New-York tribune., 1900-10-28

and judging by the number of people to be met
with tours of inspection. it is reasonable to
assume many leases will be closed before the
month comes to an end Lively renting busi1eSs
viOusly many persons prefer staying where they
are rather than to lose their vote by changing
The recent allegations that there is an over
production of high class apartment buildings
amply refuted by the remarkable success of
number Of recently completed structures. The
building erected by Irons & Todd. at Sixty
siXth-st and Central Park West has been COM
pletely rented. There forty-eight apartments
in this house of two. eight and ten rooms. ranging
in from s540 to $500 a year. Nearly all
Of the Iessees are already living in the apart
ments. in spite Of the fact that the premises are
gS quite and antrs s P9r
West. has more than three-quarters of its apart
Signel. Ninety -second-st. and Central Park. is
meeting with extraordinary success Mt MT slgHea
of his best apartments pa had been leased at total
apartments $1,000 year ranging from 81 $50 to
$500 On this basis 90 per cent Of the total in
taxes and running expenses of the house.
The St. James Court. Ninety-second-st. and
Broadway. has also had big success. Only about
half dozen apartments remain to be rented in
this building. The house contains forty-two apart
ments. of five. six, seven, eight and nine rooms.
The renting of all but the remaining apartments
was accomplished in less than months time by
Slawson Hobbs. the agents of the house; A
other could enumerated
leased. In cases where the renting has been slow
are too high, or the apartments are not well ar
ranged or there has not been the right man
the premises 10 take care of people they have
come to inspect the APARTMENTS.
There has been considerable evidence within the
last week of the temperance in the market
of the prospective investor number of the new
apartment buildings the West Side have been
subjected to a quiet investigation Among these
the Fontenay. the seven story elevator house at
No 80 West Eightieth-st built by Michael TuIy
sentatves Of several brokerage firms have escorted
clients through the building recently inspect its
superb workmanship and construction The Fonte-
nay has been the subject OF much comment on ac-
@ u ~ itT tbet cov, alS Iiot many ouild-
thoroughness and substantially
In advertisement of the apartment build
ing occupying the entire block front in Morning
sde-ave., between One-hundred nd eighteenth and
undred-and-nneteenth sts which appeared in
last Sundays Tribune. the novel phrase of sell
ing apartments was employed. Many persons were
attracted by this. They came with the impression
that the apartments actually for sale al
though the owners had Of course. used the above
term in the sense OF selling apartments for a
place particularly insistent on buyipG one of
the apartments explaining that this was quite a
houses. Perhaps this may suggest possibiiites no
builders and spectators that would open up a new
sociations be formed with the object 81 acaWIrn,-
apartment houses for the domiciling of it's mem
When Jacob A. Zimmerman built the RIverview
apartment house, at One hundred nd
st. and Broadway. there were many croakers around
who predicted all kinds OF dismal failures for the
enterprise. asserting that il case OF pioneer
Ing In the wilderness. At the present time thirty
four out Of forty apartments have been rented IN
the hivervew and there is fair promise OF the