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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19
CRIMMINS AUCTION
TO Be HELD OCT. 81
Property Is Situated in Three
BOrOughs and Includes
Many Corners.

The ability OF the real estate market
TO absorb the large number OF Manhat-
tan. Bronx and Long Island City tene-
ments, private houses of moderate value
and more vacant lots accumulated as
investments by the late John D, Grim
Minis will be tested by Joseph p. Day.
auctioneer, on Tuesday, October 81, in
the Real Estate Exchange salesroom at
IA Nesey street
Corner properties. both improved AMI
unimproved, are the feature of the
Crimmns sale. The holdings of the
tate include n motion picture house in
The Bronx, a small East side garage,
with living quarters and a shop upstairs;
Lenox avenue corner hotel and cafe. "A
number Of we'll located store properties.
four houses near Morningside Park and
four story house on East Fifty-seventh
street. There is also a leasehold on the
three store and tenement buildings on
the northeast corner of SiXty-hrst street
and Third avenue, and the four story
dwelling adjoining. Many OF the teno-
ments to be sold contain stores. They
are all of moderate value and are To-
Gated on Third avenue, in Manhattan
and The Bronx, on East 158th street
and on Steinway, Wilson, Flushing and
Lafayette avenues and Thirteenth street
in Long Island City.
The vacant property to be sold in
cludes over 100 lots; ffty-eight comprise
the square block bounded by 144th and
145th streets LenoX and Seventh ave
nues, and a larAe vacant plot on the
northeast corner of First avenue and
Ninety-sixth street. In The Bronx there
are thirty-one lots, comprising the block
front on the south side of Lafayette ave
nue.. between Manida and Coster streets
a large parcel on the west side of Third
avenue, south of 177th street, improved
with n motion picture theatre and sew
-eral stores ; a corner plot at Nelson ave-
nue. and West 174th street, and another
at Macombe road and Featherbed lane,
and fifty foot plot on the east side OF
Hollywood avenue, north OF Lasalle ave-
nue..
'tMr. Crimmins began buying real as
tate for investment just after the civil
war;" said Mr.. Day in reference to the
sale. "As contractor and as the leader
in starting the city's elevated railway
system. in placing underground the tele-
phone and telegraph wires and In chang
ing tho trolley car system into the under
ground cable system he had perhaps
the mostt remarkable opportunity Of
any individual TO study and to know
Intimately every section OF New York
and the trend of building and popula-
tion. His faith IN corner parcels and
in properties in the middle class sections
OF tho city is evidenced by his holdings
at the time OF his death.
'T can safely say that no better oppor-
tunlty has been offered to purchase i'm
proved properties OF moderate value.
This also applies TO the vacant lots pur-
chased many years in advance OF the
new transit lines and the recent reiis-
Lei To-. u. 1T.
Crimmins far more to carry than the
executors and trustees OF his estate can
hope to realize, The sale offers an OPP
portunity that should not DO missed by
any one having little idle capital
awaiting investment"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19
PLAN 81 HOMES AT MALTA.
Developers Find That Multiple
Building Lowers Cost,

The only logical solution 10 the present
day problem of the high cost OF building
Is quantity production. To build one
house under a separate contract Is al
most prohibitive. To carry out their
idea OF distinctive homes at moderate
prices at theiC Long Island residential
park at M-lba-on-the Sound the Realty
Trust has Planned ffty-four new all
year homes of various sizes and designs,
The material for this large building
operation has been procured accordingly,
at n great saving In cost, To offset the
lumber shortage the builders are using
the output of their own North Carolina
saw mill, and direct from Wisconsin
comes the complete interior finish, In
Guiding the built in china closets, book
cases and window seats. The shortage
In city accommodations shows no visible
signs of relief except through the means
OF the all year country home.
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TENTATIVE BUDGET
HARD ON TAXPAYERS
Means $50 Annual Per Capita
Expense for Government
of City. Says Board.

The prospect of vastly increased city
budget Is viewed with alarm by the
Real Estate Board of New York. The
seriousness OF the increasing cost OF
government in the metropolis Is set
forth in the following statement issued
by the board:
The tentative city budget is a stag
ser!nG blow TO the rentpayers and tax
payers Of the CITY, for S316,00o,000
means an annual per capita expense of
over 500 for the government of the city.
"Th> expen.e OF governing the State
Is IS pei capita. This year the expense
OF soNer,Ang the United States Is $3.50
per capita For FAMILY OF five in the
city ~ New York the total cost of gov
ernmsEt this year is at the rate Of
Sl.7iO. or more than the majority Of
the he-ds of families earn. Why seek
any further TO explain the high cost Of
living?
The national budget is $4,000, OO0.-
600. The State budget is S100,0o0,o0O
and the o!ty budget is S3l6,00O,000.
Taking thousands of employees from
productive work and giving them ad-
m!n!slrarive outies still further adds to
the high cos. of living.
AS 70 the necessity for State econo-
miles, Gov. Smith said few days ago /:
There are too many boards dealing with
various problems some OF which / my
SELF have scarcely heard of. Instead Of
ceHtralizng these duties, we find any
number Of clerks, stenographers and
other employees buslly engaged on
boards and commit asiOns. While 1t Is
true that many of tho heads of these
departments are not salaried. yet they
are the first 20 urge the necessity of
DleDfV NJ 10 -
AS 10 the alarming increase in the
cost Of city government Mayor Hylan
mas Just discovered that a $4,000, 900
Sly budget means tax rate exceeding
'he constitutional limit OF per cent
on the assessed value of the real and
personal estate, exclusive OF debt
oharges. This Is a danger against which
me Real Estate Board of New York has
been warning city officials for three or
four years past.
The condition 10 which attention Is
herein called Is k.tolerable. Remedial
legislation must be at once enacted. The
cost OF maintaining The Federal Govern
ment Is now being attended TO In WASH
mgton. The plan OF the Committee on
state Reconstruction to combine 1S7 bu-
Ieaus and departments into twelve de-
partments must be adopted TO reduce
state expense, and there must be an i'm
mediate revision OF the charter OF the
city OF New York.
The legislative programme OF the
N4al Estate Board of New York this
winter will have three objects.
1. An immediate revision of the city
snarter simplifying government and lin
Jung the tax on real property to 2 per
cent per annum.
a. The repeal Of mandatory lesisia-
eon fixing the salaries OF county and
court employees.
80. The adoption OF the plan OF the
s.ete Committee on Reconstruction for
ue reform Of the State government.
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Many OF the later cottages had bay win
affairs.
Only the later cottages had chimneys.
The early cottages were heated by a fire
burnt in a metal brazier in the centre
OF the room and the smoke escaped from
an opening in the roof. The first Chin
neys were built on the outside OF the
cottages and have the appearance of ad-
ditions When the chimney was built
within great chimney corner to pre-
vent smoke from eddying out into the
room developed. The outside parts OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19

more or less dormant state. owing TO
conditions which have adversely sf-
fected similar properties
q, In Flushing the lots to be offered
consist OF the remainder OF the unsold
land, the greater part Of which has been
solidly built up with substantial homes.
In the immediate vicinity there are now
under construction more than twenty
single family dwellings. most OF which
were sold from the plans.
Flushing is known far and wide as
an ideal home centre for the New York
business man. II offers the prospective
buyer every conceivable city convent
encc. Tho electrified North Shore and
Mhilestone branches of the Long Island
haliroad furnish frequent direct transit
10 inc pennsylvania station at Seventh
avenue and Thirty-third street, Manhat-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19

most as popular with the builder Of
small houses in this country as the
Dutch Colonial house. Adaptations OF II
have been built even in California, where
1t bids fair to rival the bungalow. In It's
more elaborate half timbered forms It
has been built in some of the smaller
cities. When reproduced in brick or
stucco It makes an ideal home for the
suburbs In its stucco form Il might
be used to advantage in replacing many
OF the old farm houses in rural districts.
When copied by American architects
these cottages retain much OF their
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19
Lack of Formally in Outline Gives Air
Of FIomely Charn-Early Types
Were the Handiwork Of Unknown
Craftsmen-Pure Renaissance
House Showed Both Italian
and French Influence-4th
Article on the Different
Types Of Architecture.

The period in English architecture fol-
lowing the Tudor was a period of change
and transition. The old Gothic ideals
were being abandoned and attempts
we're being made to copy the classic
lines Of the buildings of Italy. This
movement toward the classic resulted
In the Georgian house. The period
which linked the Tudor and Georgian
together is generally known as the Early
Renaissance in English architecture.
1t was during this period that the
English cottages. as we know them to-
day, made their appearance. Most Of
tho good English cottages were built
during the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries. Some of them almost ap-
preached the manor house in size and
dignity and were the property OF gen.
tlemen farmers. 49,
No attempt has been made to copy
the pretentious houses of this period by
American architects, for many of them
were crude and lacking in charm. 1t
is the Renaissance home of the well to
do and the cottage of the period which
have been widely Americanized.
The Renaissance house is interesting
because it marks the wide adoption of
the French and Italian idea in England.
II brought the architect to England.
With his advent the skilled mechanic
who could interpret and Garry out the
surveyors sketch began TO disappear.
More knowledge was needed to design
and less to execute these houses.
Classic knowledge made itself felt in
the plan and elevations OF these houses.
They were square in shape, approaching
the Georgian house in outline Null
tened windows, gables and steep roofs
were often retained from the Gothic
houses. Here and there one found the
quaint chlmneys Of the Tudor period on
an otherwise classic house. In these
houses the great hall was no longer a
living room but a mere vestibule lead
ing to the other rooms OF the house.
Marked Change in Windows.
During the Renaissance period win
dows with sliding sashes began to DO
used Dormer windows no longer pro-
jected from the walls in stone and
brick but were made of wood and rose
from the roof. fhe Renaissance house
was more compact but less picturesque
than the earlier English houses. They
were more regular and depended largely
upon the spacing Of the windows, their
proportion and their more scholarly
detail for their effect. Their doorways
were apt to be as purely classic as any
OF the Georgian period. The best houses
OF this period We're designed by lingo
JONES' John Webb and Sir Christopher
Wren.
An interesting adaptation of the
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to build in a small city or we'll built up
suburb. 1t win fit on a lot with a small
frontage and, while it is not a particu-
larry inexpensive house it can be built
by the ordinary well TO do man. The Re-
ua.saance and the cottage types demand
less land than other kinds of English
houses and thus meet the needs of more
people.
The fifth article in this series will
deal with the Georgian house, which
is the last stately mansion type in Eng
lish architecture and which is particu-
larly adapted for a town house
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quaint charm and beauty without the
inconvenience of the original buildings.
The Americanized cottage is apt to be
slightly larger than its English original,
but since the plans were irregular in
line the design remains unmarried by the
change In size. 1t is the only English
house which can be reproduced at a
moderate price on small lot, without
becoming Joke or an architectural
atrocity.
The Renaissance house. which be-
longs to the same period as the better
cottages, is ideal for the man who wishes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19

the cottage chimneys varied greatly.
Some followed the more elaborate and
picturesque Tudor chimneys in line
Iron and lead work played a large
part in the decoration OF cottages. Elab-
crate hinges stretched their arms across
the doors Door handles and knockers
also served as a form of decoration.
Locks and bolts were used as orna-
ments az well as projections. Many Of
the better cottages OF the seventeenth
century had fanlights and windows Of
loaded glass.
The English cottage has proved al
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19

tan. The New York and Queens County
Railroad furnishes trolley service direct
to Fifty-ninth street by way OF the
greensboro Bridge The latter line runs
on Franconia avenue, on which some Of
the lots are located.
The Brooklyn properties. situated in
the vicinity of Fourteenth avenue and
Fortieth street. formerly known as the
Martense farm, appeal to another class
of buyer. Here are eight three-story
walk-ups of tho modern type, yielding
good returns In addition there are
forty-one lots scattered in the adjacent
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19
PATTERSON IS GLAND RICH"

Over In Paterson. N. j.. the city gov
eminent has made the discovery that
property it owns and which It has been
holding various periods OF time UP to
twenty-six years because Of the non
payment of taxes and assessments, now
totals $939.443.23. Considering the high
cost of labor and building material the
many houses included in the properties
are probably worth considerable more
than the assessed valuation. bringing
the total TO $1,000,000. The total amount
OF taxes and Assessments due on the
properties is s2S,761.1s. The Finance
Commission plans to sell the property
At public auction soon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19
BUYS BIG BAYsIDH ESTATE.

Joseph Brahm with W. I. Jones has
sold for the Title Guarantee and Trust
Company to syndicate OF. New York
men. the estate Of John Frederick Wiss-
man. consisting of twenty-four acres, on
Bell avenue. Willets Point Bayside,
L. l.
This property has frontage OF $50
feet on the Long Island Sound. It is
one OF the few waterfronts in Greater
New York which is restricted to a high
class residential section. improvements
of the neighborhood are already under
way. Maurice Costello. the moving
picture actor, As building aresidence In
the Italian Renaissance style.
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streets ready for the builder. The
Culver line from Manhattan traverses
the property. and from the viewpoint of
transit its future development is assured.
For the home seeker who prefers Jer-
sey or Staten Island for his place OF
habitation there are n large number
of lots to be procured in Linden, South
Elisabeth, Roselle and Tottenville, The
New Jersey lots are located in one OF
the most active sections of that State
owing TO the steady influx of large
manufacturing concerns seeking sites
along the eastern seaboard.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19
WILL SELL CITY PROPERTIES
D. r. Day to Hold Auction I'm
Vesey st. saIesroom Tomorrow.

Joseph p Day will hold an auction
sale tomorrow at the Real Estate Tx
change salesroom. IA Vesey street. at ~
o'clock noon, of three properties located
as follows:
No. i41 Goerck street, between Stan
ton and East Houston streets, a seven
story brick factory building on a lot
25xl0o, to be sold by order OF tho Alien
Property Custodian.
No. IS West Forty-eighth street. near
Fifth avenue, q i've story and basement
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orownstone front dwelling on a lot 25x
1905. Columbia College leasehold.
The block front on the west side of
Jerome avenue between West 1880 street
and Buchanan place. This plot includes
two corners and two adjoining parcels.
each 5Ox1oo. located directly at a sub
way station.
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Renaissance house in America has been
designed at Albany by Lewis Colt AL
bro, who specializes in English houses.
1t was necessary in this case to build
house which would not make d mar
row lot look crowded and yet be a
good sized building. This house Is built
of brick and, although not perfectly
square, approaches the, classic in outline.
II has the steep roof of the native Eng
fish house and the Italian doorway
which characterized the houses of that
period. Like all Renaissance houses, It
has, in spite of its irregularities of style,
an air of homely comfort which was
lacking in its predecessors.
Although the Renaissance houses
marked the coming of the architect and
the disappearance of the skilled me-
chanic, the cottages of the same period
were the work Of unknown craftsmen.
The cottages of the seventeenth and eigh-
teenth centuries were the outgrowth of
generations of experimentation by car
ienters and masons. Some of these cot
tages were works OF art. Others had
little save the air of homely charm pro-
duced by their quaintness to recommend
them. They were always built of local
materials and thus varied with the
county. In the Cotswold district they
were of stone. In Surrey they showed as
much variety in>material as the Dutch
Colonial houses OF America. One old
Surrey cottage had walls of stone and
brick, half timber and plaster. half
timber and tile and n tile roof. An
other had half .timbered walls. The
panels between its timbers were filed
with red brick, lath and plaster, and its
roof was of stone states.
Irregular Lines Picturesque.
There was no formality of line about
theAe cottages. Successive additions to
the original cottage gave an air OF pic
ture.que confusion. due to a tumble Of
roofs and gables and the irregular lines
of the plans. These buildings retained
many of the features OF native architec-
ture which the builders of more preten-
tious houses had abandoned. Although
of the Renaissance period they showed
no signs OF the Renaissance architec-
ture.
The roof construction governed the
planning Of these cottages. The earliest
cottages have steeply pitched roofs. The
later ones have gables and dormer win
dows. The roof covering itself was
originally of thatch, reed or straw, or
OF shingles. Thatch was frequently
vhitewashed as a protection against
fire. Later cottages had roofs of stone
slate held down by wooden pins These
roofs were less steep in pitch because OF
the weight of the slate. The cottages Of
the Renaissance period had tile roofs,
These tiles were fastened down with
wooden pins.
All cottages had small windows. Most
of them were fitted with wooden shut
tiers and were guarded by square bars
OF oak or iron let into the head and Sill.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19
SALE AT MOUNTAIN LAKES.

The Mountain Lakes Company sold n
large home on the corner OF Prospect
road and Lowell avenue. Mountain Lakes
Residential Park, N. j. The house con-
tains ten rooms and three baths and is
beautifully situated overlooking the
lakes. The price paid was $4,000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19
HUDSON ST. BUILDING SOLD.

The Charles F. 4, Noyes Company has
sold for the Hudson City Savings Insti-
tuition OF Hudson, ~. Y. the property at
100 East Broadway, between Eldridge
and Pike streets. a seven story store anG
ioft building, 25x65. The purchaser is
Harry Aronson, Inc. The building Is
fully rented TO manufacturing concerns
at a rental of about $1,000 a year.
Lurie a Feinbers. attorneys. represented
the purchases
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19
LEASED AsToR BLOCK.

The Duross Company negotiated the
lease OF Baron Astor's block front on
the west side OF Ninth avenue between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets to the
Atlantic Hotel Supply Company. The
lease was for twenty-ons years with two
renewals
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-19
WILL IMPROVE 10 LIBERTY pL

j. X Moors has leased for a client of
Horace s. Ely g. Co.. the property S
and 10 Liberty place, for a term OF
twenty -ono years. with renewal. 70 John
Matthey a Co. Of London. England,
dealers In platinum.
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BUYS MoNTCLAIR RESIDENCE.

L. NJ. Crawley & Bros. of AIontclnir
n. T., have sold for Ellis p. Earle the
residence property on the west side or
Prospect terrace. near Union street, to
Charles T.. Lee of the Nestles Food
Company.
The residence is OF stucco and frame
construction, contains eleven rooms with
three bathrooms and a solarium. The
property has a frontage OF sixty-five
feet and has been held at $4,000.
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"ln addition to this the Real Estate
Beard viii probably support q bill
licensing and placing under proper con-
troll the real estate business OF the
State"
The Nevada County picayune., 1919-06-12
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