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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-11-07

the amazing variety depicted In those
facing the community garden. for the
color effect Is as varied az the design
of the houses In the compound. The
concrete surfaces have been tinted in
many lovely shades, warm apricot for
example, blue gray, Colonial green.
cream or buff and so on. which in com
bination with the numerous quaint iron
balconies suspended here and there go
to form a picture OF remarkable
beauty.
In fact the aspect OF the garden side
Is almost bewildering In effect. II 50
AlAddinlike In its rare combination
OF color planting and landscape archi-
lecture. and you want to rub your eyes
10 see if II IS really a bit OF little old
New York or rather n section of Italy
or Spain. A walk with quaint paving
stones extends the length OF the gar
den, broken here and there by foun-
tains, pergolas or wrought iron screens
and bordered and surrounded with
vines. shrubbery and flowers. quaint
garden seats, lily pools and q thousand
and one picturesque motifs that COM
bine TO strike note OF harmony.
Each end OF the property is enclosed
In a brick wall, which is treated deco
ratively. the western end being broken
In the middle to allow the free play OF
the breeze through the courtyard and
the other being finished by a decora-
tive railing OF the Georgian type. AT
each end loggias have been built out
as extensions into the gardens, ono be-
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CAR BARN SALE ON TUESDAY.
Offerings VIII 10 Made on Steps
of County Court House.

In accordance with an order issued by
Federal Judge julius ~. Mayer. upon
application OF the Guaranty Trust Com
pany. trustee for the drst real estate
and refunding mortgage bondholders of
the New York Railways Company, now
in tho hands OF receiver. portion OF
the unused real estate belonging to the
company VIII be sold by Joseph Z. Day.
auctioneer, under tha direction OF Fran
els NJ. Scott. special master. The sale
viii be held next Tuesday. at IL o'clock
noon. on the steps of the New York
County Court House.
The two most important properties TO
be sold are the car barn blocks on
Fourth avenue. a. Thirty-third street.
and on tho west side OF Madison avenue.
from Eighty-tifth 70 Eighty-sixth street
The Fourth avenue property comprises
the square block bounded by Fourth and
Lexington avenues. Th!rty-second 20
Thirty-third street. and will be sold, as
a whole with immediate possession. The
Madison avenue bloch will be- sold first
as a whole. and then In plots Of various
Dimensions. Other parcels are also In
Guided in tho sale
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ing a feature of Mrs. Sorchon's home
Toward the east the logglns form SINH
lar extensions to the houses at the
north and south and join IN tho centre
with an interesting wall fountain
Irving rutland, the important figure in
organizing the Turtle Bay Holding Com
pany and In the assembling OF the prop
erty, IN speaking OF the new venture
makes ii plain that IL Is not IN any sense
a business scheme but distinctly home
proposition.
The Turtle Bay Holding Company"
he says. lis not a business enterprise.
II Is simply little group OF people who
got together TO develop the kind Of
home settlement they desired.
'They wished TO be assured that the
conditions they sought would be per
manent. and this desire has been com
piled with The Turtle Bay Gardens IN
Its present form Is restricted for period
of twenty-one years. The covenant runs
with the land for that time and conse-
quently the development must retain
It's character for that duration of time.
THE Turtle Bay company represents
an investment OF tho company in the
property itself OF 100000 not including
the improvements OF over $500 600. It
was started IN May. 1919, and to-day
most of the houses are occupied. All
but three are sold and the latter VIII be
completed in q short time. They will
doubtless be ready for occupancy by
December l."
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THESE FAcADES on the 4oth STREET
SIDE GIVE NO HINT of THE CLUSTERED
GARDENS III the REAR,

IAN Island which lies on the East Side
little TO the south of Blackwells Isl-
nd. These small estuaries as a rule
\ ook their names from some characteris-
ic OF the locality or from some one OF
tho early settlers whose farm or country
'estate was located close by.
Wholly apart from the rare charm of
the interstreet garden, the absence OF
limitation in the development of the
houses is one Of the markedly success
full features OF the development. The
fronts of the houses have been drawn
together and given a feeling OF unity by
covering Of deep cream stucco and a
harmonious treatment of the walls. ex-
pressing Itself on the Torty-ninth street
Side in Dutch gables which hide the top
floor extension. The gables are Joined
together by low ratings that harmonic
with the architectural treatment as a
whole.
On tho Forty-eighth street side an
English tone Is given the exterior by the
heavy cornice which divides the third
and fourth stories In the centre OF the
block and also by the several pediments
that mark the roof line. Painted iron
balconies break the simplicity OF the
facade. and with q number Of hanging
iron window boxes and picturesque me-
dallions picturesqueiy applied the eff
feet is delightful in the extreme.
After the highly interesting but more
or loss Uniform character OF the street
facades one Is not at all prepared for
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the buildings were completed. A few
blocks further north Is the Pastime Ten
mis- Club building. IN Queens Boule-
ward.
another important Queens boulevard
Improvement of the near future IS the
erection Of tho Selznick motion picture
studios on a large plot Just north OF
the Packard Building. A public school,
In Hulst avenue, completes tho list OF
buildings in the vicinage of the lots
to be sold, toward which, however,
Long Island City's great array OF in
dustrjal plants is advancing gradually.
but surely. as also is the business
colony in Queens Plaza. the growth OF
which has been one OF the features Of
the Queens Borough real estate mar
ket. In discussing the future OF Long
Island City and the forthcoming sale,
Mr.. Day says:
"When II Is recalled that this large
vacant area 10 located only eight to
fourteen minutes by subway ct a five
cent fare from the midtown shopping.
business, hotel and amusement sections
of Manhattan II Is difficult to under
stand why such land. high. dry. ac-
cessiblc and cheap. remains unim-
proved and Is to be sold now for what
ever It may bring at absolute public
auction.
con second thought. however, md
bearing IN mind the fact that IN 1920
only three cities in the United States
RANKED higher in the value OF plans flied
for new buildings (alInost s50.oo0.oo0 In
Queens), the unirnprovement OF this pre-
eminent locality can be attributed only
10 conditions begotten Of the world war
which had the same general effect In
ell parts OF tho country.
Now. however. with all tho lines OF
tho dual rapid transit system In opera
ton 10 and In Long Island city, Queens
stands at the threshold OF a new era.
The Inc OF least resistance rapidly Is
becoming the shortest line OF travel.
Rapid transit and the elimination o.
tho East River as n barrier 70 me east
erly spread OF populatlon--by the con-
struction OF bridges and tunnels-rnade
II possible for the city Of New York 10
expand and to grow horizontally"
The sale has been ordered by the Cen
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A certain group OF New York home
cwellers. weary Of the absurd limita
tons placed upon them by the builders
Of the past. have broken their letters
end achieved place in the sun. They
have acquired q community centre In
which they are free TO express their
own individuality both in tho treat
ment and decoration of their homes and
have designed a community garden Tor
the benefit OF the householders. the
prototype Of which IS not likely to be
found elsewhere In the country. This
ideal condition is found in Turtle Bay
Gardens. the most conspicuous residen-
tial development of modern charac-
Ter In New York. II is situated In the
block between Forty eighth and Forty
ninth streets just east of Third avenue.
1ylera twenty old fashioned houses or
brick and brownstone have been as
scmbicd under n long term covenant and
sold 10 individual owners who are TO
occupy them.
Representing an investment OF moro
Than $780, 900, this unusual venture In
city realty promises to eclipse oil others
In its community features, tho most I'M
portant being an interstreot garden or
central parkway. 1o0x200 feet in size, TO
v'tich all the houses have access. The
effect OF this restricted area. with IT'S
marvellous landscape planting and dec
Grafton will not only tend to make city
life eearable but viii also constitute a
model to illustrate the possibilities re-
siding in the urban desert OF joyless
city back yards. which for the most part
have been repositories of rubbish and
old junk.
The property. which was assembled by
the realty firm OF Rutland 6; Whiting
for the Turtle Bay Holding Company. in
which name the interests OF the owners
are vested. lies In section that FOR
years has curiously enough suffered
from what was actually city inn
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ny JOHN l.. PARISH,

secretary Advisory Counsel OF Feat Is
tate Interests.
Although the first attacks upon the
rent laws" enacted by tho Legislature
ri the special session in September have
been indecisive. gaps have been made In
them which promise well for their ulti-
mate overturn. Two of the proceedings
we're brought in equity by owners
against holdover tenants, and jurisdic-
ton was refused by the courts because
tho plaintiff owners had not exhausted
their rights TO remedies provided by law.
In reaching these conclusions justices
Hotchliss and Mullan had to overrule
the contention Of defendant tenants that
tho rent laws'-spocihcally chapters
e42 and 9tT, Laws of l920--denied TO
the courts the power to give the relief
sought by plaintiffs by summary pro-
ceedings or ejectment
These acts of the 1920 Legislature
were held TO DO unconstitutional, and
therefore the common law remedy of
ajectmert and the statutory remedy of
dispossess proceedings were held to be
still operative.
In the other proceedings, Which were
brought in cJectment. the defendants
demurrer, based upon the acts OF the
Legislature above specified. was over
ruled. the court holding the said acts
unconstitutional, but without denial Of
attendants right to a trial OF the case
upon It's merits.
Obviously. as intimatcd by both JUS
tice Hotchliss and Justice Mullan. these
rent laws will have 10 go 90 the Court
OF App aIs for final adjudication. Here
their validity will apparently hang upon
the question whether I'm their enactment
the Legislature acted within the police
powers OF tho state In protection OF the
pubic welfare.
40 to this, lay opinion will not count
for much. There IL widespread opinion
among owners ana agents that the Legis-
lature was misled 10y frantic public
clamor into a misconceptlon of the facts.
II was made to appear that IL the poor
tenant were elected from his tenement
hc would not have or could not find a
place 20 lay his head. whereas there
were and are stlll some hundreds Of
vacant tenements available for their
use, and there was presented no evil
dence of family without roof over
their heads In the entire city. But
whether these .cts are or can be gotten
into the record Of the cases on appeal
go as 10 properly inform the Court OF
Appeals Is a question for the lawyers.
as IL also the question whether their
presence I'm the record IL really OF i'm.
portance.
As 10 the influence. upon the real
estate market Of those rent laws. the
weekly tables published By the Record
ard Guido afford ample indication.
Comparisons for tho week last past,
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Apartment Colony Will Have English Charm

Much of the charm OF an English VIII
lage VIII be found In the community of
apartment homes which the East Rlch-
mond Hill Land Company II soon TO
erect at Kew Gardens. The houses, de-
signed by Andrew ]. Thomas, will be set
well back from the street and will cover
only. So ger cent OF the ground area Sc
cured for the project on tho north side
OF Lefferts avenue, just east Of Austin
| street and around the corner from the
Long Island Railroad station. a com
prehenslve scheme Of community plan
ming has been worked out by Mr..
Thomas N order TO give the houses tho
proper setting and Increase tho 6esIr.
ability Of the neighborhood.
Tho estimated cost cf the project IL
between 100000 and 100000. The
houses will be built In units OF three and
will accommodate. thirty-six families.
They will be three stories In height and
will follow Informal lines in their group
Ing. Projecting masses OF walls viii
form secluded courtr and the various en-
frances will be screened off from cnch
other and will serve only few families
each.
Every room will have a fine outlook.
Corner rooms will be frequent and each
apartment will have an attractive loggia
opening off The dining rooms. The suitea
win contain four. five and six rooms. In
Guiding an efficient kitchen. The pic
turesquc grouping and the projecting
masses which arc so effective on the ex-
terror make possible a satisfactory ar
rangement OF rooms and maximum
supply of light and air on the inside.
This means that nearly every apart
ment has outdoor exposure on three
sides, and some have even four. Cross
ventilation Is the rule, and every bed
room Is q corner room. There arc prac-
ticslly nc corridors OK haus- alz1os.
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zen gates. Low two foot walls separate
the individual plots from each other and
from the community garden.
1t Is difficult to imagine a. more
lovely spot than this new community
centre, with Its plots and gardens laid
out after the most charming type of
landscape architecture, with nothing OF
I formal character. but rather an at
mosphere Of old time beauty. This ef-
feet OF antiquity Is rather puZzling at
first, but it has been brought about IN
subtle way by the architects through
their having transplanted trees eighteen
and twenty feet high and the introduce
ton Of as much old material as could BIO
utilized. The old paving stones in front
of the houses were used for tho path
ways; sections Of a wrought iron fence
OF porch railing were saved and worked
into the garden walls, and other mate
'ial of klppreciable value were similarly
employed to produce the look Of age
that adds go materially to the toy and
beauty OF @ garden.
The new community takes It's name
from Turtle Bay. one OF the many la
goons etched into the shore OF Manhat-
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~ ala not require these sfatistfos o.
INFORM practical real estate men tbat
something had happened within tho Ia 80
Few months TO dampen and tlirn,nIsh
the confidence of investors In NeIy yori,
real property invostmonts. Nor wcra
they IN doubt about the identity of tbs,
something. II was these same rent
avs. which sought 10 deprive the owner
Va reai property not only OF the control
% ms own property but even of his
constitutional right TO the proteetion
or tho courts. IL such confiscatorv
Jaws can be sustained then truly arc
the rshts OF property ownersiiip In
peru or the grayest kind
IN TINS connection IL is OF interest 70
recall the stand taken by the New York
state Association or Real Estate pos ria
~ their annual convention M Rochestor
iast month on this very question. Omit
tlns the preamble, the resolutions were
al follows: w.
Resolved. that we denounce the so
CARED rent laws as attacks unon ma
IS tending dangerously toward he co,y !.
pete subversion Of the rights of Indi-
vdual ownership and control of prom
erty, freedom of contract and of the
fight or the Individual owner To due
ana proper process and the protectio,
OF tho courts In the Interpretation and
enforcement Of contracts and contra 81
rights based upon such individual own
ership: and
Resolved. that We WOW with nro.
found alarm the entire body OF ouch
restrictive legislation as an insidious
and dangerous attack upon basic prin
ciples Of our Government. upon which
II has Justly and rightly risen 10 its
proud efnirence among the nations and
upon which there have hitherto been
guaranteed and assured 70 the individ.
ual the right 10, life. liberty. the pursuit
~ happiness and protection In the right
and proper rso of his savings from the
fruits OF his industry. The said restric-
i've legislation cannot fail 10 operate
In the interest Of tho 40 called prof.tcers
and arainst the interests OF tenants
md reputable owners alike. TO the I'm
psir1nent of true property values and In
depreciation OF the States grentest body
of taxables: TO the continued Increase
In rents, and 80 inevitably to the fur
Their increase In the costs OF all the
neceessries OF life
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All HOME SITES NEAR
CITY LINE TO BE SOLD

It Is the fact that about $4,000 per-
sons are crowded out OF New York city
each year 20 make room for business
that accounts for the extraordinary
growth OF the city northward along the
great Broadway. With the crying need
for homes and the apparent reduction In
the price OF building materials, unusual
interest centres on the auction sale OF
All building sites In Lowerre Summit
Park. Yonkers, which is TO DO held IN
the vesey Street Exchange by Bryan l..
Kennedy. suctioneer, on Wednesday.
November IT.
The property ~ situated Just north OF
Van Cortlandt Park In section OF roll
ing hills. winding roads and fne. largo
trees The eection Is well developed
with homes OF the better class. among
which may be counted Mt least fifty
charming brick and stone dwellings OF
excellent architectural merit and or
moderate cost. There are two railroad
stations within easy reach OF the prop
crty and the lots are within easy walking
distance Of the terminal OF the Broad
way-Seventh avenue subway line.
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BrG DEMAND ToR FARMS.

Country agents and field Representa-
tivos report an unusual activity IN the
sale OF dairy farms. Most OF the In
qulries are coming from Eastern farmers
who have been producing milk. or who
now have dairy farms and want 10 get
more land and more cattle. Some Of tho
farm renters arc contracting for the pur-
chase OF dairy FARMS. One OF the big
gest milk distributing companies has Just
purchased large dairy farm. and tho
zig producers feel confident that the dairy
business and the milk prices will as
sire the farmer better profits than he
has been enjoying The Batson Farm
Agency. at 4s9 Fifth avenue says it re-
oeives two calls for a farm for every one
that ls being offered at any sacrifice.
and Of an auction sale held in Delaware
county during the past week seventy
one head Of thoroughbred cattle sold for
$70t per head on the average.
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proyernent" Once upon q time the site
of Turtle Bay Gardens and the sur
rounding noighborhood held its own with
the property adjoining Fifth avenue,
but that was before the Third avenue
elevated was put through. When that
line was built 1t cut this part OF the
city Off from the rest, so that IL soon
began to deteriorate, and at the time the
property was acquired by the new COM
pany it consisted mainly Of rooming
houses. which naturally gave II more or
less OF a tenement house character.
OF the twenty houses included in the
Turtle Bay development all but three
are sold and will be ready for occupancy
within few weeks. The plan followed
in their rehabilitation is to renovate the
houses thoroughly and remodel them to
the extent Of placing the kitchens In
front--that IS on the strickland doing
over the old kitchens into combination
dining and living rooms, using the old
chimneys as flreplaces. The houses as
sold are practically shells. tho interior
changes and decorations being made ac-
cording to the tastes OF the owners,
some Of whom Nave spent as high rs
$50, on their homes.
Among those who have bought the
Turtle Bay Garden houses are Mrs
Charlotte H. Sorchon. who owns two on
the Forty-ninth street side; Mrs James
Townsend, Edward q. Dean, architect :
Miss Maria Bowe Chaplin, head of the
Chaplin School for Girls Philip Littell.
editor OF the Nes0 Republic; Frank c.
Farley. architect; George Rublee, attor-
ney; Schuyler Smith. broker: Parker
M. Hooper. architect: Winston Churchill
author; Ernest Poole, author, and Gil
lette Lefferts, attorney
The twenty huses. which cover an
area OF more than 10000 square feet, are
held In individual ownership. and the
property is restricted In Its present form
for a period of twenty-one years. Each
house opens onto its own private gar
den, which in turn gives onto the CEN
trial parkway through picturesque gar
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chnra cter Of work in the neighboring
Forest Hills. The grounds win be SIM
ply but charmingly laid out IN Keeping
with the treatment OF grounds and
streets OF the reighborhood They Will
be gardenliko. n'ith well arranged paths
OF bluestone flags. entrance gateways
trees. shrubs, evergreens vines and
flowers. II IL expected that tho build
ings will be ready for occupancy 10 The
early para OF neKt ksADs
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The dining rooms little larger Tho
living rooms are twenty feet or moro In
lcngth. each equipped with a fireplace
and opening off an ample foyer Plenty
OF closet space is provided. including
linen closets. pot and broom closets,
&c. The interiors arc In fine taste. with
simple enameued wood details. oak floors
and stained doors. Tho bathrooms arc
tiled.
IN s,y.& khs srchits0hIrs recalls che
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APARTMENTS BUILT
A~cNTs

every square inch OF space being thrown
into rooms and closets The bedrooms.
baths, closets. SC. are nevertheless
grouped BY themselves. thus insurinG
PRIVACY. One of the most Interesting
features are the laundries and drying
spaces. hidden IN the roofs IN such
way that this necessary feature Of do
nestle life IS concealed from view.
The rooms are hmplo. the bedrooms
Averesinx about tbirtrcD fsat saosses
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WILL SELL ACTORS ESTATE.

"Stronsheart." the 1--WE acre country
estate of Robert Edeson. the actor, SIT
uated on Long Island Sound at Sag Har-
Dor. Is TO be offered at auction on Satur-
day. November 20. by Arthur G. Sheri-
dan. The gale will take place IN the large
residence on the property. Tho property
adjoins the residence OF James Farnham.
the actor.
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trail Union Trust Company Of New York.
as trustee. and others, and II will DO
held by Mr. Day at l o'clock IN the
Pastime Tennis Club building on Queens
Boulevard. opposite the Bliss street sta
ton on the Corona division of the
Greensboro subway
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Realtor Sees Hope for
Overturn of Rent Laws

this year with last. for the three large,
borouChs are as follows: