Real Estate Record and Builders Guide Founded March 21,1868, by CLINTON W. SWEET Devoted to Real Estate, Building Construction and Building Management in the Metropolitan District Published Every Saturday by THE RECORD AND GUIDE COMPANY FRANK E. PERLEY, President and Editor; W. D. HADSELL, Vice-President; J. W. FRANK, Secretary-Treasurer Entered aa second olaaa matter Norember 8, 1879. at tbe Post Office at New York, N. T., under tbe Act of Hardl 3, 1879. Copyright, 1920, by The Record and Guide Company 119 West 40th Street, New York (Telephone: Bryant 4800) VOL. CV 250. A COPT NO. 22 (:;724) NEW YORK, MAY 29, 1920 (12.00 A TKAB AdTertisins Index Advertising; Index Page TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page A B See Electric Blevator.4th Cover lAclcerly, Orville B., & Son 714 Niewenhous Bros., Inc 731 Acme Service Corp 711 Editorials 705 Noyes Co., Chas. P Front Cover A. J. Contracting Co 731 Ogden & Clarkson Corp 713 Adler, Ernest N 714 Plans for Thirty-one Story Grand Central O'Hara Bros i 714 Altmayer, Leon S 713 Building Ready 707 O'Reilly & Dahn 713 American Bureau of R. B 714 Orr & Co., John C 725 Ames & Co 713 Grand Union Hotel Site Goes Begging at Payton, Jr., Co., Phillip A.2d Cover Amy & Co.. A. V 713 Auction Sale 708 Pease & Elliman Front Cover Anderson & Co., James S 704 Pflomm, F. & G Front Cover Armstrong, John 714 Real Estate for the Current Week 709 Poe, James E 716 Aspromonte & Son, L. S 731 Pomeroy Co., Inc., S. H 723 Automatic Flre Alarm Co 724 Private Sales of the Week 709 Porter & Co Front Cover Purdy & Co 726 Bauer, Milbank £ Molloy..2d Cover Real Estate Notes 716 Rafalsky Co., Mark ..Front Cover Beale Co., Harry S 711 Ray Willes, Inc 713 Beaumont Co., G. B Title Page Statistical Table of the Week 717 Read & Co., Geo. R Front Cover Bechmann, A. G 714 Realty Associates 717 Benznig Co., Jos. H 722 Mayor's Housing Conference Committee Is Realty Associates Investment Birdsall, Daniel, & Co.,.Front Cover Corp 2d Cover Boylan, John J 713 Instructed 718 Realty Company of America... .704 Brown, Frederick 716 Remodelling Hotel Earlington for Business Realty Supervision Co 722 Brown Co., J. Romaine.Front Cover Richardson & Boynton Co 727 Bulkley & Horton Co 714 Purposes 719 Ritch, Wm. T 724 Busher Co., Eugene J 713 Roman-Callman Co 'TIS Butler & Baldwin 713 Governor Blames Legislature for Not Aiding Ruland & Whiting ....Front Cover Cammann, Voorhees & Floyd....713 Building 720 Runk, George S 713 Carpenter, Leonard J 713 Ryan, George J 'TIS Chesley Co., Inc., A. C 726 Vast Amount of New Construction Work Is Sasse, Geo. W • 714 City Investing Co 704 Projected 721 Schindler & Liebler 714 Classifled Advertisements 715 Schwiebert, Henry '714 Corning Co., Edward ....4th Cover Personal and Trade Notes 721 Scobie 718 Corwith Brothers 717 Seaver & Co., Frank A 714 Coutoucas, Nicholas 2d Cover Trade and Technical Society Events 721 Smith Co., Inc., E. C 718 Cross & Brown Front Cover Building Material Markets 722 South Ferry Realty Co 704 Cruikshank Co Front Cover Spear & Co 704 Cruikshank's Sons, Wm.Front Cover Current Building Operations 722 Speilman Electric Co 716 Cudner R. E. Co 713 Spotts & Starr 714 Cushman & Wakefleld. .FYont Cover Contemplated Construction 724 Steinmetz, John A '714 Cutler & Co., Arthur 714 Plans Filed for New Construction 727 Structural Waterproofing Co 719 Cutner. Harry B 713 Thompson Co., A. G 717 Davies, J. Clarence 717 Title Guarantee & Trust Co. 2d Cover Day, Joseph P 713 Trageser Steam Copper Works, Dike, O. D. & H. H 714 John 730 Dowd, James A 714 Trotta, Inc., D. A 716 Duffy Co.. J. P 724 tage Page Tucker. Speyers & Co 713 Duross Co 713 Hess, M. & L., Inc ....Front Cover Losere, L. G 714 Tyng & Co.. Stephen H., Jr 704 Dwight, Archibald & Perry 713 Holmes Electric Protective.4th Cover Mack Co., James C 4th Cover Jackson, Daniel H 711 Manning & Trunk 713 Ullman 714 Electro Sun Co 726 Marbleoid Co 722 Uris Iron Works, Inc., Harris H. Kane Co., John P 4th Cover ElUman & Co., Douglas L 704 Martin, H. Samuel 713 4th Cover Ely & Co., Horace S..Front Cover Kelly, Albert E 716 Maurer & Son, Henry...4th Cover Empire Brick & Supply. .4th Cover Kennelly, Bryan L., Inc 713 Maxwell, J. S 713 Van Valen, Inc., Chas. B...2d Cover English, J. B 713 Kerns Co., James F 714 May Co., Lewis H 713 Walsh, j. Irving 613 Feuerbach, F. J 714 Kilpatrick, Wm. D 704 McLaughlin, Thomas F 714 Watson Elevator Co., Inc.4th Cover Finch & Co., Chas. H 726 Kloes, F. J 723 McMahon. Joseph T 710 Weld & Suydam 704 Knap & Wasson Co 713 Wells Architectural Iron Co....731 Finegan, Austin 713 Kohler, Chas. S., Inc 704 Miller & Co., A. W 713 Fischer, j. Arthur 713 Mississippi Wire Glass Co 710 Wells Sons. James N 713 Fox & Co.. Fredk 713 Lackman, Otto 714 Morgenthau, Jr., & Co., M 715 Welsch. S.. Sons 714 Frank & Frank 723 Lawrence Cement Co 4th Cover Moses & Moses 717 Wheeler, G. C. & A. E 724 Fuller Co., Geo. A 724 Lawrence & Co., Geo 723 Mural Floor Covering Co 715 Wheeler Realty Corp 714 Lawrence, Blake & Jewell 704 White Constn. Co., The 712 Gallin & Son, John 726 Lawyers' Title & Trust Co 715 Nail & Parker 70* White & Sons, Wm. A 704 Gates, Elmer 714 Leaycraft & Co., J. Edgar Nason Realty Co 711 Whiting & Co.. Wm. H.Front Cover Gold. Louis 716 Front Cover National Electrical Lab. Co 716 Winter, Benjamin 2d Cover Goodstein, Harry ,. .716 Lehigh Portland Cement Co 731 Nehring Bros 713 Wood-Dolson Co Front Cover Goodwin & Goodwin 713 Leist, Henry G 714 Newins, Harvey B 2d Cover Wyckoff. Walter C 713 Heil & Stern 2d Cover Levers, Robert 714 New York Edison Co., Tbe. .. .725 Zirba Marble Co., A. R 728 Hecla Iron Works 730 Levin, Inc., Jacob & Morris 716 New York Title & Mortgage Co. .704 Zittel & Sons, Fredk 713 Costly Mistakes in Building May Be Avoided and Many Difficult Problems Connected with Construction Eliminated Y selecting your BUILDER at the time the AKCHITECT and ENGINEEK B is retained. The resuk will be ECONOMY, SPEED and LOW MAINTENANCE cost. G. B. BEAUMONT COMPANY, ^'i^Ew'^oRr 704 RECORD AND GUIDE May 29, 1920 Tp the REAL ESTATE •TSPBXN B. TTNa tLOAmwrwkUt OWNER Title InsaraBoet Mcrln«B LIMIIB; Wm. A. White & Sons Bmelent Serrlee; Modcmte Fee*. SteplienH.1)ng,Jr.,&Co. The Management Ia«arp*rmt«d To the BROKER Hratber BMI BMato BMrd M. T. Protection in Plaeins Loam: of Real Estate- Quick Serriee. Sales, Rentals and REAL ESTATE To the INVESTOR Mortgage Loans A wide nngt of Onaraiiteed First MANAGEMENT OP Ilortoage* and Flrat Mortice Cer- 46 Cedar Street BUSINESS PROPERTT tlflcates, yielding current imtes of Interest Established 1868 41 Union Square West New York Title 21 BAST ITTH STKKBT and Mortgage Company T«l«pheBCi BtarrauBt 4M« OFFICES: KANHATTAN—1S5 Broadway BROOKLYN—203 MoaUgue St. DEBNS—S76 Pnltoo St, Jitmalea. ICBIIOND—325 Center St., Rldunoad WBSTCFBS-TKR—10R 3 Main St, WUte Plates MT. VERNON—3 S. 3d Ave. WEDANDSUYDAM WiUiam D. Kilpatrick Incorporated Member of Real Estate Board, N. Y. Etotablisbed 1887 SPECIALISTS IN REAL ESTATE PIAS. S. KOHLER. Inc. 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PARKER Morningside ( 7683 of America FRANKLIN PETTIT FOR LEASE ON Lawrence, Pr$jidml LONG TERM Transacts a Blake & Jewell General BuiineM Four-Story Building, on Lot 26x100. Desirable location, near Custom House. Mortgage Loans in the ftirehase Suitable for altering for business. Sales and Rentals and Sale of APPLY TO Business Properties Rw Yotk Ci>y South Ferry Realty Co. Real Estate 115 Broadway Clarke G. Dailey, President 2 WALL STREET, NEW YORK CITY Tel. 4*8» Rector 115 Broadway, New York City Tdsphone 375-276 Rtctor Member Real Estate Board, N. T. D ouglas LaEUiman £ Co, City Investing REAL ESTATE and INSITRANCK Company Now in Their New Building 165 Broadway, New York 15 East 49th Street 3 III, Capital, $5,000,000 Tel. Plaza 9200 ROBERT E. DOWLING, PresidBn* 70S May 29, 1920 RECORD AND GUIDE Open Port and Open Shop for the interests of the public, not only for the present, but for the future, that we intend to stand by them. 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