New-York tribune., 1905-08-30
PLANS A HOME FOR NURSES.
CITY LEASES a @6TH-ST. HOUSE FOR SUCH USE
TO BE BELLEVUE HOSPITAL 4NNEX.
o"0" 70 bud an Eight Story HoteISuppy of
Queens Mach Less Than Demand

Plans have been filed with Buildings super,nt.ro
ent Hopper for the remodelling Of the three s,or,
and basement dwelling house No PIP East 2sth-st
owned by John Delaney into a home for the nurses
o. Bellevue Hospital. the city having leased the
Hospitals
new steam heating plant and rev plumbing
VIII De installed and the building renovated and re-
arranged throughout The necessary improvements
are to cost $500. according to the estimate oF
J. Jones. the city architect
flans have also been filed for nev, eight story
nreproof hotel. 2ox9S.3 feet to be built for Mrs.
NJ u johnston. as owner. at the northwest corner
u 'ii-sC ana Broadway Alley It is 10 cost $4,000
acCprulng TO the estimate of the architects Thai,
& Thain US nam
N Aailine OF peculiar kind exists at the present
uHle throughout Queens Borough 1t is a famine
OF oearth' rather, of dwelling houses that could he
'eu Vi purchased by people of moderate means
ana wage-earners. The most striking exan,nla of
Is scarcity of rentable houses is found in College
Folnt' where hundreds of men employed in local
iacOorles seek in vain for small houses or apart-
Inen1s ana failing in their quest are compelled
10 secure accommodations elsewhere, in many cases
a. great distance from where they are employed
->oI"llhslandlng the great number of houses of
just that kind which have been built uithtn tho
last Two years. the builders do not seem able to
supply the demand. which is increasing daily
Al Long Island city the same state of affairs is
found. although on a smaller scale the demand in
renuhs at price that would be considered reason
Anle even In Manhattan. While many large fac
tory buildings are now being erected III Long Island
Cl1y' very few dwelling houses are being built ex
cept In the Astoria section in proportion TO the crv
ing demand for them
IN tIushing il seems almost impossible 10 secure
mouse or an aparament. and although rents are
as rule. a great deal higher there than in other
parts or the borough, prospective tenants and mr.
1seIs 90 not caVl at that. their only desire being
70 secure suitable habitations at almost any nrice
~. " Oopp an active operator and builder of
:. .Lusihg property. when asked yesterday regarding
tie improvements he is now making on tho large
I4e LedFIIt estate, said: 4 am completing fifteen
houses on that tract and as there is such a de-
!llaiq Tor houses OF that kind will have no trouble
N oISpoSlng or them. / at present holding a
desirable tract State-st which is on the market
NY price IS so front foot. and have 179 feet
may seli thls property in plots a whole
Inc ntteen houses Mr. Copp is building are merely
crop IN the bucket. however. the demand being
OF such dimensions.
The following sales and transfers were an
nounced yesterday. all Of them being in Long Island
Clty Jennie Petry to the New-York and Long
1sIano railroad Company. plot 2l feet by 100 feet
"a sth-st., near Jackson-ave. and by Josephine 5.
eInlng 70 the same company of plot in 4th-st.,
MIDWAY between Vernon and Jackson aves.
ElZabeth Patrick sold Vincent Hayman a %
root by 100 foot plot on Blackwel-st, near Van
ceEenter-aVe IN the Astoria section. William Evans
SOLO 10 sarah Murphy corner plot So feet by 70
feet. at Willow-st. and St Johns Place John
LouGhlin conveyed TO John Kalatza a plot i'm
SteVens-st. near Franklin the dimensions of which
are % feet by H5 feet. Eliza A Hughes sold TO
Andrew Murphy % foot by 100 10, plot in Wilbur
over plot in Halsey-st.. near Fulton in the As
torla section . by 102 feet