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New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
How to Locate Avenue
House Number You Want
Lewis and Robert Phillips Work
Out Interesting Formula for
Finding Location Desired

Lewis Phillips and Robert W. Phil
lips, of the firm of L. J. Phillips & Co.,
have worked out rule for ascertain
ing near what numbered cross street
an avenue house number is located. 1t
is the result of long study and poring
over the records of the Phillips firm,
which reaches back many years in real
estate history. The rule worked out by
the two students of real estate is:
"Throughout Manhattan-Fifth Ave-
nue. (Which was destined for wider
house than elsewhere) alone excepted,
the city has arranged ten house num-
bers from street to street to each side
of an avenue front Therefore, to find
a street destination, divide the house
number by 10 on such avenues as face
a park or river (say, Central Park West
or Riverside Drive) anc by 20 when
such avenue is faced with buildings on
correspond with that at which such
avenue starts-6e, for instance, to be
added in the case of Columbus, Amster-
dam or West End Avenue, because each
starts at Fifty-ninth Street.
broadway is computable north from
Twenty-fourth Street only, and here by
dividing by 20, deducting therefrom 81.
(Thls deduction is necessary because of
the numerous named streets.)
Madison Avenue is bad performer.
This is due because it is interspersed
with Madison Square numberings, and
needs to have % added
'No rule is applicable to Fifth Ave
nue. above Fifty-ninth Street. The
computation on this avenue is to be
made by dividing by Ia, adding to that
7, the street at which Fifth Avenue
practically starts"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12

continue to haye an important bearing
on rents and the income from property.
It Is to the best interest Of the public
that this abnormal shortage be elm
mated as speedily as possible, and the
various developments heretofore out
lined lend encouragement to the belief
that a great revival of building soon
will begin to manifest itself"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
BY Edward M. Bassett

Experience with the operation Of the
building zone ordinance for four years
past has proved that 1t was remarkably
adapted to the needs Of New York City
but, as was inevitable, actual practice
has shown that 1t can be improved
The use map shows three kinds Of
districts-residential business and un-
restricted. A fourth kind should be
added between business and unrestrict~
ed called Eight industry" In light in
dustry districts all kinds of business
such as produce fumes, smoke, noise or
are otherwise Of q nuisance character,
or which are subject to great fire risk
or other hazards. These excluded In
dustries are, in some cities which have
adopted recently the zoning plan,
called heavy industries and as q rule
they need large plots of land. Light
industry should be protected against
the invasion Of heavy industry. In
Cleveland wise man developed a large
area for light industry, placing restric-
tions in deeds against heavy industry.
1t turned out that many light indus
tries sought this locality because
nuisance industries were prohibited. 1t
is to-day the finest manufacturing
locality Of Cleveland.
Downtown Should Be Restricted
Most of the lower part of Manhattan
Is unrestricted on the use map. Large
built-up areas In all the boroughs are
similarly unrestricted. Their main
protection against nuisances or heavy
Industries is the fact that they are
built up and that land values are high.
Most Of these areas should be placed in
the light industry district and new
heavy industries should be excluded.
The heavy industry districts should be
along the waterfronts and railroads
and wherever already presmpted. ia
maica Bay, east Of Flatbush Avenue,
would probably be assisted In Its de-
velopment II it were placed In heavy
industry district Portions Of Staten
Island and the Bronx should be SINH
larly treated.
Some localities now in business dis
tricts should be placed In light indus
try districts. For instance, the pres
ent law recognizes that public garages
may 20 in certain parts Of business
streets, but should be excluded from
others. Consequently the Judgment re-
garding the placing Of them is left to
the Board Of Appeals, and the Board Of
Appeals may allow such garages In
business straets where there ls already
one garage or public stable between
two intersecting streets. Tho maps
should be amended SO as to place many
localities in light industry districts
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
Sale of Riycrdale Home

The B. & c. Building Company sold
to Miss Ella M. Murphy the English
colonial residence erected on Grosvenor
Avenue, Fieldston, Niverdale. A garage
is connected with the house. George
Howe was the broker.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
Firm, Builds Home Like
Ancestors H0d in Holland

n. Duys & Co. have completed an
unusual and artistic Office building at
142 Water Street While it has taken
nearly year to erect the building, it
has been pronounced by artists and
others as probably the best example
of old Dutch architecture in Nan
haitian
H. Duys & Co. commissioned Thomas
Bruce Boyd to design a building simi-
lar to the building that the founders
Of this old-tme tobacco house had
originally occupied in Holland. The
building. as shown in the picture re
produced here, with its red brick laid
in Dutch bond, it's white trimmings
and copper roof, is like a bit of Old
Amsterdam set down in New Am
sterdam
In the early days Of New Amsterdan,
our Dutch ancestors had built such
houses in the lower point OF ManhAt-
tan, but these have long since disAp-
peared. While the building is de-
signed in this quaint old style. with
its stepped gable and the beam over
bscco to the various floors, it was the
aim of the owners and the architects
to have thoroughly up-todat build
ing and it is equipped with all tho
modern devices such as electric eleva-
tor, electric lighting, and automatic
humiditicrs which keep the air at the
desired moisture.
The main Offices Of the COMPANY
take in the two lower floors. the front
portion of the second floor being re-
moved to form a room more than twenty
feet in height, the rear portion form
ing mezzanne gallery for the use Of
the accounting department. Tho
beamed ceilings. the columns and pilas-
ters give an effect unusual in mod
ern Office buildings, and the decorations
are in light tones to give tho greatest
amount Of light
The real estate end Of the transse-
ton was handled by the Charles r.
Noyes Company
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12

Of supply and demand must hold full
sway in the final analysis. Property
rights must be safeguarded, and If the
nations housing conditions are to be
restored to normal, everything possible
must be done to encourage the flow
Of capital through these channels of
investment and not divert it elsewhere
through adverse legislation which
would stop progress or through un-
sound financing brought about by too
high interest rates on real estate in
vestments.
"The frst consideration Of capital
seeking investment 10 safety. Efforts,
therefore. to attract capital at exorbi-
tant rates Of interest must necessarily
be viewed with distrust. The two great
dangers Of too high interest rate may
be epitomized as follows.
Danger Of Exorbitant Interest
"First-A corporation paying an in
flated price for capital Is endangering
Its future security. The purchasing
power Of the dollar is just about one
half what 1t was five years ago, which
means that 8 corporation must borrow
twice as much money to meet tho same
ends as was the case half decade
ago. If, in addition, 1t pays an In
flated interest charge it is indu;xinT
In practices that must weaken the
financial structure and place the safety
Of it's obligations In jeopardy.
"Second-Exorbitant interest rates
necessarily encourage profiteering
Thus, where too high q rate is paid to
attract capital it necessarily means
unjust and inflateds rents beyond the
ability and willingness of the public to
pay.
"The tendency, therefore, to keep the
interest rates On high grade first mort
gage investments at conservative fig
ure will rebound to the ultimate bene-
fit of the entire building situation.
"In addition to the readjustment Of
property income now In progress other
factors are tending to keep rents at
present levels. In the first place, tax
alton has been growing continually
dication that these charges will be-
come lighter, as all governmental bodies
are being operated at greatly increased
costs. In the second place, we are con-
tinually developing better standards Of
living. Finer buildings, more extensive
improvements and conveniences and q
better environment are continually be-
ing demanded by the public 1t is be-
cause OF this restless impulse that civ
AiH~ eaoH mas advanced through the
medium of the arts and sciences, and
these conditions will continue as long
as human nature remains unchanged.
These increased comforts and con.
veniences must mean correspondingly
increased prices. We also must re-
member that the cost Of operating
buildings is much higher than formerly
was the case.
THE tremendous housing shortage
said to approximate some two million
1 homes throughout the nation, also will
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
Motor Showroom i'm BROOKLYN
Bought for Investment

Mclnerney. Kliuck Realty Company
sold the three story automobile show
and sales room on the east side of
Bedford Avenue. 90 feet south of St.
Marks Place, 39x91 The propertys was
sold for Mary v. White.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
Newark DWELLING Deal

The hree-story dwelling at lS Mar
shall Street. Newark, n. j., has been
purchased by Joseph d. Saniuelson
from Edward A. Wurth through Louis
Schlesinger. Inc. 1t is built on q plot
having frontage of twenty feet. The
property was purchased for invest
mcnt. This parcel was sold to ME-.
Wurth by Louis Schlesinger in 1908.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
HIGH Interest
Rates Encourage
Rent PrO6teering
Sentiment Against More
Than s Per Cent Levy
on First-Class Loans Is
Now Making Itself Felt

Sentiment against . higher interest
than per cont on frst-class real estate
mortgages is making itself felt, says
S. W. Straus, Of S. W. Straus & Co.
Exorbitant interest rates, he declares,
encourage pronteering. Everything
possible must be done to accelerate
the Aow Of capital into realty and
not divert 1t elsewhere through ad-
verse legislation and unsound finan-
cling brought about by too high interest
rates on real estate investments, he
said. Commenting on the subject, Mr..
Straus yesterday said:
Although the processes OF liqufda-
tion now in progress have brought re-
cessione in the prices Of nearly every
commodity Of life, 1t is of'the utmost
significance that rents have not re-
ceded generally and that the tendency
is toward higher levels, thus making
more substantial the income from
property.
at is also noted that a well-dehned
sentiment against a higher interest
rate than 6 per cent for first-class real
estate mortgages is making itself felt.
Readjustment in Realty Investments
"Unquestionably q far-reaching and
permanent readjustment Of income
from real estate investments is tax
Ing place. 1t is q fact generally con-
ceded that in many instances and To-
calities income from improved prop
erty previous to the war was too low.
Estates and large holders Of realty
were in such cases not able to secure
return commensurate with the in
como derived from many other forms
Of investment.
IAN indefinite continuation Of these
conditions would mean q slowing down
Of the building industry, and the pros
ent readjustment Of rental income
therefore. 10 q very favorable indica
ton and will help the entire housing
situation and real estate market
"While there has been grea
amount of public agitation against the
present range Of rents, it must b,
borne In mind that any conditions O,
influences, whether they be Legislative
or economic, which have the ultimate
effect Of diverting capital from build.
ing investments to other channel,
simply impose additional hardships or
the public in the long run. The Law
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
New Homes for Edgemero

The Lewis II. May Company sold for
s. Schildkrut seven lots in Block T,
fronting on Beach Thirty-fift Street,
near Jamaica Ray, Edgemere, L. l., to
Albert Hounen, who will Immediately
improvewith two-story dwellings.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
Buyers for Homes in Different
Sections of BROOKLYN

j. Lacov sold for a Mr. Milestion to
William Schultz, s79 East Thirteenth
Street. q two-family house with ga
rage, 30x1OO
Clinton Trading Corporation sold TO
Alice McAllister the onefamily house
and garage 800 Avenue NJ
Lulkley & Horton Co sold 9 Clcr-
mont Avenue, three-story frame, one
family dwelling. 22xl13x irregular, for
N. P. Young.
Charles Heymann bought from the
heirs Of William A. TAYLOR the three
story dwelling 227 Tenth Street.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
Space for Business Concerns

Saul L. Solomon & Bro. have leased
space at 245 West Forty Street,
near Broadway
Charles B. Van Valen, Inc, leased to
the Chin e, Japan & South American
Trading Company, exporters and i'm
portcrs, additional space at 40 Will
lam Street, for five years at an annual
rental of $4,000.
j. Arthur Fischer leased to ]. w.
Bonwit, a loft at 683 Sixth Avenue, and
stcre at 1923 West Forty-eighth
Street to s. Perlman.
A. A. Hagcman leased the second
loft at % West Thirty-ff Street to
Howard Scott and the basement store
81 West Thirty sixth Street to Suss-
man b Koses.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
Eichemeyer Estate to Sell
Nine Apartments in Yonkers

Bryan l.. Kennedy will sell at auc-
tion for the estate of the late Rudolf
Eichemeyer nine investment properties
and twenty-five vacant plots at Yon-
kers on Saturday next, at Philipsburg
Hall, on Hudson Street.
=. The properties are in the heart of
the city and consist Of three and four
story apartment houses, with stores.
on Maple Street, three three-story
apartment houses on Oak Street and a
threestory apartment dwelling on
Linden Street
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
Get Cortlandt Street Store

Charles F. Noyes Company leased
the sotre at IL Cortlandt Street to
Longs Hat Stores at an aggregate rem
tai of 100000.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
S. Fl. Stone Negotiated Loan
For Curb Exchange Broker.

$. H. Stone was the broker who sue
ceeded in getting for the Curb Brokers
the loan to erect their exchange in
Trinity Place, across from Trinity
Church. The money was obtained
from the New York Title Insurance
Company "after it had been shopped
around for year or more" according
to Mr.. Stone.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-01
Cuts, Burns
HamIIn's Wizard OIL a Safe First
Aid Tres .mank

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or sometimes even life itself, re-
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quickly drives out pain aud .nnsmma-
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-01

Read classification GA in the
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-01
CONGRESS MAY ACT
TO GIVE RELIEF TO
HOUSING SITUATION
Sen. Kenyon Drafts Bill for
Federal Home Loan
Bank.
8Y LOUIS LUDLOW.

WASHINGTON. j.. c.. Nov Co.
Congressional relief for ine hous-
ing situation. which is now a cause
Il nationwide distress. is promised
1t the coming short session OF con-
sress.
The drift OF opinion among mem
hers CT congress who are arriving
for the session is that relief should
be worked ont along the line pro-
posed by Sen. Kenyon Of Iowa, whl
IS preparing bill for the establish
ment Of a federal home loan bank
similar in form 90 the already es-
Lablished federal farm loan bank.
The aim Of the legislation IS to re-
lieve tho shortage OF homes in the
United States. &c decrease rentals to
tenants and 20 prevent further
congestion and crOwding in the
cities
Declaring that there is a short
age OF 900. 900 houses in the ma
ton. with no relief I'm sight through
ordinary building channels, the
Iowa senator. who was a member
OF the committee that investigated
housing conditions in the United
states insists that something should
be done 20 make it easy 10 build
homes. even # IL is nece ~ for
The government 10 20 into the busi.
ness Of lending the money. on
which the homes may be built.
While Sen. Kenyon has no def
mite ideas in regard 20 the details
OF the proposed bank, he believes il
could be created through the sale
OF bonds IN the manner that the
farm loan bank was created, and
that 1t would be almost instantly
successful in every part of the
United States in which IL operates.
Such a bank would function much
after the fashion Of building and
loan associations which, because OF
prevailing high prices Of money and
unusual speculation IL real estate.
have in great measure curtailed
their lending facilities, Kenyon as
seTts.
Cure For RadicalIsm.
'I believe II IS imperative that
something should be done, said
Sen. Kenyon today. The present
situation is creating a great deal
OF unrest Homecoming is a great
cure for bOlshevism. The man who
owns his home Will pay little at
teutiOn ito rad tcaliSn. believe
there arc 20.O00,00O people in this
country who are net housed as
they should be for health and Sani-
tary conditions
There are a number OF causes
for the shortage OF homes" Sen.
Kenyon continued. "In the first
place, IL costs much to build now
and men vii! not put their money
into buildings unless they can OBJ
tain an adequate return on their
Investments The committee that
investigated housing conditions
learned that, for instance, plate
glass manufacturer who had or
ders on hand shut up their mills 50
as 10 keep up the prices. The com
mittee intends 10 submit this evil
dence TO the department of justice
IN the hope that prosecutions may
follow, If justified"
The housing shortage is not cor
fined 70 any particular part OF the
country and members of congress
from all over the nation say they
have had II impressed on them with
great force recently that the most
popular move they could make
would be 10 relieve the burden OF
buying or building a home.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-01
NEGRO "PONZT' Has
SO MANY DEBTS He
CAN'T RECALL THEM
By United Press.

Ey United Press
INDIA$APOLIS. Ind. Nov. 90.
Negroes here hailed Samuel
Bullop and acclaimed him as their
black POnH." His dealings In
high finance and high interest
rates rivalled even the Walling-
ford schemes OF the get-rich- quick
BOs,onian. But Bullop languishes
in jail today.
Certain influential residents OF
the negro section complained To
the police that he had borrowed
money from them, promising
heavy returns and that ne failed
% give them either their own
money or the r-turns.
BullOp's tongue ran riot in his
cell for awhile. but ne shut up
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-01
COMMISSION PLANS
TO CONTINUE ITS
CONTROL OF COAL
BY United Pres:

BY United Press:
ISDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Nov 30
The special coal and food commits
sion will continue 10 direct coal min
ing COMPANIES 10 fill emergency fuel
orders. Jesse Eschbach, chairman
OF the commission, said today.
He made this assertion in the face
Of an interlocutory injunction issued
by the concurrent opinion OF three
judges In federal court restraining
the commission temporarily from ex-
tending its powers TO the Vandalia
Coal Co. and the Vigo Coal Products
Co. the two plaintiffs in suit
praying for such an injunction.
These two companies will not come
under the commissions orders he
said.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-01

like clam when cell mate
warned him. he didn't get 10
finish the story OF his operations.
but what he told disclosed that
ne offered anywhere from ; TO so
percent for short time loans. be-
cause he needed the money"
quick"
He said his business was I'm
vestment" and that ne bought and
sold real estate. He said ne was
forced 10 make quick loans 10 COW
or up his investments and then he
would borrow money from some
other person 10 pay back what he
owed
He said he didn't know what
his debts were nor how much pro-
perry he owned.
lie said. however, that his cred
itors each knew how much he
owed them.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-01
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-01

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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-01

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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-12-01
CAMPAIGN
EXPENSE is S3,825

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Nov. 2s.-
Thomas Taggart, who was demOcra-
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ator from Indiana, spent a total of
$3,S25 in his race FOR the election,
n report on his election expenses and
promises filed with the Marion
county clerk here today shows.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1920-01-05

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