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New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
OPEN SHOP FOR THE METAL TRADES.
National Association Reafirms Policy Fol
lowed for Several Years.

A report was made public yesterday by the Off
OF the National Metal Trades Association,
which recently held its annual convention at the
Hotel Astor. il which the open shop policy of the
association IS reaffirmed. The New York branch
of the association, which takes in the owners of
Of the shipyards in and about New York. up
10 several years ago made agreements yearly
wages and hours Of work with committees repre-
sentng the different trades, and while the agree
nlents supposed be open shop agreements
the committees were known TO be members Of the
unions IN the different trades
The New York and New Jerse:- employers. in the
meantime, have united as the New York and New
Jersey branch Of the association. and since then
the agreements have and have not been re-
neTed- The men, however. are working d
wages ruling under the old agreement. and il was
stated thai though there We're large numbers OF
men idle there was no general movement to reduce
wages.
The report says that administrative council
has been elected. which will meet twice a year
and transact business that the convention has not
reached 1t says that labor troubles are pend-
Ing all the strikes Of the last year having taken
place before the business depression began 10 he
generally felt.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
OTHER MARkeTs-eY IEIsasApH

Chicago. April Ga TILE Receipts about 400 head:
market steady beeves 81 5oG$7
GS6- Texans. 81 406S5 calves. 75aS5 10 Waster
- 4pnS3 10; sockers and feeders 25s5 30 HOGS
Receipts about 10000 head strong 10 10 higher.
light. s. S0qS6 20 mixed S. s06$6 heavy 50 oSs %
pigs s. 1jG$5 60. bulk of sales Sc 0ldSf II SHEFP
Receipts about COO head; marker steady native 81 75
81 50. Western. S56S6 So
$6qST 81. Western S. 25aS7 ' '
Cincinnati. April HOGS-luie: butchers and shin
rers-, So 500 So 80: common, 81 7oaS5 Is cATTIEpI
Steady fair shippers S. 80 common s. 70
ass -. sHEEP-steady; 50 50qS5 p LAMBs-Steady,
$Sdse
East Buffalo, april 4-CATTLE- Receipts $50 head
SLOW NEAIS-Receirts. $50 head. DC lower:
sass 20 HDGS-ReoeiPts, 300 head and IA 1ns
lover heavy ana mixed. SO 5gds6 60 Yorkers Sc 4Or
So % pigs. S5GS5 60 roughs 81 3AaS5 20. 75
s. 81 carries. S. 25IsG 30 SHEEP AND LAMRS-Re-
"eipts, zoo mead steady sheep active; lambs slow;
Kansas ciry. April rATTLF-Receipts ! 100 head +;
market seads: choice export and steers
s5aSs 90 good 40: Western steers
@S6 stners feeders 81 757S 60 Southern steers
- 3B4s6 20. Southern COWS SO 25G$3 50.
s. 50 -; rafiv" hetf9rs, 81 1886
- -; calves. 81 504S5 90 HOGS Receipts 500 head
market % higher s. 91iz nGlk or sales 81 s3aSa
heavy. 50 s0g 81 az packers 81 S0TS3
lights, s. 9o1S5 81 pigs 81 sGGs3 % SHEEP
noriral2 steady lambs Sc 2HdS7 yearlings
sheep s. 25IsG - stockers feeders Sc 50ds5 20
PittsbuTE. April 4-CATTI. .F-Suppiv light:
choice So 75dS7: prime, SO 5OasG "a. calves sea
So - SiEEP-$upply light. steady on sheep; slow on
lambs prime Wethers So 35ase so. lambs s5as7 20
H0GS-Recepts light duh; prime
heavy Workers So 10: tight Workers 10GS6 25; pias,
s. 10gS5 20. roushs. Sass so
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
INCREASE In REALTY TRADING
LARGE NUMBER OF SITES IN UPTOWN SECTIONS
BOUGHT BY BUILDERS.
Bigger for apartment and Drelng Houses The S"oon
in the Do1cnogn Business Districts
The Situation

but has resulted in the transformation OF ereat
plots of land which stood old buildings, Win
cffice structures of the best type. MI Chese
hrcugh is both an expert in construction "oih
and in the purchase and resale of speculative prop
erty and it is the successful work OF such men
that induces young men Of ability and energy "
erter the real estate field and to strive to become
prominent in that enhancing business sphere.
In the last two wears the SKY line or the GOWN
town business districts has undergone wonoerlul
change and the total sum of money invested III
the buildings which have been erected in that ume
Is nearly so 900 coo The width and height OF some
ton in that time amaze the average resident oil
this city There is the Singer Building, towering
fortv-one stories high, which is at present the
,o1les+ office building in the world but ITS helsht
;s soon m he surpassed by the tower annex 10 the
Me+ropoiitan Life Insurance Building, Whlch Is
bafnp b,1t at the southeast corner OF 2fth street
and Madison avenue. Another notable construction
work planned and perfected in the last few years
ts the CITY Investing Building, at the southwest
corner Of Cortlandt street and Broadway, whlcn,
as rerards floor space is the largest office build
ing ever built in this city or in any other place
TO rent to various concerns. OF course, the twin
buildings of the Hudson & Msnhattan Railroad
COMPANY occupying the westerly block fronts from
Cortlandt to Fulton street, surpass il in square
foot area but those buildings are not entirely
Office structures They built the site OF
the tunnel terminal station of the Cortlandt street
route of the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Com
pany.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

,.e. .as+ NJ Rroaawav. 70 Robert Ferguson 4 Son.
who will improve t',e site with hish ciass aSdi
ment house Ex-Governor Lew T. Mortoh ihees
ed about s65oOo IN real estate in the upper west
Side last week He purchased for that sum-
through Frederick Zitte,1. from Gross Heroener'
the two six story elevator apartment houses on We
westerly block front on Broadway, between lf''h
and 141st sts. The houses are new. They occupy
a plot fronting 200 feet on Broadway, ana haNiie "
depth of 100 feet
On the easterly sid- of Broadway, from fZa 70
14sd St Mrs. c. NJ Silverman recently ouli' wv
seven story apartment houses, which occupy PI''
1873 fex1o0 feet Last week John III. Berry sofa iof
Mrs Silverman the Castleton apartment house' az
the northeast corne of broadway and 142d ST. a sH
story elevator structure, on plot lookup tee'- II
contains thrty-f apartments, and mas seSe"
stores fronting Broadway. The totai yedIiS
rental of the property is $4,000 The parcei WIS
held ar ss5o 600 AMI was sold at nearly that figure
TO an estate " hich bought the property as an IN
vestment.
Another Interesting transaction Of the week was
the sale by p l. Brown Sons and j. Romano
Brown e. Co. for Newboid Morris and Eva an
C.ortlandt Morris TO Archibald Rogers. OF the en-
tire block front the north side or los'h ST. o
tween Morris and Grant aves-, 2cox3e4x Irregular
together with a small gore at the northwest corner
of 16eth st and Grant avenue Another important
deal was a trade negotiated by Friedus x stem
berg for Abraham Bachrach- Mr. Bachrach soid
No 52s West 152d st. six story apartment mouse
on a plot 40xs911 feet. and took in part payment
No 20 to a 135tE St. two five story triple nat
houses on a plot 15x991 II feet
market was also found in the week for that
fine speculative parcel which forms the northwest
corner of 37th st. and Eighth ave. and Is IN the
PENNSYLVANIA tunnel district. The parcel Is 2 SIX
story and loft building. Nos 529 and 81 Eishth
ave- and No. 3o1 West S7th ST II has frontage
of 2s1 feet on the avenue and 100 feet with an
~ in the rear extending back 494 feet The
Standard Oil Company also bought in the week
from the J. B. & ]. NJ. Cornell Company six story
freproof building, No. 551 20 555 West 25th St, on
rlot -5xo0 feet The site is 100 feet east of Eev-
enth ave After the building has been extensively
altered il will be used by the Standard Oil Com
pany as one Of its branch departments.
The Real Estate Record and Guide" SAYS. in its
last issue about country mortgages as follows:
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

A feature of the trading in real estate on Man
haitian Island continues tc be purchases of vacant
tracts in the upper West Side districts and of i'm
proved plots in most of the lea1ins resdental as
tricts The voIrn1e of business peing transacted is
increasing each week, and it is likely that many
more builders will be active in Manhattan and Inc
Bronx this year than previous realty signs lndl-
Gated.
The spring season has opened with vigorous de-
mand for the most expensive type of apartment
houses and with a fair demand for vacant plots
in the uptown sections and in the upper Fifth ave
nue. residential zone. The budget of sales reported
each day shows a continuation of the demand for
private dwelling houses in the midtown districts
and in other fourishing and attractive residential
sections In view of many recent sales of vacant
land in the upper Riverside Drive district and the
projects which have been perfected for improving
sites appears trat that section is likely 10
be well built up witt large modern elevator apart
ment houses in the future, in spite of the re-
cent financial depression Some Of the big build
ing and investment companies with their eXpen-
sve plants their large forces of skilled work
men under yearly contracts. have already found
that thev cannot remain inactive in the realty field
except at great expense. This is phase OF the
building situation which apparently overlooked
by experts earlier the year in their efforts TO de-
terra1ne the amount of building that would be prop
ably carried out this season.
The improvement of realty conditions has Deen
more Widespread than the majority of the realty
leaders with the mcst optimistic views of the sit
Iation imagined it would be. Last week leading
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

Time and again when those who in profes-
SfOnal capacity have sought to cash some country
mortgage for a client have said in reply To Oft
granted requests for further time in which to
place the loan. why don't YOU go to Your local
savings bank" the reply has been. oh saw
lnSS bank doesn't loan any more mOrtgag
much: they buy railroad bonds down in New
York. Now. of those who believe the
world Will all right in its appointed II
let alone, and needs but little legislation or medi-
cine to keep II straight: and that when the
axe is laid at the foot OF the tree. change the
metaphor. the tree Will ultimately grow
round the blade. and go its way upward y
fruition: but we regret to AFT roads lead TO
-VernaCUiar for Wall Street-and
would gladly see the balance Of investment re-
stored Thus would be rendered unnecessary the
protective union benevolent loan associations
which now seek to meet the want formerly sup
piled by the local savings banks throughout the
state As in early days when neighborS in small
rural hamlets Joined shoulders a bsrn-raising
Impossible for one man. through these loan as
sociations have neighhorhoOds sought Ia pool
their pennies month BY month to enable each
member in turn 10 build the home or addition or
pay of the incumbrances which in former times
the local savings bank supposed 70 be thera
for. like the local bank of note discount Roth
still survive. hut a has
usefulness, or a part thereof
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

Near the twin structures of the Hudson & Man
haitian Railroad Company is the home of the
United States Express Company, the home of
the New York Law School. the modern Office build
ing erected and partly used by The Evening
Post and just east of Broadway. in the down
town business district many large office struct-
ures. including that of the Royal Insurance Com
pany, which have been built this period of build
ing operations south of Chambers street in recent
years.
This building activity due to the ra pidIy in-
creastng demand for office space in the downtown
districts, and the improved methods in the art Of
erecting steel skeleton structures so that the build
ingS when completed could be rented at about the
price charged square foot for offices in many old
buildings. 1t is true that there are a large numpar
of offices In the newer structures yet opened
which to lease. but il is thought hv tho tip,,
that the buildings ready for use the ma iortv of
suites of rooms or entire floors will have hea1
leased from the plans. These neg structures re
fleet the vigorous growth the business life of
this city
Robert r Bowling. the president of the City In
vestment Company, recently said. III expressing his
views regarding the probable building operations in
the next decade. that what had been done in the
last few years in the principal downtown business
district would seem small indeed when compared
with what would be carried out in the building line
In the same section in the next ten twenty years
He said that larger plots of ground would he inn
proved and that some of the coming structures
would likely occupy remarkably large parcels 0f
land in the heart of the business centres There is
considerable speculative building on a small scale
throughout the downtown business district. and 1t
is principally noticeable I'm the section east q
Broadway south of the Brooklyn Bridge and north
of Wall street. where opportunities for improving
sites with small loft and Office structures have
seemingly been overlooked by the ma ajority of
builders in years
Trading in real estate last week revealed
activity in various districts The Bronx
especially in the Jerome district. Buyers
found in the week for large number of plots
fronting I'm Jerome avenue. 4 H. Weisker r.,
the broker in many sales of property made in
that avenue. He sold for James J.. Libby To j.
Fiorazanti a plot of four lots the west side
Of Jerome avenue, GO feet south OF Kingsbrdge
Road, for Henry L. Snghi plot Tjx100 feet on the
north side of 1s4th street % feet OF Grani
avenue, and also a plot 60xloo feet by irregular. on
the side of Grand avenue about leo feet south
of Fordham Road.
In the upper West Side section buyers also
found in the week for a large number of parcels
Jacob Wiley sold, through Hall J. How & Co.
plot 50xl0o feet the north side OF 1,sh St, l0l
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

foreign life Insurance company, realizing the many
chances for safe investments in the Manhattan
real estate field lept 5000 on parcel in the
rapidly growing 34th st. retail shopping section.
At the time the details of this loan were made
public it also announced that the lender
planning invest other large sums in Manhattan
mort Ees. Reports from building loan and mort
gage men indicate that the money chanpels AFFECT
ing real estate contain larger number Of ioars
which will probably be obtainable for real estate
purchases building projects in the next few
months. The bidding In the Vesey st salesropm
also reveals less timdity among prospective buy
ers and the prices that being paid for prop
critics auction is much better than were realized
for auction parcels some months ago.
!: was generally thought in September that. in
of the building underta kings which were
carried in the downtown business districts last
ysar few great office building plans would he
drawn for the improvement of any large plots of
ground in those districts for at least months.
If not this year: but there is going he sid
erable building south of Chambers ST. this spring,
and one Of the projects will result in increasing
the number Of the h office structures at the lower
end of Manhattan Island That big Office building
project will call FOR outlay of coo and will
result in the Improvement of the premises No 4
to Il West st. No. 6 to is Washington st. and No.
Il Battery Place with thirty-siX story structure
from plans by Clinton & Russell. The building is
> adjoin the Whitehall Building, which is twenty
twc stories high and it is to be built nrch-
tectural lines which will harmonize with the de
sign of the Whitehall Building The proposed
building is also to be connected to the Whitehall
building by wide court, and thus the combined
structures will form of the largest buildings
erected in this city built rent for office purposes
The thirty-six story structure will have frontage
Of 1868 feet in West ST. and 27o5 feet in Washing
ton st II will he built by the Century Investment
ana the Battery Place realty companies of which
corporations William II. hesebrough is president
The Whitehall Building is also owned by a CHEESE
brough COMPANY large number Of the Office
structures overlooking Battery Park built by
companies of which Mr.. Chesebrough is the head
Tie activities Of Nj Chesebrough in this fine
business section Of the city clearly demonstrate
that business buildings there are a profitable in
vestmcnt. and that the future Of the section as a
greater office centre Is indeed bright for .lans
would never he drawn for enarging the office
building this time. and a of $i600.-
0">. If the possibilities for profitable investin inent
not alluring. Nj. Chesebroueh though
young man. is one Of the leading real estate men
OF this city, and his work in his chosen field has
Ret Only Increased tbs realty wealth CT the city
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
FLAW In KISSENA CASE
Er-Judge Hhitmon Says Fidarer
Took Charge Too Soon.

Ex-Judse Whitman. representing George l.
Chaser. who was indicted by the Queens County
January Grand Jury for perjury in connection
with testimony in the Kissena Park scandal ap-
peared in the Supreme Court in Flushing yesterday
and told Justice Garretson that whereas Nathan
Nidaver, q Special Deputy Attorney General. had
been il the grand jury room and had actually
drawn indictments January 10, Governor Hughes
did not designate the Attorney General 10 appear
until January 20
This IS entirely illegal and Irregular said
former Judge Whitman This man Nidaver
had no more right 70 be in that grand jury room
than I had. Yet. here have an Indictment
dated January 10 and the authority upon which
his appearance should be based dated ten days
subsequent the ndi-tnont'
This preceded by long arguments ny at
torneys for the real estate firm of Paris Nc
Dougal. whose members were attacked il a pre-
sentiment but not indicted: John Well. the brewer.
indicted for alleged perjury and for uttering an.
alleged false instrument and George l. CTlaser,
indicted for perjury. who asked inspect min
utes OF the grand jury Mr.. Whitman in his argu-
ment made the statement that the indictments
were Illegal. and the court ordered papers TO be
submitted.
Information came TO OF this through letter
which 7 believe Eldaver wrote. said former Judge
Whitman afterwar1 &c Z reporter. II make no
doubt that this vii the entire Investigation
so far as the conduct Of il by the Attorney Gen
erals Office Is concerned. The law is very ex-
plict regarding the persons permitted to enter the
grand jury room
Lawyers in Queens Borough yesterday expressed
belief that eX-Judge Whfman's surprise would
work good to the people They said that with the
minutes OF the precious invests cations as a
guide, and with me eyes Of the entire city upon
5hem. the next grand Jurors investigate should
be able 10 turn tie scandal inside
I consider The indictments perfectly valid" said
Mr. Jackson yesterda-, and I 10 not see how any
question as 70 their validity arise The Ques-
non Of dates, IN rIy mind. is irmateral one.
All the indictments growing Of the
Park i'm estigatlons Were found-undoubtedly after
The appointment OF Mr.. Tadiver was made, and
Tc1k eject Whether rs appointment dated from
January 10 or January % Is matter of no conse-
oUence, j, seems 10 me. and does affect the
validity OF the indictments returned by the grand
jury
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS

chicago April +-An Cfr~ial f>-s,,z+ .- -,,, -.-
@ nisIt I"r Kansas and Missouri caused M ss-as
option closing shade lower than vsSrsrr{s,- com
Wds UP sc 70 '2S. Oats were down - Provisions
"SIe 2i2c lower - D. higher
me wheat market was rather a tsrra affair and
StnIihent IN The pit was beariSN ar I4y. 8rtrouEl
inc ram predicted Yesterday for Missouri H40Sss
anu NebraSkS failed 10 mdreri4liI-. rra O-hr3l
I'IecdSt To-Day WdS again for wet weather To-
msht and tomorrow IN that Sa,,tip~ cr -rs winter
wheat belt This chief rS~S-~ -1~ re
easier tone Weakness of Mort hvrSsta~-r markers
was another bearish factor crop rero~rs FROM the
southwest were again ronrfirtIrE bur tr, majority
or theu seemed rO indicate thar the -~YvIlg JTpp
Is IN good condition Elevator interests aoG shores
were the principal buyers \ moderate ldylDcs
IN corn had a Streugtleuln- effect wlg1r ldte
sc - - higher S-9st To- csc. sold cT Csc
and closed at s2Ss, 10 &c Primary reesD-s were
corresponding day a YEAR ago Ciearaocrs %
wheat and HOur were equal % t1Q.f0 .uS1-S
Minneapolis. Duluth and ChicaS0 reported reCc'pS
o. z'p cars. against "a last week and M tt'
a year
The corn market was inclined tc bs weak etIE
IN the day owing 20 the dSuiino t1 wheat -.
developed because OF active puy NJ by shorts. W..
was based on likelihood that local receipts neN
week VIII be much smaller. THE clos- wiS -
MAY opened isc lower at oSc- sold or 70 - - -
6Sssc. Local receipts were 2ll ears, With o. ~ V
tract grade. - d,
Oats were weak owing 20 favcrsele wcathsr, VI "a
the Southwest Tor thu Greg. \ slack IS----,s
for the cash grain also tended 90 depresS pli.J
May opened unchanged at SSSsc- sold on - ''~ -
closed at 5S'sc- Local receipts W-rv l'' "a. s,rs.
Provisions We're rather weak at the starr Ter
or selling by local and outside cnSS. but - ,5n
tone developed later owing o. the slrehss'a '' lrd
A. the close MAY pork was up ~ ~ '.5't-,s~ al
was 3fec lower at S go. Ribs were o. "i7
Estimated receipts for Monday Wheat = e@i'
corn. 1Si ears. oats. l64 cars. hoss, S''sV h9--
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
MANY IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED.
Over $1,0O0000 To Be Spent at Jamaica
Estates

one OF the largest real estate Developments ever
planned has been successfully carried out bv a
group of well known men of New York and PhiI7-
delphia. at Jamaica Estates This property com
prises five hundred acres Of magnifcentIy wooded
highland. fronting more than a mile on Hillside
avenue, Jamaica, the main autounobiIe thorouchfare
of Long Island. Owing TO It's many natural beau
ties. this tract originally selected for a city
park. but by quick action Jamaica Estates Com
pany got il.
The work Of making improvements involving over
sl000.fno will be begun this week by the DeSnop
contracting Company Winding macadamized roads
and sidewalks will he laid out conforming 10 the
natural contour of the ground The Decpon com
pany's contract also includes sanitary sewers city
water gas. electricity and telephone conduits
The main entrance OF Jamaica Estates on Hill
side avenue comprising picturesque Flizabethan
lodge imposing pillars and gateways has already
been constructed.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
FINAL EIGHTY-CENT GAS DECREE.
Judge Hough Divides the Cost of Action
Between the City and State.

Judge HOugh. in the United States Circuit Court
handed down his final decree yesterday in his de-
cision that the eishty-cent gas law is unconstitu
tional The decision, with the opinion, was made
public on March IL The decree provides that any
party TO the action may make supplemental appli-
cation for such relief as may be deemed proper
The city and the Public Service Commission will
take appeal TO the United States Supreme Court
and ii probably will be argued in October. AS told
in The Tribune, this will be the first case of rate
regulation where return is asked on franchises
that concededly do represent any legal invest
Judge Hough divides the costs Of the action be-
tween the city and the state
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
ACTIVITY IN sHEEPsHEAD BAY.

The demand for lots and plots for Investment
and home sites in the Sheepshead Bay section ~
the 3lst Ward IS Increasing The most important
transaction in the district last week the sale
OF the block of thirryseyen lots on the east
side OF East 18th st. between NoOrhies ave ard
Avenue H. in the Sheepshesd Terrace development
by the Suburban Brooklyn Realizes. Inc. for So
600 Other sales were plot OF seven lots az
the southwest corner Of Avenue = and East 12rh
ST: three lots al the northwest corner Of East
18th St and Williams Court. eight lots at the south
east corner Of Coney Island ave and Avenue "
lots or the west side OF East 12th s.. "a
feet south of Avenue Y