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New Britain herald., 1920-07-02
PLAYGROUND OPENING
City Fairgrounds to Open on Tuesday Under Supervision of Jack Rourkc- Directors Assisting Him Named.

The city playgrounds will open for the summer on next Tuesday morning under the supervision of Jack Rourke. coach of the Colgate college track team. The following directors will be in charge of the various grounds:
 Burritt School Grounds-Nliss Ce- celia Hickey and Saul Beckwith.
 Bartlett School Grounds-Aliss Flor ence Dougherty and Joseph Sexton.
 Smalley School Grounds--Miss May I. Begley and s. T. Waskowitz.
 East Street school Grounds-Miss Laurene Mouat and Edward Dawson
 smith School Grounds-Miss Helen Bradley and John Bunny.
 Miss Katherine Campbell will be in charge of industrial work. -r
New Britain herald., 1920-07-02
PLATFORM PRESENTED WITH PLANKS FOR SUFFS AND LEAGUE OF NATION
 SIDESTEPS PROHIBITION AND IRISH PROBL
Also Dodges Armenian Mandate, Favor For Revenue Only, Comedies Reser|
 To League, Advocates Govt. EconOI Bitterly Assails Republicans For Cor

San Francisco, July 2.-The resolutions committee the platform laid before the democratic convention adoption.
 It silent prohibition. While it had Ir| Irish sympathzers among the delegates had served their purpose seek have that plank rewritten to flat declaration for diplomatic recognition of the Irish n
 The plank, of hours of committee dispute, I'll neWed within the limitations of international comy arI previous expressions of democratic party of syp Irish aspirations for self government.
 One plank indorsed the league of nations and cd the republican senate for having nterposed partisan personal hatred' in the way of world peace The pI taned declaration written in after prolonged struggle that the democratic party did oppose re making clearer specific the obligations of tn States to the league associates
 The platform sharply indicted the republican con the republican party many counts.
 The attack the republicans reached its .cinn4 separate plank devoted republican corruption, incl shocking disclosures of the lavish of money by for the republican presidential nomination and the con republican from Michigan of violating the expenditure laws
 The platform is silent the question of the Uni accepting mandate for Armenia urged by 7 Wilson, but expresses sympathy with Armenia
 A plank on Mexico says American lives and p12 been not so safe in Mexico for years they nol
New Britain herald., 1920-07-02
Common Council Cannot
 Meet Wednesday Evening

SrDue to the fact that the local news Capers will not publish Monday be- yise Of the holiday observance. 1t iH not be possible. it Is believed. to
 kd the adjourned meeting of the ,AAnton council on Wednesday night. sv Nhe charter Of the city Of New A'ritain it is required that notice of
 c meeting be published two nights
 eced edtnE the session.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-02

Carter Glass, secretary of tho treasury and one of Wilson's staunch- est supporters. is regarded by many as the White House official spokesman at the San Francisco convention. which distinction he shares with Bainbridge Colby, secretary of state.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-02

his party associatg ed to the senat guilty of the
 lon May stitute for
 passed by III
 this conventi1]
 fitting charac
 than that mad zine of Decerr Cabot Lodge, VI
 |" If we send men abroad to in northern Fra no result but tl war with such crime which mol
 The intent intent of the pr could be no pe create a situati( as this could rel peace except allies.
 "It would. b1 dishonor and
 we undertook peace.
 Thus to tn saner moment est crime he
 ness sought
 law; that whi of everlasting can party and
 cept as the ess
 We endorse tA our internationa firm stand again, signed to cut to h visions of the We we commend the gress for voting for separate peac, grace the nation. immediate ratifica without reservation pair its essential i, oppose the accepta tions making clear the obligations of to the league assoc "Only by doing t the reputation of the powers of the the moral leadersh Wilson won and politicians at Wa Only by doing thi aid effectively in order throughout take the place WI Sume in the front commercial and m ent.
 We reject as | vicious, the repu that ratification o membership in the would in any way or independence of fact that the cove tered in to by 29 ma of their independe ours, is a sufficient charge. The presit declared, and this amrms, that all oul tions as a member be fulfilled in Stri' the constitution of embodied in which requirement. of de the congress befol become d participa
 "The >great 'prin self f-defermination stant TeiteratioAa ,I,,.ll
New Britain herald., 1920-07-02
WAS WHISKEY "RUNNER"
Federal Officers Declare Joseph B.. Elwcll Murdered, Has Recently Been Spcculating in Booze.

New York, July 2.-Joseph Bowne Elwell, turfman and whist expert, who was shot to death Tn his home, had purchased a large quantity of liquor for speculative purposes short Iy before his death, prohibition agents announced today.
 He was a member of whiskey ring with several turf associates ac- cording to this information.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-02
BAND CONCERTS AND BIC DISPLAY
 OF FIREWORKS TO EEA TURF FOURTH
Public Amusement Commits
 sion Arranges For Enter 2. tainment of City Populace ~ At Walnut Hill Park.

Marry C. Jackson, chairman Of the public amusement mm.ssion, re- ported this morning that everything ta tn readiness for New Br.tatns ceIc- bration Of July tth. The display of fireworks this year. tt ia predicted. , VIII eclipse anything in previous years both in quantity and quality. IQere aro il6 aerial pieces and i+ seH pieces, A we'll chosen. musical prJSram for the band concert in the evening has also been chosen to be rendered by the New Britain Military l Band. In tho afternoon there will be -h band concert nt 3 o'clock by the -Nmsrican band. Due to lack of suf- ticient funds no more elaborate pro- gram. such as athletic events, etc. could bf' furnished tn the afternoon. 5 The band concert program for the ,cvoniirs and the program of fireworks
 Display of Firwori<s. A military salute of 100 <f.-inch shells VIII be .f\sd In rapid success sicn anfoupeins Ae bsginnsns of tho display. H
 is.lnes c"meina,i\ shen. iS-Inch. renetitioa lhcn . ts-ineh burs,nk%N { ~fs-inee eISl usoweT sssil. shell.
 D.. .'.sssSs't' ,,s..r
 .b.n I,s,tSTen starhsn shell.
 In.h< sun shell
 maroon shell.
 NEh multiple shell and French
 tpr with IS breaks.
 fnYh multiple shell and Trench 9 and flying wheel. IS breaks. kh nrultiple she'll and Frsncl
 syins wheel and eonncctih-s
 h~.lS parnchntes
 krchn&ht Lomb.
 En sheil. u2 breaks.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-02
CARTER A45S

Secretary Glass is chairman of the all- important steering committee whose duty it was to draw up the democratic platform, the various blanks of which are causing no little dissension among the delegates. In addition, the secretary has been mentioned, cas- ually, as a possible nominee.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-02
WEATHER.

Hartford. July 2.--Eorrcast for New Britain a:sd vicinity: Unsettled. probably showers to- nigh: ;si.d Saturday.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
OFFER TWO FAMILY HOUSES.
Builders Have been Active In
Long Island city.

In spite OF unfavorable conditions and
prolonged discussion OF building prob
lens. some city houses have been built
during the last year. One OF the organ
lzations that have worked while others
talked II the Hartley Homes. Inc. They
have put UP many new type two family
houses in Long Island City near Grand
and Sixteenth avenues. The section Il
on high ground and Is available by two
subways and an elevated line and by
the Greensboro Bridge surface line and
the new Astoria ferry. Regarding the
houses. r. Hawley Truax. the president.
says:
"our new two family Hartley Home
we believe TO be nearer 10 perfection for
It's size and cost than anything that has
boon built thus far. The house Is con
structed of stone and brick or hollow tile
throughout. with twelve inch walls on
all four sides. instead OF the usual eight
inch wallis The front IL OF red face
brick AMI white limestone trim. OF an at
tractivencsa that IS worthy the red
brick Colonial houses our ancestors built
on Washington square and elsewhere.
The lot Is e5xl00 providing rear yard
$3.50 for the children and for gar
den. Private auto driveways can be pro
vidsd Tor those desiring Earas ~"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24

that prices will go back to the level OF
1g14. At $4,000 the market affords a
good Selection, and the $40 600 house Is
equivalent to the best $4,000 apartment
In the city. Isn't il safe to say that
the apartment which rented for $4,000
In 1914 will rent for $4,000 for the next
five years? Then you will pay $4,000
in excess rent for the next five years.
Suppose you buy at $4,000 and sell at
the end of five years for s25.000 you
drop 5000. but you are still $1,000
better off. and for five years at any
rate you will be free from landlord
controversies and the possibility of still
higher rents or less desirable quarters
Contrary to the accepted view, there
are still real bargains to be had--houses
that can be bought at much less than
duplication costs. True, these are not
new houses, but they are better than
many of the new ones. Those who are
wise enough TO take advantage of the
psychology of the moment, when every
body is talking poverty. will be the
winners in the end. When the demand
comes back. and come back II must
within the next few months, prices are
likely TO go even higher than they are
row.
Personally and in so far as 1t affects
the real estate brokerage business.
would welcome drop in prices. because
there is no better way to stimulate a
market. But stop for n moment and
think OF the vast difference between the
marketing of homes and the marketing
Of other commodities. Take automobiles
for instance: Overproduction. strictly a
luxury, banks calling loans. drop in de-
mand. no source OF temporary income
to carry the stock. Result. quick liqui-
dalton at low prices. The house Under
production, absolute necessity, extreme
shortage still existing. conservative term
mortgages not being called. property
may be rented and easily carried for an
Indefinite period of time, cost OF duplica-
ton maintained: result. firm prices.
except in instances due to some special
circumstances.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
Price Drop a Snare, Build
or Buy Now, Warns Expert

are still very difficult to procure and
prices have fallen only slightly.
New housing ceases almost imme-
diately the demand let's UP. There Is
no chance Of an overproduction. Build
ers get the spirit OF the market from
the news reports. II houses do not
sell readily at full prices, no new ones
are started. Building in Westchester
suburbs has almost reached the van
fishing point
There again we cannot get away from
the Inevitable law of supply ana de-
mand II all the facilities at the COM
mand of suburban builders were put
into continuous operation the result
would not be overproduction for several
years to come. The figures on the Sc
robustness of the shortage and the in
finitesimal effort that Is being made TO
overcome II in the neighborhood of New
York city are so alarming and so well
known by the general public that 1t is
unnecessary to go again into these pain
full details.
All this sounds discouraging in the
extreme. but there Is some hope on the
other side. Spectators have been
startled by the effect Of the rent laws
and In some cases have cut their prices
from ten to twenty per cent. Owners
who were In the habit of raising their
prices $1,000 over night have halted
and In some cases receeded bit. /
cannot urge too strongly the timeworn
adage. cBuy when the demand is slack"
This year demand will be slack between
November and February.
Most people have reached the con-
cIusion that they can not lose much by
buying at the present scale OF prices.
a house that cost $4,000 In 1914 now
sells for $4,000. No one really believes
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
BY l.. WARD PRINCE.
President, TVestchester County Realty
Board.


VIII houses in the suburbs be cheaper
next spring? have been asked in
Vulnerable times In the last few weeks
to answer this question. Surface signs
certainly indicate the possibility. The
news was spread broadcast not long ago
of a sharp reduction in the price of lum-
her. We were told that the peak had
teen reached and passed and that hous-
Ing was on the dowR grade with every
thing else.
Let us look at all the elements that
enter into the house market SO that We
may be better fitted to answer the ques-
ton for ourselves In the first place
Tho much heralded reduction in the
Price OF lumber is snare and a delu-
sion. Prices are now about where they
we're ten months ago. and this reduction
was based on the very top OF the mar
ket Little material was bought after
the spring increase and practically none
of the housing offered to-day Is priced
upon these high rates. The cost of a
house started to-day would be higher
than ever, even with this reduction in
lumber, on account of the recent in
crease In wages. Another element that
tends to maintain high housing prices
~ the condition of the money market.
No loans are being made by the title
companies or the banks. What little
money filters through into the building
market is held for big bonus charges.
sometimes as high as Is per cent.
Labor is still in the harness In the
suburban building business Good men
are almost Improbable even at the
very high wages maintained. Materials
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24

ures approximately 1976x425 feet and
will be sold as a whole.
The other "eyesore" which viii prob
ably be transformed as a result of the
sale is the entire block front I'm the
west side OF Madison avenue. between
Eighty-fifth and Eighty-sixth streets.
measuring 204x290 feet This will first
be sold in its entirety and then in
smaller units. This property. also used
for car barn purposes is the fly in the
ointment of a fine residential district.
Recently a number of costly dwellings,
have been built up near 1t, and real
estate authorities are said to regard the
site as the logical location for n fine
apartment house or hotel
An interesting downtown offering is
the three story warehouse. 65x105x ir-
regular, at 13 TO II Front street. be
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
SEES BIG DEMAND FOR
UNIMPROVED PROPERTY

For some reason which Is not APP
parent on the surface. the demand for
vacant land continues to increase" ac-
cording 10 statement made yesterday
by William Il. Harmon OF William II.
Harmon e. Co.. Inc. with tight
money market and decreasing demand
for labor. the natural inference would
be that the real estate market would
reflect the depression. Sales for the past
six weeks have aggregated more than
one million dollars In the district called
East F'latbush. and the sales for the
week ending october IS were SliT.o1b.
There must be some logical cause for
every phenomenon. however mysterious.
and II does look MS though the general
public is either beginning to sense the
Inherent cheapness OF land or Is recog-
nizing the necessity OF saving its SUR
plus earnings Possibly both influences
are at work. In any event, indications
point to widespread and deep seated
movement OF Investment money toward
land and other forms of real estate,
especially the type OF real estate that
can be picyed up at low prices"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
REAL ESTATE NEWS,
CITY AND SUBURBAN
Bryce Building, Opposite Madison
Square Garden, Changes Hands
Other Transactions

Robert Z. Farley Organization rented
the Berger residence on st. James's
place. West Mount Vernon, Yonkers. to
+. Alden Weeks.
The Estate OF Florence A. Cassell sold
through chauncey b. Griffen Co..
seven acres. with dwelling and outbmld-
ings on Broadway. PleasantviIle, to Carl
Thee. Tledemann.
A. n. Gitterinan sold part of the d.
Willis James property on Madison ave-
nue. through to Norris place. Madison.
n. j., for Joseph Corbett to the Marble
Hill Development Corporation. The
acreage with two dwellings,, garages and
other improvements is TO be subdivided
and resold. The resale of the Madison
avenue end. 100x200. with ten room
stucco dwelling and garage. to Marion
c. Shaeffer of New Dorp. s. l., has been
contaminated. Mr.. Corbett was repre-
sented by Alexander Eagles. of Madison.
and Meyers & Clark and Stark E. Ferris
were the attorneys.
A. I. Ora sold to John Milano an
eighteen acre plot with fourteen room
mansion at Bound Brook, n. j.. which
is to be used as an inn.
Fish & Marvin sold for DR.. William p.
Healy his property at Katonah, compris-
ing twenty acres. residence and out
buildings, to r. J. Traube.
II. w. Smith bought a two family
dwelling at 269 Orange road, Montclair.
N. j., from the Tri-State Realty Com
pany through the Simpson Merritt Co
Realty JOttings.
Harold C. Mathews is the buyer of the
Brunswick apartments at the southwest
corner Of Madison avenue and Eighty
ninth street, and the two dwellings adj
joining on the avenue. reported sold yes
terday through the Brown-WheeloclS
Company
Bertha Hertz is the buyer of the tene-
ment at 433 East 1920 street, sold re-
Gently.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24

out in ugly contrast 20 the stately Van
-derbilt Hotel opposite and the Seventy
first Regiment Armory to the north So
valuable is this Site from a Vocational
point of view that prominent operators
have considered it's purchase for the
erection of a commercial hotel, big
mercantile building or group of model
tenements. number OF years ago the
New York, Westchester and Boston
Railroad negotiated for it as the site of
a connecting terminal. which would link
its tracks with those of the .Pennsyl-
vania Railroad running to Long Island
and New Jersey. Only recently an or
ganization of jewelry manufacturing
firms, which are rapidly being squeezed
out OF the Maiden lane district. debated
the wisdom of putting up cooperative
building at this point. The plot meas
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24

In the sale of the New York Railways
Company real estate. to be conducted by
Joseph p. Day on Tuesday. November 8,
lies the possibility of double benefit.
The auction was authorized by Judge
julius NJ. Mayer Of the United States
District Court as measure for the re-
endorsement of the bankrupt company's
bondholders, but at the same time 1t will
make possible the Improvement of two
valuable bits of property, which have
long been eyesores and barriers to the
development OF the high class sections
In which they are located.
One OF these two properties is the old
car barn block bounded by Fourth and
Lexington avenues and Thirty-second
and Thlrty-third streets. The dingy old
structures which cover this block stand
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
NEW HOTEL TO OPEN SOON.

The fifteen story fireproof apartment
hotel which Is being erected by the
Watt Operating Company. Inc, at the
southeast corner Of Fifty-fourth street
and Madison avenue is nearing com
pletion and will be ready for occupancy
about November /. The facade OF the
building Is OF limestone, brick and terra
Gotta. The construction throughout Is
OF modern fireproof type. containing the
latest devices for the safety and con-
venience of its occupants.
Special consideration and study has
been given by the architects. Messrs.
Schwartz a. Gross. and the owners to
obtain In each room the maximum OF
light and ventilation. The rooms are
of exceptional size and zach apartment
is provided with an abundance OF closet
space
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24

tween Broad and Moore streets. which
can be had with immediate possession.
Other Manhattan properties included in
the sale are 405 to 4l5i@ East Tenth
street, together with 704 and TIC East
Eleventh street and Dry Dock street,
comprising buildings OF various sizes. on
plot 12jX1s9. 7x175xS4 9xsix22l irregu-
lar. This property Is to be sold with
Immediate possession of the buildings.
The sale will be held In the Exchange
Salesroom, at IA Vesey street, and will
begin at noon. Ex-Judge Francis NJ.
Scott has been appointed by the court
as referee in the action OF the bond
holders. who are represented by Nc
Adoo, Franklin & Cotton The Guar
anty Trust Company. trustee for the
bondholders, will be represented by
Stetson, jennings & Russell.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
ODDITIES FROM THE
HOUSING SITUATION

In certain cities up State the shortage
of homes has reached such a desperate
pass that parents who have searched In
vain for new quarters are. as a last re-
sort seeking to place their children IN
institutions or boarding houses. County
welfare authorities have received hun
dreds Of requests in recent months to
provide accommodations for the children
of parents who had been given notice to
vacatc their homes and failed In their
quests for rentablc quarters. These re-
quests. 1t is stated, have not ceased since
the enactment OF the laws preventing
evictions. The home seekers in question
are not In need of financial aid. Some
of them, the story goes. are in more than
comfortable circumstances but simply
have no place to keep their children.
A Town without Rent Payers.
New Hope. Ohio. a village located near
the Indiana line in Preble county, Is for
all the world q second "Stringtown on
the Pike" 1t has only one street. that
being along the paved road that leads
from Dayton to Richmond. Yet, despite
its being little more than a wide spot In
the middle of the road, New Hope de-
serves some place In the limelight. For
be II known far and near that the village
harbors no rent payers. Every one OF
the fifty families lives In house that is
its own. according to the Cleveland
Netcs. Until a comparatively short timo
ago there was a lone renter In the VIII
lage. Mrs. Maggie Bremen brought the
town into prominence by purchasing the
home In which she had lived for several
years. New Hopers earn their living by
working on nearby farms. Large gar
den plots help them beat living costs. and
although they lack the modern appoint
ments and the hustle and hustle OF the
cities they are quite happy. For every
one Is landholder. unworried and I'M
hampcred by the monthly rent problem.
Neither Tenants Nor Landlords.
In Portland. Me-. there is also a colony
that has no rent payers. but it isn't
popular. 1t is a colony OF squatters. SO
far as the records of the city are con-
cerned the builders build without per-
mits. pay no rent and arc not assessed
for taxes on the questionable value OF
their real estate. These families live In
Portland's Marginal Way. located In the
geographical centre Of the city. and while
they hinder the orderly development OF
the city they are permitted to continue in
possession of their shacks because they
are quiet and peaceful.
To homeseekers. says local news
paper. the Marginal Way flats may
seem to have their drawbacks. for the
old clam shells and other refuse give OF
a somewhat putrid aroma when the tide
is out, and while centrally located these
villa SITES are somewhat remote from
car lines and not within easy walking
distance of the business and theatre dis
tricts. But, II one Is to eliminate rent
and other overhead charges he must
perforce put up with some incon-
ycniences
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
Erected in Five
BOrougllS.

of the Legislature
M assertion that
living in
population ago. when
dashed mady ABOUT
ridiculous
Tenement
exclusively the
the
city On the whole
to-day than there have
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24
MORE HOUSING SPACE
TO-DAY THAN IN 1910
Official Data Shows Slight Increase
Throughout City---Many Vacancies
in Tenennents and Fine Apartments
Official Housing Statistics, 1910-192O.
From the Records of the Tenement House Department


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