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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-05
Last Big Auction Sale of
Lots in Upper Broadway
249 Parcels Owned by Van Cortlandt Estate for
zoo Years Offer Unusual Opportunities for
investors, Operators nd Spectators

J. Clarence Davies. at the Nesev
Tuesday will sell at auction the re
mainder Of the Van Cor,landt estate
vacant holdings in the West Bronx.
Inc sale will mark the last big Broad
way lot sale. The sale comprises 249
lots situated on the west side Of
broadway overlooking Van Cortland.
Park, from 242d Street to 256th Street.
Sale of Property Surprise
The placing of this property on the
market at this time occasioned no little
surprise IN real estate circles. s.peci-
ally in view of the fact that tic Van
Cortlandt estate had plans under pre-
paratlon for the Improvements, OF the
property with apartment houses. dwell
lngs and business and amusement
buildings. The war brought the plans
TO halt and delayed the project in
dehnlte!y, and finally the estate decided
10 1orego the scheme entirely. Advanc-
ing age, coupled with a desire to re
lleve himself of the cares and re
sponslblities of the management of
extensive real estate holdings, is be-
iieved TO have caused Augustus Van
Cortlandt, one of two principal heirs.
to wish to dispose OF the property in
ITS entirety.
Incidentally. however, the sale Of
TINS property, which has been held IN
the ownership of one family for more
than two centuries and a half. Will
provide builders, operators and invest
ors with rare opportunity to pro-
cure at their own valuation plots suit
aDIe LOT immediate Improvement, and
which should be long stride toward
a o.
ing quarters for the housing of the
thousands Of homeless tenants.
Attractions of Offerings.
From the standpoint Of the builder
and investor. as we'll as the home
seeker. the Van Cortlandt property to
be sold possesses many attractions not
found elsewhere. Beginning at 242d
street subway terminus, at the transfer
point to Yonkers. where a tremendous
tlue OF pedestrian and vchicular traffic
cohVerges, there are about 100 lots of
varying dimensions fronting directly
on broadway, overlooking the park
parade grounds, and extending the
entire length OF the property to 256th
Street On this frontage business is
permitted The interior lots 10 the
west OF Broadway are suitable for
dwelling and apartment house improve
ment. Included in this sale are about
twenty-four buildings dwelling
hotels. stores. etc, all yielding good
rentals. With the exception OF few
intervening blocks. extending from
broadway to the historic Post Road.
the property is free from all assess
ments as to all physical improvements
installed. The element of chance as to
ITS future is thus removed. In short
the. land is ready for the builder as
soon as he takes title Seventy per
cent OF the purchase price may remain
on bond and mortgage, and negotiation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-05
Buy Flushing Homes in
Course of Construction
Builders Having Hard Time t..
ing to Meet Demand for At
tractive Colonial Rousea

An attractive development arousine
considerable attention is that of the
Operators Association, Inc, at Forrest
and Parson avenues. Flushing. 1t is
the purpose of these builders to cree,
roomy and attractive houses with up-to.
date Improvements. They are of the
Colonial type OF architecture with pref
tilv laid out lawns
The property is located in fine sec
ton of Flushing enjoying city con-
veniences and is surrounded with pretty
homes, near schools, churches and stores
The streets are paved and curbed. with
electric and gas light. Another feature
is IT. nearness to good transit service
and its easy accessibility to and from
Manhattan.
There has been such a demand for
the houses that many are sold long be-
fore being completed George p. Mar
tin. treasurer Of the company. SAID yes
terday the purpose OF the company is 20
make every house complete in every do
tai and that IL WY SO many have been
sold while still !, the course of con-
struction
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sold include 1858 and 1862 Flushing Ave
xnuc; 545, 800 nd 500 Eleventh Avenue:
~ and 20 Wilson Avenue; 56s and 56s
Street, and Is Crescent Street 'S7''''
The Crimmins estate absolute sal,
has been ordered by the Crimmin:
Operating Company, Inc, which is con
trollcd by the estate of John D. Grim
MINIS. Its executors are Morgan J
O'Bricn, Thomas Crimmins and Cyril
Crimmins. Richard r. Costello is the
attorney.
Discussing the forthcoming sale Mr.
Day said yesterday:
Mr. Crimmins was born in East
Fiftyninth Street near Second Avenue
on May IS, 1914, at time when New
York was just beginning to develop
into the greater city of to day. lie
was q contractor and the son of con-
tractor. and with the lapse of years
he came to be recognized as a leader
in his field-one who tackled problems
in the building Of the worlds greatest
city which even his ablest rivals
fought shy Of.
Knew Realty Values
"Hc was an authority on the cost, and
the best method Of building streets and
sewers, and one of his principal
achievements was the putting under
ground Of New Works maze of over
head telephone. telegraph and trolley
wires. At one time Mr.. Crimmins en-
ployel as many as l3 600 men, who were
engaged principally in building the city
streets, its railroads. gas, mains, docks,
etc.
"He built the first subway designed
to carry underground the then over
head telegraph and telephone wires, and
reconstructed the cable street car lines
into a fast electric underground system.
"Thcse many construction activities
in practically all sections Of the city
gave Mr.. Crimmins first hand knowl-
edge Of real estate conditions and the
trend of population. He capitalized
this knowledge by the purchase of many
investment properties, including flats.
apartment dwellings and lots, located
in some of the best and most thickly
populated sections of Manhattan. Bronx
and Queens. He did not speculate in
real estate; but bought for purposes of
investment and held great ma jority
Of his properties until the day of his
death y
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-05
70 Finance Loans
For Home RuiIsIino
Al This Auction
Wm. Zieg7er VIII Sell 900
Lots and Fifteen Houses
and Will Help Buyers to
Become Own Landlords

Bryan l. Kennedy. ln the Vosoy
Street saicsroom ore Sasu.aar. ,eovcn,
Der :, at II a. m. Wi sell At naes' ON
for the Zieglcr cste'c about ono lo,s
and fifteen houses. Thc properties are
located in Brooklyn. Long Island end
New Jersey and VIII, therefore. Offer
n vide and diversified list to select
from.
The realty consists Of go lots at
Linden, n. j.; l72 lots AT Tottenville.
s. L., 40 lots and eight houses in
brooklyn; 300 lots AT Inglesldc. Flush
ing. L. l.: 81 lots and three houses and
Casino at Argyle PARK. Babylon. fort
lots ut South Elizabeth. \. j.. and ten
lots at Roselle. "
These properties have been developed
IN the past by the Realty Trust for the
late William Iiegler. ard nave Just
passed INTO the possession ii William
Liegier. who. actuated by philanthropic
motives and desire TO relieve. IA par
az least, the demand for homes and
home sites. has decided 20 sell al these
properties az absolute sale for what
ever they may bring
SO Gar as can be ascerta;ncd. II n
the first time sale Of It's Kind has
been held on Saturday in the Vesey
street room.
another important feature Of the
sale is the fact tha, the Ziegler estate
W., , Trance pu..d'hg loans I'D 10 res-
auction dos;ron. 81 h'.fa.r,, ho,ns ms
n...,. ,,,
Vu"Her "'oge o"er'ng
Mr. Kennedy viii sell H auction on
saturday next on the PREMISE twenty
'hrec residential sites Of one and two
acres each, two attractive dwellings
ana three acreage plo's Of from six.
l"enty-s'x and twerty-ore acres. With
farmhouse and barn. on old Mamaro-
c ,1.en '.oau' 9.-Nph " noo7 Road ana the
OF Wes.ches..'s -. .,',o.. o''s
communities for,v-e,.e ,,,,,,.S' s.'..,
Fortv-secord SRA, on - - y sloi,'
Boston & We-tchester p.iIrosd n
Stores in New porb.lia W., ~.
non and Namaroncck n,ake dal;,orsa.
dali, to Ou,ta- 49, Ne'''efie '
Union Course Lot Sal.
On Saturday nex. or .ha ,,a
Mr.. Kcpnouv also viii osa. = 80
building jotz ar I-n;on corrao &C.,
The property is located on a,Is,t,c
Avenue and adjacent strests ma
fronts on the station of the Long Island
Railroad.
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highways. run through the property. In
Saw Mil River Road, near by, there is 81
trolley line that connects with the
Broadway subway at the 242d Street
station.
The New York Central Railroad (Put-
nam divsion> connects with the main
line at High Bridge station and make )
the Grand Central Station accessible.
Connection can also be made with the
Six and Ninth avenue elevated roads
and the Jerome Avenue extension of
the Lexington Avenue subway ut the
Sedgwick Avenue station; also with
the Broadway subway at the 13lst
Street station
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-05

Purchased in 1876, the Bryn Mawr
Park estate of the late Justice Will
lam Mitchell, of the Supreme Court
OF the State Of New York. is to be sold
in 2l5 separate building lots and plots
and four acreage plots by Joseph P.
Day on next Saturday, in philipsburg
Hall, YonHers, N. Y. The Mitchell
estate is located directly at the
Bryn Mawr station and AUDITING
the grounds of the Dunwoodic Golf
Club. The property was retained By
Justice Mitchell during his lfetimc
and has been held intact by his heirs
up to the present time Owing to the
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the estate and the fact that it has
become imperative to convert this
building holding into cash, the execu-
tors have ordered an absolute sale
without regard to present NJ. Act value
or the prices to be paid
Bryn Mawr Park is one o. the beauty
spots in Yonkers and is Centrally TO-
Gated in fastgrowing dis.rict on the
Putnam division of the No'y York Cen
trail Railroad. A large public school
erected recently in Lockwood Avenue
has proved too small for the increased
population and has been enlarged.
Palmer Avenue and Mile Square
Road, both of which are automobile
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-05

are under way to advapee building
,oans and encourage the immediate Up
building Of the eighhorhood.
Broadway, among fhe worlds rem
resentative streets stands alone IN
several respects. No ;horourhfare has
undergone more radical changes IN Us
appearance within a shorter period l.
comp eteiy travsrses great naetrorohs
II has been well named the Greatest
street IN the World" by a we'll known
writer. and its name is 3 household
word TO every true New Yorker. Along
ITS route II partahes OF the successive
character of a throbblns Hna9cN mart
wholesale store. a retail shopping dis
trict, a pulsatlrg amusement center.
and lastly high grade residential,
community. Its growth has been iiftlr
short of marvellous. l. is within TIE
memory OF the younger generation thai
Forty second street was "farthest
north on broadway. and az someone
recently SAID reminiscontly. mot SO
very long ago II was possible to shoot
gatiing gun down Broadway after
dark and not hit anyone. where now
thousands congregate TO partaks of the
various forms Of amusement and nfs-ht
life.
Early History of Thorouyhtare
In the early days Of New York. whe,
II was known a New Amsterdam. and
It's northerly limit did Hot reach hcynr,i
bowling Green. the Dutch settlers.
when they wanted 10 80 To the suburbs.
came out through the landport. a rnt.
when opened In the fort wall where
Broadway (thc Washington building,
now stands and enjoyed themselves on
the sward that we call Bowling Green
might enjoy country excursions. a
road was made from the landport near
~ TO the site Of our City Hall Park.
1t was named Hoogweg. or highway
and with very considerable extension.
II is now known as Broadway. II is
interesting to note tina. the Van Corr,
Iandts. whose descendants are selling
broadway land. together with tn
l.iNlngstons. kersscla~rs and other New
iork families. occupied handsome res.
dences IN lower Broadway IN the
vicinity of Wall Street.
Opportunity for Buyers
There is no thoroughfa,c IN thi.
great city. for It's length and breadth
that has shown more consistent f.4r
m realty values than Broadway" SIND
}. Clarence Dawes. auci ioneer and
agent. There may have been ,ertode
OF depression, but these were % shor,
duration. and values were eventually
restored. csnn>t see how any ono
can mahe mistake IA buying Broad
way frontage; It's future ls assured for.
al time 80 come rs the city crow
horthward, as II has always done and
always Viii until every particle # land
IS built upon. This sale viii mark tho
last offering Of Broadway lots on =
large scale and viii BE- the last op
portunlty for the public 20 acquire
such property At thelr own price"
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or by way of the Harlem River Division
TO Highbrdge and then by wav of
the Putnam Division 20 Nepoerhan:
also by way of the Broadway subway to
the 242d Street or Van Cortlandt Parl.
Terminal thence by electric surface car
iine to Getty Square, Yonkers, and 10
Nepperhan Heights.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-05
NEW JERSEY

SPECIAL. NOTICE-Iiomesf or sale in New
Jersey. Let me place you in direct touch
with owners that want to sell their prop
erty: rooms in Nutley. $500; Z rooms,
Bellevillc. $1,000; rooms East Orange
$1,000, rooms. Bloomfield. $1,000; {
rooms. West Orange, $500 9 rooms
Montclair, $500; 10 rooms, Glen Ridge.
$4,000 rooms, Bloomfield, $4,000: size of
lots 80 to 100 front, 100 to $50 deep. Write
for particulars. S. ]. ADAMS, a4l n. Full
lerton ave, Montclair, n. j.
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TWO-FAMILY HOUSE. in good condition.
hot ana cold water; near depot. high
school. churches and stores. F. a. CACLD-
WELL. e. Brookside ave. Nyack, y. Y
| FREEPORT n Y.--4 lots golf grounds;
sacrifice to quick purchaser. Mansfield
! 12ll Main St, WoodIa avn. Pa.
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| COLONIAL. stone house. 75x240 feet. one.
two families; large trees. lawns. improve
ments main street: minutes school. high
school; $4,000. Owner. X. BANDuOITZ,
Dumont. N. i.
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WILL sacrifice my 12-room modern house
in excellent condition: splendid location
five minutes walk from station at Ridge
wood, N. j.. quick cash buyer Will get a
real bargain Address Owner, L. O. Box
288, Ridgewood. n. j.
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MODERN COUNTRY HOME

u rooms. BATH heat. gas. electricity.
open fireplace; good condition; fine locu-
ton: FIVE acres. garage and outbuildings
81 miles from New York CITY, Erie II. II. ::
price. $4,000; easy terms. Mrs. a. j..
Higgins, iilIsdalc, \. j. Phone West
wood 90.
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NEW YORK STATE


NEW YORK STATE
Who'll Be the Lucky Buyer?
Actually Cost SIS ,000--Seil for s25, 900
Most extraordinary bargain in State can
| never be duplicated; it's chance Of life
time; Fl acres, highest state of cultivation
fruits in great variety and abundance
magnificent dwelling Is rooms. beautiful
baths, wonderful open freplaces, inlaid
hard wood sound proof floors. steam heat.
beautiful electric fixtures, spacious
veranda: small fortune in flowers, shrub
berry, etc Act quickly
Fl. ]. McCINLEY.
st MAIN ST.. NYACK. n. "
BEAUTIFUL RIVER FRONT
Directly on Hudson about acres f.
hea utiful lawns, fine dock, boathouso.
Summer house: wonderful shade. splendid
dwelling; IL rooms baths. Great bar
& ain, $4,000 terms.
Fl. ]. MCKINLEY, Nyack, N. Y.
TNVO-TAMIr,Y HOUSE in GOOD condition
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-17
BURLESON'S ALIBI.

MT. Burleson says that he has had many things to contend with in run ming the postoffice department that were not in his control. The rail- way situation, the labor situation the extra war duties imposed on his department have tended to hamper eff ficient service, he says. Despite this, he declares, the postoffice has been remarkable in development, wonder full in organization, and the standard of efficiency borders on the miracu- lous."
 Assailed as he has been from all sides, Mir. Burleson could say little else. However, he will find few men in either patty who will agree with him. The postofifce department has been handicapped, but it has not been so handicapped as to justify the in- efficiency that has developed unocy Burleson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-17
ALL THEY CAN GET.

When the steel men went out at Chicago they appointed from among their own number men who owned autos to act as pickets. These men were paid $8 day for day averag- ing 13 hours. The strike went on without result and yesterday the auto-owning pickets struck against their own striking unions for more money and shorter hours.
 The case illustrates the thing that governs a great many strikes today. These strikes are not governed by a desire to obtain justice. They are inn pelled by the desire to "get all you can" no matter whom you get it from, no matter whom you harm. Regard less of the union ideal of united act ion. the pickets dumped" the, unions which they found they had the ad- vantage and could squeeze few more dollars out of them.
 The whole situation today is an open "grab box" Demands general ly are based not on what is believed to be just and fair, but upon what the prospective strikers believe the employer will stand. They try to get all they can. Defeated in this, E they sometimes are, they take what they can get.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-17
THE LOCAL COTTON SITUATION


 The merchants and the commercial organizations of Pine Bluff should see to it that there is radical change in the Pine Bluff cotton mar ket.
 The present situation does not tend to increase the receipts of the Pine Bluff market, nor does it insure a fair deal to the farmer.
 We have no market price in Pine Bluff day to day. The farmer brings his cotton here and gets what he can. If he sells to one man, he gets one price. The chances are that if he had bargained with another he would have gotten a better price.
 So far as is known, Pine Bluff is the only large cotton market where such 8 condition prevails. In other markets there is competitive bidding and the farmer is assured top price. The Pine Bluff Cotton Exchange, at meeting several weeks ago, took steps to relieve this situation. It was decided to eliminate scalping. The members of the exchange who formu- lated this plan meant well. However. they have not been able to accom- plish their ends. While there. may be some open bidding, there is still the form of street buying that fright ems the small farmer and his wagon away from this market.
 Every bale of cotton brought to Pine BlBuff means money for Pine Bluff. The merchants, the cotton men, the banks-every business con- cern-benefit.
 It is up to those who have the well fare of this city at heart to see that Pine Bluff is in reality fair market and that every farmer who comes to town is assured he will receive the market price for his cotton.
 The exchange might post and pub fish cotton prices for the day. The merchants and the commercial or. ganizations would do we'll to unite in an effort to eliminate sharp dealing
 Until this is accomplished, cotton dealers and Pine Bluff business men generally, should do all they can to insure that wagon cotton will bring what it is worth in Pine Bluff, and the grower must exert little effort to help himself. Instead. of "haggling' with one or two men all day, the thing for the grower to do is to get two samples of his cotton--one from each side of the bale-and take these with the weight to the different cotton shippers. Get bids from each one and sell for the best price.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-17
we have taken from their shoulders

we have taken from their shoulders every possible burden, all minor de- tails of public nature that can be performed in their behalf and of which in most instances the new con- made it our business to take care of and to this mighty effort we attribute largely our success in bringing and holding such new industries. l have serious doubts that any other organi- zation in the country offers and per- forms the valued and detail service of this kind as is done by our organiza- tion.
 Future Activities
 Among our most important activ- ities for the coming year, which 1 re- spectivefy submit to the membership for it's kind and thoughtful considera- ject, which however is about to be successfully launched and the details of which will be submitted to you within the next few days. The spe- cial committee has worked diligently on this project and so successfully, too, that they feel quite sure their re- port will receive unanimous endorse ment of our community. Our city and section has grown to such pro- portions in numbers, education, cul- ture and desires, that theatre, which will attract the leading, high class legitimate entertainments is just as essential to our. future commercial growth as anything else we can think of. Due to the fact that our capital city is so well supplied with this feat ure and through it's. recent road inn provement systems, which it will soon begin work on and which reaches right into the heart of our own ter ritory, we will find our friends in that territory, visiting Little Rock for the purpose of such entertainment
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-17

Continued from Page Two.)
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Spiritualism is . Cause of Debate
 in English Church
(By The Associated Press.)

\by Inc ASSOCidteu ! AeSo'J
 Leicester, England, Oct. 15.-The congress of the Church of England today held warm debate ovel spiritualism which started through an attack from the Very Rev. William R. Inge, dean of St. Paul, London.
 The Right Rev. James E. C. We'll don, dean of Durham and one or two other prominent clergyman made a partial defense of spiritualism and the Archbishop of Canterbury said the entire subject would be consider ed by the bishops when the Lambeth conference meets next year.
 eff" said Dean Ingo, "that kind of after life were true-that portrayed in the pitiable revival of nccromancy in which so many desolate hearts have sought so spurious satisfaction it would indeed be melancholy postponment or negation of all we hope and believe about our dead" se- r Replying Dean Weldon said: "It is too late to dismiss spiritualism as a fraud"