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The sun., 1919-10-12
ZTEGLER HOLDINGS
ON AUCTION BLOCK
"Baking Powder Kings" Sub
urban Lots and Houses Will
Be Sold Nov. 8.

Announcement that William Ziegler,
Jr. and Gladys Watson ziegler. trustees
t'the estate OF William Ziegler, de-
ceased, have decided to dispose at auc-
ton Of the remainder of the vacant hold
ings in the suburban district recently
left to them by their father. has iny
terested a large army Of homeseekers
and overburdened rent payers in the
metropolitan district The offering Is
one of the most unusual Of its kind ever
made to the public because of the va
riety of selection. the properties be-
ing widely scattered in the suburban
area
There are a total OF more than 900
lots altogether. including several houses.
in Brooklyn. Flushing, L. l.. Babylon.
TottenNlle, s. l.; Linden. N. j.: South
Elizabeth and Roselle. N. J. Bryan l..
Kennedy has been appointed auctioneer
10 sell these properties at absolute auc-
zion sale on Saturday. November 8. at
Il A NJ. at the Exchange Salesroom. IA
Nesey street. All these properties have
been improved with sidewalks. Curbs,
water, gas and electricity, and each de-
ready erected.
Among the properties TO be sold is the
famous Martense farm. in the vicinity Of
Borough Park. There are forty-one lots
and eight houses remaining in Thirty
eighth, Thirty-ninth. Fortieth streets.
Fourteenth avenue and adjoining streets
The property is fully improved and Is
served by the Culver line IL" service.
The development known as Ingieside,
in the southeriy part Of Flushing, con-
sists OF 235 lots on Parsona avenue,
Queens street, Franconia avenue and
other streets. On the Ziegler holdings
there have been more than 100 houses
built within the last few years. 1t Is
reached from the Pennsylvania Station
10 Main street, Flushing. thence by troll
ley to the property. IL is also accessible
directly by trolley from the Queensboro
Bridge.
AT Argyle Park, Babylon, L. l., there
will be offered seventy-one lots and four
houses. Argyle Park is located in the
desirable section of Babylon. and Is
separate colony of homes of people Of
refinement. From the standpoint OF
healthfulness the location Offers every
advantage. Argyle Park is thirty
miles distant from New York on the
Montauk division Of the Long Island
Railroad, and at present within an hour
Of East Thirty fourth street, Wall and
Chambers streets
At Linden, N. j., the offering consists
Of 234 lots and four houses. fifty-three
lots at st. George, Linden. N. j.; sew
enty-three lots at South Elizabeth, N. j.
and two lots in Roselle. N. j. All these
properties are a part OF general de-
velopment, and while bearing different
names are an integral part of that vast
Industrial centre which has been grow
.ng at a rapid pace during the last few
years in the vicinity of Newark Bay
Staten Island Sound. and XIII van Kuii'
The population Is constantly increasing
and the assessed valuation for the pur-
pose Of taxation has increased sb.eeeeoe
Il the last five years.
The sun., 1919-10-12
STRUCTURAL TIMBER
PRICES ARE FALLING
Large Sizes Already IS Louer
Than Last Week.
.JECoN FLOOR PLAN

Mill prices on douglas fir have broken.
says the American architect. The large
sizes Of structural timbers are IS lower
than they were a week ago. Other re-
ductions range from 81 to SO. Recent
telegraphic advices from tho Pacific
Coast state that drop siding prices have
dropped $40.
Manufacturers claim that the de-
creased business showing reported last
week Is due to the fact that they are
declining orders. 1t Is difficult to recon-
cile this statement with the fact that
WHOLESALERS have cancelled heavily on
orders placed recently for fear that the
market will not hold and that they
would stand to lose when the lumber
reached its destination.
Eastern yard buyers have also been
cancelling orders and wholesalers who
were practically eliminated when the
market was going up are preparing to
enter vigorously and to take their former
position. buying from the mills at the
mill prices direct to WHOLESALERS and
taking their customary profita
Stock reports of Sc representative
mills show that holdings run from "A
to S2.23 per cent. of normal In dmen-
sion sizes some OF the mills hold 1928 per
cent. of normal. This shows the cla So
of lumber that has been moving during
the high price season. West coast mills
hold S,11S carloads of untitled orders
Shipments for the week were 1,4s6
cars with acceptances of 1889 cars.
The tendency to sidestep accommodating
reserve stocks seems to be the rule of
the day. Retail yard oprators refuse to
carry lumber stocks bought at to-day's
prices over to spring. They desire to
keep their assets In as liquid \ state a.
possible, confident that the market viii
be lower before that time.
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S5 BRONX LOTS TO BE SOLD.
r. L. Kennedy VIII Dispose OF
Home sites October rs.

Bryan L. Kennedy will sell at aue-
ton on Saturday. october is, on the
premises the thirty-fVe lots comprising
the entire block front on the west side
Of Marion avenue. south side OF East
ls6th street and the east side of Balm
bridge avenue. The Bronx. All improve
ments have been made and all ASSESS
ments paid on these lots and they are
ready for the builder. Some OF the lots
are exceptionally deep. thereby permit
ting the erection OF additional apart
ments on the plot. thus increasing the
rental income without much additional
building cost.
The lots are conveniently located. hav-
ing the Third avenue elevated, which
connects with the subway at 14sth street
and Third avenue. with a station at
18th street and Webster avenue, only
Tour blocks from the property; the new
subway station at Jerome avenue and
kingsbridge road six blocks from the
property, and the Harlem Railroad. with
a station at East Fordham road ana
Park avenue. Numerous stores, schools
snd churches Of all denominations are
N the immediate vicinity OF the prop
srty
The sun., 1919-10-12
NEW YORK PAINT co.
BUYS HOBOKEN PLANT
VIZ Improve Old Factory of
National Caskef Co.

The Shaffer Color G. varnish Com
pany Of $50 Madison avenue has pur-
chased the plant of the National Caslset
Company. at Grand and Third streets in
Hoboken. which was recently utilized by
the Dunning Varney Corporation for the
manufacture of shell cases The Shafrer
company will use the entire building
and additions which have been planned
for the manufacture OF colors, var
nlshes. enamels and japans The sale
was negotiated by the C. Alfred Bur-
horn Company of Hoboken.
The building is four stories high and
contains 10000 square feet. While its
greatest part will be devoted to the
manufacture OF colors and paints parA
ticularly adapted to railroad, struc-
tural. marine and auto painting, d large
space is being prepared for An original
and unique method OF painting auto
mobiles The new company has per-
fected the "exceierator system" in
which cars are first painted by spray.
then placed in an oven for baking. re-
painted and rebaked. finally painted for
the third time, after which the car is
given the last and final baking.
For this work twenty special ovens
Tsare being built on the third floor. to
which all cars will be raised by spe-
cially constructed elevator of six tons
capacity. Each baking will consume
three hours. the first being at a tenn
perature OF 1T5 degrees the second at
$50 degrees, and the third at 125 de-
grees. This process is original. and has
proved successful to the satisfaction of
the officers of the new company, 1t Is
already receiving the attention OF auto
men all over the country. and 1t is
thought that its continued success will
revolutionize the automobile business.
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4ON1E HUNTING JOURNEYS THROUGH NEW YORT<S Subj
Trip No. 3, Having as It's Destination
an Exclusive Development With a
SplendidView of fthe Water Prices
in This Community Are Not
Cheap, but They Represent
Full Value

Next to the high cost OF living the
housing problem is interesting more men
aud women to-day than any other single
subject Persons who never expected
even to give serious thought to owning
their own homes are now putting in all
their leisure time seeking information
on the cost of building or buying, and
are frantically endeavorlng to get on the
track of some sort of a house that will
come at least somewhere near meeting
their requirements.
Naturally the extreme lack Of new
apartment and multi-family houses In
the heart Of the city and the consequent
soaring of rents Is driving even confirmed
fat dwellers to tho environs in search
Of a small home The high cost of build
ing materials and labor, together with
the uncertainty of getting either when
they are needed. has caused an unprec-
edented demand for houses that have
been built say from FIVE to ten years.
The result is that the pick of these
dwellings have been snapped up and to-
day II almost impossible to find such
a proposition at even a prohibitive price.
This means, therefore, that the bulk
Of the suburban trading is now con-
fined to houses that have recently been
built, and In many cases buyers take
them after having merely studied the
plAnA Experience shows that In the
face Of the house famine and high rent
prices In the city the overhead. charges
incident to buying a small home look
attractive even to .the scepticai. In this
connection II Is interesting to consider
the fact that the Government Is uncon-
sciously encouraging private home own
ing through allowing the deduction Of
interest and taxes on such homes when
computing the tax on private incomes.
THE Sun has already described to its
readers two types of medium priced
suburban single family homes and ex-
planned in detail how much cash was
required and what the carrying
charges were per month. In this
article q somewhat more expensive
house In an exclusive waterfront colony
The sun., 1919-10-12
Whole Mile Of Lots Along Broadway Will Be
Offered to Public at Van Cortlandt Sale

A barrier to the further improvement
of the Broadway frontage, extending
from Spuyten Duyvil Parkway (22d4
street) to 356th street, opposite Van
Cortlandt Park. will be removed on
Tuesday next In the vesey street sales
room, when ]. Clarence Davies and
Bryan l. Kennedy, agents and auction
GERS, will sell at absolute auction to the
highest bidder the remainder of the
holdings Of the Van Cortlandt estate.
The property, which has been held for
over 200 years in the ownership Of the
Van Cortlandts, consists of total OF
249 lots, 154 of which front on Broad
way, and the remainder, 95 lots, front
on the old Post Road. Spuyten Duyvil
Parkway and West 260th street.
In addition. the same sale Will disposs
of twenty-four buildings-dwellings. ho-
tells, stores. etc. All the buildings on
the property are income producing,
yielding returns which have been in
creasing from year to year. These VIII
be sold with tho lots on which they
stand, together with the leases
Never before in the history OF the auc-
ton market has q mile of Broadway
lots been offered to the public vendue,
and 1t is safe to say that there never
will be again. as this sale will absorb
practically all the unsold Broadway
frontage of any considerable size. Most
of the frontage is now held in small in
dividual ownerships. The lots have been
fully improved and all assessments have
teen paid The prices secured at the
GALE will in measure establish The
present day valuation for upper Broad
way lots.
From the earliest days in the history
of New York there has been continu-
Qua northward trend Of building and
population on Broadway, and the same
condition exists to-day. Investors ano
builders are accustomed to follow the
lines of least resistance In and ada
cent to transit lines
"That district of the city from the
2<2d street terminus OF the Broadway
Subway to 256th street. bounded on
the east by Van Cortlandt Park and
having as its westerly boundary the
Hudson River, is one of the most health
full and promising sections in. the city
of New York" remarked J. Clarence
Davies yesterday. This section, occupy
ing more than square mile, Is re-
stricted mainly for residence purposes
and has only one street where business
is allowed and where people can do
their shopping That is Broadway. Fur
thermore there Is only one side to the
thoroughfare at that point, the other
being Van Cortlandt Park. Having this
monopoly of business. 1t is inevitable
that a large retail shopping and amuse-
ment centre will blossom out as soon
as the property Is absorbed into indIvid-
ual ownerships.
This movement, in fact, has already
begun to take form in the absorption
of strategic locations on the part OF
large corporations controlling chain
stores. The operations of these business
, interests are. usually an unfailing ba-
rometer Of nelghborhood values and a
forerunner to real estate activity.
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sRD~AMs Of the AREA SALE.

Cortlandt family for about ninety years.
announced yesterday that the attorneys
for the estate intend to do everything
possible for the convenience OF the pur-
chasers at the sale
"Thoss who buy or take term mort
cages" said Mr.. Menken, Twill be al
lowed to pay them OF whenever they
desire TO negotiate larger loans for. i'm
provements. and they will be treated
with the same consideration given to
other people who deal with our Office in
mortgage matters" The property to be
sold is the last large parcel OF Colonial
realty still In the possession of the origi-
nal family. 1t has been in the possess
sion OF the Van Cortlandts since 1891,
which was twenty years before Jacobus
The sun., 1919-10-12

'fhe westerly portion of tho section
mentioned is built up with homes of
men prominent in financial. artistic and
professional circles of the city. among
whom are Darwin p. Kingsley. Cleve-
land H. Dodge, George w. Perkins,
George B. Cortelyou and Lewis.L Della
field.
History has shown that transit and
population are the creators Of real es-
tate values. and with these two factors
in strong evidence il Is obvious that as
soon as normal construction is resumed
this portion of the city will be among
the first to be built up"
$. Stanwood Menken. a member OF
the law hrm of Beekman, Menken & Girls
com. which has represented the Van
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American Mayor of New York The
mayor part or the property was takeR
by the city In 1883 TO create van Cnrt-
landt Park, and now only this marrow
mile strip on the west side of the road
way overlooking the beautiful park play
fields remains
broadway is OF course completely nm
ished. graded, severed. curbed and
paved, so that there are no future as
sessments to handicap the holding of
these lots. Nor Is there neea 10 wAa
for transit developments, as a nVe ccs',
subway fare directly from the spot takes
the visitor to any pait OF tho elLy. EiSS
sale was ordered by the present owner.
Augustus Van Cortlandt
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has been selected for the benefit of those
VINO desire distinctive home at
moderate cost in a neighborhood cater
ing exclusively to persons who are
proud TO own their home and who are
particular about their neighbors.
Tho house shown above, with nine
rooms and two baths on a plot 75x150,
ready for occupancy. may be had for
$l9.oo0. This of course includes the
iand. The owners maintain that this
price omits the average builders profit
for the reason, they state. that the
houses In this community are erectad at
cost, the owners being content with
their proht on the sale of the plot.
The house Is of the modified Dutch
Colonial type with white stucco on the
nret floor section and stained shingles
above. The roof Is of green slate
shingles with solid copper trimmings
and cutters.
The site Is on n terraced elevation
overlooking the water. The plot af-
fords ample room for small garden
ana garage. There are shade trees
already planted and there are no as
sessments of any kind to be levied.
study of the floor plans shown
above will give a comprehensive idea
OF the size OF the house and OF the ex-
cellence OF Its arrangement One fea-
ture especially worthy Of mention is
the fact that the laundry is Off the
kitchen. which is regarded as boon
to the housewife or the servants. The
hall contains first an entrance yestibule
with cloakrooms. The sun parlor has
southeast exposure and is one of the
features of the house.
The unusually commodious kitchen is
tiled and equipped with every modern
convenience. 1t Is in fact the last
word" in kitchen construction. The liv-
ing room contains a large fireplace
There are four bedrooms on the second
fioor and two more on the third floor,
A sleeping porch may be erected over
the sun porch to connect with the large
masters bedroom on the second floor.
The sun., 1919-10-12
NO 5TH AVE. PRIZES THIS YEAR
Not Enough Building to Warrant
Awards for Best Structures.

When the members OF the Fifth Ave-
nue. Association and their guests meet
at their annual dinner, November Q, at
the Waldorf-Astoria they will miss one
of the interesting features OF former
dinners. the presentation of medals and
diplomas offered by the Fifth Avenue
Association for the first and second best
new buildings and alterations made dur
ing the year in the Fifth avenue section.
The association has not discontinued
this method of encouraging the beautifi-
cation that has made the Avenue of the
Allies the most famous and attractive
thoroughfare IN the world Owing TO
the curtailment Of building operations
during the war there have not been suf-
ficient structural changes of note to jus
tify a competitive award. 1t Is quite
certain, however. that next year will see
many notable improvements in the Fifth
avenue section that will deserve meri-
torious mention.
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can be heated for $3.50 a year. Com
mutation to New York, with forty-six
trains daily over an electrified division.
amounts to sS.25. This adds about
$19.25 month to the actual living
charges. bringing it up to s10S.92.
Buyers may liquidate the second mort
sage il they desire at the rate of from
SIS to $3.50 a month. The first mort
gage may remain as a permanent mort
gage. In which form It is sold and guar
anteed at 8 per cent by the bank.
The colony is twenty-five minutes
from the Pennsylvania station. 1t Of
The sun., 1919-10-12
DEMAND FOR HOMES ON L. I.

John NJ. Richie of 6s William street
reports an unprecedented demand for
homes on Long Island. The supply OF
houses. he states, has been depleted as
result cf this purchasing movement
While the buying of houses in the sub
urban territory in recent months has
been strengthened by the lack of living
accommodations In Manhattan, Long
Island probably has received more at
tention than any other section because
OF It's natural accessibility Mr. Richie
has now in the course OF construction
at Little Neck a number OF six room
homes that are nearing completion.
The sun., 1919-10-12

The terms of sale depend to some ex-
tent on the reputation and responsibility
Of the buyer If convenient the owners
will accept 90 per cent. cash on s19,500.
which is $4,000. leaving balance of
sI5,600. This may be divided into a first
or permanent mortgage of $4,000 at 5h
per cent. interest. The owners will take
back a second mortgage of $500. which
must be paid off within a period of three
to Ave years by mutual arrangement.
As the mortgage is reduced each year
the interest and consequent carrying
charge decrease.
The sun., 1919-10-12
ANOTHER GUTENBERG SALE.

Bryan L. Kennedy will offer at abso-
lutte auction sale without reserve to the
highest bidder on Saturday. October 25,
on the premises at 2 p. NJ, the 2o4 fully
developed lots opposite the Gutenberg
Race Track, Hudson Boulevard. State
street and Pennsylvania avenue. town
ship Of North Bergen. ". J. All TN
provements have been made and all as
sessments paid.
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TO AUCTION YoNKERs LOTS.

Bryan I. Kennedy will offer at auc-
tion on Saturday. November 1. at noon
at Philipsburg Hail. Yonkers. the un-
sold holdings of the New York and
Yonkers Real Estate Company and the
Wakefield Terminal Improvement Com
pany, consisting of 5s6 home sites known
as the Pease. Gunther and Billiard es-
tates on Central Park avenue. Mile
Square road. Midland avenue. Halsted
avenue and adjoining streets In Yonk-
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fers excellent school and marketing IA
c!lities, bathing. boating and tennis play
ing conveniences. The restrictions are
permanent and controlled by the present
owners of the development.
. The owners now have more than twer-
~ new houses under construction, rep
resenting various types, sizes and de-
signs, which will be offered for sale COM
plete for occupancy at prices ranging
from $4,000 to $4,000. II THE SUN
readers desire further information as to
these houses they are requested to write
to the Real Estate Editor.
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TO SELL TENAFLY PROPERTY.
Sheridan VIII Auction wardwel
Place on October IS.

The Wardwell place on Forest road,
Tenafiy. N. J.. adjoining the Coppel
Saturday. October 1s. at p. NJ. on the
premises by Arthur C. Sheridan. auc-
tioneer.
1t consists OF a large modern stone
mansion having fourteen rooms and
three baths. a garage and six acres Of
land beautifully laid out In lawns. road
ways and pathways. Tho sale Is ar
ranged 20 that 60 per cent of the pur-
chase price may remain on mortgage
and the buyer can have immediate pos
session
The sun., 1919-10-12
LONG LEASE FOR JOHN DAVID.

George A. BOWMAN has Negotiated
lease for Virginia McAleenan and Dor
othy Taylor OF their property at 1875
and 127 West Forty-second street. for
twenty-one years, at an aggregate rem
tai of more than 100000, to John
David. from May /. 1921. when the
present leases expire. Mr.. David will
remodel OF reconstruct the buildings for
his business.
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bridge than any other property In Long
Island City suitable or desirable for liv-
ing purposes. The Lowery street sub
way station is directly opposite the pro-
posed building.
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Boiled down to actual terms, the an
nual carrying charges for interest. taxes
and insurance. without taking into ac-
count amortization of mortgage. amount
to SLOTS. or about $50 a month.
The items on these accounts are:
Interest on s15,6oO at 8 Il per cent. 1891
Taxes. approximately .....,...... 145
Water and insurance ............. 40
Total annual overhead .......$1,0T6
Monthly .SS9.67
The owners estimate that the house