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Gome Into the Country?Have a Home of Your Own
Extend Tax Exemption, Urges
Speculative House Builder
Walter Krasla? Says It Brought House Builders Into
Building Field; City Would Do Well to
Offer Subsidy for Another Year
By Walter Kraslow
What would have been the condition
of the building industry in and around
New York City this year if ?t hau : ?
been for the so-called "speculative"
builders ? With active construction at
its lowest ebb early in the year, and
very little new work in sight, fir,? out?
look was admittedly dark for the pro
riucers of building materials and sup?
plies, sub-contractors and building
labor, the latter with months of ;;'.
< ir.ployment staring it in the face.
All optimistic statements regarding
Tie close proximity of a tremendous
building boom turned out to be highly
colored bubbles which burst, without
I elping the building industry, until
speculative builders, taking the chancos
they always must assume, commenced
the operations that later in the season
grew in number and developed into "
?on*-: expected building movement, thus
saving what only a few months before
appeared to the organized building in?
terests of this city to be a hopeless
situation.
Every one is familiar with the acute
housing situation that prevailed lasl
autumn. Because of the high cost of
materials and other factors, practically
nothing had been done since war time
*o alleviate the distress caused by the
?ack of living accommodations. ' The
few builders who made an attemnt to
start operations were hindered in many
ways, principally by the scarcity of
financial support and the fact "that
when it was possible to obtain loans
("hey were for such h relatively small
percentage of the building costs, and
at such extortionate rates, that pros?
pective builders were intaole to meet
the terms.
Although there were many who de?
cried the passage of the tax exemp?
tion ordinance, passed by the Board of
Estimate and Apportionment last Feb?
ruary, as being an unwise discrimina?
tory measure, the response on the part
"f speculative builders was immediate
and the great progress made during the
?summer lias proved this ordinance to
be all its proponents claimed and the
greatest single factor in relieving the
"-ousiiig famine. Speculative builders
lost r.o time in taking advantage of its
provisions, and as a result the commu?
nity lias obtained a real service through
the additional housing facilities pro?
vided, and the building industry lias
?trained greatly through the construc?
tion involved.
Urge Tat Exemption be Extended
The tremendous success of the tax
exemption measure and the extent by
which it has already relieved the acute
housing situation in NTew York City
warrant its extension for at least an?
other year. The city is still far be?
hind in its bousing program, notwith?
standing the great forward strides
made this year. Thousand? of homes
: ist yet be built; hundreds of living
units in multi-family dwellings must
be provided if living conditions are to
return to normal in this city within <i
reasonable time. The great number o?
dwellings erected in Brooklyn.. Queer s
a-id the Bronx during the Beason now
closing will supply but a small peicei.tr?
age of the needed homes, as tflley will
not much more than provide for the
natural annual growth of the city's pop?
ulation. While the housing situatior
is not the serious problem it was
twelve months ago, this city is '
underbuilt so far as dwelling require
? lents are concerned, and, a- the ta
exemption ordinance was the? vital
-nark that started the house building
movement last spring, its beneficia'
provisions certainly should be extendec
? ver another year at least if the citj
s to return to normalcy so far ??<- it:
housing is concerned.
Little doubt exist? in the minds o
building material dealer- as to "
to thank for the excellent busin.es:
they have enjoyed this year. Pad ?
not been for the speculative builders
?who started their operations in thi
face of Beemingly insurmountable dif
? ' ?,- -... the material dealer- woul?
have been aim ist idle, as very littl
other building was active and theri
? a -,.-. tically no new work in sight
llative builders, however, .;si a
?oon a/ conditions were made om? whi
. r by the passage of the ta . ex
nption ordinance, immediately ma
??jr'-d their plans for :-? building pro
ram of large proportions, and. as thi
developed, steadily increased it
ne and scope. Early this yeai
even after the passage of the exemp
'ion measure, none of th?/leading spec
ative builders in tins city had an;
dea that the building movement woul'
' reach its later proportions, and certain
I ly the dealers in materials and supplies
j could' not have anticipated that ap
I proximately <*?" per cent of their busi
[rnc :? for the current year would origi?
nate from source?? that heretofore
? they were never over-anxious to serve.
i here is lit tie douTjt in t he minds
lof the professional building public, the
I architects, material dealers, supply
I manufacturers and sub-contractors,
: that the speculative builders who have?)
.been most active throughout the city
during the fust year are far different
: in type from the majority of those
. who formerly monopolized this busi?
ness. The average speculative builder
] to-day is a hard-headed business man,
j honest because he wants to be air?!
not because he Is forced into adopting
? this policy. Speculative builders as
a . la is to-day enjoy not only the con?
fidence of the building fraternity, but
of the general public as well, at;..! they
are looked upon as a group who have
accomplished nuch for the welfare of
home seekers ami the advancement of
| civic health and prosperity,
Investors Are the Profiteers
Much, has been said about specula?
tive builders being- profiteers. This
statement is far from being true. 1 he
average builder of this type ?-of eotuse,
th?3re are exceptions?is satisfied to I
, sell his structure when finished at a
reasonable builder's profit. When he ;
cannot sell, because of flat market con- ;
dirions and is forced into the position
of renting and managing his own prop
erties, his rentals are almost uniform?
ly fair and so related to his construe- j
tion, operating and management costs
as to be equitable to his tenants.
The. prime offender in the profiteer?
ing line is the investor, in the major?
ity of instances- the individual who
purchases the completed structure from
the builder and then attempts to see
how great a retail; he can command
upon his frequently more than mod?
erate cash investment. The real spec?
ulative builder never was, never want?
ed to be and never will be a profiteer I
in the sense this word has been lat?
terly applied to landlords. He has
neither time nor inclination to bother
?with renting and managing properties.
His principal desire r s to get iris
building completed, sell at a reason?
able profit, and then apply the turn?
over on another operation and so con?
tinue the cycle.
Building Has Only Started
Realising that prevailing housing
conditions, while better than they were,
are still far from satisfactory, the lead- ;
ing speculative builders in this city
are making preparations for the com- ,
ing season oit a large scale. Accord?
ing to these preliminary plan*, the res?
idential construction during 1U23I in all
probability will surpass that of the
past season in both number and value
of operations. The demand for one and
two family houses and accommodations :
in multi-family buildings where rentals '
are moderate is still keen, and build- I
ers will continue to erect structures of
these classes as long as the demand
continues. There are large undeveloped
tracts in Brook!;.;:. Queens and the
Bronx. Sections where transit facul?
ties are excellent or likely to be im?
proved as the requirements for better
servie?! become noticeable are avail?
able for improvement, and numerous
builders are now assembling plottagi
wit! this idea in mind for their opera?
tions next spring. To my mind, the
house building movement only 'ob?
tained a fair start this sei son, and ii
the tax exemption measure is extended,
as almost every one 1 meet thinks ir
should be, the construction activity of
speculative builders during the spring
and summer of 192'2 shoul I be r ? ti
excess of the activity of this year; a
movemen! that .'.ill amount to a house- j
building boom destined to become hi:
toric ir; the annals of New York City, i
Hiiil?Jer to Erect Dwellings
On Summit Sit?* Purchased
G. O. Gusta fson bought I r m I i
Summit Home Land Company 200 feet
fronting on the easterly side of Mapl?
Street ? on; h ur A h land Place ? n
which Ire plans to erect at once thret
modern dwellings. Eugene jobs-H. '??'.
Beck Company negotiated the ale.
Railroad Man Purchases
Fine Estate in Larchmoni
Ladd & Nichols, Inc., sold for Mrs
M. D. Oakley her residence on Pryoi ;
Point, Larchmont, to a railroad mar. ?
? ; this city, The property wr.s held
. ? $75,000. ' Charles !.. Perrin was the !
DUTCH BOY
WHITE-LEAD
You Don't Have to
Burn It OH
If your house is painted with
Dutch Boy White-Lead, no burn?
ing oft" is necessary when repaint?
ing time comes. This old reliable
lead-and-oil paint wear;; away
smoothly, evenly, slowly.
NATIONAL LEAD COMPANT
111 Broadway, New York
RICHARDSON & ?OYNTON CO.
260 5th Ave., New York
\1 1\l IACTURERS
i itabllslieil is.",:
AJ e manufacture a romp? ete liu<*- <>f heating and cook?
ing apparatus, everj requirement !<<r ,h<- house.
V( ?? .*,r?*r pleased to offer our services to lito?*-?* conten?
?>?at?rif_ building, or altering tlu-ir present homes.
Please Jf*t uh help you in making your -???'?1*-<*ti??n of
?-our home requirements in our line.
PLUMBING SPECIFICATION
Our SHOW ROOM offer* an excellent opportunity for the car?
fuJ ?election of new plumbing fixtures ?nd other equipment.
LaXpert* nrt- h'-v to afsUt yo-j in preparing cuitublr specifica?
tion ?
I-IC
A
Corner of Boer um PI???- .?nd State Street
BROOKLYN N, .'.
PLUMBING PIXTLLRES AND SUPPH
M
Cost of Construction, $13,250
TPC'vER X- LEWIS certify to The New York Tribun that this dwelling can bo
ere? I i.ng lo archilet 'a i ans ai : spc-eifl ations within twenty-five miles
New York for the sum of.... . Sir!.250
t's fee tor plans, specifications, details nd supervision s 6 per ent of r ?a]
; Architect's Specifications
AIASONAY?All excavation, backfill and rough grading a.?- required S'o nnlshed
. ding or plaii'.irikc Included Foundation footings and walls Lo be e'.' stone oi gravel
, .-,. '.-. Cellar bottoms to be of S Inch cinder i increto and I-inch cemenl tlnish.
Chimney to b? er common brick laid in cemenl mortar ?vlth Ierra cotta flue linings
racines of fireplace to he of face brick as selected
(ROXWOHK?To Inclue!?* (.ally column??, clean-out doors, ash dump?, damper?,
?tilrups, etc.
OATH AND PLASTER?Interior walls and ceilings throughout ro be lathed with
spruce lath to r?crive ihre?- coats of plan?-:', including a hard, white finish, except
walls o? bathrooms, to 4-feet height, which shall be of ?vire lath, to receive the finish,
CAIil'KXTKT ?A 11 framing timbers, such as beams, studs, rafters, ele., lo be
spruce; girders I,. !.. V. P. nil of sizes a? indicated o?i working drawings. Exterior
millwork to be of white pine or best quality cypress, shingles red cedar. All interior
millwork to be of white wood or gum, for painting Exterior doors cypress, to ba
painted white; interior d ors, stair ir-acis arei rail to ne birch, mahogany fir.iih. Fin?
ished flooring 7?x-'.. comb r-ralr.ed pine.
SHEET METAL Flashings, ?.alleys, etc., ro lie Toncan metal. Leader? ?ml g':'
t.-r-M galvanizad Iron, sizes '?s indicated. i
PLUMBING?Fixtures of modern design, vitreous china and enameied iron. A ,
exposed work in bathrooms to be nickel plated on heavy bras?. Soils and vents e?:ri'...
heavy casl iroi . lead and brass bends, and water supply lines k ? '. ? i; ? v.?? ?i wroushl Iron
for hot i-.nd cold supplies to each fixture llo-ise sower to run r, feel outside of Di..'l::?(
:. : poi nt ?'? hei e dli eeled,
ilKATi X'.;? -The heating system to be -ine'? pii>^ steam, with sectional bollert ?Ul
liir.-s to be covered with asbestos cell covering. Low radiators with improved a:."
valve* and system to have a heal regulator controlled electrically b* an eighl-d?3 clock
12LE? TR : lie electric system Is to ire started from the outside of building, ?vi
propot cut-outs, etc., . nd all v.''ilui; to bo '.:, S. cable to each outlet, with e ntj ? m
three v, i switcl ?.-. as Indie.; on working drawings.
PAINTINU Exlerl " to be painter] three coats of lead ar^ oil Roof shingles
stained <?: ? coal of approved stain color us directed. Interior i lllwork to be ??riven
three coats of lead and oil or an approvc.il prepared paint. Doors, stair treads and
tail lo be given.( le coat of mahogany colored stain and one of oil, The flo ra to b?
titled witn . n approved wood filler ami varnlsh??d oi ivaxed a.? directed
NOTE?-The ;. bo a spe itlcati as contempla i use of the olio wing matet a la P'or
?; til i mer te, Perms I vanta Purl land cement; for all pain-.ing, exterioi and
in : n?, National white ? id; for mantels, \rtlmr Todhanter's products, estimate of
cost, .>:??'?">; for plumbing fixtures, '? D .lohnson * Co a materials, estim?t
S-t??5: for lavatories, closets, bathtubs, kitchen sinks, drain boards and wash rava.
for heating, Richardson *:? Boynton boiler. American Radiator Company, radiators.
Minneapolis Heat Regulator Company, heat regulator, estimate $160; interior arel
exterior trim, Curtis Companies,
The following Items are not included in the architect's construction specifications
and should receive consideration. The concerns named will b-> pleased to supply all
details and costs: Electrical appliances, Appliance Distributing Corporation: financing,
the Franklin Society; garbage receiver, rie Majestic Company; insurance, Richard 1..
Wood & i',..: landscape, Pentecost A Marl n; ighi ng fl: m s, e t?mate, $ : b 3 ? -.wage
_-.??,..?. .i, i. i i i r ?I
ilisposal, estimate, $183 Water suppl> screens und weather strip?, ?had*?? ?n?i
i, n-nlncs an,I coal ranee.
Only One Out of
100 Knows How to
Pick Good Stove
Prospective Buyer ?tiHu
enced by Outward Ap?
pearance Rather Than
S e r v i c c a hl e Qualities
By Julius Kosp
Oi ?/. Rost & Co.
Di '; odd ;, cars irr the gas i ang
bi -iness liad taught me thai about I".:
pi r cenl o? the people who contemplate
ill? purchase ot' ;?. :_r.--i.--? range have not
:. ' lightest dea ? :' how to pi oce? ?3
in .. s ?? ".;? ,. pi opcr selection fo 'tin i
' . rtic liai rinn i ements.
< ?' r era lly, i ?' t lie prospective pur?
chase) a lou i'.'.'ifc, she (?as he3
in ..-1 ? . ..';i' ;;n in advance as to tht
i* ' combination she is going to hav
? i* kill * : done i n, and, I he li rst rang?
that strikes he i- eye, if il happens : ?
fii : i? ? h her color scheme, '. - th?
une she -.et.' her heart upon, Thi
in?;I Mul oJ elect on is decidedly wroni
and more often than not she soon real
? , ':<?? error.
' ' ' oi.i! -,?;, i her? are consci? ni iou
?-:,:"?? ,:--.- h n ho t? ke i he pain
to car fully <r. plai n the t? clinical ad
vantage and disadvantages of the vari
make; :. ? I n.el - ?!\; on !h
?. , ha nd, i 7.? :? ? : e . me v i ai
ii-rd quite ? com: ? ?eni ious, and i n th i
cas il Linenlighl -ned housewife i
generally a1 I heir men'*'. Men. on th
ether hand, are generally more me
nhanicaily incline?!. fhey ask pointe
technical ouestions and consider th
fini li a i econda t-y im port anco.
?' i. as the kitchen is the woman'
province, I shall briefly point out th
i: osl essenf ial f?al ni s to her,
Look Inder Surface Before Buying
'?'o i egi * with, : Iionld go aboi
the ? urcl a ?e oI" : ga -, : ang? with ;??
m . ?> cai'e and i n as tlioi ouglr a mai
. ' i as ii" .', ould ? i aboul ?<?:. ctin
a m"-'.' dress. Everj minute dota
should be given the uiosl pareful a
tention. For instance, sin- woul
never select a dre which would 1m- t<
..?i i ge : for the sai n rea ?on, never pu
chas? a gas range with a large ove
when ;? smaller one would do, or ' n
will I"' a waste in the consumption ?
gas, as a large ovci requires more g:
to heat, Also be v.?vc the range
con structed of thi* besl ? ust rei istii
steel. l-Cxaf-hine rirr* linings very car
fully and selec-l one that ha - a rus
proof metal lini <r. rhis is very ;*
portant. lie re thai the range y
. eel has the enamel baked on. Th
,* ? h ? ? lastinij nuality ai
? / ake. i'.. ii.er to cli a
Another factor is the ad,
orili:*c. or opening, which the g
l'o" s i ? ougb and ?? hi? mak? s :' ca
tn ad just whenc 11 r thoi e is a chan:
i ' tin m ????sure of t ho gas. Last, b
nst, ole ? a cab n? ' ra ic
Lar.ds un rom tin loor ai
eavi ; mple spa? e b? neat li or kei
.?up, i he I i? i* ?? t-an dei ti e ran*:
thus heloing to keep th? kitchen ir
more sani ar; y ci ndil
From foi.nj, il . ??n ??_ to su
, .: . : i ,,* , he mo * essi i tial fca ur
. goo i ; n i ange ! ie bi :.? ath I
? . e. Tl :? poorest i ange ca n 1 in
to look like the best merely bj ?ddi
.. bettei ,-oncer. Bui it in t
i,i,* ? atioi and co: : of operat ion :
: : ?? real true quality of n well
. - ructed rang? "t hows its,i) etal."
To summarize I ru en ' ro n rti? le,
in ?ght Bay, that in pin cha ling ;i *r
i ango, look bei oath t he Biirface, t
that is where you i lisfnet ion
. ' . i begin or end,
-,-?
!N'eino Corset Maker*? t?> Pul
I ?> It?j? Plant al Ozone Pai
' ii ?!,-: Construction I ompn
bei i award la? on tracl to bu h
. i. 'i Kops Brothel , of I i ci
i I'm? ' n *-"!- - r ' ? ? to Co '? . i
? , ? ted at I (?one Pa i Fro pii
C'eoi ,?? In- , ?: U?ct, n
;-..'i ??., |,... ? i.
i ii ' .' ? '. , . . i
I #1 ' 'I:- ..!,'? LI ,?
turtod at one? o tin I ? build
i, '' ' ' I '. .. ' ? i ' !(| ', ip ,
Ib ?I i.,-. m before l-'obrmi ;. .
'.' ????,?? an \'en o Facto**
,hd bel ".!?? n dOO im'1 '100 i'"' ' on v
be i?rnploy<f<j th? -?
Flushing Bay Hillside
Offered to Home Builders
Vmothei large tract of Queens Bor?
ough land will be placed ir, the hands
of small home builders on October 15
The Plushing1 Bay Building Corpora?
tion, which owns 650 lots on the west
.side of flushing Bay ?ind south of
Xot'th Beach, has decidod to offer them
in the auction market a?r?! accept what
? : ? public will pay.
The property was purchased by the
Flushing B- ; Corporation as a site foi
;: bt ngalow colony. The hind fi?onts
on Flushing Bh . an arm of Long
Island Sound, a I c >n.:tecl b;?.
tran il and fine highways with every
importa ! section ..i' Queens and
Brooklyn. The realty <s just around
the corner from Astoria.
Joseph P. Day has been employed to
sell the property. He will pitch a
large tent at the corner of Schultz
Avenue and Thirty-eighth Si reel, un?
idor which he will undertake the sale
of the lots to those who waht sites on
which to build homes before the city
withdraw;-' its offer of tax exemption
oi: new homes.
The property is located in a general
way east of Astoria Avenue and be?
tween Junction and Wolcott ??venues.
II ?3 crossed by a number of the
principal thoroughfares in that section
of Queens. Among these are Schur/
Avenue, Mansfield Avenue, Ditmars
A enue Wlia rf St reel am1 Ben ia 11
Avenue
Mr. Da?, say?t that lie expects the
, i r will go a; prices thai ? ill give
prospective homo builders sites h! very
low prices. At auction sales the range
of prices is verj wide, he said. There
is no basis on which to figure what any
property will brin??' at public sale, be?
cause an auction crowd acts strangely,
Bent on getting bargains, he iincl! that
very few auction buyers pay all ?
nnreel ?c ivnr'l??
Coiiiraets for Building
Valeria Home \warded
Structures To Kc Erected ?il
Cortlandl \\ ill Provide Ac?
commodations for 200
i '" ? rai Is " i" ? :.' red ? .:" eel b
Mrs. -knson i Clark, pre ident
Valeria lion ? foi home build iiigs : i bi
??reeled at Co tlandl. We .? chestei
Mi - Clai k is the widow ? I Jacob
!.. narel? th v\ ho left his i esidua rj s
r.tc for ' ? i' const ruct on and c udo .
:.' of .1 ill mmci and .?, intei re -oil
I'oi person.? of education and rc-line*
. oui n need ol recreation or - ecu * e
? ????:. is ', cannot afb rd rates cha : ged
ei un.i winter ? ?? oi I -.
I he plan - are by I 'ela no <?? "* Id rich
and I iarle El. ii iggins, :;ichitects.
Tl ? ract cons istr of 1 000 acres of
woodland, lake and farm land. Die
buildings -.-.-i 1 i be of Dutch Colonia.1
aichite'cture, There n 11 be te.nnfs
court i, w ?mining pool and ;i boat
!.in. ". The home will provide for lion
;..( ? and ?-' to be ready for occupancy
,i year ?'rum next spring.
The board nf directors arc Mrs. Ali?
son L, Clark, Walter I'. Frew, Richard
Ely, Julian H. Beaty, Henry Bruerc,
Will am Loeb ai d .Tob K. Hedges. Di
i . . Mel mi' .'i r ' on :;| ing di i eel oi
nn'd Cwyn Walker executh.rctary.
Buyer? ;ii ..udlm?. Park
iMnu IIoiih? i'or Site
: .;? I.udlov i '?" '.ci Coi pora
old al Ludio?.?, Park V'o era,
olotti " ' ' '? ' ?' ? Fui I lia ti I
h,,,. n d ' ' * l i. Il G r s.? i i n i a 11
.. n n i on, Inc., cm ? ??? >i .i,"
j'-iL.e und :'?ir Mr. Bode, *.!.. (ireen i,
h.., ?ng p?a . il i .i" n up nnd will -il? i
build immediately
Builder to Replace Three
TOih ?St. Houses With Flat
Joseph C. Kiel!? lo Erect \ui<*
Stor\ House ?ni Site r>->ti->h!
on Vi '-si Sitie
Slav, e : & Hobbs sold for Mrs. .Ma; -
tha Kell? ti .. syndicate headed b>
; ph I '. Fiella, the builder, tho three
0 I- ashioned dwellings at 11rr_T. i.-i and
1 l?; West Sevenl ieth St; eet, bi tween
Broadwa; ::.i ? ,;?? abut Avenue, ??", a
plol ifty-seven feel front.
M :. Fiella will erei ' <?>.) the site a
n i ne-story apartment, : ? con tail ? i to
of ' I: r ? ?? ?i :,,! fou i i o ins and ox' : . ! i"
,?,. - foi ' "a' a ? aciaied '.' i", i I'..' erno
Bros, ar..i this is I.-u nrs encrai ion
undertaken individually in :;,is section,
!'?' ii.i - j..si c..'ciiicr. a a aparl nient a:
the southeast corner of Riverside Drive
am? M3d Street.
( .m you n?'?! 'i-i oui waverooms m
t:.;> whi lesi le di?tti ?. '?lien ',<j-i ? an
judge as lo the high quality ami reason,
able price?? Or tr .??- ??<? -uomil designs
?r,i yotn 'e?;?-. l'en ;
Edw?n A. Jackson & Bro., Inc.
50 iif--.in.tn 5l., Af.v York
f \ cot / ' V^V'li* lildf.)
Fireplaces That
S m o k e Destroy
Comforts of Home
Simple Test? Will Disclose
Troubles Which in Most
Cases Can Be Remedied
Without Vlucli Trouble
By Edwin A. Jackson
Edwin A. Jackson ??? Bro. Inc.
\ One of the most annoying features '
Dt' a new home may be a smoky tire?
place. II is very much as if one pur?
chased a beautiful automobile and
found that the motor, instead of driv?
ing ahead, insisted on bucking and
could not be controlled.
; A fireplace when properly con
? Structed not only adds to the pleasure
i of the household but also to its health
' because ?; ventilation,
A smoky fireplace is caused by the
(hie not being large enough or the
: chimney itself not running as high as
; some neighboring object.
lu Mew Vork City, where there are
so many buildings, it is extremely dif
i ficult to get good draft in a neighbor
? ing low building; and a chimney such
as that requires special treatment.
The suburban house, however, pre?
sents no great difficult*, and if the
fireplace smokes, the usual ?.une.::.- is ?
either to add to the height of the
chimney, or else to cut, down on the
i 'igh.t of the fireplace opening.
The house owner who has a smoky
| fireplace can readily muro a test to j
see whether a hood will solve the
trouble. Haut; a board, 01 piece at"
heavy paper, acres the lop of the
lirepi?ee opening, If this checks the'
smoking, a permanent anil ornamental
1 hood ?um then be made of size similar
, tn the board used in trial with a cer
1 tainty that this hoo<l w 11 sior smok?
ing, "if the draft of the fireplace is
good at linves- and. on tin contrary, in
cert? in winds ? e\ ei ?a il self and ?
smoke pours out into the room the
| owner can be sure 'ira' the fault is : it
the height of the chimney, and nol ii
, the size of the fireplace.
Wind blowing against some high
?neighboring ob.iec!. causes a pressure!
I which backs down inttr the fireplace
: flue and sends the smoke out into the
room.
There is a prevailing superstitution
that a wind shelf, or horizontal ledge,
just ai the throat of the fireplace will
iii some way deflect thin downward
pressure; bul thai wind shelf is about
a . vu: uah le to a li fcpl ice a ? a horse
, hestnul is to the Docket of a rheu
inat i?-.
If the heigh! oi the i himney is what
i - should be. ther is no need of a
wind-bi eak shel.': and .? the chii mej
i ? not of ' hal ;i-rKiri ? ? shelf will
overcome the hack pressure; :" thai
in either ca?e it is ise
It is desirable thai the throat oi
space immediatel?. above the lire shall
be in a general wa\ in the shape of a
:':; ;? i el. so ' hal the smoke ; s collected
and drawn up into i he fia?'.
11" ? he mason ha ; made the I li roal
with fiai surface, or projecting cor?
ners ?*tf brick, In should be compelled
to eus these ou -o as ti :?;?" a smooth
funnel throat.
When the builder is inexperienced
il s wise to us metal forms, which
arc -old by mes: fireplace dealer:-.
riii se ire used in building the fire- I
place throat, so as t<> avoid faulty con
itruction.
PENTECOST & MARTIN, inc.
Landscape Contractor*
er Designers
15 East 40th Street
Ne?* Ywk City
Lump sum estimate?
g-ven with designs for the
?romplete development of
larpe o: -..mall estate?.
1 rcei Shrubs Vine?
Supplied and pl.-nteH
Operator Buys Tyson Old
j Home in West 51st Street
i
Property Between Fifth and Sixth Avenue*. Ha*? Been
Owned by Selling Family for Over Forty Yearn;
Buying of Dwellings in Other Sections
i Max Schneider purchased from Henrj
1!. Tyson the four-story brownstone
...welling. 47 West Fifty-first Street, be?
tween Fifth and Sixth avenue, 21x100.5.
j The Tyson family have owned this prop
j erty for nearly forty years. [-Ten*!
M. Teets represented th? :' and
Samuel K. Schneider the purchaser.
Pease & Elliman sold 30 West Ninety
fourth Street for C. W. Parsons a loui
story dwelling, 17x100.
Everett M. Seixas Company sold for
rire Rafter Realty Company 43 West
Eighty-sixth Stteet a four-story dwell
rug, 25x100, t? ;? client who plans im?
provement?.
Nila E. Slaven sold to hie Parish
' Visitors Mary Immaculate. Inc., 328
' West Seventy-first Street, h three-story
dwelling', 17.6x100.5.
Finley M. and Sallie C. Foster sold
j to Mary A. Ilynes a three-story dwell?
ing at 342 West Seventy-ninth Street,
18.9x98.9.
Adolph and Lena Human sold
Alex Nenvjlowsky, archbishop of th?*
liussian Osthodox Catholic Church in
North Am eric;-?, ;? four-story dwelling
j at 347 East Fourteenth Street, 22.6x
103.3.
Helen M. Mills' --old to John D Mur?
phy a four-story wdelling a1 16 Hook
1 man Place, 19x90.
Mary Goldberg sCiNri to Rojiella Les
ser a four-story dwelling, at 30? Wesl
! Eighty-eighth Street, ?21x100.8.
! Louise Knauff sold to Celia Lent a
? three-story dwelling, at 15 La--- Fifti
! eth Street, J9.."\80.
James II. Cruikshank pun-chased from
I William T. Morgan 225 West 136th
Street, a three-story dwelling, 17x100,
through Harry Sugarman.
Celia Lustberg soi?! to Saa?ue] Sykes
a four-story dwelling, at 165 West 122d
Street. 15.8x100.11.
Charier-- I). Kaughey sold to Michael
Kenny a three-storv dwelling, at !69
West 132d Street, 15x99.11.
$1,500.000 Westehester
Realty Sold in September
Realty valued at over .SI,500.000 bas
been sold in Westchester in the month
of September, declares L. Ward Prince,
president of Prince & Ripley. The
watchful waiting policy, which has
been followed by many in the hopes of
lower cost, has been abandoned by
many, he says. Evidence of this belief
he gives in the last number of trans?
fers recorded in the last ten days. In
the last week Prince & Ripley an?
nounce sales made by them as follow:
In the White Plains section, for
Linus Keating, his property on Green
acres aAvenue in the Greenacres section
to a New York attorney. Tire property
consists of a Colonial house on a large
plot and was held at $30.000.
For Henry ?vluller. his new house.
?with large plot, on Sound View A*.?* <-.
White Plains, to G. L. Jewett, of White
Plains. The property was held at
-'27.dun.
Foi Emma Bredow, her residente? u?
Alexander Avenue in the Battle Hill
ection of White Plains, I An re*? M.
? -. of Fairfield B< ac C?
For Bei th ? Fo: . a plot n the \. h ?
Highlands section, to .Anna K.
Orth,
a home in
At Gedney Farm, a pin-, owner, by A.
S. Fedde to a client who rece?? y p r?
i chased propertj adjo i ,
For the Pelham Heights Land Com?
pany, a !a-'g>- plot a- Loring and First
avenues in the Pelham Heights section.
to John Mason ar.il Mai e L. Ferris, of
Mount Vernon.
Old World People
Tli ink \\ e \ re
Very Careless Lot
"We must ail.";* * lei ?
. the WOffld regard iis 1,1 tvoi ?
y ? K with clarioua eyes," said Pre ?
clonl W. E. MaJlalieu of the Natioi
Fire Protection Association, a* the b
nual meeting in San Francisco recent! ?>
"They cannot understand exactly hi f
we do it. They have not exactly ma '|
up their minds whether the United
States and t'an-ada are peopled prini
cipally i-* incendiaries or if we are a.
childish people "who love (o play wi K
matches. Thej cannot understand why,
when thej are su ready to buy and
consume our wheat H*,d corn and cot?
toi we should be maintaining a con?
tinuous conflaj-?ration of ti.cse products.
"Perhaps in, the carelessness of th*
use of fire thie united States and Carrt
ada are tfhe greatest offenders in t ???
v(V there is no country on t- t
which is entirely free from itd
ravages. Our citizens grow up with
the si loke in their nostr Is
and the clang of the me gong in thei?
ears. We -average practically 01 >
every m *"?? i gl I and day, 365 lia; ?
in tie year, and take i mo re or
a matter of. course. 'Let her burn W
m i- ri? i: and too bu y to take pi ?
tion:-.' This has leemed t<> be the ?.
most universal American sen
until very recent years. Even to-iiay
if is at leas?, the prevailing sentiment.
If the average citizen can be pei
Buaded to stop and di euss the matter
he will ad mil that the results i
are deplorable, tha nual los- of
from 15,000 to 20,000 lives Is di I
iiiR-, that the almost incredible di
lion of property :-? ?t lea I
nate. but there his int?
end, and he turns hie I ?
personal afQairs unies ire may han
pen to visit, hi:.: . when for n.
time il acquh-es a personal fla\
Pli DT IG WOODWORK
mellrrneuaentrutmlure formiriloiriay
Is specified for the ?rouse shown on this page. It i?
manufactured in stor- quantities in standard size??.
and is ready for immediate delivery. You are of?
fered a choice pf designs of '-he correct architectural
type for this house.
Curtis Companies Incorporated
Sale?. Office: 25 W. 44th St
Telephone Murray Hill 94S3
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Electric
Washing Machine
Appliance Distributing Corporation
673 8>ii Ave.. New York
Ttlephene: Bryant 544*
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/ > of the tire h izard
are eliminated.
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