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New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
Newark an Active Center
OF Really Trading
Sales Show Demand for Busi'
ness and Dwelling Houses
i'm Various Sections

The property at 423 and i25 High
Street, Newark, n. j.. has been sold by
the estate of Fredericka Kurzenbercer
to Benjamin Littlefeld. Of Littleiield
Brothers. coal dealers. The premises
consist of frame structures, on plot 80
by 96 feet. Louis Schlesinger was the
broker.
The new one-family residence. recently
COMPLETED at the southWes, corner OF
Van Houten Place and De Witt Avenue
Belleville. on a plot 40 by 100 feet, has
hosn sod by John c. Lloyd to iaro d a.
Paine. Mr.. Schlesinger was the broker
The same broker has sold the Ebers-
berger property on Paris Street to
Joseph Hollander. The premises consist
of one-story structure on plot l44 by
100 feet. ,o,
The three-story brick building at lol
and 1903 South Orange Avenue, at the
northeast corner of Richmond Street
has been sold by H. Sobo & Sons whole
sale grocers, to the Diamond Electro
Srocialties Corporation, successors to
the Import Sales Company.
Feist & Feist have sold for Henry l.
Bauman his dwelling at 257 Garside
Avenue, Newark, \. D., on plot 80 Dy
100 feet, to Alfonso Mignone.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
w. r. Burling Heads
Brooklyn Realty Board
Popular Real Estate Man Elected
President of Body; Other
Officials Named

William Raymond Burling. one OF
the most entcrprising real estate mcr
in Brooklyn. was elected president of
the Brooklyn Board of Real Estate
Brokers at the recent annual meeting
Of the organization. James B. Fisher
was elected vice-prcsident and Isaac
Cortelyou secretary. The Office Of
treasurer went to Frederick B. Snow.
The following were elected directors:
G. s. Horton. W. G. Morrisey, J. NJ.
Nay ard Mr. Burlng and Mr.. Fisher
Various committees for the ensuing
year we're appointed with chairmen as
follows: william ?. Rae, executors;
john Z. Ryon, arbitration; G. II. Gray,
publicity; l. II. Pounds Legislation
Ind taxation; c. B. Smith. building
HEIGHTS. J. B. Fisher. transportation
and subways; ". d. Greonn.an. tere-
NO. house: A. ]. Murphy. auditing; F..
II. Taylor. city budget, A. B. iritman,
r.rs and means: ]. W. Cathrine. ad-
missions and athletics.
Reports for the year were received
rom the retiring PRESIDENT, Niliism
p Rae. who presided and Treasurer
Frederick 3. Snow.
TIE board nd 1ptod a resolution IN
sympathy with the strict eniorc'inen'
II p existing laws, more paTuculHriy
.hoso laws designed tc bring about ne
prrishnen. of any and all alens VINO
are striking at the very foundation OF
our beloved Reprblic."
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

couraged. a less prosperous type Of
conductor became in evidence.
City's First Elevated
"Thc first elevated line was know
as the West Side and Yonkers Rail
road. Service was opened to the public
between Morris and Fourteenth street
in lScS. This line was op- rated
means Of cable drums. In 1869 the
line on Greenwich Street extending
from the Battery and running T.
Thirtieth Street was opened. Soon
the Ninth and Third Avenue lines fol
lowed and steam power was substi.
tuted for cable operation.
THE elevated lines soon made Har
lcm and the Battery near nelghoors
The coming Of the subways linked Pei
am Bay to Coney Island, and the
greater city is as crowded as i; was be-
fore the days of elevated lines ard
cable cars.
Transportation problems are still
troubling New York despite the fact
that mileage and coaches rave been
multiplied manifold since 1872, when
railroad officials were vexcd with
transit problems, one Of which was
seating accommo odations, as they make
capital o. the fact that they had worked
out a system which a surcd seats for
all passengers. Transit problems are
nothing less than visible indications Of
nrocre and residential and CONNER
cial DEVELOPMENT"
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
New York Syndicate
Leases Vast Texas Tract
Takes Over 100000 Acres OF
Oil Field Property in
Four Counties

J. Clarence Davies has sold FOR Hay.
mon Krupp 20 q prominent New York
syndicate oil lease on about 100000
acres. land of the University Of Texas,
in the counties Of Crockett. Iron,
Rcgan and Upton. Tex.
This is one Of the .argest deals IN
extent OF acreage put through in that
sta.e. as the tract embraces 300 square
miles
The land lies on what is known IS
the upper central part OF the Edward
p ateau. and in between the Ranger
Desdemona and Duke Knowles Oh he DIS
md t.e new OF I.il Of For. S,o-,'On
and Toyah. in the Pecos River aiey
district.
~. main line % the Kansas CITY,
Mexican & Orient Railroad passes
through the tract. and en- inent scolo-
gists have rendered glowing reports OF
the po.sibi ties OF o. proaac, or
there Numerous wells are be.ay dri led
in the ciaii' Of he property by sew
eral OF the larger OIL companies.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
Home Construction i'm
Ascendancy in Sections
Ratio l. About 4 to |. Except
in New York. Where Business
Building Projects Lead

The valuation Of construction planned
north Of the Ohio and east OF the Mis-
souri, during the week ended November
2l is about equally divided between
residential and commercial projects.
In volume. res dential projects outnum-
ber commercial underta king, about
70 |, which is a satisfying sign. :,
According 70 statistics complied
through the area by the F " Dodge
Company. ESQ contracts for re identlal
structures 70 cost sl5.S35.95O were
awarded during the SIX days previous
TO November q. and 206 contracts Tor
commercia structure. we're awarded.
They viii cost sl4.ss6. 700.
Chicago led the six districts With
tS7 contracts va Ici a. Sl3 $3.50 The
New York. Pittsburgh, Philadelphia.
Boston and Minneapolis districts foi-
lowed in the order named.
In the New York district business
buildings. with 50 contracts valued az
s4.OG2, coo, led ell other forms OF pro
icctS.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
Building at Bay Shore
For Spring Occupancy
Number of Homes Under Way
at Penataquit Point; Develop
ing Into All.Year Settlement

The Armstrong Realty Company an
ticipating an unusual demand for
homes of the better class. are offering
for the first time choice waterfront
plots at exclusive Penataquit Point
Bay Shore. Long Island. This IS one
Of the few remaining shore fronts
available within committing distance.
This property was formerly held by
the Mollenhauer estate. and comprises
forty acres. 1t is surrounded on two
sides by the Great South Bay and on
the other side by 30-foot canal
Yachting anchorages are accessible
from all parts OF the property.
To the city dwel.er Penataquit Point
has many advantages Records of tenn
perature kept at New York City and az
r., a aquit Point show that Penataquit
Point in the winter is several degrees
warmer than the city and in the sum
mer considerably cooler.
Building operations are now uhaef
way for occupancy next April.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
Increased Maintenance
Lowers Realty Return
Realty Associates Directors Re-
port Shows Nri Prof, Noi IA
Good "a Previous Year

The annual renOrt Of the. directors
% the Realty Associates TO the stock
holders declares that the net return
from its improved property IN -" last
gear was coHsiderah y 'css than dur in9
the preceding year. The reason for the
decline in the ret e aid 20 inadequate
rents ard excessiv" expenses he
cost Of repairs iari'ois coal and gen.
era supplies and increased rates Of
interest have heon tho prevailing items.
I. is said that $4,000 more was spent
than Won d have been necessary %
maintain ire houses 20 biirg the prop
ertv Up % hich degree of efficiency
for the purnose 81 increased rentals
and sale. 4 large increase - expected
in the coming year. with increased
rentals from October.
1r the 'ast year the company he's
sold approximately 81 100000 o. re'tt
estate. including about 5000 Geo 81
sqles titles 2. which tavc not be- 2
closed and the results Of which do rot
apnear 10 thr statement. The eHecu-
i've committee has voted 20 rocommc ri
70 the incoming board of directors 4
declaration Of an extra dividend OF :
p.r cent in addition to the regular
semi annual dividend Of 3 per cent.
both payable in Jarusry next.
Purchases by the company In the last
wear -mof rt.d o. $50. '"r y
two parcels. Of which iftyfve parcels
have been rcsold. In an fort 20 help
relieve the housing shor'age The asso-
ciates have under construction with
-h-ir .risiii r'rs 80, ho.s''. all oi
which are expected 20 be in the market
before sp~irg The earnings for the
year. after dcducting state and Federal
taxes. amount to II ~ per cent on the
capital. To enter the fed o. making
mortgage loans. dividing such mort
cages into certificates or bonds and
then selling them TO the public, new
company has been formed. lied the
Realty Il sociates Investment Corpo-
ration 4 the stock is owned ty nc
Realty Associates, End the directors OF
the two corporations are identical.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

East Eighty-ninth Street, three Ave
story apartments; 65. G7 and GO East
righty-seventh Street, three FIVE story
apartment houses; 225 and 227 East
Thirty-ffth Street, six story apart
ment house; l05 East Eighty-eighth
street. five story apartment house.
39s East Fifty-ifth Street, five story
apar;n.ent house: lJi East Thirty
eighth Street, a three story dwelling:
southwest corner Of Avenue and
Fourteenth Street two five story tene-
mcnts.
Among the vacant parcels TO be Oh
fercd are: Southwest corner of broad-
way and MacDougal Street, Brooklyn, g
.riaar Tar mot ei9x 9.iN rrreg ar;
west side Of Cedar Avenue, between
i15th and l79th streets, The DronX,
l7ixi0Gx irregular; northwest corner
Of lG5th Street and Nelson Avenue;
west side o Underclif Avenue, PIG
feet north Of Washington bridge Fark'
The Bronx, SKIS: west side o. Grand
view Place, between l61tn and loetn
streets: northwest corner OF Findlay
Avenue and lG5th Street, southeast
corner of College Avenue and i6oth
street and eas, side OF College Avenue,
between l65th and I6oth streets,
l0DX9S.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

The White Estate property in the
famous Shore Road, the Riverside
Drive of Brooklyn, between Eighty
ninth and Nlnety-first streets. is to be
sold at auction by the Jere johnson Jr.
Company On the evening of December 3.
The White property comprises forty
seven lots. the majority of which are
of unusual depth, ranging from l2O to
29l feet. The property runs from the
Shore Road to Colonial Avenue. or Sec
ond Avenue, and occupies the entire
south side of Eighty ninth Street.
An important building operation in
the immediate vicinity is the construc-
tion of a row of houses in Eighty y-sixth
Street. between Colonial Avenue and
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
Offer at Auction Lots
At Garden City Estates
Property To BE Disposed OF
Near Railroad. Where Many
Homes Are Being Built

Bryan L. Kennedy will sell at auc-
ton at his next special auction sales
dav. on December 10, at II Nesey
street, twenty-one building lots at
Garden City Estates, l.. |. The lots
are located in both sides Of Oxford
Boulevard, between Stewart and Strad-
ford avenues. and on the west side OF
Euston Road. 200 feet north of North
Avenue, the latter being within half
block Of the Long Island Railroad IN
the immediate vicinity of the lots more
than twenty-five houses. ranging in
cost from $4,000 to 100000, are now
in process of completion.
Other properties to be sold by MT
Kennedy on the same day include
1917 Boston Road, three story frame
dwelling; s54 Girard Avenue, three
story dwelling extending through to
Walton Avenue and 27 Westchester
Avenue. White Plains. a dwelling:
On Tuesday, December l6, Mr. Ken
nelly will sell at Supreme Court fore
closure sale l4l East Twenty-fourth
Street, a three story building.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
Long Island Houses Rented

The Lewis II. May Company has
leased as follows: At Far Rockaway, l..
l.. for John J. Byrne, cottage on Grand
view avenue to H. Harrison; for He'd
wig Walter, cottage corner OF Nelisoh
and Central avenues. to Arthur Conn
for Andrew McTigue, cottage on Irana.
view Avenue to Rose Tepperman. At
Edgemere, L. l., for Matilda Leer-
hurger. cottage on Grandv.ew Avenue
70 B. Gordon; for Superior Home Com
pany, cottage on Columbus Avenue to
Harry Klipstein.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
Brooklyn Residents Buy
Homes al Garden City
Twenty-Five Dwelling Houses
Beirg Bull, at Estates Are
Almost Completed

The Garden City Development Cor
poration. Charles +. Neergaard pTesi-
dent. reports the sale Of three houses
at Garden City Estates. l.. l.. at the
Nassau Boulevard Station on the
Hemps,ead Division OF the Long Island
Railroad.
William c. Ashton, of Brooklyn, has
purchased the Clare V. Hutchinson
= use in Kingston Rad; the James NJ
Rfc,t house in Kilburn Road has been
sold to F. J. Lowry. OF Brooklyn; a.so
IN Kensington Road the Benjamin
Grimshaw Engli h-Colonial house has
been sold to Charles A. Hamman' OF
Brooklyn. A..
The corporation also announces that
Tho TWENTY-FIVE new houses now beng
erected have reached the inspection
stage.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
Newark Wins Brooklyn
Shoe Manufacturers

The Brennan & White Shoe Com
pany, large manufacturers Of children's
shoes. now located in Brooklyn, has
consummated with the Joseph L..
Feibleman Company lease for ten
years covering a factory to be erected
at 81. SO and 35 Wilsey Street. New rk
The building is to be two stories. Upon
it's completion the Brennan g. White
concern Will move its BrooHlyn cstab-
lishment TO Newark. 1t employs 80
operatives. Many OF its skilled work
men will be brought from Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
New Jersey Realty Men to
Hold Convention Soon
Will Meet at Atlantic City on DE.
cember II: Session Will
Last Three Days

Tho Real Estate Loayee % New
Jersey vii hold 'ts 'f'~d a0'ua' con-
v-r-ion at the Hotel Cha'forte At.an-
.ic G ~. on Dec ubef II T. and IS.
Realtors from aii parts o. We" Jer-
sey win be re0ro cnfei. The real
estate boards Of N-~ark Hudson
County. Paterson. East Orange Cam
den. Glouce ter. vii attend
The mary vita g"es'lons confront
in- real estate irtercs's a. the pres
ent time throughout this state IS al
ready arorsing considerable activity
among the realtors
The shortage OF housing increased
taxation h'gh labor and material
co Is. scarcity Of funds COR mortgage
loans high rentals viii be the topics OF
discussion.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
Shore Road Realty Held by White Family for More
Than 100 Years Is To Be Liquidated by auction

With the subway and the local busi-
ness sections located only few blocks
70 the st. New York Bag and the
Atlantic Ocean near. the White prop
erty combines all the many advantages
Of city, waterfront and SUBURBAN
location.
The group" sale. 70 be held on tho
evening OF December by the Johnson
Company, inc udes an unusually large
number Of private dwellings, two and
three family houses. flats. tenements,
store and business properties. vacant
lots and plots In many BrooAIyn
sections.
Most of the houses to be sold are
rented to monthly tenants. and num-
ber Of the lots may be paid for In
monthly nstal mems.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

Ridge house building movement Is ex-
panding in everal directions, but prn-
cirally toward Font Hamilton.
The direction taken by the present
building movement is the logical one.
as a. ulr.rr and the sta y.cw grow
wider and more fascinating further out
Along rhe Sh r. Road IN the neigh
borhood Of Eighty-ninth and Ninety
first streets these views are especially
attractive because of turn in the
Shore Road at that point.
IL is for this very reason that a
number Of the most ornate and costly
private houses in and adjacent to the
Shore Road have been erected at this
point.
The White estate has been held in
tao. for more than 100 years.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
Chase House, in Moniclair
COLONY of Fine Homes, Sold

F. NJ. Crawley & Bros, OF Montclair'
have sold for Charles F. Chase his
dwelling on Prospect Avenue, near
CIaremont Avenue Montclair, N. j.. to
Louis Ruprecht, Of New York City. The
house is one Of the most artistic in the
Mountain Colony. 1t is two and one
nalf stories. Of hollow tile construc-
ION covered with cream colo-ed stucco,
with Spanish tile roof, all floors being
roin|urccd concrete. There are a
wing an dreception room, hall and
lining room on the first floor, and five
BEDROOMS and two bathrooms on the
second floor. A "fying staircase" con
nects the second and third floors. The,
property has a frontage Of 80 feet and ar,
extends to a depth OF 200 feet The
property was held At $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
Hints for Those Who
Plan Buying Homes
Shortage in City Forcing Folks to Buy in Suburbs'
Details Which Should Be Considered In Select
ing; Means Much Money and Peace OF Mind:

and are they well equipped with screens
IN a good state Of repair II there -.
an attic 10 1t well ventiiated' Az es-
are often storage chambers for air.
heated by the roof that may make an
otherwise cool house insufFerab for.
dJS and night D. the porches undu'y-
darken the bes, rooms Of tie house or
are there overfang ng roofs 20 shut
out the light and tne breeze,
In short, consider not only the me-.
chanical perfections and .mpcrieciioni. +.
Of the house itself but also the topog-.
raphy Of the neighborhood. and take
no,l ing on hearsay. bat see Il al Tor
yourself before signing the lease.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

cote section of Scarsdale. The house IS
Colonial in design and the land COM
prises five acres, beautifully landscaped.
Tnc buver Raymond P. Morse. has re-
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

Frederick L. Collins. president OF
"ffcCIure's Magazine" has so!d ms
conntry estate at the corner OF Heath-
cote and Sherbrooke roads. in the Heath
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30

the Shore Road The opposite side of
Eighty-sixth Street Is to be improved
in similar fashion next year There S
also a large and attractive residence
being erected at Eighty ninth Street
and the Shore Road and nlmDer Of
sma.le houses between the Shore ad
and the Fourth Avenue subway. which
has its terminal station at Eighty sixth
Street.
Builders Are Active in Section
Adjoining the White property is the
Sheppard house, which Is one Of the
show places of the Shore Road district.
Eighty-sixth Street, in the immediate
vicinity Of the grounds Of the Crescent
Athletic Club, is the present center
II. m which the Shore K aa lri Day
New-York tribune., 1919-11-30
hammond p Morse Picks Up at $65, 900
'Scnrsdn'e Home of Frederick l.. Collins

sided in Scarsdale during the last three
years. The property was held at s65,oooe
and was sold through the agency OF
L. p & II. V. c. Fish.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-23

called y. attention Of the court 70
the matter.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-23

lies at least isolation Is impossible for
any nation. least Of all not for Ameri-
ca The league OF nations of course
will furnish a central organ through
which these Committees may func-
ton; but without the central organ
they win go on doing the worlds
work In internationalism. It is no
longer q choice between isolation and
internationalism: here we have COM
mittees on finance. on world econom-
les, on labor. on transportation-air.
water and land-on communication
and on executive mandates. Certain
committees have strong Legislative
powers. certain others have definite
judicial powers; certain others have
police powers, and we are thinofng OF
adding education ana hygiene to the
lot. A whole embryo government Of
the world here Is forming. This is nc
thing that some day will be; it is now,
The thing Is actually doing business
at this minute. The Senate cannot stor
It; revolution cannot change II. The
continuing processes of peace have
saved to humanity much that made
the war worth winning.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-23
EMPLOYEES ORGANIZE
TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION
U. S. Department Workers Form
Club Here to Aid the Government.

A traffic association composed of
representatives from the various
government departments has been
formed here, of which Noble n.
Potts, of the Department of Com
merce, is chairman. The object is
to consider questions relating to
transportation in which the gov
eTnment is interested by reason of
its extensive use of railroad lines
Tne public expenditure necessary to
conduct these shipping operations
has become of such Importance be-
cause of the natural growth and
development of the country. aided
by war conditions and foreshadow-
ed needs. that the subject was
thought worthy of careful inquiry
and consideration that the govern
ment might profit by an interchange
of opinion.
The meetings OF the association
are to be public. as the purpose f.
educational and will be made Of
special interest by a series of lee
lures by experts OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission. United
States Railroad Administration and
the railroads in or near Washing
ton. The first lecture will be given
by Lorin c. Nelson. of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. in the
auditorium Of the Interior Depart
nent Building. + street. between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets.
this evening at s o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1919-04-23
New Jersey G. o. P. Chief
Outlines Party Program

Trenton. n. J.. April e2.-Reconstruc-
ti0n problems upon which the Repub-
Lean party must speak with courage
and stand for what is right and best.
rather than what may temporarily
please in the fitful currents of the
hour" We're discussed by former Gov
Edward c. Stokes in an address be-
fore the Republican State committee.
following his election as State chair
man. succeeding Newton a X. Bug
bee. whose RESIGNATION was accepted
today
The Washington herald., 1919-04-23
NEED 10000
men IN PACIFIC
Troops to Increase CARR
sons in Philippines, China
And Panama Canal.

Recruiting Of small force Of 1o.ooo
soldiers to protect American posses
sions In the Pacific has been ordered
by the War Department.
These troops will be used to I'm
crease the garrisons in the Philip
pines. China, Hawaii and the Pana-
ma Canal Zone.
War Department officials deny that
this force is being organized because
of recent clashes between Americans
and japanese In China and Korea. II
will be used merely to reinforce the
posts which were depleted during the
war by the demands for troops In
Siberia and France.
The call is for s.Ss9 enlisted men.
With the complement Of officers nee
essaTy. this force will be over 10000.
General Staff plans call for recruit
The Washington herald., 1919-04-23
2,157 VETERANS HOME
ON TRANSPORT VEDIC
Middle Western Doushboys OIL
Ship: Others on Way.

Boston. April Z.-The transport We
die arrived here today from Liverpool
and Brest with IS officers and z.157
men.
The units on the vedic were the
12sth Field Artillery. Bakery Company
30e, detachment of l03d Artillery.
Twenty-sixth division and casual COM
panies from Illinois, Connecticut, Wis
consin and Pennsylvania.
The battleship New Jersey, with i've
companies of the 1o1st Ammunition
Train and casuals of the 113d Field
Artillery on board. will disembark
late tonight or early tomorrow.