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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
RENTS WILL SOAR
AGAIN IN OCTOBER
Real Estate Men See Another Big In
crease on Way as Result of
Increased Costs
Increased Costs

occupied by saloons. Several thousand
saloon corners will be available, II Is ex-
pected, on July 1 or soon after, because
of the bone dry law. The ground floor
space of saloon or a cafe mas Deen
commanding rental about IS per cent.
higher than that paid ny other stores
or lines of business. Renting experts
point out. however, that while the saloon
may pay a high rent its very presence
lowers the value of other renting prop
critics on floors above and In apartments
and houses adjoining. These experts say
that all space now occupied by saloons
will be absorbed in the course of twelve
months The fact that this space may
soon be available or on the market Will
not, they say, depress rent values.
Store Property In Demand.
There is apparent an increasing In
terest in store space. Storekeepers who
were discouraged by the condition of the
market, scarcity of stocks and COM
petent clerks during the war, now be-
lieve that change is taking place and
that il will be favorable to merchandise
ing Therefore, store property, which
has been dead in some sections. now at
tracts attention.
Mcdowell & Mcmahon OF 1888 St
Nicholas avenue, Teport that everything
in the Washington Heights section 10
rented and that they are receiving APP
plications from forty people a day who
cannot be accommodated.
MANY people Frank J. Mcmahon
aid yesterday ARE willing to pay
bonus to get apartments. We don't keep
! n list OF applicants for apartments any
| more.
Il can't see any let UP in the de-
| mand for apartments in less than two
/ tnly 1T nag+ h1t TINA
to meet the present demand. on tho
present basis of rents for a walkup
apartment the prices will be from S12
! to s14 room. In April OF last year
| II was 50 a room. II Is now about sl1
per room. and If the price OF coal and
| operating expenses do not come down
| there will be another increase in rents
on october /.
There is a great demand for suites OF
! from three TO five rooms. At one tne
the people thought they had to have six
rooms, but now they will take any
| thing they can get. three or four or any
! number of rooms
I'm spite Of this. the people are re-
naming in the city Two years ago
there was drift to parts of New Jersey.
to the Oranges, Newark and Glen Ridge.
but ! do hot hear any mention of this
movement now.
There Is no prOfiteoring that I can
discover. Up 70 the present time own
ers have been losing money. The operat-
ing expenses were high and there were
| considerable losses due to bad tenants.
| Now they are beginning to recover. hut
one must bear in mind that the price
OF coal is UP 10 per cent, while there
Is an increase of from $50 to 300 per
cent. In cleaning supplies. costs OF re-
pairs and labor Carrying charges have
also increased through the boost in taxes.
There IS some increase in the supply of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
WILLYS TAKES APARTMENT.
Leases Elaborate Fifth Avenue
suite of .2 Rooms.

Douglas L. Gilman & Co. subleased
for Alfred Nathan. president of the
Nathan Manufacturing Company, his
magnificent duplex apartment at $50
Fifth avenue, corner OF SiXty-third
street, consisting of twenty-five rooms
and baths. to John n, WHY'S. president
OF the Willys-Overland Company. for a
long term of years. This apartment
which perhaps has no equal In the city,
was taken before 1t was completely fin-
ished. 1t was designed specially for Mr.
Nathans family. The interior decora-
tons and furnishings which are excep.
tional. were done by Aladoine * Co. and
Charles Of London. Mr., WHY'S Will have
as neighbors in the building August
Belmont. c. X. G. Billings. Harold /
Plat. Mrs. l.. L. Hardness and u. Craw-
ford Clark.
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lines, loop off or transfer to a route
into Queens.
Ways of Reaching borough.
At Fifty-ninth street the broadway
subway turns east and continues into
queens via the new Sixtieth street tun-
mel now nearing completion. The Second
avenue elevated line sends it's trains
across the Greensboro Bridge into
Queens at Fifty-ninth street. The link
ing of the elevated construction with the
bridge is completed. and trains are oper-
ated from the Brooklyn Bridge TO
Queens without change.
At Forty-second street the Fourth
Avenue marlborough subway transfers
passengers to the greensboro tunnel,
which runs from the Grand Central
Terminal under Forty-second street and
the East River to Queens. From mid
town. Manhattan. many take the Long
Island Railroad from the Pennsylvania
Terminal at Thirty-thrd street. This
provides quick and frequent service to
all nearby stations In Queens.
The greensboro subway is 10 he ex-
tended across the city through Forty
second street. west to Times Square,
connecting there with all sub-surface
routes which pass through Times Square
Union Station. The Seventh avenue
route. the west side OF the leg of the
1nterbo rough Rapid Transit system, is
connected with Queens by the shuttle
through Forty~second street. Under this
Is to be built the extension OF the
greensboro tube.
Visualize these lines. the district
through which they operate and their
relation to the splendid territory which
they serve on the other side of the East
River, and enlightenment as to the great
possibilities will result. History shows
that population follows transit extern
sion.
More Comfort for Less Money.
1t Is a matter of economy as we'll as
health for many Manhattan dwellers to
select new dwelling fields. Living con-
ditions are decidedly better. Modern
apartment houses. erected on reason
ably priced land, make 1t possible for a
family to enjoy all the comforts of the
apartment house and yet pay but part
or the rentals required for n similar
apartment in Manhattan
The cost OF building material and
labor is directing builders more and
more into Queens, because only through
the saving in the cost of land will the
builder be able TO erect apartments
which he can rent as low as SO 10 sla
iooiii' iHls is ABOUT as fnuch as the
average family can AFFORD. The public is
ready to pay this much and will follow
the builder who will produce such
| apartments
Only on the subway lines of Queens
| is this possible at this time The fact
that all transit lines connect Queens
| with the business sections OF Manhattan
creates a combination that makes for a
wonderful future. Investment in apart
rnent houses in this area offers not only
a GOOD income. but promises a substan-
tial Increment due to the present low
| price Of land which Is certain to advance
| as tho area develops. As n flerd for
| investment in land. followed by build
ing operations. Queens offers great OPP
portunitieS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
TAKES PROFIT IN RESALE.

TIC Mason Realty Company, Max
Nat4I on. president, yesterday sold TO
'Le rJi.ege Holding Company. Joseph
SA-ra president. 726 to 736 West 1slst
street, Two six story elevator apartment
houses each on a plot 100x150, irregu-
lar Tnryf house 100 families and bring
r. an annual rental OF $4,000. These
i-arrrtiss were held at 100000 and
so,l for all cash. The selling company
sc1H.r'l the premises three weeks ago
non the Ambrose Realty Company and
Is Row dlspos!ng of the same In an all
elsa t!tusaction at a substantial profit.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
Advice for Amateur.

Improved real estate IS therefore a
bargain for any purchaser today. pur-
chase only the finished house, | do not
build. l do not make any alterations in
apartments"
Are there any hints or suggestions
that you can give to the amateur" Mr..
Brown was sliCd
The amateur" Mr., Brown promptly
replied, should deal with responsible
broker who viii do the right thing.
have every confidence In the broker.
paid $4,000 Ia commissions TO brokers
in 1918"
'What are your views OF the financial
situation
There f. money valuable" Mr. DroNn
replied. ITO SAVINGS banks are chuck
full OF none. St,,u-s Aa..rS are nov
willing to make small loans But after
April, after the neat Liberty Loan. there
will be an even greater supply OF fuhds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26

Camp are also learning tho theory and
practice of rent, profit and interest and
unearned Increment. The lectures also
reflect tho Y. NJ. c. a. teachers views
on feudalism from tho time OF William
the Conqueror and comparative national
systems of land tenure.
Prepared by a better understandings OF
home owning fundamentals. which they
are obtaining through the lectures by
the former New Jersey real estate man,
tho soldiers who come back from Romscy
Camp will lose little time i'll acquiring
either a site for n home or cottage
and Ground Not only soldiers, but
American nurses are manlfesting keen
interest," in Mr.. Jeffery's exposition OF the
home buying problem.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
REAL ESTATE JoTTINGs.

Lieut., D. Chester Noyes. L. :. A.. has
received his discharge from the Ord
nance Department, Washington. D. c.,
and retoined the Douglas l.. Gilman
Company. In which organization he has
been a director for some time.
Major Ogden l., Mills of New York,
now In France, was elected president OF
the New York State Tax Association at
the close OF its conference in Albany yes
terday Major Mills was formerly a
State Senator Other officers elected
are: Vice presidents, Edwin II. A. SeliI
man, New York; John j, Merrill and
Charles J. Tobin of Albany and William
J. Wallin, Yonkers; secretary and treas
urer. Leo Day Woodwork. Now York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26

Service leased the building on extremely
easy terms, the rental amounting practi-
cally to the payment OF taxes on the
property.
The work OF Transforming the vast
church building with its ponderous In
terror columns and its lofty ceiling into
homelife, chubby sort OF place was d-ie-
gated to the firm of Mann & MacNeile.
architects for the War Camp Community
Service. The first thing the architects
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26

n ground rental of per cent. OF a valu-
alton of S4,00O,000, per cent. of the
cost of the structure, less reductions
which have been allowed. and taxes and
other levIes. which the city may place
on the property. The lease Is for
twenty-ons years and goes into effect
thirty days after the completion OF the
building. The Pennsylvania Terminal
Real Estate Company is the owner and
the New York Hotel Statler Company is
the lessee.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26

did was 20 lay an entire new floor built
on different levels in order to break the
vastness OF the main area. which was TO
be used for AN auditorium. and 10 sepa-
rate the canteen and club rooms from the
dancing floor.
The height OF the ceiling presented
another difficulty. but this was met by
stretching big sheet of unbleached
muslin, 42Xl04, over the entire nave of
the church. The muslin was stretched
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
BUYS WEEKS AVE. APARTMENT.

Frederick Brown purchased the four
T." story apartments at 1864. 1868, 1772
chi l77G Weeks avenue from Morris
lJ.sky in all cash transactions These
APARTMENTS are situated one block from
Tie Grand Concourse on a plot 200x95
E / house eighty families. The annual
reHt goll is about $4,000. The holding
lr.-e was S250.o00. The brokers were
L-.taer, Bremen & Starr.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
TWENTIETH STREET LOFT SOLD

The Levitan Corporation bought from
a client of the Bankers Trust Company
II West Twentieth street, a nine and
half story flreproof loft building on plot
2S.6X92. The building is leased for about
$4,000 and was purchased on cash
basis. Charles Z. Moore was the broker.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
DEALS IN PROSPECT AVENUE.

E--o,ph Schneider purchased from
.1-sew p. TRADER a total frontage OF
III feet on the west side OF Prospect
a .IC. between 1Slst and 1S2d streets,
W." strip SO feet wide abuttlng
{. Clinton avenue. The depth OF the
t'e ls about $50 feet, The combined
j. .artles Were taken for $4,000, the
r.aer'y carrying mortgages to the
GH sl-' Of $4,000.
a.. four story apartment house at
Il respect avenue In the same block
J. also involved in a deal. Clara F.
A'.s 40 purchaser, has started pro-
90 ..rss to have the title to tho prop
err 'is'ered under the Torrens sys-
'. I.o plot is 33x150.2. and Is sit
I7'! o0ut 100 feet north OF 1sIst
s,s.,-
fLNNsNLEANIA HOTEL LEASE.
TIE lease Of the Pennsylvania Hotel.
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There is also active demand for living
space in the suburbs with corresponding
increase in rents, Apartment houses in
the suburbs are filled and the owners OF
many large houses, which We're formerly
devoted exclusively to one family. are
changing the interior appointments 10
accommodate two or more families. The
low price of realty in many sections is
attracting investors who see the pos
sbilities Of a drift of urban population
10 the suburbs. Small suburban homes
of six rooms are at Il premium.
There Is every prospect that altera-
lions will be made in old houses stu
ated in the central East Side OF Manhnt-
tan to meet requirements IN that neigh
borhood. The owners of many Of these
houses have not kept pace with the de-
mand for modern apartments and the old
houses have suffered from, the compete
ton of modern apartments. which have
won the approval and patronage of ten
ants.
Renting experts also see a new stua-
ton developing around quarters now
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26

The present shortage of living space
and the corresponding increase in rents,
is a situation which is troubling Father
Knickerbocker greatly, but it may ulti-
mately result to his advantage. Experts
declare that they cannot see any evil
dence of profiteering In rents. They say
the increases are the result of supply
and demand, and, as there Is very little
construction under way or projected,
they look for another increase on Octo-
Der ]. They likewise affirm that the
increases are only now bringing the re-
turn on investment In renting property
UP to fair rate of interest.
If the rents which Father Kn!cker-
booker is paying yield a fair return upon
investment in real estate, this fact, 1t
is being pointed out. will encourage own
ers of vacant property to build. This
in turn will provide more living space
OF very desirable chatacter-new.
clean, light and CHEEKY quarters with
modern appointments and ConvenienCes.
\ fresh, new apartment always appeals
to the woman who has the choosing of a
place for the family to live Removal
to a new house is ever regarded to be OF
benefit because of the advantages in the
way Of light. ventilation and convent
ence.
Three now apartment houses will
bring temporary relief in certain quar-
tiers in Manhattan. In the central East
side conditions will be somewhat i'm.
proved by new multl-family structure
on Fifth avenue. which will be ready
January next. In the Washington
Ieis hts section a new apartment house
facing the Concourse in the West Bronx
Will he ready b. February /. The suites
! in this structure are already reserve,
and the families about to move in. There
is not another APARTMENT house under
! construction in Washington Heights a
this time, but Gustavus l.. Lawrence has
announced that he will build on tn,
| southeast corner of Broadway anC
I lsham street, and have six story
apartment house ready for occupancy by
! October J..
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house at : West 1881 street 1t was 90
cup!ed by negro families, but it made .
profit for lne / am not superstitious.
but have made u profit on el cry trans
action since"
NJ. Brown was asked X he had any
diversions. like golf or fishing.
NO" he replied, Il DO smoke
Otherwise the real estate business alb
serbs all my attention. l work from Z
in tho morning until o'clock at night
have no country place, chickens or
horses. l have an automobile and now
and then I take a run into the country
and sit on tho grass
Ever take a vacation" ho was asked.
Vacation! l have not had 4 vacatio
In seven years Who're would go IL
was TO take a vaction? Possibly to Eu-
rope; that is, II ! had chance I
would like TO visit England France and
What is the real estate sltuation?'
Mr.. Brown WAS asked
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-26
PLNNsNLyANIA HOTEL LEASE.

TIE lease Of the Pennsylvania Hotel.
SL.ca wls recorded yesterday, calls for
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lines, loop off or transfer to n route
into Queens
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Continued on Second Page.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-21
MUCH IN LITTLE.

A man In London was hit by a
taxicab carrying the bishop Of Wake
field. After he had been taken
home and his injuries had been
dressed he thanked the bishop, de-
claring, you have done me a good
turn. I was dumb before the acct
dent"
1t has been demonstrated in tn
worlds markets that Canadian fax
fiber is equal in quality to the best
continental standards, and that 1t
compares favorably with that pro-
duced In Russia, which country be-
fore the war furnished so per cent
of the worlds supply.
The olive oil produced in the re-
gion Of Bordeaux has lightness, a
perfume, and particularly delicate
SAVIOR which have given it world
wide reputation and made 1t an i'm
portant article of export and source
of wealth for it's producers. Most
ported under the Bordeaux trade
mark.
The asphalt lake of Trinidad Is
situated at Brighton, IL miles west
of San Fernando, 27 miles south of
Port of Spain and about half mile
from the Gulf Of Paria. The lake
itself is a fiat area of approximately
100 acres, forming basin sur
rounded by low hill. The original
elevation of the lake surface was
1874 feet above sea level, but min
ing operations had lowered this ele-
walton to about 100 feet in 1918.
The Philippines are in a position
not only to supply newsprint for do
mestic needs, but to export large
quantities Of this product. Accord
ing to report just made by the d.
rector of the bureau of forestry, the
raw materials available, such as the
bamboo and two kinds of grasses,
the cogon and the talahib, are of
such good quality and can be so
cheaply secured that If this indus
try is given careful study the islands
will not need to import annually
100000 worth Of paper as hereto
fore.
Praying by electricity is now prac-
ticed by the Buddhists in India. The
prayers, written on long bands of
paper, are wrapped round a wheel,
and each turn Of the wheel is equiva-
lent to one repetition of the prayer.
The pious native believes that the
greater number of revolutions Of his
prayer wheel the better his prayers
will be answered, and he either turns
1t by hand or lets the wind or water
turn it. To overcome the difficulty
when the water courses run dry and
to safeguard the religious customs
of the natives, the government now
compels the electric companies to
equip the prayer wheels with mo-
tors and supply the necessary cur
rent to turn them during the dry
season free of all charge to the ma
tives.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-21
Friend Of the Soldier
Replies will be given in this
column to questions relating
to the soldier and his prob
lens, in and out of the army.
Names will not be printed.
Ask The Bee to Answer.
Army Reorganization.

In making up the army the first
20 divisions were to be known as
regulars (only seven such were
formed; divisions 81 to rs, inclu-
sive, the National Guards; and the
remainder, the national army. The
regular divisions have in them some
drafted men and men who enlisted
for the period Of the war. but these
men are being replaced by true reg
ulars" in the divisions which are re-
naming abroad as the army OF &C.
cupation, viz: The first three d.
visions. AS stated before in this col
umn, movement Of National Guard
and national army combat units from
France is complete and the move
ment Of regulars Is under way.
|. Many Questions Answered.
T. S.-Answer to your question
may be found in the fact that tina
bureau of war risk insurance of the
Treasury department, paid out $685.
933,962 to dependents Of soldiers,
sailors and marines during the
month of May.
J. P. A.-More than 1000 soldiers
OF the 2Sd engineers arrived at Bos-
ton on the Winifredian June 8; 9TH
ers will quickly follow.
DR.. o. O.-There are approximate
ly 100000 medical men in this
country. OF this number $4,000
were enrolled, classified and coded
for service during the war, 10000 be-
ing actually modified as officers of
the army and navy and the public
health service.
A. j. K. and j. M. S.--You do not
say what company Of the 109th en-
gineers you are interested in. Com
pany D Of the 109th engineers was
scheduled on June 6 for early con-
voy from France, according to re-
port from Washington.
An Anxious Father-Various I'M
it's of the Sixth army corps have re-
turned. Write the adjutant general
Of the army at Washington for in
formation regarding an individual
soldier.
C. A. G.-The 142d field artillery
is part of the 39th division, which
division was made up chiefly of men
from Arkansas, Mississippi and
Louisiana. They were in France on
February /. 1919.
]. O.-The George Washington was
not renamed when the United States
took 1t over.
E. E. M.-If your brother was
transferred to the Second division
he is likely to remain there (since
that division is in the army of oc-
cupation) until some regular army
man takes his place. (See para
graph above headed Army Organ
ization") In no case, (unless he is
a regular army MANI can he be held
longer than four months after peace
is signed. The First company. First
air service mechanics regiment, has
been cited for early sailing, but the
exact date is not given.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-21
Omaha Boy in the Tropics.

La Romano, D. R., June ITO
the Editor Of The Bee: Please let
this letter escape the waste basket
First of all, am going to let you
know who composed it.
To introduce myself: My name Is
Otto F. Prbyl. am a United
States marine Enlisted August 3,
1916. Was born in Omaha Fl years
ago; in fact, spent Is years OF my
life in that good old city. and L am
going to spend the rest or my lie
there If I ever get back. Am a
graduate Of the Lincoln school ana
my parents reside at 1922 South
Seventeenth street, subscribers to
your paper ever since I was a mere
lad.
But to get down to what l am
driving at First, l will tell or some
of my exploits in these God-for-
gotten tropics. I arrived here Octo-
Der 20. 1915, and have been mere
ever since, and, believe me, l have
had some weird experiences. we
have been fighting the bandit sit
uation since April, 1917, and have
somewhat succeeded in quelling the
uprising.
But still 1t Is an uncertainty, as
new leaders pop up over night.
The weather down here is natur-
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-21

rang the bell, but no one was home
and so the door remained shut fast.
| The courier promptly turned him.
self into Whit of smoke and drift
| ed through a keyhole. Inside he
| searched each room, but all In vain.
Peggy grew feverishly anxious. If
| the invitation were for her, she was
in danger of missing it.
Here I am" she cried aloud, only
to sink back in her seat in great
mbarrassment-she had forgotten
she was in theater. But no one
seemed to pay any attention to her
that is, no one except the courier.
He stopped short in his tracks, look
ed toward her and walked right out
Of the picture to hand her Cinder-
elias note.
Dear Princess Peggy. come to
my ball." said the note. Don't
bother to put on your party dress.
My fairy godmother will fit you out
with wish clothes, SO hurry along.
Your loving friend, Cinderella"
wish clothes-I wonder what
they are" exclaimed Peggy. In an
instant there she was in the pic
ture and a queer, little old woman
was shipping at her frock with a
sharp pair of scissors.
Snippety. snap, went the scissors
and quickly Peggy's neat little dress
was in shreds.
ooh, what are you doing?" cried
Peggy in dismay.
Getting your frock in rags and
tatters," answered the queer little
old woman in a tinkly voice, as she
shipped faster than before. you
see, I'm Cinderella's godmother, and
I know how to turn shabby rags into
royal raiment, but I don't know how
to transform pretty new dresses.
There, presto! See!" And Peggy