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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Easily Reached
From Anywhere

Chief among the desirable points Of
the exposition locality is its accessa-
bility. In no other section of New
York City could be found one place
which has two railroads, the subway,
elevated connections on several lines,
and sufficient avenues for automobile
traffic. all tapping a territory occupied
by millions of people. Communicating
with those direct traffic facilities are
transportation lines tapping the most
thickly populated sections Of the coun-
try.
The natural advantages of The Bronx
and the opportunities for Improvement
as shown up by the spotlight of the ex-
position have been the reason for lot
Of hard silent work on the part OF the
Bronx Board of Trade.
For three years, since the reorgan-
ization of the Board of Trade, that in
stitution has been laboring TO mako
The Bronx attractive for just such az
fairs as the exposition. When the man
ayers of the exposition sought the as
sistance of the Board of Trade the
executive committee quickly passed a
resolution giving support TO the pro-
ject.
The coming Of the exposition is
awakening the people 10 what the
Board OF Trade has done. The board
has prepared a history Of its work, TO
be used as a partial outline OF Bronx
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Will Promote Real Estate
Throughout Whole Section

Real estate values and building ac-
tivities in The Bronx will be boosted
by The Bronx exposition, according to
statements recently made by several Of
the largest Bronx realty operators and
property owners.
In the vicinity of East 177th Street
and the Bronx River, where the eY-
position is located, leases are being
made with rental scale contingent
upon the opening Of the exposition.
Many tenants who have taken leases
since the exposition project was start
ed, have done so with the understand
ing that the rents will be increased the
day the exposition opens.
The exposition will bring hundreds
Of thousands of visitors, who will have
a chance to see The Bronx at its best.
There is no reason, IL is said, why a
certain percentage of those newcomers
might not become interested in real es-
tate. If The Bronx accepts the oppor-
tunity the market ought to boom, il is
said.
One real estate man recently said
'In travelling to the exposition from
any direction the visitors will see how
fast The Bronx is growing. The com
ing of large numbers of people, not once,
but many times, will encourage various
business enterprises, not only in the
immediate vicinity of the exposition,
but also at transfer points.
"The exposition alone is expected TO
have more than two thousand employees,
all Of whom naturally will wish TO live
near the grounds. This will necessitate
the building of apartment houses and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
" Buildings Being Erected to House
Industrial Arts and Amusements
Machinery and Merchandise Will Occupy q Halls
Pav];ons for Bands, Restaurants and Swimming
Pool Provided---Scheme Started in January, 1915

and an imitation on small scale OF
Niagara Falls. The dressing rooms will
De on the east end of the pool, and tho
main restaurant will be on the west
side.
The automobile entrance 10 he
grounds will pass under the embark
rlcat bearing the track Of the New
York. Westchester & 30 ton Railroad,
and VIII lead into long parking space
parallel.ng the railroad track.
Between the New York. Westchester
& Boston Railroad and the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad. and
backed ID TO the New Haven tracks,
will be seven exhibition buildings, run
ming in line from north 20 south.
These buildings will include the fol-
loving: Agricultural Hall, Horticult-
ural Hall, model farm, machinery
hall. a hall Tor oil ard fue. EXHIBITS,
an automobile building and an aqua
rum. according to present plans.
The West Farms station OF the Ne.
York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad
is east OF the Court OF Honor. Be-
tween the station and the court will be
a street, running under the West
chester Railroad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

An army of workmen at nth Street
and the Bronx River is laying the
foundations Of seventy-two structures
of the Bronx international EXPosi''oh'
When the first visitor steps through
the gigantic entrance near the l''tn
Street subway station. on May 80 next
year. he will see a collection OF build
ings and amusement features equal in
size and beauty to any similar section
Of the Panama. Pacific Exposition.
Twenty-seven of the buildings viii be
great halls for the exhibition of machln-
crv. art work and merchandise. The
rest OF the structures will be for con-
cessions. FOR bands and for entertain
mcnt devices. Several of the build
ings will be 400 feet long by 200 feet
wide. There will be concrete swim
ming pool $50 feet long by 900 feet
wids
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Will Show First
Holland Submarine

At the left of the main entrance, or
on the northern boundary of the park,
extending as far east as the tracks of
the New York, Westchester e. Boston
Railroad, will be the Palace of
American Achievement and Fine Arts.
The central display In this building
will be the old Holland submarine,
which is already on the grounds.
The Administration Building will be
directly in front OF the Palace of
American Achievement and will face
On the esplanade. In the rear will be
the Palace of Manufactures and Varied
Industries. Adjoining the Admins
tration Building will be one Of the
largest nerry-go-rounds in the world.
Next door will be three concession
l., buildings in group, two of them fac
ing on the esplanade. At the southerly
end OF the esplanade. which will run
north and south for more than 500
feet, will be the Court of Honor. This
will be an open space, oval in forma-
ton, $40 by $50 feet. In the centre
will be bandstand, surmounted by a
statue.
Facing the Court Of Honor. or the
east, will be great convention hall.
Next will be a combined restaurant and
club. The club building is already on
, the property, in the form of an old
stone house dating back TO Colonial
times.
A large space at the west Of the
Court of Honor, and bounded on the
west by the Bronx River. will contain
amusement structures. A project Is
under way 70 move the L. ;. ). Recruit.
now at Union Square, TO that spot, and
place one side Of the land battleship
over the Bronx River.
On the southern side OF the Court
OF Honor will be the swimming pool.
The pool will have q Vids sand beach
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

The Bronx International Exposition
Of Arts. Sciences and Industries will
open its gates near the l77th Street
subway station, on May 80 Of next year
after a postponement Of twelve months.
The managers say the exposition will
be larger and better because Of the
DELAY. Additional buildings are being
erected for manufacturers who would
not have been able 10 use facilities
his wear. but who have made reserva-
ton for next year Amusement de-
vices that could not have been in shape
for an opening last May, will be IN
operation next year.
The entire first season Of the ex-
position will commemorate the 3OOth
anniversary Of the settlement OF the
Bronx.
When the exposition management an
nounced the opening for last May,
Bronx people expressed lively appre-
citation for the coming Of the great
show. The postponement resulted in
a deep feeling Of regret, and because
Of the size Of the undertaking, the
people at first jumped to the conclu-
sion il had been given up as being
"too much Of good thing
But the undertaking is by no means
an unwieldly one. according to Il. f.
McGarvie. president of the exposition,
even though it is a gigantic one.
"The exposition will be complete in
every announced detail" said Mr.. Nc
CARVE: "the plans have been made by
men who for years have ASSISTED IN
conducting expositions. Inc financing
has been amply taken care OF ana tne
execution Of the plans IS IN the hands
of experts"
VIII Cost $1,000 900 to Complete Work
Large numbers Of Bronx people look
upon the selection OF their LOCALITY foI
twenty year, 100000 lnternauonai
exposition, as an achievement gained
IS the result Of the possession OF civic
advantages that have already brought
distinction to the borough.
n Residents whose public spirit causes
'I Inem 70 cLAuF III k4AAAtho ''+A~N '-'N
Y bring fame to The Bronx, are proud
of the fact that the exposition did not
come as the result Of an invitation, but
because The Bronx is the ideal place.
"The Bronx amounts TO something,
the merchants are saying, when a
great institution like the exposition
chooses 1t because no other place
would be suitable"
"The exposition could have selected
Harlem. Brooklyn or Staten Island
the business men say, "but none could
offer the advantages of The Bronx.
When city invites newcomers, then
the city places itself on trial. The
exposition people did not need solicita-
ton TO see that The Bronx is the best
all-round place"
Bronx business men and manufact-
urers have been figuring since early
this year how they can benefit by the
exposition. They expect the show will
attract thousands Of people, who will
bring thousands of dollars to spend.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
The Bronx Maintains
4,2OO Acres of Parks
Has 500 Acres of Pleasure
Ground More Than
Rest of CITY

"A place that will improve The
Bronx and its people" is the way
Thomas W. white, Park Comm!s-
sioner OF The Bronx, speaks OF the In
ternational Exposition.
Although sixteen per cent OF al me
land in The Bronx IS used FOR PARKS
Nr. white believes the exposition
will be one Of the most important sd-
ditions 10 the system in recent years
The exposition will have only twenty.
five acres, but every foot OF ground
will be cultivated 10 benefit the CONF
munity.
Considered as a park, according %
Mr.. white, the exposition will have
unusual features that every American
city tries TO have. As well as oeing
highly desirable for the recreation and
instruction of the people, the e1posl-
ton buildings and gardens viii be
great factor in Bronx municlpsi
beauty.
The Bronx has 26.s00 acres OF land
and 1920 acres, including the eSposi-
ton grounds, are devoted to PARIS.
Bronx parks are 500 acres in excess
of the combined park areas Of the four
other boroughs of the city. ne
Bronx has five psrkways and twenty
one parks.
There will come time said MI.
white in a recent interview, when
The Bronx will be the most populous
/ and industrious section OF New YORK
( City The exposition will play no small
/ part in the improvement.
For many months ,have been
watching the exposition" said hr.
white, "for | believe that It VIII
serve 70 bring TO the attention OF ths
people concretely that beauty OF land
scape and structure most desirable 20
any community.
THE great trouble in The Bronx a.
the present time is that it is SO large
that its real artistic features are
widely scattered. Instead OF having
beautiful spots separated by ugly
places, the public should see that al
properties, whether private or puolie'
should be carefully cultivated.
The Bronx territory is only MY
one per cent developed as TO build
ings, bouevards. psrkways and other
park features. Improvements Will be
speedy, considering the rate lresdy
standardized by The Bronx. feei
certain that the international exposi,
ton. which will attract hundreds OF
thousands of people who know The
Bronx merely as place where Zoo
is located, will aid in causing the es-
! tablishment of larger permanent
population. There is no reason why
( that population should not largely
come from other boroughs in the cry
+ at has been my ambition, during
the time / have been park commits
sioner, to build up as many beauty
: spots as possible. both natural and az,
tificial, as the available funds would
permit. The Bronx must not make me
! mistake OF other communities, and ian
TO lay aside for park purposes and
recreation grounds property which Is
now undeveloped and which in future
years will be high priced.
81 firmly believe that the exposition
will awaken the people of The Bronx
to the realization Of the necessity q
such places" -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Lowered Fire
Insurance Rates

Assisted in the activities which re-
suited in the lowering of fire insurance
rates in the territory north and east
of the Bronx River.
aided taxpayers and property own
ers in cooperating strongly IN opposl,
tion against a proposition TO install
water metres in apartment houses.
The various bureaus of the Board OF
Trade. including the traffic and water
way bureau, the civic bureau, the trade
and commerce bureau, the industrial
bureau and the publicity bureau, have
more than thirty Bronx improvement
plans underway. Among them are the
following:
improvements of channels in the
East River, the Bronx Kills, the Harlem
River, the Harlem Ship Canal, the
Bronx River, the Eastchester Greek and
the Westchester Greek.
Erection of bridge over the Bronx
River at East l74th Street. over East
chester Creek at Boston Post Road and
over Westchester Greek at Ludlow Ave
nue.
Erection of Bronx station of the
New York Central lines at l49th Street
and Mott Avenue.
Protection of watersheds from posi-
be pollution.
Opening of the Bronx central fire
alarm station at 1S0th Street and Bronx
Park Avenue.
Extension of the pneumatic mail
service of Manhattan to The Bronx.
Extension of vacant-lot war gar
dening'"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
New Postohce
Cost $4,000

Secured a site for proposed post
Office at l49th Street and Mott Avenue,
at a cost Of S2S5,00O.
Carried out important programmes
in connection with several 'ManuiacI-
urers' Day and Bankers Day tours
Of the borough, which have resulted IN
increasing the number Of factories and
in the investment of large sums IN
Bronx real estate.
Defeated a proposition OF the city
20 locate garbage disposal plant at
Riker Island, in the East River, near
The Bronx shore line, thus conserving
property values and guarding the
health and comfort of Bronx people.
Secured the erection of the Hunts
Point Terminal at the foot Of Hunt S
Point Road and the East River, which
is expected to equal the Bush Terminal
in Brooklyn.
Inaugurated the Buy in The Bronx
movement, which has brought thou
sands Of dollars TO Bronx merchants.
Secured 1lS new factories for The
Bronx. including the following: c. d.
jackson & Co., marble; the Sidio Com
pany of America, glass; the Port Nor
ris Industrial Terminal Company, ma
chinery; the Hurlburt Motor Truck
Company, motor trucks; the W. NJ
Ritter Flooring Company, flooring; the
Otto o. Higel Company, pianos; n.
Muehlstein & Co., rubber; the II. W.
Wilson Company, paper; the simon
Ascher Company, knit goods; the !: b.
Kleinert Company, dress shields; Phil
lips. We'll & Norton, handkerchiefs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Swimming Pool Ready
When Exhibit Opens

The swimming pool. with walls re-
sembling emplacements for siege can
non, has been completed. and is wait
ing only for May 80. when the water
will be turned in. Two pavihons. one
for dressing rooms and another for a
great restaurant. at opposite ends OF
the pool. are nearing completion. FIVE
water filters have already been in
stalled. A water reservoir almost
equal in capacity TO the swimming pool
is nearly finished.
Work Oh the grounds was started
last May, and has proceeded swiftly
according 10 II. r. McCarvie, president
of the exposition, considering that la
Dor and materials are scarce, and be-
cause so much had to be done under
ground before any structures could be
placed.
The plan of the Bronx international
Exposition was started in January, 1916
by a group of expert exposition mana
gers, who saw an opportunity for q
permanent exposition in the largest
city in the country. When the entrance
of this country into the war caused a
postpCnement the managers renewed
their energies to build the show on a
CT oNRiNs
Ground was broken May 1 OF this
year, and work will continue without
cessation until the opening date, &C
cording to President McGarvie.
The regular season of the exposition
will be between May Is and November
|. according TO present plans. The
opening date next year is set for May
80, so that an exposition observance OF
the fiftieth anniversary Of the celebra-
tion Of Memorial Day may take place
The exposition will remain open later
in the fall than other pleasure parks
In addition, there is a possibility
that the exposition may be open all the
year According TO the management, il
there is a demand, the pleasure park
section will be fitted up for winter
sports. Those would include hockey
skating and tobogganing.
Both entrances TO the exposition
open south in 177th Street and face a
small open space, outside the grounds
on the north. At the right Of the main
entrance, inside the grounds, on the
west side of central esplsnade, will
be the first exhibit building, called the
palace of Pan-American States" Be.
side that building will be an amuse-
ment structure. Next in line will be a
long "roller-coaster."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

The Spanish colonial type of archi-
lecture has been chosen for the ex-
position. The buildings will be highly
ornamented, and will have color
scheme OF red, blue and orange.
Kenneth VI. Murchison. who has built
hundreds of exposition buildings has
given his entire services as architect
to The Bronx Exposition. Captain A.
VI. Baber is director general and Z. w.
Mcconnell is director of works The
officers, with large staff of assistants.
have been working out the plans for
more than fifteen months.
The construction work is in charge Of
John j. and Philip Dunnavant, who
came to this city after wrecklng the
buildings use in the Panama-Pacitc Ex-
position.
In connection with the artistic phases
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Exhibit Buildings Will Be
In Spanish Colonial Style

of the buildings. the exposition recently
cor Quoted contest for two sets of
statues to be placed on each side OF
the main entrance gates. Fifty-two
members of the Beaux Arts institute
of Design submitted groups. making it
the largest competition ever held in the
institute.
The winners, who will be commits.
stoned to execute the finished statues,
were A. De Rooy and A. Goodelman.
Honorable mention was given to work
by L. Bayman and Cesar Stea.
The awards were made by the fol-
lowing judges: Lloyd Warren, 10 Da-
wilson, Herman MacNeil, George ".
Breck, A. Sterling Calder, F. Hunt
Bosworth, Solen Borglum. Z. Towles
Chamberlain, Edward MacCsrtan, John
Gregory. John Flanagan, B. futile, W.
II. Ellerhusen and Mr.. Murchison.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

conditions at the end of the 800 years
since the settlement of The Bronx,
marked By the passage of this year:
The record which covers the last
.hree years. eliminating in the coming
of the exposition. follows:
Secured improvements in subway
and elevated railroad station facilities
at 149th Street and Third Avenue, the
hub Of The Bronx.
Secured entrances and exits IN the
Hunts Point and Pelham Bay Park eX-
tension Of the new Lexington Avenue
subway. at Alexander Avenue and l9Sth
Street as we'll as at Third Avenue and
l3Sth Street.
Secured third tracking of the Sec
ond and Third Avenue elevated rail-
road lines. ..
"Campa gned for the appointment Of
deputv commissioners Of the City o.
New York to look after the interests
Of The Bronx. -
Secured an allotment OF the New
York State Barge Canal terminals,
with the result that 100000 terminal
is being built at 13Sth Street and me
Harlem River, as the first Of a series
TO be located on local waterways.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

residences. Also, wherever an exposi-
ton locates, large number Of private
enterprises, amusement and otherwise,
always congregate to make use of the
crowds attracted by the main show.
This real estate and business stimu-
lation will be pure velvet for The
Bronx, since II is already the most
rapidly growing borough in New York.
The Bronx Is the sixth largest COM
munity in the United States, and In
1915 had a population of 649,726. an in
crease of more than so per cent over
the figures OF 1910. The Bronx is big
ger than Cleveland"
The Bronx Board of Trade has brought
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

11s new industries to This Bronx in the
last few years. According TO a state
ment recently issued by the industrial
bureau of the board:
The end of the demand for space in
The Bronx is not in sight. The bureau
has on file demands for nearly 100000
square feet Of space. Few of those de-
msnds can be satisfied at the present
time, because all the available space in
suitable buildings is occupied.
with the loosening up Of the build
ing material market, and when the cost
Of labor decreases, The Bronx is bound
to see the speedy erection of many
modern industrial buildings"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

been carted away 10 FIJI little valleys
Rough ground has been smoothed, rocks
have been removed ard grass and IN
dsrbrush have been cut away.
The exposition streets have been laid
cut ard the places where the various
buildings VIII be erected have been
marked with stakes. except where the
foundations have already been laid.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Gives Betterment
Plans Impetus

The Bronx business men expect that
the exposition will give the betterment
plans a great impetus, since the big
show will strengthen the public knowl-
edge Of Bronx possibilities.
According to +. II. Rosenquest, presi-
dent of the Board of Trade, that organ
ization will test the public estimation
Of the worth Of Bronx improvement by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Stupendous Show Place to Cost
100000; Marks 300th Year
Local Business Men, Headed by H. F.McGarvie, Say
Financing and Execution of Plans Guarantee Success
of Great Commercial Undertaking

conducting a membership plan this
week
The realization has come" said Mr..
Rosenquest. that much greater benefits
can be obtained for the borough by a
larger membership in the board. We
want all Bronx men who believe in the
great future Of The Bronx, who want TO
aid in efforts to get for The Bronx
join the Bronx Board OF Trade"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-22
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INVESTMENT SECURITIES

MORTGAGE NOTES and Commercial
paper bought and sold. Mortgage
foreclosures stopped at once. Lester
c. Lowe, Room 400. Warner build
ing, Tel. 22S Noble.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-22
NOTICE OF REMOVAL

Dir. y. ID. s. SMITH announces the
renewal of his office from 46s
Fairfield avenue to 7s7 Lafayette
- d IL asp
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-22
STORAGE AND TRUCKING

STORAGE, new detached private
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Clean separate rooms. Osterhout,
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