The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-30
$s5O,oo0 vERNAM ESTATE SALE.
immense Tract ON Ocean Front nj
Rockaway 10 Re DcyeIopcd.

me lOO acre sale OF vacant land be-
tween Arverne and Edgemere on the
l'ockaWay coast, reported in these col /.
o''"e Yesterday as the largest transac-
,'oil oil the KIND in that vicinity in many
years, proves tn be only part of n much
larger transaction whiclr altogether IL
PROBABLY the biggest thing in the vacant
property line done in New York's suburbs
Tor very long time.
a. r.. & D \. Karelsen realty brokers
az ATVerne. renorted yesterday that they
nave sold to i. Newman the Remington
Nerham estate, comprising the New York
'ltE Waterfront Company property for
an actual cash price of sSjO,OOO. This
tract includes all the vacant property
between the Arverne and Edgemere lines
tne Atlantic Ocean and the Eockaway
boulevard. The property frontage along
the ocean is about 400 feet and the
depth Is about 500 feet. In extent the
property Is as large as Arvcrne and larger
than Edgemcrc
The sale reported yesterday was n re-
sale of about one half OF the property to
developers who will build streets and nut
in other improvements
For twenty-four years prior to 1918 tho
property was In litigation. various parts
OF II having been claimed by owners
whose interests were disputed. Parts OF
the property were transferred from time
10 time, but one year ago the courts set
aside many of these transfers and gave
the land back to the Nernam heirs.
over 100 years ago. in 1909. COM
missioner'S report was filed I'm parti-
ton suit giving n part of the cornwell
property on the Rockaway shore -
Rachel Bauister. Neither she nor her
descendants made any conveyance Of the
property for nearly eighty years. when
Charles Mcneil conveyed his half interest
to Emerson W. Perry who in 1890 con-
Neyed same to Florence q. Nernam. from
whom title came down to the New York
city Waterfront Company. which COM
pany also acquired the other h1lf inter-
est in 1914.
In 1869 Benjamin G. Lockwood decided
what purported to he part of this prep
crty to the late Judge Charles Donohue.
but Lockwood had no title from any one
I'm 1881 Judge Dunohue decided the prop
erty acquired under the Lockwood decd
TO the Mission OF tho Immaculate Viz
gin for tho Protection OF Homeless and
Destitute Children.
Early In the nineteenth century or
about 100 years ago the ancestors of
Franklin &. Norton acquired title to- much
OF the land on the Rockaway peninsula
west OF Far Rocltaway or Norton's Creek.
and the title to most of II became the
property of Norton by inheritance or bar
ter with the other heirs.
Norton disputed the location OF his land
with the accredited surveyors who put
inc tdSNtIlN lll' Nttfe htbfEe avenue
now is. Norton claimed that the line
was about 2.i0O feet west of the sur
N"yors' line. This claim. had II been sus-
tanned, would have thrown all the titles
on Rockavay Beach into confusion and
the result would have been disastrous to
the settlements called Arverne, Hammols
Hollands Seaside. Rockaway Park. Belle
Harbor Neponsit and the present site
OF the New city Park and Convalescents
Home.
In 1899 Norton took possession OF the
property In dispute, to which Remington
Nernam through his Representatives. had
acquired titles. which finally became
vested in the New York City Waterfront
Company. Nernam attempted TO put Nor
ton out. From then on suits against
Norton were prosecuted all sorts OF
questions and objections being raised by
Norton, but with decision almost invari-
ably against him.
IN 1895 NJ. Ncrnam tool; possession
Of the disputed part OF the Norton Beach
property and In 1909 the New York city
Company brought three suits
galnst Franklin e. Norton and his wife
and "A tenant These suits covered all
the Nernam property. In tn" year 1871
overtures for a settlement were made by
Norton which resulted IN AN agreement
settling the whole litigation.
From what could he learned OF the In
tention OF the new owners the acquired
land will be developed as a high class
residential section.