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CLOSING OF MAILS.

Gristobai.. savanilia and cartagena. str
Turks Island and Dominican Republic, via
Turks Island. Monte Christi. Puerto Plata.
San Pedro de Macoris, San Domingo City
and Aqua. str Javary, II Nj.
st Thomas, ST Croix, st Kits. Nevis,
Saba. 81 Martins. ST Eustatius, Antigua,
Montserrat Martinique, Guadeloupe, st
Lucia. Barbados and for Guiana via George
town (Grenada, st Vincent and Trinidad y,
str Guiana, - M (sup ] PMD.
fucatan and Campeche (other parts OF
Mexico 60. via Progreso, str Panuco. $3.50
49, SATURDAY. OCTOBER 80.
Costa RIGA. Canal Zone. Panama, Saliva.
dor (printed matter. &cl. Nicaragua except
&c, for Nacaome, Tegucigalpa and fuscaran
OIonduras). Cauca and Narino departments
Of Colombia and Ecuador tCgba, other , cd pa. :.
Va Havana, Cristobai and Port Limon' str
Toioa. I AM.
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British Honduras and HONDURAS, except
Amapala. City, Choluteca, departments of
Colon arM Atlantida and prints. sc. for Ma
via Belize, Puerto Barrios. Trujillo. Tela and
Puerto Cortez. str Sagua, 1880 AM.
Cuba %. via Havana. str MORO Castle.
South Brazil, Argentina. Uruguay and
Paraguay ~, via Rio Janeiro. Montevideo
and Buenos Aires, str vauban. $3.50 AM.
Porto Rico, st Thomas and ST Croix, Via
San Juan, str Coamo. $3.50 AN tsup $3.50
Paraguay, via Rio Janeiro, Montevideo and
Buenos Aires. str Martha Washington. y
AM.
Turks Island and Dominican Republic via
Turks Island, Monte Christi, Puerto Plata,
Sanchez, SANTANA, San Pedro de Macoris
and San Domingo City. str Iroauois, $3.50
Cape Hayti and Port de Palx Curacao and
other parts of Hayti D.. str Bernice, 10 AM.
Haytl Except Cape Hayti and Port de
Paix), Canal Zone. Panama, Salvador
(printed matter, &c) Nicaragua Except
east foastl, Amapala, Choluteca aud Prints,
ran uIonduras), Colombia Except Magdale-
ma departments) and Ecuador lother parts
Honduras and letter mail or Salvador y.
via Port Ru Prince, Cristobal, Cartagena
Transpacific Mails.
Close at New York at PM as follows:
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Santa Cruz, Oct 2s.
Hawaii, via San Francisco, str Matsonia.
laval, Japan, Korea. China, Siberia.
Slam, French Indochina and Netherlands
East indies, via San Francisco. str Korea
Maru. Oct 81.
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cinlly addressed mall for New Zealand and
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Australia, via vancouvep and Victoria, BIC.
Janans corea, China, Siberia, Siam.
French Indo-China. Netherlands East Indies
and Philippine Islands, via Vancouver and
Victoria, DC, str Empress of Russia, Nov
10.
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fParccl post mails and specially addressed
correspondence.
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FOREIGN WEATHER CABLE
GRAMS.

CAPE RACE. MI. Oct 27-Barometer at
noon. 30.22 inches; wind. Il. light breeze
weather. fine; temperature. AZ deg Fair.
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SAILED.

strs General q w Goethais. Crsiobal
Fort Wayne, San Pedro; George q Henry
Tampico Braheholm (Sw), Gothenburg
Afnpetco, Philadelphia Maine (lir), Lon
don. Banica, Jacksonville. Hoxbar Port
Lobos El Mar, New Orieana Hyndan
Dutch, Rotterdam; Brlndilla Bator
sailed 26ih, ctr Western Front, Gibraltar
strs Maracaibo. Mayaguez. &C; susdue-
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

WASHINGTON. DC, Oct 27-IIoist SOUTH
TO Passport; disturbance over lower lake
region viii move northeastward, attended
by strong southwest winds this afternoon
and tonight, probably reaching gale force
and shifting to west and northwest Thurs
day
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DROPPING OF TIME BALL.

NEW YORK. oct 27-The time ball above
the Navigation and Marine Engineering
School ~ the Seameu's Church Institute. 20
south street dropped to-day at exact noon,
10Th meridian. . hours slow Of Greenwich
mean time. Any one desiring correct GREEN
wch neat time telephone Broad 20I.
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PASSED CITY ISLAND.
Bound South.

Str Calvin Austin. Boston for New York.
TO the Eastern Steamship Corporation, With
passengers and ndse.
Str Pawnee. Boston for New York.
Schr Minas Prince (Br) Parrsboro. Ms.
for New York with piling 20 Stanley II
Miner: vessel 10 J + Whitney & Co.
Schr Robert John Beswick. Stonington. ct.
for New York, TO Gilmartln x Co
Tugs Triton, with barges lat IL :25 AMI
Chas McWiliams. with | lat 80 PM)
Perth Amboy. with tat 1;40 PM).
Bound East.
schr Flora NJ (B). Port Reading for 81
schr iavol,a Port Reading for Bluehill
Me.
Schr Stewart T Salter 3D. New York for
Nova Scotiae (anchorcdl.
Tugs Bulley. with bargos Cat 0:05 AND
NarraRnnsett. with tat i0:45 AND Ronald
- Keller, with cat II 30 AND Noting
ham, with 3 cat 6;i5 PM 26th.
Sailed 2Tth, schrs William Melbourne (3r)
from New York for Windsor. Ms; Esther
Melbourne Cfrom do). do; George r klinck
from do), Boothbay. Me.
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Mails for South and Central Amer
lea. West Indies, &c.

Colombia. except Cauca, Narino and MAJ
inieaa del artments (Cuba - via Cienfue-
eqr GaatssEc. Cartagena and Savanilla i.
ST. Eegre. AN.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 90
n tlFcntsaa tfrlauay and Paraguay (s).
VA rfnntetigcn ARD Buenos Aires. str Glen
slceia. ~ Al.
Jasn'aE er3 Colombia. except Cartagena,
Cauca, NArn aaf Magdalena departments
Canal Zone sud anana -, via Kingston.
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NOTICE TO MARINERS

THE NEW YORK HERALDs Ship Ne,cs Office is in
the Barge Office Ship Information given by U. S.
Macy Department Daily Shipping Bulletin Telephone
Bowling Green $500.
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EUROPE.

AMERICAN iift vans for moving household
between cities IN tho United States; house to
house without boxing; only safe, easy and
sensible method. BOWLING GREEN sTOR-
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DEPARTURE OF STEAMERS
SAIL THURSDAY.

Mauretania. Southampton ... Noon
Rochambeau, Havre ............ PM
Stockholm, Gothenburg ........... 900 I'M
Hegre. Cierfuegos, &c............ Noon
Themistocles Pirneus &..... PM
SAIL FRIDAY.
Glen Nevis, Montevideo, &c....... $500 PM
Stavangerfjord, Bergen, &c...... eco PM
Ottar Kingston, Ge.............' II 100 AN
Javary Turks Island, &c......... 1900 Pm
Guiana st Thomas &c.......... 800 PM
Rnusslil0n, HaVro. Observation-Disclosures Noon
vladimir Sawin. Havana. ........ Noon
Panuco ProLreso ........... Noon
SAIL SATURDAY.
Lewis Iuckenbach. Rotterdam. 80. 10: 100 AM
Alfonso XIII, Vlgo, &c......... II 200 AN
gaxonla Cherbourg, &c.......... Noon
apiand. Antwerp ................ 100 nm
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DIE OCTOnER aO.
Almanac for New York October 70.
DUE OCTOBER 2s.

The time given In the above table Is East-
ern standard time and Il furnished by the
United States Coast and Gcodetic Survey.
For daylight saving Time add one hour.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-28

MAnINE--FoR SALE OR WANTED.
FOR sale-Suitable for inland waterways.
1870 n. Freight Steamer.
100 N. House Barge; ANAL Tug IA n. 80.
MCINTOSH. brooklyn Bridge Dock, NewYorli,
Tel. Hickman 2iO0.
TWO steaulRhtsrs for immediate charter.
Address III Herald, Fulton ~.
WAN'rED--Two inastcd auxilinry schooner,
high draueht not over 100 feet over ali. NJ;
least ton holster.
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EXCURSIONS and TOURS
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21
Building Owners Wagered
Property Against Death

each possessed. sometimes children in
the cradle.
In 1856 the New York Journal Of Com
merce. speaking of the Tontine Coffee
House, said:: THE longevity Of the nom
inees has been remarkable. we ueneve,
beyond any similar experiment OF the
kind ever witnessed. 1t Is true that the
circumstances under which their names
were selected would naturally lead US to
expect for them longer average period
OF existence. but this average has been
30 far extended as to be quite eXtraor-
binary. or the goa whose names were
handed In about sixty-one years ago,
flfty-one still survive. OF these. the
youngest Is about 81 and the oldest S3.'
In 1871 the 196th survivor died, leav-
ing seven surviving nominees, who were
Robert Benson. Jr.; William Bayard.
Gouverneur Kemble. Horatio Gates Ste
vens. Daniel Hoffman. Mrs. william p.
Campbell and Mrs. John A. King. Al
that time a partition suit was instituted.
with the result that each survivor re-
ceived the sum OF $4,000 for their share
In the property. From this point on the
tenure of the property Is a matter OF
ordinary record. Tho Tontlne Building
was sold last August by the Charles F.
Noyes Company for the Tontine Estates
Corporation q. O'Donohue Sons), TO the
Federal Sugar Refining Company, OF
which Claus Spreckels Is the head. The
structure fronts 929 feet on Wall street
and sos feet on Water street. and Is
twelve stories high.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21

with sufficient love OF New York life 30
build mansions there and 10 keep up
their establishments at any cost Mr..
Herzog also scouts the vision OF end
less apartments above the Plaza Hear
him:
Il can't bring myself to believe that
Fifth avenue will ever be stripped Of It's
the avenue between Forty-second and
Fifty-ninth streets will coon be
dominated entirely by banks ana the
biggest and finest retail establishments,
but above Fifty-ninth street very
effective restrictions against business
and apartment houses still exist and
It will take years of litigation to break
them.
For instance, I believe that on Fifth
avenue from Sixtieth TO ElRhty-sixth
street. private houses will remain. with
few exceptions, where lack OF re-
striction has already allowed the
apartment houses to enter. am
| a firm believer In the perrnanency
of the private mansion on Manhattan
Island because there will always be
enough extremely wealthy residents who
VIII maintain them no matter what the
cost may be Instead of big apartment
houses on upper Fifth avenue be-
lieve we shall find them in the years 10
come on Park avenue. The next stretch
J where they viii be built will probably be
; between Eighty sixth and Ninety-s!xth
/ streets. From Sixtieth to Seventieth
! street Park avenue will probably re-
main for a long time restricted to pri-
vate residences"
Faith in the potency OF restrictions
| TO bar apartment houses and trade has
been oft expressed In the past. But
/ the development Of Fifth avenue from
! Washington square to Forty-second
street has brushed them aside. The
/ most unobservlng bus rider knows
what the fate OF restrictions on lower
Fifth avenue has been.
A notable example OF the advent of
the apartment house on upper Fifth
avenue Is the house on the southeast
corner OF SiXty-siXth street, two doors
| from the Astor mansion. 1t was re-
Gently sold through Pease Sc Gilman
TO a group of prominent New Workers
who will live there and own 1t on the
, cooperative plan. 1t was built by j. i.
r Carpenter. who has put up soma
OF the finest apartment houses IN tia
Park avenue section.
Once these entering wedges appear .
restricted sections the door is opened
for a slow but sure transformation ~
the character of the neighborhood. AMI
II Is on these changing characteristi;'
of the neighb orhood that courts nass
their opinions in letting down the olis
! to the waiting agencies OF trade 81
apartment house developers.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21
ONE Real Estate Seers Prophesy Dis
placement of Fine Dwellings by
Solid Wall of Business and Apart
ment Buildings Think Sale of
w. K. Wander bilt Home Will
Hasten Doom Of Mansions

ing example Of modern New World bust
ness architecture and Is already referred
to as the Cathedral of Trade
When II became known that this busi-
ness tower was soon 10 cast Its shadow
over the residence OF Mrs. VANDERBILT.
widow of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt.
directly across Flfty-seventh street.
"umors were current that Mrs. Wander
bilt had decided to sell her property.
At one time IL was actually reported
sold but the deal was never consum-
mated.
Mr.. Ashforth and others like him pre-
dict that Fifth avenue. except that por-
ton above the Plaza, will surrender COM
pleteiy to trade and finance in a short
time Above the Plaza. Mr.. Ashforth
sees, as he gazes into the real estate
crystal. nothing but h gh class apart
ment houses.
ITO me 1t is one of the sad phases OF
the growth of New York. that the
genuine old New York families are being
literally driven off Fifth avenue" says
Mr.. Ashforth. THE encroachment Of
business Is not alone responsible for this.
The exodus of New York's old families
from the avenue north OF Fifty ninth
street has been going on for some time.
Every one who has made money sud-
denly seems TO want to settle on Fifth
avenue. The result has been that the
families with the old New York blood
running in their veins are going over into
the more modest sections of Park ave-
nue. above Fifty-ninth street.
The time Is undoubtedly coming when
practically every large downtown bank
Will have branch up town, either on
Fifth avenue or close to It, This will
drive the less important retail trade out
into the side streets. east and west, and
into Madison and Lexington avenues.
particularly the latter. between Forty
second and Fifty-ninth streets.
AT present 1t looks as though Fifth
avenue above the Plaza will have to
give way to the bis apartment houses.
although there is, I believe, an attempt
being made to save various sections
from the inundation by means OF re-
strictions. In spite of these restrictions
1t is probable that Fifth avenue up to
Seventy-seoond street will soon resemble
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21
Gotham Bank Building Is Nearing Completion

The application OF banking methods
to building construction Is reaching a
successful conclusion in the completion
OF the new Gotham National Bank
Building. Broadway at Columbus Circle.
What this banking institution, of which
Henry II. Bzalllon lis president. set
OUT to do and has done through tho
direction OF Clarence s. Weller, vice.
president, must go down In the annals
OF real estate development as an I'M
usual achievement
When thes Gotham National decided
to erect Its new twenty-four story fire
proof home Vice-President Weller pro-
posed that the bank be its own gem
eral contractor and supervise the Job.
Bids wore asked for and contracts
awarded separately. Very little trouble
was experienced with labor and ma
terials were delivered promptly Only
once was serious delay I'm the construc-
ton threatened. and that was when a
man representing himself ms an agent
of a labor organization attempted TO
extort a sum Of money. Banking
methods were straightway applied TO
the situation. marked bills being pre-
pared and n police trap set. While the
temperance OF the labor agent" was
awaited the legislative committee APP
pointed 70 uncover evils in the local
building Industry began its inquiry. 1t
is certain that II the legislative COM
mittee had not been sent to New York
an investigation would have been pre-
clpltated by the Gotham. for the arrest
and prosecution Of the CRATER had
been determined upon.
The Gothams new home Will be ready
for occupancy on February !. 1871
Among the business interests that have
already leased large space units are
the following: Empire state Finance
Company, u. f. Garcin. Dodge
Brothers representative. Chandler Mo-
tor Car Company, Cleveland Auto
mobile Company, Asbestos and Mineral
Corporation, Walter Sales Company.
Asbestos and Rubber Works OF Amer
lea Company. Pitts Motor Car Repair
and Sales Corporation and II. & l..
Bearings Company. Leases are being
made through the banks recently
created real estate department Of
which wlnfred Watson is manager and
Fred a. Elwood. clifford VI. Pearson
and Harold A. Watson are assistants.
winfred Watson, In paying tribute TO
vice-President weller's achievement In
producing one OF the finest business
SuiiAinEs In the CITY. ssidi
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21

While searching the title to the prenli-
SEES at the northwest corner OF Wall and
Water streets, the New York Title and
Mortgage Company has unearthed the
story of the founding Of n curious sport
ing and commercial adventure back In
1894. five years after George Washing
ton took the Presid ent's oath of Office
on the steps OF the Sub-Treasury Build
ing at Wall and Nassau streets. oddly
enough. however. this organization OF
good business fellows of carly New York
did not actually accompll IN the purposes
for which II was fouS led until 1913
years later. or, to be exalt in 1917.
The northwest corner Of Wall and
Water streets Is the site OF the old
Tontine Building and the material gath
cred In this title search has been placed
at the disposal OF the coml any now oc-
cupyins tho building. which Is planning
TO erect a tablet In the bi iid!ng com
memorative OF old New York The
Tontine Building was built N 1892 by
an association OF merchants Who gath
cred there daily to discuss :te results
of trade. 1t remained coffee house
until 1894, when the Court Of Shancery
removed the restrictions of tn Tontine
Assc lation and It became an Office
building. The old Tontine was The birth
place OF the modern expires. system.
It was there in 1897 that J. w. Hale
originated the package and letter ex-
press business and started William f.
Harnden for Boston three times a week
with little carpetbag seldom more
than half full.
The curious part Of this history is
found. however, in the strange arrange
ment entered into by the 203 share
holders In the Tontine Association. Each
A..
and made provision that upon the death
OF the one hundred and nlnety-sixth
member the title TO the property held by
the association should pass Into the
hands OF the seven survivors as indi-
viduals. The old New Workers. took
sporting chances by nominating as their
representatives the youngest relative
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21

The entire structure Is OF the finest OBJ
tainable materials and has been fitted
especially for executive offices.
Columbus Circle, with the arteries OF
ten transit lines providing connection
with every part of the metropolitan dis
trict. establishes Il az the hear. OF New
York. Here commercial development IS
kept In natural balance. The Circle
easily accommodates the tremendous
volume OF traffic which is thrown upon
Il. for, II Is said. more vehicles pass
here each day than any other point
in the world and never Is there con-
gestion. Despite these seemingly over
whelmng reasons why Columbus Circle
should be, perhaps. the most congested
centre IN the city. the broad circlo
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21

What Of the future OF Fifth avenue?
III 1t be a. thoroughfare OF high class
siness structures and apartment
uses, with F'ifty-ninth street as the
o of denarkation between the resi-
ntial and commercial segments? Is IL
out to lose it's worldwide reputation
a street of splendid mansions, or will
Btrictions and the coming laws preserve
me of the fine old homes that now
orn the great thoroughfare of the
estern World above the Plaza7
These questions asked many times In
, past decade have assumed greater
rtinence since the sale Of the William
Vanderbilt mansion at the northwest
rner of Fifty-second street to the
npire Trust Company last Tuesd ay
lie transaction, which means the erec-
N Of a skyscraper on the site, cam
Il fail TO arouse gloomy forebodings
the minds of those who own resi-
initial property along the avenue, or
ose whose interests in the street are
sed merely on sentiment For after
/ 1t requires merely the price of a ride
top OF a seagoing Fifth avenue bus
give the true hearted New Yorker a
|rill of pride in the most beautiful
proughfare OF the greatest city In the
|brld. tt
After the sale of the Vanderbilt homo
e authority predicted that the near
ture would see the absolute ellmina-
IN of fine homes on Fifth avenue, and
is fact of Importance that this
ophecy came from the lips OF Albert
Ashforth. the broker who negotiated
lie deal whereby the handsome white
|hya
rtheast corner OF Fifty-second street
La become the uptown homo of the
|npire Trust Company.
August Heckscher, perhaps the most
|nspicuous developer of midtown real
hate in the field to-day. bought the
|lnderbilt mansion for the Trust Com
|ny. About five blocks to the north
other transformation is under way
|lere Mr.. Heckscher is putting up the
Hest northern outpost of shyscrapers
the site Of the old William c. Whit
|y residence, at the southwest corner
Tifty-seventh sereet. 1t Win be strik-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21

Park avenue between Fifty-sixth and
Sixtieth streets. What Is left of 1t be-
tween Seventy-second and Tooth streets.
where the new Industrial Centre be-
gins, may remain intact for few years.
THE old families who are taking
refuge on Park avenue need not neces-
sarily live In apartment houses. Many
OF them are building private homes from
Sixtyseventh street up. This develop
ment may extend as far north as Nine
ty-fourth street. 1t Is a surprising fact
that values In the restricted sections OF
Park avenue have recently shown n
greater proport.onate rise than those In
the same zone on Fifth avenue. An
other change in the residential develop
ment Of Manhattan that is now taking
place is the reclamation Of the one
time fashionable side streets In the
Lenox Hill section. between Third and
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21

nue. is more than n passing fad Ex-
perience has shown that New Workers
have not preferred for long TO live be-
tween two elevated roads. OF course,
II the day comes when the L lines
wiil be eliminated. such prejudices may
disappear entirely"
To those who abhor these prophecies
there is one cheerful prediction from
Samuel \. Herzog. member OF the board
OF governors OF the Apartment House
Association. He opines that no matter
how costly 1t may be to maintain private
dwellings, on Fifth avenue or Its
environs. there are aIways going TO be
enough persons with enough money and
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21

Itself, The vide avenues when mterscot
IL. and Central Park. which touches II
II the Merchants Gate. preclude for
ever tine possibility OF the Circles suf-
fering the Ills that afflict other large
business centres In the city. The rapid
growth OF Columbus Circle as a bust
ness centre has increased the Gotham's
volume OF business 50 much that the
entire main and second floors OF tho
new structure viii be used for the trans
action OF the banks affairs. The base
ment viii be equipped with safe de.
post vaults and the remainder OF tho
building Will be devoted 20 nigh class
offices, unsurpassed In the provision OF
comfort. safety. convenience and per-
petual light.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-21

I'm thirty years time" he says. land
will be so valuable in the middle Of
Manhattan Island that 1t will be no
longer possible for any but the ex-
tremely wealthy to maintain private
residences. The passing of the Wander
bilt mansion is but one more striking
bit of evidence of the onward march of
business along the vertebre of New
York.
ut viii not be long. either. before
Fifth avenue below Fifty-ninth street
will be entirely given over to banks and
big retail stores. North of Fifty-ninth
street will be an almost unbroken line
of apartment houses. The experiment
on Park avenue above the Grand Cen
trail Terminal demonstrated the eco
nomic feasibility Of this sort of resi-