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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
TO BEAUTIFY QUEENS STREETS.
Park Department Ready TO Sell
Trees 20 House Owners.

Beautifying the streets and avenues or
Queens and at the same time increasing
the revenues of the Park Department In
hat borough are expected 10 follow the
SorlIing on. Of plan which has Just
neen announced by Park Commissioner
John Il. Weier OF that borough.
The plan is 20 sell TO all applicants
trees at cost OF SIS each to he planted
In front OF their property and then to
lend the assistance OF the expert tree
Planters OF the department to plant the
trees and give them the necessary care
to insure their growth.
At Forest Park In Queens is an extern
aive nursery where trees OF all varieties
have been nurtur"d, Special attention
has been given 10 those varieties that
are useful In street and park adornment
II has been the custom OF the department
heretofore TO give trees to those who app
| piled. but then II was necessary for the re-
clpient to engage the services Of nur-
| seryman TO plant them, Many times this
was not possible and the ineNperience OF
! the property owner in tree planting otter
resulted in tho death OF the young tree.
The money received for the trees vii
be placed in the general park fund o.
the borough 20 help carry out immprovc
ments.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
REALTY MEN SHOW CITY
HOW TO SAVE EXPENSES
Make Suggestions for Reducing
Some Salaries and Film
mating Others.


IL the Board of Estimate and APP
nortionn,ont acts on the suggestions Of
the Real Estate Board of New York in
making IN the budget for next year
,hare viii, he a genuine saving to tax
navers for the Real Estate Board has
eone through the various city offices
most infinitely and has demonstrated 10
the BOARD of Estimate that there are
many nlnces where considerable savings
can be made. These suggestions are
being INCORPORATED in reports made 10
a subcommittee Of the Board OF E,st!-
mate which is holding daily hearings
IN the demands of department heads for
funds for the next year.
In its demands for less liberal appro-
pr-iations for departmental salaries the
Real Estate Board has based most OF
it's claims on comparisons with salaries
paid to men in commercial houses. II
has been found, for instance, that there
| are great numbers OF clerks In all de-
partrnents who receive salaries of $1,000
! and upward who do work no more difil-
1 cult than that for which clerks in COM
mercial houses are paid lower salaries
The report OF the Real Estate Board
indicates that the city is greatly over
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
HOME BUILDING IN QUEENS.
Builders Active In Many Sections
Providing Dwellings.

Tie cost OF building operations m
Queens last week was s2s7,OO0, which rs
equal 20 the operations for the same
period OF 1913 In the applications pro-
scented to the building bureau were "
new buildings.
In the Woodhaven and Ridgewood Sec
lions there are TO he erected many stores
and tenements. The T. II. Construction
Company will erect three story buildings
with stores on the ground floor ana
apartments above on Ridgewood avenue,
west of Ferry street. Woodhaven. Joseph
Meyerrose will commence an important
development ON Forest avenue, south or
Madison street, 'R!dgewood, In the cree
ton of stores and tenements, and in the
Jamaica section Daniel Gregg will erect
two story brick stores and tenements on
Henry street near South street. Each
is to cost $4,000
Tho American Hard Rubber Company
of College Point. which several weeks
ago took out the first permits for dwell
inCs to be erected for the occupancy of
the Company's employees has taken out
permits for additional dwellings. They
will he also for the occupancy OF their
! employees These dwellings will be two
stories, OF brick. and will cost $4,000
! each. They will he on Third avenue
west OF Fifth street.
q. MILAN will commence the erection
| OF n number OF one story frame bun
galovs on Cndine avenue. south OF tn,
/ boulevard Rockaway Beach, at n cost Of
/ 5000 each This is the third bungalow
development to he started In the Rock
aways this month.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04

to do with the location Of shops. The
shopping centre remained downtown for
many years. Grand street then held
the same position in the city that Fifth
avenue holds to-day. Like Fifth ave-
nue., it was one Of the few streets whore
wealth and greatness were always on
exhibition. and. according to stories. it
was this that led to the naming OF the
thoroughfare Grand street.
The next move Of the shopping centre
was n long one. BY getting beyond the
residential sections of the city shop
keepers reasoned that it would be many
years before another change in loca-
tion would be necessary. So they began
locating on broadway between Union
4 and Madison squares. which was con-
sdered far up town in antcoCllum times
| Lord & Taylor located at Broadway and
| Twentieth street, and 1t Is about forty.
four years since the Arnold Constable
firm took the corner OF Broadway ant
! Ninetccnth street for It's place OF bust.
ness. Though Lord d Taylor ana other.
established In the new centre. the ole
places in Grand and Canal and Broad
way were continued, ana il Is not NOR,
than twelve years since the last Of thcs,
was abandoned. SO for well on to hal
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
DE 6 CIR OF NEW
STORE BUILDING

when Arnold, Constable & Co. move |
next September to the new building that
Frederick W. Vanderbilt II to erect on
tho site of his home at Fifth avenue and
Fortieth street not department store
will remain on Broadway between Four
tecnth and Twenty-third streets, for
nearly half a century tho recognized
high class shopping centre Of New York
e!;v. Nothing will remain to recall the
Importance OF these blocks which held
the buildings Of retail shops whose repu-
tations were known the world round.
The buildings I'm which were tended the
wants OF millions OF people, both rich
and poor, will be altered so much that
only former tenants viii he able TO rec
ogrlze them. The wide expanses which
held fabrics brought here for New York
ers' use from all corners OF the world
and at great expense Will he parutIoned
into so many small compartments for
the use of sweatshops and small manu-
facturcrs In every line Of business. This
Is not n prophecy but truth, Tor the
end of the district is seen already in the
changes that followed the removal OF
Lord Il Taylor. Nantine Co. Stern
Bros, McCrccry and others. 1t liz these
changes az much "a anything else that
FASTENED the remova, of the Arnold
Constable firm. for It was question
how long even old patrons OF this store
would be willing TO come downtown into
d district that afforded them none OF
the pleasures of an afternoon shopping
tour
So Arnold-C Constable had to follow the
! crowd. as the saying goes, and move to
| Fifth avenue. where many OF their
| neighbors have gone in the last few
/ years 1t is the same old story over
again. Downtown. lower Broadway AND
Grand street were depopulated years ago
| for sections further uptown, and this
section in turn was deserted for Broad
way north Of Union Square, which now
is left behind for Fifth avenue because
the movement Of population Is ever
northward. II does not seem possible
that many Of the leading department
stores now on Fifth avenue were at one
time in the centre Of what is now con-
sldered the slums of the city. the battle
field of gangsters. But it Is true.
Lord & Taylor were in Catharint
street near Madison street, and on thu
same street, but nearer the river or a
: the head Of Cherry Hi, was Brooks
Bros, one of the city's leading clothing
houses Catharine street then was thu
, shopping centre OF this hustling town
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Fringing II were streets on which lived
many OF the leading gentry OF the town.
The coming Of trade into catharinc
street. into their home districts. started
families to seek more secluded places
to live. There were no such places to
the south, for 1t was years since trade
had claimed the lower precincts OF the
city for It's use. So the movement was
to the north. When this movement had
reached such a perceivahle state as TO
affect the business OF the shops OF
Catharine street there was change IN
Catharlno street. Lord & Taylor opened
place in 1852 at Grand and Forsythe
streets
About 1927 Aaron Arnold, the founder
of the present Arnold-Constable firm.
opened small store at the corner OF
Canal and orchard streets Other big
stores came north and located, If not
on Grand street, In that general neigh
borhood, for II fringed the residential
section OF the town OF those days. Lord
a. Tayor established a place later AT
the corner Of Grand and broadway
| Acquiring that the movement of resi-
denccs would be to the west instead OF
north. Broadway was the promenade
OF the town. which, too. had something
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
BUILDING SMALL DWELLINGS.
BrookIyn Builders Find Time for
No other Class of work.

Plans for slxty-fou- new buildings, to
cost $4,000. were flied in BROOKLYN last
week. Most Of the plans call for small
dwellings. a feature Of building operations
in Brooklyn FOR seve"al weeks. OF the
sixty-four new buildings filed forty-four
are small dwellings md six arc fats.
The six tcuenerts. which Will cost
$40. 900 each. will he four stories high.
Four arc to be erected on the northeast
corner ~ Miller and Belmont avenues. on
n plot goo by 100 feet, by Max Ncwflcd,
and two will be built OH the west side OF
Barrett street. 100 fcot north 90 Suffer
avenue. on a plot 100 10y 100 feet, by
Meyer Hoffman. The six buildings will
have accommodations FOR more than 100
families.
The southeast corner Of Thirteenth ave-
nue. and TA!rty-cishth street Is - be
improved by the y. u :. Realty Company
with five three story stores and dwellings
nj a total cost Of S27,5Op, ana on the
northwest corner of Thrtecnh avenue
and Forty-tourth street Morris Ricnstuck
will erect five similar buildings at cost
Of $4,000
Thirteen two story dwellings will III
erected on the south side Of seventy
seventh street west Of sixth avenue. 10y
the F1oria Realty Company a. cost OF
$40, 900 H. Kaufman win spend $4,000
for six small dwellings to occupy a site
on the north side Of surf avenue, west OF
West Third street Concy Island.
More than S70,ooO will lac spent for in
dustIial development Tho Peter Cooper
/ Glue factory, which was established In
Williamsburg back in lNs2, WAS recently
| absorbed by the Gulf Refining COMPANY
! Of Pit;sburg ana plans have been file'
/ fer the erection q y new brick storage
warehouse, 100 by co feet. to cost Sl5,00'
| and a small building for similar purpose
! Go cost $4,000 They will be built ON tn
! southwest corner Of Gardner and Maspet'
| avenues on the north side Of Pitkil
= avenue, east of Sncdiker avenue, IN
| Dewey Realty Company will spen
! sac 000 for a -four story loft building an
Samuel CARRIER viii erect n three stor
brick shop on the south side Of Metros
strcS. east Of Hamburg avenue, at
cost Of $1,000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
,r,p,>r ~ pnooKLyN ACTIVE.

IN, Nlco building Company has sold to
AIRED r. Hunt G3U4 Twenty-first avenue,
IN n. Napoleon Park section. "A one fam.
Nv dwelling. and to George H. jackson
.on ~.N'y fourth street. Il one family
dvci.n
Thomas Euroyne has sold for j. Goodwin
r. r.n,. tUNlul. on the west side OF Four
,,,rth 1..au". 80 feet south Of FOrty-scv-
,r,h street 60 -. paluta; for MISS +.
rtIm,r rio. ljNloo. on the south side OK
I,.rtv.Nr'h street. coo feet east of Fiji
iefptn avtuu.. Tor Improvement for r.
u Il,ar. th, Two family brick house at
i,ed Fifty-third street. to J. Harris for
q piper. the hr.ck house AT 1885, Fifty
fourth strfc'. 10 u. Loncgan, and for j..
v.-.ro .0siop on the west side Of Six
,.sril avenua. 50 feet south OF Fifty
..-l street. O., }. Freedman. FOR invest
m.ai -
Tin, tnr,c r3;s and stores ut ESQ 20 $50
vanderbilt pvrouo on plot 5oxlo0 hev>
ts,n sold o., Levy Bros. to client Of
Sanue. " H,sCh.
4 kortrr has sold the dwelling at
tii Kosciusko street for Joel q. Charles
4, Morris Eospn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04

several years receives only s1,400 and
he does not have the cinch job the
court attendant has. The board also
objects to crier and assistant crier to
the court. claiming that the presiding
Judge can be his own crcr in the in
terest of economy. Objection also is
made To the salaries paid Supreme
Court library employees, and the board
wants to know why there should be
court librarians anyhow, when each
his work.
COroners the Real Estate Board
wants abolished and asks the Board of
Estimate to have the LEGISLATURE
scratch them off the city payroll. Dis
trict Attorneys offices in all boroughs
are places where the Real Estate Board
would prune. Complaint is made AGAINST
the growing number Of assistants and
deputies at salaries ranging from s. 00c
to $1,000. It Is said that prices paiC
them are entirely out Of proportion Il
the value OF their services in man.
cases.
Tne budget committee Of the Board
of estimate IL asked to look closely al
the demand OF the street Cleaning De-
partment to see that drivers who re-
ceive $3.50 do not get more and that
costly experiments in street cleaning
| are not tried at n time when economy
! is essential. OF the Law Department
| tine same criticism IS MADE as of most
other Departments, that the city pays
more for services than is paid FOR SIM
ilar services In commercial life. Com
plainf Is made of the large number o.
L. . NsaE -
asked 10 have tho Corporation Counsel
show the need Of them,
While the Real Estate Board chal'
| lenges the Surrogates' Courts on the
high salaries paid to most employees
for purely routine work 1t makes spe
clal mention of the office OF chief clerl
In the Surrogate's office in brooklyn
which carries a salary of $4,000 "A year
! with H. This 10 one job at salar,
that the real estate people cannot SCI
ut all, and they want 10 know why
| SurroEate's clerk should receive suci
IN amount when the Secretary % Stat'
IN Now York gets only $4,000, as doc
the State Treasurer and tho Comptrolle
of the Currency Chief clerks in tn
Department OF State ut Washington
Law Department, Treasury Department
and Department OF Agriculture rccciv
81, 900, $4,000. $4,000 and $4,000 rcspcc
lively and many Governors OF state
take down $500 or even less yea
in salaries.
These nre only few ot the place
where the Real Estate hoard wan,
the city fathers 10 use the prunin
. knife, They are busy every day show
ing the budget committee plenty NOR
jobs that they think could be dispense
with without hurting the city's bust
ness or at least the salaries could b
? reduced,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
LIQUOR MEN MAY GET CHURCH
Bid for Union Presbyterian Mt Lex.
Ave. and sOtb 81. May lie Accepted.

Tho First Union Presbyterian Church.
at the northwest corner of Lexington ave
nuc and Eighty six III street, which is for
sale. may be acquired by one of the big
brewing companies as n site for n hotei
and cafe, An express station is 10 be az
that corner on tho Lexington avenue sub
way and from close study OF conditions
along the line the hr Very companies
have concluded that the site OF Union
Church will he the best on the route
For that reason big offcvs have beea
made for tho edif0e, which since tunnel
ling under the avenue began has not
been any too safe \ year ago cracks we're
noticed IN the tower ana subway build
crs had 10 stop work until they were re-
paired. Tho church will not DO sold i
liquor men II reasonable offers from
others uro obtained.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
LAKEWOOD HOTEL SOLD.

rNe lakewood Hotel at Lakewood.
Y =. ono Of the largest IN the Jersey
,,-es section. has been sold hy Nathan
s,r,u. TO Nathan and Noilic Jacobs. II
Is sald extensive alterations will b. made
:, ;he main building by the new owners
Tho rote. WAS built about twcnty-three
ysn-s ESQ In recent years the resort has
m. made niouay. and about two years ago
II was nut up NJ auction and sold for
cen mn Tn. buyer. however. failed 10
,,-ry on, his contract. SO ano;ner ueai
was subsequently started and resulted III
-Ns rrcsrnt sale.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
MORE nrpGrwooD FLATS SOLD.

r. % y mathews Company has sold
a., family r, ,s IN the Ridge wood section
on H., r'd M,ye~rcs, bas ball ground
nroper,, to Eyed Graf corner o. Putnam
e,A lrd.rtauk avenues, on LOT 2jSl00,
To- $4,000. 20 bernhard y Thirlc, 1895,
Ise- and 'Ne9 Madison street. on plots
s-fx'0o. so~ sii.JO0 each, and 10 Robert
: S,sesfc~ 1870 Madison street, on plot
a-f,foo Gov 81. 500.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
MIG GARAGE ron 2aD STREET.

TIE two and three story express ware
house ~ $50 to j57 West Tw,nty-thrd
street and sac TO 500 West Twcuty-fourth
street Is TO DO made over into a garage for
the Auto Car COMPANY Of Nrdmore, Pa,
AT an estimated cost of 100000. PAM g.
Hunter Is the architect.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
TRADE TAKES aoTH ST. HOUSE

william \. White \ son have leased Tor
r,,r, krrzman her residence NJ II East
For,y.nin,h street to Chnrles Brown ror
tim Of twcnty-one years at a rental ag
r-sp,',nr ever 100000. At an early GATE
NJ Brown viii after tho building *
,sr,iyclv ror business purposes from plans
Y G \ & u. Boohm.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
SELLS ELMuuusr HOUSES.

nuN 81 Brown company has sold for
rohn Larsen 20 client for occupancy IFS
s,ydam street. Elmhurst. two three sory
f-ari. dwellings or plot 40Nloo.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
TO WINTER IN THE COUNTRY.

From the reports received 81 tho in
creased number of families intending u
givo up their city houses and live at
BHghtwaters all the year 1t Is 10 Re
Judged that this winter the colony will
fully double last winters residents in
number. This Is In line with tho economy
people seem TO DO alert 20 just now by
keeping their country houses open instead
NJ their city homes,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
N,>u,ssrv PARK HoMEsuTE.

I.Eclusc Nashburn & Company have
sod q plot 6oNioo on the south side OF
orchard street. Manhassct Park l.. L. TO
II y Vranca. who will improve the site
With a brick dwelling.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
REAL ESTATE MARKET
NEWS AND COMMENT
Building on 9th St. Near Sixth Az.
Passes to New Interest Brooklyn
Home Buying Continues

WEST THlETY-SEvENTH STREET.
J. Arthur Fischer has sold for Francis
Clr.snu tr q client 50 West Thirty-sev-
n.n street. a four story building. on
tp, ...tN.N. 5j feet east of the north
,4.t conner of sixth avenue.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04

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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04

Point Branch. woodmere, l.. l., to H. Il
Winlock.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
RENTING LONG ISLAND HOMES.

John + Scott has rented for DR.. j.
U'gNsri claiborne his house on Brewers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-04
Italian Villa at White Plains Sold to Brooklyn
Nlan---Formerly Barn in Fine Development Path

the residence for period previous 20
buying H.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-05-15
Children's Page
Address all communications for this
page to MARGARET WYE, care
of The Ranch, Kent, Wash.

Our April Roll is very nearly as
long as our March Roll. Here it is:
Selma Moe, Dimple Hollingswortb,
Nettie Chilvers, Helen Bjornstrom.
Lavita Fowler, Vereta Fowler, Clara
Louise Peterson, Dorothy Dicken,
Ethel jain, Myrtle johnson.
L Our prize winner for April is one
who is on our April Roll-Ethel jain,
age ID, of Richmond Highlands,
Wash. Her composition is on this
page.
Our May work you remember Is
short story about boy or girl who
did something you think was honor
able. Tell it in as story like way as
you can. Be sure to write your
name. age and address in the upper
right hand corner of the first page.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-05-15
MAY DAY
prize.
Ethel jain. Age ID.

uCA0I dnll. APO LIE
Many times l have spent happy
May day but the one l shall tell about
is one of the happiest- when l gave
my mother May basket. ! had the
basket finished and ready for even
ing, for as usual we had school. The
basket was pale pink trimmed in light
green, with a silver star here and
there. Two friends of mine came
home from school with me. On our
arrival, 1 got the basket and we filled
it with flowers. tame and wild. AS
my friends anxiously waited behind
a wood pile just outside the fence,
I ran quickly to our porch and plac-
ing it upon table containing
flowers, knocked and ran back Of the
wood pile to await my mothers COM
ing. She was pleased with the bas-
ket. We we're whispering among our
selves. Mother heard us and were
soon found. It was getting late. so
together, my friends, mother and l,
walked in. the direction of my friends
home.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-05-15
WHY I LIKE THE FARM.
Vera Sundin.

vera
I like the farm because there is
plenty OF fresh air and sunshine.
Then can have large garden of my
very own and plant everything [ want.
[ think it is great fun to hunt for
eggs in the straw aud go for COWS
every evening and get them from the
pasture. On the farm there are
pleasures the whole year round. In
winter I go sleighing and skating
and in the summer I go rabbit hunt
ing in the woods with my dog and L
90 horse back riding. Then there
is the pleasure of picking the ripe
juicy fruit from the tree myself,
whenever | feel like it. Also in the
country school there are not so many
pupils so we get acquainted better by
all playing together and we have more
fun. For my part l prefer the farm.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1914-05-15
SPRING CLEANING
SELMA MOE.
Home Department.
REQUEST for labor saving. J

Request for labor saving.
Each spring and fall brings the
same work. yet many women fail to
tighten the burden of it by previous
thought. They will dread starting
day after day then all at once fever
ishly proceed to tear up everything
at once. Housekeeping is a science
and every woman should at least I'M:
dertake to solve it's mysteries.
There is nothing gained by hauling
out trunks, paving over their con-
tents, Kidding closets of garments,
only to pile them back untouched at
close of day; tearing down curtains,
pulling up rugs and carpets, and SO
on, until woman is ready to drop,
then have no time for the preparation
of meals.
Unfortunately no time is needed to
develop tempers and usually at the
close of such days every member OF
the family is apt to be in possession
of one of large proportions. No more
work should be attempted than can be
completed.
Much can be done previous to the
actual cleaning. All trunks and
boxes should be gone over. The
spring clothing would better be left
in them until the closets have been
cleaned. If the rest of the garments
we're in proper condition when put
away only short time will be re-
quired to look them over and air
them. The writer makes it rule TO
never put garment away soiled or
needing stitches. All drawers and
closets should be looked after the
same way.
If possible discard carpets in the
bed rooms. A painted or stained
floor with small rugs is much more
sanitary. Two hours will be suffi-
cient to put bed room in perfect
condition. Ii there are insects in
the rooms one can use benzine or any
of the petroleum oils, brushing it in
with a small brush or feather. Keep
window open and on no account carry
a light into the room until the odor
is no longer perceptible. Hot water
is good but will spoil varnish. When
liquids cannot be used, sulphur can
be burned with good effect, but no
metals should be left in the room
which should be closed four or five
hours.
1t is better to keep moths away by
sunlight and air than by prevent
atiyes. Washing the floors with the
petroleum products mentioned and
spraying carpets while on the line is
a good way to kill moths.
Doing all this work first will be
found to tighten house cleaning won
derfully. The rule should be one
room at time with a day of rest
now and then between.