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New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

vania Railroad was building q tunnel
under the city to Long Island City con-
siderable trouble was encountered from
the little streams that use to feed
Sunfish Pond. Madison Square was a
parade ground, and because of its isola-
on from the huilt-un eo~.i.re of the
city an arsenal was erected there.
Mansion in Hay tieid
When DR.. Townsend started his man
sion the site of Altman's store was stjlI
under hay. Pictures of the corner
showing the Townsend house also show
a farmer following a crude cutting ma
chine in the fields opposite.
The house erected by DR.. Townsend
was pretentious building. Side
stoops curved up to land ng in front
of the great door, which faced on Fifth
Avenue. On the roof was balcony,
which commanded view of the entire
section. On hot summer evenings tae
Townsend family sat out on the little
lncloNure four stories above tho street
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Investors Take Over Flats
And Dwellings in Bronx

The S. L. Aronds Company sold for
Julia Plass and Clara Cohen the two
four-story fats 2073 and 2076 Mapes
Avenue.
The North County Development Com
pany sold to Jacob Freeman the five
story fiat 14l St. AIMS Avenue, 24x10O
Rebccca Weinberg sold to Sarah
Springer the four-story fiat lat Brook
Avenue, 25x90.
Theodore N. Macy gold to Corcetta
Cri'cuolo the frame dwellings, Mt the
southwest corner Of Southern Boulc-
ward and 147th Street, 627x83l1x ir-
regular
The Stcbbns Realty and Construc-
ton Comnaay Inc, bought from Au.
gusta A. Wurm the three modern dwell
Ings 2sa to 288 East l62d Street, being
the first sale since they we're built. Leo
Hess was the broker
Pauline Genthner sold To Pcppc
brachfeld the three-story dwelling 300
East )65th Street, 18.4x80.
Arthur Sampson sold to Cauley Nc
Hinia the two-story dwelling 900 Grant
Avenue, i8x105.
The Meistcr Builders, Inc. sold a7ls
Dyre Avenue TO Irwin +. Kahn: 1926
Dyrc Avenue 10 William J. White and
"7ll Rombouts Avenue to Cjuseppe
Cuarnicri
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Advocates State Fund
To Encourage Building
Institutions Could Be Cuaran.
teed Money Loaned ON Mort
-gages. Says Realty Man

f. Osborne Smith is of opinion tha
building would be resumed on a larg.
! scale if the state would provide funt
to guarantee lending institutions money
invested in first mortgages.
"Hones must be built" Mr.. Smith
said yesterday, "and fuilt at once. The
laws passed by the Legislature this
year did nothing to encourage building
ard the law exempting new buildings
from taxation. which was devised TO
encourage building, has done nothing
in providing homes.
"1f an emergency exists, and if the
state can exempt buildings from taxa
ton, it can provide a fund whereby tha
state would guarantee lending institu-
tons money invested on first mort
cages, which first mortgages should be
liberal building and permanent loans
having a long period to run, and to he
a1nortized at high rate for the first
five years, while building costs and
rents are high, and decrease there
after.
"Only the rich builder can build 20
day, as loans made for new buildings
are not liberal enough. There is too
large margin between the present
cost of build ng and the amount Of
loans offered for anybody but rich
builder to undertake t. build. Give the
builder with limited capital a chance
and you will soon see change in the
housing problem.
"The idea is to get the small builder
building again, which he cannot do un-
der the inadequate loans offered by in
stitutions at the present time. Make
the mortgage liberal. and let the state
guarantee or underwr;te the mortgage.
under proper safeguards. This can be
done without loss to the state, and It
will s'art a new building hoom.
with the present transit facilities
into the Bronx, cnonrh SITES near tran
sit could be selected to house a million
persons"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
"Sarsapara" Townsends Fifth Avenue Corner Now Receiving
Final Touches After More Than Half Century Of udna

The Columbia Trust corner was in
cluded in a parcel which he sold to
Thomas Lawrence and William 3. Astor
as partners. In 1840 Astor sold his in
terest in the corner and nearby prop
erty to Mr.. Lawrence, but he retained
the site of the Waldorf-Astor and
land to the south of it. Mr.. Lawrence
made very favorable deal four years
later with Daniel Parish for plot, 1877
x200. which to-day is the west side of
Fifth Avenue from Thirty-fourth to
Thirty fifth Street and 200 feet west on
each street.
Charles +. Havens was the next
owner Of the northwest corner OF Fifth
Avenue and Thirty-fourth Street. He
disposed Of it quickly to Francis
Griffen in 1861. This seems to have
been a period Of interesting spccula-
tive activity for this corner. Fifth
Avenue had been purposely laid out to
attract home construction of the lead
ing merchants of the city. 1t was made
wider than most thoroughfares and the
lots were of extra width. 1t was
natural, therefore,, that speculation
should be keen for land on an avenue
that was destined or prepared for the
accommodation of the homes of the
richest families in the town.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

atty of the city conveyed to him back
in 1893 twenty acres in this section
including the site of the buildings
mentioned for 4S2 pounds and 10 shill-
ings, which equals about $2,410. This
same city of New York values the
67.9xlO0 foot plot on which the Colum-
bia Trust Building stands at $780,
600.
The Columbia Trust Company, which
sold the property to Mr.. Natanson
some months ago, held the property
site and four-story marble-front build
ing-for sale at 81 100000 These fig
TRES illustrate the great advance in
value, development and position of
Fifth Avenue.
The values of to-day are the result
of series Of transactions and devel
opments reaching back to the time of
Mr.. Thomson's purchase. Apparently
he ~',e srncu'a+cr in land. becau the
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Photo by EREuDENHelM

Street, took possession of the dwelling.
Several of the best clubs in the city
were then located in the vicinity.
The Barney Sheldon Syndicate,
Charles T. Barnev president, acquired
The property in 1901 from the Stewart
heirs for 81 371 ,257. Every square foot
of the property, and there were q, ,612
in the site, brought the Stewart in
terests $63.44. The home of the mer-
chant prince came down and q home
Tor the Knickerbocker Trust Company
took its place. This established trade
for the first time on that corner.
Because of it's architectural merits
the building was one of the interesting
points on the. avenue. Then, too, the
Knickerbocker Trust was a financial
giant until the panic Of 1907. when it
became embarrassed. Some time later
it merged with the Columbia Trust
Company and since then the cream
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Payne lsitney Buys Old
Estate at NianIlasset
Well Known Mitchell House and
Grounds To BE Added TO His
TCno Island Place

The old MITCHELL place at Manhasset
one Of the last o. Long Is 'and's North
shore homcsteads, and consisting or
isinally of 40 acres, has been bought
by Payne Whitney, to be added to his
estate.
B fer Crowel', Inc, was the broker
N the transaction.
The property is on the North Hemp
7tead Turnpike, and was last occupied
~ Charles T. Mitchell. At enc time
this type Of Colonial residence was
numerous Throughout this section, and
now, like ANTIQUES of ell kinds, are
hecon1 no a thing Of the past. 1t is
a we'll preserved example of a house
OF its kiNd. Both the exterior and in
tc~ior indicating the wealth Of the
criginal owner. In fact. il might be
termed a miliioraire's S mansion of the
bygOne daYs.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
KMIKERgocXfR TRUST ZAzER xNoNnYAs C0LUAfSh9 zeus7
Bu/LA/NS UNTIL i92O- PAO70 Dy E2ONW EROS

DR.. Townsend transferred the house
to Nancy Townsend in 1858 and she
passed it over to Gorham d. Abbott
the following year. Somehow the
Townsends did not lose control Of the
corner through this transfer. The war
came. Business conditions grew worse
end worse and many fortunes were
dispersed in those dark days in the
life of the nation. Some misfortune
must have come to the owners of the
corner because il was james Lynch
Sheriff of the city, who gave title to
the property to Alexander T. Stewart
N 1862. 1t was Sheriif's sale
The following wear MIR. Stewart ar
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Rhinelander Estate TO Erect
5000. 900 Flat on Lexington Ay,

The Rhinclander estate has COM
missioned Maynickc & FRANKIE. archi-
tects. to prepare plans for ten-story
apartment to be erected at the south
east corner of Lexington Avenue and
Nineteth Street, a site fronting 100 8
feet on the avenue and Ids feet in the
street, and vacant with the exception
of the easterly street lot, on which
stands a tAree-story dwelling, land
mark of upper Manhattan. The archi-
tects estimate the cost Of the improve
ment at 100000, and the designs call
for FACADE of brick, limestone and
terra Gotta. The corner is three blocks
east Of the Andrew Carnegie home.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Rent LG,v amendments
To Be Introduced Soon

The United Real Estate Owners
ASS :ciation has drafted the follow
ing amendments to the rent laws
ard will have them introduced at
the 1921 session Of the Legislature:
l. Exempting superintendent and
jantors.
2. Exempting new leases and ten
ancies made after September 27,
1920.
3. Prohibiting tenants from set
ting up a defense of unreasonable
rent where the same has been pre-
vious y adjudicated.
a. Instead of paying the old rent
into court, each months rent to be
payable to landlord during and until
adjudication Of action
5. That rent eqral to Is per
cent net income on value of prop
crty shall not be considered urrea-
sonable. The method Of arriving at
.et income sri value tc be pre-
;cribed in the avs.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Old Hafen Brewery
Property in Bronx Sold
Operator Takes Over Realty al
15lst St. and Melrose Ave.
for Improvement

Samuel Wheeler has bought the old
Haffen brewery, at 15lst Street and
Melrose Avenue, which had been in the
market at $250,000. 1t has a frontage
of 230 feet en- Melrose Avenue with a
depth OF $50 feet in both 151st and
1924 streets.
The property was sold for the Hal
mark Realty Corp Grafton. The new
owner w II remodel the brewery build
ngs in 152d Street for a storage ware
house or for manufacturing purposes.
The two apartment buildings on the
corner of 151st and 15sd streets will
not be disturbed, but the entire space
on Melrose Avenue between these
apartments will be improved with
stores and apartments. A large mod
ern, freproof garage will be built in
the rear Of the stores, W til entrance in
15lst Street. A. J. Pendleton and B.
Block were the brokers'
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

chased it from MIR. Griffen. His pur-
chase included half of the Fifth Ave-
nue. block and $50 feet on Thirty
fourth Street, the site of the twelve
story, Century Building on Thirty
fourth Street and half of the land
covered by the twelve-story building
on Fifth Avenue next TO the Columbia
Trust Building. The following year
Mr.. Belmont took profit on the prop
erty from Samuel Richardson. Mr..
Richardson sold it soon after to Samuel
2. Townsend, who was generally known
as DR.. "Sarsapariila" Townsend, having
made fortune out of the manufacture
Of sarsapari!la, a very popular soft
drink with both men and women in
those days.
Townsend Built First House.
1t was DR.. Townsend who started the
structural development of the corner.
Until he acquired the properly no at
tempt had been made to improve it.
There may have been shacks mere, but
no record of substantial improvement
can be found.
Unit then Fifth Avenue had given
no promise of fine development. 70
many years after it was laid out th
opinion prevailed that despite the we
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

80 .vr vno y4.~.."se ~ 1ne mort
gave given by the Townsends in 1855
t. Mr.. Hendrick
Not until, the struggle between the
North and the South had come to an
end and business had started to return
to normal condition did MIR. Stewart
decide to do anything with the corner.
II 1867 the removal of the Townsend
house was undertaken to make way for
the Stewart mansion, which became
one of the sights Of New York, the
home of the great merchant prince.
1t was a magnificent building. In the
early SOS the Manhattan Club, which
was at Fifth Avenue and Fifteenth
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Hamilton and Adrian Iselin I'd
10 Locate i'm East l5th Street

Burgoyne Hamilton, formerly mana
ger of the country department of Doug
las l., Elliman & Co., and Adrian
lselin Cd, formerly Long Island repre-
sentative, announce that they have
'orned copartnership under the firm
name o. Burgoync Hamilton and Adrian
iselin I'd, with Offices at East Forty
hlth street, ns real estate brokers.
Mr.. Hamilton served overseas MS
major in the artillery of the A. +. f..
and MIR. lscin as lieutenant in the navy
associated with them are G. II. Merritt.
hensselacr b. Dayton, Roland |. Hop
per and Robert w. MacAdam, ali for
merly connected with the country depart
mcnt Of Douglas l.. Gilman g. Co.
The new firm will offer country places
In all desirable sections of the metro
politan district. a..
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Bankers Trust Bui/djng
In 57th St. Ready Soon

The Bankers Trust Company's new
building, at the corner of Madison Ave
nue. and Fifty-seventh Street, is near
ing completion, providing this company
second uptown o flee. The BUILDING
which occupies the site Of the former
home OF Cornelius Vanderbilt, on the
corner, and that of Edgar L. Marston.
at 23 East Fifty-seventh Street. is
fifteen stories high with frontage
OF Az feet on Fifty seventh Street and
100 feet on the avenue.
The property was purchased from, the
central Union Trust Company early in
IVY and plans prepared By Charles f.
blrge, architect, for a modern banking
and office building in keeping with the
d1gnlty the Bankers Trust Com
Panys Wall Street and Fifth Avenue
offices. The structure. 1914 feet high.
OF limestone and brick, capped by an
ltalian tile roof, is of the latest fire
pFNo construct I'll with a fire tower
extending from basement to roof
Inc trust company will occupy the
basement, first floor and mezzanine.
leaving fourteen floors or rental.
though the entrance to the bank will
be on Fifty-seventh Street, the main
entrance to the building is provided
on Madison Avenue. Three service ele-
vators have been installed, one of
VIII ch is equipped to handle freight.
Occupancy is to he given on February
'. at which time the building, exclusive
II the banks quarters. Will be com
pleted. The trust company plans to
open its new office about March /.
Eanald II. Macdonald e. Co. are the
contractors in charge of tho construc-
ton, and Albert b. Ashforth, Inc, is !
renting nrent
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Recent Buyers Of Realty

Alice M. Beck is the buyer Of the
owel''ng at l47 West Eighty-scventt
strcct. sold recently.
+. Mary a Qush is the buyer from ths
Scheer- Ginsberg Realty and Construc-
aon company of the two fivc-story
n nats at loa and l06 West Eight ninth
;otrcct, sold recently. The Rooney
men.ty company (Pctcr A. Hartigan)
SADIE Ziesel Is the buyer of tho
recently. S''s SoAa
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Sales Of Loft Building
In Downtown Section
Bui'd'n~ IN Pearl Street Sold
and Another II, Lower

Tho Kabee Poal-y Company sold to
the Stoncmor Realty Company the five
It ry building 2C9 Pearl Street, I7.3x
eli
JosoNh Gerehcnho~n sold "a Avenue
D. a seven-story loft 228x75, to the
"a Avenue d CORPORATION.
TIE Carlhoff Realty Company sod TO
fbr"harl ADDISON The five-s+ ory build
ING 80 Colnn' h'a Street, 30x25.
Leonard We'll sold to the BROOKLYN
Croamcrv Products the vacant strip,
10X100 at 239 . East Tooth Street
George S. Runk sold for Josarh Nc
Namara los East EigNtv-third Street. a
two-story garage, 25x10O.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
corporation Purchases Flats
On Upper Central Park Wes,

~ nc lceJay Realities, Inc, sold TO the
~'o Corporation the two hye-storv
sspartments, 4GS-464 Central Park West
JOxl00 " ''"'
- Johcph feldman rcsold TO Samuel
eciler the NYe-story fiat, ls East lllth
meyer Vcsss sold 10 Fans KoeoR N.
mnyc.story ~ tenement, rs Ridge Street.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Front To Be
Changed for Street Widcnino

Plans have been fled for removing
the fence, resetting the steps and
moving back the revolving door five
feet, Of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, at
270 to 384 Madison Avenue, to allow
sor the widening Of Madison Avenue.
Robert w. Goclct is the owner. War
rem & Wctmore are the architects, and
have estimated that it will cost $685.
900 to make the change.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
S7EWAR7 HouSE an CORNER UNTIL 1901
PAO70 BIZ H2CEW BR0S

prepared plans OF the city authorities
it would never amount to anything Of
street. The thought that it had been
wilderness could not be for-
gotten by the people who had come
there to picnic IN the summer and TO
hunt and skate in the nter. There
were many small bodies of wat.r on
the common lands Of the city. Sun
fish Pond was only two blocks below
the Columbia Trust corner on the east
side of the way. When the Penrsyl-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Home Buvillg at Summit

Eugene Johs-H. f. Beck Company re-
pert sa cs of n twelve-room dwelling
on Oakrilge Avenue, Summit. N. j.,
or Sidney p. Hopkins to Clarence
Cendlt; 4 new Colonial cottage, 25
Linden Place, fer n swton A. Burgess to
3. Mason Value; for Stephen w. Kent
his property 'G5 Hobar; Avenue to JOS
eph Zimmerman, Of this city, and
dwelling at 96 New England Avenue
tor the estate of Mary a. Ti.cson
to W. A. D. Smith and Joseph NJ.
Uowland.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
$l,250,00O Apartment Hotel
For PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE Girls

An apurtment hotel, containing 700
rooms, IS to be erected by the trustees
OF he University Of Pennsylvania for
the accommodation Of women students
at me university. The building will
cost 81 zoo 900 as now estimated. Plans
or the structure have been approved
and all details worked out. Funds
are now being collected for CARVING
through the project '"h
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Builders Buy Heights
Plot for Flat Site
Palermo Bros. Acquire Property
in 163d Street, Near
RrcaIxrov

Palermo Bros, Inc, purchased from
Miss Anna Mcguire five lots on the
south side of 163d Street. 100 feet west
Of Broadway, frontage Of 1875 feet.
The purchasers will erect at an early
date a six-story elevator apartment
A. j. Pcndleton and B. Bloch were the
brokers'
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Astor Estate Sells
Seventeen Houses
In West 18th St
Reported to Have Parted
With Dwellings Between
9th and OH AYES. Owned
by Family for Many Years

The William Waldorf Astor estate
has sold, according to reports in real
estate circles yesterday, the seventeen
four-story and basement private dwell
ings 333 to 1868 West Fifteenth Street,
comprising total frontage of approx
mately 325 feet and extending from a
point on the north side OF the street,
32o feet west Of Eighth Avenue, over
TO within 100 feet of Ninth Avenue.
The houses were owned by the es-
tate for great many years. Each is
10 feet wide and the depth Of the lots
varies from 1866 feet at the easterly
end to 1863 feet nearer Eighth Ave
nue.. The city assesses them at be
tween $4,000 and $4,000 each for tax
alton purposes.
The Houghton Company sold for the
Marketable Title Company the four
story dwelling 81 West SeTenty-frst
Street. 1sx1022
Josephine a. Berger sold to David
Horowitz the four-Story dwelling 2l4
East Fifteenth Street. 253xlO53 j.
K: Telfair Smith sold to Emily L.
Carlisle 13 Abingdon square. known
as 6 Eighth Avenue. thfee-story
dwelling, with the adjoining plot. occu-
rl"d bv one-story s'o~e. frontage on
Abingdon Square OF about SO feet. The
.ot is irregular in depth.
Goodwin & Goodwin sold for the
Stephen II. Hartling estate to A. Stern
berg the three-storv dwelling 233 West
120th Street, 16.Sxl00l1
coo oon r.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
10 Gaze for New Building Being
Ruilt on Fifth Avenue Corner

Harris, Vourht & Co. hove been ap-
pointed renting age1 is for the new
~Straus Building now being erected at
the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue
and Forty-sixth Street 1t is expected
that the building will be ready for oc-
cupancy in May. S. W. Straus T. Co.,
investment bankers. will occupy the
second, third and fourth floors.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
Merchants Urge More
Ferries to Staten Island
One to Ply Between Cori!andt
81. and SsaD!eton and Other
From, 30:!, ST.. Rrcoklyn

New fcrry lines from Staten Island
to Manhattan and Brookl. are urged
on Mayor Hylan and the Board of Esti-
mae by the Merchants Association.
The need of these lines is great for
various reasons, ope of which is that
the present waterway facilities have
become inadequate.
The suggestion is made that the line
to Manhattan terminate at a location
near Cortlandt Street, on the Hudson.
and the route to Brooklyn at the pres
mt ferry slips at Thirty-ninth Street.
Both lines would land at Stapleton.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19

August Belmont, father of the pres
ent bearer of the name, banker though
he was, could not resist flyer in real
estate and in 1851 he became the owner
of the Natanson corner, having pur-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-19
$4,000 Loan on Loft

Duff { Brown C. secured Tor Martin
ungrich, Inc, i loan of $4,000 on 80
Laight Street. a.six-story loft.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-04
Vocational VIII
Graduate I78

The largest class which has ever
been graduated from an educational in
stitution in Memphis Is TO hold us
commencement exercises at the Noca-
tional high school on Poplar avenue
Friday night mt O'Clock. The class
numbers i7s, which is a record never
before reached
The invocation will be pronounced ny
pr. Robert George. A formal greeting
will he given by the class president,
Milwee PledEer. and the salutatory VIII
be delivered by clifford Marmann. MISS
Iris Evelyn Perry is valedictorlah
The graduating address Will be given
by Gov. Charles H. RrouEh OF Arkan-
sas. He will be introduced by Prtn-
cipal ]. l.. Hlghsaw, who is "A warm
personal friend
The Vocational high school orches-
ira will render the overture, and the
class will sing. Hon, Hardwig Peres
will present the diplomas. The gradu-
ates Of the school are numbered under
several Classificatons, as follows; No-
cationaI 81; technical. ~; preVoCational,
40: trades. 3; day students, II. and
night students, 81,
Several medals will be awarded Vari-
GUS students. capt Harry Hansen and
Sergt Harold Davis both will receive
a military medal Corp. Walter Irvine,
who has the best drilled squad, will also
receive a medal Maud Holland will
receive Il medal in English, and both
Talmadge Wolfe and Mary Agnes
Burke viii receive stenographic medals,
The exercises are open to the pub
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-06-04
RAINBOW DIVISION
REUNION AT BIRMINGHAM

July u. 10 and II have been an
nounced as the dates for the first an
nual reunion of the Rainbow 42dl di-
vision at Birmingham, Ala, according
to statement issued by A. c. Brown.
secretary of the Rainbow division
veterans. at the association headquar-
ters in Columbus, q.
Each Of the q states which furnished
units for this division will send dele
gates and Birmingham will be the
mecca for Rainbow men scattered from
coast to coast and from Canada to the
gulf The Rainbow division held its
Constitutional convention at Bad Neue-
abr, Germany, while still part of the
army Of occupation and this reunion
marks the first meeting of the di-
vision since its rehabilitation In May
OF 1919.
Special train service is being planned
from Ohio. New York, Indiana, Iowa.
Illinois, Minnesota and Texas. and spc-
cial ears will be run from numerous
ether points over the country. Birming-
ham is planning to entertain 5000 for
nner members of the division during
these three days. Col Benson w.
Hough. Delaware. Ohio. former COM
mander OF the 1e6th infantry regiment.
Is president of the association,