New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-07

Albert T. Ashforth has sold to an IN
weston Nos. 40 and 142 West Both street
for the George Backer Construction COM
pany George Backer, Emanuel Arnstein
and Samuel Levy. a nine story apartment
house. on a plot 4o.6 feet by half the
block. The site was obtained only snort
time before it was improved by the con-
struction company and the house is one OF
the most unusual of its type In the city.
II consists in arrangement for housekeep-
ing. suites OF three and four rooms and
bath. The building. which is thoroughly
fireproof, was completed last November
and is now fully rented.
The Lowell Realty Company sold the
Kelmscott, a twelve story apartment
house. on plot 65xl0o feet, at No. 3l6 West
18th street, between Riverside Drive ana
West End avenue. to the Carvert Holding
Company q. s. Carvalho, president; Ed
ward s. Brickner. vice-presidenO. The
building was erected about two years ago
by Edgar A. Levy and was held at
$4,000. Title will be taken about Janu-
airy /.
The Cross & Brown Company. In con-
junction with /. Katz, sold FOR the
Liquidation and Realization Corporation
the six story elevator apartment house at
the northeast corner Of Broadway and
125th street.
Sol" Stern has sold for August Elmer,
Of Elmer q Amend, the newly completed
twelve story mercantile building known
as No. 30 Irving Place. southeast corner
Of 18th street, on a plot SOxlo3.3 feet
The building Is equipped with the new
automatic fire sprinkler system. four high
speed electric elevators. etc. Among other
tenants OF the building are THE Review
Of Reviews" Rothschid. Meyers Co
and Kaufman Brothers & Bondy. The
property has been held at $4,000, and II
is said that the price paid was only
trife below that figure. The purchaser
is Edward Rothschild. Of s. Langsdorf
& Co. the purchase being for all cash
and as an investment. Mr.. Stern has
been appointed agent of the building.
Barron & Buckley have leased plot
fronting 50 feet on Amsterdam avenue.
opposite Highbrdge Park. and 20 feet In
ls0th street. from Monroe l.. Simon for
twenty-one years, at an aggregate rental
of $4,000. The lessees intend TO erect
two story moving picture theatre. with
seating capacity of $50, TO cost about So.-
90.
Other sales announced yesterday fol-
low:
MANHATTAN.
STH sTREET.-N. A. Berwin Co have
sold for MAMMALIAN Hertel. TO client. 10.
a NfE
dwelling house, on a lot slxlOo feet. lsl fse'
east OF Park avenue. This properly IN op
posite the new home being erected by Amos
r. Pinchot. -.
18th sTREET.-Fred.rick Zittel a. Hon have
,old for Frances o. Ring. OF Nashville. Tenn,
the three story dwelling house. on lot i..,v'
feet No 1853 West 18Th street, 10 MARY asto,,ii
who owns an abuttlng parcel al NO '''
TWELFTH AvENUE.-In addition to n.
large plot which. as was announced IN ims
T,,burs ON Thur.day the New YORK Csn'rai
RAILROAD purchased from the webb Academy
and Home for Shipbuilders, In the oloSs
rounded by Twelfth and Eleventh aNenues.
sstb and I'm streets. the railroad has also
nurchaged from the same owners their hoinlhss
occupying the entire west side OF IWeltn hNc
nue. between ssth and 37th streets. ana 81
,snd,ns west 900 feet on 3sth street and Se.,
feet on 9Th street. John ~ Goding neso'lat s,l
the sale The property cost the raiirosa 0o"'-
18TH STREET Arnold. Byrns Baumann
have resold for Ferguson Bros, & Forshay 20
an investor. No. $40 West lbsth street n'e
story nathouse. on plot Shs1"'n ise''
THE BRONX.
p.ssropD AyENUE.-The Jackson Com.
nany ba. re.old to the fntercity Land ana
Securities Company the northeast corner OF
Bsssford avenue and lath street hve stoi.
nev law spartment house. on plot Oohf'
,oo, Tho sellers bought the above apartment
house few weeks ago from the Martin Iully
CONSTRUCTION Company Max y. Nathanson
vas tho broker in the transaction. ~
SotTrCF AVENIE-The George Bockhaus
Comnanv bought from the North SIDE savings
Rank a plot. 50xs5 feet. at Eos. lln and ll.S
Coliepe avenue near 18th street. me pr.p-
ertv has been known for years as the smith
mansion.