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 COMPANV FRANK E. PERLEY, President and Editor; W. D. HADSELL, Vice-President; J. W. FRANK, Secretary-Treasurer Entered as second olass m&tter Norember 8, 1879, at Uie Post Offloe at Nev York. N. Y.. under the Act ot Mareb 3, 1879. Copyright, 1920, by The Record and Guide Company 119 West 40tli Street, New York (Telephone: Bryant 4800) VOL. CV NEW YORK, JUNE 12, 1920 25c. A COPT ,\o. 2:; (27211) il'2.m A VBAB AflTertlNin^ Index Advertising Index Page TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page A B See Electric Elevator.4tli Cover Nehring Bros 779 Ackerly, Orville B., &. Son 780 Editorials 769 Newins, Harvey B 2d"cover Acme Service Corp 775 New York Edison Co., The 789 A. J. Contracting Co 7'.I3 National Significance of New York's New Rent New York Title & Mortgage Co.768 Adler. Ernest N 7Sii Niewenhous Bros., Inc. •jgs Altmayer, Leon S 77i-) Laws 771 American Bureau of R. E 7.S0 Noyes Co., Chas. F... .FronVcover Ames & Co 77!) Ogden & Clarkson Corp 779 Amy & Co., A. V 77!) Real Estate Review for the Current Week 773 O'Hara Bros " ' 700 Anderson & Co., Jamea S 7ti8 O'Reilly & Dahn 779 Armstrong, John 7.SU Private Sales of the Week 773 Orr & Co., John C '. ..!78!) Aspromonte & Son, L. S 705 Payton, Jr., Co. Phillip A.2d Cover Automatic Fire Alarm Co 788 Real Estate Notes 781 Pease & Elliman Front Cover Bauer, Millbank & Molloy.id Cover Pflomm, F. & G Front Cover Beale Co.. Harry S 773 Statistical Table of the Week 782 r'oe, James E 775 Beaumont Co., G. B Title Page Pomeroy Co., Inc., S.'H! !!!! ' "790 Bechman Co., A. G. 780 Slight Decline Noted in Building Operations for ^'"'^r f S° F^n' Cover Benznig Co., Jos. II 792 Birdsall, Daniel, & Co.,.Front Cover May 783 Purdy & Co 7gi Boylan, John J 77!) Rafalsky Co., Mark Front Cover Brown, Frederick 2d Cover Temple Beth El in Borough Park to Cost About Ray Willes, Inc 779 Brown Co., J. Romaine.Front Cover $750,000 784 Read & Co., Geo. R... Front Cover Bulkley & Horton Co 780 Realty Associates 732 Builders Brick 4i Supply Co. ... Realty Company ot America.'. 768 4th Cover Material Shortage Slows Down Work on Realty Supervision Co 794 Busher Co., Eugene J 77!) Building Plans 785 Richardson & Boynton Co....' "790 Butler & Baldwin 779 Ritch, Wm. T 733 Roman-Callman Co. .......... 781 C. H. Motors Corp 7.se Personal and Trade Notes 785 Ruland & Whiting Front Cover Cammann, Voorhees & Floyd... .77!i Runk, George S 779 Carpenter, Leonard J 77!' Ryan, George J ]'. .'779 Chesley Co., Inc., A. C 793 Trade and Technical Society Events 785 City Investing Co 768 Sasse, Geo. W 78O Classified Advertisements 781 Schindler & Liebler ....780 Building Material Markets 786 Schwiebert, Henry .780 Corning Co., Edward 4th Cover Scob ie l.' 779 Corwith Brothers 781' Current Building Operations 786 Smith Co., Inc., E. C....... ..'.'.'.7Si Coutoucas, Nicholas '2d Cover gouth Ferry Realty Co .768 Cross & Brown Front Cover Contemplated Construction 788 Spear & Co 768 Cruikshank Co Front Cover Spotts & Starr 780 Cruikshank's Sons, Wm.Front Cover Steinmetz, John A .780 Cudner R. E. Co 779 Plans Filed for New Construction 791 Structural Waterprooting Co....7,S;! Cushman & Wakefleld.Front Covei Cutler & Co., Arthur 780 Thompson Co., A. G 782 Cutner, Harry B 77i> Title Guarantee & Trust Co. .2d Cover Davies, J. Clarence 7S2 Trageser Steam Copper Works Day, Joseph P 779 iage Page John 789 Dike, O. D. & H. V 78U Hecla Iron Works 7!)5 Leist, Henry G 780 Tucker, Speyers & Co 779 •Dowd, James A 780 Hess, M. & L., Inc....Front Cover Levers, Robert 780 Tyng & Co., Stephen H., Jr 70S Duffy Co.. J. P 790 Holmes Elec. Protective. .4th Cover Levin, Inc., Jacob & Morris... .778 Ullman 780 Duross Co 779 Losere, L. G 78u Dwight, Archibald & Perry 77!) Jackson, Daniel H 2d Cover Uris Iron Works, Inc., Harris H. Electro Sun Co 794 Hygrade Builders Supply Co....787 Mack Co.. James C 790 4th Cover Manning & Trunk 77!) Elliman & Co., Douglas L 70S Kane Co., John P 4th Cover Van Valen, Inc., Chas. B.2d Cover Ely & Co., Horace S..Front Cover Marbleoid Co 7!)2 Kelly, Albert E 2d Cover Wal.<;h, J. Irving 779 Empire Brick & Supply, .4th Cover Martin, H. Samuel 779 Watson Elevator Co., Inc.4th Cover English, J. B 779 Kennelly, Bryan L., Inc 77!) Maurer & Son, Henry....4th Cover Maxwell, J. S 779 Weld & Suydam 768 Feldbelt & O'Donnell 795 Kerns Co., James F 780 May Co., Lewis H 77!) Wells Architectural Iron Co...."795 Feuerbach, F. J 780 Kilpatrick, Wm. D 7(>,s McLaughlin, Thomas F 780 Wells Sons, James N 779 Finch & Co., Chas. H 793 Kinnear Mtg. Co 78.S McMahon, Joseph T 775 Welsch, S., Sons 780 Finegan, Austin 779 Kloes, F. J 7!lii Miller & Co.. A. W 770 Wheeler, G. C. & A, E 790 Knap & Wasson Co 77!l Wheeler Realty Corp 780 Fischer, J. Arthur 77!) Mississippi Wire Glass Co 794 White Constn. Co.. The 776 Fox & Co.. Fredk 779 Kohler, Chas. S., Inc 768 Moors, J. K 770 White & Sons, Wm. A 768 Frank &• Frank 7!I2 Lackman, Otto 780 Morgenthau, Jr., & Co., M 781 Whiting & Co., Wm. H.Front Cover Fuller Co., Geo. A 788 Land Improvement Const. Co... .777 Moses & Moses 782 Winter, Benjamin 2d Cover Gallin & Son, John 792 Lawrence Cement Co... .4th Cover Mural Floor Covering Co 793 Wood-Dolson Co Front Cover Gates, Elmer 780 Lawrence, Blake & Jewell 768 Wyckott, Walter C 779 Gold, Louis 778 Lawyers' Title & Trust Co 7S1 Nail & Parker 768 Goodstein. Harry 2d Cover Leaycraft & Co., J. Edgar Nason Realty Co 2d Cover Zicha Marble Co., A. R 793 Goodwin & Goodwin 779 Front Cover National Electrical Lab. Co....778 Lehigh Portland Cement Co.. .795 Zittel & Sons, Fredk 779 Costly Mistakes in Building May Be Avoided and Many Difficult Problems Connected with Construction Eliminated Y selecting your BUILDER at the lime the AKCHITECT and ENGINEEK B IS retained. The result will be ECONOMY, SPEED and LOW MAINTENANCE cost G. B. BEAUMONT COMPANY. ^^t^e^X'^PoRr 768 RECORD AND GUIDE June 12, 1920 To the REAL ESTATE ITEPBEN H TYNG H. OAK BY HALI OWNER Wm. A. White & Sons Title Insurance; Mortgage Loans; St6plieDH.Tyng,Jr,,&Co. Efficient Service; Moderate Fees. The Management Incorporated To the BROKER of Real Estate- Member Beal EstaU Board N. T Protection in Plucins Loans; Quick Service. 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PARKER Morningside (7683 of America FRANKLIN PETTIT FOR LEASE ON Lawrence, President LONG TERM Transacts a Blake & Jewell General Business Four-Story Building, on Lot 26x100. Dosirahle location, near Custom House. Mortgage Loans in the Purchase Suitable for altering for business. Sales and Rentals and Sale or APPLY TO Business Properties New York City South Ferry Realty Co. Real Estate 115 Broadway Clarke G. Dailey, President 2 WALL STREET, NEW YORK CITY 115 Broadway, New York City Tel. 4080 Rector Telephone 2j^-2y6 Rector Memher Real Estate Board, N. Y. Douglas L.Elliman£ Co. City Investing REAL ESTATE and rVSURANCE Company K Now in Their New Building 165 Broadway, New York 15 East 49th Street Capital, ^5,000,000 Tel. Plaza 9200 ROBERTE. DOWLING.President June 12, 1920 RECORD AND GUIDE 769 Outlook More Favorable jammed is no reason for over-calculation of our aggre­ gate number. Taking one census with another the It is not unreasonable to believe that the period of average number of omissions in the recording of resi­ stagnation in building is nearing its end. Local labor dents always will take place. Every group of census troubles are not likely to cause further serious inter­ takers is hastily recruited, generally as a matter of ruptions in construction work once other handicaps necessity, from among people not accustomed to regu­ are removed. That always great deterrent to business, lar or systematic work, and there are certain to be the presidential outlook, will soon be clarified by the numerous inefficient employes, with the usual result action of the national conventions of the two great of inaccuracy.