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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

it over and was fascinated by the Won
derful view of the harbor from offices
in this building. The story is told that
the activity in the harbor captivated
him and he decided to buy the build
ing and incorporate it in his plan for
the improvement Of the adjoining
property. This deal was closed ,Et4
July. 1t was after this transaction
that Mr.. Doherty became interested ia
the other realty holdings of Mr.. Cheese
brough at the edge of Battery Park.
Inspiration and imagination are the
essentials, Mr.. Doherty has repeatedly
said in interviews and magazine ar
ticles, of success. He says that fig
ment Of thought coming suddenly often
has been the beginning Of great enter
prises. 1t may be that the view from
the Chcsebrough Building has inspired
the man who in ten years by rare abil-
ity secured control Of more than two
hundred public service enterprises
valued at $2OO,OO0,0OO.
1t may have turned attention to a
new business field-reM estate, ship
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

In the present housing crisis all past
records for high rentals have gone by
the board. Rates which few years
ago were quoted widely as the top
prices for apartment suites have been
exceeded by far, and to-day the equiva-
lent in value to a good many well built
apartment houses is being asked and
paid for mere occupancy in lew
rooms in some Of the more paiatial
buildings Of the city.
1t was only few years ago that peo-
ple spoke in terms of amazemcnt about
The Fifth Avenue Building, where
1000 year was asked for mats.
Rentals equalling that figure are not
common to-day. but $4,000 a year no
longer is the peak. Only few days
aro the tenant of One of the city's fine
apartments asked Pease Gilman to
sublet her suite. furnished, for five
months from October | Mt rental OF
$4,000. or $4,000 a month. This ex-
ceeds the highest known rental for a
furnished apartment by $4,000. John
\. WHY'S, Of motor car fame, paid
s35.0O0 for fiat. furnished. for seven
months several years ago, and up TO
this time that rental has been the
record. Last year another apartment
brought $4,000 for seven months.
The $4,000 apartment is held under
Il lease which calls for the payment of
$4,000 annually ~ rent. The tenant
has spent a small fortune IN decora-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

ping or something else. 1t is logical to
think it is real estate he is interested
in, because Of the purchase of two
neighboring buildings following his ac-
QUESTION of the Chesebrough.
Bought Nearly Two Blocks
A study of the realty map Of the Bat
terry Park section will disclose the fact
that Mr.. Doherty practically controls
the two blocks south of the Custom
House, between Battery Park and
Whitehall Street, with the exception of
few parcels. One may not be far
amiss in saying that every one of the
undeveloped properties will be i'm
proved with a building that may be
so great and modern as TO warrant the
removal of some of the buildings which
Mr.. Chesebrough erected and sold to
Mr.. Doherty. The newNt Of the three
buildings in which he has the controll-
ing interest is eighteen years old. This
is the Maritime Building. The oldest
of the structures is the Chesebrough
Building, which was completed in 1899,
the year following the close of the
Spanish war. This building is now
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

inc the site Of the old buildings that
surround the Chescbrough Building. at
the southeast corner of State and Pearl
streets. He is also going to add one or
several stories 10 the height Of the
Chesebrough Building. which is six
teen stories now. The conclusion is
that the adjoining building is to be
very tall structure and that the Cheese
brough Buildings height will be in
creased to correspond with its neigh
Dor. The story is also that tbs new
building will house the rapidly growing
Dohcrty organization. which is cramped
for space in the GO Wall Street Build
ing. The Doherty firm has now more
space than it will ever have again in
that building, because as rapidly as
leases expire on space. the National
City Bank, which owns the building in
the name OF holding company, will
take il. as the bank is in need OF the
premises occupied by Mr.. Doherty's
business.
This situation. il is understood. led
70 his excursion into the real estate
field More space was needed, and re-
auirements in this direction will stead
lily increase because the Doherty firm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

taking a gamble in real estate, but the
opinion is strong that he is about to
introduce new methods in real estate
business methods like those which have
proved successful in the operation Of
public service properties and the man.
agement OF oil fields. But just what
Mr.. Doherty's plans are is not to be
known until he returns from trip
to the West and is ready to tell them.
He disclosed, in limited way, the
idea he has in mind to his organiza-
ton leaders, but since it was not COM
plete or definite the men at the
Doherty headquarters in Wall Street
are not inclined TO talk.
One man said that Mr.. Doherty had
discussed with him the plan he had
for tho future iof the Battery Park
realty. but as he knew it was only a
small part Of the scheme. he preferred
not to tell just what little he knew
Of the plan for the future of this real
estate.
To Build on State Street
1t is known, however, that Mr..
Doherty is going to erect a new build
ing on. State Street, extending through
to Whitehall and Pearl streets, cover
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Last of Business Space in
Big Apartment Rented
Madison Ave. Store in Palermo
House Has Been Taken by
Electrical Company

The last of the twenty-five stores
in the Madison Avenue frontage of
Dr. Charles V. Paterno's big apart
ment house has just been leased by
Douglas L. Gilman & Co. to a cor
poration, which will trade in
electrical equipment and supplies. The
corporation is now being organized
and nothing can be said about the per-
sonnet of the concern for a few days.
The store taken is that at 4O7 Madi-
san Avenue. The Ellimap firm, sew
eral days ago leased two stores in the
Forty seventh Street side Of the build
ing. that at 4li2 East Forty seven h
Street to the Metro Tire Company. &nd
that at AZ East Forty-seventh Street
to b. Brady.
II lis several months since Dougla
L. Gilman e. Co.. agents for the
property, announced the complete
rental Of the apartments in the build
ing, which covers two blocks and is
the largest apartment structure IN
the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Judges of Tibune's Subm'
ban Home Competition
Select Three Houses
For High HonOrs

The Jury of Award pleased submit following
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WALTER McQUADE,
FRANK J. FORSTER,
LEWIS E. WELSH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Three Splendid Dwellings, in New Yorks Suburbs Take
Prizes in 7rbunes Country Home Competition

only who can afford to pay for the con-
struction of expensive country homes.
To have ones home selected from so
great number of beautiful and well
planned houses as the most beautiful
is, indeed, great honor, and it was
without any hesitation that the jury
chose the home Of Frank Young, at
IIackensack, for the first award under
the rules of the competition. That
they used rare good judgment will be
apparent to any one who studies the
house as it is pictured to-day in the
Ro.ogravure Section of The Tribune.
The second and third prize winners
were selected with greater difficulty
and in the end it was efficiency that
counted and gave to the Rapeiye house
at Elmhurst the coveted second place.
Concerning this house considerable
already has been said in The Tribune.
1t marks efficiency in house planning
and construction to the greatest de-
gree. To place kitchen at the CEN
tire of the house is most unusual, but
it was put there to save steps in
housekeeping. 1t is only one of the
labor saving devices that the place al
fords, and it was these attempts at
economy in view OF existing conditions
in the average household that won the
attention OF the architect judges. Its
plan, coupled with >most attractive
exterior, placed this house high in the
contest. The house cost little more
than sll 1000 complete.
The third dwelling, the Lucas house
at Sound Beach, Conn, was regarded
BY the judges as the finest example of
competition. and there were many
houses of tina. type. 1t represents a
combination Of many Of the charming
features of a number of the very old
and well known Dutch Colonial placs.
like the Dyckman house in The Bronx
and the Van Cor.landt manor house
at Van Cortlandt Park. The fault which
the judges found with the house was
committed knowingly for in its descrip-
OF the building Mr.. Lucas says:
Without sacrificing the atmosphere
Of the old Colonial, the small dormers
prevalent in this type were discarded
for large dormers extending almost the
entire length Of the house, both front
and rear. This insures square rooms
and eliminates slanting side walls and
ceilings, so that, although the exterior
appearance has not suffered, the second
floor rooms are large and airy
In selecting the judges for this COM
petition The Tribune went to the ranks
Of the younger men in the architectural
profe ion, men who will have a con-
siderable influence on the planning of
the future. The problem belongs to
them to design homes Of types that
will meet the needs of modern life, 10
which the servant problem is Of such
magnitude as to necessitate the con-
struction Of houses that are "easy
housekeeping" in fact - we'll IS in
name.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Leader in Industrial
World Turning to
Real Estate; AID.
vent of Man of
Great Wealth Is
Looked Upon as a
Boon to Property
Interests of City

A new force has come into the
downtown real estate market IN the
last ten days. and brokers specializing
in the skyscraper district are watch
inc attentively for anything that will
indicate the course which this force
is 10 take. Judging from its opera
tons in other channels, it is not pas
sive. but a most active pushing force
which has cleaved path from the
bottom TO the top in big business az
fairs of the country in the short
period of ten years. Now that 1t has
entered the field of real property the
attention given the advent of this
force and the influence it will exer-
else on conditions is justified in view
OF operations in other lines.
This force is personified in the or
ganization Of Henry L. Doherty d Co.,,
perhaps the largest traders in public
utilities in the country. Ten days
AGO Henry L. Doher.y, head of the or
ganization, purchased Robert A.
Chesebrough's interest in three big
Office buildings fronting on Battery
Park. having already bought sixteen
story building in the same section
from the same interest.
1t is the largest real estate trans
action in the history of New
York, with the exception Of the
deal for the old Equitable building
site on Broadway, which involved
more money than the Chesebrough-
Doherty dead. 1t is no common thing
for a man to buy two tall New York
Office buildings and an interest in
third in single day. With the
building purchased several weeks ago
the Chesebrough Building it is called
MIR. Doherty has acquired real estate
which is valued at 100000.
Real Estate Men Startled
The suddcnness with which he
plunged into the realty field and the
volume and character Of his opera
tions. having acquired in day prop
erty representing an investment spread
over many years, have forced real estate
men to believe that Mr.. Doherty is
about to take up real estate as he had
the promotion and operation Of street
ear lines, electric light plants and gas
works.
Mr.. Doherty may just be investing
some surplus capital or he may be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

is growing Joseph p. Day was asked
to find a building that the concern
could rent or buy, that would give
it sufficient space to accommodate
business expansion. A location near to
the present home Of the Doherty COM
pany was desired. but as there are only
six sites available for improvement in
the big business district Of the city,
choice Of location was narrow.
The property adjoining the Cheese
brough Building at the south corner
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
$4,000 Home of Arthur Keller
AT FicldstOn Is Sold

The estate Of Arthur |. Keller, Illus
traitor, at Field ton. Rverdale-on-Hud-
son. has been bought b. DR.. Clyde Ken
nedy Miller, of New York City. The
house is of Elizabcthan type and con-
tains sixteen rooms and five baths.
One of it's interesting features is a
wing in which is situated a large studio
connecting with both floors of the house
adjoining and having balcony on a
level with the second floor. The prop
erty has been held at $4,000. George
Howe was the broker
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Buys Three Tall
Buildings and In.
terest in a Fourth:
Investment Totals
M any Millions;
Likes Battery Sec.
ton Because of
View of Harbor

twenty years old. The Battery PARK
Building came between the two, and 10
the largest.
There is probably only one property
in the two blocks which Mr.. Doher.y
cannot buy. and that is the Catholic
church on State Street. II carries q
mortgage, so that the door to a trans.
action is not closed even for this
property. Mr.. Doherty has an interes.
in the South Ferry Building. 80 10
must be considered an owner in that
property.
Has Had Interesting Career
Mr.. Doherty is one OF the most in.
teresting men in big business to-day.
lie was born in Columbus, Ohio, in
May, 1870. of parents who had very
little of the goods Of the world. Henry
Latham Doherty was compelled TO sell
newspapers in the streets Of the town
to help along the finances OF the house,
hold. When twenty years old he Sc
cured employment with the local gas
company. That was the start Of his
career in public utilities. He showed
great aptitude for the work. lie be.
came an engineer by studying the
catalogues Of the gas company which
showed cross sections OF machinery
and how it operated. He has invented
many parts now used b. electric light
and gas works in their plants.
Mr.. Doherty is now director or the
president Of more than two hundred
public service corporations furnishing
light, power or transit in many parts o.
the Middle West, the prairie country,
the Far West and the South. He is
known also in the leading investment
sections of Europe as a public utilities
owner.
Partner Also q NewsbOy
Frank W. Frueauff is the only part.
ner in the firm of Henry l.. Doherty (
Co. Singular it is that this man. too,
halls from the West and started his
business career selling newspapers. Mr..
Frueauff was born in Leadyile. Col
Mr.. Doherty lives in small ia, a.
the corner Of Broad and Bridge streets,
few blocks from his office. Nr
Frueauff lives In an apartment at 40
Park Avenue, and recently bought
home on upper Fifth Avenue, which
is being altered at considerable COS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

of State and Pearl streets, was Of
fered to Mr. Dohcrty. and he bought
it because it fronts on park which
permits an intensive development not
allowed elsewhere. The limited site
could be improved with building Of a
height that would provide greater floor
space than building on larger site
in another district.
Deal Led to Larger One
This transaction led his interest to
the Chesebrough Building. He looked
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Mrs. Solari Sells Montleigh
$4,000 Estate at Rye

Montleith, on Taylor's Lane. Rye. the
country place of Mrs. Katheryn Solarl,
has been bought by Mrs. Marion S. |.
Martin. of this city. The property
comprises five acres, with large front
ages on the Van Amringe millpond,
frame residence and outbuildings. The
place was held at $4,000, and adjons
the home of Ethel Barrymore and the
estate formerly owned by Joseph NJ.
Marlborough and recently sold by Fish
& Marvin TO John y. Steele. Fish &.
Marvin and Irving T. Smith negotiated
the S6lari deal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Investors Buy Twenty.onc
Houses a: Hammcls

The Lewis H. May Company has sold
FOR Fred J. Lancaster twcnty-one stucco
two-family' houses on Hammels and
Dodge avenues. adjoining the Atlantic
Ocean. Hammels. Long Island. to NJ.
Bieber and s. Horowitz. The property
was held at $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
$4,000 q Month Asked for
Apartment ON Fifth Avenue
Owner Wants $4,000 for Use of Flat for Five
Months Starting October l; This Is the Highest
Rental Ever Demanded for Suite in New York

tions and has fitted the place with
furnishings and furniture to value of
nearly 100000. Pease e. Gilman ex-
plain that the high rental asked really
represents a full years income from
the apartment because the chance Will
be very slim of renting it again IN
March after the five months term Will
have eXnirod
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07

The Tribune suburban home compe-
tition is over. The awards have beer
made by the jury, and to-day the
names of the winners are announced
of the three cash prizes offered by The
Tribune for the most attractive homes
in the suburban district about New
York. Also in the rotogravure section
of to-day's Tribune the beautiful homes
selected by the jury from the hun
dreds submitted are shown in splendid
detail.
There have been few dwelling COM
petitions which have ended more hap
PLY than this. In the first place, the
three suburban subdivisions are repre-
scented among the prize winners. first
award going to New Jersey. the second
to Long Island and the third to nearby
Connecticut. Then. again, three OF the
principal styles in modern home archi-
lecture are seen among the winners.
In the Hackensack house the English
stlye has been followed carefully, while
the Elmhurst home is splendid repro
duction of the early Colonial. The
Lucas home at Sound Beach is a beau
tiful representation of the Dutch Colo
NAL which has found favor with SO
many dwelling builders in recent years.
Then, to make the chain Of favorable
circumstances complete, the three
prize winners represent varying costs
from sl1,25o to $4,000, the limit Of
cost established for the competition.
Stimulate Home Interest
1t was the intention Of the competi-
ton TO stimulate home construction
at this time by arousing interest in
attractive home designs, and to this
end The Tribune has reproduced each
Sunday one of the more pleasing homes
submitted. All of them have aroused
unusual interest and the inquiry re-
sulting from the publication o. these
plans and photographs leads to the
conclusion tina. the competition has
served a worthy purpose and will re-
suit in the erection Of many charming
homes. But in the prize winners the
prospective home builder will find ad-
ditional interest. for, according to the
judges of the contest, three more per-
feet types OF suburban home cohstruc-
ton would be hard to find if the coun-
try were searched from end to end.
These homes, as will be seen from
the picture reproductions, represent the
very last word in modern home design
and construction. While al, of them
are of types which have found great
favor where the finest small suburban
homes arc built. they &C sc far beyond
the ordinary thing in many details of
planning. materials and workmanship
as to leave no doubt in the minds Of
the judges that they stand out in q
class by themselves. They indicate
most clearly what wonderful results
can be produced in home even though
the cost is limited, if architectural abil-
ity, knowledge Of planning and con-
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structon and care for details are COM
bined.
Cost Limit $4,000
The Tribune hoped to find the three
most attractive homes in suburban
New York that can be reproduced
within a cost of $4,000, and it believes
it has been successful.
It was a difficult task that the
judges were asked to undertake-to
find in the hundreds of houses sub
mitted the three to be awarded the
unusual honor which will come to them
as winners of the contest. Few judges
of contests ever have had such prob
lem as confronted Messrs Forster,
McQuade and Welsh. for not only did
they have great numbers OF suburban
homes from which TO select three, but
they had as well the finest quality Of
small homes they ever have seen
grouped in contest of this sort.
Houses that have been admired far and
wide came before The Tribune's judges,
some of them having found favor with
judges in other competitions. But in
this contest, the first Of its kind since
building costs started to catch up with
the price of butter, eggs and the like,
the judges looked not only for archi-
tectural merit, but for economy, too,
for they had firm idea that the houses
they would recommend to the pro-
spective home builder should be
those which could be built at reason
able cost, and which, after completion,
could be maintained on a reasonable
basis in view Of the conditions which
now exist in the world of housekeep-
ing.
So it was that homes which to their
owners and designers mean perfection
in every detail were passed over in
favor of the newer idea in home con-
struction that is likely to prevail at
least until building costs are reduced
and the economic situation improves to
the extent that the servant problem
seases to be the terrible conundrum it
IL to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-09-07
Many Houses Entered

The Tribune competition, open to all
owners Of homes and to all architects,
brought forth perhaps the greatest
number Of designs ever submitted in
a similar contest. Houses located in
every part of the metropolitan district
were entered for the prizes, and they
included pretty nearly every type, shape
and size of house that has been erect
ed during the last twenty-five years
at cost not exceeding $4,000. There
was some had architecture represented.
but the great majority OF buildings
expressed considerable charm, and
many were decidedly handsome resi-
dences. They told a story that few
people know. to the effect that there
is great deal Of good small home
architecture to be found about New
York, enough at least to demonstrate
that q we'll designed and properly ar
ranged homo Is not limited to those