New-York tribune., 1910-12-20

Speculative and investment buyins ''i
Manhattan and The Bronx yesterda e-
suited in a change e ownership TO odai-
Der of large properties.
Henry 3. Davis sold 20 AZ !" lio
is q client of George = IN the
Charlema gne and the Ramc's 70 eisht
story apartment houses a . 20 ''4
West l14th street JUS We = 'foad"aE'
and riock TO the y est q =" tatnedral
of St John f,1e Dt7ice.
The buildings occupy a piot fronting 1908
feet in t11th street, with depth OF l"il
feet The new owner. it is said, PAID ABOUT
500 900 for the property.
The houses we're erected by the Carnegie
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. which had rehteu
75 per cent of the aDartInentS before tile
property was purchased by Mr.. DAVIS TOT
about ssci 900, in August, two months peIoFe
they were scheduled 10 be completed
Several large properties in this section
have figured in recent transa ctions OF SIM
liar character, the most notable being the
St A,bsns and s1}e dartmouth. twelve
story buildings. on TIE Cathedral Parkway
side of the same block, which were soio
last May by the Carlyle Realty Company
in a 81 100000 transaction to George l.
Miller.
The Lebarer Realty Holding Company, OF
which Louis Steckler is president, has pur-
chased from Enneine u. Winthrop four
story dwelling house at No. lf5 Madison
avenue on plot 34.s by 100 feet. The
buyer has a long lease on the adjoining
property at No. 137 TO III Madison ave
nue. and No. % to q East 51st street, on
which site it is now erecting a twelve story
store and loft building. It IS understood
that the recent purchase is for the purpose
of protecting the light Of the new building
The transaction vas negotiated by the
Douglas Robinson, Charles 5. Brown Com
pany.
The Charles T. Moves Company has sold
| for the Yorktown Realty Company to
Harry x. Gregg No. IS Front street. at the
| southeast corner OF Old Slip, a five story
loft building covering a plot about 20 by d
! feet. The building has been occupied FOL
more than thirty years by Baker, Carver
| 6, Morrel The same brokers within the
| last few weeks have made many sales II
| the immediate vicinity, including Nos. %
g.. 60 and - Front street. The Noyes com
| pany declares that these parcels are moi
| being accumulated by any one individual
| but that various clients OF it's office are
| buying in this district
The six story apartment house at Nos
2a6 and 23s West 149th street. on a plot Il
| by 100 feet. has been sold by q. A. Der
schuch and William J. Nolan for the Ter
race Holding Company. Berry D. Simons
president, for Mrs X. Nictorius.
One hundred and fifteen thousand copies
| of the Title Guarantee and Trust Company
| 1a11 calendar are now being distributed
! The painting reproduced this year shows
| the capture of General Woodruff which
| occurred on August 2S, 1916, in front of the
| Increase Carpenters tavern. about twc
miles cas-. of the present railroad station
! at Jamaica, Long Island. The old tavern
| is still standing. The picture was painted
| by John Ward Dunsmore and is the prop
| erty of the Title Guaraptee and Trust Com
| pany.
Real estate offices find this calendar yer.
useful, because, besides indicating usua
| legal holidays. it gives the dates wher
| taxes and water charges become liens ane
| the date when unpaid taxes are payapie u
| the Collector of Assessments, as well a:
| various interest dates and penalties. Witt
| the issuance of this calendar the hgure:
representing the capital and surplus OF the
Title Guarantee and Trust Company nave
| been increased from $14.600,0OO to Sis,9ooGoo