New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-01
MANY Persons Attend the
Opening of Auction of
Ocean Property.
NEW YORK BUILDER
AMONG THE BUYERS
DAVIS $1,000 for Block Front
Facing Water-2S5 Parcels
Sold in Quick Time.

loserh ?. Day evidently got strong
- Ton, the weather man for the open
80 of his Belle HarbOr, Long lslaEd.
3. sale Yesterday afternoon at ?
a.lo,k he began. on the premises, to
Asnose Of 679 lots, including 2Sl ocean
-, lots. A more scorching, blister
nc hot day 20 induce people TO buy
,-o,e-tv at the seaside could not have
Ne, desired. even by Mr.. Day himself.
!, took Nr. Day nearly half an hour
20 reed over the conditions of the sale,
ar5 i, was 2:SO o'clock when he put up
tho first parcel. A large crowd was in
o..crdarce. At 6 o'clock in the even
o., Nv Dav had sold 2S5 lots for to-
81 Of Sl4.2l5. Bidding was spirited.
pobort Murphy. a builder OF this city,
-,,~cbased the block front on the ocean
between l26;h and 127th SITS, 2OOx1OO
fee,. for $4,000. The sale will con-
tjnue tomorrow.
The proper,y 10 be sold comprises
Ell ~ the vacant land owned at Belle
Tarbor BY the West Rockaway Land
Cor,nany. Frederick J. Lancaster, pres
;dor- and which includes practically
he seven entire blocks between Bay
side av. and Beach Channel Drive fac
inc IN Jamaica Bay, between Beach
f24tb 81. Oxford av) and Beach l4lSt
:. Park ayl. az the southerly boun-
5arv Of NeponSit; also practically all
,ho three blocks surrounding the house,
socE and tennis courts of the Belle
Vorbor Yacht Club. and facing IN Bay
,i6e Drive CranSton av), the bay
Ssscb front, Beach 125th st. Mon
r,uth av.). 10th st. Pelham av.)'
I27.b 81. Oriental av., the Dock ST.,
and 12>th ST. Winthrop av.), also a
rurler Of scattered parcels in blocks
~ two TO eleven lots in various OF the
,,-sets and avenues located between
,sa bav and the ocean, along the line
ofthe Rockaway Park station and Olly
Park trolley car line IN Newport aF''
and the line of Washington ana bay
side avs. -.
Except for the ocean frontage me
loca-ion Of practically each and every
one Of the blocks OF lots being SOLO Is
.'osa'v improved with residences tna'
have cost $1,000 to $4,000 each 10 con
strrc- North Of the unimproved but
r;eturesoue ocean frontage 10 ASH
iDrton ay.. the higher grade residences CeS
erected have cost as high as Szo'oOV
10 $4,000. although the lots are nGI
restricted 20 the construction OF su0h
ambitious domiclles. -,..
Among the residents at Rockaway
Park and west thereof on the kocha"@y
coast. which reflects the character VI
the section, are Leopold zimmerman
Is~tar. {. W. Redmond, LAWYER; e1-
Coroner Antonio yucca; John ); learn
builder: Adrian Paradis, wholesale
druggist, and Commissioner Johh o.
A. Belle Harbor: Louis Mouquin, res.
tsurateur; +. J. Cudlhy, preslGehI oI
"Tbe Literary Digest; william 9Qhin-
~ former Controller; Michael b!aKee'
contractor: A. 5. Hatch, whose grand
fs-bor is said to have formerly owned
an Of Belle Harbor; Joseph ". Mas
tiers. broker; Frederick Mlttendori; IT,
LAWYER: Walter Hammltt, Of the Loe-
srr Co.. BROOKLYN; Martin 5. Palne'
vica.nresident OF the Bowery Savings
Rank. and Thomas Lenane. .,,.
A. Nenonsit: Mrs. L. NJ. W. BllllngsS'
Witrerbee Black, Of Black, starr q
Frost. a. Y. Frost, Of Black, starr q
Tros-. {. II. Blair, banker; +. NJ COX
We.,err Electric Co.; K. A. DrysdaIe'
banker: John Littleton, civil enEineeii
and James NJ. Roscoe, manager OF Ool-
In sTcakirc yesterday Of the sale
Joss7.b p Uav. agent and aucuoheer'
said: Belle Harbor needs only an
extension Of the Rockaway coast
poardwaIk 10 make the place INTO d
miniature Atlantic City, which Is real
" and prec.sely what the penlnSul"
as whole is growing into on an en-
lsrre6 scale. However, as each Duyei,
Of = lot AZ the sale will also buy an
the riparian rights that 90 win eaoi
and every one of the lots TO be soIu'
this matter will adjust itself.
az is obvious. however, that Ine
tine 20 buy is IN advance OF the "u
vent Of the boardwalk, as did some oI
the more fortunate owners at AtlahViC
CITY. no, after it has been lald ana
values have rocketed skyward ana
away beyond the means C1 the olu'
nary investor. .Loso
THE man or woman who buys these
lots to-day at any prices they care 70
pay for them VIII be the ioreslghVeu
lIVes OrS VINO Will reap flOi1 -.
these boardwalk values come into thelr
own. .
Every resident and NONRESIDENT
who travels 20 the beaches around
New York has seen the miraculous
changes that have taken place IN the
last decade But this is a story Oh
summer travel and summer popu atloh'
In the next few years, with III
creased transit facilities, higher rent
ais for city apartments and lnnuX VI
huge population, once peace IN tG-
rope has been declared, with unbound
ed prosperity at home. decentralization
and huge taxes abroad, the RockaWa,y
Peninsula. New York's moot aecesslDle
ocean and bay frontage, will be one
Of the most sought after locations 1or
aA-ycar houses. e..
Nothing can stop the movement IN
this direction that is already under
way and which rapidly is diminishing
the sca0t supply Of oceSn-front lotS
available for improvement. The bid
ders at the sale will make the prices;
the sale is i'm their hands"