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THE SUN, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1914.
REAL ESTATE MARKET NEWS AND COMMENT
NEW DESIGNS SHOWN
FOR FIREPROOF HOMES
Architects in Prize Competition Make
Plans for Small Houses With
Many Attractions
Ati,..:t I'm e liunilrril architects from
b!I juris .r llif totintry took part in o
cump '. ' recently under the iiusiilces
of t' t li'" khiiitdrr, for plans for a.
mbiillaii cottage t' mlllt 0,1 11 l,lot
, th a frontage of .'.0 feci on u street
nil 11 ll,,h of 1,10 fwt't' lJlll"'
t,e,itr,f'd drsigns ninl some excellent
rfanUng resulted. TIip two designs to
w'hK h li;-' nri'l second prizes went
ew-irlid ir" reproduced here.
The r qulroments of tlm competition
were "ah ns to make It unusually In-1
teres! "h- 'J lhoo who t-nntcmjlnte
erect tig
Knot Thirteenth street wll be Improved i
with 11 three story storo nml dwelling by
Hcnjamln Flsler nt on expenditure of i
$10,000, nnrt on tho went side of Kant
Fourteenth street, 80 feel iiouth of Ave-
mio Vi the Homecrcst Hulldlug Com
pany will spend J6, 000 for a similar structure.
"SUN" BRINGS PLANT HERE.
In
r.ngltsli NllkiiinUpr Interested
lnriiii ti.v lteernt Morles,
Y. Villi, manufacturer of nrtincl.il
itnv in thn suburban district silk nt Hove, England, Is to establish
rbout X. in' York cliy. In tha 1lr.it place
ire pin' oxioo feet, 18 nnout tho aver
age fU" purchased In tho nearby sub
n plnnt In Queens as tho remit of n store
on tho Industrial development of Quern
printed In Tub Bpn Inst Juno. Tho story
u" 1.1... I......-.!.... ..A ... 1 Ul..
" , , . . . . M, filHU 11111 111 lit! lllllllUIl llllll lll'l-lll'l 111 '
urbs f T home, improvement. i no i
j.roblem tailed for ft liruproof structure ' everything was being done to help tho
end garage, tlio latter being almost es- manufacturer. Mr Wide. ha rommunl- !
sentlal in these times whan So many , rated with A. I., l.angdon, trnlllc manage;1 ,
suburban residents have their motors ' of tho Lorvr Island ltnltrond. as to what ,
nd Ptct. r keeping them on their homo i his road would do for him, as 'he planned ,
vrtmU instead of in distant garages. ' ,0',,cn,n a HlIk "'ant , ,
51"" ,, . ,,, , ,,,, ,,, ,,..' Queens Is growing r.ip Id y ns nn nd'is
The pr. hlei.i nbo Mated that tin- h ui.eltrln, .. H may from ,h8
was ti ! ft a Ij pi- sultablo for niibnr- M!ntlstlcs on tho subject collected by tho;
Jutiti- n distinction to country liou-es. Cenus llurcau for tho Department of
vunt ? i f.ir as to say that ailjolnlni? Commorce. According to theso the num.
li.ats n either side were supposed to bsr of factories In Queens borough Inn
t.' impr ' I vuth itweiiings ana tnnt tno
h.m. t be planned should be nno
. !i w mid 111 nicely In both .Mzc nml
deien No l.tnlt of cost was establlshnl.
T e ir uf award, composed of l'rank
flioiiMiii Jlrown of lloston, K Kills
Jn .iH.'ti "f 1'roVldence, Oilvln KlesslltiK
of Xen Y'Tk I.inn Kinne of I'tlcn and
J" It VV'illicr f Cleveland, wero nnan.
mou m a,irdlng llrst ' prlzo to William
(1. Itnntmil of Hostnn. Of this (lejlpn
the IrfeUiilWrr says: "lrplte the Jjlo.SOO In estlmaled rust nf nnentlnns.
nthcr i.ir.le-s .letiilt of the entrnnce Thpro wer ,lllrty.nvo pPtt.atons for
Increased from .IDS In ISC t to "71 In 1901,
n nil It Is now etlmnted that there nro i
inoro than 1,1 no manufacturing establish
ments within tho borough limits.
35 BUILDIN0S FOR QUEENS.
Tluil utility rinnneit I.nst WitIi Will
Coat XIII.UOO tu lllllld.
IlullJIng operations In Queens during I
th past week reichod a total of only
end w'lit th. JuiIcph felt to bo some
what n --.. dim; of features across the
llrst m v the house was In plan so
r el!, r.' v adapted to the limitations
of pi "Ki.imnie and nlte: the ilesmner
new buildings, of nn estimated cost of
JI62.I0O. fifty-two applications for altera- I
tions nnd enlargements, of nn estimated ',
cost of 130,100, and forty-one applications !
bad c. franklv accepted the narrow , for p'u,".,,,'nr,,np,,rm,", of nn ,,llm',t"11
front.,?,. i,nd yet treated his logically ro,, ?,. .
r-Jultn.; design so mildly, simply and ( (.luMveIy to ,e crwllon f ,iUpi1t.,,
nttraciv, v that his drawing was nc- i framo dwellings. There were no npplle.i-
cepieo as easily mo uesi nil round so- j tions inert for the erection of tenements.
u'ln of 'he problem received. In fplte 1 Th It. A Weber Sill; Dyeing Company
of th colter roust melon behind the of College Point will enlarge Its plant by
jmap.'t where dilllcultles night result ! J,1'1' "cetlon of a huge eoncrete unit nt i
In nortlum localities In protecting ex- , 1 Xrfvt nn'1 f,CVtfnth av,,"UP CMeK" I
trl.ir at I In'orior plnster from leakage
of roof water. Of nil tho plans at
tmptlng two living rooms nnd nn cn
trnni" 1 rl hitohs the front of the
bulldln?. this competitor alone was felt
t h,i condensed his vestibule nnd
dt'Onvav
l'olnt
Among the develojier who will erect I
frame dwellngs nre Frank K. nilison. who '
will cieci two story duellings on Vnnde.
ver HVemiB north of University place.
".Voodhaven. nt a rbit of 2.5oO each:
fieorge C. Ilackert, who will eroet two'
onvavto a point where such a scheme', tory dwellings on Klfth street east of
, i- o.i. ,,,i,i. ,i . . Sneileker avenue, I n on Course, nt a cost
ns p-s-IMh within the narrow dlmen-. nf ,nft .,, , n,,
si .r- pevltlr(l. The perspective, out-' w ho will erect two storv dwellings on
.de of a somewhat nwk ward layout of i Kuiton street east of Wyrkoff avenue,
mi" intr bay roofs. Is gracefully nnd lllchmond Mill, nt n cost of K',500 each. 1
churm'ngH- rendered." I -
Jr;ri,:.pj,.'!iL!h'e rr.:0.1,"!...!:!.'.7:: jollying tenants to behave. !
to w'.i . li n prlzn wan warded In Tub
S'''s recent country home competition.
The pmn however. Is unite novel and
In'crc'.tig The design Is the work nf
.lera'dd 1 'abler of New York. Of this
drnnlng it Is said that "th draughts
man ns uued- as he fairly might under
th pi'vrntnmv his house fronting
neirlv north upon the street, thus de
"rtnimng his" arrangement of tho plnn
rd Im ati.in of kllelien nnd entry. The
Mr.,i. w' lie llmt:lng the 0f the
pard. n a 'he rear. Is yet placed in cou
''rirxt relation to the house, making It
pa- M. f.ir t'te owner to rench It ensily,
rnneniene Ignored In many of tin
des'L'n" The second storv Is rather
rn.nd'd p irtleiilarly the bath, but tho
i(inltn room- aro again plaeed nt
the n rtb and the exterior simple, II
vr ,n, while somewhat evidently In
fnf d ,,y the woik of a leadhfr nr--h'..,i
- vet free from (pin glnrlsm In
om;ue. ti.ni ;nid a perfectly rational
snd ,i, ce-fful ttfatment of the assumed
Jr -biein "
CHANGES ON SIXTH AVENUE.
Old I'.hrleli Slurp Viiit 1'nllrelr
Hented In l,f(, , M,,,,,,,
T i,,-., ,.,,rl. t he oi l Khrlch Uros.
s' H'rth avenue, frifot Te'eiitv-sec-
"rl I. Twi,t, -tlllld ll"-t n,
yes..r,i v i.y josepii Appell. furrier. This
".s 'ne future of St)i v .-, ime. once
ee of i 1 , ading shopping street of the
tf Drleli Hro,. MiKpinilil ,i.1hf
wnen Si'h nieuiie proved no Iotj.t the
g,e,t vtr. pt it w,i fornierlv.
w r ,. ,,, , ,, t,iil''l'-. n b'ork
tvI. avenue nnd ext along
, r., ,, Trvv streets
r"1 o-ianie, W1,s a big pnIem. The
rwners . on hided Hint I' pen'' . u.ed
fef no'iiing hut a departnieri .tn-e Jiav
ng he,- hum for such purf.-e.. St there
I remained .cnnt a fow -ears va'tlng
,r 11 ''et'iirtment store to tat - : K""ter
"me down from up Slate full of fnb'tlnn
II I MM,,.nt he could .1,1 i vi-.'eh
ethers feared to try revive th crncr
department store Af'e. .i t-v he
K"'" up Ho the question whit to do to
an inenmi from ths bilMJi ; was
I'ke.l iicnn
! wis ilre'del then to biiKII- '..' the
V'r H''a"'' for '"ft purposes nut 'o put
store, , ,,,, ,hl H(l(,ot flooi ,n , hnj)
prove,) ,!, pronor ,0tnM of 10 ,-,,!, m
, ,mVl' 'rl,n rented and
jno ,r the four upper floors through the
th huddJn?""' JP' 0mP',My' nKfn,', fr
I'nppr Issued by OtTnrr Trrsely
fells 111, Wishes.
Ie Hoy Hall, at 2193 Vulentino svenue,
has Issued tho second copv of I,e Hoy Hall
llulletln, tho first hnvlng been published a,
year ago. The bulletin Is for tho benefit
of the tenants of tho big house, nnd be
sides the advlco It contains, lelng amus
ing. It Is Intended to help toward tho
pioper management nnd reduce tho cost of
maintenance of tho apaitnient.
The bulletin has four pages, and ac
cording to the flaring type nn the front
page costs $1 a. copy. The page are
llll'M with tersu ndMce us to what is ex
pected of every tenant I.lttlti children
nro welcomed, the bulletin, says, "but
please keep them fiom In front of the
entrances Last summer tho front of The
house resembled Coney Island without the
ocean." "Throwing letters down the dumb
waiter Is dangerous, l'roin samples we
have seen they -might bo used for black-mail'n-T
purposes or they might be tha
cause of breaking up what nro now hnppy
home."
lolntors of tho rttimbwnlter rulo will
have thilr names placed in the ".Society
Notes in I.e I toy Hall." How to wrest'o
with steam heat radiators and thn cold
end lmt water supply, nil vexing prob
lems, nre explained. Housewives nru re
t .Inded of their duty toward thn refrig
erator, and hug, roach nnd mice pests.
I.e Hoy Hull hns two doctors, one of
whom has served on tho statf of !i n
Villi In Mexico. The bulletin runlnds
tenants that the night bell is not a buzzer
but a rnnr, "so don't forget your night 1
key." The owners of I,o' Hoy encourage :
children by giving a silver mug to every
child born there. Kleven mugs have a I- I
ready been passe, out. !
LESS BROOKLYN BUILDING.
"n'T " Mmiy Opernllon.
I'lninird o, l)riiK I'revlon. Week.
Vew constriction work In Hrooklvn
a d.'lded s'ump, according to plans
n" '' 11 '! tile II. .11. li.,.. n
-i i ' ';i I i nirril uur-
past
ln i
III, r i
thm i
lll'W llllllfllt.KU ...III
.., H. '" "III
' 'I T vventv.wlv ,.f ,1. ,i
" , in-.-i, in
ncuings, (o cost an Tim fo,,r
llllill ,V
no1 ,,h
' ' lllr
week, total operations
1 Jo onlv $270,700, a llttlo mom
1 1 ' l ie tttl ,1 ..r I
T- ,,, f. ' ui IMevious WfeK,
. I IT,'..
r
cm,' , 1 1 T..00.I and thirteen nils
nf f,r'ieiiii,,, I,, 0OJt jjo.OOii,
l . " " " I'-nenients. tnreo will
" " 'llllll I.C I I A .... . '
fiuir.v i. i iieiiii'inm m i.n
' "f .Stockholm street, south of
HellUe. nt ,i eiut nf Inn Ann mi...
-n.i u ... i... , ... . r - '."'". inn
... iri I'V the Iin Kn II. con
. i i.n i onipanv on the north side of
. , ' ,M "f ""dford avenue, ,,t
i. . J,,, AI' ul11 '"' fo"r stories
U'Im II.,,,,. lm liuihllng Coninane lll
''lock fiont on the east xhli,
,,, ., ,. ' , 1 s "lie, between Heveiitv-ninth
.. " rM' "-treetM. win, nine two
i .. ,' ' ''"""V brick dwellings at a
rr, H ,,,',.u't lf"llov. nt the southeast
, ,,1, . 1 n(rtt-titli avenue and Seventy
rn.nt r11' th "'li0r ""IKWs Anllse-
tb -., '"vn"y Ul spend ir..non for a
?' tn cover n plot i,xlflO feet
s ittutiieast corner of Avenue N and
COSTLY SEWER IMPROVEMENT.
((ueens Property Sfny lie Ohrteil
?ir n I'rnnt I'oot.
Appltcntlon Is to b made to Comptroller
Prcndergnst by tho residents of the
Ozone I'ark nnd lllchmond Hill sections
of Queens for nn explanation of th hills
for assessments which they aro now re
ceiving. Theso assessments according to
the best Information obtainable, nre for
scwiir Improvements In the district.
In this section morn than in any other
In Queens during tho pnst fow yeura many
sewers luivo been constructed, In ono
instance which has been died a plot with
!4 feet frontngo, on the Jtocknwav road
was Inst year assessed $57.17 for ono
sewer and this year another assessment
of 1141.05 was plnced against tho nam,
property for another sewor. This would
make nn assessment of JB.S7 per front
font on this property In two years, and the
Information Is given that there nro two
more assessments to be levied wh ch will
bring tho total to more thnn J15 a front
foot
It Is said that such assessments will hs
confiscatory. The property owni rs con
ceded that the. Improvements are ne 'es
snry, but they say that thn burdens are too
heavy to be borne If they aro levied In
this manner.
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etw! Til s mp m m
1 iir- ' . ':m wwffiyitf !M?
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DYCKMAN APARTMENT
IN TRADE FOR LOTS
Woman Investor the Buyer Gives
Twenty-seven Lots, Some on River
side Drive, in Part Payment
A $1,000,000 deal with a woman the In the Smlth-Urny building, at llroadwav
buyer was closed ctcrday by Arnold and Wat t en street, sp.ico mi the tenth
llrne llaumann, who b.is sold for the Moor to lh Anlo Kqulpinent Company,
Charles llinsle Itealtv Company the two Diiiush Company has subleased for the
six story elevator apartment li'iusfs with Clinton Steel Celling Company tho build
eighteen stores on the south side of 207th lug at 13S Jane strcM to the Heneca Dls.
street from Tost to Hherm.in avenues. , tidniiliig Company for live years. The
at the 207th street Hilbwny station. The j building has railroad siding on West
houses rront 3IU feel on 207lh street and (street for the puipose nf shipping; also
100 feet on 1'ost ami .Sherman avenues, 1 leased the stoto mid basement at 494
Mis Carrie H. Weiss Is the buyer and will Hudson street to N'oiah l-'nley and the
hold ill. houses for Ini estmeiit. Ill ex- spire nnd basement nt 77S Washington
ihange for tho 2n7th strut Iiousm the slreet to Anthony Ilrescla nnd tho store
lletisle Itealti Company tnxes twenty- nu iiaseiiient at 37 1 west rwcirtn surect
I leveii lots on the west side of Haven avt
lnue. running through to Hlversldo drlie. j
itioiit t!i feet south of ISlst street.1
measuring 300 feet on Haen avenue, 33'.i
feet on ltlverslde drive. 200 feet 011 the
souths tly line, and 239 feet on tho north
etly line, with a three story Colonial
dwelling. The Ilensle Construction Com
p.iny will erect apartment houses on the
lots. Tho Hlversldo drive front will be
Improved with ten story II reproof build
ings. It l I I.C. OX HTTII M'lir.KT.
wi:st tiiihty-i:vi:ntii .sthi:i:t.
.1 Arthur Fischer has lesold for Muses
Frank f.3 West Thirty-seventh street, a
four story building, oil lot 20x.".S !. The
selbr ncqulred tho house nboilt two
weeks ago from Francis Ciulsoti
through the same broker. The prop
erty Is locuted R5 feet cast of Sixth
inenuc
wi:st i:xn avi:xi:i:. i.. J. riiiiups &
Co have said for Mrs. Illr.im Mallln
son to 11 client for occupancy 22 West
K'nl aviniic, southeast corner of looih
street, a tlnee story dwelling on lot
17.5x65.Cxlrieguli r.
1, or si,i: m:ii citv i.i.vh.
FAST 242P STHFF.T - Ceorge Hill his
sold to Oatetano VHP Ho the lot 23. lx
ldl.S, on the north side of Fast 2l2d
meet, feit p.ist of Dlshrnw, place,
Jutt south of the city Hue.
to Thomas Tlerney.
Itarneit Co. have leased tho store at
1711 Fast 126th street to tho I'hoto Nov
elty Cnmpnny , also the store nt 64 Hast
ISfith street to tho Crown llarbtr .Supply
Compauv nnd to A, Knsncr tho toro nt 16
Flint 125th street.
Ill IMI IIIIOOKI.V.X IKIMFS.
W II. tlnldiy has sold the two family
i'I.a vi'.ns 1,1: mi: iiot sn.
F. A. Turner has Icawd for Maji
(liclH the building at 13S Fast Twenty
seienth street, formerly tho homo of
the Knights of Columbia nnd afterward
us-il as a chunh, tn the llronthall Play
ers of Stamford, Conn., a theatrical and
musical organization. There will be bal
conies, clubreoms and reception rooms
Instnlled. The lesse Is for ten years and
the building will be completed next
mouth.
en v iiwr.i.i.i.viss itiiXTnn.
Douglas I.. Flllmaii & Co. havn leased
for Mrs. James 11 llenedlct, II Fast
Seventieth stuet. a flip story American
basement dwelling on the crest of I.ennx
Hill, to Lewis M. Illooitilngdalc.
The Diirofs Company has leased the
dwelling at 3S rinivo street for the estate
of M. W. Nack to Chnrhs F Hurnham;
nlso the dwelling nt 00 Ferry street for
John J. Itrog.ui to Wllllnm llr.indkamp.
i.e. i.vti MTiiiiuiA.x moins.
Th" Westchester Land Fvchnnge hs,s
rented thn home of Mrs. Owen Meenough
en Qiilnbv nvenue. White I'lalns, to Mr.
Fmiiiii C.itrevas of New York city.
Julia lleiciley lliggeiis has leased for
house 8,"3 Fist Xlnetieiith street on Ashhel flreen his place nt Mount Klsco.
lot 40x100. for Second United Itealty Cor- N. Y., 1o Halsey Mnlonn of New York,
potation to a client for oecupaney , thelfrmi Xnvpmtiir I, for one ymp
wfw bungalow on the east side of Fasi I Maxwell Smith has leased for "tho Sears
Fighteentli stifet, between Avenues X j dale Company tn David J. Davis a dwell
and o, for Mldwood Asoclates to n clhnt. Ing nt the corner of Overhlll nnd Circle
roaus, fearsome, .v .
I'l.AX" COll IlltOXX PI. AT,
Plans have been tiled for a five ftoty
tenement with stores' to be erected by the
lsaiie Leader Itealty Company from plnns
by (loblner & Holdheig at the northeast
corner of Park avenuu nnd lS3d street
It will cover an area of 7 r x S . 1 nnd wl'.l
cost about $7i,.ooo.
ri.Ml 'IOHUIMTOW.V IIIDIR,
Fitderlck Humphreys' has given to
uuius 11. llrown of Ilronklyn the general
for occupancy ; tho new one family house
on the west side of i:at .Mneteentli
stieet. near Awmie 1, for Ascutney lteidt
Company to a client for oceupnncy. and
tho one family house nt 77? Argle road,
on lot tOxlOO, for Mrs. C. Hui baoher to
.1 client for occupancy
W. It. Onldey has sold the two family
hiiuso nt SJ3 Fast Tenth strn-t, 011 plot
40x100, foh the Hi mud I'nltcd lti.ilty
Corioratlon : also a new bungalow 011
the cast side of Fast Fighteentli stieet,
between Avenues N and o, for the Mid
wood Assoi niles, a new one family house
on the west side of Fast Nineteenth strict,
near Avenue 1. for the Ascutney Healtv , contract to fleet a two and a half story
Company, and the dwelling at 779 Aigylol terra cotta block and stucco resldenco nt
road, on plot 40x100, for Mrs. C. Itur-1 Morrlstow n, X. .1 Tho plans and sped
bacher. F.ich house was sold tn a client Mentions were prepared b1 Harris T.
for or.cup.111c. . I Ltndeberg, who estimates Its cost nt nboilt
Frank A Seaver has sold the two story 1 $160,000. Thn house will measure
nnd basement brick two family house at1 40x150.
472 Sixty-thlid street, for John Hell to a!
I Mr. llofer for occupancy. . XKW IIIIOKr.lt IX Till", I'lr.l.n.
John Nelson has sold th" two story and r,.P,iinnn,i e 11, .n- ,., r .,,.
SOIL MAP OF QUEENS.
! ItlCltMII.M) 1111,1, S KI.F.S. .
I At lllchmond Hill, L. I , II. 11. Williams
& Son have sold the three stores, on plot. For llenrnt of llnllders, Architects
'40x100, at 2"ll to 2M1'., Jamaica nve
tine, fnr'H. J. Culllngfoid to nn Invertor: nI"1 "")""'
nl) .thn three-story bulld.ng on ttjQ south I The topographical bureau In Queens Is
side of Jamaica avenue, twenty feet east ; colVctlng Infoimnt'on of tin character of
of Or.int av line, for t'10 Hank of Long the subsoil of the borough. The work hi
Island, und tho three story building 011 1 In en in progrc-s for several months and
the south side of Jam ilea nvenue, forty 1 considerable progress has been made. The
feet east of Haven place, for A. Weiss.
1' Ml ItOCK WA V IIOTI
ItlXH.I).
Albert Marker! has bought from the
( Hrown-Welss Itealty Company the 121
stoue Park Hotel at Far ltockaway, giv
ing in part payment 300 lots tit Jnmnica.
Tile transaction Involves over $300,000,
HtniMoxn i'rroitY sitf.
The estate of rieorge Iipchtel has so'd
a plot, 5nxl02, on tlordon street, running
iirough to Warren stret, Stnpleton,
Stnten Island, to tho Sullivan llottle
Works Company of New York, which will
erect a factory.
WANT T nttrpp "PTflKF. 'RATFii , "Vft cents each next 1,200, three cents
WANi LUWJ-il invnL- Alii. 'tch. oxt ji2UOi two nd hnlf ,.im.H
... leach, excess metagi abovo 3,600 per
Comfort nml Iliislne.s of Ilie cltr ,.., ,,,. ..,,,
APARTMENTS FOR NEWARK.
Delillind Tllenl.
voar. two cents each.
! "With tbnio rat In forpo In Chicago.
A measure will be Introduced In h '"" ' rir. .
Tiro Xenr
IfHO.nOO (o He Spent 011
Clinton Avenue.
Nkwahk, N, J.. Oct. 17. Fall building
operation In this city have not In 0:1
bumpered to any extent by lh war In
Kurope. Not mal building activities are
going on the same as usual. Permits
for the construction and alteiatlon nf
buildings, the cost of which will ngfie.
gate $105, 000. were emitted by the Depart
ment of Fundings this week
Some architects declare their work Is
Just as heavy this fall ns ever and predict
there will be extensive building operations
next spring, Fdw.ird V Warren 1ms
ilinwn plans for tno four fctory brick
apartment houscB In riotith Helmont
avenue near Clinton avenue, for tho Her
man C. Schneider Itulldlng nnd Construe
tlon Company ut a coat of $80,000,
next I-Bltl.ituru ashing for a reduction
of teiephono rates In this city should con
ferencos between tho Public Service Com
m,rion nnd tho T.eb phono Company on
tho subject of lowr rates fall. Nino prop
erty owne's' nrsoclatlons, with 11 member
1913, 9.70 per cf nt. on Its outstiindln;
capital, Wo believe with similar rntea
In forco In New York city and no tolls
between tho boroughs the New York Tel
ephone Company will do equally well.
Thero nro no tolls charKed far telephone
communication within the limits of tlm
stun tit thousands, nro supporting the ritv 0f Chicago.
mcintirn on tho ground that New York ..t mfty a),,, interest you to learn that
ought tn h.ivo the umo rates 11s other t, tereH.0 n telephonos tn tiso In Chi-lir-o
cities In thi country. It Is clalmol PB0 during tfllS was 48,276, while In
that the telephone eompiuiv through hleh (ireter Now York, with morn 'ban twice
prlee-j Is Interfering with the comfort nnd ,hn population of Chicago, tlm Incrcaso
tho business development of the city, ' ,v, reported to havn been 40,702.
A 1, Iter which the Joint cominltleo of
tho nine property owmrs' associations nie
Company of Seattle, Wash., one of tho
biggest department stores of the West.
PHTLTTSE MANOR IN NEW HANDS.
eondltur tint to candidates seeking election
to the LckijIiiIiik1 fays In part;
"Our aim Is mid will bo tn secure far
tho citizens of Greater Now York tho
tamo ratiM for telephono service that
nro now charged In Chicago , namely,
etnglo line, $43 per year, Including 9'iO
outgoing message. Next 210 motstscs,
yr.w cmin.VAciiKS hwfi.i.i.vc.
Jleglnald C, Knickerbocker is erecting
n resldenco of ten rooms nt nreenacivs,
Hcarsdale Fstnles. Tt Is pure Dutch
Colonial ll style nnd will cost nt least
16,000, Mr, Knickerbocker Is the cast
m representative ot the Frederick-Nelson
Developer of Scnrsillile Tnlir Over
the Property.
The Fstates of Tappan Zee, which was
Incorporated nt Albany several davs ago
with Hubert F. Farley ns president, L.
Ward Prince, secretary, nnd P. II. Mitchell,
treasurer, will take over the Phlllpso
Manor property Just north of Tarrytown,
Thn property was laid nut several years
ago as a line residential park at n cost
of $1,000,000. Twcnty-threo residences
have been built theic. Tim property faces
Tappan Zee, which Is tho widest part of
tlm Hudson, It belli-? threo and a half
miles ucross.
A clubhouso and bathhouses wcio built
last year on the Hudson, Tho original
Phlllpso Manor dcvclopeiH old th prop
erly lasl winter In a trndo for tho twpnty
story loft and office building at the north
ent comer of Fifth avenuo and Thlrly
II rst'ti trtt
TIIADIXO AT YONKJ2H.
Iots have been sold at Nrpperhan
Heights, Yonkers, to F. A. Wolly and
Samuel Stable, and John H. Cnhlll has
purchased the Sp.mrr House for occu
pancy. Jlt.W HI'Vr.HS IX X42WAIIK.
Fetst & Feist have sold tho gotv of
land nt tlm nnr of 62 nnd 5X Soulh
Seventh ptreet, south of Central avenue,
to Frederick "Kllgus, building contractor.
This plot nicnsuies 75 feet In width 'anil
nbnut 60 feet lit depth, it ml adjoins th
land now owned by Mr Kllgus, fronting
nn Sixth street, lie will en-ct n lnrgo
four story semi-fireproof nddltlon to his
wood working plant Feist Feist haw
mid for tie' Jacob Montz estate o David
Strahan the three story and basement
dwelling nt SS Falrmount avenue, Fnst
Side, 25 feet north of Cabinet street.
This house contains tw nty-tlm n rooms,
Including three baths mid nil modern con.
venlenceH. Feist ti Feist nlso have sold
for Jacob Flschel tn lleorg" W. llrand of
Fast Orango thn llorln establishment on
tho south side of T.iyior street, nbout 40S
, feet west of Main street. The property
consists of three lnrgn greenhouses con-
Inec.tlng with 11 two story olllce, salesroom
and dwelling on a plot 104 f-t front, with
In depth of 1,181 feet
Louln SchlcsliiKcr has sold for tho An
nexed District Funding and Loan A?sn.
elation to .Mrs, Julia C Itellly tho two and
one-hnlf Hiory frame dwelling nt K9 Sum-
mil slrepl, southwest corner of New street.
opposite tho new Central High School,
having a rrontago or 25 recj on Summit
street nnd 100 feet on New street. Tho
new owner will occupy after making ex
tensive alterations.
IMJIIC AVllXirF, l'l,T IHIYI2II,
Flmcr A. Miller Is the buyer of the
flve-slory flat nt 1071) Park avenue, near
Flghty-elghth street, reported sold some
time iiki) by Milton C. Henley. The con
slderatlon was )39,noo.
TIIXAXTI I'OH lll'SIX'FSS Sl'cr..
It Flanagan a Son report the rental
of the four slnry, high stoop dwelling i'
22S West Thirty-ninth stree', on .1 ten
ear lease. The building Is to be nltercd
by tho lessees for business purposes.
The firm of 1, J Carpenter, with Al
bert I.eldmnn, has leasul the fifth loft at
(I, S nnd 10 flreat Jon, s street, poi th.
west turner of Lafayette street for n
term of years, nnd Hie llrst loft at 4 S3
nnd 4T) 'Prnadwny to tho Aluminum Sales
nnd Manufacturing Company for a term
of years.
Chavlca -V, Noyca Company lias leased
Information gathered In now- nvallahle for
bulldeis and piospectlve purchasers. 'This
Is one of the most Important moves for
tho assistance of builders .tlint ban been
made In the borough recently.
Prospective purchasers of land upon
which they expect to erect tenements,
apartments or factories must know th
character of the siilwoll In order to de
termine whether It will bo possible to con
struct suitable foundations for the build
ings they propose to erect and nlso to
ontlninte; the pribable rot of such con
struction. Fach week with the upbuild
ing uf the borough with larg and expen
sive structures information of this char
acter becomes more valuable.
In the past the prospective purchasers
hnve been compelled to rely entirely upon
borings made upon the property. This
I111H been a costly experiment and occa
sions have happened when tho Informa
tion so obtained has not been accurate.
The topographical bureau has secured
from architects, builders and engineers In
every section or the borough Information
Hint has been obtained by private borings.
Thev are now proceeding to make boring
of their own This information as fast
ns It Is obtained Is being Indexed upon
the borough map and Indicates tho pres
ence of rock, underground waterway, filled
ground and marsh land.
WANT TAX SALE PUT OFF.
Flushing Association (11 Asl( for
Yonr's Postponement.
Thn Flushing Husimss Men"s Associa
tion has appointed a committee to Urge
Comptroller Prendergast to postpone for
a .venr tho sale of property In the Third
Wnrd of tho Itoroiigh of Queens for un
paid taxes. Thn sale was advertised to
take place on the 27th.
The association maintains that because
of the present stringency tu tho money
market the city should he lenient In en
forcing Immediate payment of arrears.
GAS FOR SOUTH SHORE FOLKS.
Filrnslnii of Mollis Through llrnnk
lin en A pproveil.
The up-State Puhl'c Service Commis
sion h is appioved a considerable exten
sion of the lines of tho Patrhogtin Ons
Conipiny tn the town of Hrookhaven
Suffolk count v, nfler a hearing In New
York city at which no opposition was
he'iril to the exercise by tho company oj
fianclilses received from tho town bos.rt
and Superintendent of VlRbways,
The teriltnry through which tlm com
pany is permitted to extend Its gas mains
nnd nppnrtetianceH Is Hint patt of thn
tn-yn of Hrookhaven lying ninth of t
main line of the Long islnnd ltnllroaTT
nnd outside the Incorporated village of
Ilellnnrl. between Heliport and tho l"n
of Southampton and between the Long
Island ltritlio.nl nnd th Oreat South Hay
IIHIIiHTW TI2IIS PLOT !I,F.
The T II A.Kerson Compiny reports
tho followln g sales at Hrlglltwnters, L.
I . Plot r.rixlto feet, on Hay avenue in
Hie hnrhor section, to Mrs, Frances nallui
of Manhattan: 11 pint 100x160 feet, on1
Ackerson Hoiib-vard In the Pines, to Mrs.
Mary N. llobh of Hrooklyn and n plot,
100x150 feot, on Pine Drive tn the Pines,
to Joseph Ward,