New-York tribune., 1910-03-09

The volume OF business transacted yes
terdav was good. buyers being active in
nearly all the attractive speculative and
investment districts.
The Manhattan trading affected a new
six story loft building in Greenwich street.
a plot with frontage OF Il feet in 3Sth
stree; west OF Seventh avenue dwelling
house in East 9th street. English base
ment house in West 10th street. several
West Side houses. and some other parcels.
Ia The Bronx there was a big demand
Tor improved and vacant properties.
one of the principal uptown deals was
the sale by George Brettell & Sons for
client TO John Detelman of the old Arion
Hotel property. No. 223l TO 22S7 Third
avenue Ii is five story building. on a
Mot fronting - feet and with a depth of
lOa5 feet Title TO the premises conveys
all right 10 q five foot alley extending to
122d street.
Many years ago the hosiery was a well
known landmark Of Harlem. In recent
wears il has been made into a modern
business building. Another important mp
town deal was the sale by Luman w
Johnson for the Mount estate and Miss Su-
san Mount of six lots. two IN 107th street
and four in 10Sth street, 1Go feet west of Am
sterdam avenue to the Hennessey Realty
sn eight story fireproof apartment house.
Lewis b. Preston sold to the " all Street
Journal Building Company dow Jones d
Coz the southerly half OF the Edison
Building. No. A Broad street and No. 30
New street, for Charles and II. Casinir de
Rham. This parcel was owned by the
sellers since 1925. II Was originally the
Office of II. Casimir de Rham. ne first
member of the family in this country. The
property was held at s55o,00O.
The purchaser bought the northerly half
Of the property al auction last month, and
with this now controls a plot 41.3 feet on
ISroad street by GA feet on New street.
The building will be used a permanent
,tome for The Wall street Journal
BUY BURTIS PARCEL.
Bernhemer & Schwartz yesterday en-
Iarged their holdings on the block between
Convent and Amsterdam avenues, 127th
Lawrence) and 12Sth streets, by purchas-
ing ct auction. for $4,000. a plot 99.7 feet
on l27th street, 169 feet west Of Convent
avenue.
The company owns nearly all Of the block
and large plot on the block nortn. The
plot was sold from the stand of Bryan L.
Kennedy for the estate of Divine Burtis
Plans have been fled for a six story
apartment house, with suites for thirty
five families, to be erected at the northwest
corner of Convent avenue and 147th street,
for the Iona Construction Company. OF
which L. NJ. Patten IS president. from de-
signs by F. A. Wright as architect. Il is
10 be s.. 10 feet front and 1910 feet deep
il will cost $l50.Gp0.
Plans have also been filed for remodelling
the five story warehouse and stable AT No.
I3l TO 49, West 18th street. and making them
over into a large stable for Greenhut & Co,
fhe improvements TO be made at a cost of
sl04p) from designs by q. W. Springsted
architect, and for charging and re-
fitting the two story stable on 175th street.
west Of Fort Washington avenue. the i'm
pvovemenrs TO be made at cost Of 5000
from designs by p. r. Ruggles as arch-
tect for Mrs. j. Hood Wright.
Plans have also been filed for making
over tho lower stories of the five story
dwelling house No l34 West 45th street into
: restaurant and cafe for Wolf & Cannon.
the improvements 10 be made from draw
ings by Harry Allan Jacobs architect at
? cost ofsA5.@o. and for installing glass
burning kiln IN the loft building at the
northeast corner OF Third avenue and 10th
street the Improvement being made from
designs by Louis J. Lederle for the Clark
estate.
Plans have also been filed for an eight
story warehouse, l0l feet front, to be built
at cost Of $135.000. from designs by Will
sam Henry Dewar. jr., as architect, at the
northeast corner Of Washington and Canal
streets, for the Greenwich Investing Com
pany. and for a two story hotel. with a
ground floor store, 10 be erected for Rogan
d Collender, at the northeast corner OF
Tenth avenue and 207th street, from designs
4. &C at nf
$4,000