New-York tribune., 1904-08-07
THE WEEK IN REALTY.
DuIness Due to Strikes-4ctiUity in
The Bronr Remarkable.


development OF the last week in the estate
world was formal declaration OF against the
building unIoEs. Labor difficulties probably main
OF business s:sRnaton the present time Money
Is plentiful and the title companies only too
glad make loans profitable buildings Builders
unwilling risks at the Of
tanty There have been failures in the
due strikes. only dosa this
tanty Of builders decreased business
but the general financial stngcncY Of the middle and
labornE classes due the strikes Is also largely
sponsible
This condition is principally confined 70 Manhattan
however Tho attention OF ,he estate world
again the remarkable activity IN the
Borough OF Tbs Bronx. Business operations for The
Bronx shown Tor the completed record for July. will
this year far previous years part
the city The value OF the buildings Per which
plans havs nled IN months Of 1904
SOS. which nearly twice the value Of
buildings which filed IN entire
1903. Plans FOR l7S buildings filed IN tAs ooT
ough July OF than So 600 600 In IRE
same year there for only ST.
Ittis than s+oooo0 Brooklyn shares this
tvity. a
This record has not been kept up IN the week
realty unusually dull this year
Plans for \ buildings IN The Bronx nIed
through the week and there about equal number Of
noteworthy transactions AronF plans the Seville
Home for Children. occupy plo, IS5Ioxll44 fee, IA
Latayette-ave and Barrettost The is 30 SlI2
oOo. D'Oench & Yost the architects \ Si60.0 coo
story brick tenement house building ia 10
be built In lT5 One-hundrsd-
and-sixty-hfth-st. BY Mccarthy Macy. The archi-
tects Moore & Landseidei William c. summerheid
has planned FIVE story brick NJ
Lalor the side % Prospectave. 25 feet
OF Oueh hundred -sxtl-st The
10000. The Fleetwood Park section OF the
most active. Hymen Cohen has sold 10 John Yule for
hundred and s1tyhfth-st. bstwsen Grant Norris
others the Fleetwood tTaet. On other plots
il P the .. o as5s .fs5 5S o~o dwelling houses now in
An Important transaction in Manhattan the pur-
- & Of
twenty story once building IN this Herbert a sherman
n r Chase. No. II Maiden Lane: FOR Mary G Harness
Mdea e a. % 6d N e sna a'E for Mau4 vs
StriI 20, , 40 S The ne b,ve e 1s1e a'Is SouJ zen
It IS proposed erect the building arrangements
ssnts about So 900 600 The building will adon Gin
Building Nc, 10 10 Maiden Lane. owned BY J. Pier
Another Maiden Lane purchase that OF No ~ BY
Charles KNAPP through l. J Ph!lliPs 4 Co y Is seven
Iso11l feet Horen6qEgeE straHb the aTeheG5s have
Columbia College property at Nos 10 and is East Six
plans are also noted for expensive ne. dwelling
houses and & extensive tens inPrqyemen,s to @ 1a,5 Amons
los John Innes Kane for which McElim Mead and
far Robert Mecrdg of MoTrstown n j. at No 20
Rober; W De Forest former house comms-
.i9nsr to build two s'Ury PTya,S art gallery ad.
IL Baker the arehites estimates the o cost @ at S 600
building No 9s in Clarke-ct.. and for the new stuy
sixteenth sts The OF the latter is be $4,000
The Real Estate and Guide Of last
Gays:
a ufeless real estate market in Manhattan and in
of activity in The Bronx correctly de-
does not differ essentially the duness which usually
prevails during the midsummer months but It Is more
business which transacted during the sprtng The
being certain for dwellings, may be
but Il is nothing TO brag about Very few vacant lots
6ulanSs In Harlem Srde operators hsstnnlns
more ana more 10 buy up the niue Story d"e!
ngS that abound thereabouts and 70 replace them by
sIstory tenement houses In the Of time the old
dwellings will disappear the East Side they
have tho Side. Renting ts good. In spite
Of the emigration the outlying borCughs and the sub
urbs many vacancies IN Manhattan.
prove. good might be expected for eOIO6
It not for the labor situation.
Opinions will IS the seriousuess the
situation but there be question 70 the serious
Of the effect Of the lockout building 1t will
months except those which stand in exceptional
position and unless II is quickly settled its dscourag
Is however yet TO suppose that Il will not
be quickly settled and IN satisfactory 10 the
hgF about They have accepted the arbitration
and have been we'll treated under II. They have
which have oned the present lockout none or them
raise questions Of great Importance These strikes
mean only THAI certain aloment IN the unions max
ing tentative attempt to restore the former anarchy In
the building trades. and such being the case
obvious that effective must be taken
tain the conditions OF the agreement
An impression created the
lockout Is tantanount declaration the agree
had failed but such is being the No
with knowledge expected that the
agreement would be Immediately carefully
forced unions by the strong arm of the
employers association; II will be maintained
by the same power until the unions appreciate
It's value with the arbitration agreement a the basis
policy for which to exert its
ton OF a good cause with a strong arm cannot fail