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New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
A WELL KNOWN NAME.

Among the many namesakes of Thomas Jefrer-
son is a coIored man who for more than ten years
has spent his time in humble but useful employ
ment He wheels ashes and rubbish Of all sorts
from the back doors Of the houses In one of the
districts of a New England town.
He has learned through. the servants in these
houses many items of interest concerning his en-
movers and their families and has decided belief
IN his own importance 10 their welfare.
one dav the head of one family went out into his
back ward and seeing the negro az work over the
ash barrel said affably;
Lets see what's your name?
Thomas JEFF son. sah, vas the reply
'Ahr' said the man i thlnk-I am quite sure
/ have heard that name before.
''Yas. sab. mos likely you is heard it." said the
ashes an wheel bar'ls out o dis yer alley TO de
las ten yeals. youths Companion
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
LARGER L. I. TRADING.
Partly Due to Report That Ste'n1cdy
Tube Mny Be Opened Soon.

The recent announcement that efforts would be
made 10 have the steinway tunnel in operation by
June has resulted in big increase in the realty
trading along the north shore Of Long Island.
A NJ Nick ISht. treasurer Of the Mcknight
Realty Company. OF the largest realty oper-
ators I'm the North Shore section. said yesterday:
The announcement by the InteTborough Com
pany came as no surprise 10 those who are familiar
with rapid transit conditions. The fact that the
Belmont tunnels have been ready for operation for
many months past has been obvious to all who
have followed the progress of construction work on
the East River tubes The opening Of the Queens
te.ro Bridge has undoubtedly forced an Issue which
otherwise would have been postponed until financial
difficulties with the city Of New York had been ad-
tusted
Il express the sentiment Of every realty operator
or Long Island when l contend that the delay in
this phase Of rapid ransit has been great in
justice all of who have put time. money and
effort into the territory which It viii benefit. II
would he difficult 20 estimate the expenditure made
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an investment have been features Of the realty
trading in the local market.
When the plans Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
were announced about four years go. providing
for the erection Of tunnel terminal station at 55d
street and Seventh avenue it was then prophesied
br nunb Der Of the realty leaders that the neigh
borneod Of the terminal site would probao bly, be
dotted in g few years with places OF amusement.
transient and apartment hotels. and here and there
with large restaurants. and with buildings
with Offices and stores. II also predicted at
that tine by experts who considered to have q
true gauge OF realty conditions that many sites on
nearby blocks would be taken over by speculative
hui.ders who would improve the parcels more
extensive scale than in the older midtown loft
centres AS yet there has been no enlargement of
the amusement zone forming a part Of the Penn
sylvsnis tunnel terminal district but on all sides
there plainly visible evidences OF the efforts OF
speculative builders 10 bring about quick trans
formation Of this finely located district of the
greater city into bigger loft centre.
In 9th street, between Sixth and Seventh ave
nues. there few parcels which have not
changed hands in the last four months. and in
several Instances titles 70 sites there have been
transferred and retransferred many times.
feature Of the opening week of the real estate
Tnsrke; this year was large sale Of site in that
street snd the activity there has continued up 70
the present time. and there IS evidence that
specuators and investors will forsake this street
for many months for other attractive trading
one Of the principal deals in the midtown loft
centre this year was the purchase BY the Palmer
Realty Company. Of which Leslie r Palmer Is
president Of the premises No 1l3 70 IL West 9th
street 1ox1oo feet On the site ere rwc old houses
II quickly sold the plot az { good profit
George McAdsm sold. about the same time
the four three-story and basement dwelling houses
No 2s5 10 27i West 35th street. with frontage Of
ehout fifty feet 100 feet east Of Eighth avenue
The buyer also bought from Mr.. McAdam the
sbufsing property. No. 2Sa 26a West S7th street
Rno vii. the combined parcels CONNER
csal building The price Tor the entire plot was
reported 10 he about Si9ea
Charles and Arthur ScribIer also enlarged their
realty holdings in the midtown business district
this year by the purchase from Samuel L. Hyman.
Through George Miller. Of No 32s West 44th street.
five story building, plot 25xlo05 feet. Messrs
Scrfsner also Nos. SO and sls, adjoining
The combined parcels bsve frontage Of - feet
On this pict they ziH erect an addition 10 the
fourteen story Scribner Building. abutting at No
81 70 80 West ssth street
IN THE IRVING PLACE SECTION
N the living Place district Of the midtown loft
gone one Of the largest deals reported this year
tie sale Of the Westminster Hotel By Frank
z Smith 70 the SeaboarG Realty Company Be
SIDES the Hestninster Hotel property. the trans
action involved Nos. 10s and III East 18th street
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and Nos. 116 and us East 18th street on the
combined parcels the Seaboard Realty Company
will erect an eleven story business building which
Frederick D. Kaey and Isaac 7. Meyer leased
from the plans TO George Borgfeldt & Co. fer
twenty-one years.
This structure will be the largest mercantile build
ing In an eastery section of the midtown loft
centre. 1t will have approximately 10000 square
feet of floor space and its frontage, Irving place.
will be 146 feet and on 18th street. 10 feet A
few DAYS ago plans also drawn for the i'm
proverent of two other sites near the Westminster
Hotel property with business buildings 1t Is this
centre Of the city which has attracted widespread
attention for some years About two years ago
MANY SPECTATORS and invaded the district
thinking that realty values there would be greatly
benefited if the proposed courthouse was erected
on the block bounded oy 14th and 18th streets, lrv-
ing Place and Fourth avenue. That project did
not merit the approval Of officials of the city Big
builders have recently replaced the speculators in
the trading in this part of the city.
The Fourth avenue section, from 18th street 10
34th street. is Of the most important business
arteries in this midtown loft zone but in spite OF
its Importance in this respect it was somehow
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
STATELY MANSIONS NORTH BROADWAY voNkgRs

tributes fair shaVe toward paying the expenses
for fire and police protection
The long ridge that like an arm Of the Pali-
Heights district of Jersey City. is the homes
section Of tie county, for the loWlands to the
east and west gradually being filled by factory
shop and railway yards, and the river front the
steamship piers steadily extending 10 the north
In a few years the entire front OF the county on
the river, bay and kills will be occupied by ship
ping. Shore property has become so valuable that
owners of old homesteads are parting with it,
and the shore of Bergen Point. filled with
pretty cottages and regarded as garden spot OF
the county, has been conveyed to manufacturing in
dustries. Bergen Point has ceased he a con-
venient summer resort
JERSEY CITY PLANS.
In Jersey City the building during the year has
been limited almost exclusively the addition of
cosey homes. and about $5.G5Oo00 has been added
to the taxable properties by the erection OF new
dwellings. In Hoboken the building area is COW
cred. except a stretch meadow. The congestion
in the mile-square city is great that small
houses are disappearing to make room for fiat
houses and ultimately it will achieve distinction
a city OF 1athouses. with 4 high percentage for
population In the northern tier of mI-
inequalities there is ample building space. but the
realty companies acquiring title to the most
attractive portions and holding for investors who
want to put up their homes. II is estimated
that about half thousand dwelling houses have
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
MANY MIDTOWN SALES
MODEL LOFTS PLANNED.
Actiuity in the Irring Place and
Fourth 4Uenue Zones.

Four OF the most ailUrinE speculative and invest
.,eat zones on Manhattan Island at the present
+s-s are the central midtown loft district the Try
ing Place section, which IS rapidly becoming a
worthy addition to this great business centre; the
retail Fifth avenue shopping zone and the newer
residential regions Of the upper West Side. which
comprise the Washington Heights and Dyckman
territories Of these the most attractive TO many
of :he big construction companies and individual
builders is the midtown loft centre. particularly
that part of the centre lying north Of 2Sd street
end south OF 42d street, west Of Fifth avenue. In
every week of the present season sales Of proper
ties in these sections. either for improvement
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18

the Junior Carlton 1t is 35 guineas; at Brookss the
Turf the Travellers and the Athen9urn. II Is 50
guineas the Garrick q. and Whites I9
Even If YOU are willing to pay such entrance fees
and suhscrtptiops however, and have good pro-
posers and seconders at the club you wish 20 toin
H. hv no means certain that you Will be elected
In the majority of the best clubs general ballot
of ALI members is still preserved-that is 20 say
one is not elected by committeeman IL is easy
enough TO keep a man out IL some of the members
desire. -. -,
In the older clubs the rule prevails that one black
rejection il according 10 scale. Two black balls
exclude where the total polled is twenty-four. be-
tween twenty five and forty-nine three black balls
invalidate from fifty upwards four black balls eN-
cIude Hence IL will be obvious that the election
of a candidate must be practically unanimous
In his highly interesting book entitled Clubs and
f-iubnaeD' published by Hutchinson 4 Co. from
which these facts are taken. Major Arthur Crinths
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LoNDoN's FAMOUS CLUBS.
Some Facts About Them-How They Are
Governed and What They Cost.

No law Of the Medes and Persians was ever more
stringent than the laws that govern some or the
principal clubs in London Exclusiyeness is the
KEYNOTE of the majority Of them. and 70 MAINTAIN
that exelusiveness the srictest rules enforced
Not only, for instance. is the admission OF ladies'
not generally approved of in the older male clubs.
but some of the clubs-notably the Guards-pos'
lively forbid any strangers entering their doors:
The Carlton will allow strangers to pass the
threshold. but they must not go beyond the great
chamber near the entrance where members may re-
ceive friends and callers. says Tit Bits.
To become member Of any OF these first class
clubs IS not easy. In the first place the fees and
between 20 and 20 guineas while the subscriptions
may be anything between and y guineas per
The best military clubs the most expensive The
entrance fee is $40 (s200l te the Army and Navy
Club and the Junior United Service 1t is 40
gulneas in the Naval and Military Club. None Of
the great political and social clubs. except the Carl
ton. with $40 imposes so high an entrance fee AT
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
IN HUDSON COUNTY.
Ne1c D7celhng Houses in Jersey City
Cost about S5, 900 900.

Faith in the future OF Hudson County is mani
fest I'm the number OF realty companies formed
and incorporated this year and the prosperity Of
the numerous building and loan associations. The
recent financial conditions have been beneficial.
they have restrained those of a speculative turn
who erect cheap ard gaudy houses, but have not
arrested the building of substantial dwelling houses
by owners who have occupied will occupy them
when completed.
The percentage ot persons owning their homes is
increasing annually I'm Hudson County. Many
close 20 the boulevard which extends from end
OF the county to the other and the loop which
curves around the Palisades at Wechawken. An
other popular spot for establishing homes has been
along the heights at Weehawken, from which a
beautiful view OF the river and harbor may be had
THE MOST ACTIVE DISTRICTS
The development has been principally I'm the north
sry section OF the county, beginning at whst was
once Hudson City. the nth and 18th wards
OF Jersey city and running thence through West
Hoboken Town OF Union, better known as Union
IIiil: Yves, New York and North Bergen. and then
sweeping toward the river through Guttenhurg and
Heehawken. pretty residential section. facing the
river is known as Woodclin. which is q part OF
North Bergen A bin was recently introduced il
the LEGISLATURE to have the Borough OF WoodcR
itv Fsut the representatives OF the other section
of North Bergen opposing 1t. as they do not
want lose this valuable taxing area, which con-
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18

hv the various operators-la perfectng their devei-
ounent hut - safe to say that the total amount
would be az great MT involved in transit i'm
provements.
the Long Island situation Will begin to realize some
long deferred advantages, and predict that within
two years greensboro will have ceased to be
reality mans proposition and have settled down TO
living place for many thousands who are tired of
the crowded city and its environments. and who
only now await the means to reach their suburban
homes in the same time II takes to get from
their present homes 70 downtown districts
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18

ts that imposed upon the wine butler. IN tne,Gs
aristocratic clubs such large quantities OF sa nr-
silver are being constantly handled that tnSsss1- tnS
most precautions necessary TO prevent oLsJS@sA
pearance. The whole OF the silver out IS chsHeeSSF
and counted over every night when the day y va ,hs
IS done. and no servant is at liberty 10 leaNe -
house until the tally is reported correct ,hns
The value OF the possessions OF the pest S+--s
does not end with the silver plate. The fur,rs
OF the Oxford and Cambridge Cmo. for lnseai ms. n
IS valued at nearly f200lo; the books and nlL,1ar
the library are worth f10.Ooo. while q sliii
amount would not buy the wine In the celiars-
Fifteen years ago the library OF the AtiselsSS lS ~
was entered on the books as having COS, i-srn srns
its stock OF wine being put at neariy toWv. .-sr
wine stock Of the Reform Club Is valued az go S
$1,000 while the Junior Carlton keeps no less
f27.000 worth OF wines spirits. etc. on the tTa
ises BY the way the value OF the property Q, a.
latter club at the corner Of Piccadilly ana .
Jamess. Is estimated at s2S,0o1
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18

been erected the county in the last twelve
months. When the tunnels that will unite Jersey
City and New York are completed it is expected
that there will be big boom In real estate in
Jersey City but the folk in the northern tier OF
municipalities confident that the proposed bridge
10 span the Hudson River will be built. and when
II does then the farms of Secaucus and Nortn
Bergen will vanish. and there will be but one mu-
nicpalitv. and it will be a city OF homes.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
500 AT 4zQ6 1920 AT 5q6 5000 AT $40
JOSEPH p. DAY, AuctiOneer, 81 Nassau Street

bongbt the premises No. to us West 44th street.
with a frontage of about 56 feet and a depth or
about 100 1t is few doors east OF the LAMBS
Club. .,-.,, -, ,,o..Lo..
\ 4. Berwind & CO. recently resold for Matthew
T f;oldsborough to A Fillmore Hyde. OF MOTIFS
tov.n \ / the property No JOS to ll2 East 2ith
street three three-story dwelling houses on plot
50 sxInO feet This adjoins the corner parcel at
F|oUrth avenue and 27th street, which Mr. ttyde
bought through the same brokers about year ago;
on the entire plot. which comprises about l2'euo
SQUARE feet Mr.. Hyde VIII erect a sixteen story
building from plans drawn by Charles A valentine
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
AUCTION Sales of Real Estate.
TER. : +.

n, Ju11 / the Washington Heights syn
.dicate must be dissolved. Its Propef0ie>
ro,,st h. sold at public auction to the high
ost bidder at whatevec prices they may
bring.
You are to be given "a rare opportunity L"
purchase at first hand the highest grade OF
vacant VI lnhattan lots in plots
You will be placed On an equal footing
with q very person who bids at this sale.
You will own property directly In the
path of future building, on streets regu-
lated, graded, curbed, tagged, severed, and
ALL THIS WORK PAID FOR.
You will have an opportunity to purchase
property which is on the eve of period of
large increase in value and for which there
is good demand at private sale for improve
ment for the growing population of Man
haitian Island.
The Washington Heights Syndicate was
organized five years ago, TO exist three
years.
At the end of that period the country was
suffering from financial depression, and the
forty-three subscribers to the syndicate
were compelled to consent to an extension
of two years.
If you have not seen this property, 10
Compare it with the section bounded by 72d
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
auction Sales of Real Estate.
Auction Sales of Real Estate.
THE, FACTS!
Tho WASHINGTON more han Hs
interest: all the rest cent

The two years are now coming to an end,
and a settlement must be effected.
Since it's organization four members of
the syndicate have died and their estates
demand settlement. That is why this auc-
tiOn sale must be held, and the property let
60 on the eve of a tremendous increase in
values.
This property is as highly improved in
the matter of preparation of the ground as
is any on the upper West Side.
The section is already supplied with rapid
transit by the Broadway subway, with an
express station at 1S1st Street, and another
subway up Fort Washington Avenue is
under consideration.
1t is the highest point on Manhattan
Island. overlooking the Hudson River: free
for all time from the noxious odors of fac
tories; surrounded by some of the finest
homes in New York City.
Apartment house Improvements on and
about the property mark it as the best of
the apartment neighborhoods of the city.
1t will be sold in plots of sufficient size 20
permit the erection of substantial build.
ings.
This is done to protect the high standard
of the neighborhoOd
it's surroundings, its physical improvements.
and observe how it's Improvement will be
to increased values in the middle West Side
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18

GNOUNTRY-CITY. TY.-MANSIoN. Is ROOMS. STEAM
- heated. grounds shade stable. two minutes
subway. 80 miDgtss Wall MYLES JOHNSON, WOOD
haven.
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18

this noay rfhy its %ah dh
mpa wit h sect w Rime
Look t dm hp
~ pr there remain bon al ~ 70 o
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
AUCTION SALE no.
OakdaIe Water ront
iREAT SOUTH BAY. L. !.

sn s ss.t G Bar @ na ' @ 5t' J5ssa 5Gs5 @ s' y
n
New-York tribune., 1909-04-18
AUCTION Sales of Real Estate.

less. The average hold
ing is 3 per cent. There
lore it's property will be
sold absolutely, and a bid
der need NOT fear being
ibid up'' since the Syndi-
cate MUST BE DISSOLVED
and cann0t project It's
239
Manhattan Lots
BOUNDED BY
f8fSf-177th Streets,
Broadway=-Riverside Drive
to be sole at
PUBLIC AUCTION
AT IL O'clock Noon,
AT IA Vesey ST.
THIS TUESDAY,
APRIL 70
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None of That for Them.

They had only been married sine
June and II was their first expert
cnce in seeking country board. Aftci
riding ten long miles in a rafting
farm cart they arrived at the door o.
the farmhouse.
And now, strangers said the ole
farmer. after he had asked about q
score OF questions, Il want to tell yot
right now that down here with us
you be supposed TO 90 to bed with tn
chickens
The young man whispered to hi,
young wife ana then both climbe
back on the farm art.
Boy" said the young man, his
lips compressed with determination.
drive US back to the station"
The frecltlcd lad grinncd and
whipped up the horse.
You uns didn't seem to like the
place" he chuckled.
Nv" said the young man "Wc
have often read about crowded farm
houses, but when It comes TO showing
as Off to the henhouse that is going a
httlo too strong. I guess wen stay
In the city. ~ Chicago News.
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NENN DEPARTMENT.
OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED

washington, sept IL Commander
ffarNs first official notification To
The navy department. direct Of HIS re-
turn and Of his discovery Of the North
role. camc to the department THIS
morning
Respectfully report my return.
liolst"d navy enslng on North pole.
April g. Pctry
The following message ALSO has been
received at the state department from
bin
Baltic Harbor. sept, 10. 1909.
Honorable Secretary Of state,
Washington. -. e.
Respectfully report hoisted stars
ana stripes on North pole. April q.
ana formally took possession that en-
tire region and adjacent for and in
name Of the President Of the United
states Of America Record ana I'M
tied states flag left III possession
tSighedl "PEARY."
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and accord him formal recognition.
which later they could not well with
draw. he took 1t upon himself 70 sound
a warning ! do not take IT that COM
mander Pcary positively knows that
In. Cook did not reach the pole, blu
this reason urges the public not to
take the COOK story too seriously
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from Commander Pcary received ia
this city says.
DO not trouble about Cooks story
or attempt Ca explain any discrepan-
cies IN his statements The affair viii
settle itself
He has not been at the pole ON
April -, 1905, or at amy other time.
He has simply handed the public gold
brick.
Those statements are made advis-
eddy ana have proof of them when
he makes q full statement of his jour
ney over his signature to some ecog-
rapbical society or other reputable
body. if that statement contains the
claim that he reached the pole | snail
he ~ a position to rurnlsh material
that may prove distinctly Interesting
reading to the public
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sc HUFFMAN INFORMED OF
PItOt. MAHNiNS DEATH

lthica, n Y. Sept. It-Presldcnt
lacob Gould sehurman Of cornell to-
day received q |cablcgram from com.
ntaudrr roarY as follows.
Deeply tcgreet inform YOU profcs-
s"i Marvin drowned April 10. - miles
north of Cape Columbia, while return
lhg ln command my supporting party.
Professor Marvin had planted the cor
non eolors beyond the farthest north
- hansen and Abruzzi His loss sot-
row to expedition II me personally.
-pEAKYn
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some newspapers had questioned his
sanity. he remarked.
= hope | am not crazy. but from
the historical and foolish kilograms
J am getting | should Judge that there
arc plenty Of lunatics at large
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and YOUR mus 'aS sore from cold or rheuma.
tlsm. when you slip ~ spraln a ioint strain
seuf silc ~ hrulse yourself patnkiliCr viii
tsko our we soreness ana TX you right in a.
my AlNafs have IL with Nau. and use n
tfsclF- The oldest. tho cheapest and fhs
toEt nrdrinF Ter iufsru1l and external aches
snd pains in man Is Perry Davis raink.Urr
snd Tor over seventy wears a. has been the
great standby for emerrcCies IN thousands
- fAnulif~ eN ever thH a.sItt nht ..
t-a"e Ntit'.tt % pes sr one . The nsr g.c
bottles
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ASSOCIATED PRESS SENDS
VESSEL 10 BATTLE UAI,lou

sydney, n -, sept ll-Thv tug
Douglas Thomas, under charter Of the
Associated Press, LEFT last night win
a party OF writer's ON board for Battle
harbol. Labrador. where Commander
feary j. nov at anchor ON board the
Roosevelt. II vii take about two DAYS
70 make the trip.
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The Complete BOOkkccpcr.

Mrs knicker- How do YOU MAKE
your books balance
Mrs. Booker That's easy; | always
spend the exact sum | receive right
aWaS.-New york sun.
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u Makes u difference.

"WIlnt did You say last might vbci
asked ven to marry him
- shook my head"
SIDEWAYS or up and down
Boston Transcript.