New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-19
WOMAN BROKER
in LARGE DEAL
Mrs. Lillian q. Johnson
Negotiates Big Lease of
SD Street Dwellings.
SUCCESSFUL FEMALE
REALTY AGENTS FEW
Why This Is SO Has Been Re-
Gently Discussed by
Local Experts.

Mrs. Lillian G. Johnson closed com
mission Of about $3.50 ycsterday-a
nice, tidy sum to begin the New Year
with-by leasing for John r. Slattery,
or Paris, France, tho three four story
dwellings at 800 TO 3lj West SD 81.
The houses arc just west of West
End av. The lease is for slxty-three
years, divided into three twenty-one-
year periods. The total rental is near
$275.000 for the entire term.
OF late there has been considerable
discussion I'm the realty world as to
why there are so very few women
brokers who have been successful. The
Real Estate Board of New York has a
membership OF over 1000, yet there is
not a woman member.
Mrs. Johnson, who figured In yester
days SD ST.. transaction, has been for
some years able 10 gather some Of the
big commissions in the local market.
Others who are numbered among the
brilliant women brokers are Mrs. VI. +.
Alexander and Mrs. Julia Beverly llig-
gems. +. b. Lewis is also a we'll known
woman in the realty world. She has
shown marked versatility and effected
some largo realty sales, has a big
realty insurance business. and has de-
signed and built some of the most mod
crn apartment houses in South Yonkers.
Lawrence y. Gilman, vice-presidont
of the Real Estate Board Of New York,
was recently quoted when asked why
few women succeed in realty.
because" said Mr Gilman, women
prefer 20 take advice on real estate
from man rather than n woman. Let
woman come 20 sell piece Of prop
crty 10 another woman and the pro-
spectivc buyer will question the business
sense Of the agent of her own sex
But she would listen to man real
estate broker much more readily. The
man is convincing. where the woman
makes her feel uneasy.
81 don't find any reason why women
should not be in the real estate field or
WHY they should not be successful"
The houses leased by Mrs Johnson
have been taken by Paul 4. McGolrick,
who plans for the present 20 convert
the dwellings for bachelor apartments.
The site eventually will be improved
with an apartment house ii keeping
with the big improvements near by,
which have wiped out scores Of the old
time residences In the last five years.
The property measures 66.8 feet front
by 1922 feet deep.
Sales in the realty market yesterday
follow:
Manhattan.
10TH ST. Spear & Co and II. Rein
heimer have sold for the Maze Realty
Company the three fve-story fats, on
"a plot l5xi0O feet. az $50. 152 and 15A
East 18Th ST. between Lexington and
Sd avs. Co Victor Guinzburg. president
Of the !. 3. kleinert Rubber Company.
The buyer gives IN exchange the six
story bu ldiug az 100 Wooster st.. 2i6X
100 feet, carried free and clear. Arm
stein & Levy, attorneys. represented
Nr. Guinzburc and 4. & RI. Bloch acted
for the Maze Realty Company in the
zeal.
WATER ST.-The Cruikshank Com
pany has sold for Alexander Bling, eX-
ecutor of the estate of James Ertheiler,
172 Water ST. four tory building, on
q lot 1881 feet. The buyers are said
TO b. interests identified with tho New
York Steam Company which recently
acquired the adjoining Burling Slip
frontage from Joseph Cullman through
tho same brokers.
9TH AV-The Patrick Malone estate
has sold through William II. Archibald
the Eve story store and tenement. 30
9Th av., on lot 27x100 feet The prop
erty has been in the possession Of the
Malone family for about forty years.
10Th ST. The Empire City mort
gage and Holding Company Barkin
Weiss bought 22o 10 232 East tOtn ST.,
four four story tenements, each 25XlO0
feet. j he property was transferred
lest week by the American Real Estate
COMPANY 10 Frances T.. Harris.
2sTH ST. Fischer piano factory, at
4l5 20 433 West 18th ST., an eight story
building. on plot 225x9S9 feet. has
been sold by the Fischer estate 10
Julian l.. sydney y and Clarence 5.
Mayer They compose the J. & {.
Fischer Company. The deal was ar
ranged by Feiner & Mass, attorneys.
18TH SIT. K. Moors sold the five
story fat AZ SIS and $40 West l48th ST.,
On plot 4lSx991l feet, for the Mason
Realty Company 10 "a buyer, who gave
in part payment the duplex Dwelling
On a lot j0zi0j feet. ~ 43l Guion av.,
Richmond Hill. Long Island.
% Az. William Cholst purchased
from Leonard Well 1874 I'd av, a four
story tenement, with stores, 25xlOO
feet. between 74th and 10Th SITS.
The Bronx.
LAFONTAlNE Az. L. Osborne
Saith has resoid for the Remlu Realty
Company Il. |. S.nghi) to Mrs. Sophia
ScyfrIcd the southwest corner Of La
fontaine av. and 17Sth St., "a five story
fat. on a lot 25xlOO feet. The selling
company recently acquired the prop
crty from d client of Mccarthy Eel
lows in exchange for the plot of nine
and one-haf lots az the northwest
corner of Norris az. and l93d ST.
ANDERSON AVA Blumenthal has
sold for Catharine Wynne to the An
derson Building Corporation, Max Var
htz. president, the plot, lO7XlO5.5 feet
at the northwest corner Of Anderson
av. and 1o2d ST. Work Will be started
.mmediately on the erection Of two
nve-story apartment houses.
l7lST ST. Alexander Selkln and
David Mint have rcsold for the Podgur
Realty Company the plot, 12Xloo feet
ON the south side OF list ST., - feet
west of Sd av. The buyer Is the Ave
nue. ST. John ana Fox Street Company,
which gave in part payment l'l3
Tnionoorl Read, three story 'front.' ana
rear tenements, on @ lot 2jXll5 feet;
The Podgur Realty Company obtained
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