New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-14
GERMANS HOUSE STUCK
TOO FAST TO THE SOIL
He Is Broke, While an Irish
mans Rolling Home Gathered
MoSS-S2,00O a Roll
WALLED IN, HOUSE FLOODED
No Redress When Streets Go
Up, but When They Are
Moved from Under
the City Pays.

the City Pays.
There was once an lriShmau in The
Bronx who when the street In front Of
his little fame cottage was graded re-
ceived damages of S2,O0 He learned that
a street four blocks away was going 10
be graded ne bought iot there on
option and with the aid of two Swed"S
whom he hired for s. 30 d day moved his
house to the street about 10 be graded.
and wher it was graded collected a couple
Of more thousand.
Then he made business of moving the
little frame cottage 10 streets whose grade
! was to be changed and finally the Cor
poration Counsers Office got tired Of
awarding him damages and took the mat
ter into the court The court held he had
right 10 move his house wherever nc
saw IT. provided ne had a claim 10 the
land. and that. moreover. me was entitled
. 10 damages whenever the grade OF q
street affected his property. And he y
still moving the same old house around
with the aid Of the same pair Of Swedes.
ana stiu collecting damages. And there
is nothing 10 stop hin.
Now. Frederick GOlsrmau lives DOB the
Bronx at the northeast corner OF ih"
go ,,,,,,,.,,,-s, .,,., ,,iti street and TN.
tue .,roe,s ,s,,.6 have been graded
|, ,,.u ho &c bo,,,,oa f., nm an. side nv a
la -. ,.,rI ,,,o,,,,.-G,.e foe, high and
on tine other 10y q solid stone wall twenty
feet high. and he has been refused dam
ages. though the market value OF his
,,rone,t,. has dwiudIeJ 10 half
A., A.,
street ooeS Up W '''' 0'''
Why Well. when the Grand con-
course was built MS house. which i"'eo
gtith street, was deemed as not "ntuco
TO damages because Of that fact That
was seven years ago Then they began
TO grade goth street. and iu order I"
avoid climbing over mountain OF art
and stone Hoderman, at "a cost o. N'''.
tbuilt a flight Of stairs to reach the Grand
, COucOurse, twenty-five feet aboN" the
ground leye. Of his house.
Then he put in q claim for damages
when they finished grading 2oitn street
and although his nous" faced mat street
The wise board OF condemnation ,oIiih.S-
sion-rS decr"ed that h'Snuc" aS h' was
not then using that street, but the Grand
ConcOIrse, me uad.no claim against the
city.
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Lake SURROUNDS MS rouse
/ Five years ago. reaching the age Of
/ sixty-oue, We found work a his trade
| denied him. They want younger fel-
| lows" he explained in telling about that
/ The two upper floors OF his house were
/ tenantiess-water from rains and SHOWS
trickled through the stone walls Of the
raised streets that rose to a level almost
with the third story windows, and flooded
/ his cellar.
! His bank supply began 20 dwindle, and,
unable 10 obtain work no began 10 mort
/ gage his home. tin now ne has little more
Than $1,000 equity in it-hguring its de-
! urcclated value DE 70 the Erading-and
For Eve years ] have tried 70 let the
| De proved ny gong 10 I'VE real estate