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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04
Manhattan Is Rapidly
Losing Its Population
10000 Moved Into Long Island During February;
Greatest Increase in Similar Period in History of
island; High Rents and Builders Idleness Cause

If Manhattan builders remain idle
long enough and landlords continue to
lift the value Of their apartments, con-
gestion, the great local problem which
has aggravated the city administrators
and Public Service Commissioners for
many years. will disappear. There will
be no crowding here. 1t has been OBJ
vlous for some time that folks wei.
leaving Manhattan for other home sec
tons, but there have been no statistics
on which to estimate the greatness of
the exodus.
P. H. Woodward, general passenger
agent of the Long Island Railroad, is
about the first man to offer tangible
evidence of the great movement away
from New York. In a statement issued
yesterday on the passenger traffic on
the Long Island road. Mr.. Woodward
showed that in February alone commu-
tation traffic had increased 10000 per
sons daily over the previous February.
Mr.. Woodward said:
Taking the Communication business
alone, our figures point out that in
November and December, 1919, and
January, 1920, the sale of communication
tickets exceeded those Of the CORE
spending months of 1919 and 1919 by
S,702, S,404 and 9,311 tickets, respec-
lively. The high peak was reached last
February. when 31,448 monthly tickets
were purchased, being an increase of
1913 tickets, or % per cent over the
same month last year. How remarkable
the February increase really is be-
comes manifest when it is known that
there has never been an increase of
similar size in any of the summer
months, when the passenger business
on Long Island is heaviest. The near
est approach to the new nigh record
set by February of this year is the
mark made in August. 1919, when 5000
more Communication tickets were sold
than in August, 1918.
600 Per Cent in Fifteen Years
"Flfteen years ago, when the Penn
s%ylvania Railroad Company began its
extensive program of improvements in
New York City and on Long Island, the
c~onmutation travel on the Long Island
Railroad was comparatively small. In
February, 1905, there were only 4.676
commuters; the figures for February,
1920, show an increase of 26,773 COM
muters, or nearly 900 per cent. In this
same era of reconstruction the annual
sale of commutation tickets mounted
from 1864 in 1905 to 367, O57 tickets in
1919.
while it is proper to attribute a
substantial portion of the February in
crease. as we'll as the increases of the
other winter months of 19I9-1920, to
the lack of housing accommodations in
tho city, the fact should not be lost
sight of that Long Island is rapidly
taking its place as the homeland of the
metropolis. In this connection it is
but fair to assume that the wonderful
growth Of population. IA we'll as indus
try on Long Island, could not have been
possible without the financial aid of
the Pennsylvania management, which
provided moro than $50. 0OO. 900 for the
purpose Of electrihcation, grade cross
ing elimination and other Improvement
work, thus enabling the Long Island
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04
If New Rochelle, with its aquatic

II New Rochelle, with its aquatic
and land sports, appeals to you as the
place you would like to live, it Is sug-
gcsted that much time can be saved
by enlisting the services Of ono of the
local brokers'. This is a service that
will cost you nothing, as the seller
of the house pays the brokers' commits
sion.
The suggestion Is made that the
services Of a real estate guide be en-
listed because home building in New
Rochelle is in several sections in the
north end of the town, and to the
stranger the houses are not as easily
found as if they were in a city of
rectangular squares such as New York.
Home hunting is always interesting
and it might be we'll to go the rounds.
Many New Homes in North Sections
In the north sections of the town
will be found the greatest number of
new homes. They are in all stages of
construction. Builders seem to have
taken possession of the entire country
up that way. If you wish to hunt
alone take the trolley marked White
Plains. 1t runs along North Avenue.
Five minutes ride from the main line
station of the New Haven e. Hart
ford Railroad, and just beyond the
tracks of the New York e. West
chester Railroad, start the park sec
tons of New Rochelle, and in these will
be found most Of the higher priced
homes underway in New Rochelle. Get
OFT at Beechmont, which is the first
of the parks-highly restricted, beau
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04
May Be Bought on
Easy Terms Above
a Cash Payment of
$500 to $4,000,
According to Size
and Location of
House, in Attrac.
iveShOrefrontCit

about five years, when the cost would
drop to 1910 a month.
At the outset $4,000 in cash would
have to be paid over. This is the small
est amount of money that would buy
such a property. The builder would
TAKE back q second mortgage for $751;
600, payable $1,000 every six months,
at 6 per cen interest. In a year this
would total $4,000. The first mortgage
interest would be $500, the taxes
would be $1,000 and the insurance
about $50, making in all $3.50.
The amortization of the second mort
gage would reduce the interest charge
from year to year, but only in this
item would the cost be changed or re-
Guced.
Take the house at the other end of
the price list, the home sold at $40, 600
on a 20 per cent basis. The cost of
this house would be S1.O15 a year, or
about $85 a month, for the first five
years. At the end of that time about
charges, the greatest burden, the sec
ond mortgage, having been paid off.
The older houses for sale, which
number in the hundreds and range in
price up to $250,O00, cannot be bought
on a 25 per ent basis. Some houses
cannot be moved with less than so per
cent cash. AT any rate, the owners are
not inclined to take q second mortgage.
and if they do it is for a small amount
only, to be paid off quickly.
Real estate men report that these
terms have not proved a great hard
ship to folk who have come to New
Rochelle looking for homes, and it is
because of the willingness of the
homeseeker to make substantial pay
ments that owners have made such
terms as all cash above the mortgage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04
Attractive Dwellings
Pass to New Owners
Captain Louis Josephthal Parts
With House i'm 89th ST..
Near Fifth Ave-.

W%orthington Whitchouse, Inc, sold
for Captain Louis Josephthal 7 East
~Elghty-ninth Street, a five-story lime
stone English basement dwelling, 2Sx
1908.
Pease & Gilman sold for Peter Cooper
Hewitt the four-story and basement
dwelling, 25x1O0, at Is East Seventy
fourth Street.
Douglas l.. Gilman & Co. sold for the
Hewitt Associates 1914 East Sixty-sixth
street, a four-story house, 1S.6xl0O.5,
which is being remodeled into an
american basement, together with
eleven other houses surrounding q large
garden.
Charles ]. Quinlan, Of the Wood, DOL
son Company, sold for Franklin Simon,
president of Franklin Simon & Co.. the
four-story and basement dwelling at o6
Riverside Drive, 1S.8xS5. The house
adjoins Mr.. Simon's residence and was
bought by him about eight years ago
to prevent an apartment being erected
next to his home.
Harris, Vought & Co. sold for Mrs,
Sophie +. Goebel the three-story dwell
ing at 233 East Sixty-second Street
16.SXl00.5.
The Hoffman Homes CORPORATION
purchased from the Reliant Investment
Company ten dwellings,, originally the
Schlnasi estate, at 459 to AIT Manhat-
tan Avenue.
The Haggstrom-Callen Company sold
the tivc-story dwelling so West s3i
street, 25xS5x10O, for Whitman C.
Half. of Stamford, Conn, to Bruce
Reynolds, who through the same brok-
crs, last week, purchased So West o3d
Street. Mr.. Reynolds now has a plot
50xl00 on which extensive alterations
are to be made into small apartments.
The brokers rave been retained az
managing agents.
Pope & Brother have sold for a
client of Ames & Co., the three-story
dwelling, %2OxlO3.3, at IA West 18th
Street.
The estate of Lambert S. Quacken-
bush sold to q client Of Nathan
Schwartz the four-story American base
ment dwelling, A5S West 145th Street,
l5x1OO.
Shaw & Co.. sold for Barney I'M
~provcmcnt Corporation 22t West 1881
street, Il thrce-story dwelling, 16.8x
100.
Payson Mel. Merrill Company sold
Tor Allan Appleton Robbins, 3O4 Lex
'ngton Avenue. a four-story American
dwelling, 1S.9x100 feet.
The Fischer Realty Company sold
169 East l22d Street for Benjamin
weiss, n thrcc-story dwelling.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04
OWners Would Rather
Lease Than Sell

Real estate wners, particularly
owner of business property in the
Older sections of the city, are show,
ing less desire to part with prop
erty even at prevailing prices. They
are more willing to lease their hold
lngs with purchase options not to
be exercised for several years. Be-
cause Of the new tendency, a large
institution was denied Il proprty
which it was willing to pay we'll for
and located in a new section, with
the result that a general movement
OF concerns has followed in its
wake. Folks who seem to know ex-
plain the preference to the opera
ton OF the income tax. Sale would
make subject to immediate taxation
the difference between the selling
price and the value of the property
in 1913. Through leasing only
a small part Of the income is tax
able each year, and accordingly the
government gets during the life Of
the lease, if the tax is kept opera
tive that long, much less than if the
property had been sold and the full
payment made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04

Railroad to establish q record for tho
handling of troops during the recent
World War, that eclipses the troop
train service of any individual railroad
IN the country, and to carry more than
o4,o0u,00O passengers in 19l9-a vol
ume of traffic not ever family ap-
preached by any steam road Of its size
IN the United States, and exceeded by
a few. if any, of the largest trunk line
railroads.
Seventh Avenue Station Great Terminal
"Of the 31,448 communication tickets
issued in February, 1920, between the
western terminals and the various sta
tons on the Long Island Railroad, H.
$50 tickets read to New York via the
pennsylvania station, 14,O68 via Long
Island City and Brooklyn and thirty
VIA the Thlrty-fourth Street ferry.
Another distinctive feature Of tbs
February communication figures is that
SIX stations had more than 1000 daily
riders. These Stations are shown in
the following list, which indicates tina.
there were forty-fve stopping points
on the Long Island Railroad in Feb
ruary with a committing population ex-
ceeding 200:
Jamaica, 1,749; Far Rockaway. 1927;
Freeport. 1884; Rockaway Beach. l.
z7s; Rockville Centre, 1885; Lynhrook,
l.104; Murray Hill, 929; Brooklyn
Manor. 742; Flushing, 721; Bayside,
ia; Hampstead. 500; Arverne. 6sS;
Morris Park. GIL; Forest Hills, Gil;
Woodhaven Junction, COZ; Hollis, 60e;
Ceaarhurst, 537; Floral Park, 535; Kew
Gardens. 4s7; Port Washington, 4so:
Queens. 479; Whitestone. 437; Baldwin,
40; Great Neck, 4ol; Garden City,
1888; Union Course. 3s3; Vallev Stream.
1872: Ozone Park. 364; Huntington. 35S:
Bellmorc. 351; Woodhaven. $50; South
L~ynbrook. 314; Amityville. Sf3; Wood
mere. 312; Sea Cliff. 3ll; Broadway
tflushing), sol; Babylon, 2q2; Ba?-
shore, 273; College Point. 252; Doug
laston. PAP; Mineola. 24o; Springfield.
23O; milestone Landing, 2ll: Hicks
vile. POS; Lawrence. POS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04
Staid Edinburgh
Is Birthplace of
The ~Skyscraper
Ten-Story Buildings There
in 1896; Had Walls Three
Feet Thick at Base, Taper
ing to Two Feet at Top

The impression Is universal that the
tall building, the skyscraper as it has
been we'll termed. is purely an Ameri-
can idea. There is no doubt that
buildings have been carried to a
greater height in this country than in
any other, but the fact is that the
piling Of floors upon floors to a good
height is foreign and that the sky
scraper Of modern times is merely a
development of an Old World feature.
Old and staid Edinburgh, in Scotland.
is credited with being the birthplace
of the tall building. r. Fleming, of
the engineering department of the
American Bridge Company, in an
article on the birth Of the skyscrapcr
principle in "Thc Journal of the West
ern Society Of Engineers" makes this
claim and supports it with many
authorities. He writes:
"Thc tourist may read in his Bac-
decker that the old town is full of in
tcresting old houses, some of which
are remarkable for their immense
height (ten and +yse!ve stores).' In
Modern Athens. Displayed in a series
OF views, or Edinburgh in the Nine
tcenth Century, dated 1929, a book
much priced by collectors on account
OF It's e~ngravings, Shepherd writes of
these high houses: Previous to the
commencement of the seventeenth
century, owing to the high price of
building ground and the habit which
the inhabitants Of Edinburgh had ac-
quired of living above ZACH other in
separate floors of the same house. it
had been necessary to raise the build
lngs to a very dangerous height; it
was therefore, enacted by the Scottish
Parliament In 1895 that no new house
faclrg on a public street should
exceed five stories, but az this law ap-
pllcd only to the front of n building.
1t not infrequcntly happened that from
the inequality OF ground the back part
consisted Of eight, ten or even more
s%torics.'
Building Regulations of 1915
"ihc act to which Shepherd refers is
emitted AN Act Regulating the Manner
OF Building Within tho Town Of Edin-
burgh.' An extract will be given:
That the first story be
three foot thick, the second story two
root nync inches thick, the third story
two foot six inches thick, tho fourth
story two foot three inches thick and
the NTH story two foot thick.
=" 'Vatutc3 ana OrdalncB that all
new houses be built no higher than
hvc stories above the cals.y, ns also
That each punchcon load Of lyme be re-
treshcd ut least with one or two loads
or sea sand, besides the old rubbish
II '-r"c tnt may be mad" use of.
lThc Acts Of Parliament OF &c.tlnnd.
Vol. X. lG96-1701).
Plight of Tenants
"Dr. Guthrie, who had these high
tcnements for his parish from 1897 to
184". describes the nbjcct poverty. tho
ignorance and the crime that he found.
me sanitary conditions we're nppall-
Ing. How could they bo otherwiro
whom q mother had to desccnd neyernl
nights OF stairs and mount tAom araln
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04
No Doubt of Demand
For New Rochelle Homes

Nobody can doubt the great demand
for homes in and near New Rochelle
after hearing the report Of r. j. Sulli-
van that he has gold over $500, 900
Worth Of property in this vicinity since
January l..
Interesting sales recently consum-
mated by Mr.. Sullivan affected prop
crty Of A. r. Sander, on Overlook Cir
Gle, Eccchmont Park, onc-half acre
plot with two-car garage, Colonial
hoiae. gold 10 K. Goodhand, OF Brook
Ign.
Property Of NJ. f. Harvey. Forest
Heights, one-half acrc plot with new
Colonial home, two-car garage. sold to
K. u. Porter, Of this city.
Property Of Mary G. Murphy. on
Webster Avenue. one-half acre plot.
house. two-cAr garage. Tho purchaser
wan A. L. 81. John, Of New York.
Property Of NJ. II. Sullivan. on Elk
Avenue, one-half aero plot. Colonial
house. two-car garage. sold t. A. s,
Bryan. Of Nov York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04
scum for the display Of relics Of the
early Hup11eno<s

early duguenOrS.
Webster Ridge is at the west side of
the town, hard by the line between
New Rochelle and the three Peihams.
1t is, indeed, a pretty home section,
and the builders there have done much
to enhance the attraciiveness Of the
locality by the character of the homes
they nave erected. They are of brick,
stucco and single, and cost from 500
600 to 100000 each. On the way to
Webster Ridge the Homestead section
will be passed. Here will be found,
perhaps, the lowest priced homes un-
der construction in New Rochelle.
There are not more than ten homes
in the city offered at SIS 1000; five are
to be had at $4,000 and twenty-five
houses are held at prices above this
value up to 10000. There are four
houses for sale at prices above $50, 900.
twenty-five to 33 per cent of the
price is expected in cash. The builder
will take a second mortgage, which
will range from IS to 25 per cent of the
price. Under no circumstances will
the first mortgage be more than so per
cent. because the lending institutions
will not lend more. The second mort
gage must be paid off in three to five
years. Both mortgages draw 6 per
cent interest. The tax rate in New
Rochelle is 2 per cent, and it is said
that property is assessed on a go per
cent basis.
Ownership of a $50, 900 house or the
lowest cash arrangement possible
would cost about $500 q month for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04

scven-story elevator apartment houses
at 2092 to 2098 Fifth Avenue, south
west corner Of 129th Street.
Moore, Schultz e. Co. sold for John
E. and Flora Sulzer the fve-story
apartment, 5O3-5O5 West 14Oth Street,
50xl0O feet. The same brokers have
been appointed agents.
Other Apartments Sold
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company sold the four-story fat, GO
East 128th Street, 1Gx1OO feet.
George w. Sasse sold for John w.
Written 317 East 10th Street, a six
story tenement and stores.
Slawson & Hobbs resold for Mary
M. Addicks the five-story fiat, 88 West
103d Street.
James Henry sold for the Frank
Porco Realty Company 24s7 Second
Avenue, a five-story tenement, 25x10o
feet.
Gustave Britt sold for Alice G. S.
Derby to William D. Fitzpatrick 800
Blocker Street, 22x58 feet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04
Smaller Size Apartments
Bought by Investors

Tho Hoffman House Corporation pur-
chased from Daniel jackson 529 Wept
18Th Street. n hve-story modern apart
Hent. and 1916 Third Avenue, ii five
vTory tenement, 23xl00. and gold to
frank Eubenstein and Barnet Figarski
Sbs and 800 West FiFty-cighth Street,
~ ssven-story ~apartmcnts, 7Jzl00.
DOUGLAS Gibbons II Co., Inc, sold for
me Sevcnty-Afh Street Syndicate 1871
(It Scventy-hNth Street, a four-story
at, ~1S11z1oz.z, 10 "a buyer, who viii
erect an American basement dwelling
for her own occupancy. The SELLERS
were represented by Douglas l.. Gilman
T. Go.
Jules Eehrng. Inc. sold for Edward
Easr 10 Louis fine The two hve-story
modern apartments, IT u ~ Northern
Avenue, plot bOzIrD.
The Guardian Lfe Insurance Com
pony ia reported 70 hAvs soA the two
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04
Steamship Companies
Buy I'm Lower Manhattan

The Observation-Disclosures Line,
now at l Broadway, bought from Mary
Knief the building at the southeast
corner Of Whitehall and Bridge
Streets, 32.7x58, diagonally opposite
the Custom House. The company plans
ewn Another stea app 'na
company has purchased from the
Hungarian Relief Society its five
story building at "a Pearl Street,
southeast corner OF Moore Street, 29x
Sell, opposite the United States Army
building. 1t will be occupied by the
purchasing company.
42d Street Warehouse Sold
The Klinker estate sold the six-story
warehouse, 449 to 153 West 42d Street,
occupied by Park & Tilford, TO Il Mr..
Burgess.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04
New Rochelle Theater
10 Front on Four Streets
Safety Made One of the Features
of Amusement House for
Movies and XaudexiIle

New Rochelle is to have Il new the
alter, to be known as the Huguenot. II
viii have frontages on Huguenot and
Division streets. Westches.er Place.
and on All alley. It Will be built OF
terra Gotta and reinforced concrete and
incombustihlc materials.
The thc0ter will have "A balcony VITA
a lounge room in the rear. Large space
has been set aside for a smoking room
The building will be constructed fol-
all year round use. and will be proSid'
ed with three large ventilating open
ings. besides cooling devices for IN
summer months. The Enclosure OF TN
theater will be attractive in dstagn
The house will be devoted to movini
pictures and vaudeville. J. b. Thil II
and Mrs. Edward A. Bodinc were IN
brokers in the sale of tho property.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04

for every pail Of water, often with a
child at her breast and another at her
apron strings? The daily accumulation
of fifth was thrown out of the window
on the street below at night.
What Stevenson Saw
"Robert Louis Stevenson graphically
depicts the fall Of one of these build
ings. 1t had grown rotten to the core
and the entry beneath had closed in,
when on a Sunday morning the whole
ran together and tumbled
story upon story to tho ground, bring
ing death and desolation to the dwell
crs therein"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04
Mrs. Peabody Leases
Madison Avenue Corner
O'''cc and Apartment Building
Will BE Erected nj
,1iiIa ST..

lhom"s j. O'Rcilly leased for n term
oi yaara Tor Mrs. Stephen Peabody the
and Fifty-fourth Street two fo1r-storv
dwellings,, fronting 100 feet on the ave,
nuc and 12.6 on tho street.
mo Lessee Is Frank !. Cassidy. who
VIII improve the site with n store. Of
Icc apartment building. expected
T., be ready for occupancy ncxt fail.
$3.50, 900.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04
Mrs. Z. G.. Ray Sells
Estate at Greenwich

William E. Crichton, of Pease & ELI
man, has sold for Mrs. e. c. Ray. her
home. with eight and n half acres on
Field Point Road. Greenwich, Conn.
The T.. b. L~rdjungc estate, on Lcnox
Drive. Greenwich, has been sold to Wal
ter r. Brewster, Of Greenwich, through
Raymond b. Thomson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-04

"Dr. Guthrie, who had these hiyl
tenements for his parish from 1897 to
l84". describes the nbject poverty. the
ignorance and the crime that he found
The sanitary conditions were appnll.
Ing. How could they be otherwis,
when q mother had to descend several
flights Of stairs and mount thorn AGAR
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1920-04-15
Bathing Beauties
Coming Tuesday

"Uncle Toms Cabin" a book, is
declared to have had a tremendous
influence in abolishing slavery in the
United States. 1t directed and
shaped public opinion to a remark
able degree.
One film production, yankee
Doodle in Berlin" is declared by ply
sicians and health experts to have al
ready exerted a tremendous influ-
ence in building up the health of the
peonle of this nation, especially that
of the girls and women.
Why? Because when the audience
sees the film, and then sees the bath
ing girls in person, strong, beautiful,
glowing with health, the desire to be
just strong, beautiful and healthy is
planted in the mind of every femi-
nine onlooker.
When yankee Doodle in Berlin"
accompanied by the bathing girls,
appears Tuesday, April 90, at the
Magic City Theater, the people of
this city will realize that Mack SEN
nett, besides being an unusually
brilliant producer, is a most public
spirited citizen as well.
Fresh air, exercise, fresh Tor salt)
water, and laughter are the worst
possible enemies of sickness and dis
case, and every one of these bathing
girls is living advertisement of that
prescription.
Some lecturers talk, and some
films display the baneful effects of
disease, and the effect is depressing.
No one wants to be in that condi-
ton, but Mack Sennett shows the
other side of the story.
''Twixt opt;mist and pessimist, the
difference is droll. The optimist sees
the doughnut, the pess;mist the hole"
Mack Sennctt's bathing girls, travel
ling with yankee Doodle in Berlin"
are the best tonic in a blue moon is
proved by the improved health and
stimulated interest in exercise in
every community where they have
appeared, says the press agent.