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El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-06-10
R|bERA CHEVRENONT

Iva ALI, precisamente, a consagrarse,
porque va es un consagrado.
Ribera Chevremont va deleitar
SUI espiritu selecto en- la amplia con-
temptation de tierras de romanticis-
mo Y de misterio, para el desconoci-
das. Va embriagarse de sol de Es-
pana, de arte de Espaia, de ambien-
te, de colores Y de matices espanoles.
IVA satisfacer ell anhelo. supreme
lde SUI vida!
Guerra viajar, bien lejos; deseaba
caminar Y distraer su "ALMA
ERRANTE' por los dilatados his
t6ricos senderos espanoles, y, a Es-
pana va, por fin.
A la Casa de Espana en- Puerto
Rico, no lie >preocupa saber, por ell
momento, 10 que va hacer Ribera
Chevremont, fuera de aqui. Lo que
deseaba esta Casa de los espanoles en-
Puerto Rico, era satisfacer ell anhe-
10 de un buen poeta y un buen porto
rrique1o, y ESQ basta; porque, nos
otros, moralmente, vamos a ganar
mucho mas que el, en- el asunto.
Hace muy bien la "Casa de Espa-
ma, en- enviar su primer emisario es-
piritual la terra adorada q. nos vie
ra nacer. La accion es generosa y
patriotica, y la election, por esta vez,
no ha podido ser mas acertada y opor-
tuna.
iAh, que bueno, 81 pudiera hacer
otro tanto, con alguna frecuencia!. :.
Porque, de seguirse poniendo ira
bas a la emigration de la juventud
espaiiofa, en- este pals, dentro de me-
dio siglo va no quedara aqui nj un
espanol.
Pues, entonces; cuando menos, que
haya la mayor suma possible de por-
torriquenos hispanofilos, para que no
Sc agote la semilla.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-06-10
Ell DOCTOR cARBoNELL

En- asuntos PROFESSIONALS estuvo en-
Ponce, el distinguido doctor Jose N.
Carbonell,
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1920-06-10
EN- SAN JUAN

Visito la ciudad, el senor Teodoro
Gonzalez, rico propietario de Aibonito.
LIE acompaiio su distinguida sonora.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
Bronx Sales Show Demand for
Two and Three Family Houses

Harry Calm sold to Joseph Goldberg
four three family dwellings, 961 to 967
Home street, 75x10O.
Edward Polak sold for the Founda-
ton Realty Company to Louis Spivak,
687 Union avenue, two family dwell
ing, 20x100; for Mrs. Doris 1922 La
Fontain avenue, family dwelling,
25x100; for William Carroll to Anthony
Tonti 1871 Arthur avenue, a two-family
dwelling, 25x9O, and for Leo Salamon
to James Farley lot, 25x91, on Edge
water Terrace, Throgs Neck.
Richard Dickson sold for Caroline L.,
Theodore H. and John G.. Schreppel 9o3
Morris avenue, a three-story house
store, 25x100; also sold for Anna C.
Stephens 202S Morris avenue, two
family dwelling 18.9x1OO to Rose Tor
gof
The F. J. Mcmahon Company sold for
Anna v. Dyckman to the Rev. A. Bur
riesci the two-fsmily brick dwelling
1859 University avenue.
Alexander Selkin, David Mintz and
Carl Jaffe sold se7 East 1e4th street,
two-family house, 19x74.
Samuel Cowen and Waddell and Mar
tin sold for the Harlem Savings Bank.
the dwelling, 1871 Boston Road.
Arthur Weyl & Co.. resold the
dwelling 1913 Tiffany street, 25x1oo.
Tor the Joseph Clements estate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05

The property was purchased, there
being no other alternative, and the
structure stands to-day, two-story
building of charming exterior, with
nothing to indicate to the passerby
that it is business building, the bust
ness home of some of the best known
professional men in the city. Though
big heap of money was paid out by
George F. Baker to halt the plan to
have a big commercial structure as a.
next door ncighbor, it is considered
good investment, because the fight
offered the opportunity to remove the
corner from the negative to the posi-
tive class.
This drive at Murray Hills sacred
precincts was followed by the litiga-
tions over the Reformed Church corner
and the parcel directly across from the
Professional Building and the church
corner. The Havemeyer corner was
purchased by August Heckscher for de-
velopment with a commercial building.
The commercial structure was per-
mitted to go because records of the
property show that the Murray family
had either inadvertently or purposely
failed to place any restriction as to the
use to which the corner could be put.
The first setback Murray Hill folk
received in their defense of the Murray
restrictions came when the court per-
mitted the rear of the Cameron Build
ing, at the northeast corner of Madi-
son Avenue and Thirty fourth Street,
to remain on restricted land. The en-
croachment was SO small, and because
of other circumstances, the portion was
not ordered removed.
The defense Of Murray Hill has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
Record Time Being Made
On This Office Building

"The seemingly insurmountable DIFF
ficulties which confront the builder Of
modern Office building to-day" says J.
Clydcsdale Cushman, president Of
Cushman & Wakefield, Inc, "when ma
terias required for the construction
of skyscrapers are so hard to procure,
deliveries so unreliable and with labor
demanding as much as bank managers,
are we'll known facts.
at is, therefore, time record which
will unquestionably stand for years to
come in constructing the 800 Madison
Avenue Building at the northwest COR
ner Of Forty-first Street. now being
given its finishing touches by the Fred
F. French Company, architects and
builders, within period Of three
months.
"The successive steps Of the opera
tion give tangible evidence Of the
achievement. In the spring of this
year Mr.. French acquired the plot
slightly altered to accommodate the
Lawler Galleries.
"On May 20, with demolition work in
progress, the completion by October 1,
1920, Of a new sixteen-story freproof
Office building on the site seemed,
even to those familiar with Office
building construction, to be an over
estimate Of human effort; but. not
withstanding, on June II two stories
Of newly fabricated steel columns were
hoistcd into place. Since then, through
up-to-date efficiency methods, which
provided for the coordination Of every
department, the work has progressed
with such rapidity that the structure
stands practically completed to-day.
"When, n few weeks ago, we, as rent
ing agents Of the new building, were
advised by the French Company to
place signs on the bridge surrounding
tho building, reading, Ready October
L. we were reluctant to do so, fearing
TO make a statement which could not be
substantiated by fact. Receiving, how
ever, the builders reinsurance that on
that date the building would be ready
for tenants, the signs were put up. We
are quite satisfied now that tho
promises made will be kept, and that
in less than one month from now
tenants may move in.
"Realizing the demand for first-class
cfiice space for tenants who are com
PEELED T. saevs 70 the new uptewa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
Sale of Flat 1
On Riverside ]
Drive Corllle,
Corporation Acquires d.
Point View at l35th 81.
Tenants Buy Suites h.
Park Avenue Apartmes,
New Owners for Dwellins.
House i'm West SD Stree,
Near Fifth Avenue Sold.
Buying i'm Other Sectious

The Point View Corporation sold N.
West Point Court, siN-story eleyate,
apartment at the southeast corner ~
Riverside Drive and 135th Street. n.
new owners have formed the 575 Pi-
erside Drive Corporation, which taks,
the property subject to mortgage sss
$262,250. The structure fronts aboc.
$50 feet on the curve of the drive :.
this point. On 135th Street the from
age is 24.4 .eet, while the easterly ana
southerly lines measure $50 and lIgs
feet respectively. The house w,s
erected about fifteen years ago ~
Charles Hensle.
Pcase Gilman sold on the coin.
erative plan for Samuel A. Rerzor snS
Edgar A. Levy three apartments at 60
Park Avenue, northeast corner a.
Eighty-second streets. These suits.
range from eleven to fourteen rooms
The buyers are Mrs. Florence
Leeds, Mrs. NJ. A. jerks and CT =
Rand. The last named is a tenant i.
the building.
J. j. Mcdonald sold to the Maresn
Corporation, represented b. Laurepes
Mcclure, 1874 to 1870 East Eighty.dfts
Street, five-story fat and three thres.
story dwellings, on a combined plot Of
62x102.3, located between Park ana
Lexington avenues.
Katie w. Grenzbach sold to David
Edley and Katharine L. Washingtos
the six-story fiat and store % West
135th Street, 25x100.
Hyman Schwartz sold to Frederic.
Hotschar the ve-story fiat at 618 and
61S West 182d Street, 5Ox70, through
Samuel Braunstein.
Buyers of Dwelling Houses
William B. May & Co. sold for a
client the five-story American base.
ment dwelling IL West Ffty-third
Street, 20x1005.
Maurice Wertheim sold for joseph
G. Abramson the two three-story
dwellings 1876 and 1853 East Forty.
seventh Street. 37.6x1O0.5.
Laura E. Walker sold to the Simm.
Holding Company 81 West Eighty.
sixth Street, a four-story dwelling,
22x1O08
Walter J. Burke, of Edward C. 4,
Vogler, resold the three story dwelling,
81 West Ninety-second Street, 19xl@,
to Mrs. Martin.
Joseph Wickes sold to James David.
son the three-story dwelling 242 West
18th Street, 17Xl00.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
IT. HE long threatened blow at the
residential sanctity which John

TT HE long threatened blow at the
residential sanctity which John
Murray framed for the preserva-
ton of Murray Hill for all time has
finally landed. Instead of coming on the
edge of the legally fortified settlement,
of simple but auspicious-looking homes
on the crest of Murray Hill, the most
vulnerable part it was Supposed it has
landed in the very center of the city's
finest old residence locality. At the
Thirty-eighth Street, on the site of the
old Barney home erected seventy years
ago, house that fit in we'll with the
mellow and refined atmosphere of the
district, is to be erected an apartment
sixteen stories high. The courts have
ruled that an apartment house is not to
be barred from the restricted area of
Murray Hill and the coming regulations
coincide with the legal tribunals ruling
that a, multifamily house is strictly
residential property.
George Backer, builder Of hotels,
apartment houses, commercial struc-.
lures, "movie" studios and suburban
houses, is to build the house. He de-
clarcs .he will not be swerved from
his purpose. The acquisition of the
Barney parcel he considers the oppor-
tunity of lifetime, because it has
given him delightful location on
what he regards as the finest stretch
of territory for apartment house de-
velopment in all New York.
City's Finest Flat
1t is we'll perhaps that since the
Barney plot had to come into the
market and was sold it should
come into the hands of Mr.. Backer,
because he has made the promise that
the house he will erect in Murray Hill
will be the finest apartment building
that has been planned, one that will
exemplify and perpetuate the simple
aristocracy of the section. He is in
sympathy with the purposes of Murray
Hill property owners and jewellers and
promises that he will not desecrate
the district, except to erect a build
ing that will be four times as tall as
other structures for blocks around
this corner.
In architectural treatment, in color
scheme and even in structural detail
the purposes Of the founders of Muir
ray Hill and the sentiment of jewellers
who have lived there and are there
now will be considered.
II plan to show Murray Hill folk
that apartment houses need not be
monstrosities; that art can be dis
played equally as we'll in a structure
sixteen stories high as one of four
stories" said Mr.. Backer. "In fact, the
taller building allows a freedom that
could not be had in the smaller struc-
ture."
Fear What They Have Seen
Murray Hill folks should not be
censured for their objection to apart
ment houses, Mr.. Backer said, in view
of the many terrible examples that
are to be seen in all sections of the city.
Commcrcialism destroyed the artistic
development Of many Of these build
ing and the result is an eyesore.
The Murray Hill stretch Of Park
Avenue, that from Thirty-fourth to
Forty-second Street, exccls all others
as location for apartment houses. 1t
is practically isolated. The dip in the
topography Of the street at Thirty
fourth Street and the magnificent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05

been on for years, and only three times
in the many attempts that have been
made to break down the barriers have
the defenders been beaten. None of
these defeats, however, has caused as
much chagrin as the announcement
that an apartment house would be
ere cted in the very center of the
colony. Reliance in the courts sup
port of the covenant to balk this i'm
provement was dissipated by the de-
cision on the Reformed Church corner
Nothing can prevent Mr.. Backer giving
Murray Hill it's first multi-family
house, its first skyscraper home, if he
is determined to do So He vowed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05

monumental Grand Central Station
stretched across the avenue at Forty
second Street give these eight blocks
of Park Avenue, or Murray Hill, a set
ting that cannot be found elsewhere
The street is wide and the parked plots
in the center encompassed by old-fash-
Toned rails add to the picture. The
street is more suitable for apartment
houses than dwellings, in the opinion
of Mr.. Backer. He said that Murray
Hill residents will agree with him, in
time, on this point.
The apartment houses which should
be erected there, he says, should be
built with the idea in mind. of housing
folks of the character that have been
identified with Murray Hill since the
days when the Murray family started
to sell off part of it's old farm. No
builder, he says, should have the
effrontery to attempt building an apart
ment in the side streets, for that would
take from the district its most valu-
able charm.
When John Murray prepared the
covenant covering. the future of his
would be permitted there. The old
farm extended from the Middle road
which now parallels more or less
closely Madison Avenue to the Eastern
Post road, which ran just west of Lex
iDgton Avenue, to what is now Thirty
fifth Street and east Of Lexington Ave
nue., north. of Thirty-ffth Street In
those early days there was nothing to
forecast the coming of the apartment
except the tenements, which then were
not occupied by the best of folks. Muir
ray Hill was development that was
intended to appeal to the best folks
in the city and it did. The restriction
was feature that attracted many
Courts Destroy Hopes
Several years ago the trustees of
the Dutch Reformed Church, at the
southeast corner of Madison Avenue
and Thirty-eighth Street, offered that
property for sale. George Backer be-
came interested, but not to the point
of actually signing contract. He dis
covered that its use was limited to a
private home and that any move to put
up an apartment or business building
would be halted, by the Murray HUI
Association, by legal proceedings. Mr..
Backer did not care to buy lawsuit
with the corner. so he lost interest in
it. 1t was later taken over by O syndi-
cate of operators, presumably with the
understanding that the trustees would
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05

yesterday his determination to 20
through with the proposal to give one
of the city's finest home settlements
rev type of building.
In the morning sun the shadow Of
the building will fall across the homes
of many of the best known folks in
the city. The Morgan homes, library
and gardens are not more than two
hundred yards on straight line from
the site of the apartment improvement
ana the Baker family houses are only
block west of the corner
The structure will rise out of the
midst of cluster of homes like a
giant shaft Of masonry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
Former Riding Ring Property
Leased by Frank i. Could

CONTRACTS to lease the Could prop
erty at PIT West Fifty-seventh Street
running through to Fifty eighth Street,
Frank J. Gould, in Paris, to Clark T.
Chambers.
The lease Of this important property
is made with the York Motors Cor
poration, recently organized by Milton
J. Budlong. The Fifty-seventh Street
frontage is 80 feet, and was formerly
a private riding ring and guests gal
lery. The frontage in Fifty-eighth
Street is 100 feet, and includes Mr..
Gould's stables. Recently the Fifty
seventh Street property has been &C.
cupied by the Tenth Church of Christ
Scientist
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
angement, which makes possible easy

rangement, which makes possible easy
housekeeping.
The commodious living room is en-
tered directly from the front porch.
saving the space usually occupied bv a
central hallway. The stairs to the sec
ond door are at one end Of the living
room and fireplace occupies the CEN
ter OF the opposite end. A living porch
opens from the living room.
The dining room, pantry and kitchen
are exceedingly we'll arranged for easy
service and efficiency.
On the second floor there are three
bedrooms and bath. The second floor
plan is particularly noteworthy for the
economy OF space and for the commo-
dious closets which have been provided.
This floor plan has been used in sew
eral houses on the property. but the ex-
tcrioys have bean carried ont Ia dilfaYs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
test the covenant. The court was
asked TO decide what use could ha rnada

test the covenant. The court was
of the plot. The case finally reached
the Court of Appeals, which ruled that
an apartment could be erected on the
corner, since an apartment is q dwell
ing.
The decision, it seems, was based on
the fact that Mr.. Murray's covenant
did not say the dwelling house he had
in mind was to be for one family only
The apartment house, the court ruled,
was nothing more than a series of
dwellings. one piled on top of the
other. The operators took the prop
erty and announced that on the site
structure in Murray Hill. But this
never happened.
Morgan to the Rescue
j. P. Morgan and other dwellers in
the section purchased the property A
board fence was erected around the
corner, the church. having been re-
moved, and so it remains to-day, a gap
in the line of dwellings on the west
frontier of Murray Hill. 1t exemplifies
the determination of the neighborhood
jewellers to preserve their home Sec
ton from what they consider objec-
them 100000 up to date to have pre-
vented breach in the bastion of the
western line. 1t was the only weak spot
on Madison Avenue
The legal battle which developed over
the contemplated improvement of this
corner with an apartment house proved
great setback to the we'll wishers
of the section because the decision
rendered then is the basis on which
Mr.. Backer may 60 right on to build
an apartment house on the Barney
property without fear of legal re-
straint.
Many years ago an apartment house
was erected at the northwest corner
of Madison Avenue and Thirty-eighth
Street. 1t was removed in time with
the intention of replacing the structure
with modern building. Although Just
on the edge of the restricted area, the
Improvement was not opposed because
the use of the property had been es-
tablished by long occupancy of the site
by an apartment house. During the
construction of the new house the
builders had change of mind and an
nounced that it was business build
ing they were putting up. Murray Hill
folks swarmed to the defense of the
old district.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05

The White Plains Housing Corpora
ton, which came into existence
through the efforts of the Chamber
of Commerce, now has under con-
struction a considerable number Of
small houses in it's first project
located at Anderson Park Two houses
have already been sold, and from pres
emit indications the corporation will
have no difficulty in disposing of as
many houses as it is able to construct
this year.
The corporation was formed by
group Of publc-s spirited citizens with
the object of building as many houses
as possible, to be sold at as moderate
prices as present high cost of material
and labor would permit. AS the cor
poration does not aim primarily to
make money out of its operation, the
prices which these houses bring are
considerably below those asked by
speculative builders.
Anderson Park is within ten min
utes' walk of the Harlem Station, which
offers unsurpassed train service to
the Grand Central, express trains
making the trip in thirty-six minutes.
The Mount Vernon trolley passes the
property and has its White Plains
terminal at the railroad station.
Houses Cosey In Design
Among the many attractive houses
which the corporation is building par
ticular attention has been attracted to
it's smallest house, which is OF six
rooms and Of unusually attractive de-
sign and arrangement.
This house Is known az she servant
leas house, because o. its compact are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
Pretty White Plains Home
Lures Mr.. Bache From CITY
Saw House Advertised Last Sum
day and Bought 1t Monday
Through II. F. Hull

r. Franklin Hull, a real estate
broker of White Plains, closed quftks
transaction last week when on Mon
day he sold a dwelling which was adj
vcrtised in The Tribune on Sunday.
The property is that of Humphrey ].
Lynch on Putnam Avenue, White
Plains. Frank S. Bache, of New York,
is the buyer.
The property includes a brick Co.
lonial dwelling Of nine rooms and two
baths. 1t is on plot 10Ox150, with fine
shade trees and lawns. The house is
electrically lighted, has hardwood
floors and a fireplace. There is
three-car garage on the property,
which was held at $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05

cases 'p plans h have BEEN reversed a"a No
two houses on the property are
enough alike in outward appearances
to be recognized as duplicates.
Aside from this Compact six-roem
house the corporation is building seven
and eight room houses of equally gooa
design and arrangement, but withow'
the same strict economy Of space. Tne
rooms are larger. and wide central halt.
ways give roomy appearance to tns
lower floor 3
Some of these houses will be ready
for occupancy in September and Octe-a
Der.
Those who have not yet found g
home for occupancy this fall will sosa
we'll to 60 to White Plains and inspe
tho work Of che. White Plains HousiS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
Deal for Purchase of Park
Avenue Car Barn Really

A client of Horace S. Ely G. Co. has
begun negotiations for the purchase
of the New York Railways Companys
property between Park and Licking
ton avenues and Thirty second and
Thirty-third streets, which has long
been used as a car barn.
Judge Mayer on Friday authorized
Job%E. Hedges, receiver for the New
York Railways Company, to sell the
property and fixed the price at $780,
900, to be paid in instalments in two
years.
The Railways Company also owns
the car barn property which occupies
the block between Fiftieth and Fifty.
first streets and Sixth and Seventh
avenues, and the old cable building at
CPL Broadway. Orders authorizing
the receiver to sell these parcels prob
ably will be signed soon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
Wykagyl Plot Buyers
Erecting Homes IN S;ses

The Wykagyl Holding Company re-
norts the sales Of plots to Mrs. A. L.
Hill. Franklin Won zehn, E. A. Neon
nell, Samuel T. Francis, Paul Fisher,
E. K. Masback. Stewart Realty Com
many, Frederick Locke and to Joseph
Leavy.
New houses are being built at
Wykagyl by Peter Duffy, Joseph
Leavy, Edward Haynes, Julia Hanlon,
Emma G. Keep, Maurice s. Flood,
Charles Francis and SOPHIE Hubbell.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-05
Architects Buy Space
I'm Park-Madison BLDG.
Warren & Wetmore, Designers
of Great Structure, Take
$4,000 Feet of Offices

Warren & Wetmore, architects of the
principal buildings in the Grand Cen
trail group, have purchased the entire
thirty-first floor and more than half of
the thirteith fioor-approximately 49,
600 square feet-in the new thirty-one-
story Park-Madison Building, which is
to be comparatively owned and man
aged.
These architects are the designers Of
the building in which their offices will
be permanently located.