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The Carlisle independent., 1919-12-18
Emotions Of the lnanimate

Notwithstanding sale Of
slightly scared pianos" We don't
know why the pianos should be scared,
unless possibly at the prospect Of be-
ing jazzed-Boston Transcript.
The Carlisle independent., 1919-12-18
Export by Mills.

The mills of the United States every
year export more flour than all the
rest of the mills in the world produce.
The Carlisle independent., 1919-12-18

comes but
once a year, Christmas
comes but once a
year" shouted the chill
dren as they hurried
down stairs on Christ
mas morning. Their
daddy and mother fol-
lowed and they sang
too,
christmas com q s
but opce a year p
From the stairs they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
House and Many Lots
In Westchester Sold

Joseph Lambden & Son have sold a
dwelling on Broadview Avenue, New
Rochelle, on an acre of land for Rose
M. Butler to Irving Bromley, vice
president of O. j. GUIDE Co., Of this
city, who is to occupy the premises.
This property was held at $4,000. The
same brokers have sold for the Pei
hamwood Company six lots on High
brook Avenue, Pelhamwood, to Mr..
Giers, of Pelham, N Y; two lots on
Young Avenue to Patrick Henry Davis
of The Bronx; four lots on the corner
of Storer and Washington avenues to
the Louis Johnson Building Company.
of Yonkers; three lots on Young Ave,
nue., Pelhamwood, to Frank G. Liber-
man; three lots on Harmon Avenue
to George Rupert; for the City Realty
Company at Webster Ridge, New Ro-
chelle, four lots to Peter Doern. a
builder of that city; six lots on the
same property to G. Fl. Mahlstedt and
Francis X. Fallon; an. acre ON Over
look Circle, Beechmont, to Mrs. Hin
man, of Mount Vernon (the property
was held at $4,000; for the Suburbs
Holding Company three lots on Wild
wood Road. Woods of Larchmont, to
w. N. Wilson; for New Rochelle
party three lots in the Woods of
Larchmont to F. L. Hubbard, and for
Mrs. Luhman, of New Rochelle, to Mr..
and Mrs. Hamilton IL lots on Rochelle
Avenue, Forest Heights, New Rochelle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
War OUer, Uncle Sam Turns Back LONG
Island Gas Mask Factory for Commerce

When the announcement is made of
the sale of the big factory building in
Long Island City erected for j. X.
Stewart--and the Advancement will be
made because Joseph P. Day has been
asked to find buyer--thousands of
young women will say to as many
thousands of returned soldier boys,
"There is where l did my bit during
the war" For it was in this great
steel and concrete structure that these
patriotic misses laborcd each day with
nimble fingers and skill increased by
knowledge of service to make the
masks that would protect, perhaps,
even their own fighting men from the
deadly gas of the German army; and
it was from this building that the
great cases of masks went forward to
the fighting line to give protection to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

niger e. Perrot, who erected nearly
nall of the modern plants near Phila-
delphla. In this building they have
constructed all fire escapes, starways
elevator on the outside, which is nov
city in building construction.
Because OF the fine labor market in
this section and the nearness of the
greensboro Bridge Plaza, only two
blocks away, Mr.. Stewart had the
building erected for himself about two
years ago as home for his motor
starter. But he never occupied It
The government took it upon compile
ton and during the war Mr. stewa TT
died.
This is the second building taken bv
the government in Long Island CITY
TO come into the market. The other
is the Ford building, an eight-story
reinforced concrete building contain
ing 477,O0O square feet of floor space
located on Jackson Avenue, just east
of the Stewart plant, which Mr.. Day
is also offering for sale.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
Space in Long Island City
Building Rent for $500. 900

Louis Schlesnger has negotiated a
lease involving rentals close to $500, 900
for the four story fiseproof storage
and manufacturing building known as
the Kindel Bed Building, on Anable
Avenue, Queens. to the La Brccque
company, lncy corporation engaged
IN the warehouse and export shipping
business: The lease was made with
Albert 7. Otto 4 Sons, Inc, repre-.
ssented by. Stephen G. Holt and grille
Carrcau, Inc.
The Schlcsingcr firm also leased TO
the La brccquc Company, Inc, a twenty
acre plot on the passaic River at the
foot Of Chapel Street. Newark, for a
term OF years. The property will be
occupied for storage purposes. The
New Jersey Zinc Company, with whicl,
this lease was made, also sold q portion
Of the same land, consisting Of plot
200xS0O feet, and extending from tho
Passaic River TO the Morris Canal, TO
the Standard Bituiithic Company.
which IL now erecting = plant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

Cross, which is one of the highest hon
ors given to American soldiers. 1t is
only for those who have truly per-
formed service of the highest order.
Major Harris remained with his COM
mand despite a broken collar bone until
it had accomplished the task set for it.
Brevity is highly developed in the War
Department and so when a liberal re-
ctal of the deeds of soldier is given
out for publication it may be depended
upon that he has performed service
we'll worth the citation. Here is what
the War Department has made public
regarding the award to Major Harris
"For extraordinary heroism in ac-
ton in the Argonnc Forest, Septem-
Der so, 1918. During an attack in the
Argonne Forest, Major Harris fell and
broke his collar bone. but he continued
with his battalion throughout the at
tack, and until the Meuse was reached.
For fifteen days he was continually with
his battalion, personally leading them
against strongly fortified enemy po-
stions. although suffering acute and
continued pain from, his injury and
being handicapped by having his arm in
q sling"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
Coal Cars,
But No Coal

In cases of obvious insists, the rail-
road administration made adjust
ments, but, irasmuch as the unifca-
tion of the roads tends to extensive
pooling of equipment, it is under
stood that in some instances roads
were required to finance the purchase
of equipment which was obviously I'M
suited for use on their own lines.
The railroad administration gave the
orders for the standardized equipment
last April and May, and notified the
roads of the ALLEGATIONS in August.
The roads protested through the fall.
AS result of the cessation of HOSTILE
ties and the falling off Of railroad
traffic, the administration has recently
been comforting with representatives
of the equipment companies with a
view to adjusting the contracts. The
railroad corporations, which were called
upon to pay for the new equipment,
in most cases arranged to do SO by
means of an equipment trust agree
ment with the railroad administration
itself. Until the railroad administra-
ton began to be hampered by short
age of funds, it had been thought that
it would purchase the equipment out
of it's revolving fund, provided by
Congress. The railroad companies
almost uniformly complained that the
cost of equipment in war time was
nearly three times as much as normal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
Com modities
Continued from preceding page

ing stock. current make, No. l, 45hM
acc; No. 2, 441s @145c; lower grades,
40M44c.
Cheese.-Receipts were 1895 boxes.
State. whole milk, fresh fats, colored,
10, 33hc; white, 33%c; average run,
colored, 3s@33hc; white. 331sc: lower
grades, s1h@s2Nc; twins, specials,
S2% @3S5ac; average run, 32h @33c;
lower grades, 31@31%c; fats, held,
Sce57c; twins. held, 35@37c; wiscon-
SIN, whole milk, twins, held, 35@3sc;
fresh, 32Afa)33c; single daisies, held
S5@sSc; fresh. 33@3aMc; double
daisies. held, S5@S7c; fresh. ss@s3 NC:
Young Americas, held, 37@3s1ac;
aaaesn. obag5bhc; state, skins, specials,
zScs. prime te choice, 10000: fair 70
good, 1S@l7c; lowcr grades, 5@i2c.
Eggss--Reccipts were 1880 cases
Fresh gathered, extras, dozen. 4aMt6
44c; storage packed, firsts. a20l43c:
firsts, Northern sections, 41+42Hc.
frsts, Southern sections, 38h004lc:
seconds, Ss5A@39izc; dirties, No. /
391D39Hc; No. 2, and poorer, 37Ml3sc
checks, good to choice, dry, 37Cal3sc
under grades, 36fD36c; state, Pcnr,syl
yania and ncarbby Western henner,
whites, fine to fancy, 46s147c; ordinar,
10 prime, 420l45c; gathered whites. or
binary 70 fine, Agate; Pacific Coas
whites, extras, Ate; ordinary to fine
424N46c; Western and Southern, gath
cred whites, 42GQ4Dc; state, Pcnnsyl
vsnia and nearbby, hennery browns
45c; gathered brown and mixed colors
4fH 44c; duck egg, near BY Indiar
Runner, fancy, e4N65c; Baltimore
G4s: Western and prime Southern, 81
GegZ; soathern, common to fair
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
Hudson Building
Bargain Closed
In Three Days
Johnson, of Pease & Eli
mans Office, Did the
Trick-Has Just Re-
turned From the Army

George Johnson. of pease & Eli
mans office, negotiated the sale of the
Hudson Building, the sixteen story
structure at 80 Broadway, which was
sold last week. Mr.. Johnson has been
in the army and has had very little
time to renew his acquaintance with
civilian customs and things generally
because it is only a short time since
Uncle Sam handed him his release to
come back to the real estate field.
An interesting phase of the Hudson
it was put through. On Thursday or
Friday of the previous week, Mr.. John
son submitted the Hudson Building to
the man who bought it. He had an
idea that he would be interested. He
was certain, however, that the property
at the price it was held at was q good
buy. The course Of things downtown
made it clear to johnson that present
values will not compare with those Of
the next few years. The limited area
of the financial district and the build
ing improvements planned for the
Bowling Green section, he argued,
are conducive to higher values.
Certain of his proposition, Mr.. John
son offered it to the man who bought
1t. The man was interested. He made
his bid and 1t was presented to the
Mutual Life Insurance Company. A
little more dickerine and both prnci-
pals agreed on the price, and soon after
the contracts for the transfer Of the
property were signed.
IL took three days to put IL over, OK
elusive Of Sunday. II Is not only one
Of the large transactions arranged III
the downtown section since tie sale Of
the neehbofing building at AZ Bread=
way, but the quickest snls Of such large
proportions negotiated II Il long time.
Little wonder the Yanks broke UP the
war so quickly,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
England Hides Its
Tall Buildings
Carrying Roads at High Levels
Near Them 10 Take Away
Joft;pess

America f1ofHes in It's tell build
ines. while England hbhofs them. Sky
stfHpefs ere commonplace in this
country, but rare ii England. English
communities regard tall structures a
blight, and II Is known where repre-
sensations have been made TO prevent
The carrying through Of plans for the
erection or structures nboya certain
height The law Of pneient lights il
and has been for long time factor
in London and other commercial CEN
tres, so that the path Of the skyscraper
builders Is not an easy one over there,
Ian Hay the soldier-auth has pre-
pared little booklet for the use of
members of the American eApeditionary
force who might visit London. Know
ing the American, Mr. Hay, early in
the booklet, explains to the Yankee
soldier the reason why London has not
the lofty appearance of New York, Chi
cago and other leading American
cities. He says:
There are no skyscrapcrs in Eng
land. 1t is true that we have few
cities with streets containing twelve
story houses, but we disguise this fact
as much as possible by running other
streets across them, at higher level.
You viii see what | mean if you walk
along Holborn Viaduct in London, or
South Bridge, in Edinburgh. The fact
is, London is no place for skyscrapers.
1t was New York which set the fash
ion. That was because Manhattan
Island, with the Hudson on one side
and the East River on the other, is
physically incapable Of expansion. and
so New York being unable to spread
out, shot upward Moreover, New
York is built on solid rock-you ask
the subway contractors about that
while the original London was built on
a marsh, and the marsh is there still
So it will not support big structures
like Your SkYScranerS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
# orm Association
For the Bettern1ent
OF AID St. Section
Property Owners and Bust
ness Men Organize-Will
Seek improvements and
Hasten Acts In Legislation

An association of property owners
and business men on Forty-second
Street and vicinity is being formed,
and will, in the course of the next
few days, be fully organized. The in
tention is that it shall represent and
work for all that will help toward the
development and improvement of this
section Of the city.
A list of those who have already
promised their support and active par
ticipation in the work follows: William
H. Barnum. Paul B. Boden. John NICE.
Bowman, Irving Bush, J. C. Cushman,
Marshall Clark, 0. D. Dixie. A. E. Err
LANCER, W. F. Fairchild, Joseph Cor
don, j. f. Harrington, Frederick John
son, S. E. Lester, H. j. Luce. w. A.
Michleham, Adolph S. Ochs, Walter c.
Reid, Walter j. Salmon, Louis Stern,
w. V. Swords. Alexander Taylor, A. E.
Thorne, Charles Elliot Warren. Ber-
nard Wakefield, Arthur Williams and
Edward A. Wise.
At meeting held yesterday in the
Astor Trust Building, A. L. Thorne
was elected chairman and Bernard
Wakefield treasurer. Due to legisa-
ton now pending in Albany affecting
Forty-second Street, 1t was decided to
hasten permanent organization and
those present voted to organize on
April g..
A committee on legislation was ap-
pointed by the chairman, comprising
Paul B. Boden, Walter c. Reid and
Kenneth Jeffrey, also committee COM
prising A. f. 1horne, Louis Stern and
j. C. Cushman was appointed to join
with the city officials in a celebration
of the opening OF the viaduct on Park
Avenue. which has been officially an
nounced to take place during the week
beginning April IA. The Thirty fourth
Street Board of Trade will be asked
to join with the Forty-sccond Street
committee, and property owners and
tenants along the route of the viaduct
and on Forty second Street will be
asked to decorate their buildings on
this occasion. The band from the
Borough Presidents department, COM
prising forty pieces, will furnish the
music; there will be an automobile
parade over the viaduct and the cele-
bration will end with dinner to the
city officials at the Hotel Commodore.
The legislation referred to includes,
dHioHS oCuet indlItTS VI great lmpOr
lance, bill presented by the city
through Borough President Bowling,
and which was drafted by Corporation
Counsel Burr, calling for the removal
OF the elevated structure on Forty
second Street between Park and Third
avenues, which will be introduced
in the Senate by State Senator Foley
this week; also two other bills arc
about to be introduced in Albany. one
to allow the city to retain Pershing
Square as park or plaza instead Of
selling this property at public auction,
and the other refers to surface car
transportation on Forty second Street.
the passage Of which will allow the
Public Service Commission to reduee
me surface cars running through
FottS-seeohd Street By nearly 30 per
cent.
Organization headquarters have been
opened through the courtesy Of Mr..
Jhothe N the Astor Trust Building,
Edward W. Forrest is the organizing
secretary OF the association
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
East and West Sides
Loft Buildings Sold
One OH Sixth Avenue Corner
and Another in Eaot 18th
ST. Near Fifth Avenue

L. Il. Wakeman has sold for the Land
Map Realty Corporation, Max N. Nat
anson, president. the sir story store and
loft building at the southwest corner of
Sixth Avenue and Eleventh Street. 1t
has frontage of sixty feet on Eleventh
Street and beginning at the immedi-
ate intersection of Sixth Avenue it ex-
tends southwesterly for a distance of
1916 feet. 1t is fifty-one feet wide at
the rear and faces Millgan Place, a
small throughfare with an outlet on
Sixth Avenue. hTc sellers acquired it
through the same broker last Novem-
Der.
For the Franklin Savings Bank. Mr.
Wakcman has sold the eight story fire
proof loft building at 16 East Seven
teenth Street, on lot 25x92, located
between Broadway and Fifth Avenue.
Mr.. Wakeman has also resold for the
Landbro Realty Company the nine
story fireproof elevator apartment
house at 385 to $50 Central Park West
known as Elberon Hall. The structure
occupies a site 55.6x100 located 25
feet south of the corner of Ninety
ninth tSreet. 1t was bought by the
sellers last month through the same
broker from the Union Dime Savings
Bank.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23

the modern Crusaders and to help in
sure their homecoming to tell of their
wonderful adventures.
used by the government for the gas
defense branch Of the army, the build
ing no longer is needed, so its owners
have decided to offer it for sale at
once in the hope that it NAV render
further patriotic service by furnishing
places of employment for some of the
thousands of men who are coming back
to useful pursuits. One of the great
needs of manufacturers of today is
modern, we'll located buildings. Many
industries would be more active to-
day if they. could find the space in
which and the men with which to do
business: Perhaps this is just the
place; 80 feet wide, 5-story and base
ment, fully sprinkled, absolutely fire.
proof, with Long Island Railroad
siding and plenty of space adjoining
in which to expand.
The building itself is model of fac
tory construction. being one of the best
works of the architectural firm Of Ball
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
Begin Mo,emen to Convert
dwellings Into Apartmcnis

Harris & Maurice Mandelbaum have
p r,lrenaa ar from the New York Life In
snranee Company the. I've story Ameri-
can basement dwelling, 20xl0O.II, at
ZIG West i07th Street, containing
eighteen rooms and four baths, which
they intend to convert into small,
suites. Such conversion will be tn,
first break in the block, which contains
high class American basement homes
The sale was negotiated for the New
York Life Insurance Company bv
Thomas j. O'Rcilly.
Maurice Mandelbaum said that it was
the beginning Of movement to pur-
chase private houses for such purposes
he having formed new corporation to
specialize in such operations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
Government Seeks Aid
From the Roads

The $220,0O0,0O0 of railroad matur-
tiles this year can probably be largely
financed through the usual renewals.
The remaining s1,Oo0,000,o00 will be
the governments investment in rail-
road property equipment, additions
and betterments-and will be u debt
the companies will owe the government
for some years until they can finance
it by the sale of their securities to the
public in the open market The rail
road administration hopes that a part
of this $1,O00,000,OO0 can be financed
by the railroad companies this year
by the sale of railroad securities.
1t is understood in Washington that
the railroad administration in January
wanted to return the roads to their
owners, but when tho expert account
ants went over the 1918 accounts they
we're convinced that the railroads I'M
der government operation, with the
enormously increased labor cost, had
ceased to be self-supporting, and that
the government had no right to turn
the roads back to the owners in such
broken down fiancal condition.
The financial failure of government
operation has been very largely due to
the extravagant handling of the wage
problem. When the government wage
board made it's report last May it asked
the public not to be staggered" by an
increase in wages Of $2S8,OOO,OOO. The
members of the board thought that
they had solved the railroad labor
problem by this generous increase, and
that there would be no further adj
varces of any consequence during the
period Of government control. 1t soon
appeared that this first award amount
ed to nearly s400,000,00O, and almost
Immediately Afterward there opened q
new cycle OF wage advance. The shop
men got s20o,DD0,O0O more; then the
maintenance Of way men and clerks Fe=
Fsivsd about S200,000,000 more; fellow.
Ing this telegfsphsfs and other classes
Of employees received another 100000
000 This brought the wage advances
for the year UP to sD00,000,0G0.
But the railroad unions, seeing how
easy 1t Is to get fat awards from the
railroad administration, have started q
third cycle of wage advances, The
railroad trainmen, comprising the four
train organizations-som 400, 1000 men
out of the 100000 railroad employees
the same brotherhoods who got $780,
100000 out of Congress in 1915 and
who received $l6O,OO0,OO0 from Mr..
McAdoo in 1918, are now in Washing
ton waiting for a third advance. They
have been promised $G0,000,O00 more
and are holding out for $120,000,000.
In the last few days 100000 shopmen,
who received $20O,OO0,000 last summer,
have gone to Washington complaining
of the increased cost of living and
asked for $170,0O0,00O more.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
High Labor Cost
Responsible for
Shortage ofFunds
Continued from page 8

account of deferred upkeep last year;
10000, 600 to finance this years
railroad bonds and notes coming due;
and
500, 900 estimated deficit on
this years operation.
Total, SLIGO, 000, 900.
AS the Director General has pointed
out to Congress, this does not mean
that the government is going to lose
all this money. 1t has lost $200,000,0O0
on account of the deficit in the 1918
rental; it owes the companies $780,
600, 900 on neglected upkeep; and at the
end of this year there will easily be a
deficit of $2O0,00O,000 on the 1919 rem
tai. This s5oooo0,ooo, which may
easily be larger if wage increases con-
tinue, will be the cost of the govern
ment's two-year experiment in rail-
roads.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
BUYS Linn Estate at Ossining

The Linn estate. on the Somerstown
Road, Ossining, adjoining the estates
of Peter Donald, w. w. Fuller and Dr.
Gruelich, has been sold by George
Howe to James Clarke, paper pulp
manufacturer, of this city. Mr.. Clarke
Ridge district to Mr.. Borden and will
make the Ossining property his sum
mer home. The property consists of
twenty-five acres of land, large peach
orchards, modern farm buildings and a
masters house containing twelve
rooms and three baths. 1t has been
held at $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
Big Surplus Of
Cars NO,u

The shortage of cars and equipment
began to manifest itself stronglyin May,
1917, just after the United States had
entered the war. Through the efforts
of the Railroad War Board, which had
been created in April, 1917, the short
age was reduced by the fall of that
year to $4,000 cars. The railroads
themselves ordered $109,OOO,0OO worth
of equipment in the following months,
and late in December the government
took control of the roads. In April and
May. 1913, the railroad administration
placed its orders for standardized
equipment, involving 1870 locomotives
and 100000 freight cars.
At present there is no shortage of
freight cars, on account of the stopping
of war business and the lightened de-
mands of industry. 1t has been esti-
mated in particularly we'll informed
circles that there is at this time a
idle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-23
Efforts
TO Put Roads
On Common Basis
continued from page 3

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad for the
carrying Of coal, but the road ex-
r2ained that there were no coal mines
on any part OF the line. The officials
were willing to compromise on 200 cars
as contribution to the unified sys-
tenn. The road also found fault with
the allotment of 500 single sheathed
box cars Of fifty tons capacity, saying
they were unsuited to it's needs be-
cause there were few commodities
produced along its line which would
load in box in excess Of $4,000
pounds.