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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-11-07

ttaiioWeen scheme and throughout
the party tho spirit Of the senson
prevailed. Chicken salad. waters
sandwiches and coffee .,ere serve,,
6y Mrs. BrookInss assisted by Mira
;. Peyton. Those playing were
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-08-24
INFANTS SACQUES

Infants Cashmere Sacques,
slightly soiled, made of good
quality part-wool cashmere,
in pink or blue, embroidery
trim. Special. ? for. ......
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-08-24
HAIR BRUSH

Removable rubber cushion:
$l.25 value. Dollar Day for
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-08-24
PALMoLIvE SOAP

Dollar Day Special. II bars
Tor -----...-.--....-....
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-08-24

The good percale and cham
gray kind. in pink and stripe.
braid trimmed. soma have
pockets and belts. sizes 6 to
III ST As and $I.25 values,
Second floor. Special at,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-08-24

50 to 40 inches wide. in
pretty line of plaids. checks
and figures; values to $I.o6.
per yard ...............
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-08-24

Made of good percale in neat
stripe and white. very appro-
pirate for school; regular
$l.49 and Sl.2l values. at,
Second Aoor)
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-08-24
BOYS HATS
IVORY COMB

He avy weight stock all
coarse teeth. 9 inch; $l.50
value. Special at. ........
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Repeal of Hold-Over
Proceedings Has
Opened Up New
Avenue of Attack
for Landlords: Mr..
Rentpayer Is Still
Liable Under MANY
Laws That Can Be
Used by Owners

let me present few observations tina.
have occurred to me rather hastiIv
since these measures became law.
Things Which Legislature Failed to n
The Legislature unwittinely failed
to write into the law an unambiguors
provision against the issuance of var
rants in actions which have been here
ttofore disposed of, but in which stavs
have been granted. This my distin-
gulshed associates Of the court hava
provided for by the order which 7. but
few days ago, issued to all the clerks
such cases. :"
Second, the Legislature overlooked
the matter of costs which are CHARGE
able against q litigant against whon
judgment is rendered by the cour-
These costs are regulated by gradu-
ated scale which the statute arbitrarilv
hXes. The landlord could sue his ten.
ant each month by the new remedy and
i he prevails in q case in which the
rent is fixed in any sum in excess of
$50 costs are taxable against the ten
ant as matter of course. 1t ia easy
to see how many tenants in this city
can easily be mulcted each month bv
a sum of money in costs which will be
IN excess Of the rent that they are re.
quired to pay.
Third. no provision was made bv
the Legislature which might prevent
the landlord from bringing his tenant
into the court in the district in which
the landlord resides. Heretofore in
landlord and tenant proceedings the
proceeding had to be commenced in the
district in which the property was
located. Now the landlord may sue in
the court located in the district in
which ne resides. At once | can see
how landlord living at Tottenville,
in Staten Island, might bring his ten
ant who lives in Williamsbridge-
other end of the city-down 10 Staten
island and, to say the least, seriously
inconvenience that tenant.
These are but few situations that
have reflected over and perchance
there may be others. Experience with
the administration of these laws will
develop whether there are any more.
Praises Housing Committee
In spite Of these failures | wish 70
conclude by saying that these are not
intended as criticisms leveled at the
Legislative Housing Committee. I am
firmly convinced that they were strug-
CLING with a problem of large magn'-
tude and great Importance, and one
that was not very easy of solution
Their labors were attended by great
difficulty and it is probably the best
that any group OF men could bring
ferth under the rather hasty circum-
stances in which they were obliged to
work
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Justice Aaron Lew
Says That Though
a Sincere EndeayOr
Was Made to Meet
Critical Situation
He Is Not Sure That
All the Measures
Passed Will Do All
Expected of Them
By Aaron 7. Lew

President-Justice, Municipal Court
In our court not only have my pro-
portionate share of the regular judi
cial work, as has every other Judge,
but l have in addition the voluminous
and Father arduous labors of the ad-
ministration of business of the court
as presldent-Justice: This leaves me
with comparatively little or no leisure.
! make this statement at the outset
because l feel that the subject with
which we are dealing richly deserves
great care and study. Laboring under
the pressure of which I speak, regret
that cannot give that which I think
the subject requires. However, under
the circumstances, let me furnish my
best effort.
AS is we'll known, various legislative
cnactments became effective last April
which had for their purpose relief to
the tenants of this city. After nearly
SIX months experience with these laws
1t was found necessary to bring about
certain changes in order to insure this
relief. The claim was made that these
changes were needed because of lack
of uniformity by the various judges in
the administration Of these laws. In
this connection it must be recalled that
there are forty-seven justices in the
~ UhiSiPoA SouiS III Vic SlcdIcI Clty VI
New York; that in group so large as
this-as in similar judicial groups
there are various shades OF opinion.
Very often in the most important legal
problems you will find the highest
court of the state, as the highest court
of the land, determining such problems
by purely divided court-not to speak
of the important intermediary courts
which frequently divide in their de-
cisions of questions of law.
Criticism Against Court Unjustifled
The interpretations Of statutes such
as these, having to do with the housing
problem, are matters of law over which
judges of any court might reasonably
honestly differ. 1t might be we'll to OBJ
serve that the labors of my good broth
ers. in our court were rendered in
perfectly faithful and conscientious
manner, and the loose and cruel criti-
cisms levelled at them recently are
wholly unjustifed
At the request of the Legislative
Housing Committee / suggested pro-
gram, however, which would have
greatly minimized if not entirely re-
moved, these differences of opinion. I
conceived the idea that making special
lists of some of the judges in this par
ticular field of endeavor and assigning
them to specially created parts for
the purpose of exclusively dealing
with landlord and tenant problems,
would have unquestionably brought
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

dations for servants are made by utiliz-
ing space over the garage. Access to
these quarters is obtained through the
kitchen, thus making separate quarters
IN the same house and assuring the
utmost privacy.
l.. A. Cushman purchased the resi-
dence now occupied by him on Liv
lngston Avenue, Fieldston, Riverdale-
on Hudson. from the Delafield Estate.
which owns this charming suburban
park in New York City
Ihe house is we'll located on slop-
ing plot Of seven city lots The ma
ture of the construction, feldstone
and stucco on hollow tile, is peculiarly
we'll adapted for building purposes in
this district
Entrance to House on Side
Inc entrance to the house is on the
horth s,ue. This arrangement. per
mitted the builder to plan for a larre
ilving room with fireplace extending
across the front of the building. and
immediately to the south of this room
vas vas built a glass-inclosed sun porch.
The remainder of the house. which is
separated by a central hall, is taken
up with the usual rooms, namely, din
ing room. buffers pantry and kitchen.
although larger space is allotted for
them than usual. in addition to these
rooms, however. is added a study, 15x
10. On the main floor, connecting with
the house, is g ireproof garage for
two cars, over which are located chauf-
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Hartman Riverside Lots
Offered for HOmesites

The United States Trust Company Of
New York and Oliver Hartman, trus-
tees under the will of the late Oliver
Hartman, have ordered the sale at
auction Of ninety-eight lots in the
Riverdale section of the city and 'front.'
ing In Riverdale, Mosholu, Delafeld,
Liebig avenues and West 256th Street.
The sale will be held on Tuesday, Oc-
tober 10, in the Vesey Street sales
room by Joseph P. Day.
The Hartman property Is in a sec
tion considered by many real estate
experts to be the choicest part of the
Riverdale area, between Broadway and
Van Cortlandt Park on the east, the
Hudson River and the Riverdale sta
tion on the N. Y C. & H. R. r. R. on
the west.
Mosholu Avenue is direct northerly
extension of Spuyten Duyvil Parkway
and Riverdale Avenue. and is the only
thoroughfare north of 242d Street, or
Van Cortlandt Park South, that crosses
Van CortlaRdt Park and that connects
with all Of the East Bronx thorough
and Long Island Sound In the
event that the Hendrix Hudson Memo
rial Bridge is erected ,Riverdale Drive
will then be extended to Spuyten Duy-
vii, at which point it will connect with
Spuyten Duyvil Parkway, Riverdale
Avenue and Mosholu Avenue.
The Mosholu Avenue station on the
Yonkers branch Of the Putnam divi-
sion of the N. Y. c. & II. r. r. r.
Is located in Van Cortlandt Park, at
Mosholu Avenue, about opposite to
256th Street. while the Broadway cleo
trio surface line operates few blocks
east of the Hartman property and
connects directly with the subway sta
tion at 242d Street.
The construction Of one, two and
three family houses has been feature
of the .upbuildng of this section of
Riverdale. which lies about midway
between Fleldston (the Delafield Estate
residential colony) and the Yonkers
city line. lust north Of 262d Street
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Home Building
More Costly Than
Six Months AoO
Builder in Brooklyn Gives
Figures Showing How
Materials Are Steadily
Increasing in Price

J. D. Ranck, Flatbush builder Of
homes, declares houses cannot be
erected to-day as cheaply as they could
six months ago owing to the increase
in the cost Of materials. He declares
that recent published reports to the
contrary are misleading and that the
Legislature has failed to help relieve
the situation. Commenting on the sub
ject Mr.. Ranck yesterday said:
Ninety per cent of the houses now
being offered on the market could not
be reproduced for the same money un-
der the present prices of material. For
instance, the price o. lath used in the
majority of the new houses being sold
to-day, is from So to S13; in the
summer months lath went up to $50
and is now costing the builders SIS.
This is drop of 25 per cent, but onlv
from the high points. Lath now costs
from 81 to 81 more than in 80 per cent
OF the new houses being offered for
sale.
"A great mistake has been made
about the drop in price Of brick Ninety
per cent of the new houses being Of
tered for sale are built with brick
that cost from s18 to $40. or a few
months brick went up to S3l45 and in
some cases higher, and now they are
costing the builders from $21 to S22.75.
High Cost for Cement
Cement is another fair example. In
the winter months, and up to- Nav.
cement was $3.50, in the month of Nav
1t was $3.50, June $4.20, July $3.50 and
august as high as S5.1o. 1t is now
selling for $4.40, which is higher to-
Gay tnan IN the months in which the
majority Of the houses were built.
=, 1aAlng up the lumber question,
tlooring was selling in the winter
months for 800, in the summer months
it jumped to as high as $3.50. and to-
day 1t IS $l20. This, too, is higher
to-day than in the months in which
the majority of the houses were built
'Nals IN the majority of the new
houses cost the builders $500 to 81.
Within the last few months they have
gone as high as $40 and $12 and in
some cases higher. To-day the uase
price on nails is SS, and there are very
lew OF the large stores which will sell
ten Kegs at a time at this price, claim
ing that they cannot get them
In the ajorty of my houses have
tor sale to-day sash weights cost me
$50. which includes an advance of 50
within the last ten days.
Kings Windsor six months ago was
selling for $22 and $23; today it is
selling for $27.50. Lime six months
ago was selling for about s.. a barrel;
to-day it Is selling for $540, and un
derstand it is about to advance again
90 cents barrel, which makes lime al
most 90 per cent higher than it was six
months ago.
Face brick that has been used in the
houses now being offered for sale cost
from $37 to $40, and are quoted on the
market to-day for $65 and $40. Tilinc
Is to-day costing builders 80 per cent
more than it did three months ago.
prices Of six months ago. Parouet
flooring has had a slight drop, but it is
20 per cent higher to-day than it was
six months ago.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

Edward Winslow. Meadowbrook
Farm, New Canaan, Conn, has pur-
chased from Horace P. Michaelis his
attractive Dutch Colonial residence.
on Fieldston Road, Fieldston, River
daleon- Hudson.
The house was designed by Pro-
fessor Richard Bach, recently assist
ant professor of architecture at Co.
lumbia University, assisted by Dwight
James Baum, architect of many Co.
lonial houses in the Riverdale dis
trlct.
The dwelling was built chiefly of
carefully selected stone-the masonry
work being of exceptionally good quail
ity Although following closely the
original Dutch Colonial ideas, modern
necessaries were included in the gem
eral plans, such as freproof garage
connected with the house on north
side and library having true Dutch
C':otlonial fireplace in it. Adjoining this
library Is private study or den with
built-in bookcases and desk The
entrance hall, which runs from front
to rear Of house. was placed in the
center. Half doors admitted during
pleasant weather plenty of light and
air. To the left Of this spacious han
is a roomy living room with fireplace
and to the right of the entrance was a
dining room.
House Has Many Features
In the rear of the house, extending
the entire width of it, is the porch
which is glass inclosed and heated for
winter This porch made an extra
room which looks out over Il beautiful
woodland. Tie unusual feature about
the second floor is the arrangement of
private suite of two rooms and bath
ror guests. These rooms can be en-
tered from the main hall stairs, also
entrance can be had into other master
bedrooms as desired On this floor, in
addition to the private suite, are
grouped around a central al" shaped
hall. three additional master bedroom
and two master tile baths Accommo.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Apartment Owners Had
Better Move Cautiously
One Landlord May Be Charged
With Fraud and Perjury; I'm
recorded Deeds Danoerous

ACNOA uCu OCCOo DdAS SCfOuS
Property owners had better step
carefully until they are thoroughly
familiar with the old laws as we'll as
the new laws and the deductions that
can be taken from them. One apart
ment house owner, as a result Of what
he told Assistant Corporation Counsel
Sullivan, who Is helping the Mayors
Committee on Rent Profteering, may
find himself confronted with charges
Of perjury and fraud. The fact is Mr.
Sullivan has started the machinery of
the law to bring this man into court on
these charges.
Brought before the committee by a
tenant on the complaint that he was
being evicted. the owner told Mr. Sui
livan that the apartment was wanted
by a relative, which he said was suf-
fcient reason under the new law for
claiming possession of the suite. He
had previously told Mr. Sullivan that
the house was owned by realty cor
poration and that title to it had just
been taken. When told that the owner
ship provision of the new law did not
give that right to corporation, but to
a living being, the owner then confided
the information that his cousin was
the owner Of the property, that she
held deed that had not been recorded
An owner cannot claim possession of
property under the new law on the plea
that he wishes to alter it. The men
who framed the new measures consider
that the word alteration was not con-
fining enough and would give an owner
unlimited latitude, SO in the new law
demolition is used, and building must
not be removed under the new law un-
less it is to be replaced with another
dwelling
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Shippers Buy
93O-Year Front St.
Leasehold Property
Will Pay Rental of ST., 300
a Year Until 1850, Ac-
cording to Deal Made in
1850 by Ripley Watts

l.. C. Gillespie & Son, importers and
exporters for more than seventy years
at and Fletcher Street, have bought
the building on the east side Of Front
Street from Maiden Lane to Fletcher
Street and a 93O-year lease On the
ground. 1t Is perhaps one of the most
interesting real estate transactions
that have been closed for downtown
realty in a long time.
According to Edward J. Hogan, who
negotiated the deal, the original lease
was made in April, 1850, for straight
term of 900 years, at an annual rem
tai of 800 for the full term of the
lease, the rental payable over the 900
years being $1,S0O,000. The lease was
made by Ridley Watts, as trustee to the
Spring Valley Shot and Lead Manufac-
turing Company, which subsequently
assigned it to Lister Brothers. Robert
p Lister, of Newark. N. j., for whom
1 thas just been sold, inherited it from
his fathers estate.
Took Year to Close Deal
Owing to the term Of the lease and
the different adjustments of taxes,
there were many complications and it
took nearly year to complete the sale,
which was finally closed last week, the
legal part of it being arranged by the
Lawyers Title and Trus Company and
George w. Hagney, of Newark, N. j., as
attorneys.
The present building, which is a four
story red brick and broWnstonc struc-
ture, will be entirely renovated under
the supervision of Delano g. Aldrich,
architects, who will retain, as far as is
consistent, the original and quaint style
of architecture peculiar to this old and
long established mercantile section
The purchasers are John T. and Sam
uel H. Gillespie, doing business under
This firm prior to the days of steam
operated clipper ships which were un-
loaded at the foot of Fletcher Street.
At the present time the firm operates
steamers from China to the West Coast.
III addition to L. G.. Gillespie g. Sons,
the buildin gwill be occupied by the
Rogers-Pyatt Shcllac Company. which
is also Gillespie enterprise
1t is interesting to note that at one
to Fletcher Street and up as far as
Water Street was dock and passed
in various stages from an English
grant down to the present owners.
kingsland Estate Sells Loft
The Duross Company has sold for
the estate of A. C. Kingsland. Fred
erick de Puyster Foster, trustee. to
Edward Berry. 1876 Greenwich Street,
between Fulton and Vesey streets, five
story and basement loft building, on
lot 25x70.
Duane Street Property Sold
Jacob Gomberg sold for the Freund
~estate to q client Of Alexander Slater
the ve-stcry business building. 25x30,
at 209 Duane Street, between Caroline
and Washington streets. The building
has an elevator and Is understood to
have been bought by butter and egg
dealer.
Cigarmakers Buy In Eighty-first Street
Spear & Co. sold the five-story and
basement loft building at 522-'24 East
Eighty-frst Street, 50x92, to the Con-
solidated Cigar Corporation, which will
ocCGpy the major portion Of the build
ing for its business.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Landlords Cannot Haze
Greater Rights Than
Kings or En,perors

During the Single Tax agitation"
says Stewart Browne, president of
the United Property Owners Asso-
citation, II wanted to ascertain
where, when and how the rights of
property first came into being, and
spent months reading all through
written history-from the days Of
Babylonia and even China i. C.
aooO-and ! failed to find anywhere
that an individual had an absolute
right to do with real or personal
property as he wanted.
Even contracts, such as leases
and money loans, come under stat
utory or usage laws. In China
b. Z. 5000 q statute said that if
landlord did not use his property
1T could be squatted upon by
stranger for personal use without
payment of rent. All through the
ages there have been restrict ctions.
as for community purposes and fam
lily purposes, English law of pri
mogenlture, Scottish law Of Ie
gltime, Code Napoleon, Irish land
laws, wives rights of dover, fire
laws, labor laws, building heights
and zonlng laws, usury laws, inheri-
.ahce laws, statutory fire and life
insurance policy conditions, Sher-
man act, Lever act, Interstate Com
merce Commission, Public Service
Commission, maximum steam and
street railroad fares and gas, cleo
trio and telephone rates, etc.
so with the 'sanctity' Of leases
or other contracts, all are reviewa-
ole by courts of equity and may be
set aside.
II therefore listen in amazement
to the present arguments put forth
by many landlords against the rent
laws. To listen to them one would
imagine that they had greater rights
than all the combined czars, emper-
ors, kings and autocrats for all past
ages. They know more law than all
lawyers and they have slept with
the Constitution of the United
States from infancy. In fact, they
are the Constitution"
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

this result. The legislative leaders
thought the idea an excellent one and
proceeded % draft the necessary bills
to carry into effect this idea. These
bills in the confusion Of the extra ses-
sion seemed to have been lost-just
how am unable to say. But what has
the Legislature actually done?
What Legislature Has Done
1t has enacted nine so-called rent and
housing bills, the purpose of which is
to save tenants from oppression, and
tenth having to do with tax exemp-
tions by local authorities for the pur-
pose of encouraging endeavor toward
dwelling building.
The first Of these. which is known
as Chapter 947 of the Laws of 1920.
suspends the right of the landlord to
cJectment proceedings against his ten
ant in the Supreme Court unless
brought on one of the four grounds
permitted by the new legislation-of
which l shall speak later-until No
vember, 1922
The second, which is Chapter e44 Of
the Laws of 1920, seeks to end unjust
rents and cuts out the so-called rs
per cent clause. This clause gave rise
to 80 much misunderstanding by the
public that it brought many unfort-
unate results. BY this newer enact
ment the burden is cast upon the
landlord, in effect, to establish to the
satisfaction of the court that the rent
he demands is reasonable and not
oppressive.
The third, Chapter e42 of the Laws
OF 1920, is aimed to prevent wholesale
evictions and limits the right in hold
over summary proceedings to any of
four situations. I have referred to
this when I treated with the eject
rient proceedings bill, which is the
first in this series and shall now give
the situations in detail.
Only Grounds for Eviction
A holdover summary proceeding by
this act may be commenced only where
the landlord seeks to oust his tenant
because he is Objectionable; or the
landlord, being natural person. seeks
in good faith to recover the same. or
part thereof, for the Immediate and
personal occupancy of himself and his
family as a dwelling; or, where such
owner shows to the satisfaction of the
court that he desires in good faith to
recover the premises for the purpose of
demolishing the same with the inten-
tlon of constructing a new building
but here it is necessary that the owner
shall have duly filed plans which must