1,500,000. Fifty ot the strating it every day, as we have done seventy-two leases expire on October 1, when TO BROKERS in the past thirty-seven years, by a»- the new owners expect to derive an annual in come of close to $200,000 from the property. We have for sale numerous APART slsting in financing the construction MENT HOUSES In all sections of Brook of well-located hotel, apartment. In lyn showing good results. Secure car dustrial, mercantile, office and ware Tenants Buy 12-Story Apartment. house buildings, where the margin of lists. BROKERS PROTECTED. security is ample for safety and the A group of tenants bought the twelve-story We are at all times in the market for earnings sufficient to meet principal apartment at 405 Park avenue, northeast comer Apartment Houses. Quick decision given and interest payments. We make no of 54th street, from J. C. and M. G. Mayer and an offerings. Flatbash and Park Itopa loans In amounts less than |500,000. Millard Sohroeder, who purchased it several section preferred. weeks ago from a syndicate of New York and Massachusetts interests. Write for our booklet explaining The purchasing syndicate ot tenants was rep BERKSHIRE the Straus Plan of financing real resented by Walter C. Wyckoff, who has man estate improvements. It will Interest aged the property since its completion, about REALTY CO., Inc you. eight years ago. The building has a frontage ot 100 teet on 44 Court St., Brooklyn Park avenue and 90 feet on 54th street, and is one of the most attractive in the Park avenue Suite 711 Phone: Main ITM section, having a facade of Indiana buff lime stone and red brick. It contains every modem SWSTRAUS&CO. convenience, is arranged in two suites on a ESTABLISHED 1882 IMCORPORATBD floor of ten and twelve rooms, and was erected in 1912 from plans by Cross & Cross. The attorneys in the transaction were Stoddard & 150 Broadway, New York Mark, for the seller, and Dorman & Dana, for the buyer. 235 Water St. CHICAGO DETROIT MINNEAPOLIS between Beekman St. and Peck Slip SAN FRANCISCO Polo Company Buy*. 5-Story Store and Loft BnlldinK L. J. Philips & Co. and Robert P. Bonsall 38 Years Without Loss to have sold for the County Holding Company. Size, 16.6x73ii; William Crittenden Adams, president, the Any Investor modern twelve-story building at 1.53 to 157 West Small bonus will get possession. 23d street. 60x98.8, between Sixth and Seventh Mortgage, .?10,000 at 5^2—2 years. avenues. The property, which was sold for all cash above the flrst mortgage, was held at $475,- PRICE $25,000 000. The purchaser is the Palo Company (S. Schimmel, president), manufacturer of labora INTER-CITY FUEL CO., Inc. ANTHRACITE COAL BITUMINOUS DOMESTIC AND STEAM SIZES SPECIALTY STEAM SIZES QUALITY—SERVICE—COURTESY STORAGE YARDS AND DOCKS 67th ST., EAST RIVER, MANHATTAN 29TH TO 30TH STREET, EAST RIVER, MANHATTAN TELEPHONES: BARCLAY 8420, 8421, 8422, 9143, 9144 INDEPENDENT OF ANY OTHER COMPANY MAIN OFFICE NO. 15 PARK ROW NEW YORK CITY 112 RECORD AND GUIDE January 24, 1920 the Schieffelin estate, the entire 5-sty and base ment building at 291 oth av to the Lehigh Silk -LONG ISLAND CITY- Hosiery Mills. The lease is for a long term of years, and the premises will be used as their INDUSTRIAL BROKERS wholesale salesroom and stock for immediate delivery. PROPERTIES J. ARTHUR FISCHER has leased to Angela Wiskup tbe dwelling 242 Bast 34th st; also to ROMAN-CALLMAN COMPANY Mrs. R. T. Harris, an apartment In 104 West BRIDGE PLAZA BUILDING LOUIS GOLD 40tb St. Phone: Astoria 725 J. ARTHUR FISCHER leased to Frank C. —L0N6 ISLAND CITY^.^ 44 Coart St., Brooklyn, N. T. Robins and C. Bagley apartments in KH West 40th St. WlU erect bnildingi conUinJlU J. ARTHUR FISCHER leased to Joseph Members Brooklyn Board of R. E. Broken anywhere from 10,000 to 100.000 Schwartz the loft in 257 6th av, and to John •quare feet of nuuiufactarlng ipM* C. Ragland an apartment In 104 West 40th St. MORRIS FLOREA leased the 3-sty brick sta Brooklyn Real Estate for any reiponsible proipectiye ble, 349 Bast 124th st, to the Catholic Protective GEORGE H. GRAY leasee. Society. OR GOODWIN & GOODWIN leased lofts in 135 Wooster st to P. Hardenburg and to the Gunter Howard C. Pyle & Co. WUl kaUtf tait HU th* •traotnn to * i Winding Co. MortfBffe Loans Expert Appraising aimttmtnm Uklu • moRom. ta k« luutud GOODWIN & GOODWIN leased store and 201 MonUgne Street BROOKLTTT one •• Mind pMlod. r If jou want li> Huv. Sell or Exchange REAL ESTATE E]7 S E. Cor Webster Ave. BROKERS ATTENTION! SCOBIE ^"*^ Fordham Road We have a vacant plot, 50x212, PHONE FORDHAM 1471 E. S. Park Avenue, 174 Ft. North of 166th Street, Bronx JOHN A. STEINMETZ Suitable Factorv'. Ciaragc or .Stcira.ac. Terms to Speculative Builder. Real Estate—Mortgage Loans IIHli K IVOTH ST Plirme: Fnrdham 3.'i66 CARUCCI & WOLPERT Tel. TIT T MAN """"ke St. 8ni>. MASTER BUILDERS SeWmgbr)dgeL)LiL,lvI/\iN Station 186 REMSEN STREET, BROOKLYN, N. Y. Real Estate tn All Branchea Phone: Main 7498 Xi2^ Whlie Pln'n.^ Avp.at Tturke St. (207tli St) 114 RECORD AND GUIDE January 24, 1920 LEGISLATIVE BILLS AFFECTING REALTY MAP and PRINT Measures Introduced at Albany Approved or Mounting and Coloring Disapproved by Real Estate Board of New York HE Legislation and Taxation Committe of This measure would hardly stand the test of If you have maps, posters, charts or T tlie Real Estate Board of New York at its litigation and, practically, is obviously unwork drawings to be colored or movmted let weekly meeting held on Wednesday, Jan able. It is, therefore, disapproved. us give you an estimate. We guarantee uary 21, took action on the following bills : AssenMy hit. 30, Pr. 30, McKee. To establish the best work in every instance at Senate Int. 67, Pr. 67, Dodge, (Same as Assem a Minimum Wage Commission and define its reasonable prices. bly Int. 105, Pr. 105, 0. J. Smith). To amend powers and duties, and to provide for the fixing the County Law. in relation to the election of of minimum wages for women and minor work EDWARD F. EBERLE public defenders. ers, and to provide penalties for violation of This bill is disapproved. It amends the County this act. 88 PARK PLACE NEW TORK Law to provide for the election of public defend This bill is disapproved as the Real Estate Telepbone: Barcda; 9955 ers for a four year term in counties of a mil Board objects to the principle of a wage com lion or over, at $15,000 a year. The bill is mission. Its effect would be to deprive numerous wrong in principle as proper provision is now women and minors of employment and to drive made by law for the appointment of attorneys industries out of the state. The bill creates a by the Courts to protect the interests of those new and expensive commission. The Factory charged with crime who are financially unable Investigating Commission, which studied this Block Front to employ counsel. question very thoroughly several years ago, did not favor a minimum wage or commission. ON Senate Int. 42, Pr. 42, Dodge. To amend the Greater New York Charter, in relation to the Assembly Int. 48, Pr. 48, Ullman. To amend BROADWAY power of the Board of Standards and Appeals the Workmen's Compensation Law, in relation and of the Board of Appeals, through the Chair to compensation from day of disability. Subway Comer, Below 100th Street. man, to administer oaths and compel the at This bill is disapproved. Its object la to do Rental, $215,000; Net Income, $80,000 Year. tendance of witnesses. away with the waiting period and providing Highest Class Fireproof Apartments The sole purpose of this bill is to enable the compensation from the day of disability. It Exceptional Value Board of Standards and Appeals to have before will result in a substantial increase in the cost Equity, $700,000 over first mortgages. it in the consideration of a case testimony as to without any corresponding benefits and will the true state of facts surrounding the case, as serve to fritter away the insurance fund in ALEXANDER SELKIN well as the physical conditions existing in the payment for injuries of a trifling character. 882 PROSPECT AVENUE structure or adjacent to the plot on which it is Assembly Int. 49, Pr. 49. Ullman. To amend proposed to erect a structure. It inflicts no the Workmen's Compensation Law, in relation hardship whatever on anyone but will serve to the amount of compensation to be paid for as a deterrent to those who by false statements disability or death. seek to obtain privileges to which they are not This bill is disapproved on the ground that entitled. The bill is, therefore, approved. if enacte'd it would not, in any case, aid in the ALBERT E. KELLY administration ofthe law and in some particu Assembly Int. 14, Pr. 14. Dimin. To amend Successor to lars would be a serious disadvantage. the Greater New York Charter, in relation to Frederick A. Booth Assembly Int. 52, Pr. 52, Ullman. CONCUR the exemption from increased assessed valua RENT RESOLUTION OP THE SENATE AND Real Estate and Insurance tion of real estate improved for dwelling pur ASSEMBLY. Proposing an amendment to sec poses. tions eighteen and nineteen of article one of The obvious purpose of this bill is to en the constitution, in relation to damages for in SPECIALIST IN THE MANAGEMENT courage the building ot much needed housing. juries causing death, laws for the protection of OF PROPERTIES It is equally obvious, however, that any such the lives, health or safety of employees, and 41 UNION SQUARE encouragement will not have the slightest in workmen's compensation for injuries or death, fluence in achieving the desired result, as the from accidents or occupational diseases. NEW YORK outstanding obstacles in the path of building; This bill is disapproved on the ground that viz., excessive cost and lack of mortgage money, Tel. StDyveeant 1125 if enacted it would not, in any case, aid in the are deterrents, which cannot be overcome at administration of the law, and in some par present. ticulars would be a serious disadvantage. At the present time, and in New York, suit Asscmbltj Int. 59, Pr. 59, Ross. To amend able for moderate priced apartments and homes, Chapter three hundred and three of the laws of Telephone—Bedford 661 Established 1890 is generally over-assessed. As the inducement eighteen hundred and eighty-two, re-entitled Member Brooklyn Board Real Estate Brokers to build, contained in this bill, is the temporary "An act in relation to summary proceedings to prohibition of increased assessment of over- remove monthly tenants inthe cities of New assessed land, it is evident how inappreciable a York and Brooklyn for holding over," by chap CLARENCE B. SMITH factor this tax saving, if any, would be in ter three hundred and fifty-seven of the laws inducing building. For these reasons the bill of eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, in rela Real Estate Agent is disapproved. tion to notices to tenants. Setiate Int. 74, Pr. 74, Carroll. To amend the This measure proposes to amend the act re Appraiser for Greater New York Charter, in relation to salary lating tothe summary removal of monthly ten Stale of New York City of New York ot Borough Presidents. ants, as amend by Chapter 649, of the Laws This bill is approved. The Board feels that of 1919, by increasing the term of the notice to Long Island Railroad quit required to be given 'hold-over" monthly the Borough Presidents are inadequately paid tenants from 20 to 30 days. 1424 FULTON STREET for the vast amount of important work which The effect of this measure is to place monthly AT BROOKLYN AVENUE they perform, especially the great sums of money tenants upon the same footings as tenants from month to month respecting notice to quit, without BROOKLYN, N. Y. which they authorize to be spent to carry on reciprocal obligation to give notice to the land the government of the Greater City. lord of the tenant's intention to surrender the leasehold. For this reason the bill is disap Senate Int. 80, Pr. 80, Dunnigan. To amend proved. the General City Law. in relation to the acquisi Assembly Int. 130, Pr. 130, Pette. To amend tion of cities of lands for the purpose of erect the Real "Property Law, in relation to the re ing dwellings thereon and the renting of such cording of conveyances of real property. This is an amendment to Section 291 of the buildings to the inhabitants of such cities. Real Property Law, "such conveyance shall R«f. U. 8. P»t Off. This measure would authorize the cities of not be recorded unless there shall be endorsed the state to acquire lands for the purpose of thereon the date, liber and page of the con CONNECTICUT vyance of the immdiate grantor." It prohibits TELEPHONES, ANNTJNCTATORS erecting dwellings to be rented at cost, through the recording ot the instrument unless the date, dwelling house commissions, appointed locally, liber and page of the previous deed is inserted. and Electrical Specialties to inhabitants of such cities. The moneys neces This amendment imposes an additional un BKlMrt oo-operatloD and serrloe extended arcM* sary to effect the purpose of the act are to be necessary burden on the draftsman of a con taota and oontractors In plannlns and handling veyance. It is certainly unnecessary in the City aJl ptiaaea of Interior telephone Inatallatlalia. raised by taxation, but where the amount raised of New York. It, for instance, the wrong date by taxation shall he inadequate, revenue bonds and liber and page were inserted in such a deed it might not be noticed. The bill is dis or other temporary certificates of indebtdeness approved. SPIELMAN shall be issued and sold in anticipation of ta.xes. Assembly Int. , Pr. , Donohue. To Municipal ownership of housing facilities ap amend the Greater New York Charter, in rela ELECTRIC COMPANY tion to the form of bills for taxes. 1931 Broadway New York City pears to be the extreme so far proposed in the This bill is approved. The word "arrears" Telephone: Columbus 4147 movement to put municipalities into business should appear on a tax bill if there are unpaid to compete with their own taxpayers. taxes. January 24, 1920 RECORD AND GUIDE 115 REAL ESTATE STATISTICS Brokers—Attention! Recortl of Conveyances, Mortgages, Mortgage Extensions and The Realty Associates desire to co Building Permits Filed in Each Borough During the Week. operate witli brokers in every way possible. We sell property on •«»7 (Arranged with figures for the corresponding week of 1919. Following each weekly terms, paying ful commissions to tabic is a resume from January 1 to date.) brokers. We have lots, flats, dwellings, and business property in all parts of aiAAlllA'l"l Ai« J an. Ito Jan. 20 Jan. Ito 22 Brooklyn ConTeyanoeit, Total No 568 100 Amoant ., $4,578,480 We have just completed 16 one- 1920 1919 $478,911 To Banks & Ins. Cos. 17 6 family houses and 4 two-family Jan. 13 to Jan. 20 Jan. 16 to 22 Amoant $486,215 $120,000 Total No 479 97 houses on Vista Place, Bay Ridge, Assessed Value $39,061,400 $4,522,500 HortKaKe Eixtenaiona. and we have 21 two-family bouses 06 No with consideration 14 1920 1919 near completion on Sullivan Street, Coasideratioo $10,003,075 $428,100 Jan. 13 to Jan. 20 Assessed Value $8,287,500 $552,500 Jan, 17 to 22 Flalbush. TotalNo 19 10 Jan. 1 to Jan. 2 0 Jan 1 to 22 Amount $274,217 $316,400 Total No 1,111 398 1 o Banks & Ins. Cos.. 3 3 Send for our list Assessed Value $101,077,200 $18,956,000 Amount. $45,000 $236,000 No. with ooDsideratioQ. 142 53 Jan. 1 to Jan. 20 Consideration $14,749..'i75 $1,906,550 Jan. 1 to 22 REALTY ASSOCIATES Assessed Value $12,319 000 $2,227,800 TotalNo 45 32 (Japitai and Surplus $5,iill0.llllU Amount $773,767 $749,650 To Banks & Ins. Cos.. 7 10 162 Kem.sen M Brooklyn MortKoares. Amoant $228,500 $438,000 telephone t>48U Main 1920 1919 Jan. 13 to Jan. 20 Jan, 17 to 22 BuUdlnB Permlta TotalNo 300 31 '920 1919 Amoant $14,285,920 $842,471 Jan. 13 to Jan. 20 Jan, 17 to 22 EBTABU8HBD 18S4 To Banks & Ins. Cos.. 35 7 New Buildings. 9 Amount $2,998,500 $280,500 Cost $163 300 $1,800 BROOKLYN No. at 6« 171 U Alterations $3S,S90 $3,300 Amount $10,116,170 $82,693 Jan. I to Jan. 20 No.atSKx 54 8 Jan. 1 oc 22 ESTATE MANAGERS Amount $1,827,400 $549,000 New Building . 85 6 Memtwrs Brooklm Boftrd of Re^l KaUte Broken No a»SX 48 2 Cost $1,341 100 $36 940 Amount $1,479,250 $25,000 Alterations $63 630 $17,400 No at iH% 1 NOAH CLARK, Inc. Amoaot $12,500 BROOKLYN. No at4« 2 Conveyances B. R PATTKB80N. President $42,500 Amoant 192C 1919 Unusual Rates 1 REAL ESTATE $3,300 Jan. 14 to Jan. 20 Jan. 16 to 21 Amount Water Fronts, Factory Sitea Interest not given 23 10 Total No 1,335 342 $804,800 No. with consideration 73 21 Appraisals fVmount $185,778 Consideration Ian. 1 to Jan. 20 $832,225 tl58.295 Jan, 1 to 22 Jan. ) to Jan 20 Jan. 1 tr 21 Total No 723 178 837 Manhattan Avenae $30,317,885 $2,735,683 Total No 3,831 1.300 Brooklyn, N. Y, Amoant 85 30 No. with <^n5ideration 177 65 To Banks & Ins. Cos.. Conaideration $2,112,074 Amoant $5,007,050 $984,800 $526,10 5 MortKBBe Eixteiulons. Uorttfaigea 1920 • 1919 1920 1919 J. CLARENCE DAVIES Jan. 14 to Jan. 20 Jan 16 to 21 Member Real Estate Board, N. T. Jan. 13 to Jan. 20 Jan, 17 to 22 Total No 1,140 2.53 TotalNo 43 16 Amount $6,397,339 $707,573 BRONX REAL ESTATE Amount $1,634,500 $1,120,000 To Banks & In-. Cos.. 170 17 To Banks & Ins. Cos. . 25 7 Amount $920,050 $67,250 AUCTIONEER—BROKER Amount $1,161..500 $958 500 No at 6-jk 940 172 APPRAISER—MORTGAGE LOANS Jan. 1 to Jan. 20 Jan. 1 to 16 Amount $5,213,501 $429,623 TotalNo 114 85 No.atSH* 148 43 Main Office: 149th St. and Third Ave. Amount $6,604,750 $7,140,950 Amount $936,586 $133,875 No. at 5X 21 22 BRANCHES To Banks & Ins. Cos... 62 46 Amount $151,700 $98,300 Amount $5,333 250 $6,171,950 Unusual rates ,,... 2 2 32 Nassau St. 51 East 42nd St. Amount $5,750 $4,000 Phone Connections RDlIdlns Permlta. Interest not given 29 14 1920 1919 Amoant $89,802 $41,775 Jan. 13 to Jan, 20 Jan. 18 to 23 Jan 1 to Jan. 20 Jan 1 to 21 EstabllslMil isas New Buildings. 18 4 TotalNo 3,120 795 Cost $430,000 $656,800 Amount ^.... $16.659 626 $2,838,974 Member Brooklyn Board Alterations $539,750 $95,210 To Banks & Ins. Coy.. 291 69 of Real Estate Brokers Jan, I to Jan. 20 Jan. 1 to 23 Amount $3,402,000 $355,250 New Buildings. 31 9 Bnlldlnic Permits, Cost $3,293,200 $876,050 BROOKLYN Alterations $1,583,650 $466,450 1920 1919 Jan. 14 to Jan. 20 Jan. 17 to 21 REAL ESTATE New Buildings. 99 40 BRONX. Cost $1,089,600 $281,000 MANAGEMENT OF PROPERTY ConTexances. Alteratioos $218,675 $135,425 1920 1919 Jan. 1 to Jan. 20 Jan. 1 to 21 New It lldings. 228 239 S. WELSCH SONS Jan. 13 to Jan. 20 Jan, 17 to 22 Cost $3,610 830 $1,065,725 TotalNo 304 73 Alterailons No. with consideration. 28 11 $771,400 $374,890 201 MONTAGUE STREET Consideration $336,955 $05,901 Brooklyn Jan. 1 to Jan. 20 Jan. 1 to 22 ToUl No 861 260 BalldliiK Permlta Tel. Ualn »U-» No. with coQsideraUon. 208 24 1920 1919 •Consideration $954,030 $176,.301 Jan. 14 to Jan. 20 Jan 17 tu 21 New Buildings. 37 Cost 1311.290 Firm BsUblisbc^ 185S Mortoarea. $19,340 AlteTBtlons $1S.795 $4 194 1920 1919 Jan. 1 to Jan. 20 Jan 1 to 21 Jan. 13 to Jan. 20 Jan 17 to 22 New Buildings. 205 54 DAVENPORT Totol No.- 197 27 Cost $1,770,027 Amoant $1,395,920 $112,525 Alterations $37,895 $193 906 ToB«nk& Ins. Cos... 7 $36,894 REAL ESTATE CO. Amount $103,475 No. atex 135 19 RICHMOND. INC»RPOBATKD Amount $997,708 $81,675 Bolldintc Permlta. MAIN OFFICE: No. atSH* 31 2 1920 1919 $148,3.50 Amount $15 000 Jan. 14 to Jan 20 Jan. 17 to 21 Fulton and So. Oxford Streets No. at 55{, 14 $120,750 3 New Buildings 9 Pbone: Proanaat >t7l Amount $11,250 Cost $15,550 No.at4M« Alterations $2,775 BRANCH OFFICE: Amount Qnasual Rates 3 Jan, 1 to Jan .20 Jan 1 to 21 831 Flatbash Avenae Amoaot $8,000 New BuUdlngs 23 20 Interest not given.... 14 3 Cost .., _ $66,780 $115,353 Comer Linden Avenae - Amount $121,112 $4,600 Altera ions , ... $1,200 $5,230 PtaolM: FUttmsb SOT BBOOKLTN, NEW TOBK 116 RECORDANDGUIDE January 24, 1920 Available Lumber Supplies Not Equal to the Demand Both Retail and Wholesale Dealers in Metropolitan District Find It Difficult to Fill Orders from Their Reduced Stocks BUILDING interests throughout the Metropolitan dis- 1919 and that grew in proportions throughout the year until trict are now thoroughly awake to the problem of they are aware that the demand has completely outstripped material shortage that confronts them and it is feared the supply and that it will require many months of maximum that unless immediate steps are taken to increase the pro- production to get caught up with the actual requirements, to duction of building commodities of practically every kind say nothing of providing a reserve stock for emergencies, that the existing structural program for the year will have At the present time the local lumber situation is without to be seriously curtailed. If the scarcity existed in only one distinguishing features other than those that have for many or two lines the problem would be easily solved by the sub- months stood out as the dominating factors in the market, stitution of other materials, but, according to recent market Prices in all lines continue to evidence the upward trend surveys, there seems to be a growing demand for all building that has created price levels higher today than they were commodities and at the same time a decreasing or at least ever known in the history of the industry, stationary rate of production. Reports from the lumber trade indicate that conditions Common brick, hollow tile, cement, etc., are all in heavy affecting supplies show no change and production continues demand and the available supply is steadily dropping to a below normal with but a slight chance of increasing for some lower point. Owing to labor troubles at producing points time to come. As far as the future is concerned all signs the manufacturers of these materials have been forced to point to a steadily increasing volume of activity in building slow down their production to a considerable extent. At and industrial lines so that there is but little likelihood of the same time architects, engineers and contractors are lower prices. Certainly prices will not recede while the busier than they have been for years past upon new building demand is in excess of the supply to the extent it is at present, operations that have created a demand for materials Throughout the lumber industry there is now less talk of that is unusually heavy. Builders are now wondering where reduced prices than was heard a month or so ago, but, on they are going to turn to obtain the materials they must the other hand, there is a feeling gradually d-^eloping that have in order to complete their contracts. the top level of lumber prices is about reachea and that for During the past year the lumber situation in the Metro- some time at least the existing schedule will hold firmly, politan district has developed many serious symptoms. Not- The car shortage that exists in practically every part of the withstanding the steadily advancing prices for lumber prod- country is said to be one of the principal factors for the nets of every kind and description the demand has increased present scarcity of lumber products in this market and that to a point where it is at present considerably in excess of just as soon as some of the transportation difficulties are the available supply. Both wholesalers and retailers have eliminated supplies will be available that will very largely felt the force of the buying movement that started^early in relieve the present depressing situation. CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS We Guarantee Prompt Lumber Shipments to All Points in the METROPOLITAN DISTRICT In these times of freight congestion and delays in getting Lumber from mills, you will find our large and complete stock, and unrivalled shipping facilities a d'.stinct advantage. Our mill is thoroughly modern, operated by electric driver, and equipped to turn out Lumber products to fill practically any .specification of manufacturer or contractor. E. C. SMITH CO., Inc. H. L. MOORE, Manager of Sales Rough and Dressed Lumber, Mouldings, Trim, Etc. Oakland and Box Streets, Brooklyn, N. Y. Greenpoint 198 January 24, 1920 RECORD AND GUIDE 117 BUILDING SECTION Ready to Start $8,500,000 Church and Office Building New Structure on Madison Avenue, Opposite Biltmore Hotel, Will Embody a Number of Unusual Features CTIX'E building operations will be commenced February of the WiUiam J. Taylor Company, under a general con 2 on the twenty-one story church and office building to tract, for the Madison Avenue Offices, Inc., F. Colburn Pink- A De erected on Madison avenue between 43a and 44th ).am, president, owners. The plot to be improved includes streets. With the exception of two small plots this project ihe southwest corner of 44th street which was originally will occupy the entire block frontage on the west side of owned and occupied by St. Bartholomew's Church, now lo the avenue and will e.xtend back 179 feet in 43d street and cated at the corner of Park avenue and SOth street. 145 feet in 4Sth street. This structure, which will be known In connection with the financing of this operation S. W. as the Madison Avenue Building, will be one of the largest Straus & Co. have underwritten an authorized first mortgage and best equipped office bui!di,ngs north of 23rd street. One i.erial six per cent, bond issue of $5,500,000. The Fifth Church of the interesting features of this operation is the manner of Christ, Scientist, will raise $2,000,000 to be secured by a in which the auditorium. Sunday school room, reading room •econd mortgage bond issue bearing six per cent, interest and clerk's offices of the Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist, uhich will be retired serially in twenty years from 1923. have been incorporated in the plans of the building. The land and improvement will represent a total outlay of The construction of this project will be under the direction ?8,S00,000. A. D. Pickering and Starrett & Van Velck, as sociated architects for this opera tion, have designed the facades in the classic style of architecture, with columns and ornamentation adapt ed from the Greek. The facades will be constructed of stone for the first three stories, with face brick, stone and terra cotta above. The exte rior of the church in the 43d street side of the building is marked by four Ionic columns at the entrance. The interior of the church has also been designed in the Greek style of architecture. The auditorium will have dimensions of 92-81 feet, with a height of 44 feet, and will provide seating accommodations for 1,800 worshippers. The sum of $250,000 will be expended on the furnishings and decorations of the church. The interior of the church will be of marble with eight great free standing marble columns. The ceiling of the main auditorium will be of ornamental plaster. A gallery will be constructed around three sides of this auditorium, and there will be an auxiliary gallery above at the rear for the organist. In stead of the conventional pews the new edific will be equipped with comfortable opera chairs set in the usual pew formation. The Sunday school room, committee rooms and offices for the clerk will be located in the basement beneath the main auditorium. Although it is anticipated that this structure will not be finished and ready for occupancy before Janu ary, 1921, there already has been an unusual demand for office space. Owing to its advantageous location PROPOSED CHURCH AND OFFICE BUILDING, (Continued on page 118) 118 RECORD AND GUIDE January 24, 1920 Principal Buildings Planned for Erection in 1920 Contracts Already Awarded for a Large Percentage of This Work and Active Operations Are to Be Started Immediately Location. Class. Owner. Architect. Height. Est. Cost. Contractor. 5th av swe 57th st Offices & Theatrj George Backer Warren & Wetmore 3015,000,000. Owner builds. 42d st, 141 W ; 43d st, 138-42 W. Offices & Sh'r'ms R. A. Gushee Frederic P. Kelley. 30 2,000,000. • Not let. Riverside Dr, sec 105th st Apartment Paterno, Bros., Inc Not selected 14 500,000. .Owner builds. 43d st, 255-261 W Apartment Hy. L. Claman Gronenberg & Leuchtag 6 550,000. • Owner builds. 2d av' 170 Clubhouse Amalgamated Center, Inc. Geo. and Henry Boehm 7 500,000. • Not let. 60th st 17-23 W Offices Chicopee Realty Co Newton C. Bond Co 10 400,000., Owner builds. 75th St.' 238-242 W Apartment Lucania Realty Co Geo. P. Pelham 9 300,000. Owner builds. Central' Park West, 17-20 Clubhouse Continental Athletic Club Rob't C. Lafferty 14 1,500,000. .Not let. Westchester av, c Jackson av.. Film Studio Jackson Film Studios Cor Herbert Kraft 2 500,000. .Not let. 57th st, sec Lexington av Hotel Allectown House Co Arthur L. Harman 17 700,000. Owner builds. 59th st', 303 W Bank & Offices.. Gotham Nat. Bank Sommerfeld & Steckler 22 2,000.000. .Not let. 37th st, 207-219 W Lofts & Factory,Garment Ctr. Realty Co.. Walter M. Mason 20 3.000,000. .Separate contracts. 7th av,' 492-498 Lofts & Factory .Garment Ctr. Realty Co.. Walter M. Mason 20 3,000,000. .Separate contracts. 52d st' 145-151 E Apartments.... J. E. R. Carpenter, et.al.. J. E. Carpenter 9 300,000. .Owner builds. 75th at', 245-247 W Apartment.... Stewart Hemingway, et al. Fred F. French Co 6 350,000. .Fred. F. French Co. 45th st' 159-177 W Theatre & Offices Marcus Loew Thos. W. Lamb 16 1,000,000 . Fleischmann Const. Co. Willow av, c 138th st Factory Advance Candy Co Frank S. Parker 6 500,000. .Louis Gold. 75th st, bet Bway & W End av. Apartment Anthony Campagna Geo. F. Pelham 9 300.000. .Owner builds. Leggett av, c Southern blvd... School Board of Education C. B. J. Snyder 5 650,000. .Not let. Wall st 67-73 Offices Munson Steamship Co... Kenneth Murchison 20 1,500,000. .Geo. A. Fuller Co. Liberty alley .....'...... Offices Lawyers Title & Trust Co. Clinton and Russell 10 500,000. . G. B. Beaumont Co. 7th av, 469-79. Lofts & Offices.. Amaron Bldg. Co Buckman and Kahn 16 1,200,000. .G. Richard Davis & Co. Madison av 527-31.' Apartment Waitt Operating Co Schwartz and Gross 15 800,000. .Owner builds. Broadway, 32 Offices (add.).. Americus Realty Co A. C. Janni 2 500,000. .Vought Const. Co. Trautman st Offices N. Y. Telephone Co McKenzie, Voorhees & Gmelin 2 220,000. .Gillies Campbell Co. 93d st, 69-71 E..'..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' Residence Mrs. I. Townsend Burden. Murray & Mizner 6 150,000. .Vought Const. Co. Madison av, nee 42d st Offices '. Liggett,Winchester Ley Co. Carrere & Hastings. 22 4,000,000, .Fred. T. Ley Co. Bway swc '73d'st " Hotel David H. Knott, et.al Fred F. French Co 14 2,500,000. .Fred F. French Co. 145th'st, 246 W...... Theatre 14th Street Theatre Corp. Thos. W. Lamb 2 350,00(3. .Not let. St Anns'av, c Hagney pi...... School Board of Education C. B. J, Snyder 5 500,000. .Not let. 57th st 24' W Offices & Stud's.. Chas. J. Oppenheimer.. . . Buchman & Kahn 8 175,000. .Chas. A. Cowan & Co. Nassau'st, Liberty to Maiden la. Bank & Offices.. Federal Reserve Bank... York & Sawyer 15 10.000,000. .Not let. Lexington av, c 49th st Clubhouse Intern'l Sporting Club....Wm. H. Gompert 6 600.000. .Not let. Pershing sq Clubhouse Victory Hall Ass'n Herts & Robertson 8 5.000,000. .Not let. 169th st, 606 w'.'.' Garage B. A. Greene Frank E. Kelley 3 3(30.000. .Not let. 89th st 16 E . Residence Ruth C. Auchincloss Delano & Aldrich 6 1(3(3.000. .Wm. Crawford. 67th st', 24 E.! Residence C. S. Cutting Delano & Aldrich 6 110,000. .Wm. Crawford. 5th av 'l05th to 106th st Hospital Hahnemann Hospital York & Sawyer 5 and 6 500,000. .Marc Eidlitz & Sons. 4th av sec 12th st Loft Intern'l Tailoring Co Starrett & Van Vleck 12 700,000. .Rheinstein & Hass. 55th st', 139-45 W Apartment Walter Russell Private Plans 15 1,(300,0(30. .Fred. T. Ley & Co. Park av, 48th to 49th st...... Apartment Walter Russell, et. al... . Warren & Wetmore 20 4,000,000. .Fred. T. Ley & Co. Fulton st 149 & 20 Ann st .. . Bank National Park Bank Donn Barber 2 SCHJ.OOO. .Marc Eidlitz & Sons. .Marc Eidlitz & Sons. Bway 195-207 Offices 195 Broadway Corp W. W. Bosworth 27 5,000,0(30. .Marc Bidlitz & Sons. 37th st 108 E Residence George Nichols Chas. A. Piatt 6 100.000. .Marc Eidlitz & Sons Trinity' pi 30-42 .....!..! Bank (alt.).... Chase Nat. Bank D. Everett Waid 4 310,(300. .Not let. Centre st etc Courthouse City of New York Guy Lowell 8 6,000,000. .Whitney Co. Bway 11' Offlce (add.)... Bowling Green Building.. Ludlow & Peabody 2 .500,000. .Not let. 5th av 587 Store & Offlcea.. Peck & Peck Geo. & Henry Boehm 10 150,000. .Owner builds. 5th av'30th toSist St.....'..'. J Stores & Lofts... George Backer Sommerfleld & Steckler 16 4,000,000. 49th st 224-36 W ••••" Theatre Edward Margolis Herbert J. Krapp 4 250,000. Tremont av Theatre Trepark Realty Co Carlson & Wiseman 2 300,000. '.Not let. 97th st e of 5th av Apartment Syndicate Forming J. E. R. Carpenter 11 6130,000. .Owner builds. Ttiid-inn'st c breenwlch Bt . Warehouse Western Elec. Co McKenzie, Voorhees & Qmelin 8 2,000,000. .Not let. Soring st •^33-53 !. Printing Bldg... Butterick Pub. Co Ballinger & Perrot 10 1,.300,000. .Not let. Went End av 880-88 Apartment Joseph Paterno, et. al G. Ajello 13 750,000. .Owner builds. 71st st 221-''7 Apartment A. A. Paterno, et. aL .. . G. Ajello 9 400,000. .Owner builds. ^5th st 19-5l'w' Apartment Col. Geo. Roberts D. Everett Waid 9 430,000. .Edward Corning Co. "Maiden Lane 93-97 Offices Richmond Levering & Co. Clintori" & Russ611 7 SOO.OOO. .Not let. 47th Rt 13 17 Store & Lofts... Julius Tichman & Son... Schwartz & Gross 16 8(10,000. .Owners build. 46th st 15-1'r '.'.'. Stores & Offices. Larimore & Co Private Plans 10 200,000. .G. B. Beaumont Co. •Riverside dr nei iiGth st . Apartment A. Campagna, et al Geo. F. Pelham 6 .300,000. .Owners build. Park av es 'sist to 52d st . Hotel Hotel Ambassador Warren & Wetmore 17 7,.jOO.OfH3. .Thompson-Starrett Co. Rivfrsid'e dr c 157th st Apartment Moses Goodman Geo. F. Pelham 6 300.000. .Owner builds. Lexington av 45th to 46th st . OtBces N. Y. Central R. R. Co... Warren & Wetmore 16 2,»iO,0(i(3. . Not let: figuring. Board of Appeals Disposes of Many Cases During 1919 HE Board of Standards and Appeals and the Board of the board and the rules adopted by the board have been com Appeals began the year 1919 with 70 cases pending, piled by Edward F. Hammel, formerly engineer for the board, T received 1,005 new cases, and reopened 73 cases, making and Wm. Wirt Mills, secretary to the board, and will shortly a total of 1,148 actions. be published in form similar to the Building Code. The boards heard and disposed of 1,058 cases, granting relief to property owners in 621 cases, or in nearly 60 per cent, of the cases heard. The year ends with 90 cases pend Start Church and Office Building ing, 42 of these being cases heard and laid over for further (Continued from page 117.) hearing, including 20 appeals from fire department orders, all m the heart of the uptown financial district, this building is of which are similar to several cases decided by the board ad . certain to be focal point of a heavy demand for office space. versely to the railroads and which are now before the courts The present renting plans provide that the floors from the for review of the decision of this board. The other 48 cases second to the fifth are to be divided into large units, while the on the calendar were filed too late for hearing in 1919. floors from the sixth to the twelfth will be arranged as small An important phase of the work of the Board of Standards offices to take care of the popular demand for space of this and Appeals in the year has been to formulate fuel oil rules, character. The floors from the twelfth to the twenty-first will revise the sprinkler rules, revise the revolving door rules, be rented in their entirety to tenants who require as much revise the elevator rules, and adopt methods of tests for as 20,000 square feet on a floor. Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., anti-siphon traps. will have charge of the renting and management of this Out of a budget allowance of $38,050, the board turned back operation. $4,293.61 and turned over to the City Chamberlain $571.75 Located within a short distance of the two great rail received in subscriptions to the "Bulletin" published weekly road terminals, the Fifth Church of Christ, Scientist, will by the board, making the net cost of the year's work, ex ifford facilities for worship to its members who live or clusive of printing and stationery supplies, $33,184.14, or about are in this section of the city, and also for the thousands $3.30 per case disposed of. of transient members and guests quartered in the grreat The various laws and decisions bearing on the works of hotels in this part of the city. January 24, 1920 RECORD AND GUIDE 119 Reports of New Projects Indicate Unusually Busy Year Figures of F. W. Dodge Company Show Decided Increase in Practically All Types of Building and Engineering Construction ONCLUSIVE evidence of the satisfactory manner in The list of 323 operations being planned during the week which the building situation is developing and some of January 10 to 16 inclusive is subdivided as follows: 65 C idea of the tremendous amount of new construction business and commercial buildings, such as stores, offices, lofts, that will be undertaken during the ensuing year is possible commercial garages, etc., $7,477,000; 11 educational projects, by the figure showing both the proposed operations and the $1,788,400;, 2 hospitals and institutions, $116,200; 57 factory work actually placed under contract for the week of January and industrial buildings, $8,574,500; 2 military and naval struc- 10 to 16 inclusive. These figures, prepared by the F. W. tiires, $153,000; 2 public buildings, $25,000; 19 public works Dodge Company, include all new building and engineering and public improvements, $20,990,000; 7 religious and memorial construction projects in New York State and New Jersey, projects, $317,000; 154 residential operations, including apart- north of Trenton, and, according to reports coming in from ments, flats and tenements and one- and two-family dwellings. this territory, there is likely to be a steady and consistent $3,790,000, and 4 social and recreational building projects, increase as the year progresses. $155,000. The report for the week shows that in this territory archi Among the 161 operations for which contracts were placed tects and engineers were at work on the plans for 323 new v,'ere 29 business and commercial projects, $1,531,000; 5 edu building and engineering construction projects that will un cational buildings, $1,575,400; 30 factory and industrial projects. doubtedly mature some time during the year. This work will $1,634,500; 1 structure for the navy, $800,000; 1 public building, call for an expenditure of approximately $43,386,100. During $40,000; 8 public works and public improvements, $10,561,500; tbe same period there were contracts awarded for 161 oper- 1 religious building, $12,000; 81 residential operations of va- ations in this territory that will require an outlay of $18,- rious types, $2,022,000, and S social and recreational projects, 672,400. $496,000. then to the Westinghouse Electric & Man ufacturing Co. as salesman, afterwards PERSONAL AND TRADE being connected with Stone & Webster TRADE AND TECHNICAL NOTES. Management Corporation as Commercial Advisor, H. W. Johns-Manville Company SOCIETY EVENTS. as Lighting Specialist, and the Holophane Harry M. Vlenx and F. F. J. Klebold, Company as Sales Engineer. architects, announce that they have asso National Conference on Concrete House Hon. Jesse S. Phillips, Superintendent Construction will be held in the Audito ciated for the general practice of their ot Insurance, has issued an order to the rium Hotel, Chicago, 111., February 17, 18 profession and have opened offlces at 738 New York Fire Insurance Exchange re and 19. Broad street, Newark, N. J. Both have quiring that body to remove the unfair been connected with the local profession discrimination found to exist in violation National BnUdera' Snppir AasodatlOB for some years past, of the law in the rating of buildings will hold Its annual convention at the of this issue. equipped with Conran revolving sprink Hotel Sherman, Chicago, 111., February American Road Builders' AMOdatlon la lers. Under authority granted by the law 9-10. 1920. perfecting the plans for the forthcoming; prohibiting unfair discrimination on the American Society ot Meehamloal Engi Seventeenth Annual Convention, Tenth part of Are insurance companies. Superin neers.—Monthly meeting the second Tues American Oood Roads Congress and the tendent Phillips conducted hearings at day of each month. Calvin W. Rice, aecre- Eleventh Good Roads Show that Is sched which the fire underwriters had oppor tary, 29 West 39th street. uled to be held In the First Regiment tunity of presenting their side of the Building; Trades l^mployers' Association Armory, Louisville, Ky.. February 9 to It, case. John P. Leo, chairman of the Board WlU hold its annual meeting and election 1920. E. L. Powers, 160 Nassau street. New of Standards and Appeals, and John Ken- of officers Tuesday afternoon, February Tork City, secretary. Ion, chief of the New York Fire Depart 17. The nominating committee has pre Max Baamann, of New Tork City, was ment, also testified at such hearings, and pared the following ticket to be voted on elected treasurer of ttie National Associa numerous exliibits bearing upon this mat at that time: For president, Ronald Tay tion of Building Trades Employers at the ter were placed in evidence. Based upon lor; for first vice-president, Fred B. Tut- first annual convention of this organiza the testimony offered at the hearings and the other evidence placed on record, Su tle; for second vice-president. Albert N. tion recently held in Indianapolis, Ind. Chambers; for chairman of board of gov Other officers elected included. Andrew perintendent Phillips reached the conclu sion that a denial of any credit for the ernors, Charles J. Kelly, and for treas Lanquist, Chicago, 111., president; George urer, J. P. Ryan. Donley, Cleveland, O.; V. R. Gould, Omaha, installation of the Conran sprinklers con Neb., and E. J. Thomas, Memphis, Tenn., stituted an unfair discrimination within Builders? and Traders' ISxchanjere of vice-presidents. the meaning of the law and the order Newark held its annual meeting at 45 above referred to followed. Clinton street January 15. Officers for the Rol B. Woolley, who has been director ensuing year -were elected as foUo^ws: of publicity of the Society for Electrical Frederick Bowden, president; Hugh Kin- Development for the past two years, Is nard. vice-president; William C. Clift, sec now with Thos. P. Logan, Inc., advertis New York Architects Hold Meeting. retary, and Lewis C. Rusling, treasurer. ing agency, New York City. Mr. WooUey, The regular monthly meeting of the The following directors were also elected who has been seventeen years in sales New York Society of Architects was held for a term of three years: Ira J. Ingram, and advertising capacities, Joined the so at the United Engineering Societies Build John F. Dey and William C. CUft. A spe ciety after services overseas. He will ing, 29 West 39th street, Tuesday evening, cial meeting of this organization will be specialize on electrical and merchandising January 20. President James Riely Gor held March 2 to vote upon proposed accounts. don presided. Notwithstanding the in amendments to the by-laws. H. L.. Moore, widely known among lum clement weather conditions there was an ber interests in the Metropolitan district, excellent attendance. The matter of the Westchester Builders Elect. was recently appointed manager of sales formation of a Junior League in affiliation At the recent annual meeting of the for the L. C. Smith Co., Inc., Brooklyn, with the society, which has been under Westchester County Building Trades Em wholesale and retail lumber manufactur consideration for some time past, was dis ployers' Association, held at Yonkers, rep ers and dealers. Mr. Moore is now en cussed, and it "was finally decided to hold resentatives from organizations In all gaged in developing a sales force for the a conference with other architectural or parts of the county attended. The follow purpose of making greater efforts in the ganizations regarding the Union of Drafts ing officers were elected for the ensuing retail field and will devote special atten men. A committee of five members was year: Frank N. Goble. New Rochelle. pres tion to the requirements of the building appointed to represent the New Tork So ident; Charles R. Richards. White Plains, Industry. ciety of Architects. secretary, and Reginald Whamond, White FranfcUn 'W. Loomls has Joined the staff The bill giving to the Board of Appeals Plains, organizer. of the Society for Electrical Development. power to subpoena witnesses was dis A report from the wage scale and trade His many years' experience, covering the cussed at considerable length. Opposition agreement committee was read and ap contracting, manufacturing and central to this measure in its present form devel proved. Considerable discussion was given station fields, will prove of great value oped, and it was finally ordered that the to the results of the meeting held at White In his new position. Mr. Loomls was at Senate Citii-s Committee be notified that Plains on January 10 between representa one time in business for himself as an the society is opposed to the bill and de tives of labor organizations, the building electrical contractor, then In the Power sires public hearings on the same. trades employers' organization and this Department of the Narragansett Electric Plans are now being made for the an committee. The next meeting of the wage Lighting Company, from which company nual dinner of the New York Society ot scale and agreement committee Is sched he went to the Edison Electric Illuminat Architects, that will precede the next uled for Saturday afternoon, January 24, ing Company of Brooklyn as Power Agent, meeting. at White Plains. 120 RECORD AND GUIDE January 24, 1920 CURRENT BUILDING OPERATIONS T OCALLY the building industry has ex- most level for this year. No barges ar buyers looking to New York manufactur perienced a fairly active week, with rived during the week, owing to the fact ers to supply some part of their require that the river is completely frozen to a contracts awarded for a number of large ments. point below Haverstraw, and, according Summary.—Transactions in the North building projects and announcements that to authentic reports, navigation will not River common brick market for the week others would shortly be commenced. Ac be possible for some weeks to come, even ending Friday, January 23, 1920. Condi cording to the number of plans now out with a heavy thaw. Recent reports from tion of market: Demand light; prices firm the East indicate a considerable shortage in the trade for estimates, the major por and unchanged. Quotations: Hudson of common brick throughout Connecticut Rivers, $25 a thousand to dealers in cargo tion of which will probably result in the and Massachusetts, with prices higher lots alongside dock. Number of cargoes award of contracts during the next three than they ever have been in the past. arrived, 0; sales 3. Distribution, Man or four weeks, the prospects for a busy One dealer reports that common brick hattan. 3. prices in Connecticut average between $24 spring building season grow steadily Structural Steel.—Although the build and $27 a thousand on the cars in the ing industry generally is well occupied brighter. yards, with brick scarce at this figure and with new construction and a large number During the past few weeks there has developed considerable new interest in the construction of high class apartments on the upper West Side. The Paternos, A. BUILDING COM MODITY PRICES Campagna and others, who some years ago URRENT prices for building materials HoIIoiT Tile— were exceedingly active in operations of C and suppUea aa quoted ky leading Exterior—Not used In Manhattan; qma- this character, have prepared to resume dealers and Jobbers In tbe olty for deliyery tatlons only on specific projeeta. work on an important scale and within Interior—Delivered at Job site In Mnn- In New Tork: the next month or six weeks it is antici hattan, south of 125th street. pated that a number of the contemplated Note—Price changes are l>dlcated bj bold-face type. 2x12x12 split furring.»»2.70 per 1,000 sq. ft. projects will be commenced. 3x12x12 148.30 per 1,000 sq. ft. Brick (Wholesale, on Dock, N. T.), per It was also announced this week that thousand: 4x12x12 166.80 per 1,000 sq. ft. work will soon be started on the twenty- For delivered prices In Greater New 6x12x12 240.90 per 1,000 sq. ft. one story church and office building that York add cartage, handling, plus 15 per Note—For deliveries north of 126th will be constructed at a cost of $8,500,000 cent. street, Manhattan, and in Brooklyn, Bronx ^>n the block front on the west side of Hudson River, best grades $35.00 to • and Queens, prices job site are slightly Madison avenue, between 43d and 44th Hudson River, "off loada".. to higher, according to location of work, streets. William J. Taylor Co. has the Rarltan No quotation which varies trucking charges. contract for this operation. Second-hand brick, per load of 1,500 delivered IT.M.to. Lath— Although the bricklayers are still out Eastern Spruce delivered at Saved OBELISK WATERPROOFING CO. "Cleopatrc^s 1 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK CITY Needle" January 24, 1920 RECORD AND GUIDE 121 MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES of important structural projects for loca mand for fabricated material is at present hauling of building materials exceedingly tions in Greater New Tork have been an only slightly behind the available supply difficult, there has been a satisfactory vol nounced during the past week or so, there throughout the country is evidenced by ume of business in this line and dealers Is apparently some hesitancy about book the recent report of the Bridge Builders are generally pleased with the outlook. ing steel for these operations and it will and Structural Society for the month of In some lines the current demand is In probably be some weeks yet before the December, 1919. which shows that during excess of the supply and manufacturers Industry begins to experience the in that month 85 per cent of the entire are not optimistic that they will be in a creased tonnage demands resulting from capacity of the bridge and structural position to catch up for some weeks to this new business. At the present time, shops was contracted for. Prices for fab come. Meanwhile the inquiries for future however, steel contractors have a large ricated material remain firm and un material and supply deliveries indicate volume of business on their books, and changed at the present writing, but are that the early spring months will inaugu they will be forced to materially increase likely to advance in the near future. rate one of the heaviest building move their facilities in order to take care of Masons' Materials.-—Notwithstanding the ments that this city has ever experienced, the large volume of structural work that recent inclement weather conditions and and unless production Is greatly Increased will shortly be commenced. That the de the snow-blocked streets that made the there is a likelihood of considerable shortage. Masons' material prices are firm and unchanged. Linseed Oil.—The local market is ex IN THE METROPOLITAN MARKETS tremely dull, with little or no buying ac 3x4 to 14x14, 10 to 20 ft 347.00 to *(5.00 tivity and prices steady and unchanged since last week. Dealers are making Delivered at Job site In Manhattan, Hemlock, Pa., f. o. b., N. T., BroBX, Brooklyn and Queens: plans to handle the greatly increased vol 27x48x >4 in 0.37 each base price, per M to ume of business that is sure to arrive 82x36x H in 0.28 each Hemlock, W. Va., base price, with the coming spring, as there Is a vast 32x36x H In 0.28 each per M to amount of new construction underway in »2x36x '/, in 0.33 each (To mixed cargo price add frelgrht, 31.10.) this territory that will create a heavy de Spruce, Eastern, random car mand for paints and oils. goes, narrow (delivered) .9t(S.(H> to —^— Nails.—There has been no change In the Wide cargoes 55.00 to Delivered at Job In Add 31.00 per M. for each Inch In width nail situation for some time and none Is Manhattan $1.90 to per cu. yd. over 12 inches. Add 3100 per M. for every anticipated until production is materially two foot over 20 ft. In length. Add 31.00 increased. The American Steel & Wire Delivered at Job In per M. for dressing. Co. is holding the base price of wire nails Bronx 1.90 to per cu. yd. Cypress Dumber (by car. f. o. b., N. T.): at $3.25 per keg, but the demand Is so WUte Ba»< First and seconds, 1-ln.. 308.76 to excessive that producers are only able to Delivered in Manhattan. .M'OO per cu. yd. Cypress shingles, 6x18, No. supply an insignificant part of the orders Broken Stoae— 1 Hearts 17.00 to on file. Cut nails are exceedingly scarce IH-ln., Manhattan delivery.38.1S percu. yd. Cypress shingles, 6x18, No. and prices are fluctuating. Bronx delivery 3.60 per cu. yd. Rooflne and Bnlldlngr Papers.—Demand K-in., Manhattan delivery. 3.16 per cu. yd. 1 Prime 16.00 to Quartered oak 210.00 to for these commodities is very strong and Bronx delivery 3.60 per cu. yd. there are numerous indications that as BaUdlK«r Stene— Plain oak 36.00 to 100.00 Flooring: the spring building season approaches Indiana limestone, per cu. ft $1.13 White oak, quart'd, select. 190.00 to both manufacturers and dealers will be Kentucky limestone, per cu. ft 1.35 able to supply only a relatively small Brier Hill sandstone, per cu. ft 1.60 Red oak, quart'd, select.. 160.00 to Qray Canyon sandstone, per cu. ft.. .96 Maple No. 1 80.00 to part ot the requirements of local building Buff Wakeman, per cu. ft 1.60 Tellow pine. No. 1, common interests. Prices generally are advancing Buff Mountain, per cu. ft 1.60 and are likely to continue the upward nat 70.00 to trend for some time to come, particularly North River bluestone, per cu, ft.... 1.06 N. C. pine, flooring, Nor Seam-face granite, per sq. ft 1.00 folk 66.00 to if the demand grows further In excess of South Dover marble (promiscuous Window Glaaa— the available supply. Tar paper is quoted mill block), per cu. ft 1.26 Official discounts from manufacturers' by Jobbers as follows: No. 1 ply, $2.65 per White Vermont marble (sawed), lists: roll; No. 2 ply, $1.75 per roll; No. 3 ply, New Tork, per cu. ft 3.00 Single strength, A quality, flrat three $2.20 per roll. Red rosin sheathing paper, Strnctural Ste«l— brackets 79% 25-lb. roll, $1.50; 30-lb. roll, $2.05, and Plain material at tidewater; cents per pound: B grade, single strength, flrst three 40-lb. roll, $3. Beams and channels up to 14 brackets 79% Cast Iron Pipe.—Business has picked up in $2.80 to Grades A and B. larger than the flrst to some extent, but as yet there Is no- Beams and channels over 14 in. 2.80 to three brackets, single thick T8% great buying activity either from munici Angles, 3x2 up to 6x8 2.80 to pal or prviate sources. There have been Zees and tees 2.90 to • Double strength. A qualitj 80% a number ot plans prepared for public Steel bars 3.10 to Double strength, B quality..» 33% improvements that will require this com LniBber^ Linseed Oil— modity in heavy tonnage, but it is likely Wholesale prices. New Tork: City brands, oiled, 5-bbl. lot.*1.78 to »1.81 to be some weeks before these lettlngs t. o. b.. Less than 5 bbls 1.81 to 1.84 are announced. Prices are steady and Tellow pine, merchantable 1006, unchanged. N. T.: TnrpentlBe^ N. T., per gal. .$1.80 to $1.85 Spot in 5 ard, Let WHITE Build It of CONCRETE Specializing in concrete industrial buildings, enables us to ^v : render a service combining efficient supervision with the speedy execution of a contract, which is well above the average. "Let WHITE build it of CONCRETE" G»!5taiction GD. Jnc y^\s!^ NEW Y O R- F^ tNGlNEERS 8t CONTRACTORS FOR INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS iy,7^\i^i:,VtJ.V^i^V^*''a''./sv.~n-r->- i''.'./r..JV-;tr."irr-c\-.w.-.%'ro^f-/vtyjTi-'ari';r;'y:vvi7''?*<.t.'•'•'•-' • vv.n-»r ,::^^K^:)^^ 122 RECORD AND GUIDE January 24, 1920 Large Downtown Alteration. Fred F. French Company, arcliitects, engineers and builders, have obtained the contract for plans and construction in SPRINKLER connection with the extensive alterations to be made to the four--story building at SUPERVISORY SERVICE Geo. A. Fuller 62 Broad street, for the stock brokerage house of L. L,. Winkelman & Company. AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER The owner is a client of Lawrence, Blake & Jewell through whom title to the prop VALVE ALARM SERVICE erty was acquired last month from the Company Calvin Stevens Estate. The plot has a INTERIOR FIRE ALARM frontage of 23 feet 3 inches on Broad street and runs back 130 feet to a 25 foot EQUIPMENT rear line. It contains approximately 3,200 square feet. Fred P. French Company is Fireproof Building drawing plans wliich will involve a new Installed •• a Local Byitcm front and an additional story to the or for CoBtral Office fierrico present four-story building, at a cost of Construction approximately $100,000. Two floors of the new building will be AUTOMATIC occupied by the owner. Leases are being closed for the remaining space with other FIRE ALARM SERVICE OFFICES: high class financial firms for May 1st occupancy. A bank is already negotiating SPECLO. BUILDING tor the ground floor and basement. At New York Baltimore present the building is practically vacated SIGNAL SERVICE except for the store and a restaurant up Boston Washington stairs. Harm Hildebrandt, age 91 years, still occupies the top floor. Mr. Hilde Philadelphia Chicago brandt has been living in the building AUTOMATIC for over fifty years. He moved in during Chattanooga Detroit the administration of Mayer C. Godfrey FIRE ALARM CO. Gunther who at that time owned the build Kansas City Milwaukee ing. 416 Broadway Montreal, Can. Atlanta New York City Winnipeg, Can. Toronto, Can. PRANKLIN 41U CONTEMPLATED CONSTRUCTION. Manhattan. APARTMENTS, FLATS AND TENEMENTS. C.E.Halback&Co. 22D ST.—Alfred Buesselle, 347 Madison av, has prepared plans for a 4-sty brick and lime stone flat, 48x56 ft at 236-239 West 22d st, for the estate of William Lee Inman, owner, care ORNAMENTAL of the .New York Trust Co., 26 Broad st. Cost .$20,000. Architect will soon call for bids on general contract. 52D ST.—J. E. R. Carpenter, 681 Fifth av, has prepared plans for a 9-sty brick and lime IRON and STEEL stone apartment, 83x84 ft, at 145-151 East 52d st, for a syndicate care ot architect. Cost For Buildine Constraction $300,000. Owner builds. RIVERSIDE DRIVE.—Paterno Brothers, Inc., 601 West 115th st, contemplate the construction of a 13-sty brick, limestone and terra cotta apartment, 80x100 ft, at the southeast comer 23 East 26th St, N. Y. Gttj of Riverside Drive and 105th st, for which name of architect and details of construction will be Phone: Ifuliaea 8,.{ Stlt available later. Cost, about .f'liXl.OOO. 8tU RIVERSIDE DRIVE.—George F. Pelham, 200 West 72d st, has plans under way for a 6-sty bricic and limestone apartment, 80x100 ft, at the northeast corner of Riverside Drive and 147th st, for Paterno Brothers, Inc., 601 West 115th st, owners and builders. ELECTRICAL WIRING 75TH ST.—George F. Pelham, 200 West 72d st, has completed plans for a 9-sty brick, lime of every description—for lisht, stone and terra cotta apartment, 60x102 ft, at 2.38-242 West 75th st, for the Lucania Realty heat and power—elTlcieDtly Corporation, 680 West End av, owner and builder. Electrical Cost, $300,000. done at a minimum cost in 43D ST.—Gronenberg & Leuchtag, 303 5th av, old or new property. have prepared revised plans for a 6-sty brick, limestone and terra cotta apartment, 60x100 ft, Wiring at 255-261 West 4.3d st, for the 48th Street Co., Henry Olaman, 790 Riverside Drive, owner and ELECTRIC SERVICE of every kind and builder. Cost, about .$5.50,000. DWELLINGS. ENGINEERING CO. description— PARK AV.—Charles B. Meyers, 1 Union sq. has plans in progress for alterations to two TalwHeae: Biyiat •481 141t BrMdway. N. T. for 4-sty brick and stone residences, 40x70 ft. at 1(128-111.30 Park av, tor Charles Welsh. Sr., 213 Broadway, owner. Cost, about $25,000. Archi Light, Heat and Power tect will soon call for estimates on general con tract. SHADES, AWNINGS highest efTiciency at FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES. DUANE ST.—L. V. Sweezey, Bible House, AND CANOPIES minimum cost. has been retained to prepare plans for an 8-sty brick factory and loft building, 25x77 ft, at 80 47 years In mwMng window shades, awD- Duane st, tor R. A. Stewart & Co., 201 Broad in^ canopies, etc, has placed as in a VISIT OUR LIGHTING way, owners. Details later. position where we can guarantee satla- lactloa. FIXTURE SHOWROOMS HUDSON ST.—McKenzie, Voorhees & Gmelin, 1123 Broadway, have been retained to prepare A«ent and owner alike find oar serrlee plans and specifications for an 8-sty reinforced prompt, miallty fully satisfaetorr. and concrete warehouse, 200x322 ft, to occupy the workmRniih of tbe best. block bounded by Hudson st, West Houston st, nship of •• Scientific Lighting Greenwich st and Clarkson st, for the Western Estimates elieerfaUy sopplied, wlttioat Electric Co., 195 Broadway, owner. Details of obUoUoo lo owners, agents, ete. construction will be announced later. Fixture Company STORES, OFFICES AND LOFTS. LIBERTY ALLEY.—Clinton & Russell, 32 F. J. KLOES 311 Broadway, New York Liberty st, have started preliminary plans for Bstabllslied UTS an 11-sty brick and reinforced concrete offlce 348 Canal BU N«v TMfe Telephone: Worth tStt building, 50x105 ft, in Liberty alley, rear ot 160 Broadway, for the Lawyers Title & Trust TelaplieBU FtanUla tUM Co., 160 Broadway, owner. G. B. Beaumont Co., 2.S6 Fifth av, has the general contract. January 24, 1920 RECORD AND GUIDE 123 Bronx. APARTMENTS, FLATS AND TENEMENTS. SHERMAN AV.—Edward J. Byrnes, 436 East 158th st, has completed plans for two 5-sty CHESLEY •brick tenements, 43x85 tt, on the east side of Sherman av, 54 ft north of 163d st, for Robert J. Moorehead, 311 East 200th st, owner and STOCK FIRE PROOF DOORS builder. Cost, $70,000. STANDARD SIZES CARRIED IN STOCK SEND FOR BOOKLET CHURCHES. SIMPSON ST.—Rouse & Goldstone, 511 Fifth A. C. CHESLEY CO., INC., 277 RIDER AVE., N. Y. av, have completed preliminary plans for a 5-sty brick and stone synagogue and school, 75x05 tt, in the east side of Simpson st, 200 ft north of Barrett st, for the Hunts Point PHONE: ASTORIA 2984 ESTABLISHED aS TBASS Talmud Torah, Inc., owner. Architects will probably be ready for estimates on general •contract about March 12. YOU CAN HAVE THE THREE HOSPITALS AND ASYLUMS. "RELIABILITY, DURABILITY and EFFICIENCY" GRAND CONCOURSE.—Moore & Landsiedel, 3d av and 148tb st, have prepared plans tor L. S. Aspromonte & Son, 21 Carrer st.. Lone Iiriand Citj, H. T. a 3-sty brick addition, 38x30 ft, to the hospital at 1052-54 Grand Concourse for the Bronx Ma- CONTRACTING PLASTERERS ternitiy Hosptal, Dr. Julius Weiss, president, 748 Kelly st, owner. Cost, about $20,000. Brooklyn. TBLMPBOHB. KBtHOBB ON APARTMENTS, FLATS AND TENEMENTS. KINGS HIGHWAY.—The Kings Highway Building Co.. James P. Kelley president, 1817 Kings Highway, contemplates the construction RETAIL LUMBER of a 4-sty brick, limestone and terra cotta apart ment, on plot llX>xlOO tt. on Kings Highway, East 16th to East 17th st, for which name of architect and details of construction will be CHARLES H. FINCH & CO. avalable later. Owner will build. "THE ACCOMMODATING F'>USE" Coney Island Ave. and Ave. H, Brooklyn, N. T. BUSHWICK AV.— Cohn Brothers, 361 Stone av, have completed plans for a 4-sty brick, lime stone and terra cotta apartment, 62x90 ft, at the northwest corner of Bushwick and Greene avg, for Louis Gallin, 231 Lynch st, owner and builder. Cost about $80,000. GREENE AV.—Cohn Brothers, 361 Stone av, have prepared plans for a 4-sty brick, limestone and terra cotta apartment, 83x88 ft, on Greene av, 62 ft west of Bushwick av, for Louis Gallin, 231 Lynch st, owner and builder. Cost $90,000. Complete Confidence DWELLINGS. STILWELL AV.—J. J. Galizia, 2940 West 19th st, has prepared plans for a 2-sty frame dwelling, 18x48 ft, on the west side of Stilwell av, 60 ft north of Av Z, tor J. Carvicalla, 1403 Neptune av, owner and builder. Cost, $6,000. Edison Service is being installed in the EAST 13TH ST.—David A. Lucas, 98 3d Bt, has completed plans for two 2-sty frame dwell new 30th Street exchange building ofthe ings, 13x51 ft, in the west side of East 13th st, 245 ft north of Av U, for the M. M. Con struction Co., Meyer Meyersohn president, 1945 New York. Telephone Company East 13th st, owner and builder. Total cost, $10,000. OTH ST.—W. C. Winters, 106 Van Sicklen av, This large building, to be situated at has finished plans for three 2-sty frame dwell ings, on plot 75x100 ft, in the north side of Oth 8t, 280 ft east of Shaw av, for Lehrman & 231-241 East 30th Street and extending Miller, 15 Barbey st, owners and builders. Total •cost, $12,000. through to 224-234 East 31st Street, will LINCOLN AV.—J. Soveiro, 30O6 Atlantic av, has prepared plans for a 2-sty frame dwelling, 19x55 ft, on the east side of Lincoln av, 338 ft have 1000 lamps and 900 horsepower north of Liberty av, for Prisco & Caveiro, 297 Sherard av, owners and builders. Cost. $8,000. ELDERTS LANE.—Charles Infanger & Son, Five hundred horsepower will be utilized 2634 Atlantic av, have completed plans for a 2-8ty frame dwelling, 16x42 ft, in the west side of Elderts lane, 274 ft north of Etna St. for in the operation of the telephone exchange J. Dreher. 316 Ridgewood av, owner and builder. Cost, $4,500. where absolute reliability of electric cur 88TH ST.—W. C. Winters, 106 Van Sicklen av, has plans in progress for two 2-sty frame dwellings, 17x55 ft, at the southwest corner of rent supply is a necessity 88th st and Colonial av, for Francis Lee, 167 77th st, owner and builder. Total cost, $16,000. EAST lOTH ST.—W. R. Squire, 16 West 33d Edison Service is not only reliable but has the Bt, Manhattan, has prepared plans for a 2%-sty brick dwelling, 22x33 ft, in the east side of East 19th st, 215 ft north of Av S, for M. additional advantage of being economical Voetter, 852 Classon av, owner. Cost, $6,500. 81ST ST.—James Hartung, 661 5th av, has completed plans for a 2%-sty frame dwelling. Our engineers are 25x55 ft. in the south side ot 81st st, 300 tt west of Bay Parkway, for James H. Gillen, 36 Bay 35th st, owner and builder. Cost, .$8,.500. WEST lOTH ST.—W. F. Kenworth, 1778 West FACTORIES AND WAREHOUSES. BOARD OF STANDARDS AND APPEALS. 481-19-A- Old Pier 3, North River, Manhattan. MANHATTAN.—Prensky Contracting Co., 198 Tuesday, January 27, 1920, at 2' p. m. 877-19-A- Pier 14, North River, Manhattan. Manhattan av, has the general contract for Petitions for Variations. 878-19-A- Pier 15, North River, Manhattan. alterations to the 4-sty brick storage ware 1005-19-S—26 East 33d street, Manhattan. 879-19-A- Pier 15, North River, Manhattan. house, 25x75 ft, at 9 South st, for Hyman & 1-20-S—303-315 Jay street, Brooklyn. 880-19-A- Pier 28, East River, Manhattan. Frederick Fajon, 49 Whitehall st, owners, from 899-19-S—19 West 23d street, Manhattan. S81-19-A- •Pier 1 tOld), North River, Man plans by Philip Bardes, 230 Grand st, archi 5-20-S—30 West 32d street, Manhattan. hattan. tect. Simon Calve, 29 Whitehall st, lessee. 11-20-S—163 West 62d street. Manhattan. 882-19-A Pier 27, North River, Manhattan. Cost about $50,000. 18-20-S—65-67 Wooster street, 379-381 West 853-19-A. Pier 29, North River, Manhattan. Broadway, Manhattan. 881-19-A Pier 30, North River, Manhattan. PATERSON, N.J.—Michael Lynch Contracting Bakery Cases. S85-19-A- •Pier 78, North River, Manhattan. Co., 94 Court st, Paterson, has the contract for 902-19-S—194 Hamilton avenue, Brooklyn. 8S6-19-A- Pier 42, North River, Manhattan. a 3-sty reinforced concrete mill buildng, 57x183 913-19-S—259 Ninth avenue. Manhattan. 937-19-A Piers 37 and 38, East River, Man ft, at the northwest corner ot Clay and Chest Appliances Submitted for Approval. hattan. nut sts, for the Union Realty Co., 276 Clay 473-19-S—-'Fire Alarm Industrial Signal. 948-19-A- Pier 21, toot of West 131st street. st, owner, from privately prepared plans. Cost 5.54-19-S—Exit Door Lock. North River, Manhattan. (Order No. $145,000. 965-18-S—Sypho Chemical Equipment, for 95.587-F.) PATERSON, N. J.—Michael Lynch Contract premises 958-964 University avenue. 949-19-A—:Pie r 121, foot ot West 131st street, ing Co., 94 Court st, Paterson, has the general The Bronx. Reopened December 17, North River, Manhattan. (Order No. contract for a 2-sty brick and concrete silk 1918. 95586-F.) mill, 30x75 ft, in North 10th st, tor Rosen & 833-19-S—Pronto Fire Extinguisher. 950-19-A- Pier 121, foot ot West 131st street. Pogel, 78 North 10th st, owners, from privately 856-19-S—Acme Fire Alarm. North River, Manhattan. (Order No. prepared plans. Cost $45,000. 922-19-S—Pneumercator. 95585-F.) PATERSON, N. J.—Peter Van Kirk, 83 Fulton BO.\RD OF APPEALS. 9S1-19-A- Piers 22-25, East River, Manhattan. st, Paterson, has the general contract for a Tuesday, February 3, 1920, at 10 a. m. 1003-19-A- Pier 28; North River, Manhattan. 5-sty brick silk mill, 205x73 tt, at the corner ot Pier Cases. 18th st and Ninth av, tor the Diamond Silk 594-19-A—Pier No. S, North River, Manhattan. BOARD OF .VPPEALS. Co, 18th st, owner, from privately prepared 595-10-A—Pier No. 44, East River, Manhattan. Tuesday, February 17, 1920, at 10 a. m. plans. Cost $200,000. 480-19-A—Piers 4 and 5, North River, Man Under Building Zone Resolution. hattan. 861-19-BZ—554 West 174th street, Manhattan. LONG ISLAND CITY, L. I.—Louis Gold, 44 Court st, Brooklyn, has the general contract for a 4-sty reinforced concrete factory building, 20O.\207 ft, on Van Alst av, 13th to 14th st, for the G. E. Shepard Co., 303 Hudson st, Man hattan, owner, from privately prepared plans. H. G. Balcom, 10 East 47th st, Manhattan, engineer. LONG ISLAND CITY, L. 1.-J. C. Lyons & HECLA IRON WORKS Sons, 2010 Broadway, Manhattan, have the gen eral contract for a 6-sty reinforced concrete factory building, 150x200 tt, to occupy the block ESTABLISHED 1876 bounded by 7th and Sth sts, Washington and Pierce avs, for G. Piel, 28 1.3th st. Long Island City, owner, from plans by Charles Houchin Higgins, 19 West 44th st, Manhattan, architect and engineer. Cost, .$450,000. Architectural Bronze and Iron Work BROOKLYN.—C. Curtis Woodruff. 213 10th st. Long Island City, has the general contract tor a 1-sty brick pump house, 90x45 ft, in the north side of Calyer st, 150 ft east of Kingsland av, for the Standard Oil Co., 26 Office, 118 North 11th Street, BROOKLYN, N. Y. Broadway, Manhattan, owner, from privately prepared plans. STORES. OFFICES AND LOFTS. MANHATTAN.—Geo. A. Fuller Co., 175 Fifth av, has the general contract for a 12-sty brick, Kewanee Boilers burn the Imestone and terra cotta oflice buildng, 50x100 ft, at 5 to 7 Dey st, tor the T. A. Gillespie Co., cheapest grades of soft 50 Church st, owner. Name of architect and coal without smoke and details ot construction will be available later. KEWANEE: MANHATTAN.—Seymour Shampain Co., 105 produce more heat thas West 42d st, has the general contract tor altera tions to the 5-sty brick and stone store, office "highest grade" anthracite. Get all the profit you can out and loft building, 23x04 ft, at 87 Franklin st, of your building—Write us for all the facts and let as tor the Cordette Realty Co, 133 West 21st st. owner, from plans by Charles B. Meyers, 1 show you the saving in dollars and cents. Union sq, architect. Cost. $12,000. THEATRES. PLAINFIELD, N. J.—M. Shapiro & Sons, .52 KEWANEE 5OILER COMPANY Vanderbilt av, Manhattan, have the general contract, for a 2-sty brick and terra cotta the atre, 102x250 ft, in East Front st, near Watch 47 West 42nd St., New York ung av, for Samuel Schwartz and J. J. Kramer, 220 Broadway, Manhattan, owners, from plans prepared privately. Cost $250,000. MANHATTAN.—Fleischmann Construction Co., 531 Seventh av, has the general contract for a 2-sty brick, limestone and terra cotta theatre, seating 3,600, at the northeast corner of Broad way and 83d st, for Marcus Loew, 1493 Broad way, owner, from plaus by Thomas W. Lamp, 644 Eighth av, architect. DISTINCTIVE MARBLE WORK STANDARDS AND APPEALS Q UR facilities for supplying marble and executing Calendar. contracts with promptness and dispatch are ex Board of Appeals, Tuesday, at 10 a. m. ceptional. We specialize in the interior marble Board ot Standards and Appeals, Tuesdays, 2 p. m. as listed in the Calendar. work and use only the most carefully selected mar Special meetings as listed in this Calendar. Call of Calendar, Tuesdays, at 3 p. m. ble, of whieh we have a large stock constantly on All hearings are held in Room 919, Municipal Building, Manhattan. hand—imported as well as domestic. We have BO.\RD OF .APPE.\I,S. executed contracts for marble in many prominent Tuesday, January 27, 1920, at 10 a. m. Appeals from Administrative Orders. structures, and shall be glad to send you a partial 9-20-A—1657-1663 Webster avenue. The Bronx. 14-20-A—101 Exterior street, The Bronx. list of these on request. 15-20-A—1.35-1.57 West 05th street, Manhattan. 16-20-A—North side of East 62d street, 600 ft. MAY V^^E HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK from Avenue V. Brooklyn. 924-19-A—Review avenue and Thomas street, on WITH YOU ON YOUR NEXT UNDERTAKING? northerly side ot Newtown Creek, Blissville. Queens. 934-19-A—275 Ellis street, Tottenville, Richmond, 2-20-A—501-503 Sixth avenue, N. W. cor SOth street, Manhattan. A. R. ZICHA MARBLE CO. 8-20-A—93-99 Nassau street, Manhattan. 19-20-A—56-58 Pi'ne street. Manhattan. 813 Vernon Avenue Long Island City Under Building Zone Resolution. 7-20-BZ—10 Hemlock place, Maspeth, Queens. Telephone, Astoria 1930 10-20-BZ—110 City Island avenue. The Bronx. 12-20-BZ—.5.33-539 15th street. Brooklyn. 1.3-20-BZ—72 Carlton avenue, Brooklyn. 45-20-BZ—5-19 West 58th street, Manhattan. John P. Kane Company TROWEL MASONS' PORTLAND CEMENT BUILDING MATERIALS MAIN OFFICE: 103 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK / FFOOO T EAST 14TH ST.. N. \. J FOOFO T WEST 96TH ST.. N. Y. DISTRIBUTING YARDS : 145TH ST. AND HARLEM RIVER, NEW YORK l6T6TFH ST. AND GOWANUS CANAL. BROOKLYN Edward Coming President Charles F. Berger, O. Vice-President EDWARD CORNING COMPANY, BUILDERS Edward P. Coming Treasurer 52 VANDERBILT AVENUE, NEW YORK Clinton L. Froblsher Secretary Empire Brick & Supply Co. YARDS MANUFACTURERS •D'DJr^Xr AND DEALERS OF Jjr\.i^^J\. IN 12th Ave., 4^th to 48th Sts., Manliattan 138th and Exterior Sts., Bronx MASONS' BUILDING MATERIALS WORKS Morgan Avenue and Newtown Creelc STOCKPORT, N. Y. (near Stagg St.), Brooklyn Executive Offices: 103 PARK AVE., NEW YORK GLASCO. N. Y. A Service Record Carefnlly Selected, Trained, Reliable and Efficient Men, Adequately Supervised, Insure of 45 Years HOLMES PATROL High Grade Patrol Service. Day Tel.: Cortlandt 10 Night Tel.: Mnrray Hill 3030 26 CORTLANDT STREET Holmes Electric Protective Company 16 EAST .d STREET 4^4k ^ ^ #i '^^^ Lawrence "McLaury _ rPM M WW Cement Company PORTLAND W^CEMEPi]/ i BROADWAY, NEW YORK for Tile" "CONCRETE FOR PERMANENCE" It is a significant fact that 60% of our orders for the past twelve months have been REPEAT orders. WATSON ELEVATOR CO. inc. ELECTRIC ELEVATORS Service counts, and when to 100% service we are enabled Repair—Alterations to add possession of a stock of tile larger and more varied 407 WEST 36th ST. Phone Greeley 670 than can be found anywhere else cast of Chicago, it is no wonder that we are repeatedly chosen to handle the tile work by the largest contractors in ELECTRIC the business. ELEVATOR D. H. MT.AURY TILE CO., Inc. COMPANY IM Park Ave., New York TA {1^2} Murray HU 220 BROADWAY NEW YORK THIRD AVENUE CHARLES B. VAN VALEN, INC., has placed BROOKLYN over .$4,000,000 on real estate mortgage loans during recent months. While the prevailing Phone: 202 Bay RMgi; rate of interest s 5l^ to 6 per cent, 60 per cent of these loans were placed at 5 per cent: 26 2-3 per cent were placed at 5 1-5 to 5^ per A. G. THOMPSON CO. cent ; 13 1-3 per cent at G per cent. A. J. LONG REALTY CO. FRANK SULLIVAN, for many years with RIAL ESTATE and INSURANCE REAL ESTATE Douglas Robinson, Charles S. Brown & Co. and XxpHt Appraisers. MoTt«a«e Loaiu more recently an appraiser for the Lawyers' BROKERS and AGENTS Mortgage Co., has opened an ofHce at 35 Nassau An Authority on Flatbush Property st for the transaction of a general real estate Export, Economical, Management of and appraising business. 743 Flatbnsh Ave, corner Clarkson St. Colored Tenement Property CAMMANN, VOORHEES & FLOYD were as Phone: riatinuta 5352 BROOKLTK sociated with F. R. Wood & Co. as brokers in Specialists in Harlem and the sale of 13-16 Central Park West, corner of 61st st, to the Continental Athletic Club. Pos JOHN REIS COMPANY Colored Tenement session of the property is not relinquished by the present owners until October 1, 1920. REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND 2257 Seventh Avenue, at 133rd Street J. STERLING DRAKE and I. W. Valentine APPRAISERS—LOANS AND INSURANCE New York City sold the former Bausch's Picture Moulding Fac tory, Farmingdale, Long Island, to the West 805 FLATBUSH A\^. Phone: Mornlngtida 1610 Coast Kalsomine Co. of West Berkeley, Cal. The property has an area of 2!^ acres with a Phone: Flatbush 1400-1401 BBOOKLTN large street frontage near the railroad station. It was valued at .SSO.OOO. LUDWIG C. TRAUBE has been appointed agent for 152 East n2d st, 1431 and 1433 Lex ington av and 1502 Brook av. FRANK A. SEAVER & CO. Moses & Moses ROMAN-CALLMAN CO. completed the leas BAT RIDGE REAL ESTATE ing of the reinforced concrete factory building 3rd Ave., near 68th St., Brooklyn at Van Alst av and 13th st. Long Island City, by HARLEM AND COLORED renting, with C G. Keller, the top floor con Member Brooklrn Board of Beal EeUta Brokan taining ."O.OOO sq ft, to Julius Miller, manufac Member Beal Estate Board of New Tork TENEMENT PROPERTIES turer of ladies' shoes. Other tenants in the building are Aeolian Co. and Auto Sales Corp. Phone: 1474-5 Bay Bidge ALSO CHARLES P. NOYES CO. has placed a loan of .feOO.OOO at 514 per cent, for a long term of years on the 10-sty "Morris Building," at 64- WESTWOOD REALTY CO. CITY AND SUBURBAN ti'> Broad St. northwest corner of Beaver st. C. B GWATHMET, Vloo-Pree. and Treaa. The Noyes Company reports that there is more REAL ESTATE r-' per cent, mortgage money In the market at the present time than has existed for the past Headquarters Flatbush Realty eighteen months. Apartment Houses Successfully Ifanaged 409 Lenox Avenue THE HARRISON S. COLBURN CO. sold the T«l«k*M Mora. Sltl Woodslde property in Baltimore for Caughy, 685 FLATBUSH AVBNTJE Heam & Co. It fronts 120 feet on inner Balti more harbor and extends from government bulk- January 24, 1920 RECORD AND GUIDE 113. head line south 750 feet to the Key highway, the new marginal street built by the city. It is served by the Baltimore «ii Ohio Railroad. The purchasers will improve this property with a warehouse. Classified Advertisements CHARLES E. MITCHELL, president of the Waati and Oflen, For Salt asd For Rut—Rata ISa. pur Ilia; ooiint itx wordt to tlio lint. National City Co., presented his residence, a 4-aty dwelling, 25x150, at 933 5th av, to his Employen uaUpu to tecun belp (olerloal or tmtm- No medium reacblng real eatate Interetta afforda own- wife, Elizabeth R., as a Christmas present. The •luu&l). or employeea wltblofi to obtain a poaltioii or \KiieT a preatQt one will find tbla departmeat ot tbe era, broker*, and executor* wlablng to dljpuie of dealr- property adjoins the large residence of Mortimer Bocord and Qnlde tbe dulckeat and mott direct metbod able property (In or out of tbe dty), to favorable an L. Schiff and was at one time the home of the or bringing tbelr wanu to tbe attention or tbe larvett opportunity to bring the merltj of tbelr propoaltlotM to late Lamar V. Harkness. Mr. Mitchell acquired number of Interetted readen. In tbe real eatate or tbe attention of potalble buyer* aa doet tbe For Salt It in October, 1918, from Mr. Schiff, when It bulldlr?': profetilona. and For Bent tectlon of tbe Beoord and Oulda. was assessed at $275,000. CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD, INC, has been appointed agent by the Fred F. French Co., of PROPOSALS. ESTIMATOR, executive, office manager, the new 16-sty office building they are about expert building construction, auditor, to erect on the northwest corner of 41st st and NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. systematizer, would take charge constrac- Madison av. The building will be of the high STATE COMMISSION OF HIGHWAYS, tion for builders, investors, architects. est type of fireproof construction and replete in Box 632, Record & Guide. all details. The upper floors will contain 3,000 ALBANY, N. Y.; Sealed proposals will bo square feet and will have natural light on all received by the undersigned at their of four sides. The store and lower floors are lie- fice, No. 53 Lancaster Street, Albany, N. EXPERIENCED young man seeks con signed for occupancy by a banking instituMon. Y., at 1 o'clock P. M., on Friday, the Suth nection with office or estate; thoroughly It will be ready for occupancy next fall. day of January, 1920, for the improvement understands all details; excellent refer orcompletion of the following highways: ences. Box 639, Record & Guide. JOSEPH P. DAY sold for William G. Grieb Cattaraugus (One highway: t.OO) 100 lots located at Nepera Park, Yonkers, to Dutchess (one highway: 4.95) REAL ESTATE BROKER, Ralph R. Mulligan, who has declared his in Erie (ne highway: 3.77) 10 years experience, desires to connect In. tention of improving the parcels with one and Livingston (one highway: i.'H) the sales department with an estab two family houses, to be ready for occupancy Niagara (one highway: 2.3,S) lished firm specializing in Manhattan in the spring. Mr. Grieb has owned the prop Oneida (two highways: 5.3S & &.03) property; commission basis. Box 637, erty for thirty years. Mr. Mulligan has devel Orange (two highways; 1.14 & l.Oi;) Record and Guide. oped several properties purchased through Jo Oswego (two highways: 4.65 & O.IJG) seph P. Day at auction. St. Lawrence.(twe highways: 4.6u a. 11.10) • CHARLES F. NOYES CO. sold for Ellis P. Schoharie (one highway: 5.24) Earle to Franklin Page the Peter Dyckman- Tioga (one highwai : 5.50) Cruger estates consisting of 250 acres of ground Ulster (two highways: 0.S4 & 3.17) RESIDENT MANAGER with several buildings and located at Crugers- Warren (one highv/a>: 5.13) open for new connection. Twelve years' on-Hudson, N. Y. The property is valued at Washington (one highway: 7.GO) experience in commercial leasing. Thor $200,000 and has a frontage of three quarters Westchester (one highway: 4.13) oughly competent in all details of office of a mile on the Hudson and extends inland Yates (one highway: 9.63) building managerment. BOX 633, Record to the Albany Post Road. Mr. Page secured in Maps, plans, specifications, estimates and Guide. the deal full riparian rights. and proposal forms may be obtained at the offices of the Commission in Albany, N. Y., FISH & MARVIN, one of the of the oldest and at the office of the division engineersj and largest concerns operating in Westchester in whose division the roads to be im County, announce that they have opened an proved are located. The addresses of the SITUATION OPEN. offlte at 355 South Broadway, Yonkers, in order division engineer and the counlies of to handle their business throughout that sec which they are in charge will be fur SALES BROKER. tion. This makes the ninth offlce which Fish nished upon request. A PROGRESSIVE firm with large man & Marvin have opened in the county, the others Special attention of bidders is called to agement business has an opening for being located at Bronxville, Scarsdale. Mount "GENERAL INFORMATION FOR BID an experienced broker. An unusual op Vernon, Pelham, Pelham Manor, New Rochelle, DERS" in the itemized proposal, specifica portunity. Applications strictly confiden Larchmont and Rye. tions and contract agreement. tial. Box 638 Record & Guide. LEITXER. BRENER & STAR have sold for FRED'K STUART GREENE, William McDonald of Boston, Mass., the block Commissioner WANTS AND OFFERS front on Harvard Square, fronting 110 feet IRVING V. A. HUIE, Secretary. on Massachusetts avenue and 330 feet on Boyls- TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Office of WANTED—By a responsible party, on. ton avenue, opposite the Harvard University. monthly rental or lease, a 12 to l5-room The property is now improved with stores. The the Supervising Architect, Washington, D. C, January 19, 1920.—Sealed proposals liouse, unfurnished; will make repairs and purchaser is David V. Picker, moving picture maintain. CHAS. PAFF, 516 W 157th St. exhibitor, who will improve the site with a will be received in this office until 3 P. M. large theatre, seating ;[,000; store and offlce February 16, 1920, and then opened, for building. The purchaser expects to have the Extension to Mailing Vestibule and Drive WANTED—That repair job by ALLEN G. buildings completed in the Fall of 1920. way at the U. S. Post Office and Court CATHCART, Mason and Plasterer, 576 House at Hammond, Ind., in accordance Monroe St.,-Brooklyn. Phone Decatur 6211. PEASE & ELLIMAN sold for Julius Tishman with Drawing No, SA-1. 325, and this & Son the Takanassee Hotel, Long Branch, West specification, copies of which may be had FOR SALE—South Brooklyn, nine rooms End, N. J., which they recently purchased from at the office ot the Custodian or at this and bath, in good condition, near sub the Prudential Life Insurance Co. of Newark. office, in the discretion of the Supervising way; asking price $4,000. Box 10, Record The buyer is Harry Schiff, owner of the Mon Architect. JAS. A. WETMORE, Acting and Guide. terey Hotel, at Broadway and 94th st. The .Supervising Architect. plot on which the hotel stands comprises ail WHAT WILL you offer me tor two $1,000 the land within the square bounded by West and two $100 six per cent. American End Plaza, West End, Ocean and Brighton avs, SITUATIONS WANTED. Real Estate Company defaulted gold excepting a small parcel in the northwest cor bonds? Address J. L., care of Record and ner, known as the Graf property. The hotel BUILDING manager seeks position with Guide Co. is completely furnished. The value of the prop first class real estate company or es erty, including equipment and furnishings, is tate. Box 636, Record and Guide. ATTORNEY, thoroughly experienced in all said to be close to $225,000. details of real estate matters and real property law conveyancing and title woik, IF YOUR PROPERTY IS seeks connection with active real estate firm for general work. Box 640, Record Bronx Brokers IN THE MARKET and Guide. Send Da the aellinff particnlara, aa we have clients who are aeekinr well-located A. G. BECHMANN investment property. JAMES E. POE Real Estate and Insoranee Tel. Intervale 556 1065 SO. BOULEVARD BUYS—SELLS—EXCH ANQES One block from Simpson Street Subway Statioo REAL ESTATE IN HARLEM AND VICINITY HENRY SCHWIEBERT 172 West 135th Street Real Estate—Insurance 840 BROADWAY NEW YOKK Tel. Morningside 4116 S273 3BD A'VE., near 164TH ST. Pbone: Melroae 19