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ne mad surrendered. His loss was
serious one to the Americans. for he
combined with personal bravery and
military aptitude the experience which
was invaluable to an army of recruits.
In the inactive service OF camp life
the British officers amused themselves
in ways little in accord with the state
of the country. There was fox hunt
ing on Hampstead plains three days
in the week and bull batting and other
good old English sports" We're at
tempted-the bull having been pre-
viously baited RON nearby farm.
with small regard for his owners polit-
zeal leaning.
After the war and Me stormy days
OF readjustment Jamaica became again
like one Of those happy lands that have
no history. Men who had won fame
and distinction had their country seats
them was Rufus King. at different
times Governor of New York, Minister
to the Court of st. James's and United
States Senator. The grounds surround
ing his mansion are used for park
to-day and not far distant on what was
part of his farm some houses have
recently been erected which because OF
the simplicity OF their Colonial archi-
lecture and because they are designed
for comfortable, livable homes recall
the early associations of the town.
They differ so widely from the usual
ady-to-move-in house that ones at
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every public event"
When New York became a British
possession in 1864 Richard Nickoll, Gov
ernor of the colony, elected that the
Dutch names of some of the Long
Island villages be anglicized, and Rust
dorf became Jamaica, the old spelling
of the word having been interchanged
with that OF the West Indian island
which Admiral Penn had taken from
the Spaniards. Until the beginning OF
the Revolution life in tho newly re-
named village was comparatively un-
eventful. Political disagreements there
were and religious dissensions OF a
violent nature, but only such as pre-.
vailed everywhere in that day.
All during the war for independence
the British occupied the town. on the
hillside to the north rows OF huts
extended for a mile east and west, with
cross streets intersectinR, and tho
parade grounds lay between the huts
and the village The surrounding hills
covered with heavy forest were en-
tirely bare before the close Of the war.
One event of historical import nce
occurred hero during the Revolution.
Gen. Nathaniel Woodruff, a hero OF IT.
conderoga, Crown Point and Montreal
was captured on Sunday, August 2s,
1776, in the tavern OF "one Increase
Carpenter" about two miles east of
Jamaica. He died n week later from
wounds administered by the angry and
cowardly officer OF Dragons to whom
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LARGEST MORTGAGE REVENUE.
sI,7O5,Io5 Received In Taxes in
Manhattan In six Months.

In the first scml-annual report Of Reg
lister John j. Hopper there is one Item
that will be of special and gratifying in
tercst to the taxpayers Of New York.
The receipts of the Mortgage Tax Bureau
for the six months January / to June
80 amounted to S1,705.195.94. the high
est revenue in its history for similar
period. by arrangement with banks and
trust companies Mr.. Hopper received in
tercst on daily balances which Melted the
sum of ss,72S.59. The salaries OF the
bureau officials for six months aggre-
gated s5,649.96, or S3.O7S.G3 less than
the interest allowed. II will thus he
seen that not only is the Mortgage Tax
Department OF the Registers Office self
sustaining. operating without cost to the
city and county, but adds something also
toward the reduction of taxation.
Tho Legislature OF 1910 imposed on the
Mortgage Tax Bureau the duty of coll
Letting the half OF one per cent. from
corporation bonds issued prior TO July 1,
1906, In amelioration of personal tax
alton, and the receipts from this source
are included in the total above stated.
Monthly receipts vary-February with
s96OSO3l5 and April with si32.773
being the largest and May with s5s,-
1926 the smallest. During the half year
$649 09290 was transferred to the City
Chamberlain. including the interest re-
CplNpI from inc various utnOSllorleS,
leaving S1l25,03l.lS to be apportoned
with other counties of the State.
It should be explained that this ap-
portionmont involves an immense amount
of detail. For instance. II the New York
Central Railroad issues trust mortgage
bonds covering its property from New
York to Buffalo, each county through
which its tracks are laid is entitled 10 "A
percentage OF the tax levied on such
bonds, In proportion to the assessed prop
erty values In the different counties. The
Register of New York county must ascer-
tain the exact sum due each State divls-
ion before any payment Is made and be-
fore he can report TO the State Board
Of Tax Commissioners. Tn Same rule
apleS to corporations other than rail-
roads,
In tho general admins ration during
the half wear, there We're recorded and
examined 1880 instruments, producing
55.t05,e3 In fees,
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SUBWAY TO STATEN ISLAND.
Conference OF Civic Societies Formed
to Urge Construction.

What promises to be one of the INST
Important movements in advocacy OF n
subway to Staten Island was inauSura I'D
on Thursday afternoon at a meeting If
the executive committee OF the subway
conference held In the Chamber Cf Com
mcrce room at ST. George. \ large num-
Der of the civic organizations of staten
Island were represented. such as the Civic
League, on the south shore OF the island,
from Grasmere to Tottenville the Staten
Island Chamber of Commerce. the West
New Brighton Board of Trade, the Civic
League, the Dongan Hills Home Owncss
Association, the Concord Property own
ers Association, the chairman OF tho
transportation committee of the Civic
League. William Writ Mills. and others.
Resolutions were passed in favor of
subway to and through Staten Island.
This will be adopted as a slogan OF the
committee, and meetings are going to he
arranged in all parts OF the island for the
purpose of arousng the interest OF all
sections of Staten Island in the sub
way movement The executive COM
mittcc Is composed OF Francis +. Leman,
chairman Charles II. Dullea and Cornelius
q. kolff.
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NrpoN SIT BUNGALOW BUILDERS.

Considerable buying Of plots on which
bungalows will be erected Is reported from
Neponsit, on the Rockaway coast {. de
Mile has bought plot 6OX100. which Will
be improved with "A house TO cost $4,000 :;
Rerdinand A. Keimer. a block of fourteen
lots, on which will be erected six bunga-
lows for rental. A. Stella two lots Sher-
IN Alfred Hobley. four lots. on which ne
will erect a house for his own occupancy
Mis-, A Dabour, a plot, 6Ox10O, to be inn
nroved with a house 20 cost $1,000: Will
ian G. Persina, four lots; Charles V. Bill,
a plot. 4ox1oo. Charles w. Prelle. four
ioto DR.. e. G. Bennett. house costing
$4,000; j. p. Ladey a plot, 6OxlOO on
which u being erected house to cost
$500. and John III. Mccooey plot foS
100
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KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HOME.
structure 10 Cost xI5O,0OO 10 lie
Erected In Newark.

NEwAR. y. j.. July 11.-Plans for the
new Columbus Club building which will
be used by the members of the star OF
Bethlehem. Newark and Olive Branch
councils of the knights of Columbus have
been submitted to the committee in charge
Of the project and funds for the erection
of the building have already been sub
scrbei, Several sites for the location Of
the building in the centre or the city are
under consideration
The structure will cost about $4,000,
Before any of the work on the proposed
new building can be started the commit
tee must have "A fund of $4,000. At u
dinner given recently by the new build
ing committee stock amounting to between
SIS, 900 and S2O.000 was pledged toward
the fund and an "every member cant
paigu instituted, only about one-tifth
OF the members of the three councils at
tended the banquet and as the subscrip-
lions there were more than the committee
had looked for no trouble Is anticipated
IN obtaining the required amount,
The proposed building viii he four
stories hish and will he thoroughly Are
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ie..tlon IL arrested and he'd Here
seems "A solution of the problem II liV-
ing for man of education and good
taste who has to provide from salary
or a small income the essentials of lie
and certain retinements which are nee
essary to people Of culture. The build
crs OF these houses are not real estate
spectators but a company composed
Of men of independent wealth, to whom
profit is a consideration but not me-
ccssi.y and whose prime motive ia in
the class which they hope to attract
thlther.
The simplicity of good proportions
and perfect detail is shown within and
without the houses. The eXieriors OF
red brick with white porticos or door
ways, outside blinds and dormer win
lowed roofs recall old parts of Bos-
ton, Of Annapolis. of Alexandria, Va.
or of those parts OF New York
where the simple dignity OF our fore
fathers days is still to be seen. Al
ready many of the houses are Occu-
pied by quiet. well bred people. Mora
are TO be built with enough variety 70
prevent monotony, but showing tho
same practical purpose. combined with
artistic feeling. II seems likely that an
old fashioned town will grow on this
part of Rufus Kings old homestead
and that others will find. as he did, In
this part OF Jamaica a genuine Rust
dorf.
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MUSICAL HOUSE ON 4oTH STREET.
VIII Ray ss5O,OOO for space in
IewisOhu BuiIlIuu.

The Rudolph Wurlitser Company. piano
and musical instrument house. has
leased In the PHILIP Lewisohn building. at
113 TO 1l9 West Forteth street, running
through to III to IFS West l'orty-f first
street, $4,000 square feet. together with
the new building to he erected on the adj
Joining property at 1870 to 122 West
Forty-irst street, on a plot 40x10O. for
twenty-one years at a rental OF $3.50. 900.
The Cross Il Brown Company negotiated
the lease. The same brokers have also
leased to the National Auto Repair Com
pany the third floor In 80 to AZ West
Sixty second street.
NJ. j.. Hess has leased the tenth loft
at 10 to liz Fifth avenue. northwest
corner OF Sixteenth street 20 Samuel
Lasher: the first loft at 30 West Nine
tcenth street. to II. l. Lltty: and the sec
ond loft to r. f. Jacobs the second loft
at 9S to 100 Blocker street. to Hebron
Englehardt. Inc the fourth loft at 10
East Sixteenth street. to the United En-
broidery & Novelty Co.
Edgar A. Manning has leased for a
term OF years to NJ. Horowitz the sixth
loft at 80 TO 80 West Thlrty-hfth street.
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NEW DYCKMAN FLATS.
Three HiI Tcncments to he Buit
AT Cost of s2IO,OOO.

Moore 4 Landseidcl has filed plans for a
FIVE story apartment house on the north
cast corner of sherman avenue and
Academy street for the Jacob Rupert
Realty Corporation. 1t will have a front
ace Of 100 feet and depth of 90 feet
and will contain accommodations for for
ty-one families, The cost has been estl-
mated nj 100000. on the west side OF
Seaman avenue. 80 feet south OF Gotta
street. is 10 he erected two five story
apartment houses with a frontage of b5
feet and depth OF S66 feet for the
Saamans Construction Corporation, Gas
tano Golardi. president. 1t will contain
apartments for twenty-one families and
the total estimated cost has been put at
$4,000. Moore Landscidcl are the
architects.
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GAIN IN QUEENS BUILDING.
s2,OOO,OOO More Construction Than
Last Year-2,532 Buildings.

During the first half Of this year homes
for nearly 5000 families have been erected
in Queens. according to the report just
issued by John w. Moore. Superintendent
OF Buildings. Permits were secured dur
ing the six months for 2,532 new buildings,
OF AN estimated cost of Sll, 1903 OF
which all except less than si.000.O0O.
which represents the cost of factories and
industrial plants, was for dwellings and
multiple family houses. The cost Of
buildings for the first six months OF the
year was s2,l75,i7l in excess of the cor
responding period last year
The increase In operations was again
manifested during last week, when there
were 1872 applications for new buildings
OF an estimated cost OF sI02, $50.
Tenements lead among buildings that
are being constructed now. Four story
tencments will be erected by Frank Pal
lidino on Payntar avenue east of Sunswick
street, Long Island City, at "A cost OF $751;
900 each. Charles BOos will erect three
story tenements on Jamaica avenue west
OF Hoffman boulevard and on Hoffman
boulevard north of Jamaica avenue,
Jamaica, at a cost Of $4,000. Cornelius
Werbling Will erect three story brick
tenements on Catalpa avenue east of
Seneca avenue. Rdgewood, at a cost of
$4,000 Frederick Funk will erect four
story brick tenoments on Blackwell street
south of Broadway Long Island city. at
a cost OF $4,000 G. X. Ross Realty
Company will erect five story tenements
on Twelfth street west of Van Alst avenue,
Long Island city. at n cost OF s25. 900
each. Jacob ErbHCh will erect three
story tenements on stephen street west of
Forest avenue. Evergreen. at a cost of
$4,000. and the Mathews Building Conn
pany will erect five three story tenements
ON Fifteenth avenue south OF Grand street,
Long Island city, at a cost of 700
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m,r1S0 BRooKLYN HOUSES.

james NJ Hawley has sold as Ralph
street for Charles Hass, who took In eX-
change 352 Ralph street for Jacob ior-
ner l69 Onderdonk avenue; for client
az Cooper street to Henry Scharf for oc-
cupancy for John Grimm to Kate Cog
hill 200 Ralph street, and for Jacob Her
Itch 4s6 Knickerbockcr avenue to IL,
Levy.
G. Lebett & Co has sold the 1--WE four
story double brick buildings, 1861, 1861.
1855, 1865 and 1870 Fulton street. for j.
i;oyrn to a client; and the two story ana
i,,rorrent, 5G6A quincy street. for John
rielcy to James Tclliver. also for charles
itareGorn plot l00Xl00 on Jamaica ave-
me, between Manor and willard avenues !.
d. Mot l0Osioo on East Seventy-third
riot and Avenue V. and lOoNlOO on
tv,tue |. and Rcmsen avenue.
V!rc, Bros. have soll IL frts'ornt
stree, . three family brick building. for
,!ru. Louisa Ligzo to Giuseppe Nenefosa
a M craaia Sorrentino.
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last week to give assurance that II would
be completed inside of n year. The sewer.
constructed to meet the demands for n
population that will occupy an area OF
over 5000 acres, Will cost S1,542.000.
A massive bulkhead of piles and con-
crete more than two-thirds of a mile in
length and nifty feet wide has been ex-
tended into Flushing Bay near the foot
OF Ffty-tirst street. The twin mouths
of the sewer are so large in diameter
that a team of horses and wagon can
he driven through each of them. The
sewer that extends into the bay Is being
constructed the same as the under river
sections Of railroad tunnels. Iron arches
are fitted into place and imbedded In
concrete. Three immense shafts have
been sunk at the Shell road, Klngsland
avenue and Roosevelt avenue to facilitate
the tunnelling operations.
Plans for the construction OF the lat
eral sewers will soon be ready These
sewers are to extend through the Sec
lions known as Corona. Elmhurst. Mas
peth. woodsde, Whitopot and Forest
Hills,
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HISTORY OF LONG ISLAND.
Happenings Since Indian Days, sold
In New Eagle Library.

A history OF Long Island from the In
dams to present times has just been is
sued by the Eagle Library. II IL known
rs library lS2 and contains everything of
note associated with the island for cen
turtles. The dongs OF the Indians. how
the island had been divided by them and
the odd names they gave places which to-
day are known otherwise are interest
ing
After the red man came the Dutch.
Their part OF pioneering on Long Island
was thorny one obstacles met them at
every turn and how they overcame them
Is interesting reading. Change in the
government Of New Amsterdam from
Holland TO England brought about many
incidents OF historical value. persccu-
tons, religious and political, were many
in those days After reading of these
one has a better regard for tho freedom
brought about by the Revolution, the
story of which is told in an interesting
manner.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-12
NEWARK TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
To he Enlarged 10 Accom- modatc In
creased Business.

NEWARK. y, j. July II "A four story
brick addition to the Branch Brook OK
change of the New York Telephone COM
pany viii be- erected ~ the rour o. IN"
present building at SO to 60 Bloomfield
avenue. The plans. which were sub
mitted 10 the building department Tor mp.
prevail this We X. call for an expenditure
OF $4,000. The addition will cover An
'rea measuring 7NXG3 feet and VIII y"
equipped To take care Of the growth ~
the business OF the company in that o.
ton of tine city.
Twenty-one permits for dwelling hng."'
the aggregate cost Of which is cS,ir .'"i
ant over 500, 900, were g1nuted 10y ''
department during the week 20
increase was shown in the work over ''.
amount of money expended for cons lr
ton purposes last week, but there ="
decrease a. compared with the r'.i'-
spending time last year.
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sEAsHonE BUSINESS coon.

Sales az Manhattan Beach Estates dur
ing the past week include a plot loiNlln
feet on the oceIn front at the corner ~
Corhln place TO John J, Bockar, IRA "
Bocliar and Anna Bookstavcr; plot 6oN
100 feet on the west side OF tul'r'dv"
street.. south Of Hampton avenue, ~
Clara Bunny. plot 40N1O0 feet on mo
east side of Exeter street, south Of ora
entail Boulevard, 10 Mae e. Dodge, and
n business plot ll0Nl00 feet irregular
at the southwest corner Of West End ave
uuc and Shore Boulevard
The house at Ego Corbin place hss lses
leased to . A Ryan, and .fo FSeT
street has been leased 10 j. Higgins. MR.
Theresa Matthews O. Brien has started
the erection OF her residence ~ the cor
nor ~ Orentl Boulevard and ENe'er
street. and j. s. McWhirter Is erect'ng
= new bungalow on IN" cast side az
beaumont street, north IT Hampton nv--
nue. ssrAI
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100000 BRONX TRADE.

Through Peter Axelrad Max Feldmsn
and Solomon Feinberg the Similar Realty
Company. composed OF Meyer Solomon and
Charles Pincus. has sold TO Mrs. G. Smith
sss East 1891 street. box1oo; tho south
east corner of Intervaie avenue and 1891
street. 75x10o. and the southwest corner
Of 1854 and Kelley streets, 75xl27x irreg-
ulAH The properties are improved with
a0e-seoey fats erected last year by the
ssatfng company. which bought the sites
ffUm me Henry Morgcnthau Company.
Ma Smith gave in part payment West
ByUux properly. The deal represents an
A1DnHexnHnf of si00 600,
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l NE is apt 20 think OF Jamaica as
J an embarrassing place Of rail-
roads and markets. Railroads and

NE is apt 20 think OF Jamaica as
an embarrassing place Of rail-
roads and markets Railroads and
markets there are. presenting
many advantages not found in a town
whore they are lacking or not so plcntl
full. But he who cares to investigate will
find much more there 10 interest him In
the present as well as in the past. To
begin with, all of Long Island has been
from it. very earliest settlement distinc-
lively land of home and home makers
Even before lis settlement the Dutch
and English explorers realized that II
was n land to be loved and cultivated
and dWelt in. Some OF Hudson's men
who landed near what lsnow Gravcsend
returned To the Half Moon charmed
with their glimpse OF the newly dis
covered country. They described IL "a
Full OF tall oaks, and the land is as
pleasant to see with grass and flowers
as ever they had seen. and very sweet
smells come from them" The great ex-
piorer himself expresses in his diary the
opinion that 1T IL the finest land for
cultivation that ever in my life l have
trod," and he had trod many.
The early colOnists learned that the
men who had opened up the pathway
to the new world were discriminating
as we'll as adventurous. Dutch and
English homesteads speedily grew all
settlers became more numerous villages
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ACTIVE YEAR IN QUEENS.
1901 Deeds and SOy Mortgages
Recorded In Six Months,

More than s5,000,000 was involved in
tho realty transactions recorded in the
Queens County Clerks office for the first
six months OF this year in which the
consideration was announced. exclusive
of the numerous transactions that were
recorded as nominal, according to re-
port just issued by County Clerk Leon
ard Rouff, According 10 the report there
were l,201 deeds and s07 mortgages re-
corded.
It Is estimated that at least one-half
OF the deeds recorded represent the pur-
chase of plots and dwellings by home
owners. There was considerable por-
ton OF the remainder that represented
the purchases of investors A small pro-
portion represented the transactions un-
der foreclosures of mortgages.
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TAXING wEsTcuEsTER PLACES.

Kenneth Ives & co. have leased the Nc
Eldowney house on the Sterling state at
Harrison to Henry Zucksiuan. for three
years. for George Hender. on. his resi-
dence on Central avenue. B,-'. to Charles
II. Adams. for Mary Baltic. her house in
Sound View Park. Rye to Samuel Marx
for Henry Davis. his residence on the
Boston post road. Rye. TO Daniel u.
Childs for Adeia!ds l.. Garrison. Or II.
II. Janeway's residence at II verdale to
X. D. Perkins; for Margaret A. Endc. her
cottage at Baybrook Point. Slybrook.
Conn, TO the Rev Edward $ Travers
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900. 900 ON BROOKS PLOT.

The Prudential Life Insurance Company
has taken a mortgage fOr $1,000, 600 on
the property at the northwest corner OF
Mad son avenue and Forty-fourth street.
on which is TO be Greet d building to be
occupied by Brooks Bros. The loan is
under stood to he both Il building and per
manent mortgage. 1t is for five years at
per cent interest. The corner Is 125.5N
li0l0 1t was bought last month by
William II. Barnum and william Ev r.
dell. Jr.. from Thomas - Hidden. The
build ng to Ice erected has been leased by
the clothi-rs for long term OF years
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THE row OF six four story and base
mont dwellings at 125 to 1876 West 1llth
ntreet, owned. according to the records,
by the Surety Realty Company. of which
samuel ~. stone Is president, is reported
to have been bought by a construction
company as site for an apartment
house The property has "A frontage OF
los feet and a depth OF l00ii feet, and is
located on the north side Of the street. 230
feet west OF st. Nicholas avenue The
selling interests acquired the dwelling in
1910 at an auction sale Of the holdings OF
tho Edward ]. King estate.
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BROADWAY FORECLOSURE.

Suit has been begun in the Supreme
Court by John l. Downey and George
II. Read. trustees for Mary A.
Downey and Edith r, Stursb, re- against
~ Broadway Company. lncor-
porated, and Others to for close "A mort
gage for $500, COO on the five story build
Ing a. +75 Broadway. The mortgage was
recorded on May n, 1909. Montgomery
& Peabody of wall Street are the at
tornOys for the plaintiffs
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BROKERAGE NOTES.

The Charles T. Noyes Company an
nounces the addition OF Wilbur T.. Osler
NJ T., n Stevens Institute graduate. TO the
staff OF the plant engineers department Of
the agency business of the Noyes Com
pany.
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ANNUAL TAX OF CENT.

Ono OF the smallest pieces ~ real estate
upon which taxes are levied in the city
is at Depew avenue and brighton street
In TottenvillN, Borough of Richmond. Its
dimensions are -four feet by three feet
and II is assessed at 81 The annual tax
10 one cent.