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New-York tribune., 1920-03-28
By Joseph P. Day

When, on November II, 1918, the
armistice was signed one of the big
gest problems that confronted the
world of industry and real estate was
how best and most economically to
utilize the great war plants of Amer.
lea for the purpose of peace time pro.
duction.
The business men of America real
lied that this was big problem, and
one that had to be solved without Sc
rlous interruption to business. These
great plants had been dedicated to war
At moments notice the production of
munitions of war ceased. Less than
twenty-four hours elapsed before the
government and the representatives. of
practically every business in the coun-
Try began series of conferences to
decide the question of what disposition
could be made of these plants. | was
present at many of these conferences.
ana the more of these | attended the
larger appeared the problem.
i"ere Is an old saying that "All's
we'll that ends we'll" The truth Of
thls AXIOM is emphasized by the rand
absorption during the last wear or so
OF the war plants listed with this Of
nee TO be sold or to be lot, the great
ih"aJ9r''y OF which are now in the
Hanas OF new owners or lessees.
Inc most recent real estate trans
emphasized the fact that such nlants
regardless of their size or value could
oe sold or leased, was the lease. with
.ne opt'on to purchase, of the Rcminp
10" arms Company plant at Bridce-
Por', Conn, owned by the Bridpenort
hiqu'dation Corporation, to the Cen
erai Electric Company. This plant ;s
p,ooaoiy the largest so-called "war
g,ane IN the country. 1t was built
SStt.,ns Stss 1913 and 1916 by Thomas
,,;S, ~iG~are a. g Co. The lease of this plant
~ a' :" no way affect the business of
port. '"'y pant at Bridge
~ another interesting transaction was
MY purchase by the Rolls Royce Auto
ror rDne company of the Wire Whee1
Moipofatlon plant at East Snrin"fioIl
mass., ior the production of an Amer;
ean-made Rolls Royce car.
Big Jersey Deal
announcer large sale of recent d.ta
crossed oy my office was the nnrcsase
ny tue General Motors Company nf ~
international Arms and Fuse Con,nas, .nv
plant at Bloomfield, n. j.. valued ~
*l,2OU,O0O. ~
The Simmons. Company, manufactnr-
ers OF metal beds. purchased the Stand
ss srd aircraft n s7pn Plant mt at Elizabeth N. j.
Saiued at S75O,000, and the Stewart
Speedometer Company plant in Low
lsland City, valued at $1,000 900 as wa .
purchased by Tifiin Products Inc. for
me manufacture of candy.
Another important purchase was
hat Of the Ford Building in Long Isl.
md City By the Goodyear Tire and
subber Company. The value OF this
rcperty was more than $4,000 900. It |
.as abandoned by Mr.. Ford because of |
IS purchase through my office of
lrEe tract of land on the Newark
where he has erected several
lrge factories.
This short s.evey of the demand for
lauatsssa buildings that has arisen
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20 70 reai property. constituting chapter fit,
VI sa l1e &C consolidated laws is hereby repealed
s.. This act shall take effect Immediately
Oppressive Rent Agreements
section 1. Unjust. unreasonable and Oh
pressve agreements for the payment OF rem,
landlords from tenants under stress of nrc
saiilns cono1tlons, whereby the freedom o:
contract has been impaired and conpestef
nUus,nf san;sn conditions resulting therefrom have
Si @ @iiicusiy aHected and endangered the public
welfare. health and morals, and a nubl;c
emergency existing in the judgment Of fhe
iegisla1ure by reason thereof it shah be ;,
an e"su aures 10 an action for rent accrung under
a"ei'lng purposes in cities that such rent 10
Unjust and unreasonable and that the auree'
,ilen. ,.a under which the same is sought to ne
covered IS oppressive.
besn - ;pn wneIe It appears that the rent has
peea increased more than TWENTY-FIVE naT
ee.ittm over the rent as it ex;stad On. -. @.
ot.ot 10 the time OF the agreement 80,
sar. "meh tne rent is sought to be recovered
Jast: unreasonable and Oppressive u''-
90. Nothing herein contained sh.u W..
ioss,oh she p.aln1iiI from pleading and prov;ny
th. '"er % ACTON the reasonable rental value nf
.ne:eIor or from insttutinp 'sas sa,sa.s a,.e.s
"es'o" 10Y Ior the recovery thereof. "'s
ana s,,an ms act shall take effect immediately
nineecnn M .nii De- DE IN force until November first
'',s.aen Seen; hundred and twenty-five. '''s''
= Section of Title / Of Chantsr a
by adding olv at tho bocedure sn is hereby amended
0eetion LOLA to read as follows ' " De
Section l531a. When an acs;o,, -,
ar1icie Is brought against a nsrso., unuer TINS
sons sons in possession under the e'se, ser, or per
that seeb aspress or implied the ground
piration Of pgrson ,hs m. holds over after the ex
afe ground that such person holds I upon a~e
the eel ren+ d default by him in the payment % Of
tue rent reserved in such lease or anv o 0l
:: 'aisne dnfsn thereof, the answer may set nn as
wh;ch his'se r' OF counterclam any state of facrs I
or '.Si, ch pursuant to the provisions of Title
~. ~ 1napter NAPIER y may be pleaded as a defenss
under u'.er s,9rh claim to proceeding Instituted
Judgment on such conn.e, isnaef cn,
ora ansIer er ie wrsdm Pleading such defense may be-
.,:' n::ust' before the time for answerinu sx'
snd stapa appeah r.. before the clerk of the court
tense; the latter must indorsr - hn'n s. ae,
briefly the complaint "s same
ned ateiy. '"o e"ect I'M
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elevator service or telephone service at an
time when the same necessary to tn
proper or customary use of such building o
part thereof. is guilty of misdemeanor
s 2. This act shall take effect imme
diatey
Repeal Old Agreement Law
Section !. Section two hundred and thirty.
nineteen hundred and nine entitled AN act
relating to real property constituting chap
ter fifty of the consolidated laws" as last
amended by chapter three hundred and three
OF the Laws Of nineteen hundred and
eighteen is hereby repealed.
=. lhls act shall take effect Immediately.
Changes in Civil Procedure
Section 1. Subdivision one Of section
Twenty-Five hundred and ffty-four of the
Code of Civil Procedure is hereby amended
to read as follows:
l. Where the final order establishes that a
IN the payment of rent or of taxes or as
sessments, he may effect stay, by [pay-
mentl depositing the amount of the rent
;'.4 Gue. or OF such taxes or assessments. and
.ntefest and penalty. if any thereon due and
tne costs OF the special proceeding, with the
c,efI OF the court. where the office of
clerk IS not provided for with the Judge or
1,a'' yuS.'ce VINO shall thereupon. upon demand,
pay the amount deposited to the petitioner
or MS duly authorized agent: or by deliver
ing ing to the judge or Justice. or the clerk of
~, ;ne court, MS undertaking to the petitioner.
IN SUCH sum and with such sureties as tbe
Judge 5a or Justice approves, to the effect that
s.a se VII pay tne rent. or such taxes Or as
sessments: and interest and penalty and
wSisi SGSis within With ten days at the expiration of
produces to the judge or justice satisfactore ne
evidence of the payment.
=. This act shall take effect immed;a+e1v
-. -, section 1.--Section twenty-five hunJrssd
nna ,na l. lorly.four of the Code of Civil Proceed.
ure rs Is hereby amended to read as follows uea-
:. Section 2244.-Answer. At the he time Ua1ewS wber
,ns nss precept is returnable without waiting as
i,l prescribed in an action before iust;cs os
IN me peace or in district court in the civ =,
s ol New York; the person to whom it ia III, a,
session. or claiming possession of premises pes-
o. IA part thereof may answer, orally or ;n
writIng: w denying generally the allegation.
Of specifically any material allegation Of the
e'.. peu'ion. or setting forth statement Of anv
new matter constituting legal or eo,,;+ah1s nj d,s
License. aa or counterclaim Such defense e"1r o.,
q ' may be set up and esta abIished
n Ike manner as though the claim fnr rao,
=. rs, such proceeding was the subject of an
'et1on' Il the court auds that : dsfensa ~ OF or
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Section >. This act shall take effect i'm.
niediately. e''e'' ii'i-
Limits to 20 Per Cent Increase

oectlon :. This act shall take effect i'm
Limits to 20 Per Cent Increase
!, Section L. Section twenty-five hundred and
hereby amended by inserting therein n ncvS y,
SUBDIVISION, to be subdivision two-a. To raad
as follows ~ is'''
J: "a. NO proceeding as prescribed in sub
ui.istou Two OF this section shall he main
talnable to recover the possession of real
p,operty IN city unless the neti+;onar
alleges in the petition and proves that tha
t;nn .am, ol tne premises described in the petit
~ .ion ~ no greater than the amount paid bv
Ihe tenant for the month preced;ro tha ~ s
iault for which the proceeding is brouvh+
or. on mas not been increased more than twenty
year pr;or 70 over h tne rent as it existed one
eYoat .e petltion:. This subdivision shall be in
erect eia only until the first day Of November -"
m. hundred and twenty-five.
=. Ihis act shall take effect inp, ed;,+o,
New Summary Proceeding Provisions
or 0ee;lon ECU l. Applicant ton. The provision;
proceeding in city Of the f,,st or lmas 49,
c!ass TO recover the possession of nrero;sas
~" ;nSo .ne ground that the occupant i, hold
nren,ise s oves ana continuing in possession of the
withnnt r.r' a,ser tne expiration of his term,
Na w'unou' permission of the landlord. and shaii
govern ~" such a proceeding notwithstandns.
:.ie provisions of any general or spec;aJ acf
rnconslstent herewith The relief hersb,
vi1sioen vded bv snail be in addition to relief pro-
snf wa'ch ho;n are not inconsistent herewith This
az ,,;a;o neing emergency legislation its pro.
visions shall be literally construed to carrv
out the intent thereof e"1S
~ :. Effect of petition. The presentation
oi petitlon in such proceeding to a co,,r.
Judge or justice having by law jurisdiction
~ tneIeoa te snall be an election BY the landlord
10 10 terminate the tenancy which might oth.r.
wise arise by operation of law. 's''' o''sf-
ordsr D. Discretionary ns' stay. Where the final
ptoer th IN such proceeding establishes thu.
the occupant is holding over and continn;ne ,;,n;
the espraton Of Of the S, dtmsed premises
son OF the landlord, the court, judge . or ius-
maklng ga such order on application of the
subject to the conditions prescribed bv thia n,ia
aee 'tay stay the issuance of warrant and also
ady execution to collect the costs Of the
"ase or Justice may deem proper. ~
So t. APPLICATION for granting of stay.
= oGn ;' application for stay, the court. judgs
1 'r justice shall hear the parties. and If e upon
ocn nearing it appears that the applicant
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cannot secure suitable premises for h;,,,ao,.
anu an, ms family within the neighborhood sin, !.
ond !" ' nose occupied that he has used tIe
ana reasonable effort to secure such o+ha, Ias
premises that his application is ,nade i,
good faith, and that he will abide bv ., nj ,''
comply comply W. with n the terms and provisions pre-
ssSripeo oy the court judge or Justice !. Or -.
by reason of other facts such act;or LII ~ 'haI
warranted, the court. judge or ist;ce =, ~. os
kraht laa stay as provided herein, on cond;t;o.,
@ .aat t,e terms upon which such stav ia
granted be complied with. %
! So. Terms and conditions of o,.n.;
continuing stay. Such stay shall he nr,,.na ai'a
ana continue effective only upon the cnnJ;
ton that the person against whom the f,n,
ofaer Of ., IS made shall make deposit in court
thereof from time to time as the cnmrt ,sllts
or or Justice may direct, for the occunat;on 81
IN .he premises for the period of the staw - ~
Inc Inc rate to which he was liable as rent for
,ne month Immediately prior TO the exn;,.o ro'
ton of his term or tenancv nina s'oS sNplta ,;!
.iohat amount. it any, as the court iuSn.
or OF justice may determine to be reasonnbie
n;aoa ,Hs amount OF such deposit shall be detev
hearing upon the application for the s+s'
anu such determination shall be final and
l.e oaelusNe IN respect to the amount of such
ueposlt' ;1s ana the amount thereof shall be maid
into court, in such manner and in snch p;." =;
s.aiments, if any. as the court iudoe ~. ;,'a ~
ice may direct. separate account sIaII
ne ,'so KEEP. OF the amount to the credit of each
gdins: ganos;tnl ana all such payments shall be
deposited in bank or trust cornnanu ~ VI
M s9all be subject to the check of the cler
OF OF the court if there be one, or otherwiss ~
the court Judge justice ''~ u
i, So Payment to landlord. The c1.r,, .e
it, !ne court, if there be one. and otherwise the
Iuoke ~ or Justice, shall pay to the landlord
or his duly authorized agent the amo,nt -
s9cn 9 deposit, in accordance with the terms
Oh .he stay, or the further order of the
~. Waiver of act. Any provision If .
ease whereby lessee or tenant waivss anv
'1i proyislon OF this act shall be deemed against
puoiic policy and void
So; sn. erect. This get shall take effect i'm
meaLlateiy. mnesLy and shall be in force until No
two Afs'' nineteen hundred and twenty
Tenants Liability
shstr sn act os 70 repeal section two hundred and
iiabiii,v o' tne real property law, relating to
ceiving notice to Quit "''e' re-
If oJsson "hsnl l. Section two hundred and thirty
!. ! ehapter hfty-two of the laws of ninetaen
'u"oFeo and nine. entitled An act relating
New-York tribune., 1920-03-28
1he EectiDe Dose the Zyelve Rent Bills Are CALLED IV
Be in Operation Before End of Week Is + /oo;czota, p

The Legislature has promised to na g,
th's week the series of bills introduced
Tor the relief Of the housing conditions
IN the city. They are commonly
known as the rent bills and are di.
rected chiefly at the landlords who
have made capital of the most serious
economic condition that has ever con-
fronted New York.
Desplte protest and suggested threat,
the legislative committee which has the
matter IN charge. mas announced tho
nlils would be moved for enactment
this week. '''0 II
The bill exempting mortgages un to
$4,000 from taxation has not hecn on
posed either by landlords or tenants.
because its benefit is obvious except e
certain financial interests.
The bills, which will go into effect
Immediately on enactment, are as fol-
Regarding Possession
Section L. Section TWENTY-FIVE hnndrod
ana thlrty-one of the Code of Civil Procedure
Is hereby amended by adding thereto a na,S
subdivision. to be subdivision six. to read os
follows: '> ~ ie"u AS
.. Where proceeding is instituted SEEK
.ns 10 recover possession of real property by
re- ;eason son OF the termination of the term fixed
IN the lease as a. result of provision con.
famed therein giving the landlord tho right
70 terminate the time fixed for occnnanc,,
under such agreement. should he deem the
tenant Objectionable. said proceeding sha,I
not be maintainable unless the lsndlord shaii
oy competent evidence establish to the snt;a.
faction of the court that the tenant ;s oh
jectionahle. "' - 90
- Section 2. This act shall take effect i'm.
Misdemeanor to Deny Service
cd Hec'Gn ss on, !. The penal law is hereby amena.
one hundred and eighty-two. a new sect;nn
20 ro.5 1e section em two thousand and forty. to
:. ! 2o4O. Failure to furnish water bs,+
MnY ,essny pawer r. elevator or telephone service
Who Is ;sS,"s , ., any building. or part thereof,
implied; Of any contract or lease to furnish
maser' 's neat light. power. elevator service or
leispnone service to any occupant Of sa;,,
building: who wilfuly or Intentionally fails fails
o furnish such water. heat light, power.
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in the Kensington section are for sale
at prices from $13,500 to $4,000. Ten
more arc to be erected there.
Thirty Homes in South Orange

A'i"AC <siC ~ Uc cTcClcG tnCrc.
Thirty Homes in South Orange
Brokers and builders in the South
Orange sections have about thirty new
homes to offer to home seekers who
are ready to pay prices starting at SILL
5OO and extending up to $50, 700 and
$4,000.
! Ten seven room houses that will! sell
e. $4,000 are under way in the South
east section Of the town near the Maple
wood line. They are near Tichenor
Avenue. In the Montrose section. which
is served by the Mountain station,
are to be found some of the finest Of
the new homes still for sale i'm the
Oranges. Builders are asking prices
which range from S1O,50O to $4,000 for
dwellings, there. The latter houses arc
wonderful homes. All may be pur-
chased on the partial payment plan
above an initial cash payment of at
least 70 per cent. The terms are not
so favorable on the old% houses
IN South Orange, which are in the
market for sale. There is compara-
lively little home construction un-
Ger way in Orange and West Orange.
The reports from these places are that
most Of the new homes erected there
have been sold
Scattered through East Orange are
probably fifty new homes. Ten of then,
are IN the Pa = End section, and at the
other end of the town, in the Ampere
section, is the other large DEVELOPMENT
Along North Maple Avenue several
New-York tribune., 1920-03-28
Scientists to Erect Fine
Church OH Park Avenue

The Third Church of Christ, scien-
tlst, located in Harlem since 1905, is
to erect a fine church at the northeast
corner of Park Avenue and Sixty-third
Street. which site it bought yesterday
through Pease & Elliman from the
Coe estate for a price said to be
S50O.OO0. The new church will be a
substantial structure, according to the
announcement made This is taken to
mean that 1t will be costly structure
end entirely devoted to church pur-
poses 1t is being planned to accom-
modate 1900 and will cover a plot 100
feet on the street and 100 feet on the
avenue.
The church trustees have been study
New-York tribune., 1920-03-28
New Studio Apartment
For Artists Colony
Ten-Story Building To Be Erect.
ed at IL West 9th Street
hv Syndicate

The newly organized II West Sixty
seventh Street Company, which recently
purchased the property at II West
Sixtyseventh Street, has filed plans by
Shape, Bready & Peterkin, architects,
for studio building to be erected on
this site.
There will be two apartments to a
floor, each consisting of studio, which
will have a northern and southern ex-
posure, one and two bedrooms, bath and
pantry, which will be supplied with
plate warmers and facilities for light
housekeeping.
The building will be ten stories high.
The owners of this property, which
was recently purchased through NAL
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Washington Sq. Dwellers
Buy llth St. Apartments
VIII Operate Elmendorf ON Co.
operative Plan; Many Suites
Will Re Taken hv Oxur,ors

Mrs: NJ. c. Van Wrinkle, of Garri
son, N. y, has sold the Elmendorf, the
sslx-story apartment at 1873 and 1856
West Eleventh Street. 1t is built on a
PLOT 5Ox103.3, between Sixth and
Seventh avenues. One-half of the
leases expire next October, and it is
the intention of the purchasers, who
are now residents in that section, to
occupy several of these apartments, so
that in sense it will be owned co.
operatively.
The building will be thoroughly
renovated and modernized. In all prob
ability the front will be treated with
stucco, new entrance will be pro-
vlded. and new elevator installed
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Great War Plants Turned
Over to Peace Industries

since the signing of the armistice does
not include. of course, the great nun
per OF smaller plants restored to peace
tune occupation through the efforts of
the industrial department of this Office.
it IS not necessary to search far for
reason for the industrial activity now
evident in America. First and foremost
is the fact that the American merchant
marine some time ago signalized it's
Intention of competing for the shin
ping business of the world. In order
to accomplish this the Shipping Board
has established network of regular
freight services that provide annie
facilities for the movement of the na-
t'on's foreign trade to the principal
ana remote markets of the seven seas.
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''Village" Block To Be
Developed With Apartment

Pepe e. Brother have sold for Harris
and Maurice Mandelbaum the triangu-
lar block bounded by Seventh Avenue,
West Fourth and West Tenth streets,
directly opposite the Greenwich Viii
lage Theater, to James N. Rosenberg.
The buildings are to be altered into
studio apartments. The apartments will
be ready for fall occupancy. The plans
and specifications are now being pre-
pared by William Tachau, architect.
SCHNEIDER & Liebler have sold the
four-story double fiat at 32o East Sew
enty-fourth Street to George F. Reilly.
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New Workers Lease
Newark Hotel for 20 Yrs.
New Structure Near Military
Park Plaza to Operated by
Marshall and Associates

The hotel at % to "a East farS
Street. Newark, has been leased to Ne"
York interests now controlling inc
Hotel Alexandria at 1w3d Street, nea. .
Broadway, of which Nj. B. Marsnan
is president and S. L. Root manasins
director for twenty years. The new
hotel has 200 rooms and 200 baths. !.
is adjacent to Military Park Plaza ~
Newark and faces the convergins
point of all public service transit To-
cilities stretching out to Elizabeth, tne
Oranges. Montclair and contiguous
points.
The lessees will personally manage
the new hotel, which they hope to naSs
ready shortly after May l.
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colin E. Smith and Rudolph c. Culver,
Inc, have been largely Influenced in
filing plans at this time by the great
demand for housing facilities. Messrs.
Smith e. Culver have been appointed
renting and managing arents
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New Owner for Helen. Co.r,

New Owner for Helen Court
Shaw & Co. have sold for Schwegler
Realty Company Helen Court, IA
Mornlngside Avenue, northeast corner
of 1l5th Street, a six-story elevator
apartment, on plot 145.3x118.o, lrreeu-
lar; containing suites of six, seven and
elgEc rooms, to private investor. Tho
property has been in the hands of the
seller Tor seventeen years. Shaw e.
20. nave been appointed agents,
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Homes in Westchester

Westches+-~ is section OF a.
tractive towns, viiias.- and nome
settlements. Each is distinctive ~
some way or other. The Tribune
will tell about one of these towns
next Sunday, tell what builders arc
doing to provide homes for foiSs
who want to locate there, the kina
of buildings they are erecting ano
terms on which they will sell.
New-York tribune., 1920-03-28

Buyer of Madison Av. Realty
Alex Taylor G. Co., Inc, is the buyer
OF the building at 301 Madison Ayenue
between Forty y-second and Forty-first
streets and will erect a new buildinr
on the site; to be ready for occupancy
in December. S"p"ney
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The new owners will obtain possession
before May i. The NJ. Morpenthau il.
Company and f. K. Van Winklc neroti.
ated the sale -
The New York herald., 1920-01-06
JONGEN'S TRIO HEARD
AT ANOTHER CONCERT

The New York Chamber Music Society.
of which Miss Sarolyn eBebe is the able
director. gave It's second subscription con-
cert last night in Aeolian Hail.
The programme contained two novelties
Joseph Jongen's trio in sharp minor.
op. 80, for piano. violin and viola, had
been heard in the afternoon. where It had
been listed as first performance in New
York. but that was not In its original form.
being transcription for cello. The other
novelty was a quintet in d minor, for
flute. oboe, clarinet. French horn anS
bassoon. by that clever young composer.
resident in Chicago. Leo Lowerby. 1t Is
I'm three movements, described as 'Jaunt-
ily.' I'm Elsgiac Mood" and "At Steady
Trot"
Daniel Gregory Masons Scherzo Caprice
a manuscript translation for the society.
and that chaming old classic Sfazart's
quintet IN A Major. for clarinet, two
violins. viola and violoncelio. completed
the programme. II Is good TO hear new
music. but it Is more than good to hear
tho old.
The members Of the society played with
all their accustomed skill. There is 8
finish and precision to their work that
delights the musical purist. and makes
even such old works as Mozart's quin<st
grateful 70 faded ears