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s UNDER BIG BEX. Chamberlarrt's Policies Underwritten Government by Groups. London, February IT. Govemir>«m by croups, on the German plan, ha* rAcelv^a this w»fk a setback and several fre*h impulMS. The counter movement la •man* the I.'nlonl.«ts who Flnre the gr«at coun cil In Unsdowno House may be described as a hortuxrw™!* party -with a <!rflnlte constructive policy. A';.r iui fxchangw of short letters be tfr»^n Mr Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain, the HaMer* and the Forwards hay« Joined forces. and thf> Barks, a dwindling Kroup of Fr<»« Footers, are left behind to find themselves. The ultimate fate of the Irreconcilable Free Trad" Unionists, -^presented by seven Commoners in opposition, ajai by Lord Hugh Cecil. Sir John ;orst. Mr Bowles and other defeated candidates outside Parliament, la uncertain. "With tho iMike of l»ov<»nshire. Lord OSSfIIMS) and other n lead th»»m. they may maintain a *ep- I anfte I • tiation. although at the best it will resemble Artemus Ward's repiment of brl«;adi«r tron.'n.ls. Thcr* may h* b fifth party of Union ist Free Traders, rankincr after the Nationalist sjaj [«swsr BseHSsßs, but It bssSM more probabl« vhat the strajrplers will remain isolated and hrlplesn for a • w ye.ars. like the old guard of MOesxHind Protectionists am(»njr the Tories dur ing half a century "f Fref» Trade, and that they nill • ally run to cover on one side or the other. The I'nionlsts. on the other hand. ar« definitely committed to fiscal reform, with a peneral tariff and a FmaJl duty on foodstuffs as the only prac tical nv»thod of carrj-ing out either Mr. Balfour's or Mr. Ohamt>erlaln policy. There will not be a separate Rroup sf Tariff Reformers, but a united party. Btandlng for a moderate tariff as iis flrst constructive work after its restoration to power. The conenrdat between the Forwards and the Halters tia.« bsesj arrariged SO <-.isily that Union ists flnfl difficiilty in explaining why It was not done beiore th» elections. It was as true then us Jt is now that fiscal reform has involved a moderate bswbbbj* DSrtaT. without which there bbjbj be no negotiations for reesßroettjr, no re- Bources for retaliation, no arrangements for preferential trade -with colonies Why has it not been possible for Mr. Isilfnsjr and Mr Chamber lalr. to agree upon a deflr.lUon of policy nt ar.y time tarssS the last Hbms years" This question cannot be answered easily, now that they have come together with co little trouble. Possibly tie most — llafria*»r explanation Is the critical eta.Tß of Isliism BjUbnl and the uupkuittliai of Bouth African policy durlne the closing years of The rnlonlst (roverr.mer.t. Until the end of the var In the Far East and the renewal of the aUlance asfJk Japan. Mr. Balfour may have con sidered Jt a j.axrtotlc duty to keep OM govem i2«:t In power and not to Impair the voting ■Ussajdl sf the majority by premature conces elor.s to the Tariff Reformers; and Mr. Cham harlsjßj after the war l« South Africa must have bef r. Influenced by a he;j-ty desire to have As arrangements for f-'-.f-P lURBJIUIt 1:. the two new ealsniea rlrtnaUly ordered before a general r lr. the United Kingdom la consequence bJ ttaaM mull iMI I mil ta foreign and colonial affni-s one statesman msy have be*-:, more cautious and the dOMT — Insistent In advo cating the new tariff policy than either would have been If the field had been clear. What ever nay have been the motives or excuses for lisllTlallnn and irresolution, the. ta tics were ex tr. ::»e'.y hftflL and ended in disaster. The neces sity Bar a constructive policy in rallying and re cruiting the party is now clearly discerned. Mr. •\:!l'.ur consents to lead a party irrevocably - iited to Mr. Chamberlain's principles. What has Mr. Balfour sacrificed In writing a ••.- which Mr. Chamberlain has accepted as a ...... satisfactory exposition of his v views' Not consistency, Pag the two state.s , . greed from the outset on main prin iples and have differed about methods a.nd mat t ex;.ediency. Mr. Balfour has not Bor • - pftoctptm H" has abaiid<ined his attitude of phib-nophlc doubt. For three years - l.een Ibsssos by his pw merit in g as an agnostic respecting Free Trade and Ti.rirt Reform. Now he knows his mind, has de flTied his faith in a simple anonrwnh creed and is prepared, Is work our the sa.lvation of the party. Wsilisi ■frssk with a practical basis of party reconstruction, bs regains at once mu< of the prestige lost while he was an <">p portunist leader calling a halt in the middle of the field. Or. the other hand, what does Mr. Chair.YrfTlain secure from the rwnfstTtl • Lfcr.sdowrie House" >;ot the leadership, wUeh would taYßs l:rpair<»" hip authority ac a dlpirter *ste'l reforrr.er. What h" gains is a policy of fjßSoranoe ape.in.pt Th^ abandonment of hi* prin ciple*. Without the concordat The statesman of sseverr r would be watching The sands run ning out of th« r'.ass anfl be wetaAsctos; whether he also, like Mr. Qssdste has been destined to leave ar. sbbbbbsssl wnrk, which no ni ireaoi can coirrlete.. Wtth pea^e and harmony In the househoifl the. atatej of fifty will go on Bjfd Tariff P.eform. ■rlsEtamr may happen to the M^6'.o:.er rt Kmrire. Mr. rhamberla'.n hs the satlffaetlon of knowing thtt, while little progress can be mad* durlr.g the next four or five -., r lAm c&u«e r;a* leen Ta_k*r. op by a united party slh& underwritten against losa Th« insurance ii more lmportact bbsOs Tariff Reform inevitu. b!y wIU drop out of discussion while the Lib eral govemnient Is raising a Berles of new ls eu*s a-ifl carrying out highly controversial leg islation respecting the echocls, the trades unions, taxation of site values and other matters. There ■tl be a long halt on tho Unionist side. When zo&rcMng orders must be long deferred, how lm portact It Is to have the standard boldly un furled: The number of £^x>-jj>s meanwhile has in creased aonong the government supporters. The Tr«.4es Unlonlßta, whose ©lection was financed by the Labor Representation Committee, have taken their seats on the Opposition side as a fourih party, under tlie leadership of Mr. Keir Harfiie. The old-time Trades UrJonlsts, to the numbfir of twenty, have formed another group with sessional oScerß and a separate organiza tion. There Is also an advanc«d Radical sec tion, with Pir Charles DUke as the chairman; aiid the Nonconformists, numbering; over a hundred members, have also or^anlzM for ef f«cti\A work In securing a thorough revision of the Kduration bill. The session has barely opened and already the government's unman aceable majority Is breaking up into factions, viTh policies of their own to be forced upon the J'nrn>- Minister, and with resources of lntrlg-ue SIIW'L theint*««l\«»B and with the Nationalists. Grrat gf Is the authority of a ministry which ha»* received *o overwhelming a measure of popular support. It can hardly hope to maintain effective s. iplin* when there are so many or pa.r.ls^-d BseCBSBS with representative bodies be hltid them, <v;th rnevances to be constantly n hetrx-d *r.d demands for legislation to b* ur geutiy enforced. It will be government by group*, with an Increasing force of gravitation toward the advanced Radical and l>a.bor »rroup6 who represent the organized power of wage earner*; and whenever nocl&l reforms are ad vot-atcd there la the necessity for confessing that the money cannot be found for them. That Is the answer made this week by the Prime Minister u> a powerful apptsal for old age pen cio&f; and It will have to be repeated many time* during the next few years when socialistic proposals are urged by legislative group* Let the money ijuwilon be raised too often, and ther* may be the massing of Tory Democracy in favor tt Tariff R«fonn u> the only available L,f?i<»rt of r.arir^nj ■^■«ii retorm. iit. iiai> four has been forced to cross the bridge this BBSS* UM trades unions may ultimately follow him. ' ______ L* R DISLIKE COTTON "YOKE" The Nation* Experiment to Sup plant American Ita-.i Material. The vagaries of the cotton mark«t In tho T'nlted et*t«>s. the country upon which practically tho en tire industrial world depends for its supply of raw cotton, have Induced many of the Industrial nations to experiment with a view to growing tholr own ■uppllfs either at home or in their colonies, c.er many has made the most bubtbjbU" efforts to BeeoN this advantage for her manufacturers. The gam bling fluctuations of raw American cotton are so grcnl and the BSeOS— _ hra rn.inii>ulatlon in the article has Injected such an element of uncertainty BStS the market that Germany hae decided, if possible, to free Jtnelf from what it calls -the in tolerable yoke of the American cpeoulator." The results of thene experiments are reported from the colonial districts in which they have been Baejeja as oncouraglng. From the harvest of ISK>4-'O3 five hundred bales, of &00 pounds each, have been shipped to «>ermany from the port of Lome, Africa. Judging from experiments made In UaßOs, Da homey and Tofro, tho chances of success in cotton culture are Increased In the palm oil belt, because tho rainfalls are sparse, which renders the keeping of cattle unprofitable, and because no other native product is cultivated. From theCierman East African colony about one thousand bales of f>oo pounds each o7~the ism harvest have been shipped to Germany. One of the ilifficultles which confront tl.e jrovern ment and the manufacturers is the objection of tho natives to enpaglnp in the cultivation of cotton. There has been what would be called in America a "strike" of th« workmen against the programme of the employers. For this reason the committee havta( the cultivation in charge suggests that cot ton culture, should ba done principally in connection with the communities, missions and Kuropeaa planters. From the Cameroons the first larp* sample ship ment. twenty-two bales, from the Baninm district, was forwarded In July to two large cotton Fpinn«rs in L«elpsic and Chemnitc. The result of tests made with this cotton chows that it can bo used as a substitute for American low mlddlinK only. The export capacity of the Bamum and Bali states will largely depend on the construction of a railway connecting these districts with the coast. ' POSTAL PICTURE GALLERY Presidents, Statesmen and Warriors an ShcKcn Upon Postage Stamps. Every citizen of the United States uses postage Ftamps more ar less, but how few of them are aware of ths fine miniature portraits of some of the great American Presidents, statesmen, soldiers and s.-Ulors reproduced in steel by the best en rrnvfrs. To illurtrat* the distorlo value of a col lection of T'nlte-i States postage stamps, Fhort sketch** of the (jea.i men whoso pictures have appeared or. the stamps Of thia country at different times will no doubt interest the younger collector* 1 of the present time. Of the dead Presidents the faces of Washington, Jefferson. Madison. Monroe, Jackson. Taylor, Lincoln, Grant, Garfield, Ha:ri soa and McKJnley have had plaoea on the Btamps of this ouuntiy. while the following have not been BO honoitd— two Adamses. Van Buren, William Her.ry Harrison, Tyler, Polk. Fl'.lmore. Pierce. Buchanan. Johnson, Hayes and Arthur. In 1547 the United States Issued two btamps of the value of live and ten cents. The ten cent stamp represents a reproduction of Stuart's paint of Washington, our ftm President; who was inau^ur aiM April 30, 1759, and served aig^lt years, and de clir*-d a third term. On the T>pclarati->n of Inde pendence he waa made conimfindpr-in-''h:ef of the Am<r!'. Botonieß. His portrait can be found on all issues, except commemoration ones. Thomat Jefferson was the tMrd President, and •a* a lawyer by profession and tlta author of the Dedaxatloei of Independence and the measure sub stituting dollars and cents for pounds, (shillings and BSBoa Jefferson's portrait waa put on t!.« flve-oent ti;..rr.;'. and retained that position until that issue v i discontinued, in UOL In the following year it Wii* placed on the ten-cent series, ar.u was replaced later by that of Webster. Ifadfsoa, who followed J^rTfson. did not appear until a two-dollar stamp wps Issued, in UN, where it has remained until the present tlrr.e. Monroe's portrait did not np;>ear until li<>4; when the celebration of the purchase of Louisiana was held at Bt. Louis it was printe.i on the three-cent stamp. From IS6I to 1866 the issues of 2 and 15 cents were added. The full face of Andrew Jackson appears upon the two-cent vaiu» and the martyred Lincoln upon the fifteen-cent issue Taylor, another President, appears on the Bve-eent stamp, which waa Issued In l*U to meet the reduction in f(>r»-lKn postage rates. T'pon the assassination of Garfleld a new design was made for the five-cent itamp. and GarfleM'p portrait BUC ceeded that '•' Taylor. In ISW Grant took Qarneld'a piaie on the five-cent and the latter's fa^e appeared upon the stx-ceni stamp. In ISO the Postoffl •••■ De partment issuei 1 . [ta first series of atampa In two colors. The bead of Franklin appears upon the one cent, a-postnirin riding a horse going at breakne sj'ee.i is abowq upon the two-cent, an old fashioned wy..ri burning, funne] stack locomotive is thi cen tre! tears of the three-cent, a great eagle with out atreti bed v. ;nf.->. resting upon a shield represents the tea-cent, and an wean steamer t"ine tossed about lj» shown on the twelve~eeat stamp, on the ■•.\ enty four-cei ■ la a reproduction nf Trumb famous painting, "rx^laration of Independence." The pict ure Is in purple border, with ornamental work in green. The thirty-cent represents an eagle on a sr.ield In carmine upon a background of flags In blue. Tt portrait of I_incr.l n in blach within a background and bolder f>f carmine appears on the ninety ent stump In UM an ■ Etrely new value, the eight-cent Himp, wh<> artrtnd. and the grim oM warrior Will lam T Pherm:in appeared I] the postal eailery. In tin Issue of Vtm » number of new fa<es Bppenr upon sUtmps Clay. Webster. Scott, Hamilton and Perry, warriors and statesmen, but not a President. In ir->O3 the Sherman picture waa laid nside to make room for the portrait of the wife of the first Preei dent, Martha Washington, the first and only woman to appear upon a United Sf.-it"S stamp. Tlii.s ls«ne also furnlsheri another value, a thtrteen-cent stamp, and nls.. a picture of Tienjumin Harrison, a rrand f--on of i former President. Tho portrait of Presi ce; t McKinlev appears upon the nve-c.-m stamp of the mmemoratlve Issue of the Ix>uisinna Pur chase, aa does also t hi* t of LtvinKfiton, American Minister to France at the time nf the purchase. In l»7 r i H seven-- ent stamp was issrie.t and showed the ■well known portrait of that great Secretary of War during ttie Civil War. Btanton. with his long, (low ing bea.r<i. This w.i> the >nli stamp of this denom ination ever lssmd by this government. REFORMATORY WORK. Earning Capacity of Those Who Are Set Free Doubled. While not all the men paroled from the New- Torlc State Reformatory at Klmira keep th« resolu tions they hay* mad" to live an hnnewt life, a pratlfs'lna- prr.portion <1o well and g-aln an absolute NaSBBOa which means that they hay« asraln become a part of the community with which the admin istrators of the criminal law have no concern The institution, aside from systematic pbjratca] train- Ing and enforced r*-t: ilar hiibit-^. enabling, nearly every Inmate to leave the r*formatorj ■.> sounder and atroager man plysicrUly thai when he entered, conducts schools 1n which thlrtj tradfts are taucfu, and eai.h pri«.in«r Is Instructed In the or;<- for which he seems best adrij.te.l Eftmdreda Of men •a^h y««.r f.r, out of tho Intttiitifti with their .-arn lng rapacity doubled, even if they bare not become skilled workmen. Scores of men. particularly the foreign born. ne«d little more to "reform" than the elementary Instruction ftlven In the school of let ter* and the mental and nioril still Ulua thut nat urally follows from It. A letter written by a young mas who spent two rears in the reformatory to the superinti published in the thirtieth annual r*p< rt, reads: "A few days Blno* while going ti bus i ess , met one of my former companions of t> c time I spent at the • r 'oh»-R.- on the Hill." Although perhaps rather a lat« date to b«com« retr«ißj>«ctlve and thankful t<>r tL«; Opportunltlea iTenentn.i to me while, an Inmate, I thought it would net be out of place to write, „■ i la that manner abOW at least aome appreciation. Upon my arrival I «ai aeslaiiiiil to the stenography and typ^wr',t!i»K cla«»*"», ami mastered tt.- subjects thorouifh'.y. t^friK finally advanced to assistant in structor In one of the night classes. 1 am confident that if I l;ad not bad the opportunit) to apply mj self to the work I would not be a)-le to hold th« position I do to-day- that ol confidential StClltnij in tr law department of the largest railroad com par.y In thlt- city. I hay- dm« within th< i.-.m year four or live sf th» old claaa of niy time, ami each <if ttit-m '.» to-dny drawln;: a goo.l salary. (•!)•■. after i*injt BtaßOgrspber and typewriter f<ir his tlrm has t.r.»il;:.it'-«l from that pnaltion and is now the manager of their Chicago branch. Another Is traveliint salesman for s large woollen bOUS* In this city, having oilsttnally t)*en their Btonoffruphmr There has always been h doulit In my mind if I could hnv.- lenrneii stMiographj bad I trted to &0 so while la fr- life Jt »hh tt. fact that i was ompelled to apply my mind to it or take t),e con. sequences that was the toroe behind my learn li.fc" it." Tf.e report of the board of managers stat.-fi that If It werv at liberty t<. i>ul.ll»li a list of tr.. grad uates ot what is r^ffr; to as the ••'"oilet;,- on the Hill" li would Inclu4« an Imp >sing arr;<\ of htg/bly re«;>ected dtiiet.h who have left ihe; r »o-i tr:l ul Joilleß behind. Siatlsti'-s ■11-l-d in the pa«t show that kbout eighty oul or averv liiudnd niaa uuukd trom Vi» Ir-ilmuoa wIU do waU. NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUM7AY. FEBBUABY 25. 1906. BUILDING RECORDS BROKEN. MORE Til AS $200,000,000 LIKELY TO BE SPEXT THIS YEAR FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK. Sale of Old Broadway Tabernacle Property a Feature of the Week- Many Other Big Transactions Reported. For many months the present purchaslns movement In high class business and residential property has attracted widespread attention. Not only has It existed much longer than was expected by some people who are identified with tho real estate market and who are always look ing for a sudden slump In realty values, but its strength, increasing every week, and Its allur ing features have propably pleased the majority of persons active In the market to a greater de gree than any similar movement. Since the movement became noticeable for Its Increasing vigor, property valued at millions has changed hands and many parcels long ready for Improve ment have been modernized, and. moreover, plans have been perfected for adding many more Imposing skyscrapers to the big number of such buildings on Manhattan Island. On th« site of tho old Boreel Building. No. lir> Broadway, is being built a structure which will in height, design and construction be similar to the Trinity Building. Then, on the block front on the south side of Cortlandt-st.. from Broad way to Church-st.. the City Investing Company Intends to erect a modern oflloa building. Di rectly opposite this sito is to be built the Finger skyscraper, which will bo the highest boOdlng in this country. On the two block fronts on the west side of Church-st.. from Fulton to Cort landt-st.. the Hudson Companies is building a terminal station for tho Cortlandt-st. tunnel. Near the site of the Cortlandt-st. tunnel ter minal the West Street Improvement Company is polng to erert a t wenty-three story office building which will be, w.th a tower, twenty ♦ lßht Ftoriee high. It will cove* the premises Noa 196 and 140 Cedar-Ft.. Nos. 21 and 23 Al bany-at. and No. 87 to 93 West-st. The size of its plot to be improved is 188.10% by 102.7 f«et. The cost of the structure will be about $2,000, 000. It will be built from plans drawn by Cass Gilbert At Heotor-st. and Trinity Placo the United State* Express Company is erecting a twenty-two story building for Its own use. and In lower Broadway the Adams Express Company is to build a twenty story office building. Many other tall office buildings to occupy downtown plots have been planned ar.d will be built this year. Last year tho total estimated cost of buildings for which plans were filed in the year was $162. *a,7t'.t). which was $35,000,000 greater than the largest previous sum spent in a year for Man hattan and The Bronx construction work. Since January 1 to date plans have been filed in Man hattan and The Bronx for buildings to cost about 520.000,000. as against plans filed In the corresponding period List year for structures to post about $15,000,000. Here is an Increase of about :5-4.r.(i0/MU! in the cost of construction work f-M.-h month over that of last year, in which, as previously said, many millions more were spent for buildings on Manhattan Island arid in The Bronx than in any other year In the history of the city. If the present rate of increase is main tained throughout th« year the total cost of con struction work In Manhattan and The Bronx -•or the year will exceed $200,000.1* "> The present great movement on Manhattan Island resulted last week in th»> sale of the old Broadway Tabernacle property at the northeast comer of 34th-st. and Broadway for (2,800,000 to W. R. IT. Martin, of Rogers, Peet & Co.; in one $500,000 d^al in 12."th-st., in one 1500,000 transaction in sth-ave. and in the leas ing of a building near th" Waldorf at a rental for the term of nearly $20,000,000. George R. Read & Co. were the brokers in the old Broad way Tabernacle deal, and the Roxton Realty Company (Benjamin Altman) th*» soller. A.ugustua D. Juilllard bought last week from the Daniel C. Kingmland estate, through Douglas Robinson, Charles B. Brown & Co.. No. ll»i ."th isv.v. a tour story dwelling housf, on a plot 46x140 feet, at th»> southweal corner of 17th-st., for about $500,000 Mr. Juilllard now owns a plot 82x175 feet at this point. It is said that an office :i!'.<l loft building will be erected on the site The Hudson Realty Company sold to "Wendolin J. N;tuss, of the firm of NaUM Brothers Com pany, the property at the northwest corner of 12.".th-st. niid 7th-ave., b«Mng a plot comprising five city lots. It has a frontage of 12f> feet in lll'th-st. and 100 feet in 7th-avf\ There is a three story and basement building, occupied by the Riverside Cafe and five other stores, on the site. The asking price for the property was $800,000. The seller received near that figure. The total ar^a of the plot is 12,500 square feet, and the selling price is, therefore, about $40 a square foot. Thp firm of J. B. Ketcham sold for Robert J. MoOenahan No. 33 West 123th-st., a four story building, on a lot 20x90.11 fe^t. Andrew J. Connlck and Charles E. Johnson sold to Hiram Rlcker & Sons the five story iron and brick building. No. 1.180 Broadway, adjoin ing the northeast corner of 2Mh-st. Meaarai Rlcker, att<r extensive alterations to th« prem ises, will occupy the building as their New-York headquarters. It is understood that other con cerns are li^ifotiat in^ for the remaining unsold holdings there of Messrs, Connick and Johnson, which comprise Nos. 1.182 and 1,1>4 Broadway, adjoining the parcel sold to the Rlcker*. "Leopold Well boM No. 871 Broadway, a five £tory and loft building, lif> by lf>U feet, extending to Franklin Alley, for the Lawyers' Mortgage Compj ny to C C Peck. The purchase pr: wan less than $200,000 Seth Bprague Terry sold No. 133 Llberty-st , a four story business building, 25.«»x7r>x irregular, 04.8 feet east of Waahlngton-st Doug las Robinson, Charles B. Brown &- Co. were the brokers. Robert E McDonnell bought a plot, 53x55.3x Irregular, at the north corner of Riverside Drive and 113th-st., and also the adjoinit.^ plot, .">1 hx 111.9x50x98.9 feet Blawson & Hobbe were the bn.k. Charlea H. Ea-ston & Co. Bold for K. Hall McCormlck the old Work property at the north west corner of Mh-st. and Bth-ave.. a four story dwelling house. The plot has s frontage of 28. «> feet In <>th-ave. and 1<»<» feet in Bth- I Tu< -r. Bpeyera & Co. sold for Pranklln M. Grail to Rudolph Grosa Nos. 14,"> and 147 \V»-st 2Sth-st., t\w. stables, altered for business use, on a plot 47.'.»xHS feet Horace s Ely & Co. sold for Ellas J .Rer rlck and other persona a plot at the north corner Of Coentlea Slip and Bouth-st., with a frontage of DO feet in Coenties Slip, to th.- Church Mis sionary Society for*6eamen, which is to change its name to Seamen's Church Institute The buyer win erect a ten storj bunding on the site. Th Elastman Kodak Company bought from Robert A Murray No. 235 We.-l -•" i -t . :i three story dwelling house, on a lot 20x118.9 fe*t. It recently puivhaaed Nos 2.17 and -'■'.'.> it will erect on the combined parcels an eight story building for Ita own use. Mrs Josephine Bloa sold No. 17 John-st . between Broadway and Nassau -at .an alley nln*» deal wide, • xtending about 7."> feel to an interior (ourt about 4*» I»>\7^T •'■ feet, in which court is I ■mall lour story building The plot was for merly the site of the John Street Theatre, which Is '-:I|<l: I |<l to have been the second beat i ever built In tliis city ls;ia. •I Clothier Bold th«» plot. 100x100.8^ feet, on the north Bide of DSth-at.. 100 feet east Of r«rh-ave.. to W <; Part Pease & Elliinan we.'c i ii.- broki rs I<r George llvans sold th- plot 73x100.1] feet. on th- south side of llAth-st.. I<ni f.- t west of Broadway, opposite Barnard PteM An apart ment houM win he built on the slt<-. Charlea T Barney sold No. 11* West .".""ith-st., ■ four Htory and basement dwelling hf>us»-, on a lot 16.0x100.5 feet Also sold in th« saniH street Nos. 117. Ill* and 121. three dwelling houses. The Albert Booth Cohn Company Bold for Parsons ft Holrman No %4 We*t Hsth-S1 a four story office building, on a lot 20x88.9 feet. This lot la directly In the rear of the tv old huild liirs frnntinß in o4tli-st. and occupied by "the Arts Club. Vtdtula A Preston sold to an out of town In- vestor No. 202 sth-ave., 17x100 feet, a five story building altered for business. The McVlckar, GaUlard Realty Company and Alexander Hess leased for Lydia A. Peck the five story building No. 17 "West 34th-st.. on lot 25x98.9 feet. Th« lessees are Frank Brothers, of No. 22-1 6th-ave. The l*ase is for a term of Blxty-three years at an aggregate net rental of nearly $1,750,000. After the expiration of the existing leases on the property, which have about three years to run, the lessees will erect a bulldlnK on tho site for their own use. Whltehouße & Porter sold for Max Marx to Charles T. Cook the block bounded by 9th-ave.. 20i>th and 20& th sta. and Harlem River. It comprise* about eleven lots. Collins & Collins sold for a syndicate con trolled by the Bankers' Investing Company a plot of six lots on the north side of Vermllye-st., 100 feet west of Isham-st. The depth of each lot Is 150 feet. Peter Peterson is tht. buyer. He recently purchased the northwest corner of Sherman-ave. and Isham-st. Charles H. Easton & Co. and Brooke Sc Geager sold to Mrs. Grace H. Smith No. 110 West 69th et., a four story and basement dwelling house. 18x100.11 feet. Charles F. Noyea Company leased the six story and basement building now belnp erected at No. 4S to tk> Beach-st.. on a plot lf.lx£*> feet, for the Protestant Episcopal Society lor Promotion of Relisrion and I^aminsr. to the I'nlted "Ware houses fompany, H. II Campbell, president. The lease Is for a term of nftt-en years. The structure being built is a modern storage build ing. The McVlckar. Oalllard Realty Company and Ames & Co. sold for the Delano estate to \\\ Clarence Martin Nos. 312 and 314 7th-ave.. old buildings on a plot 50x93.6 feet. Mr. Martin paid nearly $100,009 for the plot. It was owned by the Delano family for over fifty years. George R. Read & Co. sold for th.. estate of Mary J. Martin the five Btory buildlns: No. 22 Warren-st., to a client. This la the first sale of this property for over fifty years. Overtures have been made, it was rumored in the week, to purchase one of the buildings in lower "VVall-st.. owned by W. K. Aston. The transaction. It was further said. lnchuled the purchase of additional land and the construc tion of an annex to the structure. About $2,000. 000 was Involved In the deal. The Orient Build ing, at the southeast corner of Wall and Pearl sts., was eald to be the structure In the trans action. The rumor was not confirmed. The Mercantile Trust Company, of St. Louis announced last week that the office build- Ing which is to bo erected on the small plot of ground at the southeast corner of Broadway and uall-st. will be eighteen stories high. ' The llnancial arrangements for the construction of the building have been made by St. Louis men. A one-6tory structure stands en the plot, which was sold recently by the Sllllman estate for 5.00.0n0. or at about $025 a square foot the highest price ever paid for a parcel of real estate In New-York. The lot measures only 29 lOx 80.JO feet, and Includes 1,170 square feet Owing to the small siz<> of the pint many real estate men thought that a tall building could not be erected on the site. It is expected that a fair income o n th« Investment will be received from tho renting power of the building. NEW HOME FOR WILLIAM KNABE & CO. The business of th.' well known piano house of William Kr..-; ACa has grown so large that the house recently decided to lease the eleven story building at the southeast corner of Mth-st and sth-ave. It has secured the KN'ABE BITTtXHNO. Nos. 437 rind 435» sth -ave.. New-Tork. premises for ;i lonp term and it will more from its old Quarters, at Xo. 154 sth-ave., to its n-w home about May 1. Its new structure in sth ave. will be called 'ho Knabe Building. It will use tho l»u>i«-i!ii- tit aiul store, and probably •■;■.• loft In th-< building aa piano warerooms, and tho other lofts it wIU Bubtot. For years the piano bouse o« William , & Co. ha^ ! . >f the btghesi , piano industry, both i. Europe. NOW OWNS THE -CHINESE FARM." W. G. Park, !>■•-!.• ■ [ the Cm Steel Company of Pittsburgh through bfa Anderson, Pendtoton A Anderson, baa bought a large number of the" eho is in Long Isla:.il City. H<« now owns th.-r^ property more than (1.000.000. Two of bin recent pur were the property of iln- Astoria I and in- property known aa the arcela adj large holdini I hn 1> i rlmmins, .• . t( nds r.. . : houses <>n his plots. S Osg i . . were the brokers In t!.»- Park transactions. MARTIN H. GOODKIND A BUYER. Martin H. <: Iklnd has bought throusli Wlll lam Henry Fotaorn and I •■■•n s. Altmay.-r Noa I.OW ai I 1.056 Park-aye., and No 68 Cast 87th-s( being ■be soathwesi corner of B7th-st Th«- buildings are live story apartment Iwowi wttli three stores. Th«- premises have a frontal of 51 feel in Park-aye. Tl Belter* were the Lawyers' Realty Compai and David and Harrj Ltppmann. • N. Y. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SELLS. Charles F\ Noyea Company has sold for t he New-York Life Inmnrai Company No 490 Brooi • and Ko. ..;."•!• v.vst Broadway, a si-v.ii story Btore and lofl huildh Ith b front ace of 21 reel in each street, and forming an ■I," around th.- parrel at the southeast corner of Broome-si and w.st Broadway BIG WEST SIDE WAREHOUSE PLANNED. Plans bare been Sled with Buildings I ipertn tsodent Ifurphy for an ei^ht story ttrt-j.ro«>f wan bouse in 143d-et-. east of Lenox-ave. it will hav<- a frontage of 47 feet. George llartli Huss, the arcfaJtact, pmrkl— llir a facade of Dmestone rnamenfed by v great . entral rectsa panel, extending from the third to the Tenth story Inclusive, a singl-- row of windows will extend on .-ith.r aide or this pamej from the (round Boor to th« roof Than will b»- a i^rurui entraaoa, two stories hi«h. flanked with Doric columna and having ornamental Kutes and additional entrances on either Ride Th" building is us i*, erected fur the Lenox Warehouse Company. it is to cost $7^ mm INCREASES ITS REALTY HOLDINGS. Th.. firm of Bloomlacdad* Brothers, the mem barsof which are Baasu«l J. Bloomingdale Hiram C Bloommgdale andlnrlnsl Btoomlncdale. bom of U»< late Ljrraan q Btoomlngdale. have added to their real estate hoUtaga by purchases* from Uw» eatau, of Joseph U. Bloomla all of the 11' inter Resorts. NF.M JKIOFY "It In th* romlnc ronitmrtlon for »11 *»"•■»' f>ull.lln«» — It won't h*n<l. tt won't hr» a amtt y(*; COCXDXT BOi.V IT IP YOl TRIEI>— " THOMA3 A. CZJISo, finarlborouGb^Blcnbetm OPEN 4UTUE YEAII ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. CAPACITY to the. famous Marlhorough Hr>us^ of It* n-w annM "Blonhetm" with _•:.■■ kw*i room* ani 550 prt»^, bath.H (on« with • •■• tv room) coratruct-rt <at a S*al of a minion dollars, of re!nforc<«l concret« coliena, and beam* and ho:].,v-ttle walls and floors, insuring tn* dry atmosph«r» so <i«slrabl« at taa shor% Th* appointments ar» fine. Th* |nMMt •olarlum o-.'orlooking the ocean la ta» world. Mualo orche»rra of soloists throughout IBjS y> ar <loif privilege*. OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT. JOSIAH WHITE <L SQNs ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Hot and cold sea sad fresh water in all t'aths Running water in b«-<!rooms. Hbbbj thoroughly and completely appointed with every known modem equipment. .3^3 p,j. vate baths. Illustrated MHtfclst Capacity. 450. Unobstructed view from ail roo:!.s. 'Ikadf jrts. lieges to guests over the famous Atlantic City Coir.try Club Course. CHAS. O. MARQUETTE. TRAYiIORE HOTEL COMPAXT Manager. P. 9. WHITE. President. HOTEX MORTON, Virginia Aye.. near Beach. Atlantic City. N. J. Open ail th« year. Fine Table. Suites wtth private bath. Hitni •omely refurnished. Perfect «ar.ltary arrangements. Ele vator to all floors, Special rates for Winter. Capacity. 250. MRS. N. R. HAI.NES, Owner and Proprietor. GALEN HALL HOTEL. AND SANAT'"'RIT ATLANTIC CITY, If. J. Our elegant New Brick Building U now complete. No mar* luxurious accommodation* on the Coast. With half an acru of curaUve Bath». anj a s.vi:r.mlns pool Booklet. F. U YOUKQi G*nl MuasjaK THE HOLMHTJEST, aTUimC CTTT, N J. Aft»r »x">n>i!ve alt^rari. •ne. pr«-*»>nt!i an <>ntlre.'y new hf>t<?L Sltuat*\l In th« most c>T,tra; an.l jr*t most selaet s^otlon. I'ennsylvanla-avt- 1 'r...! struct «>,l ( (tan Tiew. *^ipaelty M 0 T-- wry laths' an.l -\-ry hieh class h- -■»»! appoint ment, i'rlvate laths. rur.n:ni; w<iter !r. iwana. sja-lnus porcb««, ■■■..-- te srrett. etc. H'^ok lei and spring terms upon rr.ju^st HEXRT I'ARXEXL HOTEL ISLESWOETH. ON" THE UCAfH AT VIRGINIA AYE.. atlanti' 1 crrr, .v j Hot an.l cold sea wat»r In al! bath* N>w Dsl eaf» and prill nxirn. Orchaatra. 'I'hi'nt'E In racsaa ABuri can plan. $:i r«r day an«l up. #17.'.i> p»r wa«k ar-c ip HurotH-an plan. $1 tl ftm day and u[.. Wrltf ttm hnohtai OSft'KXQ it I'AINTEK. THE ALBEMAHLE, Virginia Avf., near Keaoh. Atlanti: OKW, IC J. fl»— I loratton. lUsk class irol-rn h.>tel at nwidcrate rates, iaa lar^e sunny n>-.nis, saaSSi BMQ furnlsh-.i. BBMS bedb. prtratf batln cie\atur. strain 4.(«» i ft SOS fail.rs. ■sjafee. anp«lW>l tabU an.; srni'v. fZ up Ua: > spi rUIlj rtaucej wia|| rai.-a ar.J booklet n:-. - j T. O ilK THE REVERE ATI.ANTIC 11TV. N. J. ,- Park PJac near ach Keapens SatunUv. fVhruary 1.. IW.XI JAM.-:, M. Mi'hlßE. THE WILTSHIRE. ATLANTIC OTT, X J Op*n an ihe year Write for I BERKSHIRE INN, Atlantic C;ty. X J altar. SEtt-HiKR. BRIARCLIFF MANORL. NEW YORK POCANTICO LODGE Open 1 broaghoal he Year Doubled in capacity, gencroosty equipped and conducted conventent^i access, and a cente oi many open-air attractions Ln - enuC _GEORGE W. TUTTLE. Manage* BRUBGLIFF LCDGE WU MM OTMTO i UWCITB SEiSOH ENO.HB DECEMO I. Home Oft,,, or X,w York Office, WhSS ~l l"^' Strc,t, W lu-r,i:. S. Comsi »in Mailv attend h^^l7^ ; M tuical ! nst ruction. \G. possi, ™r t .7 : :..•;' .; ,--^ : i ; iiF :^ 1 n.strmtton. i;i.n.TTioN- -private mAiu la isnans mm» IBM** lj -•-<i:>n TtcttAH also -!•• it .:■ r*»Urn, c or my stadbk Mr INCE, 1.430 Broadwaj School Agencies. mni k. mihiam coi . 1 Kr« Tera Ctty, malm • n^ta-v f wSrtiwtowto irni»l - to panati fall lafarawttoa .» soed ■rtuahTT^ tatneten ta,aU smAw rr^trtnanj vSSj AnvKRTKrMRNTs ANP Misumm f., r it.. Tllaesji mtai si ttatr Fpton («,-, N ,, ,^S! llroa.lw^j. Wt»pn, 3flth un,l ;:Tth na until 9 r , ~? ndsM 14th Xt ; 2.-7 \\>»t 4M .1 h^t w^, n Tth ', ,, %,-. "-*-**' w^Ht iy.th .t i:t3> 3. «x, Ih-^VU *7,, th '^ r-Z*^ Mis<-ellai)cnus. qoi nt x'.u. to mD; snlsssiliallj Mm Iw^... h City Hotel* hotel GRENOBLE s<>th St. ami 7th Ay.. \\ y v EXROPCAN FUN". ANT' TRANSirNT HOTEI •■■.KAN PLJLN RATE* KEA^XABIJ 1 * Restaurant open until r_* p. M. After Theatre Suppers WILLIAM P. CHABE; Fort t.Uaai lUnry Hot*J. _ Cou ntry Board. business property which Joaer-n B. BloomlngdaU owned when he retired from the firm In l^Utl Th.- property Includes the t.l«ht atory ware house and Btuble, covering I;«'ah\> .^uaro foot In v.l'th-st.. btuwtwc 2d and B<l »v^ - and th«j uix story bualu«>M struuUir* at th»-xu>rth*wJ*t Winter Resrrrtg. >KW-.JKI:>r.Y. The lakewood Hotel Lakewood. N. J. American and f.nrop^ ia pUn. ,v TI i E UKEIVnOr) HOTEL ha. Iob S b-en kajwß v th» vv b t «<iulpp»d wlnttr hot*l In this couat— •>! salubrious, health alTing pln« air of La*«wood aks «, mammntr. BSBSjattfcasa hotel. a.ro r dtr.< eTery aSS convenl-nr« a- 1 luxury to Irs patrons hay. ajSTi the most popular winter resort on th:s eontln»n- -. : season the cuisine, alway* notad for it-, excellence, -ma t» -v^ h-tter than -ver Th-* .-h,f a.-.i staff tiuit haw mad- BERi-.KRS of Newport famous In that hon. tf eptenraa. have b«e a brousht to tha Lakowood ao« Wi •- t •., isssHaa on \vat*r Cure Bath »t'»c!i«4s JAS. ■ BERRY. Manager. BARTLETT INN. L.-VKEWOCD. ■ J. Qui»t. refined, homellxt. th roughly modern, tupecsa lnvtted. Writ* for Ulustratatl booklet. I idvslase A MODERN HEALTH RESORT I A MODERN HEALTH RESORT I _ U» us •njjaa «ar boulcl. THE CLAHE2TDON. 1 Vlß<;i.\-r A AVB NEIAR PEAT! t iTSf baths - ei««tor. sun par.or .^aparttr. a *•'**'«*■ M. f NlEil.Oi THE PEXXHURStT Ocean fnJ Michigan Ay.. Atlar.tl- •■ V • *~m Elevator^.tre^t. g WM R. BOO* HOTEL STRAN-p--nr.FPPor. F ATLANTK ' cm N- 1 .•ireotly on the «mi front. RwraraUhwi and lajTMt throu«hoT!t. Fr--<h ar. 1 ?~a water haVha •— «•, SdS lie. Automobile meets train jj.«o: a : spring tarast H. L. FAirtHAIRV. ISSBJ CHESTER INN Ay - a *^ city, x j.-s« td*s. Rt _ heat. Elevator. $2 Ul> j^;,- $il , Bp ■ nasa . Mr-. D. K3Utn NEW- YORK. HOTEL GRAMATAN, buonxviuj:. westchester ca. x. T. "T^-N" ALL THE YKVR. The m.i«t (1-iUhtful ImU and ploasui* r-sort near .\--v v ■• < S3LT.t£3 STSZSZA *i-am hea: nd , P^ n wool tire, throuiilut tS. hot*. WfIKT KKFIXED KXCXfStfS as* it* ,rwl C«asi - • - .. .-JSS J. J USXIN CO.. Pro»» 11 T " hh s V l 3 nAST - THK AunAMi nnsarr"^ ; WsMbsbsl Virginia Hot Springs m;>\ \ork ornfK. us fifth atk. \\M«n. b«th., hoteN aAd •rea<r 7 nowtter* f«»U«i nh«umatl»m. «out urul n»rrou» ilmmam e-Mi. CaßSj# h>drcthanii>«u!ic appuratu». ja^nuM .un p*rlor. Pi NBM HOMESTEAD rn.xj.rr m th« .trl.tMt -cm *J l>*tr,»ni«.a b> th* hi^h^st e tas». ta utontmdoo**-* JJJ ""*•' ' 'J r^.rt houi tn Am«rt«. 3IU** 1 oITJc. »tth >ilr«H t N y w<r«. The Chesapeake 4 Ohio Railway allows atup-ov.r ,t, t . \U»*ton. Va. oa ttxrou^ii dc«»t» " Cincinnati. Loul»vi:i«>. Chicago St Loui* &a>l ti» "•" tor »ld« trip to Virginia Hot Spring*. — Pullman (MsnpertaMstt car. vui Wa4iLi<ton. •••T N. V <>*«.% p m.. «mv»» SvrUMW »iO » m.. iStH" 5 SI HuMrii n itebats at C*. jk O. offl^. Brc*Jw»T. am V»n-i* X X «n,l ,-.mn« -tln« ttnaa KKKD STKRRY. SBSMSSam Hot Bprtn»» Vfc NOUTU aROU.M. BATTLRY PARK HOTEI AMIEVIIXE. >. C. Uixtvrn ami bis!> rUw la »v«y partltttUr. »T j» r«auvat*U «ud *rr.aiv .o>i>i<.>\ ifcrou*nv>ul. » >— - Ur«»« «n>l br.t twid to i>!i»«UM. - wowunJi^ A nia^.ut Mruiuw ut Duuaulu vl»»» Cuu»iii«SW' tt^ takau. Writ* tor bwuUaC ». B- D-k*-»*' "^