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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30

The Hanover, at the northeast corner
of Park Avenue and Eighty-thiro
Street, has been sold by D. II. jackson
to II. W. Gennerich. through byrne .
Bowman. The apartment fronts
feet on Park Avenue and ITO 1eet on
Eichtv-third Street. Ii is nine-story
ara basement fireproof apartment
house containing twenty-seven suites
Of Z, s. and 2 rooms with oaths'
The propcrty was held at $55O,0Oo.
This IS Mr.. Gennerichs first large
purchase in the Park Avenue section,
having previously confined his opera
tions TO Washington Heights. the west
Side and midtown business district
Mr.. Jackson bought the house sew
eral months ago and is understood 70
have refused several offers OF pront
for the corner. One offer was $25,Oo0
for his contract.
Healy Estate Sells Tall House
The Union Chemical Glass Company
has bought from the Healy estate the
Mines story apartment at 903 west Ioth
Street. on plot 5Ox100. There arc
three suites of from three to five
rooms each on a floor. 1t was sold for
all cash above a mortgage Of $4,000.
Henry !. Cooper was the broker.
Benenson Syndicate Buys
The Benenson Realty Company has
purchased from Mary +. Hastings the
Dardenelles, the six-story elevator
apartment house at $50 West l4'th
Street. on plot 125x10O, with eight
families to floor Of three to five
rooms. James Z. Taylor and Henry l.
Cooper were the brokers.
Hamilton Terrace Houses Sold
Stark & Splitter have purchased from
BENJAMIN Winter the two six-story ele-
water apartment houses at 50 20 90
Hamilton Terrace, on plot 2Iox9o'
The property is arranged for eighty
seven families. T. Schwartz was the
broker.
Turns 122d Street Realty at Profit
James II. Cruikshank has resold 70
Gertrude Rosengarten 81 East lZ2d
Street, fve-story single fiat on plot
20.6xlO011. Samuel Rosengarten was
the broker.
ID. Robinson Estate Sells on Heights
Federman G. Bernstein have bought
from the estate of Douglas Robinson
the fve-story apartment, on plot 5Ox
100. ut BIZ and 90 West ls4th Street.
Slawson & Hobbs have sold for
Catherine Coffey to an investor 5l4-5l6
West 1S2d Street, five-story triple
fat on plo, 50x70.
The Real Estate Management Com
pany has sold for Thomas J. O'Rourke
the seven-story apartment. on plot 6Ox
100, at 2447 and 2649 Broadway.
Dyckman Corner Deal
The Benenson Realty Company has
bought the fve-story walk-up apart
rnent at 63l Academy Street. at the cor
. ner of Vermilyea Avenue, on plot BOX
100. from Mary +. Hastings. There
are five families to floor of three and
four rooms. James E. Taylor and Henry
|. Copper were the brokers.
Buys Seven-Story Stanton Street Flat
The Sanfolks Realty Company has
sold. through David Vogel, the two
seven-story tenements at 25s and 2el
stanton Street. to Arthur Goldstein.
The houses cover site Of so feet
front. opposite Hamilton Fish Park.
There are forty families in the houses.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
'.My Hobbie" Has New Owner

"My Hobbie," the estate Of J. W.
Charleton, New York jeweller, at North
Salem. Westchester, has been bought
by Samuel Bird, an insurance broker Of
this city. This property was built
originally by Earle c. Bacon, and rep
resents one of the most interesting es-
tate developments in Westchester
County. II contains ffty-four acres Of
land. fine residence and numerous
outbuildings. stream and lake. 1t has
been held at $4,000. George Howe
was the broker.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
City Home Buyers Select
Houses on West Side

Ennis 4 Sinnott have resold TO Susan
Kelley for occupancy 1853 81. Nicholas
Avenue, a four-story and basement
dwelling. Charles f. Cathie was the
broker.
Sale in 104th Street
Charles S. Kohler has sold for Mrs.
Jennie A. Sinclair the three and half
story brick and brownstone dwelling at
$40 West 1o4th Street, on lot 2oI
100.1l. to Mrs. Eugene A. W. Gage fer
occupancy.
Buys in Ninety'sixth Street
Haggstrom & Callen have sold foS
the Phoebe A. d. BOYLE estate the four.
story and basement higl. stoop DWELL
ing at IL West 96th Street, on plot
2ox95x100, to client for occupancy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
WARRINGTON BUILDING IHTCH HE@ H7OOD 1T
4677ERy HAcE AWO 6a4ADWHy FOX 81 EAe%
= tho now home Of the International

of the new home Of the International
Marine. Between is the Bowling Green
building. seventecn-story structure,
which has been the home of the Inter
national Mercantile Marine and many
other steamship concerns for years.
The new Washington Building will
be about thirteen stories. Not only
will the block be among the few highly
and intensively developed in the ety.
hut il will be devoted entirely TO mari
time affairs, housing the largest steam
shin interests in the world. 1t natural
ly will be the center of steamship al
fairs in this city. The alteration Will
put lot Of money into the construc-
ton world. Il will mark the first
downtown undertaking of the KIND IN
many years, and the project may in
Nuence the modernization of other
structures in the lower city, thereby
providing additional space and greater
income.
Third Building Since City's Birth
There have been only three build
ings at l Broadway, the site of the
Washington Building. since the founda-
ton of the city. The north bastion
Of Fort New Amsterdam. which the
Dutch erected to defend their colony,
came close to this corner. The Brit
ish took the city eventually and the
military works we're called Fort
George. after the reigning British King.
Military engineers Of the Kings forces
did not place much value on the
strategical position Of the fort because
they permitted buildings to be erected
close to the north walls.
Thomas Broen built the first house
70 be erected at Broadway. He built
It some time previously to 1854, but ex-
actly when historians have not been
able to say. 1t was at least a century
old when il was torn down by Captain
Archibald Kennedy in 1861. and a fine
dwelling erected on the site. Captain
Kennedy bought the corner and the ad-
Joining property from PETER Lauren
zen Cook, a Dane. who acquired the
land and the Broen house in l74s. Cap
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
Making Money in Brooklyn

The Realty Associates have sold to
the Victory Operating Company for
s2O,o 900 the eight two-story frame build
ings, on plot lOOx1OO. at ia to 7SS Bed
ford Avenue. The Victory Company
almost Immediately resold its contract
for $4,000, the second buyer in turn
selling out for $4,000. Title to the
property has not yet been passed BY
the Realty Associates.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
Cyrus Field Would Build Flats Their,

than half n century are to be removed
and the Mnettas will again beam out
as one of the cosy dwelling places OF
the city.
Mr.. Pope said that, though the
Minettas offered a much harder job
for the reclaimers than other streets
in the Village" which have been re-
stored, he is sure that the evil days Of
the Minettas are past and that in a
year or two no one would have any
objection to living in this once pest
hole and section Of degradation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30

of an apartment house on the site
The fine view of the harbor and the
long wears the corner was associated
with hotel life had influenced the
thoughts OF Mr.. Field. So sure was he
of the success Of an apartment mouse
there that he ordered one erected. Be
fore il had gone very far Mr.. Field
changed his mind and erected an once
building. That building is the same
one now on the block. 1t is the third
structure 10 cover that corner IN AZ
leas. 255 years.
Plans for changing this building are
now being worked out by Waiter b..
Chambers, f. A. /. A., designer OF the
Furness- Witty Steamship Companys
building at the corner OF Whitehall and
Pearl streets.
Details of New Structure
The new Washington Building will
have five entrances, two on Broadway,
one on Battery Place and two on Green
witch Street. The international Mercan-
tile Marine Company purposes to locate
It's passenger booking offices on the
GROUND floor. at the level Of Broadway.
This will be more than 100 feet in length
and two stories in height. with walls OF
selected marbles. The counter space for
the booking OF passengers on the COM
pany's liners will be more than 10 feet
long.
On the second floor the executive Of
fees will be located, including numer-
cus private rooms and corridors for
the officials and their assistants, large
board room or directors meeting and
space for the clerical and stenographic
staff.
The Greenwich Street side will be &C.
cupied by the third-class ticket offices.
with entrances from Battery Place and
Greenwich Street. The floors immedi-
ately above are to be arranged TO ac-
commodate the company's other depart
ments freight, steamship, operating,
luGiting, etc.
It is expected that the remaining
floors will be available for general
leasing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
Operators Purchase Flat
In Greenwich Village

The eight-story apartment at IS West
Eleventh Street. on plot 45xl0S, has
been purchased by Edwin Benheim and
David II. Van Damn, operators. who
have recently opened an ONCE at $50
Madison Avenue. Levin Block was the
broker
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
Out.of.TOwn Folks Vie
With City People for Flats
Applications for AccOmmoda.
tons in Bronx Apartments
Come From Outside CITY

Wide interest IN the Concourse
Apartments, the cooperative house now
approaching completion in the Grand
Concourse section of The Bronx, was
manifested last week by the number of
new sales reported yesterday from the
Offices Of the Bethlehem Engineering
Corporation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
Brown Buys Ten.Story
Loft in Lower 5th Av.
Purchases Property Adjoining
18th Street Corner From
RloOmingdale Estate

Frederick Brown has bought from
the estate of Joseph B. Bloomingdale
the ten-story loft building at IS Fifth
Avenue, adjoining the southwest cor
ner of Fourteenth Street, on plot
30.1x107.
Houston Street Loft Sold
A client of Sobel & Brand has pur-
chased from the Manhattan Savings
Institution the fve-story loft building
at $3.50 West Houston Street, on plot
45x105x irregular.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
Park Ave. Corner Apartment
Brings Profit to Operator
Hanover, the Nine-Story House at 83d Street, Has
Been Sold by d. H. Jackson; Refused s25'oOo
for Contract; Flat Buyers Active in All Sections

W. o. Crabtree. president. distributors
Of the Bet chem motor trucks.
The building will be five stories. on
a plot l25x1OO. The lower floors will be
used by the purchaser in its bust
ness. The sale was closed by the
Cross & Brown Company, who also sold
to Mr.. Gold the lots on which the build
ing is to be erected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30
Sells Business Building
Planned for 57th Street
Proposed Five-Story Structure
Bought by Distributors OF
Bethlehem Motor Trucks

Louis Gold has sold a building to
he erected on the plot at 533 to bal
West Fifty-seventh Street to the Ora
ham Bros. Sales Company, Of New YORK,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-30

Mrs. Lulu Kelly has rented her home
on Monroe Avenue, Larchmont Nsnss'
furnished. for . term to Manuel u
pes. through Chaunesy B. Gri6ss . @
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Hylan Calls on Nixon
To Define Fare Policy
Commissioners Right to
Change Existing Contracts
l. Raised in Letter

Mayor Hylan wrote yesterday TO Pub
lie Service Commissioner Nixon con-
cerning the application OF the receiver
for the Manhattan & Queens Tract'cn
Corporation for permission to increase
fares, which Comm .ssioner Nixon had
forwarded 20 the Mayor. The Mayor
propoundsd three questions to the Pub
lie Service Con- missioner, saying an
swers to them would"clarify the situa-
ton and give him the information nee
ossary 10 get writ of prohibition #
Commissioner Nixon was inclined 20
grant the application. The questions
are:
81. Is it your intention 20 entertain
the application Of this company for an
increase of fare and consequent modifi-
cation Of its contract with the city!
"2. If, after the public hearing re
fcrred to in your ,eiter. you conclude
that the financial condition OF the COM
many needs an advance Of fare is 1t
YOUR intention TO order and authorize
such increase. notwithstanding its con-
tract with the city for scent rate?
"9. Do you claim the legal right 70
modify and change existing city fran
ch;se contracts with the railways by
Increasing the rate of fare provided
fer in such contracts, without consent
of the city authorities
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Metal Dealer Accused Of
Dcfrauding Government
Henry l.. Epstein Arrested Here
on Indictment Found in
Boston

Henry L. Epstein, connected with
Joseph 4 Brothers Co, metal dealers,
with Offices in the Wooiworth Building.
was arrested yesterday by Inspector X.
Horace Moore. Of the Secret Service
Of the United States Railroad Admin
istration, on an indictment charging
conspiracy to defraud the government.
Epstein was arranged before United
States Commiss ioner Samuel NJ: hitch-
cock and furnished bond or $5,0oo
for his appearance in Boston, where
the Indictment was returned.
According to Inspector Moore, three
others are concerned in the alleged
conspiracy, one being foreman on
the New York, New Haven 4 Hartford
Railroad at Braintree, Mass. Assistant
United States Attorney Olney said at
the arraignmsnt that large amount o.
money is involved.
The Indictment charges Il was the
scheme Of the alleged conspirators to
bid for scrap metal from the railroad
ard when the cars were ser. 20 Brain-
tree for the Junk" the general fore
man. named as defendant, substituted
for il new angle bars, stee rails ana
uncut structural iron. II further
charges that the good metal thus OBJ
tanned was disposed OF to the Bethle-
ham Steel Company, at Bethieham,
Penna, and the Lukens Steel Company,
ut Coatesville, Penna.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
| 500 u. S. Soldiers
Arrested Weekly in
Paris, Says Officer
Inspector General Gives
Congress Committee De
tails of Conditions rs
He Saw Them During War

PARIS, Sept. 6. - The Congress
sional sub committee continued its
sittings to-day in its investiga-
ton Of the affairs of the American
army. Major Bennett, inspector-g'neral
Of the Paris district, replying to ques'
tions regarding the administration Of
the provost mGrshsrs office and SOL
diers' prisons in Paris. said the con-
duct of the provost mxrshal's office was
unsatisfactory and inefficient prior TO
February Of this year. But he de-
Tended the officers Of the Paris COM
mand generally on the ground that they
had to contend with the most dificult
conditions.
Arrests were made Of soldiers and
officers of the American Expeditionary
Force in Paris At the rate Of 500 week
ly during August, September and Oc-
tober. 1918. Many OF them were de-
serters, but some Of them were aeci-
dentally absent without leave" They
were huidled in four rooms in
the Rue St Anne, in the same
building wher" Brigadier General Harris
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07
Chief Objections to Meas
ure Are Based on Wide
Powers Given to Corpora
tions for Foreign Banking
Directors All American
Same Limitations AdvO-
Gated as Apply to Other
Financial Institutions

WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.-Thc neccs-
sity for stabilzation Of foreign ex-
change and extension Of credits abroad
as a means of furthering American
commercial interests was emphasized
IN the Senate to-day when the export
finance bill introduced by Senator
Edge, Republican. Of New Jersey, WAS
taken up and number Of amendments
adopted.
The bill. prepared by the Federal Re-
serve Board and approved by Secretary
Glass and q number of the leading
f1nanciers Of the country. provides for
formation Of banking corporations and
for their financing. SO as to enable
them to do business abroad.
Opposition to the measure was ex-
pressed by Senator'S Smoot, OF Utah !.
Gronna, Of North Dakota: Lenroot, Of
Wisconsin, and others. They objected
particularly to what they said were the
almost unlimited powers granted hy
the bill to the proposed financial cor
uorstions and urged that limitations be
provided by whica they would be sub
financial institutions.
Foreign Interests Eliminated
The Senate went on record as op-
posing foreign interests participating
IN the control of the corporations. BY
unanimous vote it adopted an amend
ment by Senator Srsoot, requiring that
all members of the Of the board Of
directors be American citizens, instead
Of a majority, as proposed. The Sen
ate also amended the bill SO as to re-
ouire the corporations 20 engage en-
tirely in foreign banking and other
financial operations, instead OF ''princi-
pally,' as originally provided.
al don't think there ought to be a
foreigner on the board OF any business
institution in this county, said Sem
ator Smoot in offering the amendment:
Senator Mccormick, Republican. OF
Illinois, suggested that instead o. Amer
leans holding the "coptroi';ng inter
est" In the corporations they shou d be-
REQUIRED to hold compete contro'; bat
Senators Smoot and Edge termed this
im,racticable. the former adding that
he was afraid if this were done "ior
eigners might attempt TO retaliate."
British Suggestion Opposed
Senator Smoot called attention TO
uroposais which he said have been
made by British officials. that as soon
as the league Of nations had been ap-
proved, the English pound note should
be made legal tender in the United
States, while the American dollar
would be made legal tender in England.
al don't believe the time will come
when the English pound note viii! be
considered legal tender in the Unite'
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

had his headquartsrs, the "A. ". u
LIS" mingled With criminals.
Representative johnson asked the
witness if American soldiers were not
better treated In Germany than In the
prisons Of the A. Z. F. in Paris and
Chellcs, to which ne replied: "Perhaps
they were in some cases."
Congressman Bland asked the Wit
ness why the A. e. F.. which had built
barracks In France that would reach
a5O miles il sst end to end. could not
have provided more than four rooms
for the prisoners picked up in Paris.
Major Bennett replied that efforts had
been made to secure other quarters
but without success.
The witness said q great many pris-
onsrs we're brought to the Rue Sain'e
Anne intoxicated and in fighting
mood, and II was necessary to use
force. He admitted, however, that
force had not always been wisely used.
General Harts, he continued, in
spected the quarters once week and
knew Of the conditions. He tried to get
more room and more blankets.
Congressman Bland asked the wit.
ness why. if privates were condemned
to be shot for going to sleep on duty,
az occurred in two instances in the
A. f. F., General Harts and Colonel
Grins cad, "who went to sleep at their
posts" should not also be court
martialed.
Major Bennett replied that he did
not think the officers in the Paris
districts should be court partialed
because he thought they did the best
they could under the conditions:
Asked il General Harts, by using all
his influence. could not have got more
space, 30 as to separate drunks and
criminals from accidental A. W. o.
LIS, the witness replied that he
thought General Harris did all he
could
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

States" he said. we may pass a
thousand leagues Of nations, but we
will never have IT,"
The Senate adopted amendments by
Senator Gronna prohibiting corpora
tions formed undcr the act from en-
gaging in commerce or trade or inter-
tering in the freedom of competition
in the sale Of commodities. Another
amendment by him providing that no
corporations formed under the bill
should ipv,.s, in any one corporation
an amount exceeding 20 per cent Of
its capital and surplus, except in a
corporation engaged principally in the
banking business. a,so was accepted.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-07

A Rare Assemblage of
FurS and Fur Garments
is now ON view i'm the Fur Depart
ment, ON the Third Floor
Ii includes, besides the more practical
furs for everyday, many superb crea-
tions composed of carefully matched
pelts of the finest grades of mink,
Alaska and Russian sables, Alaska
seal, mole, etc.
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Dodge Bros. build their cars soundly
and simply with the purpose OF giving
maximum service at a minimum OF OPP
Grating cost. Az the days go on 1t be-
comes more and more difficult to find a
business requiring light delivery Al all
which is not making profitable use OF
these unusually economical cars.
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REPUBLIC TRUCKS
AGAIN PLENTIFUL
Huge Factories Turn From
Military Work to Peace
Production.
By y. w, RUGGLEs,

President Republic Motor Truck Co..
Inc, Alma, Mich.
Republic, believe, was one OF the
first manufacturers of motor trucks to
OFFER It's facilities to the Government,
and ever since the breaking of dip
lomatic relations with Germany through
out the war we have supplied many
standard Republic war trucks for service
here and overseas. Our military truck
plant Is one OF the most completely
equipped and efficient shops of its kind
In America.
The problem of turning our factories
20 tho manufacture of peace products is
not nearly so serious as that which con-
fronted US in converting them from a
peace to war basis. Our continuous
production of Republic trucks through
out the war. on greatly restricted
scale of course, and the fact that our
work for the Government was praCti-
cally confined to the production Of
standard trucks enables us TO make the
postwar transition with little or no
change In our manufacturing facilities.
Z. s. Orders Nearly Completed.
The elimination of Government work
from plant /. an important unit Of the
Republic factories. has permitted that
plant to resume work exclusively on
trucks for commercial use. The last
big consignment of standard three and
a half ton Republic war trucks left cur
factories just before the beginning of
the rev year
There are still a number Of Republic
trucks being built under Government
specifications at our military plant.
These should be completed and ready for
delivery the middle OF next month. This
will clear our decks entirely and enable
us to put through our extensive produce
ton plans without interruption.
When the history OF the motor truck
Industry Is written the year Just passed
will probably be pointed out as the year
In which the motor truck came into It's
own.
No ore industry was more IN the
public eye during 1918 or the year pre-
vious than motor truck industry. Given
ita big opportunity by the world war
and the consequent necessity for better
ing transportation facilities the motor
truck Immediately made good. And now
even the most sc-pticai will readily con-
cede that the field OF motor truck useful
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-02-09

ness has barely been scratched and that
the new giant industry is bound 10 grow
to even greater proportions.
Sees Biggest Year Coming.
And now. taking all things into con-
sderaton. I believe that the year ahead
Of us will be by far the biggest year we
have ever known. Our survey of the
commercial car business in the leading
centres of the country recently brought
out the fact that Republic dealers with
ont exception anticipate an Increasing
demand for trucks Of all sizes or ca
pacities and that their business Is going
to depend almost entirely upon our ability
to turn out as many Republic trucks as
possible.
The war has served TO demonstrate a6
would be possible in no other way that
the motor uCk is absolutely a necessity
10 business and that for short hauls ii
IL more valuable than the railroads
As an essential vehicle of commerce
the motor truck has come into the fore
ground and will continue to be pressed
into the business OF America with in
rrea sing insistence until every highway
from the Atlantic TO the Pacific will bc
travcrsed with this willing and capable
bearer OF burdens.
The motor truck industry has emerged
from its baptism OF fire az n powerful
economic factor in the life Of the nation.
It has grown out OF its swaddling clothes
into the full vigor of youth and strength.
and ] unhesitatingly predict that II will
soon become one OF tho biggest of all
American Industries