New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-28
FINE OFFERING
OF BRONX LOTS
Day and Davies to Sell at
Auction Property in New
Subway Districts.
SCHRENKEISEN AND
HUBER HOLDINGS
One Parcel In the Easterly, the
Other in the Westerly Part
of the Borough.

OF the Borough.
A sale OF 256 lots Is TO be held on
Tuesday, December II, by Joseph P.
Day and J. Clarence Davies, agents and
auctoneers, at IA Vesey st. The offer
ing consists of 200 lots from the estate
OF Martin II. Schrenkeisen and Sc lots
from the estate Of George H. Huber.
The Schrenkeisen lots occupy the
three blocks lying on each side OF
White Plains av. south from West
chester av. and Hugh j. Grant Square,
at Nth st.
All of the Schrenkeisen lots are di-
rectly adjacent TO the district that soon
is 10 have the service OF the Lexington
av., Southern Boulevard and Nestches-
ter av. subway and a." divisions Of the
dual rapid transit system 20 REMAIN
Bay Park, and which will be the first
and only five cent rapid transit line
leading directly into and through the
Port Morris. Clason Point and Throgs
Neck sections of The Bronx from Coney
Island to Pelham Bay Park. There Will
be an important station in Grant
Square.
On the north the 177th st. cross.
town trolley line, one of the busiest OF
all the streetcar systems in The Bronx,
operates from 1Slst ST. and Broadway,
Manhattan, connecting with the Broad
way subway at st. Nicholas av., crosses
the. Washington Bridge, thence runs
north TO University av., TO fremont aV.,
through fremont and other congested
sections, through East 1SOth and lI7th
SITS. TO Grant Square, thence beyond to
Westchester av. This line connects
also with the Lenox av. subway and is
accessible from stations on the New
York. Westchester g. Boston and the
New York, New Haven e. Hartford Kali
road lines.
Il is thought that Grant Square
eventually will be selected as a loca-
ton Of an express station on the
Westchester av. elevated extension.
All of the Schrenkeisen lots occupy
high. dry land, the largest part OF
which represents the grade OF the CITY )
streets as laid out for this district:
The estate controls also and Will sell
the thirty-three lots located on both
sides of Leland av. south from West
chester av., where a substantial village
lies north and south OF the latter thor
oughfares. White Plains I'd, which
now is in much the same condition as
in earlier years, bisects the remainder
of the property and IS 10 be made into
10O-foot thoroughfare, extending
across country 10 Junction with Ga
son Point I'd. at Gildersleeve av.. the
entrance to the Clason Point recrea-
ton park, amusel-ent colony and Long
Island ferryboat landing. with the
widening and improvement OF WHITE
Plains I'd, twenty-five feet will be taken
off the westerly and fifteen feet OH
the easterly lots.
The fifty-six lots to be sold by George
II. Huber, one of the city's foremost
horsemen, showmen and realty invest
ors. occupy six locations along the d.
rect line Of Jerome, Cromwell, Ander-
son, Shakespeare and lnwood avs, l6lst
and 1921 SITS, Clarke p!. (l6Sth ST.
and 10th ST. ,
1t is difficult 70 say which group Of
the ffty-six lots occupies the most
prominent location to-day or the most
promising location of the future.
First, there are sixteen lots occupy
ing the entire northerly frontage OF
1920 st. from Jerome az. to Cromwell
av. directly north of Macomb's Dam
Park and the main approach to Ma
combs Dam Btidge. These lots are
bisected by the right Of way obtained
By the lnterborough Rapid Transit
Company for the construction or the
easterly elevated extension Of the sixth
and Ninth av. 81" lines from l62d 81.
and Eighth ay. over the Harlem RIVER,
thence through the Anderson av. NIL,
thence across Jerome av., the HUBER
block and Cromwell av to a connec-
ton with the 161st and 162d SITS. sta
ton of the Jerome av. elevated extern
sion of the Lexington ay. Inc in River
av. at l62d ST., which is 10 be widened
and extended easterly to West l6lst
ST. An approach 20 the Macomb's Dam
Bridge from 161st st. also Is to be con-
structed.
Thirteen Of these lots lie south Of
the projected elevated connection. The
remaining three lie north Of the right
Of way, facing in Jerome ay. and fol-
lowing the westerly line Of the one
time CromwelPs Greek. Practically all
Of these lots are covered with frame
several Of which loom large
in the point of history of the trotting
and running horse in the days when
Jerome Park and Fleetwood were house
hold words with every horseman OF
note.
The corner building, a substantial
three story structure, was well and
widely known under the management
Of the late Gabe Case and more re-
GENTLY that Of Mr. Huber; adjoining
IS the original home of the Hoboken
Turtle Club, which to-day is the local
headquarters of the Pastime Athletic
Club. At the Cromwell ave corner the
Did stable on the premises in years
long past sheltered some of the most
famous thoroughbreds ever bred.
These lots occupy one Of the most
strategic locations in The
Bronx and will be the central trans
fer point OF the westerly part of the
borough once the dual rapid transit
system is in operation, with stations at
Jerome and River ayes, and the Jerome
av. trolley line, with its many Man
haitian and Bronx connections, passing
directly in front Of the lots.
Mr.. Huber's next offering consists OF
the eight lots forming the "hat-iron"
at the junction of Shakespeare and An
derson avs, half block north of West
10th Sc. Eighteen other lots extend
from the east side of Shakespeare sv.
TO Boscobel av, almost di-
rectly east Of the "fat-iron" plot and
Just south of 168th ST.
All Of these lots are well and desir-
ably located for high grade apartment
building, within a few hundred feet OF
the l67th 81. station on the Jerome av.
extension, in River sv., and have the
triple service of the jerome and Bos-
,obel avs. and I67th st. crosstown troll
lev lines operating TO Manhattan and
all other parts of The
Bronx.
The three remaining parcels belong
ing 10 Mr. Huber constitute the sort