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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
INTRODUCE SON1ERS RULE HERE
TO OBTAIN BETTER APPRAISALS

precisely alike, no system of valuation
OF them that would be general in APP
piication has Yet been or probably can
he devised
As described, the Somers system is
not II system of appraislng property.
but only "A system OF computing values
from previously determined unit values.
The unit values are supposed TO repre-
sent the value OF the lxl00' unit, based
upon ono-strcet accessibility.
But one-street accessibility does not
always. or even often, express the front
foot value Of a parcel. In the ma jority
Of instances value is affected 10y other
accessibility. In this city the influence
OF avenue values upon adjacent street
lots Is an almost ever present example
of this influence.
by long study and examination OF
these and other phenomena that have
real bearing upon lot values Mr. Somers
is said to have determined the opera
ton of the laws that govern the
changes and variations of values. rcla-
lively to other values. and to have re-
duced these 10 certain mathematical
processes and tables. They are too
long and complex and s'chnical for
statement or illustration In news
paper description.
What the practical real estate man
Will demand will be a demonstration. II
the system In operation is shown to ac-
cord in It's results with the judgment
OF dls!ntercstcd real estate experts Il
will be welcomed as n valuable adjunct
OF the business In general. II is likely
10 prove Of value 10 officials and direc-
tors OF lending institutions, to lawyers
executors and Investors. more AZ a
check upon their own Judgments and
the individual appraisements which
they are still likely to demand.
Such expressions OF opinion in real
estate circles as have been made have
been tentative. II IS generally admitted
that the idea is a good one but lts value
will depend upon the degree OF accuracy
with which the work of the advisory
board has been performed,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
New Transit Lines Nearing Completion
Start Movement of Population
to Nearby Sections

vicinity made such an experiment as
has been made in Queens
Selecting one of the most valuable
and best located sites in the vicinity
they erected the largest six story
elevator apartment house In the city,
which they were able to rent at rate
OF 81 less per room than similarly high
class houses on the Heights rented for.
The operation resulted In tho big house
becoming one OF the best paying prop
critics in the city. It's further result
was demand for plots by builders for
five story apartments on side streets
and six story houses on avenues and
corners. In six years Hunts Point has
been almost solidly built with such
houses which are rented as fast as
builders can put them up
In all OF this work Of course The
Bronx had the assistance of the mort
gage companies. without which the de-
velopment of Hunts Point could not
have been accomplished Now It Is likely
that those same companies will turn
their attention TO Queens for condi-
tons there are even more favorable for
rapid and safe development. In the
operation which the greensboro Cor
poration will undertake IL will have tho
backing OF the Title Guarantee and
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20

practical real property financing and
trading. is perhaps the best that has
Hitherto been available. But 1t seems
to operate with safety only in hard
times. For the individual appraiser,
being only human, L. more or less sub
ject 10 the influence OF the market SEN
timent OF the moment, and II personally
or even Indirectly Interested in neigh
boring property. could hardly escape
some bias, In boom times his appraise-
ments are apt TO be too liberal. in
times Of depression too conservative.
Acting apparently upon the theory
that in the counsels of many there Is
wisdom" the promoters OF the method
herein described have undertaken to
secure agreement OF their advisory com
mittee upon the unit values Of the lands
in each block OF Manhattan Island, and
by the application OF the Somers sys-
TEN OF computation, with these unit
values as bases. to compute and declare
the current market value OF each and
every lot and plot OF land on the island
For this purpose they have divided
the island into districts and are map
ping the districts by blocks and lots.
showing the dimensions OF each parcel.
The maps OF each district are bound in
one volume. and on each map the unit
values as found by the advisory com
mittee. and lot and plot values as de-
termined by the system OF compensa-
ton. appear in plain figures.
The first district undertaken Is that
embraced between the boundaries OF
Third and Eighth avenues, Thirty
eighth and F1ft!eth streets The adj
visory committee is composed of Ed
ward II. Gilbert OF ]. Edgar Leaycraft &
Co, Herman De Seld,ng OF De Selding
Bros, John l.. Parish, Oscar l.. Foley
OF John II. Oscar l.. Foley. and Wat
son II. Anderson.
There Ia in the system as thus far
developed no attempt made TO declare
the value of the improvements on the
land. That would call for individual APP
praisement, for. as no two buildings are
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
APARTMENTS IN FLATBUSH.
Many Plans for New structures-
sIbO,OOO Brooklyn Apartment Hotel


Builders have chosen Flatbush az the
seat OF further extensive apartment house
operations according to plans filed with
the Brooklyn Building Bureau last week.
Operations in that section call for an
expenditure OF $4,000 for that class Of
dwellings, In adjacent territory 100000
apartment hotel is to be erected. Total
operations last week amounted to ssii.iO0,
o: which $4,000 IL to be spent for fifteen
tencments. $500 for sixteen small
dwellings, and s275,200 for twenty-one
miscellaneous structures. Fifty-two build
!ngs will cost ssh3.400. the difference OF
$4,000 representing the cost of altera-
tons to existing structures.
The northeast corner of Ditmas avenue
ana East Twenty street is to be
improved by Abraham Marcus with three
four story apartments to cost SHb, 900.
They will occupy n site about lo0Xl50 feet.
The Oakcrest Apartment Company, Inc.
will spend $500 for Il four story tene-
ment TO be erected on the west side of
East Fifteenth street, north OF Avenue J.
on Il pot 4Oxl00 feet. on the east side OF
fillmore place, south OF Newklrk avenue,
the Dracone Construction Company will
build four story apartment on a plot
fQNi00 feet at cost OF $4,000, and on
the west side OF Delamere place, south OF
Nrwkirk avenue. the same company VIII
erect n similar building on the same sized
plot at cost OF $4,000. The Comet
Construction Company will spend 100000
for two four story apartments TO occupy
"A plot 50xiO0 feet on the east side OF
Ocean Parkway. north OF Beverly road.
the northwest corner OF Dean street
and Bedford avenue Is 10 be improved
with a six story apartment hotei by Louis
Seitz at Il cost OF $4,000.
\ six story tenement is TO be erected
by the Armor Construction Company on
the south side OF South Third street, west
ot Rodney street, on n site b0xl00 feet.
at n cost Of $4,000. John Ferguson will
spend $4,000 for two apartments Ia
occupy plot 40x7O feet on Fulton street
near Nostrand avenue. The Plymouth
Improvement Company will erect a four
story apartment on "a plot 40xlO0 feet on
the west side OF Powell street, south OF
Riverdalc avenue, at cost OF $4,000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20

Something new TO New York in
methods of determining the value Of
real property is projected by a corpo-
the middle West and West and South
In conjunction with a group of New
York real estate brokers and apprais-
ers who have been selected as an ad-
visory board.
1t assumes TO be as nearly scien-
t.fic system Of determining the values
of real property units as the changing
conditions In the Improvement, use, and
therefore the character of property In
New York Will permit. Absolute accu-
racy Of appraisements is generally con-
ccdod as possible only to omniscicnce.
Approximate accuracy is the best that
has ever been expected, and the prevail
ing method of trying TO attain TO that
measure Of perfection Is 50 costly as
to be- beyond the reach of any save the
municipality and IA few other corpora
tons of a public or semi-public char
actcr. This is the method usually en-
ployed in condemnation proceedings,
But it has rarely come up to expecta-
tons.
Assessment of realty for tax pur-
poses. If only II could be made as near
perfect as the system OF procedure evil
IDENTIFY intended. would form basis
for judgments and comparisons upon
which investors. lenders on mortgage
and traders could safely rely. But the
experience OF the few centuries of New
Works. existence az political unit
shows that equality and accuracy OF
assessments are in real practice unat-
tainab.c quantities.
The prevailing method employed by
executors, attorneys, officers and dtrec-
tors OF savings banks trust companies.
life insurance companies and other
lenders Of money on real estate security,
is that Of one man, or in important
transactions OF two man appralsements.
This method, the most extensive in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20

Douglas L. Gilman 4 co. have leased
the store in the building at 90 East Forty
eighth street for a long term OF years 10
George busse. art publisher. now at l2
West Twenty eighth street
Walter j. Solomon has leased stores at
444 sixth avenue, to Jacob Schlesinger
l672 broadway. to Oscar Grecnberg II
West Forty-second street. to Dora Vein
stein; 500 Fifth avenue, 10 Marie Louise
lOl West Forty-second street. 10 William
noe s2l sixth avenue to Barnet knipper
26 West Forty-third street to Therese
Bertorello; 625 Sixth avenue. TO Columbia
Laundry Company; 1876 Broadway to
Abraham Weinberg; 90 Warren street. TO
Meyer Frisman.
Unger & Watson have leased the top
Tort In lbs-l8l East Fifty fourth street
to Edward Falkenbach for five years
Duross Company has leased for the
National Florence Crttcnton Mission the
building at 245 West Thirteenth street.
10 Thomas Hinton. for term of years
the fifth loft, containing 1900 square feet,
in 1876 West Fourteenth street to Using
er 4 Colgan Paper Box Company, Inc,
for term OF years.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20

lacked many modern conveniences. The
upkeep made them Improbable in recent
years TO the company and recently the
tenants were ordered to vacate. It IL
understood that this II the first move
BY the company In endeavoring to sup
ply It's employees with modern dwellings
The erection OF detached frame dwell
ings continues brisk at Bay side. jamaica
Dunton, Woodhaven and BROOKLYN Hills
Tentative applications have been made
Tor two new factory buildings In the
Long Island City section. whose total
estimated cost will be 100000 The
permits will probably be issued this week
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
CITY DWELLINGS RENTED.

Houghton Company has leased for
William $, ratten tho three story and
basement dwelling at l47 West Seventy
first street to Frederick T. Burgin.
barnett & Company have leased the
following dwellings: 10 East l26th street,
TO Mrs. J. Uliska; 20 East l27th street,
TO Mrs. Mary Doom 20 West i26th
street, to Mary Donohue; 1853 West l36tn
street., to James Flnnie. and 1862 West
l36th street. to Mrs Mary Smith.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
SALES IN MANY SECTIONS.
Little Activity In Manhattan-Buy.
Ing In the suburbs.

AMSTERDAM AVENUE.-Diedrich An
gelbrck has resold the northeast corner
OF Amsterdam avenue and lj7th street.
FIVE story Nat with stores on lot
2jxlUO. The seller acquired the prop
erty a few months ago from Ennis &
S.unCtt
WEST i5TH STREET.--P r Caravan
has sold for Ahram {. Thomas 4la
West Forty-hfth street. n three story
building on lot l4xlO0.S. to Robert G.
Wallace, who owns AIS ana Az. ad-
Joining. and now controls plot with "A
frontage of 80 feet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
a,ILDING At NErpERH,N.

Work will be started this week on the
home Of Alexander Saslavsky, assistant
conductor OF the New York symphony
Orchestra, AZ Nepperhan Heights SUP
urbon colony of Yonkers. thns also
hove been prepared for residence for
Charl,a @ Gilbert Last week lots were
sold to Alexander Norton and &C. +, May.
both Yonkers men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
LEASE wEsTCHEsTER HOMES.

Fish & Marvin have leased for term
the KnowtOn property at Lawrence Park
West. BronXvllle, to Charles H. Hough-
ton OF the firm OF HoUrhton & Co, for
the estate Of James Jones a property on
Tuckahoe road at Scarsdale, to ogden y.
Budd, and for term the Fremont cot
tagc at IIrlarcliff Manor to Edwin : VIII
cox Of Pelham Manor. The property Is
owned by the Briarcllff Realty Company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20


To- tUr uJ.l3., and mortgage loan man
TO ,.u. utr. and tul." advantage Of the
oypur a...- created hy the building
the. n' extensions of tuo great dual
subN4. system. 40 longer paper rail
rodt tH- structures which Will carry
tn Extensions have about been COM
p.t.l and low work is being pushed
or tnr connection Of thee extensions
". main lines IN Manhattan. so that
Q4..-- may Niv" "a partial service over
rs ',W routes nest year. what effect
n So l1.- VIII uuv, On the growth OF
population 10 Queens is mo- longer a
mltt,r fur conjecture. A. an expert
me- nur company erected a row Of
AZ ',u,ut huus,. which before compile
tan Hr.n half rented. Within thirty
day- 80 completion they were fully
rca'.l and had long waiting lists, and
wit another thirty days they were
SOL % au investor. Now the building
company is about To undertake another
s!m..r operation.
Q...u, is going tp make a strong bid
TO- population. and IN this it is seeking
III I.>- t'ur, ~ responsible" apartment
hot-. uu.i'r- and mor;g4g. companies
Already 90. Title Guarantee and Trust
Comntul at- entered the field, and be-
In a1 1913 pa" Arrest lending !nstitu-
tlor~ .u ta" city, It's action in making
loan uu an apartment house opera
ton les expect ted to have the effect OF
raI- theirs to advance money for
m. ''1s operations along the lines OF
The o.t. System i'm that borough.
Queens IS masking - bid for more popu-
h''n through builders II offers land
m... 0...rar Ia miles and yytthir , f.yv
months m p.rass.h.,liy. than my 80 ,b..
Older ,,r.. If tho civ ar .ynr If tb,sa
section, y...h w.r Inc "a. notta5 Inc tho
dui. transit s,-.,cm and h.s,us. tho
borough never has had ,dnnuate tran
ST. land - s,iu IA "a, had a., on much
lover rof-. that buud.rs can cond,ct
opera. ,n. ON a considerably Inyvar h,sis
o. Cost than I'm any other mart ~ tho
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
co>,ornsE DWELLING PLANS.

william Il Hpvens filed plans in The
Bronx Yesterday for a dwelling for him
self TO cost $4,000 to be erected nt the
northwest corner Of the Grand BouloNard
and Concourse and 1874 street ~ Will
he OF brick and terra Gotta. l9N"Z rect
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
uUys KE>sINGToN HOME.

An italian villa at Kcnslngton Great
Ncrlt. l. /. constructed by the R.ckert-
FInlay Realty Company, on IN" northeast
corner OF Beverly road and Park lane
having a frontage OF 375 feet Just inside
the gates Of Kensington, has been sold
10 Mrs Anna NJ De lIsser OF ManhaVah
ror n consideration Of about $4,000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
LECTURES ON COUNTRY LIFE.

Daily concerts and lectures AT tho Coun-
try Life Permanent Exposition, Grand
Central Terminal, will start this week
The exposition Is free To the public. Every
Wednesday and Saturday afternoon In
the lecture hall either a stereoptiCon leo
ture or high class concert s given, and
other DAYS there are demonstrations o.:
household efficiency devices or lectures
on various phases of country living at
the various booths.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20

Barnett & Company have leased stores
in ~ East l25th street TO the Sherrick
Department Store in 90 East l26th street
to the South American Grocery Company,
and IN "a East l25th street to ]. KolSo
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20

along the line OF modern apartment
houses had been attempted. The sub
way. however created a demand for
apartments with all modern con-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20
nnTU ST. DWELLING BUYER.

Leon Daubcr is the buyer OF tho dwell-
ing M AZ West 1l5th street, reported re-
sold recently by the Il. a r. Holding
Company.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20

OF the buldable land on Hunts Point.
which up TO that time had been de
veloped with small two family houses
and low cost four story fats. Nothing
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20

veniences AT lower rents than prevailed
on the west side of Manhattan or on
Washington Heights. II was then that
owners Of large properties In the
The Washington herald., 1914-11-24
WAR MAY LOSE THEM JOBS.
Innieration Bsreau Plans to Cat
Down It's Force.

+. c. Rowe, commissioner of inimigra-
tlon at Ellis Island. and +. W.-Berkshire,
OF El Paso. Tex. supervisor OF immigra-
ton on the Mexican border. conferred
yesterday with Secretary OF Labor VIII
son and Assistant Secretary Post, re-
garding reductions In the force Of the
Bureau OF Immigration.
Immigration has decreased nearly 70 per
cent because Of the war. and big reduc-
tons in the force of the Bureau are con
templated. Employees here viii not be af-
fectsd. II was said yesterday. because the
force under Commissioner Caminett has
been inadequate.
II Is planned to. reduce the forces by
transferring some employees TO fil vacan-
cies on the Mexican and Canadian bord-
ers, and the Pacific Coast, and by fur
.loughIng or discharging others New
York, Boston and Baltimore will be the
cities principally hit
Decrease in immigration Is shown by
figures for the period between August l
and November q, 1913, as compared with
figures for the corresponding time this
year. In 1913. there were 515. .l3s immi-
grants during the period specified, At all
ports in the country. This year the
number Is reduced to l54.264. There were
109,0e1 arrivals on the Atlantic Coast in,
the United States and Canada During
the corresponding period last year, there
were 4Ss504.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-24

Seaforth arrived home and te1ephcned
them. A few explanations and All was
made clear.
Nine detectives and tWenty-one re-
porters called at the Seaforth residence
for interview. The factory men called.
Strangers in the city called and said
1t was a bully thing 10 do. Seventeen
photographers wanted sittings. and felt
ill-used when they did not secure
them. =
Among the last callers was Stephen
Adair, one Of the robbers victims He
II was who threw the bag into the
auto and shouted to the girl to drive
on, and he had been made q hero OF.
He still wore a plaster or two over
his hurts, but 1t Is always proper for
a hero to want to call on a heroine
II is good form" for a heroine to
admire a hero. Therefore Miss Madgs
admired. plasters and all. A hero who
won't admire a heroine Is q slouch of
a man. and Mr.. Adair was anything
but that.
And there was opportunity for ad-
miration to grow into love. and II grew.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-24
DAILY SHORT STORY.
WAITING on THE coRxER.
BY JOHN PHILIP ORTIZ.
icourizht. lsll.l


Mss Madge seaforth was playing the
piano in the parlor Of her fathers house
when ali at once there came a Jangit-
II one IL playing THE Old Folks n.
Home and absently wonders on into
ing TO be Jangie. And then you sudden
ly' remember that you borrowed Bessie
Walters dream-book day or two agu.
and solemnly promlaed her that IL the
reading Of It caused you to dream you
would faithfully relate that dream to
the lender of the book without unnec-
essary delay.
Well, Miss Madge had read the book
from cover to cover. Much OF its con-
tents had made her gasp and shive-.
What hadn't had appealed TO her rom
ance. She had dreamed. She had dream
ed OF being chased by snakes, wolves,
brigands and runaway locomotives.
They had run her through swamps,
! thickets and meadows; they had run her
Up hill and down; they run her through
streets and alleys.
But for her hobble skirt she coulu
have outdistanced them. AS Il was, the
pesky thing wopsed her ankles and
shortened her stride until she could only
keep about ten feet ahed of the gang.
This kept her hair standing up and shiv-
ers kept Chasing up and down her spine.
At last, after the chase had continual
for miles and the poor girl had jumped
n fence nine feet high without her
French heels touching a splinter. she
caught the lower limb Of a tree and
clambered up to salty. And she was get
ting her lost breath back when a che
waller came that way and told her that
IL was his business in life to rescue
fair maidens in distress.
Wasn't that a dream worth tPllinE2
Could the dreamer wait until she met
Miss Bessie face to face She went 20
the telephone to relate the dream in
full, even IL IL took an hour and a half,
and three or four persons wanted to send
for the doctor. Miss Madge settled her
self for cosy chat when the answer
came back from the central ofice:
Cant do II; the lines are crossed"
What's the matter with the line?"
It's never in order,'
And l wanted to talk to Wall Street,
You man with the big bull voice, shut
up!'
Miss Madge found herself interested.
There was one firm. clear voice that
dominated the rest, though Il was lost
in the shufie now and then The girl
caught these words:
AT least ten thousand. About . o'clock
The corner Of Willow and Stark streets.
Don't strike to XIII. but to stun Yes, two
Of them. Then upstairs and down the
back way. Sure thing"
What was the meaning OF those wordsi
Miss Madge seldom read the daily papers,
and when she did she skipped all the
criminal news. Had she repeated the
sentence to her brother Joe. who was
still in knickerbockers, he would have re-
piled:
What a doughhsad a girl is, Why,
that Is to be an elopement.''
But it says ten thousand" protested
the sister.
That means the feller is to have S10,-
600 to see the thing through"
But some one Is told not TO strike to
kill"
It's probably the chap who is going
TO take care Of the girls old dad II
he gets wind Of the elopement and comes
around to raise a row. He isn't to be
killed, but only half killed.
The Washington herald., 1914-11-24
Want Transfers Accepted.

a petition signed by 200 residents OF
the northwest, requesting the transfers
from the Metropolitan Coach Company
be made acceptable at Fourteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue northwest for
continuous passage to any cars that
run through + street northwest and
thence along Fourteenth street northwest
and southwest to the Bureau Of Engray-
ing and Printing was filed yesterday with
the Public Utilities Commission by c. L.
Curtis. The petition also requests thas
transfers be made acceptable from the
street cars going north on Fourteenth
street northwest from B street southwest
TO the herdics at Fourteenth and Penn
sylyania avenue northwest in return.