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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20

now control. market was also found this year
for the modern seven story loft building No. 50
West Sd st, which owned by Gutwillig Brothers.
The asking price about $2OQGOO and the brokers
in that transaction were S. Osgood Pell & Co. A
buyer was also found the modern ten story
brick and stone Office and loft building No. Sc
West 18th st.
The big eight story business building at the
southwest corner of Wooster and Sd streets was
sold by Arnold, Byrne & Baumann for SitIim.
Selinsky & Lowenthal. The building occupies a
plot as by 75 feet and is considered to be one of
the best constructed mercantile buildings in that
section of the city. Lee & Fleschmann bought
Nos. 1852 and 11S4 Broadway five story building,
with a frontage of % feet and adjoining the Hotel
Breslir- On that site there is being erected a six
teen story store and loft building This will be one
OF the highest store and office structures erected
in some years in what is called the old theatre
centre of Manhattan Island The property was
purchased by the present owner from Charles
Laue through George Backer The eleven story
mercantile building Nos. 80 and 80 West 18th st.
sold by CammanI Voorhees, & Floyd for the
Meteor Realty Company.
One OF the largest transactions of the year was
the sale by L. J. Phillips & Co for the Befrank
Realty Company of the National Building an
eleven story and loft at the north
east corner of 18th st. and Broadway. 1t was pur-
chased by James c Ewing. of Pittsburg. at a
ported price Of 100000. This building is modern
in every respect IT erected in 1902. the
OF the structure being placed at $4,000 The build
ing has a frontage of little AZ feet Broad
way and OF nearly 15i feet 18th st. Mr. Ewing
gave ia part payment some properties in Pittsburg
Bryan l.. Kennedy and Leopold We'll resold for
Felix Isman OF Philadelphia, the four story brick
building No 421 Fifth ave. southeast corner of
3Stl ST. TO Mrs Elizabeth NJ. Anderson Mrs An
Cersou owns Nos. AS and AZ Fifth ave and an
abutting plot. This one of the principal deals
in the central Fifth district reported in the
year Another big transaction affecting site
there was recently perfected 1t the sale of
No 37s Fifth ave. just north of 35th to Robert
T. Bowling for about $4,000, who last week resold
the premises 10 Thomas r. Ball OF Best & Co.
for a little less than 10000.
Earlier in the year market was found for sew
eral sites in the lower Fifth district. of
the principal transactions being the sale OF Nos
20 and lO Fifth ave. which has frontage of 50
feet. to Roswell +. Easton and Adm q. Pierce
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REALTY NOTES.

An action has been begun in the Supreme Court
by Mary D. Gerard against T. Rollin Morse and
Marion R. Morse to foreclose mortgage of $50 900
IN the property on the north side of 5lst ST. 222 8
feet east of Fifth ave. 30x1oo5 feet. The mortgage
was made April >. 1907.
The Ernestus Quick Company mas sold for the ex-
ecutors of the estate of Mrs Harriet Feniston the
three story and basement brownstone dwelling
house No % South Portland ave, between DeKalb
and Lafayette aves Brooklyn. to Mrs Helen Foss.
Colin Alexander Stevenson, with c. Stevenson &
Co. has leased $4,000 square feet of space No.
1T6 to $50 Grand the Century Gas and Electric
Fixture Company, and also 10000 square feet of
space in the building to the Royal Metal
Manufacturing Company; also 5000 square feet of
space at No 407 Broome St for A. Trenkman; also
1900 feet in No q 81 Blocker ST. for Lee Hol-
STEM also a loft in No. 30 Centre st. NJ Ross &
Co: also 5000 feet at No. to 139 Mangin St for
Otto florence.
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,a1rvopK nAr1y TRIBUNE SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 90 1908

at Nos 142 and 1A Perry st. to cost s6ooV' sesei
story garage at the northeast corner OF ereei'
witch and Vandam SITS. TO cost $4,000; seven s'oiS
storage building at No 10 Beach ST. to cost soooV,
and seven story storage building at NOS. I"' an"
10 Charlton st. to cost $4,000
Some of the properties which have been soid tni'
year are No CO Maiden Lane and NO 81 Wllialh
ST. two five story buildings; to the New horh
Plate Glass Insurance Company, No. So Mercer ST.
five story loft building: to the Etagloc Hoiolhs
Company the Hunt Building at the northeast coz :
ner of Park Place and West Broadway NO. zoo
Front St a five story building; No ool TO 0o' west
9th st a six story building. to the standard vi
Comuany: No. so Greenwich St, SIX story ioi'
building: No 122 Nassau St. four story ouiio-iis
tho ST George Building, No. 81 to 30 Beeknlah 81
No ia West ST. a four story store and lott oullo-
ing: No 81 Maiden Lane four story ouiidhg. ~.
no South ST. a four story building NO % "a'ei
ST five story building: No " "lihaih ST.
q four story building to the Phenix lhsur aiic
Connanv. Nos IS and 20 Platt ST. and NO Ia e'oiu
CT two four story buildings, to the George Ci'ii'
realty Company; No. 162 South ST., a hVe STORY
bur5fnq- No 81 to So Centre St, two SIX stoIS
buildings TO r H, Thomas and e. III. Waihei' W
25s Washington st, new six story ihei -
h,,udinp TO Woodbury. G. Langdon; NO 20 ca
81 . six story building. and No 20 Mercer ST. q
Gig story loft building.
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HOLLY PARK AIIhACIo =
Tt rs an Ideal Nezo Jersey Suour0
for HOmeSeekerS.

a. tho base of the Watching Mountains Is
1Io1Iv Park one of the recently developer hoiAo
.i+e tracts in PIafnfield \. j. 1t IS on Ile O.h
traI railroad of New Jersey, twenty-1our IllieS
from Manhattan, and it has tram service
.oua11ed bv few suburbs of Manhattan II 10 an
ideal location for those seeking nome "l'iii"
committing distance of the city.
PlainfeId has d population of 4Z'oVV- i''
sewer water gas and electric equipments are
complete All of the cOnvenences of large
modern town are available for the buyers oh
nIots in this tract. and already the section mas
n,spv fine houses and villas. The construction
of the proposed tunnels from Manhattan and the
increase Of railroad service will bring the section
several minutes nearer regards running time
of trains to Manhattan. More than forty-three
miles of cement sidewalks and macadafnlzed
roads have already been built, and the work Is
being continued. Holly Lake exclusively Tor the
use of Holly Park residents, affords eXcehent
boating bathing and fishing. There is Solr
club a well equipped stable and garage for
the residents and a central clubhouse VIII be
built on the property overlooking the lakes.
All of the property is restricted The selling
agent of the property is the Elk Realty Company
at No. $50 Broadway, Manhattan.
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c. Watson six story stone stable and carriage
house. The Fish estate is building five story
storage building the lot No. 800 list ave, from
plans by George Lutz. Warren & WctmOre, archi-
tects erecting for William X Vanderbilt on
the premises Nos AZ and 40 East sd ST., seven
story brick and stone garage. The cost was placed
at s150,0O0 The site has frontage of 50 feet
$4,000 loft building which will occupy the
premises No. 121 to 125 West 18th st was projected
early in the year by the Domestic Realty Company.
Ditmars & Butte the architects The plot has
frontage of nearly 70 feet. Plans also filed
early in the year for "a seven story loft building,
to occupy a site the southerly side of 18th ST.
about 300 feet west of eth ave. The plans were
drawn by d. w. Levitan for L. & A. Pincus A
100000 project called for the Improvement of a
plot at the southwest of 4th st. and Broad
way with sixteen story loft building. The plans
were drawn by William c. Frohme for Philip
Braender. The work of erecting an eighteen story
office and loft building on the premises No sos 5th
by the Improved Property Holding Company
was begun early in the year This site has 'front.'
age Of 81 feet and depth of los feet The archi-
tects are Maynicke & FRANKIE.
At the northeast corner of 34th st and Madison
ave- loft building, to cost $3OOO00 is being built
for Margaret S. E. Cameron from plans bv Gin
ton & Russell. and on the premises Nos ~ and 81
West 4th st. an eleven story loft building is being
built from plans by Hill & Stout for E Coffin The
old Sinclair House at the southeast corner of Sth
story Office building from plans by w H. Com
pert The architect placed the at 100000 This
is of the largest building operations being car
ried out I'm the old drySoods section of Broadway
Several other large projects being perfected in
this district one of them being the erection of
twelve story loft building on the premises No s
East 18th ST by the Master Builders Realty and
Construction Company from plans by Samuel Sass
Mary other downtown sites have been sold or
are being improved this year. Among the build
ing operations projected a four story office
building TO occupy the premises No. s. Cortlandt
st. an eighteen story office building on the prem
ises Nos % and IS Beaver ST. at a cost of $250Gyl.
for the Stock Quotation Telegraph Company; a
seven story loft building at Nos II and ~ Blocker
st. a thirty-six story office building. which will
form an annex to the Whitehall Building, and
which will cost 100000: a five story loft building
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20
n CH4RMING SUBURB.
Fan C0rtlandt Terrace Perfectly
Built.

One the perfectly improved residential sections
landt Terrace. It occupies superby located tract
of land lying on the westerly side of Broadway
ard fronting on Van Cortlandt Park between the
northery line of this city and the sOutherly line of
South Yonkers
For several years this ideal suburb of the city
has attracted widespread attention among prospec-
tive home seekers who prefer living in superb
rural surroundings in a section contiguous to the
greater city and within easy travelling distance of
City Hall Manhattan a few weeks ago the Van
Cortlandt Park spur of the Broadway subway
journey between Manhattan Island and this rapidly
growing residential district by that route. Trolley
lines also traverse the district and connect with
the trolley of the greater city.
The Van Cortlandt Terrace tract extends west
erlv to Riverdale avenue. AS Broadway and Riv-
erdale avenue are the main thOroughfares between
this city and Yonkers, this beautiful home district
is bordered by two great avenues. All the avenues
and streets in Van Cortlandt Terrace graded
severed and paved. A modern water, gas and cleo
trio system has also been installed throughout
this district thus future home builders will not
have to tear up the streets and sidewalks to con-
meet this system with their houses The tract
is wisely restricted and therefore the upbuildng
of the section along the most approved lines is
s,lred The land is high and from many points
fine view of the Hudson River Valley and the Pal
isades NAV be had. The owner OF the property is
the Van Cortlandt Realty Company, No 2S Broad
way,
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operations this year would equal the record made
last year or in 1906 in the business zones 1t was
ahe opinion of the majority OF expert builders early
in tile year that the demand for Office space and
for loft structures in well located sites south of
B9tn street had been nearly supplied. and that
ing to the unsettled conditions of the money chan
nefs affecting real estate only small number OF
the great construction companies would be brave
enough tempt Dame Fortune by formulating
plans for charging the business zones. In fact it
was The consensus Of opinion in certain real estate
circles that this years building record as regards
office and loft structures would be much less than
that Of 1906 and 1897, in which years new building
records were made. In spite OF all the vast prof.
ects which have been carried out in recent years
the year opened with scores of business houses
seeking and larger sites for their own use 1t
IS the efforts that have been made 10 find more
suitable places for the rapidly growing mercantile
houses whose old homes long ago proved made
ouae for their needs that have resulted, it is gen
orally thought. in maintaining good market this
year for business sites Al least that is one of the
main factors Of the activity in the business dis
rricfs since the first of the year. Another i'm
7,ortauf factor is the inability Of many vast con
struction companies 10 remain idle
About the time of the last financial disturbance
come Of the leading construction companies which
had been unusually prominent on Manhattan Island
IN the last years decided that they would with
draw from the market for some months, and this
decision they made public many occasions 1t
takes years 20 organize and TO raise TO high
degree Of perfection a building and operating COM
paBy which handle gigantic Office projects. In
a dun season the employees Of the company cannot
be dismissed without seriously impairing The hnan-
cial standing of the For if the concern
should Unexpectedly receive orders TO re-enter the
market again a large scale il would take
long time to get 2 large body OF skilled workmen
20 do the tasks that il had contracted to do
efficiently as with the old employees. Most Of the
big building and operating companies control the
services of their chief skilled workmen under
long contract and whether the market is dull
brisk the names OF those employees remain on the
nayroll and there is tailment OF salaries
Owing 10 these conditions Il is expensive thing
for the great construction companies to he idle.
This season proved shat ii more expensive for
many Of them remain inactive than 10 continue
operations sc as keep busy their large forces
81 expert engineers and other skilled workmen. A
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who are erecting on the site Dig ioit puiius'
That deal alone involved about s'oo'ooo-
The Pittsburg Life and Trust Company auueu -
Its realty holdings this year by the purchase OF
NJ 100 proadwav a five story building, with
frontage of about % feet. The seller OF the paSe
was the King estate. The building adjolns the D.
James Building, which is also owned oy Tue 10
burg Life and Trust Company ,;h
A fine speculative parcel in lower eth ave wiiiol
changed hands was the parcel at the northwest
corner of Waverey Place and 9th ave. oe,iie
known as No. II 9th ave- and NO dSo !" aFS
Place 1t was sold by Leon s. Altmaver ioi r.
Gerken go e. :,
o,o,. os + w SHARP the modern five ana nan
story store and loft building No. a west Ssti St
The building has frontage of = rect lnS pul
chase price $4,000. Simon OhlIeiuei Jus
from Herman Wronkow, through Wlllaih .. oo
man the five story business building NO. $50 oioeu
way. and extending to No. 16s Mercer St ne
R,tIders and Engineering Company purchased
site in the midtown zone for immediate llipioFe
1nent The premises No. ii TO oil west -''h So
plot with frontage of 100 feet, on winch etoou
old four story houses. On that site is now being
erected an eleven story loft structure The seiler
of the property was George c. Coleman who pur-
chased the premises early in the year through HOT
ace s. Ely & Co. and H. s. Fuller Company. Inc
brokers in the resale were S. B. Goodale q Son
syndicate purchased the parcel at the north
east corner of 2lst st. and Sth ave. from Charles
Iaue Joseph Withier is the head of that synoi-
cate The property fronts little over 100 feet on
the avenue and has frontage Of exactly l0O ieet
the street.
In the central 4th ave section the Provident Loan
Society is erecting cost of 100000 four story
Office building from plans by Renwick Aspinwal
& Tucker The premises being improved are NOS.
ga and 3i6 4th ave At the southwest corner OF 4lst
St and Madison seven story brick ana stone
office building. costing $4,000. has been built TINS
wear by the Madison Avenue and Forty-hrst Street
Company The plans drawn by Joseph f.
Taft
On the north side of 37th St. 275 west OF fh
ave. D. S. Dryer is building from plans by John
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There is not the slightest doubt that this year
~fu he best remembered for activity in the business
zones Since January plans have been perleeVeu
for the erection many loft and store structures
to cost over sl0oeoO each. Some Of the proJects WI"
represent an investment of several millions each'
.nd will not only greatly increase the attractive
ness OF certain sections but Will also largely aug
,neut the office. loft ana store space in the oloeF
business sections. Locking over the total plans
which have been prepared for the improvement OF
various sites this year and after carefully weigh
snC the volume OF business transacted by brokers
IN the business south of 5sth st. there are
no signs indicating that mercantile building re-
ceived a serious setback in the last financial dis
furbance.
The activity throughout the business areas this
year makes a creditabe showing, and therefore
compares favorably with the trading done and the
movements resulting in improvements in other
years in which the real estate conditions were not
marked by any great municipal schemes. which
caused widespread speculative buying and building
operations Ever since the opening of the subway
the lower sections OF the city have been the scene
of remarkable construction work. vast plots of land
having in that time been reimproved with office
structures towering twenty more stories, and as
regards ground exceeding and In some cases
FAR overshadowing many of the larger structures
Of this kind put up Manhattan Island previous
10 1904 Few persons expected that the building
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20

WANTED REGARDING A GOOD
y Farm for sale; particular about location. wish
60 hear from emily who will sell direct =, h,vs
slFe price description possession can bs
haa. Address l. DARBY SHIRE. Box 1901 Rochester
ny. ~
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OAKDALE PLOT Sale.
N;netu Villa Sites To Be offered
This Week.

The brisk demand for and quick sale or coi'iio-
d,ous villa plots at Oakdale Long lsano' ma "a
C.reat South Bay have induced W. N A''o'
owner to hold another public SAFE Vi atoir,-
O. oa,9da,a station and within ten minutes VAIN
of the bay. txonnellv
The sale will be conducted by Bryan L"
a. the vesev Street Exchange Salesrooh d. -
an Wednesday The plots are en- hleh e' 60,
beautifully shaded. carefully restrl''eu on" od
,ntns Idle Hour. the country home of W. r. van
derbiit.
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A $3.50. 900 APARTMENT PROJECT.

Plans have been filed with Buildings Superintend-
ent Murphy for eight story apartment houses
to he built or 18th st. AS feet east of Broadway.
for -Paterno Brothers Qnc) They are to be of
brick trimmed with limestone and terra Gotta, in
the Renaissance style with ornamental balconies
at a number of the windows. Each will have a
frontage of 1871 feet and depth of S5.1 feet.
The pair will cost $4,000. Schwartz & Gross are
he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20
PLANS FOR WEST SIDE GARAGE.

Plans have been filed for story garage. to
be built from designs by john Elingsgard. at Nos.
2es and 2lO West 1Ost st. for Montgomery Maze.
as owner. 1t will have frontage of 80 feet and a
depth of $50 feet, and will cost $25.0C0
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-20
CHANGED LAST WEEk
HOUSE NJ
~ "

A four story dwelling Sherman
Comp
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Country Property to Let.

INLUSHING. L. ITO Der. NO 2OT wIIrTT,sToSE,
Il ave directly opposite Flushing Country C,th- ~ -
looms. two bathrooms tmodern plumbing electric light
hit lawn saruen stable and
WIN adhlTaoie light best view in Flushing; price reason
able ~ MASTER CO. Flushing. l.. /.
WILLAMETTE, y. i'll ROOM HOUSE COMP FyrIsT y
II furnished: baths: large grounds. Address MOD
crate, Box ~ Tribune ONCE "AOU
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REBUILDING BUSINESS ZONES
yOLUME OF REALTY TRADING IN DOWNIObN
CENTRES LARGER THAN ANTICIPATED
The Construction Made the Va1on Mercantile eas" ny
Some Leading Operating Concerns Became 4ciUe

great operating company which remains idle lor
a long period is likely to re-enter the realty mar
ket on a much lower plane than the one II occu-
pied when II decided to stop construction work
for long period This inability of the big con-
struction companies to cease building along the
lines in which they have been most prominent Is
undoubtedly one of the most important Factors IN
the present activity throughout the business area
Since the first of the year deals affecting prop
eertv valued at many millions and located In the
midtown zones have beer reported In the same
districts many plans have been drawn and are De-
ing carried out fo1 the replacing of old dwelling
houses or old business structures with modern ner
camille buildings An idea of the demand for
business properties in those zones may be had
from the number of important business deals which
have been made this year, and also from the num-
Der of projects improving sites which have been
perfeeted this yeal. The Advance Realty and Con
str1ction Company sold to j. b. Thompson the
nine story office building No. 43 West 2fta St IL
has A frontage of % feet. and occupies a fine site
I'm the midtown zone. The Alliance Realty Com
many and William H. Chesebrough and several
other well known operators purchased the build
ings occupied by MouqUin's restaurant. NO. 414 10
AS Sixth ave a few weeks prior 10 that deal the
business building the southeast corner of 2Stl
ST and Sixth ave was sold for about S35e,O00 1t
adioins the site which the Alliance Realty and
Messrs Chesebrough, Freedman and other persons
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way.
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MOUNT VERNON

New semi detached family residence. ne,- fo-.o-
MANOR nnished In quartered oak. containing II
IoVms, WIN steam heat. modern plumbing iren seas
laNatoGes and baths: handsome fixtures: lot S 100
WEST, Inc. 80 Prospect ave NOO--i q
SUMMIT. n J.-RESIDENCE FOR FAMTTY or,
~ means II rooms. including bedrooms: modern i'm,
ttovsnehs beautiful grounds: variety trees AM
shrubs; Desirable locality; minutes wall nom
depot. Room 1l0I, Is John ST. New York ''"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-26

Each of the above committees will
meet the general committee Wednes-
day night, July 1, at the courtroom, to
make final report.
VISIT OF THE STORK.
The stork visited the home of Mr. and
Mrr. Miles Strong and left them twins,
boy and girl; also a daughter each to
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Wing. Mr.. and
Mrs. William II. Homer, Jr., Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Leavitt. and son to the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter T. Scott.
JUNE WEDDINGS.
County clerks office was kept busy
yesterday in the issuance of marriage
licenses to the following couples:
Edward Larson and Clara Woodhouse
of Lehi
Ernest L, Allen and Lucy E. Boyle of
Payson.
Thomas A. Lowell of Mansfield, Mo-,
and d. j. Swenson of Pleasant Grove.
Andrew Anderson of Sterling and
Olive Pratt of Provo.
William II. Page of Goshen and En-
ma Olive Ashland of Santaquin.
Leo B. Stewart of Benjamin and Nell
lie Peay of Provo
Harry Swaby Stoser and Jeanette
Elvin Snyder and Lizzie Wright of
Provo.
j. r. Cook of Provo and Sadie Peter
son OF Pleasant Grove.
Marcus b. johnson of Provo, and Jo-
sephine Peterson of Salem.
George A. Jacobsen and Laura Jen.
sen of Pleasant Grove.
James Dugdale and Lottie Hadfield
of Provo.