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Evening star., 1919-03-09
Stills Found IN Cellars
and Buried IN the
Earth Government
Estimates the Amount
Of Whisky on Hand.
Fe d era1 Authorities
Haze Big Problem to
Handle IN Cities.

ana The internal revenue.
In his two distilleries this follow
could easily produce 100 gallons OF
liquor day. and his method of dis
position of the moonshine product
salesmen who worked on q
commission basis was as perfect as
his manufacturing plants. The cost
OF production was about rs cents per
gallon. while. according to the tes-
timony OF his head sales agent the
price received was 81 per gallon for
lie proof spirits.
Recently similar still WAS found
act up and in operation in battle
room of a Bronx apartment house.
The bath tub was being utilized AZ
n mash tub and liquor produced was
peddled in pint bottles by the distilA
ler.
The moonshiner of the Blue Ridge
mountains, with his crude pot stills
and apparatus, is a piker as compared
with the foreigner aud his modern.
scientific plant, and the bad-tasting
aud ill-smelling blockade whisky OF
the mountains is not in class WITH
the spirits produced on the East Side
OF New York city.
THE location of the illicit plants on
the East Side is most difficult. In
some localities 1t would take two ogs
iicers one week to so through single
block and inspect all the cellars.
Kitchens, bathrooms and other places
in which an Illicit stili could be 10.
uated"
Another revenue agent says:
There Is great difference in the
quality of liquor manufactured In
New York for beverage purposes by
these moonshiners and that of the
southern brand. II is of higher
grade and quality and must meet the
appreciation of the connoisseur Of the
best liquors OF New York. The Illicit
stills are also considerably larger i'd
size and are the acme of mechanical
ingenuity,
"rhe operations of two shrcwt
moonshiners were conducted on Wort
man aveAue. New Lots road. Brooi,iyn n
(Continuea on Tenth fagc.)
Evening star., 1919-03-09
Efforts to Evade La,os
Preventing the Manu-
facture Of Whisky.
The Governn, ent S
Flying Squadron of
the Mounta;ns-Wor ork
Of Revenue AGENTS IN
Ne,0 York City.

A NEW and precious industry is
~ now being developed in this
. country 1t is known as city
moonShining" D."
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1919-01-03

Cut This Out---Worth Money

Don't miss this. Cut out
this slip, enclose with sc to
Foley & Co., 1885 Sheffield
Ave-, Chicago, ILL.,, writing
your name and address clear
". You will receive in re-
turn a trial package contain
ing Foley 'sHoney and Tar
Compound, for coughs, colds
and Group, Foley Kidney
Pills and Foley Cathartic Tab
lets. Red Cross Drug Store.
Adv.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1919-01-03
A. A. MITCHELL
NJ. CHAPPELL
MEMORIAL FUND

The Home News asks it's
many readers to contribute to
its memorial fund which will
be used to erect an appropri-
ate memorial in the town of
McCrory to the memory of the
boys from Woodruff county
who gave their lives in the
great war against autocracy.
We shall publish the list each
week and the following SUBJ
scriptions have been received:
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1919-01-03
W.S.S.-

For Sale: Five passenger
1918 model Dodge car, spring
bumpers, front and rear,
extra castings in good condi-
ton and purchased in June,
1918. Call or write Miss Ruth
Griffin, Howell, Ark. adv. 13
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1919-01-03
Buy W.S.S.-

Strayed: Two dark bay
mules, one mare, one horse;
horse mule is tall rough like,
and mare mule is smooth
weight 1000 pounds each, last
seen at Crews Mill at Fair
Oaks, December 5, going west.
Liberal reward-W. H. Lon
gey & Son, Fair Oaks, Ark.
Buy W.S.S.-
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1919-01-03
E S I r A Y E D.

FROM MY HOME ONE MILE EAST OF DEVIEW Trr
LAST OF OCTOBER, TWO BLUE MARE MULES TWO
YEARS OLD, ABOUT IA HANDS HIGH. WEIGH ABor
500 POUNDS EACH. BOTH YOUNG MULES AND No
MARKS, BOTH HAVE LONG NAME. A BAY MARE MULE
ONE YEAR OLD NO MARKS; A soRREL FILLIE TWO
YEARS OLD, LITTLE WHITE SPOT IN FACE WEIGH eoo
POUNDS, HAD ON BELL WHEN LAST SEEN: soRREl
MARKS. ALL THE STOCK WAS IN A BUNCH AND WAS
LAST SEEN NEAR oLDFIELD LAKE. $500 REWARD
FOR RETURN OR INFORMATION LEADINNG TO RECoy
cry
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1919-01-03

Sgt. Hester Crittenden, who
has been stationed at Pensaco-
la, Fla, has been honorably
discharged and is now at
home.
The sun., 1919-06-18
OTHER SALES IN THE BRONX.

BRYANT AVENUE-A. d. Rockwell.
Jr.. sold to Charles r. Arcieri two two
family houses at 14S4-S6 Bryant ave.
nue..
SHERMAN AvENuE-The Bsnenson
Realty Company purchased from the
Grand Coneourse Investing Company
q plot, stx14sx irregular. at the north
west corner OF Sherman avenue and
16Tth street, and a plot. T5x100. on the
east side OF Sheridan avenue, liz feet
south OF 18th street.
CROTONA PARK SOUTH-S. Rosen
sold for Caroline Damn 6s% to cas-
Crotona Park South, two Ave story
apartment houses, SKIS.
PL1MPTON AVENUE--Mrs. Hannah
Rubin resold to Mrs. Anna Jones 1345
Plimpton avenue. six story apart
ment house. 50x100.
CAMBRIDGE AVENUE - McLenon
Bros. resold to Christina H. Young
2s4S to 1859 cambridge avenue, three
dwellings. T5xS0.
WALTON AVENUE-Arthur D. Phelps
and Charles J. Brady sold the five
story SO foot apartment house at 1925
Walton avenue. near fremont avenue.
to the Concourse Estates Corporation.
Ely Maran president.
GRAND AvENUE-The Dayton Build
ing Company. Harris & Ely Maran,
bought from the Ames Building COM
pany the plot. s3x12s, on the west side
of Grand avenue. $50 feet south Of
Fordham road. extending back to the
aqueduct. McLernon Bros. were the
brokers.
POWERS AyENUE-Harry Sugarman
sold for the H. ]. 4 NJ. I. Realty Cor
poration, Meyer Isear president. 692
East l42d street. corner of Powers
avenue, a six story new law apartment
house. 50x100. to an investor. The
property was held at $4,000.
The sun., 1919-06-18
QUEENS TRANSACTIONS.

Rockaway Park Realty Company sold
plots at Rockaway Park. l.. l.. for the
Scott estate. io0x100. northeast corner
OF Tenth and Washington avenues. to
Morris Meyers; 100xl00, northwest cor
ner OF Ninth and Washington avenues,
to w. II. Duncan: 100x100, southwest
corner of Columbus and Washington ave-
nues. to the b. & s. Realty Company
lOOx1OO, southeast corner Of Columbus
and Washington avenues, to c. X. Boe-
rum; for julius Loeb and Adolph Meyer
soxl0o, west side OF Pelham avenue, to
the B. & s. Realty Company also at
Belle Harbor, l.. l., for w. p. Maloney,
twelve lots on North Monmouth avenue
for G. w. Hemmert. 160xl00. west side
% South Chester avenue. and for G. w.
Thomson, s0xl0o, on Orienta avenue
Buckley & Horton Company sold In ia
maica the frame dwelling, 40xlQ0, east
side OF Hollis avenue. 100 feet south of
Hillside avenue. for the Long Island
Bind and Mortgage Company.
NJ. Cosens sold to w. Jones, 50x1o0,
east side OF Fifteenth street north of
State street Flushing.
NJ. Hogan sold to s. Bailey, s0x100,
west side of oxford avenue south of
Newport avenue. Belle Harbor.
J.. Cohen sold to W. Cory, 76xss,
west side of Mccormick avenue north
Of Broadway. Jamaica.
The sun., 1919-06-18
BUSINESS LEASES.

Charles +. Moves Company leased for
Jacob Rupert Realty Corporation space
In Is and 10 East Twenty-sixth street TO
the Commodore Dress Company. floor at
1877 Water street 10 Gravennorst & Co.
floor at 625 Broadway for Max Marx to
Kohn & Pruzan and Offices in 4l-43 Mai
den Lane to Samuel Harris; also the
ground floor in 20 Wall street TO Curtis
Packer 4 Co, stores in 50 Ann street to
the Ambrecht Company. Inc, and 81
Ann street to NJ. G. & A. Pasquale.
William A. White q Sons leased AT
1853 Greene street a store and basement
to Hyman RosinE at 8 Reade street let
To the Elm Bookbinding Company; al
2OS-l0 Wooster street the fifth loft 10
Cohen & Cohen; at AIT West broadway
the third loft to Baum 4 Harris; at Sl4
Broadway first loft to Richman. Newber
ger a Travers.
The Schultz Realty Company leased TO
p. Miller and T. Ninosh a store in the
building at southwest corner OF Lexing-
ton avenue and 125th street for a res
taurant.
Cushman & Wakefield, Inc, leased the
store at All Madison avenue TO Halpert
Fryxell,
Rice a Hill leased THE three upper
floors nj 1856 West Forty-ffth street "a
Harry Bernstein; store and basement at
sss Lexington avenue to Ernest Capec'
and the building at 265 West Fifty-sec-
ond street TO Henry Dreyer
Cross a Brown Company leased the
building at sos East Nineteenth street 20
the Whistle BottlIng Company, Inc the
store and basement at Is and II West
Houston street TO the New York Yarn
House, Inc. the NTH floor at l710
broadway to the Fulton Motor Truck
Company the store and basement at the
southeast corner of Seventh avenue and
Fifty-aecond street 10 Harry Veghte
door at 40 West Fifty-second street TO
the w. ]. B. Motor Truck Company, Inc,
and the store at 400 Broadway TO Nep-
thail Grumbach.
Carstein & Linnekin. Inc, leased
space in the building AT 229 Fourth ave-
nue. TO Isador Deutsch; the entire build
ing at I39 Lexington avenue TO Mar
earet Nathanson; space in S94 Broad
way TO Inter- Church Movement Of North
America; at 100 West Thrty-second
street to Packard Motor Company at
AZ East Thirtieth street to Robert p,
Gray at 2ai Fourth avenue TO Lester !,
lehman, C. Horenbausr & Co.; at 2l5
The sun., 1919-06-18
500 ATTEND BRADY AUCTION.

The auction sale Of the Diamond Jim"
Brady estate held yesterday by Joseph
p. Day in the'Brooklyn Salesrooms. 1ss
Montague street. by order of the Co
lumbia Trust Company, Robert l.. Cor
don and Richard Crowley. executors, of
seventy-eight lots located on Farragut
road, Glenwood road. Troy avenue. East
Forty-hrst and East Forty-fourth
streets, including 1908 Avenue Q, a two
story and attic frame residence. brought
4 total Of s43.350.
About 500 people, faced Auctiopeer
Day when the sale started. and bidding
throughout was spirited. The house,
1908 Avenue Q. northeast corner OF East
Tenth street, was bought by Anthony j.
King for $1,000. He also bought the
lot adjoining on Tenth street for $500.
Other buyers were Henry Ahrens, Adolph
Fried. Herman ]. Klinck. Isaac wlsan-
sky. H. E. Moore. II. Eisen Kraft, George
W. Egbert and @. Pisapia. Among the
buyers at yesterdays sale were many
who attended the Bennett estate sale.
The sun., 1919-06-18
SATISFIED MORroAaEs.
with name and address of lenders attor-
ney.)
Manhattan.

Manhattan.
MADISON AV, lo4.-Carl Piekhardt 70
South Brooklyn Saw Bank. sth av and
without production Of mtg by order su-
preme Court Justice Thos DonnelIy,
June -. 1919, March 3, 1891; attys Tor
petitioner cardozo Nathan, las Bros 40
MADISON Av. eSs-ssismund and Beatr,ce
Lustgarton to s Trust co OF y J. Oct
IL, 1903; attys. stewart shearer, 80
SAD ST, Il e; PARK av. siss.5O--jamss Z R
Carpenter, ssl Sth sv, to Leo b Arthur
1 Rss,. Il e" .o,h 1 st, %as is,s:
attys, Kur.man 4 F. as broad st ,itt;SOO
f4 Fsli. A AND Julia Krupp to Pauline 5, Leo
u, Arthur S and Monroe Gutman. Dec
2. 1901; sttys. W u @ Chsmeernn,
LE s. SssseS a Av .. eos s5th ST. aCxiS
+ Reid ct al. e1rs. Dec is. 1895 ATTY;
phRx P a9 ssS Il p'Gs and Arthur GUT
man to Pauline s, Leo r. Arthur ana
Monroe Gutmsn., err enr: WIZ OF x sanos,s
,,srH s. Ss is w-Mary E and Edw i
white TO the Union Dime Saw Bank;
7o Ta' ST. ISL v 9th ~, isai0S;s.s
TTuat Co Of n y: April a, 1855; 4, nt, SoS
SAP 81. I, E@Eli.a x''sis ,,s =. to, x .s.,
DIST ST. 80 w-EiiI 3 Ros: 70 Helen b
Van EnbyrSh. Pee 80 pls; atty , ~ az
cottreii. sntry and trustee ~sii GEE fs1 y
o etsys Rocker s .'f Bailey IS "a %li:5%a
,siFsH ST cor i5yiSf q; '; 5, M {
s e.SmT i $780, St al .t s5'' Hi'f llos.?s
,, FT1 sr 81. SIS irving pi, ls.s7-.sams
to same, Aug 10, 1906; atty. same $3.50
SANE pRoPERTY-sams TO Jennie and
S Amy tMcMioSssl. S7i Madison av, JS oOs
MADISON Az, w cor S;th st. runs 20
s Been / welnstein TO VIM Prayer;
iniivid, and Isaac Lowsnfeld, Ate S
pts!ts. and and T M% PF fIsswsnfsia, June =
1905: attys. Arnstein & Levy lS tnt sSo
,, %rE ST. ;fiii.7is w.Aiies r, wife Jos
N Z ho%eA az. March IS. 1915; : sttysS
9sinsn Lsiensi anil 81 S saa Fannie ~ wsr.
MA nsr 70 Isidcr Rosenschein. June ~. isi:;
atty att Moses Goodman, .s1 Bway. $500 800
RoosE nSaN to 5 sr psSino D0 sc.r.SSie, \
Nov 10 fsl7; atty. T @ CO; az
,, TMay sr ssSio W IN av. ?tlox
aSe-J Kaplln & Co. al ioth ay q"
Herman sGhmonsess: $50 To- ION ssn Ss sy @t'yi
,sTu ST = iss'te Tth nv, Is.sxsall-
EiIz Anderson to Albert van Ninnt"
Gel Putnam sv. Bkiyn. Nov 49, i' AZ
atty. J Rogers, 2i5 Bway st'vUV
I.5Iioo-Martin Keppler 10 the Emit
grant Indust Saw Bank, Dec -, lsloi
attys, r & z OGorman' si 0hs .ns o ons
The sun., 1919-06-18
|PLANS Big SOCIAL
CENTRE BUILDING
Metropolitan Life to Put Up
Is Story Structure on Site
Of Parkhurst Church.

The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company indicated yesterday that 1t Is
ready to convert the handsome DR..
Parkhurst Presbyterian church at the
northeast corner OF Madison avenue and
Tventy-fourth street into a social CEN
yesterday for n sixteen story auditor
ium with lofts and Offices on the site.
d. z. waid of Madison avenue Is the
architect. The estimated cost Of the
structure is 100000.
The company bought the property
last September after the church had
consolidated with the Old First Presby-
terrain church at Fifth avenue and
$500. 900. or half the amount which the
property cost the church when II bought
the site from the Metropolitan few
years ago.
The old Parkhurst church was on the
ate Of the Metropolitan tower. In TAX
ing the site the company gave its prop
erty across the street to the church
and cash payment of 100000. The
site Is 10 feet on Madison avenue and
ibe feet on Twenty-fourth street In
the rear Is the Metropolitan annex.
Further evidence OF renewal of build
ing was the Ming OF plans for a $780,
600 warehouse for Lehn & Fink, Inc.
o. 100 William street. Tho building
VIII have seven floors and will be erected
n; the northeast corner OF Greenwich
and Morton streets. on a plot. l00.5x
11a6. buchanan and Kahn of Sc West
Forty-fifth street are the architects.
Plans were also fled for a four story
auditorium. club and ONCE building at
ll1 IN ia Mast ia
tho Societies Realty Company, owners. of
II West Forty-fourth street. The struc-
ture will cost 100000. McKim, Mead
White are the architects
The sun., 1919-06-18
INQUIRE FAvoRS PLAN.
Approves scheme TO Return Fed
eraI Building Site to City.

Among the hearty advocates of the
Board OF Estimate and Apportionments
plan for the restoration OF the present
FEDERAL Building site as a city park and
The relocation OF the Federal Building on
part OF the property purchased for the
new county court house is Laurence Nc
CURE, chairman of the committee on
court house site and civic centre OF the
zeal Estate Board of New York. Just
osiors ne left for a trip West Mr. nc
cure who recently relinquished his post
as president Of the United States Realty
ana Improvement Company, had this to
say regarding the plan:
>. The proposed cooperation OF the
United States Government and OF the
e''E In providing for these projected
buildings goes long way to assure the
development OF the real estate north and
EAST OF the Municipal Building. Although
the old civic centre plan was an mex
euseole extravaganza. the recently deval.
oped need for Federal buildings may en-
, .Dle the city TO convert part OF the land
"ken to practical use.
-, The sooner this 10 done the better.
me ofiicials should be able to utilize the
court house site 30 that all OF these
projected buildings may ultimately be
III. t without acquiring additional land
.tner by the State or the Federal Gov
.rnineht. Under the present conditions
me removal Of the post Office will not be
Wy desirable In itself, but may assure
nve''er postal service. I am sure that the
al Estate Board OF New York will In
u0'se the proposed bill In Congress-"
The sun., 1919-06-18
REAL ESTATE JoTTINGs.

William A. White & Sons have been
appointed managing agents of the four
story and basement building at II East
Twelfth street.
Edmund J. Shelley is the buyer OF "a
East Ninety-fourth street. recently sold
by Theodore A. kavanagh for Mrs. John
c. Breckenridge.
Mark Rafalsky & Co. have been APP
pointed agents for the fourteen story
apartment hotel 10 be erected at tho
northwest corner OF West End avenue
and Seventy-fourth street.
Tho absolute sale last Saturday Of
Shore Acres, between Rye and Mamar-
oneck, netted $4,000! or an average of
$4,000 a plot, according TO Arthur C.
Sheridan, the auctioneer. Among the
buyers were Daniel Warren, William F.
Insold, Frank Il. Elgar. e. w. Ham
nond. Edward ]. Whitaker, Edwin C..
Richards, F. b. Human. John II. SAT-
ford. Mr.. Bourne, Major Norton, A. s.
Lyman. general counsel for the New
York Central Railroad. and Frank c,
Littleton, who Is the owner OF a large
residence on the extreme end of Pre-
MUM Point, opposite Short Acres.
The sun., 1919-06-18

atty T'GG M CO. soi i7 "i B.sg' .a ;isSSss
9TH xY MARI; tIn s sss.sS ssn IL
Mary 4 John II Fsidschsr. tH Fort
washington Az. ssrs, &C. . y.s .srSSSS
IiTH Az. n cor 2 ans, 81 q, soss,. June is
Jscob Mayors TO- Bsliin Mayors. Is p
aad e. dSs and int as per bond st ~
7sTH ST, az R,mstsrdsm Az, isSi7.s,
Pm June 12-plsie Holzman TO ch@
Hidden. 81 Canal st PPrcyid.nee' !.
81; atty. Lawyers Co; ise
Ts sF ii SS;,;. Iii: e h.i;is FsS:.
int az bond; pr mts $4,000; atty, T az g
looiI. p m, June ls--Betty 8 Greene TO
Ida Heimann, ais w io6th ct, duo July
l 1871. So; atty. @ CO; dSs
bWay .................. sstfVVVv
Uptown.
(Msnhsttan Island, north Of 10th strsst.)
June i5--Isldor Bloch to ssml Kiosnsr.
Is losth st, due Dec is, 1871, eFs. pr
mtg $4,000; attys, Wolf q Kohn; ~
iasD sr, .. tisi ii::t av. 'iis.,1iccii.
man ; Sss' ,,s an p h:Sn; n y4. ~:
7TH Ay. p cor ilIth st, sslixico, June
1b-Nhtnhn ADIuE TO ChTfte WbtbcT-
man, SIS w 1tsd ct. instals, e9s, pr mtg
$4,000; atty. Abr Ablowitz. >2sl Broad
sTH Az, ais, W 8, ss.ii 'iiisthi st. issS
100. p m, Juno 1e-John Tomforde to
@erent c Girken, 81 n s7th OF, and ano.
ssIs. &C. due as bond, int 80. mtg ga
RIVERSIDE DRIVE, $50. 81, ss.s n ii7,h
/st, runs n 75x 1n.llx s27x " 30. TX
W - 70 beg. m; June ls-Msley
W suh st. 9 yrs ~. pr mtg slIs.Soo;
,ssrHa ST.. IS, W. $, $40 ith az, tx
ssli, m. Juno ls--Albert Tisdale to
Jennie I Davis, asa w lsoth ct. yrs
bh%; atty. @ q Co. l76 Bway.W,6
l3lST ST, ~ 4, .. lT.sxss1i, p m. June
lt--Emily NJ Hawkins to Hudwill Corpn,
~ w Abth ct, . yrs, 6h %,....., $1,000
10th ST. p, as W Bway, 10oxioo. . m,
June ls-Malex Realty Corpn to Caroline
Montant. II W 9sth st. due Feb l..
1870 tof June is. la22l, 6%. pr mtg
$4,000; attys. r g. II OGorman, u
- Chamber: ,,,s ro,, w.,s,ns ;sso's sy
7i.sxsb, p m. June is-college Holding Co
TO VIM d Faris. Bell Haven, Greenwich,
Conn. due June 1. le2s. eT. pr mtg
$4,000; atty. T @ q Co, 11e Broad.
wxsh1NiafoNN TERRACE. il, " =. ioss !:
issth Ut. iTsxss.e, p m. June is-Mary
Ramsey to Fredk 8 and Loretta Probes,
on premises. 8 yrs, 6hT; atty. T q
T Co. lTe Bway. .....*e'ooe
The sun., 1919-06-18
OTHER SALES IN MANHATTAN.

WEST 10TH STREET-Harry Sugar
man resold TO an investor the Ave story
double fiat at SCI West 1t9th street.
2Ix1o0, adjoining the northeast corner
OF Broadway. Mr.. Cruikshank recently
bought the house from Charles wynne
through the same broker.
WEST SIxTY-FIRST STREET - The
Houghton Company sold the four story
and basement dwelling. 1S.sxl00.5, at
40 West Sixty-first street. to DR..
Christian @. Rohrer.
WEST TWELFTH STREET,. Irving
Walsh sold for the estate of Elizabeth
Hunt, K. II. Herzog. executor, 275 West
Twelfth street. four story building,
SOFAS.
WEST 1ssTH STREET-Freidus q Co.
sold for Albert LYMAN and Isaac
Evenson $3.50 West 1s6th street. a
I'VE story apartment Mouse, Box7e.s,
to q client OF Harry ]. Schum.
EAST NINETY-SIxTH STREET-The
Metropolis Holding Company. William
Prayer president. bought from ]. ].
Hirsch 153 East Ninety sixth street, a
ive story fiat. on lot 1sx100.11, adjoin-
Ing the subway station at tho north
east corner OF Lexington avenue. Will
lam H. Caldwell was the broker.
WEST 1o1sT STREET.-THE four story
and basement dwelling, 322 West 10tst
street. 1sx1oo.l1. has been purchased
by Morris Pollack. Leo Oppenheimer
represented the seller, the 322 West
101st Street Company, and Kantrowitn
q Esperg acted for the purchaser.
EAST 132D STREET-Shaw q Co. sold
for James d. Patterson So East 1920
street, three story and basement
dwelling, 2ox45x100. to the Lawmor
Realty Company Inc.
EAST 10th STRAIGHTFORWARD 4
Prayer have sold to Hannah Youncker
the three story dwelling at 319 East
12oth street. ON n lot 20.sx10o.
EAST SIXTY-FIRST STREET-Mra.
Anna Miliamn sold 249 East Sixty
FIRST street. a three story dwelling, 1s.s
x10O.5.
WEST 144TH sTREET-Joseph lie
BLANC sold the ak story apartment, SO
x1oo, held at $4,000. at 242 and 24+
West 1t4th street. to Ike Stein.
EAST SIxTY-EIaHTH STREET-Pay-
son Mel Merrill Company sold for
the estate of Xantha s. Bartlett 20
East Eixty-eighth street. a four story
dwelling. 1sx1oo.5. between Fifth and
Madison avenues.
The sun., 1919-06-18
REALTY MARKET
NEWS AND COMMENT
frederick Brown Buys Twelve
story Loft on West 10th
Street Near 5th Avenue.
FRONT ST. BUILDING SOLD
First Sale Of Property Since
1823-Brady Realty Sells
for $40, 1850.

Frederick Brown has again turned his
attentions TO the midtown loft zone, q
district In which he and other operators
were particularly active only a short
while ago. From the Karis Realty
Company, Inc, MIR. Brown yesterday
purchased the twelve story fireproof
building at West Twentieth street.
which has n frontage Of ass feet and n
depth Of 96 feet and returns a gross
yearly rental OF t1s.sss Mr. Brown
made the purchase through Julian T..
SAKE, the property being subject to q
nrst mortgage of slno.co0 for three
years.
The building Is located forty-three
feet west Of the Presbyterian Building
At the northwest corner Of Fifth avenue
and Twentieth street and II diagonally
opposite the Methodist Book Concerns
Building at the southwest corner OF
Fifth avenue.
In the same section Mr.. Brown re-
Gently bought and quickly resold 81 West
Nineteenth street and III 10 1875 West
Seventeenth street. and now has nego-
tiations pending for the resale OF the
structure at 81 West Nineteenth street.
Adjoining the building purchased by him
yesterday Is me nine story structure at
IL West Twentieth street. recently pur-
chased by A. H. Atterbury from the
Levitan Realty Company. Other build
inss on the same block which have
changed hands recently are IS. Is and
81 to as.
AZ the Same time Mr.. Brown resold
10 Elias Brown so1 Beck street, a 1--WE
story apartment house. 3sx100. taking
In part payment the two three story
dwellings, at 231 and a37 Hoyt street.
Brooklyn, near Baltic street. each on a
lot 2ox60 and held for a total of $42.-
00o Louis Block was the broker.
Through W. J. Houston & SON Mr..
Brown sold to the Dormand Realty,
Simon Myers president, the four story
American basement dwelling. 1S5xS0, at
20 Hamilton Terrace, near 142d street.
The sun., 1919-06-18

Silk shirts, silk fiber shirts and straw
hats are at present on the wholesale
market, II is said, and the only mercthsn-
disc that may be obtainsd in those lines
Is the result of cancellations OF other
orders Buyers making the rounds o!
the houses selling silk shirts report that
they are not able to secure anything for
immediate delivery
Although straw hat factories usually
close in July, some houses which are
sold up now are accepting orders for de-
livery only after August IS. a time
when the retail selling season usually Is
over. 1t is said to be impossible TO place
an order in the wholesale market now
for any quantity Of straws for immedl-
ate delivery.