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them most artistlcally with comfortable
divans and easy chairs enough to accom-
modate about ten or twelve persons In
each room. The white ground for the
pictures IL painted on a wall and IL bor-
dered by An artistic representation OF
n window frame. while the usual stage
proscenium Is replaced by a bank Of
ported plants. the whole giving the i'm
preston q: looking through n window at
the picture being shown. Attractive light
ing fixtures. rugs and wall coverings
complete the room. a private theatre
could have no more delightful orange
ments.
These protection rooms are IN loca-
ions from which under ordinary cond,-
tons the lowest rentals IN the building
would he had. hut under their present
use they return the best rentals I'm the
building They are rented TO tenants
by the hour and most OF the roons are
I'm use from .arly I'm ~" morning 20 long
past midnight. and in 'hc busy producing
season 1t is thought that continuous use
Of them fnr tWcnty-four hours a day> Is
not unlikely A. rates az 81 during the
day AND 81 at night one room In o
weeks paid n little short II s900.
Winding rooms are li,,lc spaces en-.
caeed IN heavy tile aud concrete. with
self-cluSiug doors where such tempera-
turc may Ice maintained as VIII preclude
IN. danger of conla grafton while films
are being recled These are among the
little features Of the building that have
helped 10 establish the structure as a
model with the Fire Department and
The Fire Prevention Bureau. Cor the fire
officials hay. gone over the building
carefully AVID have approved u to the
extent ~ recommending Il to many film
companies tina nave applied for licenses
90 handle films.
Ny Eacker said Yesterday that The
building which with The Ian IL occupies
represents a value Of 81. 200.o0o is about
Tho hrs' Investment u. has ever made IN
Sos York He lcnsgd the site IN April.
1913. from icorc. W - dfr,y Of Scran-
'at. ia. :ur twenty o Years. with re-
r~.'Va's. agreeing TO ray during the first
term a ''tl. ~ moro than Si,joo.ooo Tn
ground rent. tn" huiliiuc, the estimated
COS, 81 which = siup,ooO. was planned
Cos Arthur |. Harmon Associated with
Mr. Hacker IL The enterprise We're Arm
stein x Levy. his partners in most of his
transactions.
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sEAsuORE BUYING GOOD.

The Nepons!t Realty Company has
sold In it's Rockaway development T.
Magnus Ash a plot +oxlho adjoining
lis new home on Seminole street, on
which he will build "A house for invest
mcnt 10 VI J Hansen "A house costing
s5.7bo on a plot 40Nl00 on Huron street
to Johnson n Martin, builders, a plot
oOxl2 on Jamaica Bay To- :. Il. Man
dell a plot l00Nli3 adjoining his new
residence ON Newport avenue facing
Jamaica bay. TO Mss G y Miller ~
i,ostun n plot 60Xl0o ON Dakota street
to pr. Paul T.. Bo'hc' a plot 6oNli3 ol
Newport avenue facing the bay, 10
John II MccafYerty a plot 6ONloo oi
the corner Of Newport avenue and ON
,ario street, on which he Is erecting Il
house 10 cost 5000, and 10 Mrs. T., 4
Loyeridge n plot 4oNln0 on seminole
street, on which she Is building a house
costing $500.
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being separated from the beach only by
the waterfront park. 200 feet wide. and
the beach walk now under construction.
The club building, according to the
plans OF Holmes a Winslow, architects,
is TO cost $4,000 and will be of the
Dutch Colonial type, two story and at
tic. white c~lapboard exterior with green
roof and trim, A wide porch will ex-
tend along the full front n partly on
the west side, the roof OF the porch
being enclosed by a balustrade and COW
cred with canvas for outdoor lounging
and observation. The first floor. with
beamed ceilings and n great open fire.
place of field stones. will comprise re-
ception rooms for women and guests.
ccmmodious lounging and dining rooms,
built In book cases. a kitchen. buffers
pant ries. and two private bedrooms and
baths for officers and older members.
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WANT COAL INVESTIGATION.
Petition ReinE signed for Presen-
tatiOn 90 Government.

A campaign has been started to salts
~ tn. Federal Trade Commission THAT
reople OF New York desire an trN"su-
CATION into the anthracite coal situation
which now promises an increase IN cost
to consumers. \ petition has been sent
to thousands Of people throughout TIE
city by the Real Estate Board OF Ne"
York and the New York Building Man
ayers Association FOR signatures asI'lhg
that the Federal commission investigate
the charges which the various real es-
tate associates have made
These charges were sent to president
Wilson some time ago. He turned them
over to the Trade Commission. whlch
has notified the local real estate inter-
csts that II II is the desire OF 'on-
sumers il would investigate these
charges.
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With Safety Vaults
for Films, Model
Projection Thea
tres, ~Fireproof
Winding Rooms
and Many Other
Features, New
Seventh Avenue
Building Answers
Every Demand of
Film Makers

Any ora who thinks there IL nothing
rev under the sun will have to change
HE views z he visits :he building which
George Packer has Jus; completed 70.
the moving picture lndustr; NJ the cornei
q, seventh avenue and Fort ninth street.
New York has become 50 accustomed 20
euIld.ucs o. enormous height. 70 p|aia:ial
,ss,derces. to $4,000 4 year apartments
and 70 luxurious playhouses that 20
many persons 4; seemed that the era 4
novelty in the building world had passed
and that construction had finally settled
down % the humdrun ~ doing over and
over AGAIN VIVA; many builders have
already done many times. But New
York builders are right UP with the
ines. They keep apace of the develop
ren, o. industry II art and when the
occasion arises for a profitable building
operation they are ready with compre-
hsnsive plans
development ~ the motion picture in
dustry found New York well supplied
wEh ane large buildings here offices
puii ne established. but few structures
where the hundreds OF concerns that
handle highly infammahlc films coul1
End space where they could show their
sht"lH NlAiI'hh 'hsl w Asl'liiN'tN'N VII
n heir ne,ghhorlnC tenants. Fire laws
~ the city governing the handling If
sims. which are In a class with BLACK
rowder. are SO s'ric, that few structures
can comply sit them. Mos; OF the
fgli!ngs IN New York were put up hs-
'ore the motion picture attained its pres
~; popularity. and Of course before the
sfe rules relating to Aims were made.
Mos; owners do not want flm companies
fur tenants. for though such lcssaes pay
the best rentals, the presence of such
concerns in the average scmi-tireproof
ti'iding Increases ;l'c Insurance rate ard
Keeps the owner in a Constan: state OF
u2se, mind through fear of fire.
n was these conditions which ma 10
q necessary for many film companies t.
rent old buildings and make them fire.
proo. and caused others 10 have separate
0FrAs and salesrooms. II also was this
condition which gave TO Nr. Backer the
liea Of erecting a huge structure where
90 y the leading MIN companies Of the
y'v could locate IN n building so con-
s'ructed that they might nave their Of
ices and showrooms together. where thev
could handle their films without; the
ear - n grea, confasrt'ion IN the event
- Hfe starting in any pd"t OF the
srur.ure.
Within the last month this huiiding. 1
r'vc,,y not only IN New YORK; but in the
tH''re country, was opened for tenants
nd already II has become the centre OF
he rowing picture industry in this part
= n" world. Almost entirely tenanted
'Ue building has thirty lessees represent
* more than 200 corporations which
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BUYING Dir OOkLYN REALTY.

Frank A. Seaver & co. and Frank H..
Malone have sold the one family brick
detached house. with garage. AZ l76 Six
ty-eighth street. for the Owls Head
Realty Company 20 a buyer for occu-
pancy. Seaver n Co. also sold for Jacob
Moskow!tz to Tor Seibcrt 3l5 Bay
Ridge avenue. a four story twenty family
Nat. The buyer ave IN part payment, the
four story double Nat al 2l2 Hull street.
Nhich has been resold 10 Lena Blum.
r. A Schles!ng has sold for Mary Asst
the three-story six-fam'ly house at eS7
l!!mrCi street to william L.auster.
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$50 Madison avenue to william A.
tisele, ~furrier. Office at 1928 Broadway
to a, Vogt. office at 1868 Broadway TO
the American Trans Oceanic Company.
of zee In the Foster building. ESQ Madi-
son avenue offices to the Indiana Quar-
r,es Company and the Wellesley Realty
Corporation In the "a ne building also
rented part OF loft at SO West Thirty
sixth street to the AIDE. Embroidery
Company.
The Duross Company, the Douglas
Robinson, Charles q. Brown Company
and SCHNEIDER & Liebler have leased the
store and basement at the northeast
corner OF West Broadway and Murray
street TO bernhard Schmitt for a term
OF ten years.
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make and sell motion pictures. cameras.
projecting machine and all the other es-
s~entials to tho motion picture business.
II is TO this building that exhibitors go
In search OF material, and II is from
this building that a large part OF the
films come that daily anuse the many
thousands OF movie patrons throughout
the city.
To say that the building is the most
hrcproof structure ever erected In the
city might cause dispute. hut no excep-
ton can be taken to tho statement that
the Godfrey Building, for that is its
name. is as fireproof as "A building can
be made In which not an inch OF wood
even for trim or picture moulding has
been used In construction. II Is Just A
sixteen story mass ~ brick. tile concrete.
s;sc! and glass. and 70 a large extent
tcuants rave oirried out the fircproot
idea by using nothing hut metal furn!-
ture and furnishings. But It's fireproof
features NJ. not its novelty. thong such
"A structure for the exclusive use OF mo-
ton picture concerns Is new in New
York.
This building Is equipped with special
ly constructed vaults FOR the storage %
Aims with projection theatres for show
ing film TO prospective customers. and
with winding rooms where Aims can he
rewound after having been shown. with
out danger Of fire.
The vaults md projection rooms arc
notable not only because they are de-
Cidedly new. but because they also have
turned a considerable part of the darkest
and most undesirable part OF the build
Ing into It's best paying part. Every
floor has a vault. a large space the walls
o. which are formed OF the h~eavies; kind
of !irsproof tile enclsed IN solid concrete.
There 70 Il heavy steel door TO each vaul
provided with "A combination lock just
like a safe. for many Of the films are Of
great value and every provision for oire
Is thrown about them. Within the vaults
are many racks of metal where films can
be safely stored. a specla! V-n,ilating
system keeping the air IN such condition
that combustion Is impossible. Hut the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25

ON the second floor are dormitories
with sleeping quarters for about forty
members, also a shower bathroom.
closets. lockers. and a living room for
the steward.
The interior finish OF the clubhouse
will include high panelled wainscoting
OF walnut and beamed ceilings In the
living room. and low white wainscoting
and tinted walls in the dining room,
These two rooms are connected ny
double doors, and may be used as one
great room for dancing or other special
functions. The finish of the upstairs
will be white with tinted plaster board
panels.
The ofncers OF the Mettco Club are
Thomas w. Dynan. president j. Walter
Benson. vice-president George +. Sib-
ley, treasurer. And william J. Murphy.
secretary.
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laying out n parkway along the MamaN
oneck River and the Pocantico. similar
10 the schemes now being carried out
by the Bronx River Parkway Commits
sion. Mr.. Wood would have all three
parkways converge at White Plains.
The purpose Of the first conference ID
to discuss the subject Of com,nunlt, plan.
ming and methods Of organization and
cooperation. one of the principal speak.
ers will be Frank II. Williams Of the
city Club OF New York. II Is the pur-
pose of the County Planning Commis-
sion with tho cooperation of local COM
missions 10 prepare a complete plan for
the practical and efficient development
OF the county. including highway and
street systems, ~parkways and boule-
Yards and water supply and sewerage
systems.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25
TAKES RED BANK CORNER.

W. A. Hopping has sold for Arthur
r. Swift, the four story brick building
a. the northwest corner Of Broad ana
Monmouth streets, Red Bank. y. J.. to
Jacob Kridel. Mr.. kridel purchased
a few years ago the -four story brick
building at the corner Of Broad and
Front streets. through W. A. Hopping.
He now owns the two most prominent
business corners OF the town.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25
REALTY MARKET
NEWS AND COMMENT
Half Holiday Reflected in the
Days Trading-TrOy Man
Buys Rye Acres.

Trading in real estate was %confnei
"'s'erdar - narrow lines. Big business
an holiday season is N force. The few
Properties sold were fats Of no great
'a'nN They were bought by investors
ne attractions of 'he ci,y's suburbs nave
let 70 the purchase Of a big tract in Rye
" a Troy manufactures. who plans to
'''sNlsh there a fne country house.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25
WESTCHEsTER NOW PLANNING.
Conference "a Discuss Bcautinrn-
ton Of Entire Country.

When the W~estchester County Plan
ning Commission. composed %: prominent
residents OF the county, holds a county
Conference at the White Plains court
iouse on Thursday evening. June -, Il -
that arrangements for various
FOR city planning Will he dtvel-
1pcd on a wide scale.
Joseph : Wood OF Mount Vernon has
I plan To suggest for the purpose ut
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25
$4,000 HARLEM GARAGE.

Plans have been nled for q two story
garage for the northeast corner or Am
sterdam avenue and llbth street II VIII
bc ~ feet front by l00ll feet deep, and
the architects, Sommerfeld 4 Steckler.
have estimated the cost AZ $4,000. Eu-
gene Higgins is the owner.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25
s27,oOo MoNTCLAIR SALE.

Nels T. Nelson has sold, through the
Simpson-Merritt Company, the newly
completed residence AT 1875 Midland ave
nue.. Montclair. y. j. for about SCI, 900,
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on plot t7N9j. on the northeas, cor
ner Of ls2d stree; and Walton avenue
NEST l2STli STREl;T-The Lawyers
Mortgage Company has sold - West
l2Sth street, "A s!N-s;ory Nat. on lot 2jx
IOO, to Jacob SmoliVsky.
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WEST SIDE HOUSE RENTED.

The HouRhton Company has leased the
Ave story American basement dwelling
a. $50 West 1920 street. between Broad
way and West End avenue. for Dora NJ.
Tooker 10 Margaret Hayes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25
WHITESTONE ESTATE BUYER.

Edwin =. Roe mas sold at Whitestone.
l., l.. the Tunls J Bergen estate. COM
prislng about twelve acres. to Oscar
Haase OF Manhattan.
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RENTING FOR TRADE USES.

The +. r. Wood, w. n Dolson Conn
pany, has rented TO the Aerial Age
Weekly, offices IN the Foster building,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25

Joseph i. Day will offer a large col
lection of estate and other properties
during the coming week. The par els
are located In Mouut Vernon, fonkers,
Belle Harbor. Manhattan and Tn"
Bronx. The list includes
On June % Mt the Exchange Sales
room a two ard II half story frame
dwelling on Brighton avenue, $50 feet
from the ocean, belle Iiarbor, !. l.;
So Cliff avenue, Yonkers. "A two and Il
half story frame dwelling, with garage,
i9-l9is-al South F.rth avenue, Noun!
Vernon. y. Y. three and four story ten
ements with stores, Ar? West Thirty
eighth street. n Ave story stable, ON
June 2s ut the Bronx Exchange Sales
room Mr.. Day will sell It9-5l linton
avenue. two and our story brick tene-
ments. and 354S and $3.50 Park avenue.
two two story frame two family houses
On Friday of this week Mr., Day will
offer 10 close the estate OF Emile Ge
Loosely Havemeyer, the gcutlcman's
country estate, located at Mahwah, y,
j.. midway between Ramsey, y. j., and
Sufrern, y. Y, The property will he sold
In two pa cells. containing l03 234 acres
and 10 "a acres respectively. They are
improved with villas. outbuildinEs, Sc,
The sale will he held on the premises.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25
INVESTORS BuV FLATS.

WALTON ANENt't-.An investor has
'oa"h' from The Hurley caldwell Com
'F.'' on company the five story Nat,
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builder ha, gone beyond the realm OF
an unlikely fire by building ilues from
the vaults r!Sh: ~ through :hc roof ~
the structure. and 10 provide against
the possibility OF sparks dropping down
the fues he has equipped them with "A
series OF screens SO that me smallest
PARTED. ~ dust would have difficulty IN
reaching the vaults Under this arrange
ment " films burn despite the protection
agains; fire. the fame. heat and smoke
Just pass UP the fuc as M a chimney
and no damage results 20 the rest uf the
building
The projection theatres are quite the
mos, attractive part of IN" huiidiur
Little theatres about twenty feet wide
and forty feet long. they are huilt ana
equipped according TO the latest re
q~uirements. Mr.. Backer has furnished
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-25
PLANNING PARK AVE. HOUSE.

Francis +, Palmer, buyer OF the site
Of the former Ursuline Convent Of =.
Theresa at the northwest corner
Tark and Ninety-third street.
having plans made by Delano & Aldric
architects. for a Ave story residence. --rh,
plot fronts 81 feet on Park avenue and
100 feet on the street
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1916-03-23
Hospital Ship - sunk

Bcrlin--The Austro- Hungarian hos
pital ship Elsktra was torpedoed Sat-
urday in the Adriatic sea by an entente
allied submarine, according TO the
Overseas News agency. One sailor
was drowned and two Red Cross nurses
were seriously wounded. "vienna re-
ports that the hospital ship Elektra, Of
the Austro- Hungarian Red Cross wa.
torpedoed in the North Adristic by an
enemy submarine The steamer
stranded. The Elektrs was not unknown
to the enemy - hospital ship, and
was provided with visible marks"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1916-03-23

Lewiston = The Lewiston highway
district commissioners have decided 70
call for bids for the purchase of 90
year per cent bonds, aggregating
$3.50. 600 for improvements. The routs
has been located. and the right of wsv
secured except across the property ~
TWO owners The attorney for ths
commission was instructed 10 br;rg
condemnation proceedings to sec,,rss
these The survey follows the ros,ts
OF the travelled road and was made hv
Z L Van Arsdol- Plans and snee;f,
cations have been completed for the
inspection Of those desiring to coutrarf
work In the improvements. II w.s
that the commissioners will
take no steps toward hard surfscing
THIS year. as, acting under the advirs
OF the best engineers. il is deemed AL
visAhis that all fills should settle over
winter before the installation Of re
surfAeing material The plans cali for
roadway is feet wide the entire Dis
t.nee Of nine and three-quarters miles.
With an allowance of two feet on ~
nlii side for shoulder and four feet
On the cut side for a ditch. This viii
make roadway Of % feet in Width
and the plans provide every faeilify
Tor drainage in order to prevent wash.
ing
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1916-03-23

bsriin--tBy wireless to ssyvilIe. N.
Reports have been received here
from Athens Of fighting on the Greek
island or Mytilene between Greek and
French soldiers. II Is said one French
soldier was killed and another severely
wounded. French endorsements were
bought up and imprisoned the Greeks.
The commander Of the French forces.
me reports say. has prohibited further
ninghng OF French and Greek SOL
aisrs- The Greek government is re-
ported to have protested against the
arrest Of the soldiers.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1916-03-23

seastie-John Ryan. alias ]. E. Mur-
ply. and a man giving his name rs
jim Ryan were arrested by the police
Monday and held for investir CATION by
Federal officers in connection with the
circulation Of counterfeit Federal re-
serve bank notes in Pacific Coast cities.
Captain Foster. of the United States
Secret Service. said John Ryan had
served a sentence at Wslla Walla- The
local Secret Service Office received
word that the plates with which the
counterfeit notes had been printed had
been found in San Francisco.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1916-03-23

knew every inch of the Kround-ex.
cept one altered bit that explained
Itself" Cazalet turned to Blanche
with significant look, but she only
drew an inch nearer still We'll. Il
was In the little creek, where the boat.
house Is. that waited for nv man.
He never came-by the river. hazard
the motor, but 1t wasn't Henry era
ven that wanted to see. but the man
VINO was coming to see him. Even
tually thought must have made =
mistake, or he might have changed
MS mind and come by road. The
dressing-gong had gone; at least I
supposed 1t was that by the time. II
was almost quite dark, and / landed
ana went up the path past the back
premises to the front OF the house. So
lar | hadn't seen soul, or been seen
by one, evidently; but the French win.
lows were open in what used to be
my fathers library, the room was
ali III up, and just as l got there q
man ran out into the flood of light
and"
thought you said he brushed by
you In the dark?" interrupted Toye.
4 was In the dark; 80 was he in an
'tner second; and no power on earth
would induce me to swear to him. Do
'ou want to hear the rest. scruton. or
re you another unbelIever?"
1 want to hear every word-more
han everl"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1916-03-23
, BE coNTINUED.)


In theory 1t is good to go about she'd
ding sunshine and making two smiles
grow where one groan grew before,
out In practice the pursuit IL some
times unpleasantly painful. Should
you. at the dinner table in the board
ing house which you infest, humorous
" request the waitress to fetch you q
rev Capsules in which to take your
outter. or inform the landlady that she
does not really keep her boardsrs
longer than any other reduced gentle
woman In that part of town. but In
stead keeps them so much thinner
.nat they look longer. you may win q
lew pale smiles from your fellow
guests. but the mistress Of the man
sion VIII soak you two dollars mors
per week for your wit.-Kansas CITY
Star.