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New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Interesting History
Is Wrapped About
Little Brick Build
ing That Years OF
Progre S S Have
Left as Link With
Old Colonial Davs

Foot Regiment met that same day,
January 10, 1770. in front OF the
Golden Hill Inn and fight followed
The soldiers used their weapons and
the Americans fists and clubs. Men
were killed and wounded and the fight
would have become serious indeed had
not officers rushed ont OF the tavern
and ordered the soldiers back TO then
barracks. The fight. some histor;ss
say, took place IN the yard OF the inn.
while others say it was i'll the street
in front of the building. At any rate
the first bloodshed was there and the
wounded were taken into the hotel for
treatment.
Wild times marked the revolution
against the mother country. Yankee
spies came there to receive information
to carry back to the commander. Note
was taken of the Tories and the part
they played IN support of England
When they fight was over. those who
remained were confronted with expires
sions made in the Golden Hill Inn
against the Americans. and they were
punished by loss of property and Other
possessions.
With the end of the war America
made plans for trade campaigns. The
fruits of the efforts of the new repub-
lie were seen in the expansion Of trade
areas into tho residential sections
That pushing northward movement has
never stopped. 1t took away all thc OLD
neighbors OF the Golden Hill Inn Busi-
ness buildings replaced them. Fiist
a1- x,rara ,,,fN- tLvca -,,I ro,.,. .4,.-:,-
high. They were replaced in time by
taller structures, and the old tavern
looked on. With the invention of the
passenger elevator the height o. the
tavern's neighbors was pushed further
into the sky. Steel frame construction
ran heights up until buildings thirty
two stories and higher threw shadows
across the old tavern. which in 1892 was
one Of the tallest buildings i'm New
York.
During the Civil War changes were
made in the old building. The rear wal
was removed and the building length
ened. Ia 1870 q Frenchman OF the
name OF Ralmun leased the building
and established there fine restau-
rant, which became the meeting place
OF the merchants OF the lower city for
many years. The building continued
as restaurant for twenty years, when,
IN 1890, it was vacated.
Commercial oc mpatioD followed. and
for the last ten years It has been The
headquarters Of carpenters and cab
net makers, whose employment u
chiefly repairing and making minor
changes in Offices in the neighborhood.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Wise Leader Can Correct
Housing Shortage Quickly
Frank Bailey Attributes Situation to Uncertainty
OF investmen-Hop i'm Reconstruction In
estigation--Profitee ring Charges Are Refuaed

centage of the entire budget which
could be taken from real estate. This
would be better, l think. from the
city's standpoint.
I would combine several of the city
departments into one department.. If
those things were we'll done, and all
done quickly, there would be an
abundance of housing furnished in
time to take care of the people, not
abundantly, but satisfactorily, and an
abundance would quickly follow salts
factory housing.
Knocking landlords, knocking the
lenders, knocking the departments
knocking the labor situation, knocking
everybody, does not boost anything. ],
may be popular but it is not for eff
fciency. No single sum Of $4,000, ,00C
or s10,0o0,o0o raised for benevolent
purposes can more than help the situa-
tion little, for the company | repre-
sent is lending from S2,000,000 to So
100000 month in the Metropolitan
district
Something must be done to make the
ownership of real estate more popular
Gnu PuC oi OoliSdtiOH upon Inc tenant
10 care for his apartment and pay his
rent and not leave him free TO move
out any time he wishes.
Cooperation Of this nation saved the
food situation for Europe, stopped "joy
riding" on Sunday, and it can save the
building situation and the housing stu
alton IN New York under proper leader
snip, and that, too, very quickly.
Incidentally, If had my way, would
do everything possible to induce the
construction of small houses, such as
are built by the Shipping Board in
Philadelphia, a two-story, six-room
house, which could Dc sold for S3,50O
to 4,o00.-sixtcen feet wide. They
could be built by the hundreds in
Brooklyn and Queens, and would tend
toward home ownership. which should
be the ultimate result Of this cooper
atiYe attempt.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
By Frank Bailey,
'ice-President of Title Guarantee and
Trust Company


Ine housing problem is engaging the
attention Of those who wish the city
we'll at the present time, and also oc
eupylng the minds of those Of othe,
u'les. II has been brought about by
many causes The PRINCIPAL cause :.
NAT 1t has been improbable to own
iesi estate. and tenants have beer
.|'ng 1t the expense Of the landlords
Eao nave not been able to obtain suffi-
Gent income from the property to pay
1as interest on the 4nvestment. or any
amortization Of the building.
'here Is way out that is NOT diff
sun II the foundations for recon
S'iuc'ion are properly built. Real
ss's'e for the past twenty years has
DSfne an unfair proportion Of the taxes
VI Ihe cities Thirty per cent of the
.sn' from house is at once paid for
'a@eS. The cost OF repairs and up-
ssep nave nearly trebled, and now that
.As landlord can obtain and is irvine
" OBTAIN far return on his invest
"s"'' lie "a accused of profteering.
Now it Is not possible TO induce
capital TO construct BUILDINGS u,b;cb
= sAn0e make fair return, and where.
,n man attempts to make a fair re-
,~a a ne Is held up to the public as a
.snt prohteerer. You cannot sell FISH
hoileFing' how bad they are. and
''Shpting 20 make them worse. If we
s.e 20 start at the foundation and en-
s,,r.. 80 10 hooyerize, az it were, the
;5..u1''on' BY asking cooperation Of ali
;@'s'ested - IN the welfare or the city.
,;,a.'o "oo'o not take long to cure the
~, you'd start with the tenement
..uo'hg, and fire laws. which nave
a.ooe II necessary 10 construct an
ap@f'msnt which now costs $40 for =
%ho can pay only $50. would
49, syS' al 70 agree upon law which
49, MAKE IT possible 10 produce an
sS~ s~i ''asnt which would rent for from
- 70 2<o, and another section Of the
= "Aien you'd allow for apartments
P@g more, and another xection for
Is,..'I,os ~~. sa'snts u pay stilI more. / would
sss.'''p'ately ALLOW stores in three
s buildings 70 be altered 70 aoa,f-
sass. lEnn That would produce at Ieazt
'' apartments within three months.
sss ~"Sia then ak labor leaders to
IT, .oEesf'sr and agree upon no styikea
49, sHe balance u the year, and the
T.. - ~ which labor will be fufnjahed
=. vi c'nstFuction for the balance Of
nv. Inv ssaf. ! would then ask all The aay.
50 ~ osnks, not few. 10 come together
NO.. ,~ sxfee 70 finance, for 3 reasonable
,np'ss'on H., Of the value, new conetr,,c-
Iss no ~nich would increase The hong.
go @eSi'ites Of the Garner Of moderate
80 ss' ana would ask them to al,vaya
~. ,snas for .hst p1rpose.
ss.,a 1's'd ptomlge lexlsIatioa u6,eb
lsgsss 80 unit the tax ate. Or better
Ss''n which you'd limit the per.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

OF New York has been urging that a;
llnanclal institutions should cooperate
to the greatest possible extent in financ
ing the erection of new housing in the
City of New York
The Lawyers Mortgage Company is
now accepting building loans of mod
crate class to the extent of it's capital
and with view to attracting further
investment money into this field, i begs
to offer to your institution guaranteed
building and permanent first mortgages
on the following basis:
these mortgages are to be OF an
amount not exceeding 66 per cent of
the value OF the new buildings and the
land, to run for five years, to be fully
guaranteed, principal and interest by
the Lawyers Mortgage Company at y
per cent net during construction and 5
per cent thereafter, such mortgage loan
to be submitted in advance and to be
thoroughly approved by your institu-
tlon as to location, type OF building,
interior plan and all features The
mortgage offered to cover only new
buildings to house people of moderate
class, such as, for example, five story
Walk-up apartments in the Washington
Heights district, the Bronx, etc. The
advances on the building loans would
come from you at intervals during a
period of about siX months and every
contingency would be guaranteed
against by the Lawyers Mortgage Com
pany, including the guarantee OF the
completion of the building.
1t is unnecessary to emphasize the
serious condition in which New York
will find itself next autumn if there
IS not large addition to the housing
capacity III the city. Population and
industry will be forced to go elsewh ere
and the present unrest and discomfort
shown in rent strikes, proataering at
tacks, etc. viii be intensified In de-
fault of government aid for housing,
such as is now being furnished b.
England it would seem to be a wise
policy on the part of all financial cor
porations in New York to eot aside d
certain amount of money 3 be ad-
vaAced during the coming half year
towards overcoming the housing short
age IN the autumn.
Il can only add that these MORTGAGES
Will be first-cass investments in them
selves and that the war has demons
uated our guarantee TO be entirely
sound, the Lawyers Mortgage Com
pany having met all its engagements
without borrowing any money and
keeping on hand at all times a large
amount Of cash"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Tavern OF The Horse and Cart Impervous Through
Centuries to Trade Encroachment Surrenders at T a.
New York's Oldest
Structure, on Will
lam Street, To Be
Raced to Satisfy
the Demands of
RusIn S S 1 o 4
Larger Quarters

Tavern of the Sign of the Horse and
10 Cart built 227 years ago, on Horse
ord Cart street and its old neighbor
vbieb was put up 1875 years ago are
,be next structural immortals to be
called. Trade wants the space they
oceupy and history shows that trade
bos never been denied. The fact that
The tavern is the oldest building in New
york CITY and the other structure the
second oldest. has nothing to do with
the case. New York is very much
material and sentiment is tolerated
ius, so long as it does not interfere
with the course Of the utilitarian and
his plan. When it does, sentiment and
she things that it stands for are swept
.way like wood chips on a tidal wave.
In the face of all this it is remark
,ble that the old structures at 1922,
Jo4 and 1876 William Street have stood
80 long against such conquering force
Is trade expansion. Tall buildings
lock down upon the tavern from all
sides like frowning giants tolerating
she presence of the squat, quaint, little
buildings nestled there on the east side
OF William Street just north of John
Street. 1t is the last of the several
hundred buildings which comprised tho
early colony of New York when
It was created in 1892 or thereabouts.
1t was built expressly as road house
and far ont near the cranberry bogs,
which were good hunting grounds in
those early days Big men of the
Dutch period, of English rule and final
ly Yankee domination came TO the
Tavern OF the Sign of the Horse and
Cart to dine and wine and make happy.
When the tavern was erected COM
.aercial New York was not very i'm
pressive. Aside from the headquarters
OF few trading companies it con-
sisted of group of nondescript build
ings, mostly huts, in the shadow of the
walls of Fort Amsterdam down at the
water edge, which then was at Bowling
Green.
Trade Has Revolutionized New York
Like giant combers breaking on
beach, each tossing further than the
last business has swept through the
city. Unequivocal has been IT'S de-
mands on New York real estate Push
ing out beyond the shadows of Fort Am
sterdam, it has revolutonized, changing
accepted conditions and sectional char
acter Building after building has gone
down before its advances, first in this
direction and then in that.
Only the tavern remains OF the .
structures of the 17tn century period.
The old structure and its neighbor
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
applicants for Suites in Ne,v 5th Arenue House
Must Expect TO Pay $20OOO Year at Least

It seems a coincidence that an
time of the passing Of the Oldest struct-
IRE and the advance Of the newest in
New York City. j. Z. r. Carpenter is
ready to proceed with the construction
Of the eleven story apartment house
planned for the south corner of Fifth
Avenue and Sixty-sixth Street, gener-
ally known as the Schley corner. The
Improvement and the site Will repre-
sent an investment of several million
dollars and may rightly share the rep
utalion Of being among the finest and
most expensive apartment buildings in
the city.
Occupants Of this house will pay
from $4,000 to $780, 600 d year, accord
ing to the rentals announced at the
time the Improvement of the corner
with an apartment building was made
public. Only eleven families Will be
given the privilege Of living in this
house, because there are to be only
eleven apartments in the building
Each suite will cover an entire floor
and consist of nineteen rooms, in addi-
ton to eleven closets, six baths, a
pantry, gallery, private hall and pri-
vate corridor, each room, whether for
master, guest or servant, being large
and the ceiling higher than the aver
age height.
Living rooms will occupy the Fifth
Avenue half of the building. Overlook
ing Fifth Avenue and Central Park and
extending across the entire width of
ho hA
the drawing room, each 36 feet long and
"a and % feet wide, respectively. A
gallery, which is feature first intro
duced in apartment houses by Nj. Car
pentcr, connects these rooms with the
reception rooms facing in Sixty-sixth
Street, a dining room, 22x3O, and the
elevator service TO the street.
On one side the gallery will overlook
the inner court Of the building. Gal
leries in this house will be about 10
feet wide and 35 feet long A private
hall 51s feet wide will continue from
the gallery to the five masters sleeping
rooms, which will be at least 1876 feet
wide and Is feet long.
In the wing of the building will be
located the service section Of the apart
WtuiS, dHu ulSO SUH llNiHB uCCOiHIHOud-
tions of servants. we will be seven
bedrooms for sery4 in each suite.
Each will be at least 7,3x9 feet in size.
The help viii also have a dining
room, 10.4x12.8. Kitchens will bu 1910
feet one way and II feet another, so
that there will be ample room for the
cooks, and no complaints can be raised
against crowded conditions in this
house.
The pantry, which connects the ktch-
en- with the dining room, will be more
than half the size Of the kitchen. All
rooms, whether baths, servants quar-
tiers or those OF the head Of the house
will have outside exposure.
Mr.. Carpenter is Southerncr and
naturally is influenced by the breadth
and depth and height Of rooms in the
old homes Of the South. lie is big
room man and permits nothing 10
stand IN the way Of sizable rooms.
He il sacriiiclng an income of $4,000
II year at least in thls houee that the
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Let fhe T15~ibssne
Help YOU S0yre
Y0uy'H0g7se bIesss

TT He services of the Real Es-
Il tate Department of The
Tribune are offered you in the
solution Of your problems. You
may want a home in the suburbs,
but you cannot make up your
mind whether Long Island, West
chester, Connecticut or New Jer-.
sey is preferred.
1t may be that you viii want
to buy or lease with the privilege
of buying later, or it may be that
your stay in the suburbs IS fer
the spring and summer season
only.
What are the climatic condi-
tons in various sections of the
suburbs and what are the rentals
and fee values and taxes?
These are questions that con-
front many families to-day, es-
pecially since the housing accom-
modations Of the city are sach
that one is forced TO go . the
country, or rather the suburbs,
for relief.
Our ASSOCIATION with the lead
ers in the suburban ield viii
make ii possible fer you tc secure
the best information on the prob
LENS that vex you. They have
offered to help you through TIE
Tribune. Address inquiries to
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
Calls ON Financial
Corporations to
Aid i'm Building g:
<
Should Set Certain Sum-
Aside for Relief in Ezo,ls-
ing Shortage, Says Rich
ard M. Agard

letter signed by Richard NJ. IIurd,
president of the Lawyers Mortgage
Company, has been sent to clients OF
the company, including trust com
panies and life insurance companies,
seeking to gain their help in the hous-
ing situation.
Mr.. liurd tells of the plans his COM
pany intends to carry out in aid of the
movement and says it would be wise
policy on the part of all financial cor
porations in New York to lcrd their
aid. Mr.. lIurd's Letter follows.
The Housing Committee Of The re
construction Commission of the State
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

toms authorities and a stanch opponent
Of protective tariffs came to the inn.
and stories arc told that General
Washington, Alexander Hamilton, who
had his Office In Pine Street for many
years, Aaron Burr, Lafayette and Other,
men of political and military promi-
nence in the colonial days were pa
irons Of the Horse and Cart.
Tho building was used continuously
as hotel or restaurant for 178 years.
record unique in this state, If not in
the entire country. Features Of hotel
life now common were introduced at
the Horse and Cart, which later was
known as the Golden Hill Inn. 1t was
erected first for the accommodation of
hunters, who found much game in the
swamps and cranberry boggs to the
north now known as The Swamp the
centre of the leather industry in this
city.
Site Bought From Shoemakers
The site of the tavern was lot IS in
subdivision of four tanners, who
bought all the land bounded by Broad
way, Maiden Lane, William and Ann
streets Tor the purpose OF erecting tan
neries to replace those in Broad Street,
which were regarded by the town peo-
pie as obnoxious and nuisances. Being
far outside the city no objections were
made to the development Of the tan
merry business htere. The tract in this
way came by the name of Shoemakers'
pasture. This led to the purchase of
Beekman sWamps to the north by
Jacobus Roosevelt. who erected tan
neries also. Shoemakers pasture was
subdivided into building plots in 1880
and sold at from 20 to 80 pounds
sterling each.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
biscai: &c. Buys Terminal
Plot for Factory S;i

The Sawyer Biscuit Company of New
York and Chicago has purchased a
large plot at the Degnon Terminal in
Long Island City from the Degnon
Neatly and Terminal Improvement
Company through NJ. & L. Hess, Inc.
The plot is situated on Nelson Avenue
at Mount and School streets. The
Sawyer Biscuit Company viii im-
meeietcly erect a modern building to
eoeel the entire piot THIS is tn sixth
lefse interest 10 locate q The neqnon
'Iei@lna' sNin The pas. eal.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
By E. P. Blake
Of William A. White < Sons

vi W lillian y. W nkLo sons
The demand for moderate priced apart
ments Of three, four FIVE and six rooms
in non elevator houses IS growing daily
in greater New York Washington
Heights, the Dyckman section and the
western part of The Bronx arc partic-
ularly in need of five and six story
structures Vacant land north Of 157th
Street, between the Harlem and North
rivers, can be purchased day, ! un-
derstand, for less than ten years ago.
The same can be said for The Bronx
and the Dyckman tract.
The cost of building for the last two
years has unquestionably increased
but will probably remain stationary for
the next year. While rents seem high
to-day, they are likely to 90 higher. un-
less 'walk-up" apartments are built 20
meet the ever-increasing demand Up
to this time builders have not resumed
operations, not because of the scarcity
of building loan money and uncertainty
Of delivery of materials and labor, but
because OF the high cost Of construc-
ton
Building Money Available
For the builder of strength and repu-
tation funds are now available for such
Improvements in the form Of straight
building loans for one year, and also
in building and permanent loans for
five years at current rates of interest.
These interest rates ere about one-half
of l per cent higher than before the
war on loans for fixed terms The ex-
pcrienced builder will encounter little
trouble in obtaining fair loans, i he is
willing TO start operations at once, so
that the apartments wiil be ready for
fall renting.
The lenders now in the market want
to help relieve the shortage of walk
up" apartments, and, believe, will
figure their appraisals on the present
cost Of building ana the price paid
for The land. This Is only fair as the
rent asked VIII be based On to-day's
investment.
Courage and Ambition Needed
Plenty OF ground ripe for improve
ment can be secured in sections men
toned. which all have splendid trans
portaton facilities. Labor is ready to
do its share; building material men
are anxious for business; the building
loan men are enthusiastic over the
future, so that all We need OF build
ers is ambition and courage. The fact
that builders have not started erecting
houses Of this type in the last six
months has been great surprise
to me.
am reliably informed that fifteen
projects have been started in The
Bronx since May 1 and ,hat ,naay
mo-e are IN eontemplaQoa This i~
an 'detd time lor operations % start
and | hrmly believe the; lhs next
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18

V0-'
1t is sound business 10 erect walk
up" apartments at this time. because
Of the unusually large waiting list of
tenants willing to pay any rent within
reason, and mortgage money is becom-
ing easy for such enterprises
From an investment standpoint. the
non-elevator house is in class by
Itself. It appeals to the shopkeeper,
business men OF moderate means, and
the investor who desires to manage HIS
own property and live in the house.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-18
and Courage
Lacking in Building Field
E. p. Blake Says Money, Material and Labor Avail
the Call; Suggests Walk-Up'' Construction
Good Investment and a Shortage Solution
Walk Ups" Good Investments

thirty days viii see many new enter
prises under way.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-19
OLD BATTLEFIELDS
 UNDERGOING CHANGE
France Is Making Rapid Recovery From Effects of Four Years
 of War

SoisSonS Dec 17 (By the Asso ciateu the battleswept regions of northern France back to their normal condi- tion is being everywhere noted by the Associated Press correspondent who, with special facilities extended by the government, is making a tour through the devastated regions to observe their steady progress toward recovery. This rchubilla ton is observable in the revival of old industries, the estab- liShment of new ones and the intro duction of modern equipment. and it is even noticeable in the return of vast tiocks and herds of domestic an imalS depleted by the war back to the normal basis required for the do nestic needs Of this region.
 When war swept over the ten de- partm ents along the battle front, do mestic animals disappeared. most of the stock being taken as food for the armies, while the birds and fowl fled from the concussion of the great guns. Now with the gradual return to pre-war conditions, the thrifty French peasant and small farmer is making heroic efforts to recoup his fotune and to rehabilitate his land.
 In the fields of industry the notice able develC pment5 among the French is the inclination to moderniIe plants destroyed by the raNageS of the war. Naturally slow to make changes and suspicious of new things. French.nen are beginning to step for ward They are Installing electric power applying the latest ideas in mechanics. reoroanzing the enter prise& and building a firm foundation in preparation for developments they believe the future will bring forth.
New Britain herald., 1919-12-19

Several cases were assigned for trial al tue short calendar session cf the city court this afternoon.