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ties for shipping by both water and rail.
This was a great feature during the
war, as all the manufactured products
had to be shipped overseas, and will be
a great help to a manufacturer. as he
can ship from this plant not only by
rail to all parts Of the country, but by
water shipment to New York, which taps
all lines Of steamships bound for Euro
pean ports. as well as coastwise steam
ships, and deliveries to the steamships
touching New England ports. There Is
contemplated a great development OF
Bridgeport harbor. and it will not be
long before large seagoing vessels will
touch this port. For immedite delivery
to New York by water a manufacturer
could ship from this plant by two lines
of freight steamships making daily trips
between Bridgeport and New York.
Whatever concern is fortunate enough
to obtain the war plant of the Reming-
ton Arms Company. Mr.. Day says. will
have one of the finest industrial estab-
lishments in the world Though erected
in record time. it represents the last
word In modern Industrial construction.
The plant itself consists of thirteen units
OF Ave stories each, built Of brick over
steel frames, with concrete floors, the
buildings all being connected so that
they form a series of large letter HIS.
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FARMS RECKONING TO
JOBLESS SOLDIERS
Offer Income of $50 a Month
and Board to Average Man.

Forward to the Farm" is a little
booklet prepared under the direction OF
Col Arthur Woods, assistant TO the
Secretary of War in charge of the re-
employment work for ex-service men.
The interesting facts and figures
gathered in that booklet show that
farming is no longer a laborer's work
Old back breaking farming methods are
obsolete. The farmer no longer fol-
lows furrow the whole day at the
heels of a ballxy, mule. He uses a trac-
tor which tools three ploughs without
any exertion on Sis part and does more
work in a day than was formerly done
In week. The scythe is as obsolete
az the spinning wheel. The harvesting
r1achine and the binder have taken its
place. Farming has become a business
and science.
In advising the ex-service man to en-
gage in farm work Col. Arthur Woods
says that every man falls into one of
the three following classes:
1. Those who have already worked on
farm but have no capital with which
TO start farming for themselves. Good
farm hands draw to-day twice the pay
they drew five years ago. Fifty dollars
a month and board for steady hands is
the average. And It is all velvet. Few
men save that much in the city. With
the money thus saved, the experienced
farmer will soon be on the road to sue
cess.
2. The ones who have some money
but don't know the difference between
ploughshare and a whiffietree. Men
IN this class command good wages while
they are learning the trade. In the win
ter they can go TO an agricultural col
lege and learn to know what they are
about next spring.
8. Glass three is for the lads who
have neither money nor experience.
The Central West is calling aloud for
all kinds OF men, skilled or unskilled,
to help harvest the mightiest wheat
crop the world has ever seen. Unskilled
men get 40 to so cents an hour. and
board and lodging free. The job Is
good until late September. Not many
clerks or Office men will have as much
velvet money at the end OF such short
period. And II a harvest hand proves
that he ID willing and/steady. permanent
jobs will run after him.
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to sell its plant at Swanson. VT. two
story concrete building in the form Of a
cross, with sections fifty feet wide. con-
tanning about $4,000 square feet of all
daylight manufacturing space. Forty
nine acres of level land go with the
building, including warehouses. artesian
wells, oil tanks, power plants, gas houses
and a garage.
Mr.. Day Is most enthusiastic over the
prospect of converting these plants Into
peace time industries and winners Of
world trade. This is the way he feels
about it:
This plant of the Remington Arms
Company is of great interest to me per-
sonally." he> said yesterday. ut
Is such a big plant, so wonderful, so
complete and its record during the war
was SO splendid that It has engaged my
personal interest. Now we are going
to At this plant into the problem Of re-
construction of American industries. and
on the day when I shall see the smoke
belching from chimneys in the power
house and 1 shall hear the machinery
singing its merry song of industry /;
when I shall see the thousands of people
actively and happily employed. 1 shall
feel that have done one of the finest
pieces Of work that ever has given
pleasure to a real estate broker"
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REAL ESTATE NEWS,
NOTES AND GOSSIP
Mayors Buy West 72d Street
Apartment-West Broad
way Lofts Sold.

The twelve story apartment house at
105 West Seventy-second street, valued
at 100000, was sold yesterday by Wal
ter d. Ebbitt Of the office of Slawson q
Hobbs for William S. Hill. president of
the los West Seventysecond Street Com
pany, to Jerome c. and NJ. G.. Mayer,
builders of high grade apartment
houses. The structure was built by
Brown Brothers, from whom Mr. Hill
bought It.
This is the second recent sale of a
twelve story apartment on this street
The other was 124 West Seventy second
street, bought by Mrs. William Zieger
from the Beaumont Realty Company.
Messrs. Mayer have been Identified with
some Of the largest apartment house OPP
eratlons in the city. They recently pur-
chased $50 Park avenue, which was re-
sold twice ut substantial profits. Owing
to the great demand for apartments in
the section they are contemplating reno
waiting the Seventy-second street prop
erty into an apartment hotel.
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. Dear Mr. Clarke: Under the following
conditions how much should I pay for
house? There are three members in my
family. have $4,000 in cash and my
salary is 81, 900 a year. My life Is in
sured for Sc. 00Oy on which ten payments
have been made on a twenty payment
policy.
What steps should take for my own
protection after locating satisfactory
house? F. +. F.
You do not tell me the nature of your
profession or occupation, which makes
It little more difficult TO answer your
questions accurately. j should say, how
ever. that a man on $4,000 salary with
family of three would be well on the
safe side IL he lived in a Sc, house
with n cash investment at the beginning
of $500.
This would by no means exhaust your
resources and would leave $4,000 mort
gage. If you secured n partial payment
mortgage. which. in my judgment, is best
for home, your monthly payment for
principal and interest would be about
$40. or $3.50 year. Taxes would increase
this to about 5000 X the property Is
within the Greater City, and allowing
for minor repairs, fire insurance, water.
Sc. / should say that your monthly
overhead would not exceed $50. OF this
amount over S20 a month would be go
Ing TO your own credit, so that your net
outlay for the rent Of your home would
be $35. decreasing as your mortgage de-
creases
You cannot buy self-respect and salts
faction for much less. and on your Anal
statement l am certain that you could
handle the proposition easily. realize
that you could live in a more expensive
house, but on the plan suggested your
overhead is 20 per cent. OF your income,
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which is we'll within the limits I have
found to be safe.
Dear M. Cldrao-Your assistance in
the following case would be sincerely
appreciated. have four lots at Rich
mond HILL L. l., free of mortgage, and
with the assessments and taxes thereon
paid for 1919. 1 have $4,000 in Liberty
bonds and salary Of $500 per year.
l want to build a two family ,house
and prefer that its exterior shall be Of
brick. How much would 1t cost to build
a brick house or n frame one? About
how much mortgage could be RAISED on
the property and what interest rate
might be charged? Would 1t be better
to wait until things are more settled?
J. FIN.
1t will cost you upward of $500 to
build two family brick house at Rich
mond Hill and you will not get a very
large house even at that price. l think
you could save $1,000 or $1,000 by frame
construction. These figures are only sc-
curate in a general way. Builders tell
me that at the present time they are
almost afraid to estimate on any job,
not so much because of material prices
as because Of labor uncertainty. A
Richmond Hill contractor remarked only
day or two ago that he was paying
$3.50 day for common labor. which
he used to get for $3.50. This explains
something of the increase in prices.
l do not like to advise man to put
in all of his cash. If your lots are worth
$4,000 you ought to be able to manage
the proposition without selling your Lib
erty bonds. By this l mean that on a
$500 building you ought TO be able to
borrow $4,000. Your salary. however.
makes ME wonder whether you are not
undertaking n little too much. What
you have saved shows that you have
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FINANCIAL ADVICE
FOR CHOMESEEKERS

IF planning build buy home first problems will
likely be financial How much ready will need?
should obtaining building
What the difference between first and second mortgage? How
you carrying building
of construction?
PHILIP CLARKE solve problems through
Mr. many years
financing building
AM recognized of the foremost authorities in the country
these matters
queries the Real Estate
distinctly that
individual building buying projects
speculative estate Nor will
regarding specific
reliability integrity of individual corporation.
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learned thrift, but you know the rental
income of two family house is not all
net, and some people l have talked with
think that being a landlord Is hard
work. Why not come down to $4,000
for house exclusively for yourself and
build on only two of the lots, holding the
other two. for profit?
Dear Mr.. Clarke: / am planning a
house at Scarsdale, N. Y. Can you rec
ommend a bank that would lend money
on Westchester county property? What
are the advantages, IL any of building
loan? NJ. NJ. II.
1t would be inappropriate for me to
suggest any particular institution to
which you might apply for money to
build your home in Scarsdale. as II is
one of the conditions laid down In the
Introductory statement at the head of
this column that no questions will be
considered as to the reliability or in
tegrity OF any individual or corporation -
/ think. however. any local real estate
, agent could make several suggestions of
value.
The advantages of building loan
association mortgage Is that you have
an opportunity to reduce your Indebted
ness each month by continuing a pay
ment of about the same amount that you
would pay for rent for the house you
own. AS a member of the association
you share in the profits, and at the COM
pletion of your mortgage payments II
the association has been we'll managed
you will probably find that your interest
cost has been very reasonable. The plan
works excellently in communities COM
posed chiefly OF homes, and in the To-
cality you refer to l should think a
good association would exist.
The only objection to such a mortgage
is that II the association is badly man
aged or meets with misfortune you share
in the losses. and as your stock in the
association is the security for the loan,
with your house as collateral, 1t has
happened In some instances that the
savings effected have been almost en-
tirely wiped out by the failure OF the
association. For the most part, how
ever, they are we'll managed and being
under the supervision of the banking de-
partment the likelihood of a loss of this
| kind is very remote.
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stopped to gasp for breath at the end OF
each sentence. Clearly a person of more
than the average executive ability, she
had a rather threatening presence in
the sense that one felt ones own powers
dwindle.
She was dressed in starched white
lawn with a belt to which one felt like
exclaiming well DONE" as strap and
buckle clasped each other triumphantly,
scorning the disaster OF separation that
threatened. On her gray hair was a
stiff white hat, circled with a milliner's
idea of very ripe wheat.
Her face was broad, intelligent, but
back of 1t was the slave driving power
of Nero-fortunately, however, guile
less
AS she removed her gloves, the rings
; upon her fat hands seemed to have been
placed there many. many years ago. so
buried In flesh were they.
"Of course" she said, I'VE are con-
centrating now on an Americanization
campaign. There was so much tragic
ignorance unearthed by the war. The
only thing Is, every one seems to be
going away to rest. We haven't enough
workers. And when Mrs. Edwards goes
| away that means her house can't be
| used for teachers meetings. I Won
der"
iou HetuH NOHutT, Ddyllssi
| laughed. You can have this house for
that purpose whenever you need it
We'll" Mrs. Bayliss painted in her
| surprise. 81 hardly dared ask. It's never
| been used before. And It's so central We
| always wanted it. Well, we'll be CRATE
full enough. I didn't really mean to push
| our needs the first call I made"
Emily emerged with the tray OF
| glasses and we came down from civic
affairs to the social amenities.
could see by Mrs. Bayliss's private
| observations from behind her glass that
| she didn't quite know what to make of
us. She was evidently accustomed TO
| sweep all newcomers into the hopper OF
her mill. and we didn't seem to sweep
| in easily.
| She stayed for n rather short time
and was making her bow OF departure
when the front door banged and Johna
than's cheerful voice filled the house.
where's everybody. where's every
body?' he called "Oh, how much
know about his Honor the Mayor
He would have run squarely into the
departing Mrs. Bayliss If I had not fore
stalled 1t.
Mrs. Bayliss, this is my husband"
Delighted to meet you, I'm sure.
mumbled Johnathan, somewhat abasfled
at the vast vision in white, who was
| equally astonished.
| With r. few glances into the darkened
corners of the drawing room, a pardon
| able curiosity on the part of one who
had frequently called on the Redields
| Mrs Baylss departed.
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BIG WAREHOUSE PLANNED.

The American Grocers Society is build
Its eleventh warehouse in the East. The
plans have just been completed and
closed for the erection of five story
mill constructed warehouse containing
over $4,000 square feet on plot of
ground 100x100 to be erected on West
Side avenue, Jersey City,, eirectly OPP
posite the Jersey City Baseball Park.
The 1rvington Lumber and Door Conn
pany are the general contractors and
]. l.. Feibleman 6 Co., 73S Broad street,
Newark. are the brokers.
The organization Is represented by
Barnet Warner, the president, and Lloy d
Curtiss> the secretary. The society,
with its general headquarters in Newark,
has approximately $4,000 members, all
leading grocers throughout the East and
South. and their plans are Identical with
that Of the American Druggist Society.
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the bank desires. The exterior will con-
sist of a granite base course with
limestone superstructure and two mas
slve dark granite columns on either
facade The general design will insure
an ample supply Of light for the interior
and at the same time give monu-
mental character to the ensemble.
The basement is to be raised up from
the street floor SO that there will be two
floors entered from tho street level, and
these two floors will he given over to
the use of the depositors. The main
banking room will be entirely sur
rounded by n mezzanine. On the third
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4v eS Pms H0 q a5 SS{

Plans for n permanent New York
headquarters for the Marlin-Rockwel
Corporation, manufacturers OF motor ac-
cessories. at the northwest corner OF
Madison avenue and Forty-sixth street.
opposite the Ritz Carlton. have been
completed by Warren & Wetmore. archi-
tects. The building will occupy the
property recently leased, for a term
OF twenty-one years with a right of
renewal, by the corporation from the
Henry Phipps estate. 1t will have a
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Much activity has centred recently in
the vicinity of Water street and Maiden
lane. now given over to Tobacco ware
houses and jobbing plants. The picture
shows one OF the most recent sales made
by the Charles F. Noyes Company at 100
and l32 Water street to Percival r.
Lowe, a prominent tobacco broker. The
property is at the southwest corner of
Water street and Maiden lane. After
making extensive improvements Mr.,
Lowe will occupy portion OF the prem
Uses In the same immediate vicinity
the Noyes Company has recently sold for
occupancy 1871 and l3S Water street to
the American Sumatra Tobacco Com
pany li2 Water street. to II. Duys &
Co. 143 and lat Wa Ie.' street to L. Ros-
enwald & Bro, and l54 and 1853 Water
street to Rose & W.bbe All OF these
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buyers are prominent tobacco merchants.
Another sale by the Noyes Company
near by Is the entire block bounded by
Water street. Maiden lane. Front and
Fletcher streets, to the New Jersey Zinc
Company. The building purchased by
Percival r. Lowe, shown in the above
photograph Is a good example OF the
type of building in the neighborhood that
is being secured for alteration purposes.
In the background is shown the 80
Maiden Lane Building" and the photo
graph Is interesting because the so Mai
den Lane owners. through their vice.
president, James ], Hoey. recently pur-
chased through the Charles F. Noyes
Company large plottage protecting the
light of their building toward the East
River. as is indicated by the side win
dows shown in the photograph.
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s'!I esas CORNER OF

Ample provisions for the comfort Of
both employees and customers are made
I'm the plans drawn up by Alfred c.
Bosom. architect and equipment engi-
neer, for the new building to be erected
by the Seaboard National Bank at the
northeast corner of Broad and Beaver
streets. The bank, which has leased its
present quarters at Is Broadway for
many years, only recently Joined the
ranks of the big business and financial
organizations which have been fortunate
enough to secure home sites of their
own I'm the crowded financial area.
The new building will be handsome
structure, built so that 1t can be car
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TENANT BUYS LOFT BUILDING,

The DR.. ]. A. Posner Shoe Company
have purchased the two five story build
ings which they occupy at 140 and 142
West Broadway from the Markham
Realty Company, Clarence Eckardt
president. and the estate of Charles p
Smith. The properties cover a plot COX
100. William Cruikshank's Sons were
the brokers.
The one-half interest sold by Mr.. Eek
ardt was recently sold to him through
the same brokers by the City Real Es-
tate Company and the heirs of Isabelle
Beekman.
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floor will be found recreation rooms and
other accommodations for the employees
The entrance on the corner opening
Onto a marble staircase will give access
TO the upper and lower banking rooms.
The bank will take possession of the
property tomorrow, and eliminary
steps toward the erection of the new
building win be taken Immediately
under the supervision of Mr.. Bosom,
who is also directing structural work for
the National Bank of Commerce, the
Mercantile Trust Company. the Column
bia Trust Company, the Asia Banking
Corporation and ether institutions in the
same section.
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HEIGHTS CORNER SOLD

NJ. Presburger. operator. bought from
the Hudson Trust Company the six
story apartment, 122x100, at the south
east corner of Fort Washington ave-
rue and 172d street, having accommo-
dations for thirty-six families. The
property, which rents for about $4,000.
was held at S225.000.
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frontage OF 100 feet on Madison avenue
and sixty feet on Forty-siXth street. it
will be fourteen story store and Office
building of the most modern type.
Cauldwell WingatS Company. builders.
who have the construction contract, eN-
pect TO have it ready for occupancy by
April, 1920,
The Marlin-Rockwel Corporation will
use several of the upper floors for their
offices, The building will be called the
Marlin-Rockwell Building.
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SCHULTZ co. LEASES IN bronx.

The Schultz Cigar Stores Company
leased at an aggregate rental approxi-
mating 100000 the entire ground floor
at the southeast corner of Fordham road
and Grand Concourse. The property Is
owned by the Realty Managers, Inc.
which will make extensive alterations
installing modern stores, and upon COM
pletion the Schultz Cigar Company will
occupy a corner portion as an additional
branch establishment The remaining
portion will be rented.
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Reaching the city Fathers.

Reaching the City Fathers.
"All very we'll for art teachers" ] said,
vastly amused. But by what ruse can
you induce city authorities to come TO
lectures on architecture"
'Oh, Jonathan could just ask some of
them to dinner when we have the art
teachers. He'd just beg them to let him
into the truth about city affairs. They'd
be hattered at being considered so know
ing. and talk. I'm sure they would. And
then we could all commisserate them on
their difficulties and say that being new
corners We want to understand how We
can help. And We could ask about clean
up days and whether there are ever COM
petitions with other towns. Oh. 1t would
be easy!"
II almost believe 1t would be-" said.
But we've got to be very sure of our
ground. I think there's a sort of or
ganization Of women in the village that
corresponds to a womans city club in
town. If we want to cooperate with the
women of the town 1t seems to me Wen
have to know them. And Johnathan will
have to know the men in their orsaniza-
ton. When l was marketing the other
day the saleswoman pointed out a Mrs.
Bayliss as being head of this woman's
and always calls on newcomers, hoping
for recruits. The householders in the
handsome residential section take only
desultory interest in village affairs, and
the club is often swamped with work"
At that very moment the front door
bell rang. Before any of US realized II
we found ourselves rising to shake hands
with an individual who introduced her
self az Mrs. Bayliss.
After directing Emily to bring another
chair and whispering to her to serve fruit
punch little later, l had a chance 10
observe our visitor.
Yes. indeed" she was saying TO
Mary King. This is charming, and SO
different" With the last remark she
gave a significant shrug of her capacious
shoulders.
can imagine that Mrs. Redfield found
the calls of Mrs. Bayliss stimulus to
her greatest powers of snubbing.
1--WE have just been talking about
what our civic duties would have to be-"
/ said.
I'm be glad enough to tell you what
our club is doing, and you'll certainly be
welcome II you are interested"
Mrs Bayliss was little stout and
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CHURCH BUYS ON PARK HILL.

Park Hilton the Hudson. Inc, sold to
the Board OF Foreign Missions of the
Methodist Episcopal Church a tract of
thirteen and a half acres at Park Hin.
Yonkers. The property is valued at $751;
600. and was formerly owned by Justice
Greenbaum. II adjoins the Areco hold
ings. c. Irving Latin was the broker in
the deal Green Baum, Wolf & Ernst.
attorneys, acted for the sellers. The
property will probably be improved by
the new owners.
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WEST BROADWAY LOFT SOLD.

The eight story loft building at 534
and 53s West Broadway was sold yes
terday by the Parodi & Ermine Company
to Pesago & Montrison. 1t was held at
S1S5,000 and occupies plot 55.4x90 be-
tween Blocker and West Third streets.