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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
TIE WAY 10 Success

To purchase wisely and manage real
estate properly, person must sPs"u
some. If not many, hours esen day
gtudying realty conditions and manag-
inc his properties. The average sue
cessful business man has TO spare mo-
ments 10 devote 10 such worn; II ne
tries 10 do so either his regular Dusi
ness or his realty interests VIII 1alI
II he clears his hands OF his realty
management and gives the WORK 10
reality agent he will have TO pay Tor
that service, and the cost or the ser
vic will reduce the net prohts. me
hir realty speculator or investor can
not get along very well without tne
service of an experienced realty agent;
tho person with one or two small prop
critics can hardly afford such help. ,
| could mention many men who mad
no, much more than $500 or Sl,OOO
when they made their first realty pur-
chase. and who are now big property
owners. But the majority OF realty
buvers have neither the capacity nor
are they willing TO do what these men
did 10 reach the goal OF realty success.
One Of these owners, who has had a
brilliant success In realty, | knew very
we'll He had n little stationery store.
He was delivering newspapers one day
when a friend told him that certain
tenement in his district could be bought
for $500 over a mortgage o; $4,000.
The house WAS said to be valued at
Sd. 500. The owner lived in Jersey City,
and had grown tired Of journeying once
or several times each month 70 and
from Manhattan 10 collect rents or 10
see that the property was kept in good
repair. The storekeeper had 1858 m
bank. and after he had given $500 to
the Jersey City man for his equity in
the house and had paid for searching
title TO the premises he was minus a
bank account. The cellar. which was
% the English basement type. was half
underground and half above the street
level. II was used for storing coal for
the tenants. The storeHeeper got some
ad lumber for u few dollars and made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
BY CANAL FROM
'OSWEGO In SPRING
This Expectation Will Be
Fulfilled if Present Plans
Do Not Fail

Maurice ". Williams, in charge OF
the mechanical equipment of the State
I Barge Canal terminals, has informed
the Traffic and Waterways Bureau OF
the Bronx Board Of Trade that State
Engineer Frank NJ. Williams expects
the barge canal route to be open be-
tween this city and Oswego next spring
State Engineer Williams adds that che
building of a terminal at 13Sth Street
and the Sound ought to be completed
by that time.
Nothing can be said now as to the
buildings to be constructed" says Mr.
Williams, "inasmuch as the plans, al
though ready, will have TO be submitted
to the Canal Board and approved by the
board before anything can be made
public about them. There will be as
MANY freight houses as will be neces-
sary to handle the volume of business
and cranes and conveyers and all other
mechanical appliances of the most APP
proved type for the proper equipment
of such a terminal, and fitted TO han
die as large a tonnage as may. be eN-
pected and in quantity sufficient TO de-
velop the terminal 70 It's fullest capa-
city. ~,.-,
AT the present time, the Shippers
Navigation Company, at syracuse, nave
under contract and under CONSTRUCTION
four barges, II feet wide, approximate
ly 100 feet long and Of about 400 tons
capacity, and they have optional con-
tracts for others.
This is but one of a number of lines
that will operate on the canal, as
water-freighting has received won
derful impetus Of late, with the result
that many companies are preparing to
use this improved state waterway
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
Above the Foundation

with his own hands, the cellar into q
fiat for his family. Thus, by having no
rent to pay, he had increased the earn
ing power of the house. Every dollar
he could spare he spent on improving
the premises, and within year he was
able to get higher rentals from some OF
his apartments. A few years later ne
was the owner Of another house in the
district, and now, eighteen years after
his first purchase, he has about ten
we'll paying fathouses, all in the same
neighborhood. Whenever his tenants
want him they can easily reach him.
The tenants know, too, that he viii not
tolerate any carelessness on their part
that will injure his property. lie
strives hard to keep his buildings in
good order, and he expects and de-
mands that his tenants help him in this
work as far as they can as rent payers.
He is still living in cellar, although
he could afford to live in a comfort
able manner.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
HEARTILY FAVOR .
ALBANY BUREAU
Big Realty Associations
Working to Form State
Taxpayers Council

l.. D. Woodwork, ex-president of the
Real Estate Association Of the State Of
New York, says meetings of real estate
owners and developers have recently
been held in Buffalo, Rochester and Al
bany for the purpose of establishing
the proposed New York State Taxpay-
ers' Council. It is to have permanent
bureau at Albany. This council is being
formed through the united efforts of
the Real Estate Association, State OF
New York: Real Estate Board of New
York, Real Estate Board of Albany,
Brooklyn Board of Real Estate Brok-
ers, Real Estate Association OF Roches-
ter, Real Estate Association of Buffalo,
Staten Island Real Estate Board, Long
Island Real Estate Exchange, Real Es-
tate Association of Syracuse, Utica
Real Estate Association, Niagara Falls
Real Estate Board, Dunkirk Real Es-
tate Board and Binghamton Real Estate
Association.
Mr.. Woodwork is devoting his entire
time to the organization. he says IN
regard 10 this matter: Relieving ten
billions of realty of excessive tax Dur
dens and discovering new sources OF
nublic revenue are the first objects of
this statewide organization of the real
estate owners of New York State.
"Five dollars Of property ESCAPES
taxation for every dollar taxed. Ten
billions of realty pay over 80 per cent
Of taxes. while sixty billions of per
sonalty escapes taxation. The law re-
ouires the levy on all alike. There must
be sources of public revenue now UNI
touched ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10

ticle in the Bulletin on "When New
York CITY Was Young" being a brief
history Of st. Paul's Church, opened
in 1866.
Other articles in the Bulletin of the
Real Estate Board are: IAN English
mans Opinion OF New York and New
Workers" Fire Commissioners Au-
thority," professional Ethics Among
Brokers'" by Dean Vincent; What
s2ll.OO0 900 Budget Means The
Shortage Of Coal" Depreciation Al
lowance on an Apartment House I'M
der the Federal Income Tax" and "The
Fallacy of Free Plans" by Noble Eos
ter Hoggson.
Among the stores leased last week
were the following: 35 West 3Oth ST.,
bv Cross & Brown Co. and Tanenbaum,
Strauss Co.; store and basement at II
West 24th st. by James II. STRIKER TO
Philip HONG; at 115 and III Eighth
av. and CPS to 627 Eighth av., by Louis
Schrag.
I. A. Harris e. Bro. are to be the
tenants OF DR.. Charles Remsen's build
ing at lAS and $50 Madison ay., COM
mission to firm of Leonard J. Carpenter
and Mark Rafalsky & Co.
The cable address of Douglas Rob-
inson, Charles ). Brown Company Is
Robur, New York. We incidentally
mention this, ss the leasing OF fur
nished apartments in little old New
York has become an unusual feature OF
the renting season and the demands oil
many distant people have been very
large The company has rented for the
winter season 10 c. ". Provost DR.. +.
S. Stresses furnished apartment at ~
Park av. and many other similar suites.
The premises IL West 2sth st: are
TO be improved with marble building
for use AS the 2sth st. branch OF the
Corn Exchange Bank. which has leased
the property through George K. Read
a. Co. s. Edison Gage. architect mas
drawn plans for the marble structure
Herbert a. Sherman does not speeisl'
ize in Brooklyn properties but IssI
week he got a buyer for one OF inc
best houses in the Park Slope section.
The transaction was the sale OF W
Third St, a dwelling, for Mrs. NJ d.
Parsons TO r. c. Ketteles.
The next time see Lawrence d.
Gilman am going TO ask him y no
can tell me why so many old New iork
families rent furnished their luxurious
dwelling houses and apartments IN tne
winter season, when nearly everybody
who Is ANYBODY in their home town
comes 10 this city and IS very lucky 10
find suitable apartments. | have heafu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
Personal Service Pays

Suppose this man had done, just as
many realty buyers do, bought nat
house miles from where he lived, and
had placed the renting, collecting OF
rents and the care of the property
with an agent, it is likely that he
would never have made another pur-
chase. If you start in a small way IN
realty, with one or two fathouses, and
try to the best of your ability 20 make
your property or properties more at
tractive, you will be able TO gather
fair profits on the realty paths. Should
you acquire the grab-all habit, you
may feel financially comfortable for
time. but, oh, what a dark, sickenlng
future you are preparing for yourself.
As you have generously received so
you must generously give back to your
property. And even then you are not
assured of success in realty, for land
lords who are doing all they can UNI
der present conditions to surround
home dwellers with all necessary
building safeguards are still affected
by the over-inspection nuisance, by the
danger of assessment for some unnec'
essary street or other alleged munich
pal Improvement, and by other causes
over which they have virtually no con-
troll.
The old "do-as-you-please" building
system, recently annihilated by the
adoption by the Board of Estimate Of
the resolution governing the height
and kind Of structures that may be put
up in a district. has done away with
the possibility Of injuring home see.
ton by the erection Of factory or a
garage or some other kind of objec-
tionable building or buildings. Some
people are trying to upset that reso-
luton, TO prove that it is unconstitu-
tional, but few persons who are iden-
titled with the realty market of the
greater city hope they will succeed in
their endeayors
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
HOMES NEEDED IN
QUEENS BOROUGH
Demand Results from In
dustrial Growth and
Transit Links

Queens Borough offers to-day the
biggest opportunity for builders of
every kind Of homes, according to Wal
ter /. Willis, secretary of the Chamber
Of Commerce of the Borough of
Queens, who points out that the sup
ply Of housing accommodations in that
section of the city is far below the de-
mand This demand has been caused
by both the large number OF new FAC
tories, with their thousands OF EN-
ployes, and the operation Of the rapid
transit trains. The recent opening OF
the Greensboro subway and the extern
sion of the Second av. elevated which
will be operated by January l, have re-
suited in thousands Of inquiries from
residents Of Manhattan, Brooklyn and
The Bronx for houses and apartments
in Queens. ..
The lack of housing facilities in
Queens for it's own industrial employees
has compelled large proportion OF
these working people 10 live IN the
Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. The
difficulties III getting to that sectlon
however, are such that most Of these
employees would prefer to live IN
Queens if the housing facilities were
available. Although there has been a
large building development in Queens
1t has not been sufficient to meet the
demand.
The difficulty in reaching homes in
Brooklyn for the employees Of the Long
Island CITY section was the subject OF
a conference recently in regard to the
time of opening and closing the YER
non av. bridge across Newtown Greek,
which is used daily by thousands OF
men and women travelling from their
homes to their places of employment
AS result of the industrial develop
ment in Queens Borough the commerce
on Newtown Greek has grown very
rapidlv. and the number of boats that
mass through the Vernon ay. bridge
has increased from 81 1897 for the year
1918 TO 10000 for the present. year
The number of openings Of the bridge
has therefore increased TO such an eX-
tent that a suggestion has now been
made that a tunnel be constructed un-
der Newtown Creek to accommodate
the pedestrian and vehicular traffic, in
order that nothing shall interfere
with the growth of the commerce on
the creek itself.
While the Queens Chamber OF Com
MERGE favors the construction OF such
a tunnel as an improvement over the
nresent facilities in the travel between
Brooklyn and Queens, 1t points out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
w. F. Morgan Will Tell
About Value of Such an
Industrial Census
GUEST OF THE QUEENS
CHAMBER NEXT FRIDAY
Data Recently Gathered
Show Prosperity of That
Big Borough

William Fclloves Morgan, president
of the Merchants Association OF New
York, will be the guest of the Cham
Der Of Commerce of tho Borough OK
Queens a. its meeting on Friday after
noon, December Is. Hc will speak on
The Value Of an Industrial Survey TO
the Community"
The Queens Chamber Of Commerce
recently established an industrial bu-
rcau, which has just completed sur
vey of the borough. The Merchants
Association is now conducting a simi-
lar survey of the entire city. hr'
Morgan will point out the advantages
of city-wide survey and Its applies-
ton 20 the business interests OF
Queens.
Ray Palmer, chairman OF the manu-
featuring and industrial committee OF
the Queens Chamber of Commerce,
speaking yesterday Of the survey which
WAS made under the direction OF MS
committee, stated:
at Is important for the business
men TO know just what 10 meant by en-
industrial survey and what We expect
to accomplish as q result OF this IN
vestigation. The term industrial -
used In its largest sense as covering
manufacturing, wholesale and retail
trade, real estate and building, imam
ciai and business activities in general.
In this entire field the industrial sur
vey furnishes plan for applying mod
ern business methods to the develop
ment and prosperity Of the commu-
nifty. The information obtained mas
been analysed TO show both the un-
favorable as we'll as the favorable con
ditions that exist. A thorough knowl-
edge of these facts will constitute
guide for the correct industrial deyel-
opment of Queens Borough. Every
business interest In Queens will be
benefited as a result of our work, for
every new industry located here radi-
ates its influence TO all parts OF the
borough, causing an increased demand
for land for factories and for homes or
every type, adding 20 the number OF
consumers of power, light and heat;
increasing the number OF bank depos-
tors, increasing the number OF pas
sengers on all transportation lines,
and creates a general prosperity In
proportion TO the increased factory
payrolls."
+. r. Howe, chairman OF the sub.
committee on publicity, which has been
studying the report prepared by the
manager of the Industrial Bureau. G..
! W. Lansing. we'll known industrial
expert, says:
"The survey shows remarkable IN
4 crease in manufacturing in Queens
during the last two years. The United
States government complies census
of manufacturing every five years, and
I the last figures available are for the
year 1914, which was year Of general
depression throughout the country. In
the last two years, however, the manu-
featuring growth in the United States
| has been enormous, and the figures
compiled in the survey for the year
1915 show that Queens Borough has
received It's full share of the manu-
featuring growth of the country"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
Here and There On the Realty Paths
Things Said and Big CenThe Drift OF AHaiOnusua
Demand for Furnished Homes for the Witer-Subjets
Of Articles in the Market Papers

il said that hundreds OF old New ORR
families can't stand the severity OF the
wiutrv weather in New York State and
90 South in the winter, that others
have grown tired Of dwelling and apart
mert living and prefer running INTO
town from their palatial country
homes, and if they have late city en-
gaeements they rent suites at a hotel.
Mrs. Alice y. Hemerich, OF Washing
ton. ID. c., has leased through Pease x
Gilman from BEN Ali Haggin apart
ment at ll6 West seth and to Elias
G.. Williams. Of San Francisco, an
apartment at 772 Park av
The value of continuous deep chan
mel through the continent bays OF the
south side of Long Island is becoming
more apparent, according 10 those In
terested in the matter.
Space has been taken in the build
ing at $50 and 3sl Canal st. by rhe
Century Metal Products Company
through william A. White & Sons.
Word is sent TO me that Powell. who
recently conducted the big sale Of lots
at Huntington, l. l., for LEcluse,
Washburn & Company, is called the
BILLY Sunday Of the Auction Block"
throughout the South.
Professor Henry 4. Seager is TO oc-
cupy the English house. owned by
Mrs. II. 6. Bowen, at Fieldston, River
dale-on-Hudson.
The American Snap Fastener Com
pany is to have factory in the Hunts
Point section of The Bronx. J. Clar-
ence Davies negotiated the lease.
Reports about renting West Side and
Harlem dwelling houses were received
in the week from Z. X. Van Wrinkle,
Goodwin & Goodwin. Houghton Com
pany and many others.
Forty THOUSAND dollars at Az per
cent has been obtained by Samuel T..
Shaw on the property at the northeast
corner OF 73d st. and West End av.,
opposite Charles NJ. Sehwab's mansion.
/he lender was the New York Title
and Mortgage Company.
Three more lessees for apartments
at 81 West S7th ct. have been secured
BY Marston & Company. The same
brokers have also leased apartments at
l6 East s7th ST.
Raymond A. c. Smith. Commissioner
of the Department Of Docks and Fer
ries, will speak about Improvements
for Bronx Waterways" before The
Bronx Board Of Trade at 18TH 81. and
Third Az. on Wednesday night, Deem
Der p.
Brghtwaters. l.. l., is now an moor
DorateG vlllaga
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
I. I. MUTT QUITS WORK
TO REGAIN HIS HEALTH
Granted Indefinite Leave OF
. Absence with Full Pay

John ]. Mutt, foremost writer on
realty matters and for many years years
record and Guide" has been granted
AN indefinite leave of absence. with
full pay, on account Of illness. by the
owners of the publication: He has ,saii been
trying to fight of his present aInic'ioh
for a year. The kind treatment ac-
corded Mr.. Mutt by the owners of the
paper has delighted his numerous
friends in literary and realty circles
For ten years previous 20 coming 70
New York Mr.. Mutt WIS editor OF the
Newburgh News" One OF the OLDEST
members of the Fraternity Of Real E r. .
tate Editors said last week, m speah,ns
Of Mr.. Mutt: ave will all miss MI
Mutt. We will be reminded Of his alb.
sence every week, when we get copy
OF The Real Estate Record ana ana
Guide May he be speedily restored
to good health, for the local marke1
cannot spare a single capable and eN-
perienced writer on realty matters
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
To Discuss Plans for
Homes for Harlem Negroes
D-oblen, Demands a Quick Solution 10000 Persons
Have Moved Into Centre in Last Eighteen Months
First Model Homes To Be Erected by City
and Suburban Homes Company

able families are compelled TO live and
bring up their children in degrading, II
not actually immoral, surroundings.
The National League on Urban Con-
ditions Among Negroes decided that "a
site 2001l00 feet in Harlem should be
bought on which TO make start in
the building Of model houses for ne
crocs and that the City and Suburban
Homes Company, Of which Allan Rob
inson is the president, shall be the
agency through which this first deycl-
opment shall be made. The committee
further said: "rhe problem OF the
proper management Of such buildings
is most important. The care Of such
property requires experience and an
organization properly equipped 10 as
sure success.
For the last five years the City and
Suburban Homes Company has owned
tcnemcnts FOR negroes in West 62d aud
63d SITS. and has not only been success
full in managing them, but has also
successfully undertaken the manage
ment OF tenemcnts owned by others in
that vicinity and occupied by negroes.
Its experience in housing negroes has
convinced il that the problem is not
more difficult than that Of housing
white people. The negro tenements are
rs clearly kept under its management
and the return on capital invested is
just as satisfactory as in the case Of
white tenants.
1.-THE report of the City and Sub
urban Homes Company for the year
ending April 80, 1916, shows out of
possible gross income from rents from
:he Tuskegec and Hampton Of S32.-
404.90, all aggregate loss from vacan-
cies of only S113.75 and no bad debts.
"The working out of plan for Har-
lem By q corporation with such ex-
tended experience as that which has
been enjoyed by the City and Suburban
Homes Company is an enormous ad-
vantage and an assurance of success.
THE effect will be 10 give the ne
groes better living conditions, but the
fundamental basis OF the proposition is
& sound economic plan. The expert
ence OF the City and Suburban Homes
Company has demonstrated beyond
doubt that such properties are good in
vestments.
I'VE are convinced that the negroes
are self-respecting people and do not
ask charity. All they ask is fair
chance. This proposition is based fun
damentally on sound business and not
on charity, but incidentally it will help
10 improve conditions which are in
furious not only TO the negro, but TO
the whole city"
The committee, which meets on De
cember -, has been formed as the re-
suit of conferences among the Ma
tional League on Urban Conditions
Among Negroes, the City and Suburban
Homes Company and the Advisory
Council of Real Estate Interests.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
IN 1918 SMALL CONCERN;
NOW RENT BIGGEST LOFT
Rapid Growth of E. LoeSser &
Sons. of Newark, in Three Years

f. Loesser & Sons, manufacturers OF
small parts Of machinery, began busi-
ness in a small way in Newark about
three years ago. Their first plant was
in a small room 10 by 20 feet IN the
Richardson Building. Last week they
leased for long term, through LOUIS
Kamm, part of the building at a. ana "a
Spring Street. They VIII occupy loits
81 by l25 feet, which are sand 10 De the
largest lofts in Newark.
This will be the third removal of f..
Ioesser & Sons in three years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-10
Purchase as a Christmas
Gift and Downtown Deal
Features Last Week
EAST 56TH ST. SITE
BOUGHT FOR GARAGE
Church for Spanish Cath
OIics to Occupy Plot in
14th ST., Near 9TH Ave.
By ARTHUR T. NICHOLSON


We were most pleased last week 70
learn that s. Osgood Pcll g. Co. had
sold to a client that fine dwelling at
20 East SD st. The buyer intends to
give this $4,000 house as a Christ
mas gift to a member Of his family.
This was formerly the city home Of
the late Colonel Edward NJ Knox. We
think such purchases emphasize the
fact that many people still believe it
is more satisfactory to be the owner
of home on Manhattan than to pay
rent. And then, again, such gifts show
US that there arc a lot Of people, too,
who are willing to pay price running
into the many thousands in order to
live in a private dwelling house or TO
let some dear relative enjoy such oc-
cupancy under unusually pleasant con-
ditions.
We have not yet heard of any person
of large means buying an apartment
house to present it as Christmas gift
to a relative and who was partly sctu-
ated TO make the purchase by the pre-
sumption that the recipient ofthe gift
would have his or her permanent city
home in the apartment house. The
ordinary tenants Of such a house would
never feel quito friendly toward the
owner-occupant It's the same way on
Fifth av. or Park Nv. as it Is In the
lower East Side. Few OF US like 70
have the landlord under the same roof.
We also owe much TO the Charles +.
Noyes Company and to J. L. Cullman
for adding zest last week TO realty
trading and directing the attention of
the public to the great realty market
of this city. Noyes and Cullman make
a wonderful team. Through the Noyes