New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
new STRUCTURES
FOR WESTCHESTER
Public and Private Build
ings To BE. Erected to
Cost $1,700,000.
MODERN CITY HALLS
AND POSTOFFlCES
Among improvements Planned
WestcheSter & Northern
Railroad Extension.

Nothing shows better that the realty
and building line in Westchester Coun-
~ is increasing daily than the fact
that more than 81, 900 is to be spent
soon on various public and private
buildings. and lately valuable tracts OF
real estate have changed hands.
In addition TO work being started on
the new 100000 addition TO the White
Plains court house and county petiten-
tiarv. an almshouse is TO be erected at
East View, at a cost Of 100000. The
Building Commission has announced
that il will ask for alternate bids on
Michigan granite in the construction of
tho court house. Bids will be asked for
about August /. Plans for the new
penitentiary grou2 of buildings Will be
fnisbed about August 10, and follow
ING the approval Of the plans and speci-
fcations by the State Prison Commls-
sion. bids will be asked for that WORK.
In addition 10 these fine public build
ings. new p6stoffices costing in the ag-
gregate more than 100000 Will pc
erected in Yonkers, New Rochelle and
Mount Vernon. -
Mount Vernon and White Plains also
plan in the future to erect modern city
halls. while in New Rochelle new
nublic market, costing $4,000, has Just
bcen opened. The New Rochelle Elks
have MANNED TO enlarge their club
house at cost Of $4,000. This add,
ton will include big lodge room and
bowling alleys.
In White Plains it is expected that
- v,;ll no necessary TO erect a jail, as
the prison commission has dHcreed'
In its report the commission sets torth,
among other things:
"White Plains still continues to use
the county Jail as village lookup.
new charter has been provided Tor thlS
corporation making White PIalns
city on January l, 1916. L IS recon-
mended that as soon as TINS charter
takes effect the city Of White flaihs
take advantage Of these provisions oE
Tho construction Of a new municipal
building which the village authorltIes
stated at a recent hearing before TINS
commission was in contemplation as
soon as the charter became effective,
and that therefore the city care for us
own police prisoners. The construc-
tion Of the proposed penitentiary which
will house the sentenced prisoners or
tho county and action on part OF the
new citv of White Plains TO care for
its police prisoners will relieve TINS
ieiI from the congested condition which
il has suffered for several years
Among some OF the other extensive
improvements now being carried out or
about 10 be carried out in Westminster
are the $4,000 sore and apartment
house to be erected by Sam Ellis IN
South Lexington Avenue, White Plalns;
the erection Of new bungalows and
residences in OLkwQod and Narwood
Heights at Mount Vernon; the cree
ton Of houses and other structures In
New Rochelle TO cost about 100000.
More than 5000. 600 is to be spent on
an addition to ST. Joseph's Hospital at
Yonkers. Il is also said that John ID.
Rockefeller intends to erect large
garage of native stone on his extensive
estate at Pocantico Hills.
Should the work Of extending the
Westchester and Northern Railroad
Company's proposed two track road
from the White Plains terminal of the
New York, WestcheSter & Boston Rail-
road Company be started, which is re-
ported Will be carried out soon, realty
owners expect a big boom IN real eS-
tate along the system from White
Plains through the eastern section of
Westchester TO Danbury, Conn, where
the new road viii connect with the
New England system, which is owned
by the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad Company.
The new postollce in New Rochelle
will probably be opened during the
coming week.