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New-York tribune., 1915-03-07
WestcheSter Solving
It's County Problems
Effective Work of Supervisors-Bi To Be introduced il
Legislature for Commission to Superntend Nounty
Buildngs-Measure Approved for Civic Planning
BODY and for New System of Government

bill in the Legislature calling for the
appointment Of a commission Of FIVE
citizens Of Westchester to secure the
preparation of a plan 10 guide the fut.
ure development Of the county. These
commissioners are TO serve without
salary, but an appropriation Of 5000
has been made TO cover the necessary
expenses Of the work. So much has
been written about state and county
planning that it is hardly necessary %
20 into detail regarding the duties o.
this commission.
I'm Wes;chester County, with ia
great number OF cities, villages and
townships, each carrying out its de-
velopment and extension OF public utIl.
ities without very much regard 10 the
plans of its neighbors, there Is an un.
usually difficult problem. IL wi ! be
tho duty Of this commission 10 cO-ordi-
nate the plans Of all Of these eommu-
rites into one general scheme for the
entire county, which will make possi-
bic the arrangement Of suitable con.
Meeting highways, parks, parkwsys
water supply and drainage systems, etc.
This project was brought 70 the atten.
tion Of the Board of Supervisors By the
Westchester County Chamber OF Com.
merce, which has had the matter un-
der consideration for some time.
Another extensive and important
matter at present under consideration
by the Board Of Supervisors IS the sp-
pointment of a commission 20 inyesii-
gate the county government as exist
ing and as likely TO exist IN the future,
with a view Of obtaining by leglsla-
ton or constitutional amendment q
more efficient and uniform system Of
government in the county and towns
It is probable that such a commits.
sion will be appointed by the Board OF
Supervisors, who have the power 70
take this action under chapter S2i OF
the laws of 1914. 1t is, Of course, I'M
possible to say at this time what the
result Of the deliberations OF this COM
mission will be, but IL is safe 70 pre-.
dict that a careful analysis OF the sys.
TEN Of government OF the county VIII
prove the present system 70 be made
uuate for the needs OF Westchester.
A form of government which was en-
tirely satisfactory one hundred years
ago and which still may be quite en-.
cient in counties in the rural parts OF
the state is hardly adequate for the
needs Of a county having a population
of over 100000 and which includes
three cities, twenty-three incorporated
villages and nineteen townships.
The original laws have been so fire.
quently amended by state enactment
that there are now many inconsisten-
cies on the statute books, and,
in fact, it Is very difficult for
a county official to efficiently per-
form his duties and at the same
time remain strictly within the
law. Such condition should not
be allowed to remain, and ii seems 10
many who have given the matter con.
sideration that a new form of govern
ment which will replace the present
outgrown method will be found adyisa-
Bile.
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Fine Home for COnpaleScentS

The buildings completed occupy q
commanding site not far from the s'I
tion on the New York, Westchester
Boston Railroad. They are also
on the main highway between Tarry'
town -on the Hudson and MamaroneeS'
on-the-Sound and just outside the VIZ
lage limits of White Plains.
In announcing his intention TO fopho
a benefaction in memory Of his motntI
Mr.. Burke said il had long been nIs
purpose to dedicate during his Lifetime
a substantial part OF his estate 70 ,hs
relief of worthy men and women, VINO
notwithstanding their Willingness !"
support themselves, had become unso.S
TO do so because of illness. or who hss
been discharged from hospitals oelO..
regaining sufficient strength to resu"'
regular employment. =, ,r.
Just why his charity should hss
taken this particular form was new
made public Mr.. Burke was sing1'aIy,
reticent and retiring and mingled %.
little with society. His fortune was w
result Of his own efforts. lie had pee"
a stock broker, was director OF se,
eral railroads and insurance eonipshiss.i
and had been associated IN seye,"
business enterprises with Russell sSs'
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07

Mount Kisco has become in the last
few years an increasingly popular
place Of residence with New York City
business men.
Up TO 1900 this Westchester village
was like many other small communi-
ties. 8 typical country town, with the
majority Of it's residents, then num-
hering about thirteen hundred, local
people. Since that year, however, ow-
ing to the improved transportation IA
cilities offered by the Harlem Division,
with It's electric service, big number
Of sales Of property to business men
OF the metropolis have been made.
The buyers have Joined the Mount
Kisco residential colony, most OF them
for the yesr around, in the village or
in the surrounding hill country.
This town is reached by the har-
minal in a little over an hour. During
the rush hours several express trains
with special club cars offer quick ana
pleasant accommodations.
The business section of the village
is located in the valley, surrounding
the railroad station. From this point
the land rises rapidly in every dlrec-
ton, Offering innumerable hilltop 10
cations. many Of which have been re-
served as large estates. In many ways
this part Of Westechester resembles
the more attractive section, OF the
Berkshires, and in view of the many
nearby beautiful lakes, which are q
mart Of New York City's watershed,
Il has been often claimed that TINS
northern part Of the county surpasses
in natural beauty any part OF .ne
Rerkshires. The estates which are scat
tered through the hills are among tne
most valuable in the entire SUBURBAN
region. - Nav
York City's enormous watershed dlS,
trict. which covers over two hundred
square miles, and which Is really an
immense park. The shores Of nearly
every one of the lakes in this area are
paraileled by broad and inviting high
ways. offering unusually attractive
roads for automobile and carriage
driving.
within the village there has been
considerable building activity in the
last five years, and several tracts OF
land have been subdivided for residen-
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Mount KiScO Attracting
N. Y. City Business Men
Many Large Country Homes Have Been Built Atop the
Hills Surrounding the Business Section of the
Town-Several Big Tracts Subdivided in
Recent Years for Residential Use

! tial purposes, finding a ready market
One Of the most attractive streets IN
the newer section is Croton Avenue,
which lies along the ridge of hill
overlooking the village. Here several
extremely attractive residences, each
surrounded by several acres OF ground,
have been erected, commanding an e1-
tensive view Of the surrounding coun-
try.
The present population Of Mount
Kisco is estimated at $500, represent
ing an increase Of nearly 100 per cent
in the last ten years.
Among the older residents are Robert
y. Van Cortlandt, Francis NJ. Carpenter
and James Wood. Conspicuous among
the home properties are those OF Seth
Low. Robert S. Brewster. Moses Taylor,
Richard Harding Davis, J. II. Choate.
jr.. Kenneth Murchison, Charles s.
Brown, Winthrop Cowdin, Walter r..
Addicks, Edwin O. Hotter. /. B. Cav
try, Colonel r. w. Leonard, Francis
Hillhouse, William Sloane. II. J. White
house, A. II. Scribner, DR.. S. F. How
land, A. w. Butler, Charles F. Darling
ton, Harrison Gawtry, H. c. lie Gendre
and many others well known in bust
ness and social circles.
mere is not more delightful sub
urban town than Mount Kisco." said
we'll known real estate owner Of West
chester County property last week IN
discussing the attractions of the vari-
Gus nearby home colonies in rural
places outside of the boundaries of the
greater city. Fortunes have been
made in the last ten years by the sale
Of Mount Kisco properties, and yet
there are myriads of real estate oppor-
tunities in every section of this beauti-
full village and in the rolling country
surrounding it. One need not search
far to find the answer to the query why
Mount Kisco properties are bound to
rise in value In the section in the near
future and for many years thereafter.
with each succeeding year there Is
a larger demand for homes in the coun-
try within easy committing distance of
the metropolis. This bigger demand
has IN recent years helped to bring
to the attention Of large numbers Of
persons the suitableness Of Mount
Kisco as committing home town and
for persons who want big country es-
tates."
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07
By HERBERT Z. ANGEL,
Secretary Of the Westchester county
Chamber of Commerce.

The winter session OF the Westches-
ter County Board Of Supervisors
which Ia now drawing to close, mas
been one Of unusual interest, as many
new lines Of activity have been uh-
One of the most important matters
was the decision early in the session
to purchase from Alexander Smltn
Cochran 400 acres of land, adjoining
the county's property at East view
This land was offered to the super
y.Sors for county purposes at an un-
usually low price, considerably below
its probable market value, and on
unusually favorable terms. Ar. Coch-
ran offered TO accept county "A per
cent bonds, TO run over an lndenhi.e
number Of years, for the entire Sl'o'-
600 which is the purchase price.
As a considerable part OF this iafm
Is outside OF any watershed USED ior
water supply purposes, there couid De
no opposition to the erection OF any
class Of public buildings. The county
has. in the past, experienced consider
able opposition in it's effort to secure
a satisfactory site for group OF
new buildings, of which there is greal
need, as nearly every site seleeteo
was opposed, owing to its location
within New York City's watershed
The new site is ideal in every way
for the purpose intended, as it IS with
in five miles of the county seat, ~
high in elevation and exceilentiy
adapted for agricultural purposes.
At the meeting Of the Board Of Su,
pervisors which was held on Marcn
a comprehensive bill was approved
soon TO be introduced in the Leglslat'
ure. calling for the appointment OF
commission to superintend the erec'
ton of penitentiary, workhouse, aims
house, county hospital, and sucn othel
buildings as the Board OF SUPERVISOR
may direct, upon the land recently ac'
quired from Alexander Smith cochran
This commission will also superinteno
Tho erection of an addition TO the
conrtv court house at White Plains.
The members Of this commission who
are named in the bill are Robert ;
Brewster. Of Mount Kisco; Arthur "
Lawrence, of BronXville, and George T.
Mertz, Of Port Chester.
This commission is directed 10 mee'
and organize within twenty days after
the bill becomes a law. The necessary
eypenses of the commission are pro-
vided for and each commissioner Is "a
receive an annual salary of $4,000
As all of these men are either prae-
tical builders or have had considerable
experience in the supervision, OF the
erection Of public buildings, the com,
mission should prove most successful
in securing for the county good value
in these new buildings, the total cost
Of which will probably exceed $1,000
900.
Another important matter which has
received the approval of the Board. OF
Supervisors is the introduction OF
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Will Be Opened at White
Plains Soon by Burke
Foundation.

It is said that the Winifred Master
ton Burke Foundation will open its fine
home for convalescents in Mamaroneck
Avenue, White Plains, about May l..
The late John Masterton Burke, whose
home was in Manhattan, left approx
mately s7,o0O,0O0 in the fund, and his
original gift was s4,000,000.
The contractors. Reed & Co., have
completed ten Of the buildings for the
Foundation on the site adjoining the
Bloomingdale Asylum property, and
they represent an expenditure OF about
100000. Ten more buildings will be
erected this spring. The construction
Of the charitable institution has been
under the supervision of Guy Ward.
Delayed twelve years, in part by liti-
CATION and in part by the wish OF its
donor that the charity should not be
established in his lifetime, the Foun-
daton is now about ready to begin ac-
tive operation.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07
BUSINESS LEASES
In VARIOUS ZONES
New Tenants for Build
ings on the East and
West Sides.

f. A. Turner has leased l27 East 18th
st. to the Lans Curiosity Company the
top floor loft at 369 Third ay. TO Davis
& Weiss. the store az ll9 Lexington az.
TO Shukei Arikian, the basement store
at 81 Lexington av. TO Marsh, through
Harris & Vaughan a loft at s and 10
East 47th st. for term OF years 70
Mrs. Karl J. Freund, the basement store
at 176 Lexington av., temporary, to Il
Smith, auctioneer; the basement store
at ISL Lexington av. 20 the New YORK
Basket Weaving Company, the loft AZ
16 West 46th st. to Madam Erlau, lOl
East Both st. TO Mrs. X. Bonnell, 1902
East Both ST. TO Miss Kilroy, III East
Goth st. to Miss j. Powell and Miss
O'Mally, the premises l34 East 26th s..
to Mrs. Mary Lee and a floor at l2o
East 9th st. to Rea Irwin.
The Wendell estate has leased the
five story building at 81 Beekman ST.
extending through TO Ann St, for
term of years to paper concern. Inc
structure is at present occupied by the
New York Leather Belt Company.
John J. Kavanagh has leased the
store 937 Madison av. TO Leyitter
5rotnerS, the store SoO Mhdlsoh s'' w
Garabed Vartebedisn and the store at
799 Park av. to Jacob Schneider.
Ames e. Co. have leased the store o.
9 East SD st. to Lipshitz & Engle; ESQ
loft in 364 West 50th st. 70 Henry
Jellinek; also a loft in 966 West 5Oth
st. to A. W. Ray, and loft in 1853 and
16l West oath st. to the Basket In
porting Company.
The Duross Company leased the store
As and 80 West 2lst st. 70 Heymsn
Cohen & Son, a loft in 1873 and liV
West l4th st. to the American Gas
Fixture Company for three years. loit
in 4 West 18th st. to Fried Cohen,
loft in West 10th st. to OpDenhelm'
Stern e. Hacker, lofts in l6 East lS,n
st. to Louis Frank, and also the dwell
ing 4.7 West oath ST. to Mrs. Pyne.
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in a change of ownership for the James
b. Blaine residence, at Primrose and
Westchester avenues, Chester Hill. 1t
was sold by Jones, Meckes e. Jones to
a New York merchant. This property
was held at $4,000.
White Plains, the county seat, is
likely TO be the scene Of considerable
buying throughout the remaining
months of the year. Many houses in
the town are for sale at attractive
prices. A recent auction sale affect
ing property there was that of the An
derson parcel. The sale was held at
the courthouse last week, the price
realized being $4,000. The buyer was
Ellen A. Stewart, the plaintiff. The
premises comprise fourteen and one
half acres, on which are Colonial
dwelling and outbuildings.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07

90. for the premises $50 and SS4 East
Eighteenth Street, from designs by VI.
Bernstein, for Shalt & Silverman, ar
chitects.
A $4,000 six story tenement house.
with store, at 336 and 33S East
Eighteenth Street; two six story fiat
houses at 2l0 and PA East Twentieth
Street, to cost $4,000; four story
building, S cost $4,000. at 2l6 East
Twentieth Street. for the Wayside Day
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07

At Scarsdale Estates a number OF
large properties, ready for the builder.
have been sold, and many improved
sites have been purchased by New York
residents. Leonard p Hall recently
bought for his sister, Mrs. Ramsey,
home at the corner of Greenacres and
Huntington Boulevard. This residence
is only partly completed 1t is to be a
reproduction of a plan by Patterson &
Dula, the New York architects. 1t will be
of Dutch Colonial style. with a garage
built under the same roof. Angel &
Co. recently sold to Mrs. Mary Austin
Grabau a plot of over an acre. adjoin
ing her residence on Cooper Road, Muir
ray Hill. Scarsdale Estates.
Among other recent operations in
this ideal suburban development was the
sale by Fish g. Marvin for j. Ensign
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07
BUILDING BARRIER
SOON BANISHED
LAWS House, at Scarsdale Es.
tates, Shows How Expert
Improves Sites.

The residence Of Fred LAWS at
Scarsdale Estates shows what an en-
gineer who is accustomed to difficult
situations may do with peculiar lot.
For several years no one had the neces-
sary courage to plan to build house
on this particular site on account OF
the large amount of rock. Mr.. LAWS,
however, in the Characteristic attitude
of the engineer willing to cope with
problems, employed a New York City
aqueduct stone eXcavator, who put in
the foundation and levelled off the
grounds in their present picturesque
style at little expense over the ordi-
nary foundation on an all dirt lot.
To the rear are beautiful views of
the rolling country. The house is
planned to give the maximum Of light
and air. Housekeeping problems are
reduced to a minimum on account Of
the fact that all the living portions
are on two floors.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07

La Hacienda, the waterfront home at
Larchmont OF Mrs. Jackson Gouraud'
also recently figured in an exchange.
but this trade was made up entirely of
property in that section. Rudolph j.
Schaefer became the owner of the
'Gouraud property, giving in exchange
his fourteen-room stucco residence at
Pryor Point, Larchmont. The Pryor
Point place has two acres of lawn
fronting on Premium Pond. From the
premises may be had commanding
view of Long Island Sound. He recent
ly bought the Pryor Point place from
A. Willard Ferguson. Mr. Schaefer Is
one of the most prominent members
Of the Larchmont Yacht Club.
The Gouraud place is one OF the
show properties in Westchester Coun-
ty. The house, which is of Elizabethan
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07

Reports have been received from
many sections Of beautiful Westchester
County in the last two months an
nouncing the sale Of plots and acreage
and the leasing of country estates and
houses for the coming season, or for a
longer term. If the number of leases
made is any criterion of the coming
spring demand for houses, fully fur
nished, and in choice neighborhoods in
the country, Westchester will have
much larger summer population this
year than ever before in its history.
Many persons who usually go abroad
each summer will not be able this
year to enjoy themselves at the various
European spas OF popular summer
places, owing to the war. Some have
already begun to plan for the summer
months, and are leasing or buying
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07

Fuller Of his place on Murray Hill to
Charles VI. Eaton, Of the Stock Ex-
change house of Raymond, Pynchon &
Co. The property was held at s35, 700.
Henry W. Korndorf lately bought II plot
in the Elmdorf tract, near the station.
He intends to erect a house on the site
in the near future.
Leasing of Scarsdale houses for the
summer is on> OF the most distinctive
features of the Westchester market.
Kenneth Ives & Co. recently leased for
DR.. Thomas j. Harris his furnished
place at Heathcote, Scarsdale, for the
summer season to Edward II. Rosen-
baum.
A Manhattan banker is going to build
house for himself on a plot in the
Valley Road at Lawrence Park, Bronx
vile. The plot was formerly owned by
Henry c. Merritt. IL was sold through
Fish g. Marvin.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07
FINE DWELLING
HOUSES SOLD
Continued from page ]

of the new subway-elevated lines at
this point. =, NJ.
F. william Sohns sold for V. c. Derk-
en the five story new law house, on
plot 5CxlOO feet, at $50 and 632 East
l34th Street, near ST. AIMS Avenue.
Joseph Reiss is reported to nave solu
TO an investor 2014 Bryant Avenue,
five story fathouse, on plot 4oHN9s.o
feet. near 180th Street.
Gussie Friedman has purchased from
Checchina Carucci 651 and 655 Fox
Street. two five story new law houses,
on plot 81.3x125 feet. about 23l.ll feet
east of Avenue st. John.
A. & c. E. Holly have resold Tor
Louis ". Ebling the plot 10Sxl0o feet
at the southwest corner of Castle Hill
and Gleason Avenues. The seller ac-
ouired the corner few weeks ago al
foreclosure.
Kurz & Uren, Inc. sold for the BEN
enson Realty Company to Richard
Dunn a plot of six lots on the easterly
side of Arthur Avenue, l25 feet south
of l8Oth Street, having a frontage on
Arthur Avenue of $50 feet by depth
of l04 feet on the northerly side and
1875 feet on the southerly side.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07

Of 900 acres was bought by John G.
Hallimond for about the sum men.
toned. On the premises are two large
dwelling houses and several outbuild-
ings.
Some large Tarrytown houses have
already been rented for the summer
season. Samuel Ullman's place, in
Wilson Park. was leased to J. H. Halle,
of this city, through the agency Of
Nichols & Hobbie. The property COM
prises about twelve acres and a large
Colonial house Of twenty-five rooms.
Recent sales in South Yonkers have
resulted in q change Of ownership to
80 and 32 London Street, a four story
apartment house, and 80 Bruce Street
The first property was bought by
Frank Thyn and the second by P. X.
Selser H. T. Whelan negotiated both
sales.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07
NEW HOUSE SCARSDALE BEING BUILT FOR


fond Of their suburban home and its
surroundings that no other place IS
more hon elike to Them.
The January and February reports Of
sales in Westchestcr contain some
transactions involving an expenditure
of many thousands each. One of them
was the sale by Mrs. Bernard Beniecke
through William A. White e. Sons OF
her estate of sixty-fve acres at Osca-
wanna. just south of Peekskill, 20 the
Fifty-ninth Street Realty Company.
This property has large frontages on
Broadway, formerly the old Albany
Post Road. Il comprises a large frame
mansion. with several outbuildings. Il
has an apple orchard OF 5000 trees. The
trees are from an Oregon nursery. The
Fifty-nirth Street Realty Company
took the property in part payment for
% West Fifty-ninth Street, adjoining
the Plaza Hotel.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07

places in Westchester, or In other
picturesque and healthful suburban
regions within easy committing dis
tance Of the city. Quite number of
them are buying in the suburbs not
for a temporary but for a permanent
country home. Others, who are seek
ing a congenal place TO live until they
can once again resume their European
wanderings, would probably ridicule
the idea that after their proposed
short stay in the hills of Westchester,
or in another delightful suburban sec
tion, they will think less of the life at
the spas abroad and more of the en-
chantments of life in the rural dis
tricts near New York. It has been the
experience of most brokers that many
persons who only go to the country TO
live for q season or two become so
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07

of the late Mrs. Ray II. Winston. 1t
was formerly the J. Scott McComb
property. The place has frontage Of
1000 feet on Broadway, a large stone
mansion, stable, garage, greenhouses
and cottages.
1t would be difficult to find q more
attractive place for country home
than Dobbs Ferry. This historic town
is at the lower end of the Tappan Zee,
the widest expanse of the Hudson
River, which for distance Of twelve
miles has a width of three and a half
miles. The village is located on a
ridge of land bounded by the Hudson
On the west and the Nepperhan or Saw
Mill River on the east.
A $4,000 sale of Yorktown Heights
property was recently reported. The
George J. Griffin estate there
New-York tribune., 1915-03-07

architecture, Is more than 200 feet
long, with nearly every room facing
the water. There are about twelve
acres of lawn. with frontage of 1900
feet on the water.
Mount Vernon, with its vigorous trade
centres, its fourishing banks and
its tidy and inviting home areas, is
more appreciated in speculative circles
than ever before. The reason for this
is that the city is progressive and the
stranger of good character is most
welcome within its gates" Further,
much is being done to add to the
transit links binding Mount Vernon TO
the various sections of the greater city.
"The resident Of Mount Vernon en-
Joys" says a we'll known real estate
broker, wholesome and healthful sur