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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02
MAKE GRAVE PROBLEM
FOR WILLIAM ST. TUBE BUILDERS

compared to $3.50 a month. or s5l 20
wear, which amount will cover ms
entire transportation when the duai
subway trains are in operation TO Flush
ing. Whtest)ne and Little Neck.
There is therefore a clear saving OF
500 per annun. figuring on only one per-
son from each family going regularly TO
business. As n matter Of fact. how
ever. IT is found that an average OF ap-
proximately Two persons from each
family regularly commute over the Long
Island railroad. SO that on that basis
there would be saving or S1?2 per
annum for each family.
1t Is. however not only the saving In
communication that will be made but also
large saving In single trip fares. which
at present average CO cents a day.
1t is estimated that the average
rental paid In the Third ward is APP
proxina;ely $40 month or $3.50 a year,
from which IL will be seen that the
saving 20 each family by the operation
of the dual subway trains at I'VE cent
fare. as compared to the present fares
on the Long Island railroad. will be
approximately one-half az much as the
average rental now paid In that sec
ton.
large owner of property In Flush-
ing. speaking of the matter recently,
silu i ne section mas lot years bteH
handicapped by high fares. which pre-
vent IL from having its natural growth.
and just as soon az this handicap is re-
moved the entire Third ward will grow
the same as The Bronx has grown since
the subway began operation eight
years ago.
THE Third ward IL nve-sixths as
large as The Bronx and II IL located
in the same relative position with re-
spect to the heart OF Manhattan. and
there is no reason why. when IL has
equal rapid transit facilities. the
growth Of The Bronx should not he re-
peated here aud no reason why the
same level OF real estate values should
no: eventually be reached here. Every
family living in this section has had to
pay penalty In excess OF railroad
fares amounting to about s2o month.
and Just az soon as the Third ward IL
put on the Same basis as other parts OF
Greater New York II IL sure 10 enter
upon a period OF growth and prosperity
such as has never been equalled before
IN Greater New York"
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Big CUT IN QUEENS
TRAVELLING RATES
Saving Of Many Dollars to
Every COmmuter From l.. |.
X. X. Arrangement.

The passing by the Legislature OF tho
enabling act permitting the Public Ser
vice Commission 20 contract with the
Long Island Railroad for The operation
OF the trains OF the dual subway system
over The tracks % the railroad from
Corona to the city line at Little Neck,
ami 20 College Point and Whi;estone
practically assures Ave cent fare 20
al parts ~ the Third ward OF the Bor-
ough OF Queens
Mayor Mitchell signed the bill yes,er-
day.
The stimulating effect o. this proposed
reduction In fare from an average of 81
cents a day to 10 cents a day has al
ready resulted in many sales In the dis
trict % he benefited. The reason for
this can be readily understood when the
saving IL figured out In dollars and
cents. as shown by a very Interesting
statement relative to the matter ISSUED
by one OF he leading realty companies
In this statement ); ia shown that tn,
present average Communication from sta
lions In that section is s. a month and
that after the Conmuter reaches the
Pennsylvania station me- now has to nav
an additional surface car fare Of 10 cents
day or s. so month, making total
of SlO.s0 month. or sl212O a yeaf as
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To Edward krausz also store and base
men at 2l0 Water street t. Moses G
and Gilbert \ Wright
Thomas Ford has leased to the s
W t.. Electric Company the store on
ground floor Of IA East Thirty-fourth
street 10 Elsie cdtZin the store and
basement n: $50 Third avenue. and To-
AMIGO Bros, the store and basement on
the northeast corner Of Twenty second
street and First avenue
Thomas J, OReilly has leased the
store a, 1877 Amsterdam avenue to
Girls ode Bros, grOccrs AZ 2s2O Broad
way To j. lurdin. stationery and ci-
gdrs; 2N22's broadway TO w. GoltI.
barber, 220G Broadway to Mr., picar-
iello and an Office at sos West 10th
street to \ \ Samuels
samuel H. Martin has leased the
store A. 81 Columbus avenue to the
Harvey shoe stores
John j Clancy & CO. have leased
for the estate of Josephine Lowell EOS
West Ffty-eighth street to the Lemon
Auto Lamp Manufacturing Company.
and the store at the northwest corner
of Fifty-ifth street and Eighth avenue
to T., Sabatine.
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ASKS GOVERNOR TO SIGN BILLS
Advisory Council Favors Several
Relating to Labor LAW.

The advisory council OF the Real Es-
tate Interests through its law commit
tee. Walter Lrdner. chairman. urges
all property owners and taxpayers as
sociations 10 call upon Gov. Whitman TO
sign the Sanders bill. which provides
that the provisions OF the labor law re-
latng to construction. alteration and
structural changes in buildings and su-
u r.zing the Industrial board To make
rules and regulations In respect there
20. shall not apply 10 cities OF the firs.
class. The advisory council also wants
the Governor to sign the Mills bill.
which amends the labor law by provid-
ing that in New York city the Fire Com
n ssioner may waive the requirement
for fire alarm system In buildings not
over four stories high or buildings
equipped with automatic Are spr,nklers
IT, in his opinion. such signal system is
not necessary for the safety OF the &C.
cupants.
The Thorn bill which amends the
labor law by making tho presen, proyi-
sions OF the section relative To fire walls
around s.airways apply to buildings
more than SIX stories high Instead OF -
buildings more than hv. stories in
height also "a recor m, ndad f0r the
Governors signature. as is the Thorn
bill which amends the labor law by au-
thorlzinR the Industrial hoard TO sus-
pend 'he enforcement OF mandatory re-
quirements OF She labor law when there
are practical difficulties or the provl-
sions would work unnecessary hardship
until the next session or the legisla-
ture, when recommendations for repeal
or modification shall be presented 20 the
Legislature.
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TEN ANTS FOR CITY HOUSES.

The DurosS Company has leased the
three story house AT 42S West Twenty
fourth street to Catherine Boyle; the
three story house at 52 Morton street
for william J. Frederick To Catherine
kearney the four story house at $50
West Twenty second street for Henry
/" Marks to AuerInger kaspcr and the
four story house at $40 West sixteenth
street to II. r., Hallett,
Thomas Ford has leased for Etha
Dahlgren Rhett to Emily Baton the
four story dwelling at 1873 East SiNtieth
street for a term OF three years also
for The Dahlghen estate las East
Thirty-fourth street, n four story dwell
ing. 10 Mrs. Colby.
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Entrances and Exits Under Present
Plan So Narrow as to Cause
Serious Apprehension.

A problem that is giving much con-
Germ to the Public Service Comm ssion,
Borough President Marks and other city
authorities and which must be solved
at a very early date Is the placing and
arrangement of the entrances for the
William and Nassau street subway lines.
Tha; 1t must be solved at once. par
tcularly as far as william street is
concerned. il admitted on all sides. The
construction OF the william street SUB
way Is progressing rapidly and tenta-
tive locations for the stations have been
made IL Is for this reason that Maui
rice Deutsch. a consulting engineer re-
tained by over 80 per cent. of property
owners along William street south OF
Beekman. has called attention to the diff
flcult problem which confronts the Pun
lie Service Commission and Borough
President Marks in regard to the sta
ton entrances and exits.
That the matter Is an important one
to property owners and the public as
well as to the city and the INTERIOR
ough Rapid Transit Company. operators
OF the William street subway. is in
dicated by the fact that the Merchants
Association and the Real Estate Board
OF New York are both investigating the
subject; recent report made by Mr..
Deutsch and submitted to the Real F.s-
tate Board was Immediately referred
TO the railroad and transportation com
mi;tee. consisting of +. G. Cammann,
chairman: A. l.. Dean. Sarsheld Doyle.
william T.. Harmon. Frank II. Houghton.
Cyrus c. Miller and Carlisle Norwood.
Mr.. Deutsch calls attention 10 the
fact that William and Nassau streets
are among the narrowest streets down
town. with great traffic. William street
IL only 40 feet wide from building to
buiidiug the roadbpj being about %
feet wide. The subway plans call for
stations on william street al Fulton
and Wall. There are TO he subway en-.
frances on William street just north ana
south OF Fulton. the later entrance
about in the centre OF the block between
Fulton and John streets. Entrances on
the north and south sides OF Fulton stree;
just east Of william are also Indicated
At the Wall street stat-on there viii b"
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OF Reid avenue, Mt cost Of $40 Onh.
two by the Rex Building Company ons
on the west side of Ocean avenue. nor,h
OF Avenue n. and the other ON the
south side OF Union street cas-, NJ,
Nostrand avenue. each to cost s3o.nho
4 four story brick tenement ,os,i,s
s25.o00 will be built by Drapkin 4 ,;old.
berg on the east side of Cleveland stree,
north OF Belmont avenue. The son,b'
east corner OF Fodrth avenue and rh,rtv.
first street will he improved with ~,
similar tenements, each costing 3d., ooo
by the Brooklyn Heights Land Cou,y.-..
The q. & w. Building Compq'l ,yu
erect four story tenement to cos' ,,0
900 on the southwest corner G: Ip.,,
street and Troy avenue and on an "A.
joining plo; "A similar structur, 20 cos,
$4,000. A $4,000 tenement WI bs
built on the east side Of Adelphl stree
north of DE kalb avenue. ny the 9 a "
Improvement Company. John +. Tom.
mer will spend slO.5oo for four .,or,
brick tenement and sli.20o for "a.
three story tenements to occupy Sizes
on the northeast corner of BuShW.,t
avenue and Nanderveer street,
Tenement building N tho Williams.
burgh section continues along tn. Inc
OF six story structures. on the south
side of South Fourth street. west o,
Iiewes street. the p. & s. Realty Com.
pany will erect one TO cost sac, 900 ana
on the southeast corner OF Haveme,er
and Hope streets the Havemeyer Cr,.
struction Company will build two q COS,
s?5. 900.
Beginning at the south corner of Ave.
nue. X the Stuyvesant Building Com.
pany will improve the east side OF ras.
Thirty-seventh street with four twn
story stores and dwellings at a cost Of
$1,000. Six three story stores and
dwellings will be bull. by Adolph Gar.
mara on the north eide OF Mermaid ave.
nue., east OF West Twentieth street, 4,
a cost OF $4,000. Four two story
dwellings will be built by David Well
& Son on the north side Of Carroll street,
wet Of Nostrand avenue. at a cos, n.
$4,000 and four similar structures wi.
be erected by the Rose Building Com.
pany on the east side OF Bay Ridss
place north OF Ovington avenue, AZ ,
cost OF $4,000.
A feature Of tho new two story dwell
ings Is one to be erected at the mort.
east corner OF Elghty-second street and
the Shore road by Edward W. Clark q,
Philadelphia, which is to be his wedd-s
present to his daughter. II will COS.
$4,000
East New York IL 70 havs ano,he-
theatre. G. Fermaro and another wi
erect a $4,000 one story brick ris
house at the northwest corner Of PIX
avenue and Hendrix street. Il W.
measure 6ox1oo feet.
The motor speedway 10 bs bur, a!
the Sheepshead Bay Speedway Co-ror,.
ton will cover an entire block. ITS Cd
cost $4,000
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WEST 10th STREET.-Richard FL
lott has sold for S. Liebmanns Sons
eleven lots on the north side OF l5Oth
street, 1875 feet east OF Broadway. to
a., Harris and Albert Sokolski. who will
erect two high class seven story apart
ment houses. The property has
frontage of 275 feet on the street. and
a depth Of 99.ll. IT is part OF an old
English grant to Gen John Maunsill
OF the British army
BLEECKER STREET.-DaVid and
Harry Lippmann have sold IA
Blocker street, a four story building
with store. on lot 25xi2s. adjoining
the southwest corner of West Broad
way. The new owner is Plac!do Nor.
who has been the tenant for several
years.
WEST 2sTH STREET-Amos & Co
have sold for Adele VI. Comyns and
NJ J. Kaughran 226 West Twenty
eighth street. a five story Nat, on lot
2i.1Ox9S.9. The property had been In
the selling family for over half CEN
fury.
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serve the large district lying east OF
William street. Mr.. Deutsch points out
that Is Is certain to carry enormous
crowds morning and night and that in
case OF panic or other trouble these mar
row starways would be so blocked and
crowded that serious results would be
certain to ensuc.
The present entrances to the Broad
way subway at Wall. John and Fulton
streets are inadequate. and because Of
the narrow stairs leading to the plat
forms confusion reigns morning and
evening MIR. Deutsch states that II the
present plans carry the conditions on
william street will be infinitely worse.
particularly at the Fulton street sta
ton. beause the narrowness OF the street
and subsurface conditions will not per
init Mt this point any station entrances
on the westerly side OF the street and all
the traffic at this busy point must be
carried through one set OF entrances on
the easterly side Of the street Both
uptown and downtown traffic on the
William street subway will he handled
a; Fulton street from stations on one
side of the street only.
An approximate total OF 1000 people
pass on both sides OF William street In n
given hour morning and night. 1t will
be augmented by reason of the narrow
sidewalks ard because this station Will
be used for Brooklyn and upper Mauhat-
tan traffic.
Mr. Deutsch has suggested TO the Mer.
chants Association and the Real Estate
Board the advisabillty Of possibly hay-
ins an arcade street created. handling
the vehicle traffic on the present road.
bed and the upper level for those u.s.
Ing the subway and for pedestrians. He
also called the attention OF the authori-
ties To the possibility of taking all traffic
of william street south OF Beekman,
and using the present roadbed Is side
walk space. with subway entrances ten
feet wide at convenient points in what
Is now tn" middle OF the street. Mr..
DeutsCh states IN favor Of this plan
that an entrance at least ten feet wide
Is necessary TO ha udle the traffic at Full
ton and Wall streets. and Furthermore
that practically all property on william
street, particularly south OF John, IL
given over to Office purposes. and no one
would be greatly inc rvenienced by di-
NeftinS the vehicle traffic from this
street.
lie says that some solution must be
found as these 6 foot : inch entrances
are admittedly inadequate to handle the
subway traffic. Mr.. Deutsch is working
with the Public Service Commission on
the Lines Indicated. and is receiving
every assistance from It's engineering
department In fact the attitude OF
the Public Service Comm. sSion j. to do
everything IN It's power TO relieve an adj
m!ttedly serious situation.
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OFFICE BUILDING ON OLD ASTOR HOUSE
SITE TO COST VINCENT .ASTOR $500 600

Broadway is 10 lose Us mining camp
in few weeks Probably ten DAYS
more will be about as LONG as the big
TIMBER derricks and steam pipes will he
seen at Broadway and Nesey street, the
lower half OF the old Aston House site
The subway loop from Nesey street 20
broadway has been finished and tho
implements necessary 10 bore through
that part OF the old city viii be carted
elsewhere To cut an opening in New
Works ground for trains to shoe,
through
In place Of the derriChs at the Nesev
street corner will rise the steel frame
OF a $500 nO0 Office building which Vim
cent Astor Is to build on the property
1t will he a structure Of no great height.
being only seven stories. In this re-
spcCt only viii IL differ from the monu-
mcnts of splendor and comfort which
have been erected down town for men
to do business in.
Real estate men were surprised when
the plans FOR the Aston building were
announced last week. II having been
generally expected that tail building
would be built on the corner, Mr.. As
tor has shown such disposition to fol-
low new lines in managing the large
estate left to him by his father that Il
was thought he would depart from the
conservative lines of the estate and erect
tall building on the property Facing
the plaza formed by the junction OF
Park Row and Broadway and to the
south 81 Pauls Church ana cemetery.
II is located as for natural light and
air as are few buildings In the financial
zone hut Mr., Astor and his advisers
decided that a building OF conservative
height would be hest and more harmoni-
Gus facing the old church, the Post OF
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WALKS CLEAR OF SHIPPING
Architects TO Help REGAIN Side.
walks for Pedestrians,

In response TO letters sen: 10 ar~N,.
,ects by Borough Pre,'den. Marks as .
ing for their cooperation in remoy .
shipping from the streets OF Manha,',
problem which has nettled many p .
mer borough chiefs. have com. as.ur.
ances which indicate that star. n .Ns
right direction has been made 10 reg .
for pedestrians the sidewalks ~ tho
city.
Fruit OF the request Is the a---rle-
meni Of the new Eagle Pencil Comma =
building, which is to ne built q. 90 -
'O1 Eas; Thirteenth street. between \ u.
nues c and II. Architects Buchu
and Fox have planned the structure -Y
that the loading of trucks and mn, p:
OF freight will he accomplished v''N %
he confines Of the building WIN 49,,
exception OF the main entrance haN p.
an enclosed storage space tho g
first floor will be utilized as To-.
Platform and driveway. with Ccr.
space for the movement OF trucks r
loading platform is open on two ..
protected az night ny bifo,d'nr 4
This plan means hat all load Dr..
taken or the street, which is 'e- .
and unencumbercd for pedestrian ,,'
Along the east side Of the h.rS
space ten feet In width has hoo
served. which will he utilized as a % .
way for trucks in addition to the sn4ca
given UP for tina. purpose within TIA
actual bounds OF the building
Were this plan to he gore,
adopted Il would relieve in mary ~o..
lions 81 the city the present congo. ..
OF traffic
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BUILDERS TO SPEND 1890. 500.
brooklyn to Have ~ New Flats
and Dwellings.

New construction vorN planned IN
Brooklyn last week exceeded a million
dollars Plans f1r the Shcepshead BAY
motor speedway. which is to cost $40
600. helped materially In swelling the
total to si090.5o0 Tenemer's also
PLAYED prominent part. twenty OF
them, 10 cost s137,@0O being among the
III projected building operations sixty
eight small dwellings and twenty-;hree
miscellaneous structures complete the
list.
Two four story brick tercments are 10
he built Nv Rurnsten n Sto.ier on the
north SIDE OF Van Buren, stree. east
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he a shield A similar decoration will
break the simplicity OF the Rroa away
,acade
The structure is to hc ready .or ten
ants next January. Foundation work
mas been in progress some time. Il Will
lee finished In about three weeks or
about m" time the mining parapher-
raUa has been cleared away The foun-
dat'on is he ng built by the Frederick
crawford Company and will cost $40
o"n more than II there were no subway
''prs I" contend with The foundat. ON
VIII be different from that OF any office
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COM PLETCD EQJlTABl
o BUILDING O

to their cost of coal. kindling. &c. to
escape the annoyance OF handling the
coal and ashes the tenants gladly con-
scented and after the plan had been in
operation for year the owner found
that he had used less coal to heat the
building and run his elevator than he
had previously used TO run his elevator
alone. The steam engineer had used the
exhaust steam for heatInS
Every piece of hreprootiug material
in the new Equitable Building has
been tested 10 withstand l.Soo degrees
Fahrenheit. This includes all steel and
all steel Is protected by stone concrete
or terra Gotta. There are no cast iron
columns such as were used IN the old
Equitable Building and which bucl.ed
and collapsed under the heat and al
lowed large floor sections TO collapse
during the fire which consumed the old
Equitable Building on January .. 1872.
All the columns are steel and there
are no unprotected vertical openings a.
in the old building. whore The flames
became an all embracing fan. The
new building is divided into four fire.
proof zones or UNITS. \ fire starting
in any one zone cannot reach any other.
Each zone is separated from the other
by nreproof walls and iireproof doors
and each zone has It's firsproof stair
way and while the isolation Of e. IN
zone is complete the tenants OF any one
zone can use he freproof stairway
in any other.
Gen. II, Coleman du Pont. president
of the Equitable Office Building Cor
poration. saws:
BESIDES being the greatest building
in the world and the greatest building
in the greatest city Of the New World
the Equitable Building is not only the
permanent proof OF my own faith and
that of my associates in this greatest
city. but IL Is a speaking living proof of
the fact that New York city still goes
onward and upward"
The building was stared on June
10, 1914. and was completed last week.
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will he 1907 feet on Broadway and
lo' s fee on Nesey street. The facade
or the first two floors viii he orns.
mental iron. chg ely pillars. as these
iloors are TO he stores At the second
MOOR Will he an ron balcony of design
ava construction such as were built to
old time hotels. The names Of shop-
keepers and firms occupying the second
1oor VIII be over the store windows
at" not on the window glass Above
the second floor the facade viii he lime
stone MOCK. About midway in the
Nesey street facade OF the building will
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building in the city. II VIII es b..
outside tho subway and between '
tracks OF the sub-surfsce route, VIII
an unusual feature.
Tho site is vacant for the reason
helped subway builders build the r.
under Nesey street, an operation IN
danger. Danger OF the Aston House "a
ing down required its removal. So '.
city paid s6o0.o0o FOR the lower Na'
the building and an easement tN-o.e
me property. Tho north half o, 40 g.
tor House is the property o. "
Waldorf Aston, Vincent Aston. coue
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NEW FLAT FOR IseD STR EFT.

Plans have been filed for five story
apartment house on the south side OF
lj2d street. 22j feet east of Amsterdam
avenue. II will have n frontage of 80
feet and n depth OF SILL feet. with
facade Of brck. limestone and terra
Gotta and contains accommoda tions for
twenty families. Edmund l.. Ellis IN
the architect and has estimated the cost
at 100000
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ASTORIA FLAT BUYERS.

The G. y. Mathews Building Company
has sold the six family fiat at $40
Eleventh avenue. Astoria, to william
N.1r~ ANA ..,.rles J. Miller for $ll,5OO,
Joseph A. Wasserman has sold for a
client to Thomas ID. Malcolm vacant
lot. 25xlO0. on west eide OF Eighth
street. 600 feet from Van Alst avenue.
Long Island City.
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BUYs HOME IN NEWARK.

Fels. & Feist have sold for T. An.
gustus Ryan his residence at 77o Lake
street in the Forest Hin section to Will
lam C. Symmans 90 Nutley. who bought
for occupancy. The house stands on a
plot 50xl00 feet. II Is 200 feet north
OF Heller Parkway, The new owner will
make extensive altera tIons
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BUSINESS PROPERTY LEASES.

TIE Charles r. Noycs Company has
leased the buildings u. Sass Pear!
stree, for Frances l.. Glover 10 William
X. Royce for "A term of years the bull
ing at Jones Ian" tor Isaac IL Cary
to A. Blocker & Sons. and stores at
AZ and ~ Maiden lane To tho Jacobs
Hat Company. and at ~ Dutch street