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New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Private Dwelling Houses
Purchased by Tenants
Decide TO BECOME Own Land
lord and Make Sure of Not
Being Disturbed

Henry f. Dunn, tenant, purchased
from Morris J. Hirsch the four-story
dwelling. 2Ox1o08, at East Ninety
second Street.
:. :. Maxwell sold for Banton Moore
the threc story dwelling at GIT West
13sth Street, 15X1OO, to a buyer for oc
cupaucy.
George F. Archer, tenant, bought
from Ida Grant the four-story dwelling
307 West Eighty-second Street, 2ox
1922
Anna A VI Dennerlein, OF Mt Kisco,
sold Tor s. 200 to Harriet L. Jarvis the
three-story dwelling, 216 East 1o5th
Street, 16.Gx10O.
j. $. Maxwell, Inc, sold for Dan
ton Moore, 6l7 West 13Sth Street, q
three-story dwelling, l5x100.
Crst & Herrick sold for the Doris
Detjen estate to a client Of r. Tel
fair Smith the three-stoEy dwelling,
% Perry Street. Extensive alterations
and improvements into apartments
viii be made.
John F. Pendergast sold for Mrs.
A NJ. Stouer to G. J. Blondi the dwell
ing. d62 East 134th Street; for the Nc
Corn ick estate to A. Liska, 440 East
18th Street, and for James c. Green TO
i. Umbrino, 34S and $50 East 113th
Street
Anna X. Hays resold to Elena Rionda
the four-story dwelling. at Asa West
l42d Street. iSx1OO
William Z. Norton sold to Katharine
r. Brown the four-story dwelling, $40
West 10th Street, 15x1O0.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

recognized the fairness Of Captain
Goldsmith's decision ana said as much.
1t eliminated grounds or which the
tenants had based their fight. This
point established Captain Goldsmith
took up the items Of expense. The
tenants haG copy of the items, and
together landlord, tenants and arbitra-
tor went over the list. Tenants often
mad the backing of the arbitrator and
It other tirnes the owner .iruros were
supported by Captain Goldsmith
Four Years Lite OF Awnings
we should have awnings on the
luilding,' shouted one tenant That
viii be an added expense" said Cap
tain Goldsmith. Otne! tenants I'M
medlatelJ decided that the old awnings
would do, But they were overruled
eventually and the demand was made
mat new awriN~s BE put on The $50
windows in the house.
"All right," sal. TIE landlord, put
'hat down as expense: the awnings
Will cost me $3.50 each." Captatn Geld
smith divided The bill hy four. which
vFs not agleaae. to si~ ,.rncr. W =
wanted the entire bill to be included
n this years expenses. The chairman
aid that he thought the life Of an
awning was about four seaxs and that
Ec believed that some ,r This expense
should be taken Ovor 20 other years.
No item escaped thc closest scrutiny.
The tenants showed that they had ,cen
close observers and Questioned many
items Of expense. An expense of sl,2u0
Tor collecting reN.a wAs not lett 10
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Fifth Avenue
Realty Resold
AT Good Profit
Corporation Disposes of a
Structure, With Stores,
Between 32d and 33d
Streets; Other Trading

The Broadway -Tnlttieth Street Cor
poratton resod to Robert Loban the
iivc- story building with stores at 32e
Fifth Avenue. 17x10C between Thirty
second and Thirty-third streets
Reade Street Loft Sold
Harry Levy sold for Reader & Solo
mon the four-story loft lss Resde
Street, 2o.6X4a. The property has been
purchased by the tenant
Greenwich Street Building Sold
TaS Greenwich Building Company
sold to John s. Spencer the fve-story
building with stores 1853 Greenwich
Street 25.Sx9ol0.
Buys In Mulberry Street
The World Wet Wash Laundry Com
pany bought from the 71l-7l7 East
Eleventh Street Railway Company the
threestory front and fve-story rear
building at 227-229 Mulberry Street,
50x100
Sale of Grand Street Corner
Annie A Drucker sold to James ard
Frank Cannistrs the three and four
story buildings at 576-51S Grand Street,
northeast corner Of Goerck Street,
50x75.
Sale in Sixt-enth Street
Josephine L. Miller sold to Joseph j.
GuHer the iive-stOry building with store
at $50 West Sixteenth Street, 25x46.3.
Dea! in West Tweuty-ninth Street
Jacob j Herman sold to Ethel Shul-
man the four-story building with store
. West Twentyn Street, 25XS9.9.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

when the troublesome person shouted
across the table to the woman that she
had better be careful what she was
doing.
That was too much for the captain,
and he jumped to his feet, red of face
and declaring his feeling. The man
apologizcd and the matter was forgot
ten. He would not agree to pay the
increase, explaining that "br the grace
of the honorable Mr.. - naming a
we'll known attorney Of the city. he
would bring the matter into court The
son OF the owner Of the house made for
this same man ut another time. and
Captain Goldsmith, who is man of
hcft, had to step between This was
only one Of the incidents Of that case,
which may be regarded IS typical OF ali
that come to the committee.
Not Question of Speculation
The dispute in tn S case was over the
rent demanded for apartments in a
house in West 17lth Street The own
er had asked "a per cent, but after the
new laws we're passed he THOUGHT 25
per cent would be sufficient, out the
tenants, who mad paid several raises 10
successive owners of the buildinr- it
being house which had changed hands
many times in the last year re-
fused, so they said, to make profitable
the poor speculation of the last owner
Captain Goldsmith told them that the
case was not whether or not the present
owner had made a good or bad sDecu-
latlon, but one Of return on his invest
ment.
BUSINESS men, tenants of the house.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

ard LAWYER packed their pspers Int.
brief cases preparatory 70 leaving u.
hearing
rent" the owner said, n answer &c Can.
tain Gclds,nith's request for his verv
lowest terms. We asked "a per cent
at first, but by tie elimination Of item,
Of expense which We are justified In
charging 70 our tenants Te reduced th.
increase TO 25 per cent"
Tuning TO the tenants, Captain
Goldsmith asked what they would do
" Remember" he sad. "rhis man must
get return on MS -qeity I, is too
bad that you are the victims OF circum.
stance, bat since you are, tAs FAC, 1,
the court will permit him = fair return
on his investment. VIII you give 10
per cent ~
es,' said several tenants
1T IS needless t. continue" said tbs
owner 20 the aoritrnt,r, because We
cannot take less than - Per cent"
Rents Down In Seaman Avenue
Taking the landlord aside, Caotair
Goldsmith told hin something. Their
heads were toge. her for lex minutes
then the captain announced .ha, the
landlord woui1 lake l. Per cent. Some
SAID thst that void be ac,seab.e.
ctaers said tnNt 10 nrr ccat was enough
and Others stood pat asaAs- any IL
Grease
During the combat o. words and
views. per- oaai an eerv 4aceussmsa-
tary l. was b'ocsf. oat ia. tas .ea-
de.'cy ~ tn Has.in yt.u i lrh.s d.s-
trioS is toward lowe, ro.ts "0riy
g. g., hours ~, .Ala .o, ,f .n- tenants
VINO is lawyer Il ARRANGED redlc-
tion i-or. s. - 81 ~, g. roam FOR
tenants Of two Sea-san Aseule HOUSES
Vote IN scnt Increase
Captain Ccidsrs.i. req 4estel ;he ten
aus - stand II owe side st tie seem.
I'he1 ne as.<cc caca ero n vas his
terms. Tn r..Jc.i.s icc.sf. Il 10 s.,e the
- psr cent. r2ct.sea r., 'g.ii make
n! necessary repairs Nritt wrrc @ be
decided ~ = C4m.njt. representing
tne teren.s and :rc .ane.frl iae BIZ
'orness OF the en,iy hsurs OF .Ae assi-
lns, when stc:.ol a. i oS ocs ard
ended st { o'ciocs. v'4r fcrgo'.,a Gaa
.A"'r sides laft tie rants sars O.
homes and no more ro-t irclec se3 and
tAc cwnar w4tn "a c.4ef lssurlng j
Ner cent more than he vas letting oI,
Of A's house and re..cl fr.m further
litl@Rt;rn.
Had rhe owner of tie arsr.rsa. gone
off IN H. f because ~ vas not gwen
a % per cene iac-ease. r lad tas
,ona"ts rera:rcd rs-2 in -heiy de-
cision to pay no more rental ne esss
you'd have come u. b,ferc justice
l'2vies. Judging FROM what he hsd
sald about rent increases 20 goners.
rei'her side wouli have get better
scrms. Jss-!ee srio= sei5 sat he ws'
/ the opinion that from u to Is per
cent on eGu..y y 5 IS "a return. me
be.ief IS th4t the ju.tsces O. the W.
riclpal Court are agree upon on this
roint. They have boon ao 90 cor
Fereaces Oh 80 ,ert Laws ST. tina, ta'f
ruiinge II the fulore likely, VIII he
more Uniform.
justice rasscs sad ;.s- the c'rml'
ter WAS great hep 20 the court 'o'
:. porri ttri .i.n Dr., t.fr
other li,ieat,sn. t. s'' .os
- dispose d of 50 man cases IS me
com mif p h-s hanl.ed s.ass tse A''-
Of the month
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Reflections of Real Estate Prosperity
Seen IN Fine Nezw Business Homes

1t has been a profitable year for real
estate men. Evidence OF an era Of
prospe rty comes to the surface every
little while. Daring the week an
nouncements were made by firm Of
city brokers anu by d suburban realty
firm that they had taken possession Of
fine, new Offices prepared for them to
better handle Their business
Batter e. Baldwin, who have been
active in the Fifth Avenue section,
have found that location above Forty
second Street IS better suited to their
business: They were located in the
lower Fifth Avenue section Larger
premises were also essential. The
firm has taken Ions lease of the six-
story building at Is last Forty-seventh
Street. The firm viii use for The pres
ent the second hoor of the building.
Leases on the other floors VIII be so
fixed that the brokers viii be abe to
get possession should they outgrow the
second floor space
Suburban Brokers Hriid Home
The Murdock Company, real estate
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
" airline City
OF Homes To Re
Sold at Auction
Hundreds of Bridgeport
Dwellings, Bungalows and
Tenements To Be Passed
Along to Home Seekers

The residential side Of the great war
plant built at Bridgeport, Conn. bv the
Remington Arms Company during the
war is slowly being passed alonc bv
the company to others. Hundreds Of
homes were erected by the companv
during the height Of the war to house
It's workers. The entire east end Sec
ton of the busy city Of Bridgeport was
taken by ammunition workers as site
TOR homes and dormtories. When the
war ended the great force emploved by
the company WIS reduced Workers
called from all sections to BriIreDort
started back home, leaving these little
houses.
The company has no further need Of
me dwellings, erected for It's workers
ana they are being turned over to the
public. To speed up the transfer Jo-
soph F. Day has been commissioned to
sell at auction on November q 404
single and multi-family attached. de-
tached and semi-d detached dwellings,
tat houses, bungalows and a 500 loot
block of modern dormitory buildings.
The properties will be sold for what
ever they may bring.
Most of these buildings have either
slate or tile roofs and are rented now
to monthly tenants.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Money Is Coming z
into Ni ortga sse
Investment ieyel
Changes in Bosld Prices Have
Turned Capital TO Real
Estate for Placement i'm
Business Buildings
By Edwin c. Renndic,

~ t|'dries r. NoVes Compauy
The recent sharp and continuous 3D.
vance IN the price of government bonds
and high-class municipal and railroad
bonds, resulting IN corresponding de-
crease in the net interest return is
having salutary effect on the surpl\.
"f money avai, able for mortgages. For
some months past the highest grades
OF securities nave been selling on
such an attractive basis that it has
been extremely difficult to interest in
Vestora IN real estate mortgages as
tAey could secure from bond inves+.
iaonts greater rate than can legallv
be paid on mortgages. With this Sit
uatlon changed substantial sums are
coming in the market and prospects
Tor further large offerings 1T an early
date are excellent.
We need not expect to see iust at
present any loans made at less than
per cent interest What the new
Year will bring forth it is difficult TO
fcrctell, but there IS every indication
Of very marked Improvement
Such funds as have been invested
the past few months have been very
largely by savings banks and life in
surance companies. which have patri-
otlcally overlooked the opportunity to
make bond inves tments at much
h-eher rate of interest, considering it
taeir duty to aid or improve housing
conditions. Lenders now have gone
4 step further and funds are availa bl e
tor mercantile and business proper
ties and we have more actual money
to loan today on drst-class appiica.
tons than We have had for many
months
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
May Figure on s14 Coal

May Figure on S14 Coal
"But the matter of coal" said Cap
tain Goldsmith. "You will not need
400 tons for that house, neither will
you have to pay Sl7 a ION for it.
think that $1i is fair price on which
TO base your coal budget. and il strikes
me that 300 tons vii! provide al the
scat that .he law and the Board OF
Health demand
The landlord Snally agreed 10 til. cut
in his coal expense and in the u.inte-
nance charge, winch il this particp' ar
case was t.Gured & II 3 per cent. After
other cuts snd proratiag OF many cS-
pcnses had been !naL,c the cost charges
were totalled. Captain Goldan;ith then
asked that they be deducted from the
cd rentals aad the rcnlain.!er com pared
70 the mans equity IN tde property.
The va~ac.ty Of the items oi cost
was questioned at this point, is they
we're different, some o. the tenants
said, ircn nc figures which had bcer
submitted ; the owner at previous
meeting. Captain Goldsmith shaded
soine more expenses off the list. and
then asked the tenants for their u,ti-
matur,.
Not cent more than we arc pay
ing came the answering chorus.
"Wcll said the attorney for the
owning comrsny, "that ends It. | don't
see why W snould give our property
away There was every indication that
the matter was Closed, COR The op'ner
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Frank E. Duei'ee Jells
Attractive NIn.iiui.lir Home

F. NJ. Crawley & Bros sold for
Frank e. Buebee his brick and half
tlmbered residence and garage on the
north side of Bloomfield Avenue, east
Of Upper Mountain Avenue, to Allen
Il. pumont, Of this city
The residence contains eleven rooms
and three bathrooms The propertv
has frontage OF $50 feet on Bloom
field Avenue. The grounds are at
tractively laid out with ornamental
tres and shrubbely, and held at
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Theater and Amusement
Building for !.ono Reach

An entire block at Long Beach Wes+
has been purchased by the West End
Amusement Corporation for theater.
recreation and amusement hall. 1t will
contain movie theater seating 1000.
floor for dancing, with six stores on
the street front
1t will be erected from material,
taken from the recreation hall st Camp
Mills, Wilfred NJ. Thompson. president
Of the Long Beach Civic Association, is
president of the corporation.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Landlord and Tenant Disputes Settled Quickly When
Brought Before Cancellation Board in Harlem Cour
Citizens Committee Appointed by Justice Davies
to Help Restore Peace in Troubled District
Has Brought About Agreement in 400 Cases
Since the New Rent Laws Became Effective

and landlords Of Harlem and Washing
ton Heights.
When landlord brings a tenant be-
fore Justice Davies to obtain an increase
in rent Captain Goldsmith, who holds
forth in The library, is sent for and
told to handle the matter. The land
lord and tenant or tenants then ad-
journ to the anteroom. If Captain
Goldsmith reports to the court that he
cannot arrange settlement, tho ton
ants being unreasonable in refusing to
pay an Increase or the landlord asking
too much. Justice Davies takes the case
and decides it.
Mediating No Easy Job
Mediator in rent disputes is not the
easiest Job in the world by any means.
1t is a job that has no financial re-
muneration, the only compensation be-
ing the satisfaction of doing good
work and being useful citizen. The
committee often is in session until 8
o'clock at night. Captain Goldsmith's
business permits him to give more of
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
s3,000,000 Building Contract
OF Standard Oil Awarded

c. r. Willis, Inc, has been awarded
the general contract for the twenty
four-story brick, limestone and terra
Gotta Office building, 162x159, to be
erected at 8 to 20 Broadway, 73 and rs
New Street and l to 9 Beaver Street
for the Standard Oil Company. Carrere
e. Hastings prepared the plans, and
estimate the cost at 100000. Jarrett
& Chambers have the contract for
fOundAtlon work
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
West End Avenue Corner
Among Apartment Sales

Hensly S. sechrist sold to Henry D.
Lyman the hvc-story tenement, with
stores, at West End Avenue, southwest
corner of Sixty-ninth Street, 25.5x100.
Louis Perlman sold to Martha Tanzer
the four-story tenement, with store, at
1854 First Avenue, 20x76, near Seventy
sixth Street.
Harry Shapiro sold to Esther Bloch
the fve-story tenement, with stores, at
279 Avenue B, 20Xs3.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Here's a Neighbor
That Nobody Wants

A large lease Of space in one of
the new midtown commercial build
lngs was closed last week. but the
brokers win not announce t, be-
cause the new tenant is that branch
of the Internal Revenue Department
charged with the enforcement Of
prohibition.
The building is expected to attract
as tenants wholesale textile dealers
and manufacturers' agents and it is
q well known fact that many such
hrms maintain private wine clos
cts somewhere about their Offices
tor the entertainment and refresh
ment of visiting buyers.
or course, one cannot DO too care
tul these days Of ones fellow ten
ants.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

Every man has hobby. Some chase
butterflies. others collect curlos and
others do something else John NJ.
Klehle. insurance broker, of IS Will-
lam Street, has a hobby for building
homes for folks in the Long Island
suburbs. For fifteen years or more he
las spent most of the time not given
70 his business, or directing the affairs
OF the Democratic club, Of which he Is
president to perfecting property at
Manhasset and Great Neck and build
ing homes for folks who want to get
away from the city.
1T has been great pleasure, q lot
Of fun, all ,hls," sand Mr. Richie the
other day. 81 have built perhaps fifty
homes in these nearby Long island
suburbs and have disposed OF all but
SIX to very nice folks. very good
neighbors.'
These SIX houses have just been com
pleted. They are the last of q buldiue
program launched early this year. T.
labor conditions had been more favor
able through the spring and early sum
mer Mr.. Richie would have exerted
greater effort to meet the great de-
mand for homes. Conditions in the
labor field were such that il was use
less for one to attempt construction.
Mr.. Richie said that prices were not as
great an obstacle to construction as
is labor
Began Fifteen Years Ago
Fifteen years ego NJ Riehlo hough,
several farms in The vicinity Of Mar
hasset ard Great Neck Several Of
them for,Aed MAnhasset ParA ard the
others Marathon Park. The properties
covered acres and acres of territory.
Like child with toy he studied his
land and planned its development. On
maps he laid out roads winding and
turning through the land lie posted
lighting posts and planned for sewers
and water mains and other sub-surfacs
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Trading in the Bronx

fitzpatrick { White sold for Law
renee Davies 301 East Fordham Road.
3Oxl56, with one-family dwelling.
The property will be improved with
two story business building
Isabelle q. Torrens sold to Salvatore
Arcld .acano the three story dwelling at
l435 Pleasant Avenue, 15xl00.
+. Osborne Smith. Inc, sold for J.
Cohen the dwelling SO East 177th Street
to Nathan Suchmnn
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
quarters Of the houses there and sold

quarters Of the houses there and sold
them very quickly.
The reason for Mr.. Riehle's great in
terest in building homes may be at
e bAted to mis- early association with
real estate. Before he entered the in
surance field he was successful real
estate broker and had for clients the
Astors, Charles A. Peabody. many Of
the well known estates, the leading
bowers q tie city. His knowledre of
real estate values was so well known
that these fo.As never hesitated to act
on his say-so. whether city or sub.
urban property was concerned. II was
IS keen enc of property values shat
led him into the insurance business.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Harry II. Fra1ee Purchases
Estate af i4archrnnnf Muno,

The estate of J. A. Hoagland at
Larchmont Manor. consisting Of Co.
lonial residence and numerous out
build ngs en- two acres, has been sold
to Harry Il. Hrazee. theatrical owner
and owAcr OF the Boston Red Sox.
George Howe was the broker.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

brokers of Montclair, report the com
piction Of building across from the
Lackawanna station at Montclsir for
ITS exclusive use. The building is of
limestone and tapestry brick, one story
nigh. The character of the business
OF the concern made it necessary not
only to increase the SIZE OF its Offices
but to have a modern and attractive
business headquarters
A. c. Fairchi;d. vice president of the
company, said that IN erecting the
building the concern aimed to make it
an ornament to the town as well as d
credit TO the Muriock Company The
firm was organized tweive years ago.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

improvements Tennis courts and
other recreation features he located
after long study Of the adaptabiity of
the sites. it rs r.eNt.tu, N
pure and simple lie used a pick and
shovel himself, so enthusiastical was
he IN having the place as he had
planned cr tcA e. to ue &n attrac-
tive countlysido
After building roads and laying
streets and putting IN sewers and cleo
tric ana gas mains, improvements
which cost him at the time SIS, 600, he
then set out to put houses on the prop
erty. He wanted to set an example
that other home builders ght follow
In ManhasseE Park he mas built three
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Shuberts Ask Permission to

EreCl Ehealer orr Acasicnv SHE
Lee & J. J. Shubert, who recently
leased the old Central Park Riding
Academy, fronting on Seventh Avenue,
Central Park South and Fifty eighth
Street, have filed an application with
The board 81 aprcHl ask4nE 'c, nc,nl. s.
sion to erect theater and store and
apartment building on this site. The
hearing on the proposition will be held
on MrNnos day
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Henry S. Chesebro Parts
With Elm Point Estate

Harvey Craw sold for Henry 5.
Chesebro his home at Grcenwolde,
F'lrq Point, '~-1f ocr % IS
Albert A. Moers, of this city. The
property in@luues /. lar x.
Handicapped. with outbuildinns, ana
he'd Il. $4,000
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Lessee of Bank Street House
Plano Anartsnenf Su:tf

Robert NJ. Bush & Co. have leased
for the estate Of Henry NJ. Hoyt the
two dwellings at IS and 1S Bank Street.
The lessee, are planning to remodel
them into aDartments
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Old Wor1iefoyvsa House Sold
Former Newark Mayor Buvs
Fouse Erected IOi Years Aeo

Thomas L. Raymond, former Msvor
Of Newark, has purchased an estate
comprising over fifty acres at Morris
town. N. J. On the property is "A Co.
lonial HON esread which is said to be
lof years old. having been erected in
1916. TIE house, which is in r fine
state O. nrcser' alton and we'll known
to residents and visitors !. -
town. WI. be remodeled by Mr.. Ray
mond. GcnLNg 6 Day were the brokers
in the transaction.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Cement Company Ruvcr

The Pennsylvania Cement Company
5 the buyer Of the property at l8l East
Eorty-sixth Street
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

Nci'ysyoofi Tsotel Leased
The Hollywood Hotel. at 42-46 East
Twency-e ghth Street, has teeu leased
by tie Rurrough Realty Company to
Lyman Iceland for four years at from
$4,000 to $4,000 q year.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-31

Hurs s'>sHc at Garden City
Edgeworth Smith, Inc. has sold the
dwelling at 1A3 3 wellington Road. II the
boulevard section Of Garden City, to
Ralph Y. Hia9ds, of the United States
Rubber Company.