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BRONX PARCELS IN DEMAND
INCREASE 1\ TBADtNG IS THE BOBOVGH CLEARLY
>UO\i S BY SALES MADE LAST WEEK.
Kern High Record Rental for 34th Street Building, Between Fifth and
Sixth Avenues— Builders ami Investors Prominent Along the Drive.
Deals In th* upper West Side districts were feat
ures la«; week of the trading In the local real
•state market. Tnare were many buyers for prop
erties on Washington Heights, especially for vacant
plots Bfft^ip a short distance of the North River.
J, belter demand for improved and vacant property
In The Bronx -was also a feature of the week, ■■*:<.
of the largest Bronx transactions being the sale
■C the Mott Haven apartments. N<_>. 425 to 453 ast
137 th ftreet and No. 42S to «6 East 135 th street, be
tween Willis avenue and Brown riace. The plot
on -which the house stands has a frontage of 150
feet on each street and a depth •' W feet. Lots
- at South Orange, N. J.. were given in part pay
ment.
Another Bronx deal last week was the sale of a
plot of three lota on the west side of Westehesier
■.venae, 92 feet south of Tremoiu avenue, and ot
three lots on the north «id« of 175 th street. 310 feet
west of Nelson avenue. They were given by John
Davis In part payment for four forty-foot apart
ment houses c:: the north side of :37th street. 218
feet east of Cyjuess avenue. I* S. and A M. Bing
Mrete the seller* of the apartment houses.
The Increased demand for Bronx property was
clearly indicated at the auction Eai« of the Trask
estste lots, at 174 th street and the Southern Boule
vard. i' c at- th« Real Estate Exchange sales-
POPULAB TYPE 6 OF APABTMBNT HOUSES.
>COS. * AND » BAST 107 TH STRKTrT.
* six story apartment house. Sold last week
by Arnold. Brrne *■ Baumann for Her
nian Wfa\*r.
rnon-.f. Kos 14 and i« Vesey street <>n Wednesday
by Bryan I. Keimelly. Higher prices were paid
for many lots than some well known real estate
.experts thought they would bring. The total sum
reaJized at the sale was gfie.'W and for a lot nt
th<> r-ou*heast -■ •'■?:• street and the South
ern Boulevard $24,750 was peid It wat the largest
amount ever obtained it a ona^dajr sale of Bronx
Ms Amoi.g the buyers were scores of persons
whop* names a:«^ not familiar In realty trading.
Since January plans have been liled for improving
suaaa numbers of Bites In The Bronx with dwelling
nouses. *V>re buildings, fiathouses and factories.
NO. I WEST S7TH STItKLT.
A four story and basement bouse, on a lot
25i95.S feet. Sold lust we^k by Dnuglaw
Robim Charles S. Brown & Co.. for
Mrs. A O. Allen
and Ibis bcildlag activity is likely to be conslder
_» «■ My eniarged as a result of the Trask estate sale
ami o;her rect-nt Bronx transactions.
DEALS iN MIDTOWN ZONES.
Tr.frv ;Uso was. a fslr num'^r of buyers in nud
"♦■torri lorn* \art \v*ek. and f=«-veral leases -of central
.. *itee or. Manhattan Island were made &i n> -w
{*_ record Sr^f**. Tr* Jletrojiole Hotel was tak'.n
*-. cr fraaVtbe Cnited Chemist Company under a
long 1-»:;*?1 -»:;*? i* tn«- L«. A. Staulta Cigar Coin| any,
ihe Bet yearly rental !<>r tlie term being &/>."*>.
Tnis property wi» l«-as>t-«] several months ai;o by
f*- Eaei Cntted «*.iemisi Company from the Cue Mtate
- at an annual' net rental uf Bo,Otf>. In 31th Mit-*-t,
l.iv.en Kittj .mi Sixth kveuuee. a UnildliiK on
* S-tottt Wv.au leased f»r n i»e:i..d of twenty
;.e*rt, el a totcJ ic::ij.i lor lliC ' terra «->f SSAOOO.
" BeVesJ «>v. no. 1 * -if £rcj»eriy In mWto*i< dections
•3 lUruifO i>:< m:i.«.uiy v i:.~ Xniv&ing »f tb« week by
■ culuraU:g: tlivlr plots. !>JUgLaa Kobln*>on. Charles
.".' 6. Si-oR-n & Co. sold fur Mrs. A. O. Allen to a.
Mri W-s«=on No. 3 West 37th street.* Mrs. Tlw
soa also otrtia the premises No. 1, adjoining. The |
nroocrty comprise two four story 4wemns;Jio«««. I
occupying a riot OOxSS.9 I**l They have been al
tered fcr business use The price paid for No. 3
M « considerably over $125.00^ Brodj. AdU-r & |
Koch bought No .- West 30ft. street, a four story ■
dwelling house, on a lot 25x32 feet. They recently
bought No. 39 to 43 West =Oth street. The com
bined parcels have a frontage of 107 feet and a j
depth of 92 feet. T j
Trading hi the Drive has been a feature ol the |
realty buatnea transacted since the fall season. I
Last week a market was found for the Hudson,
a seven Btorj apartment house at the south cor- ;
ncr of Sslh street and Riverside Drive. The prop- j
erty was bought by George C. Engel from Bernard
C McKenna. The house Is on a plot fronting .-2
feet on the Drive and 89.9 feet on the street. The
buyer gave In part payment parcels In th€ lower ,
East Side. Abwut two months ago the Charles j
Hensle Realty Company sold to Andrew P. Mor
lson the Imperial Arms, a large apartment house
at the northeast corner of 13Sth street and the ,
Drive Thai house occupies a plot of six lots, j
Mr. Hensle took a three year lease of the prop- i
erty from Morison at an annual rental ofCS,«W. j
The block front on the Drive from lGlst to laid ;
THE WALUXGFORn.
A five story apartment house, No. 2"?
West 106 th street. Bold last week by
William H. Falconer to- the Washing
ton Arch Realty Company.
street, comprising about fourteen lots, was also
sold about two months ago, by M. and 1.. Hess for
tli«- Empire Realty Corporation to Charles H.
Rosenthal. It was held at $300,000. The site has a
frontage of 383 feel on 152 d street and 145 feet on
the Drive. Last week Mr Rosenthal sold the
southeast corner of 152 d street and tlie Drive to a
bulkier, who will erect on the plot an elevator
apartment house. The plot to be improved has a
frontape.of 140 feet on the street and 104 feet on
tlie Drive.
The Fowler 'ourt. a seven story elevator apart
ment house being built at the north corner of
AI. ESTATE ZONKS
IN ACTIVE RE
NOB. 521 AND 5O WEST IS6TH STREET
Two Bye story doubJ** OMhousec Bold
w«-ek by James X Hoi
gust C Kanz
U2th v * Street and Riverside Drlvr was recently*
bought by Philip Livingston from Oalder & Kassolt.
!.« property was held at $&•).«*». The iiouae If on
a plot 104. 4x141. Irregular. This parcel formed a
part of the block front between tilth and "...'-,
streets, fronting In i h« Drive, which Wllilam Wal
dorf - tor boW In February, 1908, to Bloc & Uing
at a price slightly less than $3.V>,ofio. Charles M.
Schwab at one time considered the purcria.se of
the property ;is a site f«r a house Tor hi* own
occupancy. 1. Randolph Jacobs & i.v aico recently
wild a plot TfiilOO if. t -ii the Drive. *« feet' north
• ..» 116Ui street for the rftat»- Realty ami Mortgage
«*oni;>any. Oh liiat plotvis to i«- erected mi «-lKiit
•-toy.v apirtiiu-Kt liiius-. ■■.-.■• a • tljt"- ; in: on
the- mjuth is being built «i twelve story apartment
b««use- by tin- 1-Mrterflejd Ot'tistruiUoj^.-Cotupajii',
vi:.l'- tic abutting j/ro|i< rty ftp Clan mint avenue
ia to be Improved wjlji eight and nine story n' u ?ea
l»i f.-.ti n » Ur»itii«-rii.
The Hensle Construction Company recently filed
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY. APHTL 11. l^ v
Auction Sales of Real Estate^
Originator
of
Special
Sales
Days
Special Sales Day
Thursday, April 15, 1909,
At 12 o'clock Boon. EXCHANGE SALESROOM. M Vesey 9 t . KM -York City. -
Absolute Executors' Sale
WOODCOCK ESTATES,
By order of Lea Luquer, Morris S. Thompson and Charles G. Koss,
Executors.
MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN PROPERTY
Borough of Manhattan. Borough of Brooklyn.
416-418-420-422 459 Sackett St.
--, j ,*/•« d.~-^**4- i Two story ar.4 basement brick and brown stone
East 26th Street. | iJ&K xxsar* "* "°"
One 4 story and one 3 story brick Buildings. | S. 'W. Cor. HerkilTier
«ith two story brick Building In rear. Size or | ....
plot. n00x9 5 .9.; ■ «i-»xlU 4^4- St and Utica Ay "
8 West 113 th M; L Ten Lots, on Plot Size
Three story and basement brick private dwell- « -%c». IOC A
•nc with one story frame extension in rear Size, IxOXIOO.O.
■: Gxiou4l.
JOQfh con remain on mortgage for 1, 2 or 3 years at 5%.
Titi« insurance policies of the Lawyers' Title Insurance A Trust Co. rKtt.
GEORGE FLINT . WARREN. JR., ATTORNEY FOR
EXECUTORS. 256 BROADWAY, NEW YORK CITY
Trustees' Sale
Estate of Mott S. Cannon, Deceased,
By Order of Ulysses A. Cannon and Howard M. Cannon. Trustees.
N. W. Cor. Third ! 480 Third Ay.
a . i* -"V"* A *"• a. Three story and cellar brick Tenement . with
A\T ALp 9 Jf\ Wf i one slire and one story extension. Sirs of lot,
r\\ • iX jLjL\M. *w7l» 24.8x100
(KNOWN AS THIRD AVENtrE AND 1«1 -163 i \T \\T C f\f 1I4" li
Four story «nd cellTr brick bulldlDC. with thres 'N.W. ' Cor. lltn
400 FiVhth Ay v - * 47th St.
»"^T UJtlllll i~». ▼ • (KNOWN A 5"643. «*7. «4t> AND «51 ELEVENTH
Tw« i'ton- brick BulldW with one .tore. Sue ' AVENUE AND 601-fIOS WEST 47TH STREET. •
-• IP' 2r.i1 00. Fh« Lots, 1008 on avenue and 128 feet on
!r*t!;e heart of the Penna. Ter. Section. i street.
t
BtA/V ran remain en mortgage for 3 ye«r» on the 3d and «th are. property «nd 60% on th.
t^JfO llth ■ T *' property.
TITLE INSURANCE policies of the lAwyecs 1 Tit;« Insurance and Trust Co. FREE
G. H. Hinnau & Wellesley W. Gage. Attys., 165 Broadway.
SAME DAY
Hotel Schuyler
(Known by Nos. 57-63 West 45th St.)
™" yine »tnr» brtek hotel, with 10th »<ory 1" rear, ceotalnios IBS rooms, with three #l»<"trte ele»at«r»
to building. Base «f plot, 35x100.5.
lour Rtorr and baoement. with cellar, brick private dirclllnK. with three *U>ry aad baaement
ntenMon. Site of lot. 15.9x100.11.
— — ■ Telephones. 741-742-743-744-745 Cortlandt.
JOSEPH P. DAY, AUCt'r, 31 Nassau St., N. Y. City.
plans for the erection of two six story apartment
houses on a plot at the southeast corner of 136 th
street and the Drive at a cost of J250.0C0. They will
he built from plans by Schwartz & Gross. Mr*.
Louise F. Mahoney recently bought from the estate
of Charles G. Havens a plot at the north corner
Of Riverside Drive and 96th street, with a frontage
of 109.1 feet on the Driv and 51.8 feet on the street.
She sold It. together with an adjoining plot lOOx
100.11 t«-et. on <n>th street, to the Densmore-Cornpton
Building Company, which will erect a large co
operative apartment house on the site.
Another larße sale of a plot, on the Drive recent
ly reported was that of the six 'story elevator
apartment house No. 110 Riverside Drive, north
corner of 83d street. It is on a plot 57.3x83.8x ir
regular. Adjoining the property on t!ioi north are
the Gainsborough, a seven story apartment house,
and The Turrets, another seven story apartment
bouse. At the. south corner of 99th street and the
Drive a ten story apartment house Is to be built
by the West Side Construction Company, at a cost '•
of 080,400, from plans by George F. Pelham. At
the northeast corner of 150 th street and the Drive
• six story apartment house Is being built by M.
Goldberg, at a cos: of $150,000. from plans by Neville
& Bane. It will occupy a plot 108.9x112 feet.
In one of the largest trades reported this. year, a
group of sir story apartment houses known as the
Cromwell Apartments ripuif.l. The houses are on
the north side of 137 t h. street, extending from
Broadway to the Drive. The property was pur
chased by Simon E. & Max E. Bernhelmer from
the Transit Realty Company and the Charter Con
struction, Company, both of which companies .are
controlled by L. 8. & A. M Blng The deal in
volved property valued at $2,500,000. Messrs Hern
l.i Uner gave to Bine & Bin* '" art payment El
Nldo, a seven story elevator apartment house, on
.a plot 89>.1x143J feet, at the northwest corner of
110 th street and Seventh avenue, the two story
building known as The Auditorium, No*. 236 : and
238 West 116 th street, on a plot 30x100.11 feet; the
four five story new law houses, on a plot 40xlO» feet
each, on the north side of 137 th street. lt» feet
west of Southern Boulevard, and a plot 75xl<X> feet
i on the west side of Southern Boulevard, 375 feet
north of Jennings street.
Plans were also recently tiled by George F. Pel
: ham for a six story . apartment house to be built
Ia > a cost of $2iO,<Joo at the northeast corner of
166 th street and Riverside Drive for the Lansing
Company, and aLso for the building of another sir
story apartment house for the same company, at a
cost or •aOO.AW. at the southeast corner of 157tn
'' street and Riverside Drive. A $200.0«> apartment
house will also be built by the same company at
{ th « southeast corner of lS«th street and Riverside
I Drive from plans by Mr. Pelham.
\ number of modern dwelling houses with front
n»ea in the Drive has also changed hands this
year Robert J. Hoguet recently bought No. ISO
Riverside Drive, a five and a iiaif sic wy A.ner -
can cement dwelling house on a lot „.*.*> feet
and the B-.gen Realty Company recently found a
buyer for -V" •'- Riverside Drive, a four story and
basement (Swelling house. on a plot fronting ..-4
and with a depth of 110.9 feet
FOR WEST 20TH ST? BUILDING, 5725,000.
Tu , iff Bpeyer & Co. sold for Charles Brog*". to
an Investor. N-. 27 to 33 West 20th street, a new
twelve stOD !!..: ai.f.l- buUdlng on a plot 100x92
feft. The purchase price as $:-.-""
A 24TH STREET INVESTMENT DEAL.
Henry C HuVchberg has sold for T. K. Grea&lee
ii four storj dwelling house. No ;336; 336 \\ «st Ulh
street. ttxl» teat. The buitr i* an inve«to-
Auction Sales of Jietd Estate
165 West 122 d Street.
BUYS A PLOT ON HEATH AVENUE.
A Row of Dwelling Houses Will Be Erected
on the Site.
Richard M Montgomery has so.d for the Kings
bridge Real Estate Company to the Fordham Re
alty Company, of which Alfred Errleson Is pre*.
dent six lots at l»3d street and Heath avenue.
The buyer will erect six single family dwelling:
houses on the site.
There has been considerable activity recently In
this section of the West Bronx, kno* n as the
Bailej tract. In the last two months over twenty
lots, "all of whirl: have been taken by builders.
have been sold
TO BUILD IN WEST HIST STREET.
Plans Filed by Max Marx for Flathouses to
Cost $120,000.
Plans have been Wed for two six story flat
houses to be built for Max Marx, as owner, on .
141 st street. 100 feet west of Lenox avenue, from de
signs by George P. Pelham. as architect, at a cost
of $60,000 each.
Koehler and FarnSworth. architects, for the
estate of Charles A. Coe. have filed plans for mak
ing over the front of the two live story loft and
store buildings owned by an estate at Sos. 233,
239 and 241 Fifth avenue, and building ornamental
vestibule entrances, and alterations being made
i to conform to the change Incident to the widening
<>• the avenue by the clt> .
Plans have also been tiled tor enlarging the four
story dwelling house at No. 13 East 36th ; street.
which Is of Colonial design with an ornamental
store front In the basement, the improvement being
made from designs by K. 1.. Shaltuck. architect,
for Robert Hoe. who occupies No. 11 adjoining-
DEVELOPMENT WORK AT CRAOMERE.
Cragmere. the former estate of Colonel Ezra
Miller at Mahwah. N. J, which was bought about
two weeks ago by the Van Power-Bugs Company.
Is rapidly assuming the appearance of a high class
residential park. The beautiful roads which Ool
one! Miller had built through his property have
J been cleaned up and are being prepared for mac
ailsinilzlni.'. . . „„_
Owene l*ke. In the centre of the property, has
been set aside with two or three acres of the
.urrbWdlng property- as a public park, for aUj f
the nropertj owneis In Cragmere, so that it mas
be used by all for bathing, boating and fishing.
On the island In the lake will be ejected a rustic
summer house. t .
LEASES APARTMENT NEAR THE PLAZA.
Henry D nans & May has rented at the Van
N-orden Apartments. No. 78.7 Fifth avenue, the en
tire fourth floor, for the Fifth Avenue Estates, to
Mrs.* Robert E. Westcott for a long term of years.
H* t ■.■■^■»p
ENLARGES HIS 39TH STREET SITE.
George R." Bead & Co. have sold for Mrs.
Uiuisu Nivef; the four story dwelling house So.
51 West SSth street. B »x9t*S feet, to Wllli.im Francs.
lyn Paris who- owns No. U West ::Oth street,
He will alter the two structures into one building
for use li .i studio and business ,
THE AGE FOR SCHOOL.
Children m ! 'i' age "' <*'»; i;! are often supposed to
to« too youug or too delicate for school. They ar«
Executive Oliiccs, 31 Nassau St., New York City
Auction Sales of Ren! Estate.
SpecieJ Sables Day.
Thursday, April 22, 1909,
at 12 o'clock noon. EXCHANGE SALESROOM. 14-;* Vesey St.. N. T. Ctt T
Absolute Executors* Sale,
Estate of Theodora M. Storm. Deceased.
By Order of Edmund Guiibert. Orlando H. Harrlman and J. Van V- Ma Olroit. ExicaZon.
32 West 76th St. 211-213 Park Row
extension. Size J-xlv--- '
At Galilee, N. J.
-»„ ontta^n located v i.- and S. E. corners Ocean avenue an* Park w9mA ' Sn* iint-imlß*.**.)
SAME DAY:
Absolute Executors' Sale
Estate of Eliza. Mulry. DeceaLsad.
By Order of Thomas M. Mulry. Thomas F. Mulry. Joseph M F. Earan *n<s Haroli
• Swain, Executors.
N. W. Cop. Aye. D and 11th St.
Three hrir^^uUdVocr^n^Jinj'of "!■•.' W*and"^ re%p^tlrel»
533-535 East 15th Street i 537-39-41-43 East 15th Street
two two-story bulldins- In rear. » to -^ bu ' m '"f on ra
MICHAEL J. SCANLAN.
51 Chambers St., Sen York City.
John G H Meyer., Esq., 150 Nassau St.. N. Y. City: Ambrose G. To<M, Esq, 55 Ut-rty
John v. ti. Ji.jer., *" St.. x v City, AttO rneys for Executors.
Executors' Sale
By order of J. E. Marsh. Executor.
625-627 Sixth Avenue,
In the HoraLld Square . Section !
M«sr S A^^^^llo^^^T^Wi^^torneys for Executor, .".V N^a^ St^N^ Tork
Absolute Executors' Sale.
Es.ar. of TERESA FORSYTHE. Dccfasp.i. by Order Joseph A. Joun?, Exr. B«reTi«n of
Brooklyn, X. T.
1669 44th Street,
Two .tor, mmi attic mm« Bulldlnir. on plot ssM «0«l(».
i SAME DAT:
Borough of Manha.tta.n.
475 LENOX AVENUE,
Five itory brick Building. »ith two .tores, .lie -' plot •••aMI
Supreme Court Partition Sals
UNDER DIRECTION OF
WARREN LESLIE. ESQ.. REFEREE.
S. E. Cor. B'way and 4th St.
Nos. 692, 694 Broadway— Nos. 2 to 8 East
4th St. and Nos. 384 to 388 Lafayette St.
Two Corners and One Block Front
Broad , ay front oceupie«»y Northern Na.onal Ban, ,n d U^-
Four story brie* and iron business buildings.
Thursday, April 15, 1909
AT 12 O'CLOCK NOON. EXCHANGE SALESROOM. M VESBT ST.
s—fYf can remain on bond and A.I f-&&\
OOyO mortgage for 3 years at /£/U/ £ /U
AUGUSTUS H/\YIL/\ND. Esq.,
Attorney, 40 Wall St., New York City
Bronx Real Estate.
Lonclywood lE&k
iiiuu i iuc iy Mosquitovillc #
WHY Lift IN Ginger Manor
Etc., Etc. I
ALL THE ADVANTAGES OF CITY AND
SUBURBAN LIFE ARE COMBINED Vi
THE BRONX
To Let for Business Purpose: To Let for Bmmmem Pi r
To Let
Large and Small
OFFICES
Sing I* or en Suit*
IN the:
Tribune
Building
154 Nassau Street
Oppoait* City H»ll Park
Apply for Terms to Renting Agent, Room 607
not. if t.M-v .ire to a school where th.-re b a
proper amount of supervlsU.,l and .are ot them
Sivffuai without coddling: 111 the stages, of ';';'■
childhood health la almost at Us best Th* *lis
,.r.t rs of early infancy h:»v*- hevn avoided or r ' "
covered from. Many of the specific fevers may
have been satisfactorily i.;»ss«! through. The
records nt our hospitals fop children show an ex
trrmi-iv low mortality at Mils period Tiu- brain has
almost .■ — I Its adult slxe. perception is •»' ll '-'.
■he mind rwrtleas an I Inquiring, the tnemori ajood
and lasting and the senses keen :m.l aler: v ' r '' '■
great endurance for snort stretched, w0n.1.-rful xi
'talttv anj extraordinary activity.— Th« Hospital.
NONPLUSSED MR. GLADSTONE.
Miss Ooro'hy Drew. W.i" was presented at court
a. f«Sf day* ago. was the favorite granddaughter of
Auction Salcx of Real Estate.
Pioneer
of
Concentrated
Persistent
Advertising
Bronx Heal Estate.
The Centra ot Transit for
the Metropolitan m»uiet
"L" Station*
Entrance to
Brooklyn Bridge
Subway
All Within a SUp
Absolutely So.fe
Fa.st-Runnlng
ELEVATORS
<rius*r Try*>-
Electric Light and
Janitor Service
Open E-Very Day
in the year
■ ■ — ' " aSO
i;uK REST KOK BISIXE.^ l ' l Ri y-."b> •« >:it *' t *
tor 6 years, but »nlt*bl«- fv any t'J>'"- 1 "' __ -*
the .-•■ \V. K. C.ladstone. and 'w| V*
tout ..I her cbUdhood day* " ««• f% .,- "{, er %**=*
mornSns she refused t.» itet up. "»'*■ f" *'", -«M
faillns. Mr. Uladntone »•** ™} l^\ l ash U,i' -W.^i
don'l you get up, n-y chil.l he a*w^^JO*
grandpapa, dfato'l y«o teU to to do ■» * ..wel
s:ivh-- replied Dorothy. *"Ye% rt t 3 ,'.;- ; a »nt»
ttm*-.- rejoined the child, Mr- SSrfWP I *'
able lo aS r,r. but m.rothv "■^Teriv :> * ! » 2
•>ou listen, then." she said, Ir l r,r ,^ inK up *•*:
clamatl' t. of astonishment »f* i^^feJ jr«* 1
Bib™ she read P«»Im xU S-,' wU'"'
emphasis on th« words. "It • •■*■ fPr > oU W
up early."— Til-Btts.