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clumps of box, the latter not less than
a hundred years old.
One man said after seeing the place
for the first time: "A second Mount
Vernon And situated within the
limits of New YORK City!"
There is not another such place in
greater New York preserved for such
purpose for future generations.
The date on which the dwelling was
erected is lost in the mists OF bygone
days, but was probably about 1886,
shortly after Captain Thongs Stilwell
came into possession OF the property.
His will. dated IN 1903, bequeaths a
Lott of Land. at the Great Hill which
is the Land Now Live upon unto
my Dear and Loving Wife Martha
also zone Negro Woman called Jeno
to her sole and proper use for Ever"
The property passed through various
hands TO Joseph Holmes, innkeeper, IN
1749, from which il came by descent
to his daughter Ann, who married
Edward Perine, and the place remained
in the Perine family until quite
recently. Edward Perine died in 177!,
and his widow occupied the house with
her eight children during the troublous
times OF the Revolutionary period. and
those years, almost as trying, which
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followed the evacuation Of the island
by the British, when law. ard order
were difficult TO maintain in this
sparsely settled region.
Edward Perine Tysen, born in the
house. recalls much that he learned
from his mother as coming from her
mother concerning the early days.
During the Revolution British soldiers
were auartered in this house, as in
others about the island, and at one
time the house was so crowded with
them that Ann and her eight children
were allowed only one of the rooms
for living purposes.
II was the custom at that time for
ladies to decorate their shoes with
large silver buckles, and Ann Perine
was in the habit of wearing hers at
all times. One morning she noticed a
soldier gazing at her buckles with a
covetous eye and, knowing the rough
character of many of the men, thought
it wise to hide them, substituting
therefor a common pair. After night
fall, and when she was alone in me
house, the ruffian returned and de-
manded her silver buckles. She in
sisted that the cheap ones then IN
sight we're all she had. He Gtormed
but Ann held to her story and tie nero
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
BRONX PLOT FOR
APARTMENT SITE
Bernard Mayer Gives Harlem
PLAYHOUSE in Trade for
Vacant Parcel.

EX-Assemblyman Marks l.. Frank has
sold through Axel A. Olsen TO Bernard
Mayer the plot of about fourteen lots
on the north side or Fox ST., between
Prospect av. and Avenue ST. John. The
plot, which has a frontage of 80 feet
and extends back 125 feet, is located
100 feet west of Avenue st. John ana
was held at $4,000. 1t is part OF a
much larger tract at this point, when
was owned for some time by eX-Assem
blyman Frank. This sale disposes OF
the last If his holdings there.
Mr.. Mayer gave in exchange the hye
story fiathouse at 81 East lOlst St. IL
occupies lot 25x100.ll feet, and Is
located 1875 feet east of Madison ay.
Mr.. Mayer will improve The Bronx site
with five six story new law houses,
which are expected TO be ready for oc-
cupancy next fall.
The Schoen Westchester Realty Com
pany has sold for the Steinmetz Con-
struction Company 2075 DAILY av., a fye
story new law house, on a plot 44Xloo
feet TO an investor.
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as now provided in the greater New
York charter.
Eighth-The transfer of the employees,
property, records, appropriations, etet
from the various departments should
be provided for.
The organizations represented in the
conference are as follows:
In anhattan-Citizen's Union, Build
ing Managers Association, Fifth Avenue
Association, Real Estate Board Of New
York, Allied Real Estate Interests, Har-
lem Property Owners Association, Mer-
chants Association. Twenty-third Street
Improvement Association, United Real
Estate Owners Association, Washing
ton Heights Taxpayers Association, Ad-
yisory Council of Real Estate Interests,
Bureau of Municipal Research. Cen
trail Mercantile Association, West
Side Taxpayers Association, Broadway
Association, Forty-second Street Assoc
citation, Harlem Board OF Commerce,
18th and goth Wards Taxpayers
Association, Real Estate Owners Of the
18th and 18th Wards, Building Trades
Employers Association, 10th llth and
nth Wards Taxpayers Association Of
New York and Joint Committee on City
Departments.
In The Bronx-North Side Board of
Trade, American Real Estate Company,
Bedford Park Taxpayers Association,
Builders Protective Association, Tax
/ payers Alliance of The Bronx, Wood
stock Taxpayers Association, Bronx
Board of Trade and Italian-American
Property Owners Association.
In Brooklyn-Brooklyn' Board OF
Real Estate Brokers, Builders Asso-
citation, of Brooklyn; Citizens Asso-
citation of Bay Ridge and Fort Hamil-
/ ton; Ridgewood Board Of Trade, Bor-
ough Park Board of Trade, Fulton
/ Street Board Of Trade, Bedford Heights
/ Board of Trade, Brooklyn Chapter
American Institute of Architects. City
! Residents Association, West End Board
of Trade, Central Borough Board Of
/ Public improvements, Allied Board OF
Trade ard Taxpayers Association, Of
Brooklyn; South Side Board of Trade,
! Citizens Association, of New Utrecht;
West Brooklyn Board of Trade, Brok-
ers and Builders Exchange, of New
/ Utrecht; Martense Business Mems
Association, Borough Park West Civic
Association, Lefferts Park Improve
men Association and Gravcsend Board
of Trade.
4 In Queens--Chamber of Commerce,
Flushing Business Mems Association,
Astoria Taxpayers Association, Morris
Park Citizens Association, Hillside
Real Estate Association, United Civic
Association, and Far Rockaway Tax
payers Association.
In Richmond Staten Island Civic
League, Taxpayers Alliance, and Staten
Island Chamber of Commerce.
In New York State--Real Estate As
ISOLATION OF the State of New York.
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The conference committee of Real
Estate and Allied Organizations "in
the matter of consolidating various de-
partments now having jurisdiction
over buildings in New York City" held
its third and most important meeting
on Monday last at lis Broadway. In
the interval betws zen this meeting and
that of December z the executive
committee held two sessions, at the
first of which were present City Cham
berlain Bruere and representatives OF
the Borough Presidents. All sugges-
tions received at the committee meeting
were given careful consideration, and
at it's second meeting the executive
committee discussed a first draft of a
plan prepared By George W. Olyany
emhodving the conclusions arrived at
nv the executive committee.
This draft, again revised, was pre-
sented to the whole committee on Mon
day last and was adopted with slight
changes. The plan so adopted was
forwarded on Tuesday to the state
Factory Investigating Commission as
the suggested basis for legislation 70
meet the conditions as the members OF
the conference see them.
The main feature OF this concerns the
continuance and extension of the bu-
reaus of buildings and the transfer TO
them of various functions of inspec-
tion.
At the first meeting of the confer
ence nineteen taxpayer and other or
CARNATIONS were represented; at the
second, thirty-two; and at the third
ffty-three.
The plan in detail and the organi'
cations included in the conference fol
} low:
First-That the bureaus of build
ings in the different boroughs, as now
constituted, should be continued anC
/ their jurisdiction enlarged as herein
/ after set forth.
J Second-That there should be
| transfer of jurisdiction from the vari
Gus state and city departments to th'
/ building bureaus as hereinafter out
| lined, viz:
a. That of the Bureau Of Fire Pre-
vention of the Fire Department and o.
the Fire Commissioner, in so far as i
pertains to said bureau, except in re
latiOn to vessels, portable fire appll
ances, the investigation of fires ant
the regulation and issuing of permit!
for the storage, sale, transportation o.
use Of conbustibles, chemicals and ex
plosives.
Hn this connection the ordinance o
the Board of Aldermen of the City o
New York, changing section 1852 of tn
greater New York charter, adopted oil
December 10, 1911, should be amended
so that the fire prevention function
thereof are vested in the Bureau o
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27

A picturesque and conveniently To-
Gated residential section of Manhattan
Is the Claremont, extending from ll6th
70 l27tb 81. between Riverside Drive
and Broadway. Some Of the buildings
and grounds of Columbia University
are within its borders, the main prem
i.es Of the university, however beng
inst outside Of the section.
The Claremont region is seldom an
slyzed as a distinctive territory from
he points Of view Of the real estate
trcker and builder, its power TO draw
INVESTORS and spectators, and espe-
dslly its transition in recent years
rom = Mace with a few TO many apart
nent houses, being usually considered
an inseparable part Of the great west
Side from seth st. north TO the diyid-
ing line between old Manhattanville
and Washington Heights. Consequent
". its building strength and its allure
uents have often been lost sight Of in
,he computation Of the building vigor
81 the entire West Side.
Few specialists Of real estate trad
mo whose bailiwick Of operations are
. lone distance from the Claremont, are
aware that it has in recent years con-
tributed largely to the volume OF real
,states sales and building work or
Vsrbattan. With the statistics relat-
mo ~ the growth Of the section II
sssn,s that Claremont has given for q
nisce Of its size. its length being less
than a half mile and IT'S wldth "hiS
severa. blocks, a splendid account ~
he wears in question Of its potency U
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
BUYS BIG PLOT in
LONG ISLAND CITY
Mailman Gets 500 Feet on Dit
mars Av. for Second Large
Apartment Operation.

John Kstzman has purchased from
ne Rickert-Finlay Realty Company
twenty-five lots in the Astoria section
" Long Island City, having 800 feet
frontage on Ditmars av., Van Alst av
and Mcclellan Place, for 100000. They
comprise the remainder Of the block
~ which Mr. Kaufman is now building
ne largest apartment house in Long
sand City. lie recently purchased
zen lots, with go feet frontage on Bar
gay ST., for $4,000, and now controls
ne entire block, with a total frontage
~ feet. With the recent sale OF
cs block front on Ditmars av., between
resent and Merchant SITS, 10 DR.. j. j.
Injured for $4,000 this brings the
"a recent sales in the Ditmars av.
'sSslon Up 10 $4,000.
E.l l4hs are being prepared by Edward
hshn' architect, for another apartment
sse oil the same size as the one be-
~ erected by Mr.. Kaufman in Barclay
~ Is to be erected on the Van Alst
shd OF the block Each of the
raengs Will have eighty-four apart
VIII s OF three, four and FIVE rooms
to.si ostn, and two stores. making a
ID !" olZ rooms, which are estimat-
ner,o accommodate more than 1000
d soss' s,IIhe buildings are expected
.o,si 49, 100000, which will make the
soTa, Investment for land and buildings
gTaIa Of 100000.
snlv LIS, ntst building, which was begun
ispid ''1y oays ago, made a record for
uade. construction, having been put
'ooi Uithin that time.
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finally went 10 the candle and COM
menced TO prime his gun in order TO
brighten her, but at this critical mo-
ment neighbor, hearing the noise OF
argument and the curses OF the man.
came in 10 see what il was all about.
and the soldier, evidently thinking the
odds against him. sneaked off. The
house contains hiding place for val
uables which is reached through the
floor of an upper room, and il is lutte
probable that the buckles were sec 'eted
there.
The building represents two periods.
The first. mentioned above, is the rear
portion to-day. The later, which pre-
sumably antedates the Revolution By
many years, IS that which looks like
the main part OF the establishment
from the road
The interior is in remarkable state
of preservation and contains a number
of reminders OF early days In the
parlor. for instance, the panelling and
mantel az the south end are hne exam
pies of Colonial work. The mantei,
which originally had no shelf. is dis
tinetly Jacobean in style. A closet at
the side has shelves whose edges have
Continued on page :, cct,mn
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twelve story apartment houses on the
aasterlv side OF the Drive, 100 feet
north of 18th ST. The combined plot
tage on which the houses are Is 62.6X
81 feet. The cost was given as $780,
600. The twelve story apartment
house at the southeast corner Of ll6th
st. and Riverside Drive was also Dullt
by the Palermo Brothers from plans
by Schwartz & Gross, the initial cost
being figured as S325000. Houses OF
its size and pattern account in no small
way for the growing popularity OF
apartment houses in the greater city.
In Claremont av. the Paternos were
also the builders of the ten story
house on the westerly side OF the THOR
oughfare. 100 feet north OF 10th ST.
At the time the plans were drawn the
cost was computed to be S2OO,OOO by
Schwartz e. Gross, architects. More
over. another big building achievement
of the Paternos was the putting up on
the westerly side Of the same avenue.
beginning at a point 225 feet north OF
10th st. of the ten story house, on a
Mot 84x83 feet Schwartz & Gross es-
timated the cost of that house at $500
600. 1900,
A 5000 900 apartment house erected
in the section in the last five years was
nut up by b. Crystal & Sons on a plot
on the easterly side Of the Drive, 5O9
feet north of 10th st. 1t is nine
stories, 6OxS4 feet, and was designed
by Gaetan Ajello, one Of the foremost
architects of this city.
c. W. Kinsella has also been large
;mproyer of sites in this neighborhood.
He was the builder of the twelve story
house. fOOxs1 feet, on the easterly side
of the Drive, designed by Neville &
Baege. Neville & Bagge also designed
for Mr.. Kinsella the eight story apart
ment house. 99.5xs5 feet, on the west
erIv side of Claremont av., 1871 feet
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attract builders. and after the builders
have completed their tasks MANY Of the
leading spectators and investors OF
the great real estate market OF New
York.
Many hundred thousands represent
the cost of the houses erected in this
part of the city by Palermo Brothers
in the last five years, And the sum
expended on structures in the same
district by B. Crystal & Sons IN the
same period is also very large one.
By referring to the building records,
il will be readily seen that the build
ing activity in the Claremont region
since 1909 has resulted in the putting
IN Of many spacious houses which are
most noteworthy additions to the
building expansion in Manhattan oil
late years.
The twelve story apartment house
with frontageS on Riverside Drive,
10th st. and Claremont av. is one OF
the big buildings that have been placed
in the Claremont territory since 1909.
It's dimensions are 1076x181.3X irregu-
lar feet. and therefore this structure
ranks as one of the largest in the
whole city. Palermo Brothers put up
this building at an estimated cost OF
$500, 900, the architects being Schwartz
q Gross. designers of many substan--
tial and attractive apartment and
other kinds of structures in the me-
tropolis.
II was Palermo Brothers, too, that
built the apartment house adjoining 1t
on the north and fronting on Riverside
Drive. That house is 1915 feet north
of 10th ST. and its lines are 5S.9X99
feet. The cost of that structure was
placed at 100000, the architects being
I the same as for the first described
| house.
Palermo Brothers have also put up
in this section since 1909 the two
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The Draining Power of the CIaren1ont Region
Thousands in thu
and Sons Many Other fromne"
Builders the Protector of IF Noteworthy Apartment
Erected There

south of 122d ST., the estimated cost
being 100000.
Since 1909 the seven story seminary
building at the southwest corner OF
l22d ST. and Claremont av. has been
built al a cost of $l50,00O by the Union
Theological Seminary from plans by
Allen g. Collens. At the same time the
Union Theological Seminary mad
erected the stone and concrete chapel
on the esasterly side OF Claremont av.,
about 80 feet north of 10th ST. me
chapel cost about S250,000, the struct-
ure being erected from plans by Allen
& Colens. The chapel is ZOO.4X4O feet.
Quite a number of other imposing
structures have been erected IN tne
section since 1909. One of them is the
home of the Institute of Musical Art.
al the northeast corner OF l22d ST. and
Claremont av. Dom Barber designed
that stately. building. the cost belng
S225.000. The dimensions OF the build
ing are lOOx50.9 feet. On the westerly
side of Broadway, 221.10 feet south OF
122d ST.. the Milton Realty Company IN
vested $4,000 in the erection OF a SIX
/ story apartment house. The plans Tor
/ that house were drawn by George FREQ
Pelham. On the westerly slde OF
Broadway. 1O01l feet south of 10th
St. the surety Construction Company
spent $4,000 in the erection OF a SIX
story apartment house. The plans were
designed by George Fred Pelham.
The two twelve story apartment
/ houses erected in the last few years on
the easterly side of the Drive, 225 feet
south Of 18th St., at cost OF s54O,OOO
were built from plans by George and
Edward Blum by b. Crystal & Sons.
And on the easterly side of Claremont
av.. 1905 feet south of 10th ST., the
/ Clementine Realty Company spent
/ 100000 in the erection of ten story
| hnnan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
BY EARL y. FINDLEY.

II is a Citing thing that at the mo-
ment when the landmarks OF Europe
are being transformed into unsigh-.. :
ruins, if not totally removed from
view. a new society SHOULD be formed
on Staten Island for the preservation
of an old house around which cluster
stories of those brave and noble days
before our birth as a nation.
The Staten Island Antiquarian So
eiety has recently been organized on
Staten Island, with two objects in view
the preservation of the old Perine
house, in the Dongan Hills neighbor-
hood, and the searching out of the his
tory. story and legend Of the island. II
has lust bought the Perine house from
the Garden City CLUB through Horace
s. Ely & Co.
On the old Kings Highway. now
known as the Richmond Road. the Pc
rine house is situated at Dongan Hills.
IL is on the great automobile highway
of the island, sharp contrast, as the
house is typical of the early Colonial
period. Il is rambling structure OF
fifteen rooms, surrounded b. trees and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
Work Begun by Building
Department Expected to
Prove Invaluable.

The work Of compiling boring data
throughout the Borough of Queens is
now under way, and through the CO.
operation Of the Building Department
of that borough it will be possible to
obtain boring data taken in the con-
struction of new buildings throughout
the borough. complete system of in
dexing and fling of this data has been
established, and much valuable data are
now contained in records of the Bureau
of Substructures and Franchises. With
a systematic method of obtaining and
fling boring information throughout
the borough, il will not be long before
this information will save thousands
of dollars in behring's which otherwise
would be necessary without this data
at hand.
The purpose Of this bureau is to ac
curately locate and map all substruct-
ures in the streets and public places
of the borough and 10 keep on file 4
complete record of all franchise data
and essential matters relating 20 the
various corporations which have here
tofore been granted or to which may
hereafter be granted, franchises 20
operate within the Borough of Queens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27

Buildings, except as above. The
survey provision of the fire pre-
vention law should be repealed, and the
power of review given to the Board of
Examiners.)
b. That of the Tenement House De-
partment over the natural lighting.
ventilation, construction, alteration and
structural changes in buildings.
C. That of the Police Department over
boilers.
d. That of the Health Department in
so far as it relates TO structural
changes in bakeries, confectioneries
and food product manufactures.
e. That of the Department of Water
Supply, Gas and Electricity in so far as
it relates to the inspection Of electrical
wiring and equipment in buildings and
electrical signs, but not including the
installation, inspection and testings of
gas and electrical meters.
t. That OF the Department of Public
Works over the construction of side
walks and sidewalk elevators and the
granting of vault and sidewalk permits.
&. That of the Department Of Licenses
over the inspection of theatres, dance
halls and places of amusement in ref
erence to building construction, altera-
tions, structural changes and exits.
h. That of the State Department OF
Labor over exits, fire escapes, elevators
automatic sprinklers and the construc-
ton, alteration and structural changes
in all buildings in New York City to
which the labor Law applies.
Third-There should be a board OF
standards, composed Of the superin.
tendent of buildings of each borough
with power to make, amend and repeal
building rules and regulations for the
different boroughs, and the meetings OF
the board should be held in the Office oil
the Superintendent of Buildings in tht
Borough of Manhattan. They should
select a chairman from among then
number and meet as often as necessary
Fourth-The Board of Examiners, al
now constituted, should be continued
and it's powers extended, so that it ma,
hear appeals from orders issued by thu
different building bureaus. The RICH
of appeal to the Board of Examiner:
from orders issued by the building bu
reaus should be provided for. The or
CARNATIONS now named in the create
New York charter might be made NOR
representative.
Fifth-The rules, regulations ant
/ findings of the Board Of Examiner
and the Board of Standards should b.
published weekly in the City Record.
Sixth-The Superintendent of Build
/ ings should be given power to enforc
/ the laws which they would be requires
TO enforce.
/ Seventh-The administration of tn
bureaus of buildings should be given I,
the superintendent of buildings, a
suggested in Title l, Section 5, of tn
/ tentative bill of the New York Stat
Factory Investigating Commission an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
TRADING IN BROOKLYN
Buyers for Several Dwelling
Houses on Railroad Az.

Henry Rockmore sold the following
two story, two-familv brick dwelling
houses, each 20xl0O feet; 1119 Glen
more az. to S. Elizabeth Hoerig, 467
Railroad av. TO Joseph Makahan, Az
Railroad av. to Bertha Mangan, 479
Railroad az. to Amelia Schildknecht,
481 Railroad av. to Sophie Koetzie, 4S3
Railroad av. to Ada H. Schulz and 487
and 491 Railroad az. to Jacob Hees-
mann.
II. A. Crosby sold sos and 595 Lin
den av., two two story brick dwelling
houses, for the Moreland Operation
Company to Frederick Randall and 1872
Clifton Place, two story white stone
dwelling house, for A. II. 0Malley to
Laura Baker.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-27
R. {. BOARD 10 YEARS OLD
Some Principal Objects of the
Organization.

The Real Estate Board Of New York
was established in February, 1896, and
incorporated on April ,, 1908. 1t was
originally called the Real Estate Board
of Brokers, but the name was changed
to the present form on June 26, 1913.
Among the prime objects of the cor
poration are the formation of an as
ISOLATION of those professionally en-
gagged in the real estate business, land
owners, and persons interested in real
estate and the welfare of the state and
city, and to make the board the centre
of real estate interests in New York;
to protect and promote the mutual in
terests of it, members and 10 facili-
tate negotiations in real estate; TO
promote and encourage beneficial
legislation and 10 oppose unjust or OBJ
toXious laws