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The sun., 1916-10-01
T h q S Of
HomesHave Been
Bought for Spot
Cash.--Every Sec,
ton Has Felt the
Prosperity Due to
European War

current demand. which is as strong now
as months ago.
Robert T.. Aus:ln OF tho Queens
County Trust Company r. n OF tho
Latest buyers at Baldwin Harry
Thomas Of the National Biscuit Com
pany and Frank +: Woods arc among
those who have Joined Banker Austin
there.
Men who like the old English atno-
sphere went up 10 Park Hin and hough..
&. :. Reed, ce-pres!den: or the Cen
eral Equipment Company. paid ol6 700
FOR the Brockway house. George H.
Mueller OF the Jeffrey Manufacturing
Company gave $4,000 for the Bum
property and the Mary Lee VIVA was
bought by L. F. Colo for $4,000 frem
Charles :. IIuntley.
The head OF several eteels plants
IN Pennsylvania bought a large plot In
Park Hi on which he plans 10 build a
fine home. Geo-se Howe, manager OF
Park Hill. refused to give thu 0eel
officials name +. a. Taylor o! Bonwtt,
Teller & Co. ana L, F.. Barnes Of the
United Fruit Company are others who
have bought sit,s AT PARK Hi for I'm
provemcnt with dwellings,.
In the same neighborhood u the Dsla-
field estate. where a number ~ proper
ties have been sold since January. I'm
provement Is 70 follow. fln~ dwellings
being planned "a every case. strange
to relate. this property, Within tina
bounds OF the city. and having all the
features and scclusion OF rustic locationa
has escaped the attention OF homo buy
ers until recently.
Over at the outside ~ Wcrtches.er &,
the Long Island Sound section We ans
Pelham Manor. Larchmunt Park ami
for that matter. every development "a
the section has been doing corg,dcrsb bic
business OF one kind or Other. Leo Bus
reports that he has sold mary ptNts n
Larchnont Park for DEVELOPMENT ia tho
near future and several dwellings
erected there within recent tIuc nave
been marketed al prices above those o. 4
few months back.
Pelham Manor appealed 10 at ic,s,
ten persons who bought homes there
costing from $1,000 to SIS oon. Among
.hom were bankers. brokers, business
ana professional men EINo houses are
now under construction The demand
Tor dwellings NJ the Manor would have
sod these long aro hal they boon com.
pleted.
II is understood hat SS5O.ooo M been
put into plots and houses At Nopur. 20 Ir
the popula.ion which ioju,J ths GROWN.
population since last fall Th'ty h... ,a
whose cost has been pl,ctd ~ S-po. 400
and l25 plots valued AZ Slau,"uo liyo
been sold there ~ The lat u.,r' month.
Those who haze huuErt uW,..nss
there 'hl1 year include M,,la' Is Sian.
dcll, who PAID S-u,Ohu tor uul house (:
q, Cornell, who tJk \ S-u,hoo oWcl ~
ana br. Lewis Morris, T.. = g.. Mrs.
Barry Allen, Frank l.. Tails. .. \. Cur
uey, Gas Sanger and J ~ N~,CpGyr'y,
Much nearer tho c,i'Ir g. tt' cl'y.
only across, I'll" rlN"i 'l IlI..Ish. 4
country place iu IA" heart g |lirpuhlyt.
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DEVELOPERS BUYING
STATEN ISLAND LAND
Largo Plots All Over tho ISL
and Have Been Secured
for Subdivision.
Since early spring great activity has

Since early spring great activity has
prevailed all over Richmond borough.
At Grasmcre c. n. Durkee has added
twenty-five acres to his already large
holding at that place.
In the Dongan Hills section there are
several new developments, The most re-
cent snle il Of forty acres on the boulc-
ward. which Ia now being cleared FOR
development. The same firm who has
this property In charge has bought 200
lots at New Dorp for bungalow develop
ment
There Ia much activity az Great Kills
where go acres have been purchased
for development purposes. while at Ell
tingville forty acres are now being de.
veloped for bungalow sites.
At Huguenot there IL increasing ac-
tivity and n large acreage sale. amount
ing to approximately $50 acres, is about
completed.
Princess Bay acreage and homes are
in good demand. Fifteen acres were sold
recently tn Johnston Rros. Realty Com
pany and ten acres 10 Joseph G Seguine
The Nassau Works have bought 4
large tract OF land and other realty In
terests have acquired over $50 acres al
Richmond Valley.
! 1t Is also understood on good author
ity that the largest manufacturing plant
that has yet acquired property on th.
island has bought n large tract on which
II proposes to erect "A ten million dollar
plant, employing upward of 1000 me-
chanics. The Edison Illuminating Com
pany OF Brooklyn has bought two larg'
waterfront tracts on the Staten Island
| Sound near Rossville. Many large acre
age properties have been Did II Bloom,
field and twenty six acres has also beer
sold az Arlington, adjoining the BAlti,
moro and Ohio Railroad.
The sun., 1916-10-01
CROWN NE,0AvS. eRook4SN. DWELLING
eoOoHI ~ HENRY M0EnlNNo PRO- eAAc1Y
A6SOClATE%

Yonkers Delaield Estate. west Of Van
Cortlandt Park Kew Gardens. in
Queens; Howard Estates. on Jamaica
Bay Manhattan Beach. Pelham Manor.
Brightwatcrs. down nea Babylon. ana
Leo Bugg's developments. Larchmont
Park, Lake Mahopac. just over the north
line OF Wcstchester county. and Craig
mere. in the Ramapo Mountains.
These developments and their loca-
tons well illustrate the diversity of the
buying movement, No particular sec
ton was favored very much more han
another. All an In for a good share OF
the buying. which. by the way, is not
ended. II We take the word of dcvcl-
opers, the demand for hornes Is rs active
and as fruitful as early In the season.
The difference in the terrain Of the vari-
Gus sections IL responsible for this d.
versity, every prospective home buyer
selecting "A country which best suits his
The sun., 1916-10-01
QUAINT AOV5e IT LAKE e0V0HT a.
GEORGE 8. FOR0 from LEO BVGG.

Frank Horn OF Horn & IIardart. the
Aufomnt restaurant propriotoM Or. Eu-
gene Christian. food expert Ste,hen
Coles. electrical expert Langion Harris,
cotton broker. +. S. Wheelock. John A.
Hu1Ains. publisher Prof. Lee Galloway,
&. Gordon Pierce OF the Board of Pub
lie Works, Clark Brown. theatrical pro-
moter Robert u I.uckey. railroad or
clal. n James French and Edward NJ.
Salmon OF Lloyd's Insurance.
The population o! Mountain Lakes
near Pomp,on, has been increased con.
siderably. Since New Year's forty-one
homes. practically all the new houses
projected for the current year. were dis
posed OF before tho close OF tho sum-
mer period, Cash was paid for most OF
them. The forty-one dwellings repre-.
sent An investment. Of $685. 900 Thirty.
seven dwellings, are nov under construo-
tion there. They range In value from
$4,000 20 $4,000.
The demand for building cites and
homes has been so great that Mountain
Lakes developers have bought IN add.
tional tract Of $50 acres to add to their
1000 acre development. The purchase
OF additional property was induced by
the promising outlook and the fact that
tho war will bring wealth to many
others who will seek homes, perhaps. IN
the Mountain Lakes settlement
Besides Wall Street men. many resi-
dents Of Brooklyn and the Oranges have
bought In the Lakes settlement this sum.
mer. Fear OF the baby plague might
have been tho inducing force behind the
brooklyn buyers. Tho Orange buyers
came 10 Mountain Lakes because resi-.
dental restrictions in the Oranges are
expiring and the change which will fol-
low Is not expected to be agreeable
Among those who have bought at Noun.
tain Lakes are Robert A. Haag. George
A. Dostal. +, w. Davis. Frederick v.
Baker. Horatio J, Ward, Mrs. Charlotte
N. Emerson and Mrs. Mary Woods.
At Howard Beach, tho bungalow col.
The sun., 1916-10-01

Peabody estate. The Hollyhocks on Main
street to Louis s. Treadwell; for Mira.
a. l.. Morton, cottage on Little Plains
road and Bells crossing to Mrs. George
A. Croker for ]. Hervey Topping. cot
tage on the east side OF Wyandanch
lane to Gerard Il. Lambert for Mrs. A.
$. Cameron. Halcyon Lodge on Gin lane
TO Cornelius y. Bliss for Mrs. r. r.
Quay. Dunesidc on Gin lane to Ralph J.
Preston for Mrs. II. II. Hoadley. The
Mallows on First Neck lane 4 william
III. Barnum for Mrs, NJ. l.. Understood
cottage on Meeting House lane and
Lewis street to Rudolph Neeses for
Marshall Fry. Wayside on S~hinnecock
road to G. Tiffany Richardson for
Samuel l.. Parrish. cottage on First Neck
lane for three years to Mrs. John Nc
Cav Woodbury.. and for the Atterbury
estate. Sugar Loaf House on the Shinne-
cock Hills to Reginald Brooks.
The sun., 1916-10-01
BALDWIN WAReoe HoosE BOUGHT RECENTLY q,
EDWARD BARNES.

Der Of houses sold for cash that Is out
right. with not n cent OF mortgage re-
manning. This Is a feature which l
have not met with before in my long
experience in the development business.
1T Is estimated that at least $4,000
900 has been put INTO new and Old houses
in the suburbs and the more remote
country in the last year. But II Is i'm
possible to more than approximate the
mount of money that has rome into
such channels"
affairs OF many suburban builders. de-
%velopeis, banks and mortgage companies
said yesterday hat It was surprising
the capital which had been put into
homes and estates since the first ear Of
the war. When asked to estimate tho
sum he refused. explaining that II was
impossible to do n be anywhere near
right.
When asked II $4,000. 900 was too
liberal he replied that he thought that
estimate was a conservative n II
would not hesitate" he said. ITO put Il
close to 500. 900. 00o."
bought and sold 10 equally problem
aticai, Estimates as to tho number run
into many thousands. Many developers
have reported that they had not enough
houses to meet the demand and were
sold out early last spring. The demand
was for houses ready for occupancy or
nearing completion. Vacant property
was in demand by those who planned
estates.
Developments which have been the
scene Of much house and plot buying
include Mountain Lakes In tho Pompton
hills. Baldwin Harbor. down on the
Great South Bay. Forest Hills. where
Mrs. Russell Sage has spent millions In
developing an attractive and ideal home
colony kensington. on tho Great Neck
peninsula. where SOM OF the finest coun-
try places near New York have been
built and sold recently Neponsit. on the
Rockaway peninsula Park Hill, up near
The sun., 1916-10-01

fancy. which may b tAs ssAsborA he
mountains. lakes or rolling country.
Down at Forest Hills thirty houses.
ranging In cost from $1,000 TO $780, 900.
were sold. The Sage Foundation Homes
Company could ave sold another thirty
dwellings had II built them.
Blu few developers had the least idea
Of the proportions of the demand which
would be developed AS the season ad-
vanced. Another thing that deferred ex-
tensive construction not only at Forest
Hills but at other suburban places was
the high level which tho cost OF building
has reached in the last year Many who
called at Forest Hills for homes went
elsewhere when they found all had been
sold. Promises that new ones would be
ready shortly did not satisfy. Those
who have bought homes at Forest Hills
In the last few months include w. IL
Foster. who paid 100000 for his place
The sun., 1916-10-01
TAKES MILTON POINT ESTATES.

Morton II. Me!nhardt Of this city has
purchased for a summer home several
estates at Milton Point, Rye. n. Y. The
purchases. which were negotiated by s.
Osgood Pell 4 Co, affect the Starbuck
estate properties. which have been
owned by the sellers for a great many
years, and are n~eighbored by the places
Of A. G.. Gwynrc. G. y. Dearborn,
simeon Ford and the American Yacht
club. s. Osgood Pell & Co. recently
sold Parsonage Point, a 100 aero estate.
to A. C. Gwynne. Pliny Fisk, m others.
and the Anderson estate at Bryan Shore
to Henry Steers. These properties have
a shore frontage OF more than two miles
and involved considerations exceeding
81 00, 900.
The sun., 1916-10-01

ony on Jamaica Bay. nine cottages were
Old TO New York office workers.
At Ia II -Harbor bungalows and
cottages have been bought IA fast az
erected. In fact the houses have not
been built fast enough to supply tho de-
mand. which was moro than the Bald
win Harhor developers expected when
they laid out their plans for the current
year. Tho call was so great that houses
were bought before completion and fami-
lies had to be housed In tents While
homes were being finished. The man
ayers OF Baldwin Harbor say they have
had no such call for homes In many
years. A. q result tho building force ut
Baldwin has been increased to meet the
The sun., 1916-10-01
BUuD BRIGHTwATERs HOMES.
Much Planning IL Being Done At
south shore Colony.

c. f. Cruttenden. head Of the Borden
Company. print mills at Fall River.
Mass. has purchased . plot In the Bay
section, Brightwaters. l.. l.. overlooking
Great South Bay. on which he will erect
a large cottage for his summer use. Mr..
C%ruttenden will have garage and ma
chimes. BOAT landing and pleasure craft.
Frank f.. Terry OF Brooklyn. has
practically completed a large mezzanine
cottage fronting or Venetian Yacht
Harbor.
w. r. Madden Of Brooklyn has pur-
chased for his wife two lots In the Oaks
section. on which to build a cottage.
Mrs. Augusta Heckel Of Manhattan. vito
Of Or. Frederick Charlos Heckel, has
bought several lots In the Harbor Sec
lion. on which to erect = summsr resi-
ienos. W. T. Smith. president Of the
Industrial Service Corporation. and .
rssidsnt sf Wsst Orange. has purchased
The sun., 1916-10-01
RENTING IN wEsTCHEsTER.

Fish 4 Marvin nave rented for the
Residence Company Of Lawrence Park
a cottage on Oak Court Terrace. at
Bronxville. TO Mrs. Il. II. Ward OF Law
renee Park West,
Thomas s, Burke has leased for Will
liam rasmussen to Paul Reilly OF New
York city the dwelling nj 1873 Morning.
side Road, IN the Neppernan section of
Yonkers.
Burke Stone has leased James Anee-
vines residence on Pondield road to
Joseph II. Clark OF Stamford. Conn. for
a long term. For +. H. McGrath of
Armour villa Park the bungalow on
Gard avenue to Jefferson @ Bell OF the
New York Times, for Mrs. Nazarine
Wilson Of Cedar Knobs the residence On
The sun., 1916-10-01
RENTING HOMES YEAR AHEAD.

Alfred e. Schermerhorn has leased at
Southampton. l.. l.. for the summer Of
1917 for Mrs. Edward w. Humphreys.
cottage on Main street to J. Insley Blair :
for Mrs. Henry C. Trevor. Meadowmere
on Cooper's Neck lane to J. Frederic
Byers for James T. Kilbreth. Daisy
fields on First Neck lane to Eben NJ.
Byers: for Mrs. Susan Z. Shrader. CO..
tage on Hin street to Miss En-
Stells Gabrielson for Mira D. II. y
nett. cottage on Main street and Toilsome
lane to 0eergs n. Dadmun; Tor the
The sun., 1916-10-01
Big DEMAND FOR
WESTMINSTER PLACE
$3.50 600 Kerr Place at White
Plains Sold-Much Buying
in Rye Section.

william H. whiting q Co. have sold
for the estate OF Thomas II. Kerr to a
Wall Street banker the beautiful home
OF the late Mr.. Kerr M grounds con-
tanning forty-one acres on the Ridge
way near White Plains. The property
IL near Gedney Farm and not far from
the estate OF Mrs. Paul q. Thebaud. 1t
Is said TO have cost the former wner
S250.O00 and Is considered one Of the
show places of Westchester. The
purchaser will take possession in the
early spring.
The sun., 1916-10-01

tho westerly side Of Merriam place.
Yonkers. to Joseph Partridge Of Larch-
mont for Miss Kate v. Clark OF Mount
Vernon her Lawrence Park residence to
Ralph w. Gwinn Of B%ronxville for the
estate OF Frederick w. Kraft the stucco
residence on the corner or Kraft and
Midland avenues to w. II. Holston Of
~Bronxvil!e. and for Felix A. Deliee OF
Tuxedo Park the frame dwelling on
Rossmore avenue to NJ. Schonberg OF
YOnkers.
The sun., 1916-10-01

a lot IN the Bay section. on which 90
erect a cottage.
Among other lot purchasers who are
planning to build at Brightwatcrs. are
W. j, Ripuey, William Boag, Miss
Sarah Connor. Bertha Won He'll. W. +.
Tough. Lillian Duffy. Mrs. Martha +.
Fielding, Ii. J.. Norton and Frank Yezek.
The sun., 1916-10-01
BUYS SOUTH SITE.

e. p. Me,len has bought 800 feet Of ths
each At Southampton. l.. l.. west of
tIalsey's Neck lane. as a site for q
residence. Alfred Il. Schsrmerhorn ar
ranged the deal
The sun., 1916-10-01
BUYS ~ wEsTCHEsTER ACRES.

Frederick Fox has acquired twenty
ave acres In Greenburg. formerly
known ~ Columbia Heights. Westchcs-
ter county, and contemplates creating a
bungalow colony. departing from the
usual bungalow proposition. inasmuch
a. no plot would be loss than an acre.
The sun., 1916-10-01

ers and salcswomen bought blindly land
in the suburbs.
There Is no telling" he remarked.
the extent Of the prosperity that has
come 10 our people IA a result Of the
war. ] can safely say that ~ least 30
per cent. OF our people who have bought
places In the suburbs since last fall have
paid for them with money earned AS
n result OF the war. Some admit this.
while others Indicate their source OF
wealth In many unmistakable ways"
"a feature OF his great buying move
ment.' he continued. lis the large num-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-03

GOOD REASON FOR DIScoM-
FORT.-There are many classes of
comfortable persons and sometimes
it becomes society's duty to stir them
UP a little bit Just now there is the
Keating-Owens will concerning
which some prosperous, charitable
and altogether complacently COM
Portable persons prefer to remain in
ignorance.
The Keating-Owens measure was
introduced into congress with the
object of prohibiting the shipment in,
interstate commerce of goods in the
production and manufacture of
which child labor has entered
Many very comfortable persons do
not care to know that state legisla-
ton has not protected little children
from exploitation. There are, ir fact,
a dozen states with very good child
labor laws-from which the canning
industries are carefully exempted!
And so tots of 5 and 6 are permitted
to snip beans or top cans from a. m.
for just as many hours as they can
be kept awake in the season of ripe |
vegetables; and in certain fish can
neries children of to 10 work Is and
16 hours day in the busy season.
Details of some of the glass works
of Pennsylvania, the coal mines of
West Virginia and the textile mills of
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi
would stir up considerable amount |
of unrest among the comfortably ig-
norant, if they would read the re-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-03

ports Of the national child labor COM
mittee.
The main opposition to the Keat-
ing-Owen bill in the senate is expect
ed from the southern cotton mill in
terests, but-and this is a most dis
turbing bit of information-these
mills are often owned by members of
New England corporations.
How can YOU help, not being eth
er a senator or a southern mill
owner?
You can help to stir up the too
comfortable in your own vicinity.
Make the people at large sufficient
ly uncomfortable about the condition
of child labor and they will see to it
that the senate becomes uncomfort-
able enough to pass the Heating.
Owen bill.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-02-03
IF AN AUTHOR TRIED TO DO
THIS, HE COULDN'T DO 1T!

81 have a matchless line, sir" (The
speaker is breezy salesman in cur
rent magazine serial. And his line is
automatic cigar ighters.)
Get out! Your stuff can't hold
candle to our goods" (The speaker
is another salesman in January mag
azine short story and his line is gun
powderD
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-08
CHURCH NOTICES

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Society: Sun
day services at 1890 A. NJ; subject, Sac
rament;" Sunday school at 1890 A. NJ
Wednesday evening meeting at o'clock
Reading room open to the public Wednes
day and Saturday from to ). Christa,
Science chapel. Williams street.
ST. BARNABAS church, Bangor street
Rev. Victor o. Anderson Nhrd Sunda,
after Trinity: Evening prayer and ser
mon at 4.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL church
Rev w. j. Layton, pastor: Morning wor
ship with sermon at 1890, subject of ser
mon. THE Will Of Cod: Sabbath schoo
in all departments at 11.45; classes open t.
all who will come; npworth League meet
ing at $50; evening service at 7.3o. Every
body welcome to all the above services
and also to the prayer meeting on Thurs
day night at 7.3O.
WATER STREET GOSPEL MISSION
Sunday school at u noon; preaching at
and 7.30 p. NJ; Bible class Monday eve
ming; meeting at the almshouse Wednes
day afternoon at go; gospel service each
night during the week.
FRIENDS church, 12S Water street, A
~ Smith, pastor: Preaching at 1890 A
M; Sunday school at y noon; prayer
meeting at 7.30 on Wednesday evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-07-08
CLINTON

Miss Clara Runnells of Oakland who
has been passing a few days with her
sister, Mrs. Samuel Fuller, has re.
turned to her home.
Mrs. Merton Brown entertained Sun
day Mrs. Fred Shaw of Burnham and
Mrs. Nell Hazeltine and little great
granddaughter Phyllis of North Gin
ten.
Miss Lena Boothby went to Popham
Beach Thursday for the summer
Albert Wentworth and James Dou
cette went to Belfast the first of the
week where they visited Mr.. Went
worth's father and mother, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Wentworth.
Mr. and Mrs. Linsley Giles and chill
dren went to Dexter Wednesday af
ternoon. where they will pass a few
days.
Mrs. Evelyn McNally who has been
visiting the family Of her son Arthur
in Burnham returned Wednesday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Wiley enter
tanned the following guests at a din
ner party on the Fourth, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Wiley and daughter Marion,
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Wiley, Mrs. Scott
McNally and Mrs. Everett Runnels
A most enjoyable time is reported b.
all present.
Mrs. Ralph Bean of Wakefield Mass.
came Wednesday afternoon to pass
several weeks with her husband at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
NJ. Bean.
Miss Winnifred Shaw who has been
IN Silver Bay y. Y, for two weeks at
tending the y. W. c. a. convention ar
rived home Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Pearl Porter of Detroit. for
merly teacher in the primary school is
the guest Of Miss Christine Whitman
and other friends in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wakely, Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Fisher and sons Gerald and
Carlton returned Wednesday from 8
visit in Corinna with Mrs. Emma Bar.
ney and Mrs. c. H, Trask, sisters of
Mrs. Wakely and Mr. Fisher.