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The New York herald., 1921-12-30
MISCELLANEOUS LEASES,

Cross & Brown Company, with
Stephen Fl. Tying & Co. leased space in
229 West Twenty-eighth street to the
Barnes Printing Company; also, with
Pocher & Co. store in 219 West Forty
seventh street to A. Langstadter. Inc,
stationers and printers, and office space
In the Fisk Building, Fifty-seventh
street and Broadway, to s. w. Long.
E. K. Van Winkle rented the second
floor westerly store in 144 West Seven
ty-secend street to Arthur ]. Myers for
hairdressing parlor
NJ. Rosenthal Company leased to Field
man & Heller loft in 301 West Twenty
ninth street, corner Eighth avenue.
Adams g. Company leased store and
basement in 125 Fifth avenue to the
Imperial Merchandise Company. a floor
In 696 Broadway. containing 10000
square feet. to the Metropolitan Juvenile
Clothing Company and floor in 13S
West Twenty-fifth street to p. Schlansky
Company.
White-G Goldman have leased the
southerly store and basement in S67
Broadway to Sirkin & Sirl<in: also
leased the ninth loft In and East
Twentieth street to Jacob Grossman.
the building at sS4 Eighth avenue to
Wilmer Brothers and the corner store in
131 Wooster street to Galliano & Co.
Tropauer & Spero have rented store in
1859 Tenth avenue to Walter Mikulski
for a cigar store.
Douglas L. Eliman & Co., Inc, leased
the parlor floor store in 682 Lexington
avenue to the Brick Shop, Inc. dealers
In antiques
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
silk Quiet but Prices Firm.

Little activity is apparent in the raw
silk market. but prices remain un-
changed and firm on the basis of last
weeks advance. according to II. L.
Gwalter & Co.'S weekly report. Only
hand TO mouth buying is evident. but
buyers are watching the market closely
for price changes. Holders are of the
opinion that higher prices are likely TO
prevail after the turn OF the year. The
Milan market Is quiet but firm, with
grand extra Quoted at lire 47O. extra
classical at lire 455 ard best classical AZ
lire 430 for March-Aoril delivery. Prac-
tically no stocks In first hands are re-
ported. In the Yokohama market double
extra is quoted at 21.20 yen and Sinshiu
No. ] at 20.20 yen. Quotations on the
Bourse have advanced to 21.65 yen for
April delivery. Stocks in this market
continue around 90 900 bales, in contra st
10 $4,000 bales year ago. The Canton
market is unchanged the supply avail
able for the balance of the season being
about 5000 bales. In the Shanghai mar
ket Tussah silks are quoted at $40 for
April- Nav shipment
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
BUYERS TO ERECT FLAT
ON BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
Acquire Site at WILLOW and
Clark Streets.

The Chauncey Real Estate Companv
mas sold the vacant plot. 40x1OO. at the
southwest corner of Willow and Ola ri,
streets TO the ]. Dali Con; truction Com
pany. which will erect a six story ele-
vator apartment on the site
Edward 3. Kegel, with the Nielsen
Offices as brokers. sold the northwest
corner OF Prospect Park West and
Eleventh street. an eight family apart-
ment house. for George and Rosa
Schober. The property was held al
$4,000.
Former Ambassador James w. Gerard
has sold. through the John Pullman
Real Estate Company. the two story
dwelling at SO Garfield place. 2ox1oo. TO
Louis King.
Nathan & Morris Jaffe, represented
ny Sigmund Rubin, attorney sold the
four dwellings In course OF construc-
ton. on plot 100X1oo, on the east side
OF East Sixth street. 100 feet north OF
Brighton Beach avenue. Brighton Beach.
to Uri Felshin. The property was re-
Gently purchased by the sellers.
Meister Builders, Inc. sold five plots
on East Twelfth street, north of Ave.
nue. X, to Vincenzo and Giuseppe Cri-
COLI who will improve the property with,
dwellings.
Realty Associates sold to A. Van
Brunt. one OF It's new one family
dwellings at GAO Sixth avenue, in the
Bay Ridge section. The houses In this
group OF forty recently completed by
Realty Associates, are two story and
attic semi-detached brick and stuccc
ZONES with drivcways and private ga
RACES.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
SYNDICATE TO BUILD
HOUSES IN JAMAICA
Buys Ryder Farm of 20 Acres
on ROckaway Plank Road;
Other Deals in Queens.

The estates of DR.. Philip NJ. Wood and
John and Thomas Adikes have sold the
old Ryder farm of seventy acres on
Rockaway plank and Old South roads,
near the Aqueduct station. South ia
maica to a syndicate headed by Emanuel
Newman, lawyer. at price around
$4,000 an acre. John n. Booth was the
broker. The syndicate plans develop
ment with moderate cost detached houses
on forty foot plots.
Lewis H. May Company sold at Ostend.
Far Rockaway, for the Banistcr Realty
Company, Maximilian Morgenthau presi-
dent. the southeast corner of Seagirt
avenue (formerly South street) and
Beach Thirteenth street (formerly Neil
son avenue), consisting of seven lots, to
Edward Cohen for Improvement with
summer homes; also three plots on the
west side of Beach Fourteenth street
(formerly Rue de ST. Felix), and the
south side of Heyson road (formerly
Seagirt place.. comprising eighteen lots.
to the Dorcoe Realty Company, Jacob
Dorf president. who will improve with
four dwellings for all year occupancy.
Henry Mollenhauer. Jr., has sold 800
small homes in the Woodhaven-Rich-
mond Hill and Jamaica sections of
Queens during the last year. On Decem-
Der "a the Richmond Hill Office of this
firm sold for Frank Horsch, Inc, the last
of it's two family dwelling houses on
112th street.
Roman-Callman Company rented for
the estate of M. J. Breitenbach the two
story brick manufacturing building in
Mott avenue, near Vernon avenue Long
Island City, for a term of years with ali
option Of purchase. to the Silk Finishing
Company of America, which, after ex-
tensive alterations. will occupy the build
ing for branch Of its business.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
Service n Factor in Sales.

The increasing patronage given TO re-
tail stores maintaining exclusive depart
mental shops for every class OF mer-
chandise within the larger organization
Is proof according to one retailer Of
the soundness OF the theory that the con-
sumner wants individual service. The
psychological fact remains. according to
this merchant. that woman dsllkes
having to try on pair of gloves while
at the next counter another woman is
discussing the merits of linen and cot
ton handkerchiefs. Another reason given
for the popularity Of the individual shop
idea is the convenience attached to It
which saves the customer considerable
time and annoyance and. in addition. is
conducive to better service. Quick and
intelligent service. 1t is said. is the fun
damental theory governing successful de
partment store selling.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30

In answering your question, will the
1914 normal prices ever be reached
again?" will say that 1t would be unfor-
tunate If the 1914 prices should ever
come back to us. Cheap prices for mer-
chandise always mean cheap labor or
the substitution of mechanical labor.
History has shown us that every great
war leaves in its path higher priced
labor In other words. certain luxuries
become almost necessities to great num-
bers of people who before the war never
realized the need of them.
History has also shown US that when
this Is true. and the price OF labor re-
mains at higher rate than before the
war. mechanical genius has reduced the
cost of great many necessities by cut
ting out certain parts of the human ele-
ment in the manufacture of this mer-
chandise.
Answering your second question. do
present prices of merchandise speak Of
undue inflaton?" I would say that they
do not, generally speaking. There are.
OF course. instances, and many of them
where the manufacturers. importers,
Jobbers and retailers in this country
have not only failed to liquidate their
high priced merchandise and their in
ventories but they have also failed to
| lquidate their mistakes.
II IL spOlty, ana causes just enough
feeling to make certain people believe
that liquidation has not taken place.
My idea of the general trade outlook
for spring Is that it is going to be the
crucial test. Those who have prepared
In the times Of war for the great de-
preston which was to follow will
weather the storm. Their surplus. their
conservatism and their lack of expansion
during the war will act as cushion to
absorb the shocks which have come and
that are to come For those who have
taken their medicine. who have reduced
their overhead, who have liquidated
their mistakes and their merchandise.
the outlook Is good
There are still many millions of people
In this country who need staple mer-
chandise daily. and It is merely a ques-
tion of furnishing this merchandise to
them at the best market price. The mer-
chants able to do this will forge ahead
despite the depression.
ALFRED B KOCH.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
AMONG THE MERCHANTS.
Solving the Price Question.

The problem of how to meet consun1-
ers' demand for lower prices has been
solved by a large retailer who offers
goods at a small percentage increase
over replacement costs and makes up
the deficit by taking advantage Of the
discount offered for payment within ten
days. He states that few retailers are
able to take advantage of the discount
rates, partly because the average re-
taller is held up In payment of goods
delivered The system practiced by this
merchant is to induce consumers to buy
at his store by taking smaller profits
for himself and at the same time make
purchasers pay their bills within thirty
days or be deprived of further credit.
The plan has worked to the advantage
OF consumers and the retailer by giving
the former the benefit OF lower prices
and the retailer an opportunity for quick
payment of goods bought from whole
salers and manufacturers.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
silk Fabrics for January.

The belief that satin will 70 out this
month and that the lighter silk fabrics
such as faille and crepes, Will command
the situation for the early nonths OF
1922 exists among milliners. For early
summer wear silk and straw combina-
tions are looked 10 follow. A further
tendency as TO what may be expected
TO develop for spring wear Is shown In
the few blocked shapes being displayed
and the almost total absence of brown
or navy blue. For trimming elaborate
embroidery in beads and tinsel and
heavy silk floss will hold good for
failles and canton crepes, and predom-
mating colors will be burnt orange,
henna and American Beauty shades
There IL little demand at the moment
for wide brimmed hats. which arc not
expected TO come into vogue until the
threat Of warmer days shall develop.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
The SILK Situation.

Some uneasiness Is being felt among
silk dealers with regard to existing con-
ditons in the raw silk market. AL
though prices of the raw product are
being consistently maintained. the trade
in fabrics and ribbons is being curtaied
by high prices mills are forced TO ask.
There is no doubt that silk producers
arc able to obtain their prices, but just
what the spring season holds in store
is for conjecture. Among certain deal
ers the belief that there will he a re-
action after the first of the year is
growing. and II it should develop an
opportunity will be offered TO silk fabric
merchants to renew offerings that will
nroVo attractive TO buyers.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
PLAN 80 SMALL HOUSES
FOR INWOOD SECTION

Plans we're filed yesterday for the
construction of thirty-eight two story
dwellings on n plot at the northeast
corner Of Seaman avenue and Emerson
street in the Inwood section of Man
haitian. Each house will be 25 feet wide
and 20 feet in depth. and according to
the estimates of Herbert Lucas. the
architect, will cost $500. The aggre-
gate cost or the operation is placed at
1923 600 L. B. Rolston md y. i. Ken
nelly of Purchase. N. Y, are the own
ers OF record. The property Is under
contract contract, to be s3ld to Mr. Lucas the
The New York herald., 1921-12-30

estate of Frederick Mead the plot OF
over twenty-one lots on the east side OF
Broadway, between Dyckman and
Thayer streets. having a frontage OF 2O2
feet on Broadway. 2S27 feet on Dyck-
man street and 250.1O feet on Thayer
street. According to the announcement
made by the brokers the plot will prob
ably be divided up by the new owner
and sold to builders for Improvement.
Two eighty-seven foot five story walk
ups will be erected on the plot, TAXI 4Ox
irregular. on the south side of 165th
street, 200 feet west Of Broadway. which
was sold yesterday by the Waunegan
Realty Company to the 615 West 164th
Street Corporation. composed of Theodore
Klein. Abraham Bricken. Isidore Fried
man and Leo Schloss. This is the fourth
block Of lots acquired by the purchasers
during the past year. They were repre-
sented in yesterdays deal by Monte
London. Wolf & Kohn represented the
sellers.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
APARTMENT TRADING
TOPS BRONX MARKET
J. J. Lese Purchases 2 Flats i;
Other Borough Sales.

Nehring Brothers sold to Joseph J..
Lese 1435 Ogden avenue, six story
r,odern thirty-three family apartment,
on plot 75x100, at the junction OF Uni
versity avenue The property rents for
$4,000 and was held at $4,000.
Mr.. Lese has also purchased from
Samuel Fish the five story apartment
house. on plot 51.3x99.9x irregular. at
the southeast corner of Simpson and
Home streets. The building houses
thirty families, rents for about $4,000
annually and was held at 10000. julius
Trattner was the broker.
The five story apartment house on
plot S4x93 at the southeast corner Of
Grand Concourse and 1880 street has
been sold by o. J. Schwarzler Company
to Finkelstein Brothers. The property
rents for $4,000 and was held at
$l70,000
Schwab &. Co. resold for Mrs Louise
Bauer five story apartment house at
967 Sherman avenue, renting for $11 100
and neld at S65.000.
Bronx Transfer Deals.
The Jackloff Realty Holding Corpora
tion sold to Isidore Ear four story
flat. 25x9O. ut 1879 Washington avenue.
Louise Bauer sold to Decio Canine
the vacant plot. 45x100. on the west side
of Sherman avenue. 252.6 feet north Of
1G3d street.
Bronx Housing Plans Filed.
Plans for new apartment houses in
The Bronx were filed yesterday as fol-
lows:
Davidson avenue, east side, 1888 feet
south OF 1S1st street. two six story
apartments 100x7S; Samuel Roseff. 113
West Fourth street. Mount Vernon.
owner; Gronenberg & Leuchtag, archi-
tects $360.000.
BRYANT avenue. northeast corner 174th
street. two five story apartments. 55 and
80 by 90 and 9S; M. Sinnott. 967 East
165th street. owner; Charles Krcymborg
architect; $1S0.000.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
Big PLOT DEALS IN
UPPER MANHATTAN
Dyckman Sale Involves Over
81 Lots to BE Parceled Off
to Builders.

Activity in the lot buying market en-
braced the upper portion Of Manhattan
Island yesterday. Two important deals
were closed. one embracing large plot
on the heights and the other a still
larger tract in the DyclSman section.
Both of them will pave the way for the
eventual construction of new apartment
houses.
The Dyckman deal was negotiated by
Bernard Smyth G. Sons. who sold for the
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
w. S. LANGLEY ACQUIRES
OLD WESTBURY ESTATE

Warren Murdoch has sold the Alger-
non Boyesen property at Old Westbury
l.. L., 60 william G. Langley The prop
erty consists of twenty acres. with farm
house and outbuildngs. and adjoins the
estates of Charles Steele. Thomas Hitch
cock and Henry Phipps. 1t was held at
100000. The purchaser was repre-
sented by Siebert & Riggs.
w. +. Day the restaurateur has sold
his residence In Morrlstown. N. J., to
Mrs. Mary Hochesang of Hackettstown.
Genung q Day were the brokers Mr..
Day recently purchased n house on AL
tamount Court, Morristown.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
$500, 900 APARTMENTS
PLANNED FOR HEIGHTS

Gronenberg & Leuchtag, architects,
are preparing plans for the erection OF
a five and half story apartment house.
100x135. on the south side of 165th
street. 100 feet east of Broadway. for
the Fay Realty Company 1t is designed
in suites of three and four rooms for ten
families on a floor. The front will be
of tapestry brick and limestone, and
1t will cost approximately 100000.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30

AL; June 2s. 1921 ...,.......... 2,sos 10
ceTnber 20 1921 :.;.::.:...::. 10000
CARLISLE CORD TIRE CO.. INC.
-R. L. Howard; December 90.
1921 (vacated) .... .........." 4.1ai.se
GLUCK, l.. wa. Freed: Novem-
ber 9. 1921 1919: 80. ...... 3,eio.35
NEIMAN. Theresa-B. Erdman;
November u, 1919. ::...:........ s.9fo.7e
SONORA PHONOCiRAPH co. ct AL
Merchants Exchange Nat. Bank
n. Y: November 20. io11......... 2.6T5.1f
SALTER, Louis-B. Tayler: August
q, 1921 ...:............... 80. 1867 40
HYMAN, Nathan--M. H. Stolman ct
al; December 90. 1921 .......... 3ss.2i
BRONX.
ZwAIIs Nathan--C;. Gross; Novem-
Der 20. 1921 ................... s54o. 20
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
GUESTS or BRONX jury

The Bronx December Grand Jury
gave luncheon yesterday at the
Schornorer Club, l61st street and Third
avenue in honor Of Supreme Court Jus
tices Francis Martin and Richard II
Mitchell, District Attorney Edward j.
Glennon and Frank Oliver, Assistant
District Attorney. The Jury was dis
charged yesterday.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
Y0RKVILLE GARAGE
IN 100000 LEASE
New Structure Near Sutton Sq.
Colony Rented for 10 Years;
Other Leases.

The new two story reinforced con-
crete garage, covering the block front
on the west side OF Avenue A. between
Sixtieth and Sixty-first streets, and
contiguous to the Sutton square colony.
has been leased by the T. & A. Engineer
ing Corporation. Missac Thompson.
president, to the A. A. Garage, Inc, G.
r. Warren, H. Williams and l.. Agh-
malian, directors. The lease is for ten
years at an aggregate net rental of
100000. Both principals were repre-
sented by Charles S. Aronstam, attorney.
Mr.. Thompson acquired the site last
August from the Consolidated Gas Com
pany and. according to the plans. the
structure will cost approximately
S200,0 900. 1t will accommodate 800 cars.
SCHNEIDER Liebler leased for long
term Of years for Henry Strauss as
trustee. the five story factory building
at Alt East Seventy-sixth street.
Big Office Building Rentals.
Cushman & Wakefield. Inc. leased
offices in the Canadian Pacific Building,
Madison avenue, Forty third to Forty
fourth street. to J. f. Patten & Co., Inc,
the Equitable Life Assurance Society.
Vanderbilt Agency, and. with Lotion H.
Slawson Company to the Perolin Com
pany of America: also additional space
In the same building to S. w. Ovitt and
Zeller Laquer Manufacturing Company,
offices In 299 Madison avenue to John
Jordan and in 522 Fifth avenue. with
Brown. Wheelock Company. to Schmer-
Ter & Wolfe.
Albert B. Ashforth. Inc, with Cross &
Brown. leased space in SIS Broadway to
Lesser & Oppenheimer. Inc, and, with
II. M. Birdseye, space in the Liggett
Building, corner Madison avenue and
Forty-second street, to Herman f.
KOrschner
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
German Contract offered.

A copy Of contract entered into by
thirty-four American manufacturers of
fertilizer with the Potash Syndicate Of
Germany, by which the former bind
themselves TO purchase rs per cent OF
their potash requirements from the lat
ter, was read into the record
The contract was produced by S. D.
Crenshaw. vice-president of the Virginia.
Carolina Chemical Company OF Rich
nond. Va. and I'm ordering II placed I'm
the record Senator Smoot CUtah), Re
publican. said he wanted 10 show 20 SEN
ators that II not only evadcd all anti
dumping laws passed by Congress but
also all American antitrust laws.
III that contract can stand" Senator
Smoot declared. Germany will see that
the potash industry in the United states
VIII never be developed"
Mr.. Crenshaw, whose company Is one
OF those a party 10 the contract said the
instrument was so drawn that the Amer
lean manufacturers could buy 25 per
cent. Of their supply from French or do
nestle sources. il developed. however,
that the American firms would get n
lower rate per ton II they bought their
entire supply from the German syndi-
cate than II they bought only 75 per
cent. from that source.
Mr. Crenshsw said American mines
could produce now only one-fourth OF
Ne domestic requirements, and that the
proposed tariff would impose an added
cost OF s54,0o0,O00 on the farmers 20
mature a wartime baby"
Spokesman for the New Jersey farm
efs emphasized what they said would be
the cost to the American farmers. and
finally to the consumers. of a duty on
potash The New Jersey men estimated
that the duty would add a cost OF four
dollars an acre to the production OF
potatoes In thoir State.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
BUSINESS NOTES
AND TRADE NEWS
With Overhead Cut and Stock
Liquidated Dealers Outlook
Good, Says Koch.

HE discussion of business con-
ditions and prospects by AL
bert b. Koch OF the Lasalle &
Koch Company of Toledo. which Is
printed in this column. was prepared
in response to these inquiries
VIII the 1914 normal Of prices ever
be reached again?
Do present prices OF merchandise
speak of undue initiation?
What is you view of the general
trade outlook?
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

IF Rudyard Kipling had spent an
afternoon or two doing New York city's
rapid transit catacombs he never would
have written those lines of his about
east being east and west being west
Many man better posted on the points
of the compass than the author of Bar
rack Room Ballads has emerged from
the subway after n long trip with his
sense of direction so badly impaired that
he was unable to tell uptown from down.
town or Weehawken from Astoria.
Take for example J. Clarence Davies.
What Mr.. Davies doesn't know about
New York city and it's transit system
could probably be engraved OH n Lincoln
penny. What he does know on the same
allied topics would fill set of encyclo-
pedias and overflow into a dictionary.
He watched the subway grow, and he is
reaping dividends to-day from his ability
to foresee the effect of that growth on
the value of contiguous real estate. Yet
Mr.. Davies admitted to us only yester-
day that when he travels on the subway
to his branch office in the Grand Central
zone he emerges on Forty-second street
feeling like a lost soul in great city.
But don't let the foregoing observa-
underground trip at your earliest con-
venience to the central or easterly sec
uons OF The Bronx, where, according to
real estate wizards, the lot boom of 1922
is to be staged.
Last year the activity in vacant land
was chiefly in the west Bronx, which
to-day is fairly we'll exploited. Only the
big auction sales in the Pelham Bay,
Throgs Neck and Eastchester sections
served to call attention to the existence
of the east Bronx. Now. however-at
least SO the report runs-astute operators
have turned their gaze in the direction
of the rising sun.
The Alfred Dunhil Company of Lon
don, tobacconists, who have leased the
store at the southwest corner of Fifth
avenue and Forty-third street, have en-
gagged Eugene Schoen, architect and de-
signer, to work out the decorations. The
changes will require about six months
to complete.
The Hammer Realty Company is the
buyer of the plot on the west side of
Clinton avenue, sc feet north of John
street, sold recently by Samuel Brener.
James Rongetti is the buyer of 2S
Charlton street. sold recently.
Quinlan K Leland placed a first mort
gage of SS6.000 on the new five and a
hal1 story apartment at the southeast
corner of Walton avenue and 1S4th
street for the Galveston Building Com
pany
There were no auction offerings of real
estate to-day in either the Manhattan or
Bronx salesrooms.
The New York herald., 1921-12-30
sATIsTIED JUDGMENT,

The first namo Is that of the debtor: the
second that OF tho creditor and date when
Judgment was filed
GRAND DFLANCEU CO.-ITene-
vacated .............,...,.... s2e472
MOORE. Thomas G.--M. n. Morrill,
October r, 1921. 2i................... 462. ~
LEMON ARCADE. INC, and Israel
T. Kohrc--Trsvclers Ins. Co. Sep
tombcr 10. 1917 ................ 2o2.4s
EIIsBERG HOTEL CONSTRUC-
TfON Co. INC.-A stignitz
April %, 1921 ............s..... 4o7.2
CAMBRTDGE PAINTING Goa.
Cahoose December H. 1p2i.. 10000
sAME-eamo. Deccinber ~, 1921. 100000
November a. 1921 80. 1o.1oo.o5
HARTMAN PACIFIC Co, INC
Federal Rubber Co. OF ILL.,: De-
eembsr 10. 1921 80. 49,, a.e277e
BRAZIL. Manuel I'M. Weed et