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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Lumber Prices
Have Had Big
Drop i'm Year
Comparative Figures Show
Quotations Now Are 80
to IS Per Cent Under
Those of Last September

Wholesale lumber prices here have
declined from 30 to rs per cent. since
September / of last year, the move
ment downward continuing Through
the entire twelve months, except on
81 few items Of construction wood,
strengthen during the last ninety
days, according to A. r. Kriechbaum,
president of Lumber"
"The principal items showing more
strength and noticeable growing de-
mand during the past few weeks are
yellow pine and Douglas er flooring,
dimension and finish and red cedar
shingles and spruce latin. Timbers Of
all kinds are still very weak, and
spruce and cypress lumber have been
dropping steadily. White pine, red
wood and cedar are holding more firm.
"All hardwoods are weak, but for the
most part they seem to have struck
bottom, particularly the upper grades.
The weakness of the timber market is
Que, first, to the lack of demand and
second, to the competition by cargo
shippers into this territory. The tre-
mendous difference between rail and
water freight rates to the Atlantic sea-
board from producing points is forcing
all rough timber shipments to water
routes and the heavy water movement
is having a bearing on the inevitable
reduction of rail rates, which will be
effective in early fall. Lower rail rates
are already in effect from the West
Coast to interior points.
Yards Are Stocking Up
"since early in August the retail
yards have been buying rather freely
and during the past ten days the rail-
roads have reentered the market for
great quantities of ties and car ma
terial. The effect of this buying move
ment is reflected in the upward trend
OF prices of those materials.
BASED on delivery at New York by
rail, it is interesting to note that yell
low pine fiat grain Fiooring has dropped
$50 per 1000 feet, Wholesale, since Sep
TENDER last year. Dimension stock has
decline $3.50 and merchantable tim
bers, $29.75. North Carolina pine air
dried roofers are $3.50 cheaper than
they were year ago, while flooring in
this wood is down SAL. Tonawandaa
$19.75. Douglas fir flooring, vertical
grain, is $1925 lower than it was last
September, and fir dimension is $18.25
cheaper. West Virginia spruce has de-
clined during the twelve months $3.50
and Adirondack spruce $28. Pennsyl-
vania hemlock is $40 cheaper Cypress
factory selects have declined $3.50 and
spruce lath is So lower than it was a
wear 400"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Women Find Buyers
For Dwellings on
East and West Sides
Play Prominent Part i'm Trad
ing of Private Homes Re-
ported Yesterday; Activ-
ity in the Harlem Section

Catherine G. Cassidy sold to Thomas
j. Reid 325 East Forty ninth Street q
three-story dwelling, 1S.9x1O0.5.
Harriet w. Anderson sold to Henry
E. Aguggia lie West Sixty fourth
Street, a four-story dwelling, 1sx100.5
Helen L. Kingsbury sold to Alfredo
Brahm 1873 West Ninety third Street,
a three-story dwelling, 18.0x76.5
L. B. Wasserstrom sold to Joseph e.
and Louis B. Davidson 1913 West 120th
Street, three story dwelling, 18 x
100.11.
Fanny Pick sold to Samuel vogel 1853
ing, 1Sx100.11.
West 121st Street, three-story dwell
Lenox, Inc, sold to Gordon Gilmore
1876 West 128th Street, three story
dwelling, 15x9911.
DR.. Carldwell bought 172 East 111th
Street, three-story dwelling, 17x100,
through Marcus Brothers.
The CARGO Holding Corporation sold
the three-story dwelling at ia East
1l1th street, on lot 17x100, to B. Mich
olas.
Duross Company sold for the Mulry
Estate the property 38 Bedford Street
to a client, who will renovate the prem
Uses for his own residence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Investors Continue to Sh0,v
Interest in East Side Flats
Most of the Buying Announced Yesterday Was Of
Tenements in This Section, Both in Upper
and Lower Districts of Manhattan

Martha H. Lind sold to the Primei
Realty Company545 West 129th Street,
a six story fiat, 37.5xss11, west Of Or
Broadway.
The six-story tenement at 433-435
East Eightieth Street, 33x1O2.2, has
been sold by Marcus Brothers to Jacob
Siutzkin.
Jacob B. Kaplan sold to Stanley B.
T. Worden, 3862-3S64 Third Avenue.
fve-story apartment, 41.8x125x ir-
regular.
F. D. BOVINE sold to Sam Feig, 1890
1892 Third Avenue, two four story
store tenements, each 19.f1x95.
Phoebe A. D. Boyle sold to Gianta
tista Guazza six-story tenement, 50x
63.11, 338-340 East 101st Street.
Charles and Fannie Wicenta sold to
Samuel Sorka and Daniel Kirschner,
235-237 East 1t7th Street, a six-story
house, SCHOOL,
Morris Trailer sold to Gesa Weiss,
East 115th Street, ive-story store
tenement, 25x10O.11.
Alfred Jaretzka sold to Max Felber,
% Avenue B, five-story tenement,
242x8O
L. Rosenbaum sold to Abraham
Leicher, 1913 Lewis Street, five story
store tenement, 25-1O0
The Melko Realty Company sold "a
Joseph M. Sutton, 6062 Allen Street, a
flve-story store tenement, 40x87.6.
May Feeney sold to Alice Hoevet, SAG
Eleventh Avenue, a five-story store
tenement, 272x1OO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Interest Shown in Dickev
Property in Hunts Point
Many Inquiries Being Received
by Auctioneer Regarding
Sale of Old Estate

A large number of inquiries have
been received concerning the auction
OF the late Charles D. Dickey estate in
the Hunts Point section of the Bronx,
which will be sold at auction by joseph
P. Day in the Vesey Street. salesroom
on Thursday. September 10.
The estate, which consists of four
hundred lots, less than three blocks
east Of the Hunts Point transit center,
in Hunts Point Square, has a large
frontage on Hunts Point Avenue. an
important business artery in this sec
ton, and frontages on Lafayette. Bry-
ant and Longfellow avenues, Spoffard.
Whittier, Drake, Faile and Coster
streets, Edgewater Road and the Bronx
River, which flows at the foot of the
plateau on which the Dickev residence
built in 1920, and two other dwellings,
are located
The improvements of the Dickev es-
tate with apartment houses, homes and
business buildings, is the key to the
future development of all the property
lying between Hunts Point Square and
Hunts Point on the East River. In
discussing the sale Mr.. Day said YES
terday:
"The Dickey estate has long been
famous for its superb location, it's won
derful old trees and the Walker Dickev
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Big Plant at Kearny
Leased for $5OO,OOO
Property on the Hackensack
Meadows Was Formerly Oc-
cuDied nv Government

The terminal property at Kearnv.
n. j., formerly occupied by the United
States government, has been leased for
twenty-one years, with renewals. at a
rental aggregating more than $500 900.
to +. c. Schwab and associates. through
the Cross & Brown Company.
This thirty-acre terminal PROPERTY is
located on Hackensack meadows. at the
junction of Lincoln Highway and the
Passaic River, Immediately opposite to
the Ford plant. 1t consists of modern
terminal yards, having more than 30
900 square feet of warehouses, manu-
featuring and storage space. more than
five miles of railroad trackage and a
dock with frontage of about 1900
feet on the Passaic River. The rail
road trackage is connected directly
with each individual warehouse on
either side of the entire length of the
building.
Among the various units there are
four warehouses, 90x650, each contain
ing approximately 10000 square feet of
floor area.
The Cross & Brown Company have
been appointed agents for the sub
leasing of the warehouse and manufac
turing space. This company recently
sold to the Pyrene Company the plant
of the aluminium Goods Company. of
Newark
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Adds IS More Acres
TO Mountain Ridge
Country Club Links
West Orange Organization
Plans 10 Erect New Club
house TO Cost $I5O,OOO,
Besides Other Changes

The Mountain Ridge Country Club
on Mount Pleasant Avenue. West Or
ange, which at present has nine-h hole
course covering 40 acres, has ac-
quired through Feist g. Feist, Inc, an
additional fifty-five acres from the
Mountain Land Company.
This property has a frontage of
about 1000 feet on Mount Pleasant
Avenue and depth of approximately
1000 feet. A new club house will be
erected on part of the property just
acquired, which will cost in the neigh
borhood of $4,000. The additional
acreage will give the club total of
about 1874 acres
The club is located on the top of
the Orange Mountains, in what is con-
sldered one of the most picturesque
sections in the metropolitan area
Directly opposite the new property is
the new eighteen hole course of the
Essex Country Club, which was COM
pleted within the last two years.
The Mountain Ridge Country Club
was represented by Felix Fuld, its
president, and by Bidder & Rilder. as
attorneys.
The property was owned by the
Mountain Land Company for over
twenty years. The original intention
was to use the. property for an isola-
ton hospital, but this plan was later
abandoned. For many years the prop
erty was used as a private race
track, but more recently it has been
under cultivation.
The Mountain Ridge Country Club,
with the new acquisition, own approx
mately one-half mile frontage on Mount
Pleasant Avenue, giving the club the
largest single ownership on this thor
oughfare. The company was repre-
sented by Ira Kip, it's president, and
w. q. Stewart, it's secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Mistakes IN Home Building
Can Be Easily AUoided
Plan With Care and Sufficient Detail to Allow
Contractor to Estimate Cost More Accurately;
Will Know Then What to Eliminate

done manually only few years ago.
1t is possible for an owner to-day
to heat his hot-water supply instanta-
neously and automatically, eliminating
a great deal of labor and attention. 1t
is possible for him to sit in his living
room or dining-room and know exactly
what the Temperature is, without his
house being overheated or under
heated, which is wssteful and uncom-
Portable. He can be assured of COM
Portable house upon arising without
fussing with furnace. He can go off
on business trip and be assured the
women folks will not have to give
care to the furnace: no danger of over
heated smoke pipes, which may cause
the building to catch fire, and no dam
ger Of frozen pipes.
In fact there are dependable appli-
ances on the market with which the
owner does not even have to go into
the basement to look at the FIRE, the
fuel being fed automatically to burn
er that will give the necessary tempera-
ture whenever hes desires it by ther1no-
static control, the appliance burning
either oil or gas. In the former case
he simply has to fill tank outside the
building possibly twice season.
Heat regulators are not an expert
ment, as they have been manufactured
for over thirty-six years, and thousands
are in use all over the world on every
kind of heating plant.
1t IS through the use of temperature
regulators that it has been made prac-
tlcal to use oil burners and gas boilers
to-day to heat residences.
Temperature regulation in connection
with coal heating means no attention
to the heating plant, as to the care
OF the damper control, only allowing
just the proper temperature at all times
to keep the home comfortable, control
ling it automatically for the entire
twenty-four hours within few de-
grees, and acting as q mechanical serv-
ant to reduce and carry the heating
plant at lower temperature during
the night, again automatically advance
ing it to the desired day temperature
to be maintained at determined hour
In the morning.
They can be applied to any kind of
coai-burning plant, using hot water,
steam, vapor or hot air, at very small
cost. That means saving for the owner
the price of the device within few
seasons use, and as it practically lasts
lifetime it pays the owner dividends
a1ter the first few years, especially at
the present price of fuel.
II the average owner would spend
Just few hours for further informa-
ton regarding the modern devices on
the market that, if installed in his resi-
dence, would mean great saving in
tlme and fuel when his house was fin
1shed, he would find great deal Of the
annoyance and responsibility in attend
ing to the modern heating plant would
be eliminated, and he would find house,
keeping real joy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Unusual Homes of
City Attract Folks
From Far and Near
Pomander Walk, ON Upper
West Side, Suburb i'm
Heart of New York, Will
Be Ready Next Month

By the time Pomander Walk, the lit
tie home colony which Thomas Healy,
restaurateur, is building on Ninety
fourth and Ninety-ffth streets, between
Broadway and West End Avenue, is
completed all the houses arc expected
to be rented. James W. Osborne ir.,
Glenn Condor, Professor Gustave
Dannreuther, S. Jaffe, Frederick A.
Crooks and +. A. Bull are among those
who have rented houses in Pomander
Walk. Before the end of the month all
for occupancy.
Pomander Walk is one of the most
interesting house developments under
way in New York Because of its loca-
ton and the architectural treatment Of
the Developments pleasant little
gathering of small houses, with arch
ways and garden spots in the midst Of
great apartm improvement
has attracted deal of attention. Folks
have come from far and near to see
what Pomander Walk is like, having in
mind the delightful stage effect in the
show Of that name. The fact is that
has been fashioned after the stage
"Pomander Walg" by King & Campbell,
architects, and the John j. Mcmahon
Company is building it.
Pomander Walk replaces the market
building which Vincent Astor erected
several years ago, at the southwest
corner of Broadway and Ninety fifth
Street, in an effort to develop an idea
he had for the solution of the food
problem in New York. He aimed to
reduce prices without affecting quality
or quantity. The building he erected
was remarkable for the care with
which it was planned and the archi-
lecture of the structure. The best fea-
lures Of public markets in Europe were
Incorporated in the development by
Evarts Tracy, Of Tracy & Swartwout
architects. The story of food and
transportation was portrayed in allie
gorical figures in the facade of the
building. When the idea proved un-
workable the building was closed.
Astor sold it eventually through L. J.
Phillips 4 Co. to a specuator who
sold it in a trade with Mr.. Healy.
The restaurant proprietor planned to
make it one of the best known dining
and amusement places in the city. This
plan did not .materialize as we'll as Mr.
Healy expected, and several months ago
he announced that the land back of the
Broadway frontage, which was to be in
cluded in the expansion of the Broad
way amusement center, would be used
as site for homes.
Pomander Walk houses are the only
buildings Of the kind in the city. They
are in direct contrast to surrounding
structures. They bring the suburbs
into the heart of modern apartment
city life.
1t has been years since Broadway
and Nlnety-ffth Street has been a one
story cottage section. Apartment
houses rule there because of the high
value of land 1t is because of this
that Pomander Walk is SO interesting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Louis N. Saltzman BUYS
Another Edgemere Hotel
Purchases Palace, and Will Can
meet 1t With the Shelburne,
Recently Taken Over

The Lewis H. May Company sold for
A S. lserson the Hotel Palace at Edge
mere, l.. l., to Louis H. Saltzman.
The property fronts 1000 feet in
Beach Thirty-frst Street and faces on
the ocean and contains a bathing
casino and outbuildings. Mr.. Saltzman
recently purchased the Shelburne Hotel
on the opposite ocean front through
the same brokers. Numerous additions
VIII be made, connecting both main
buildings, duplicating the development
at Deal and Allenhurst N. J. The prop
erty was held at S150,0O0
The Lewis H; May Company also sold
for Frederick Ball Pinkus plot of lots
on the north side of Edgewater Road,
Ear Rockaway L. l., to a client for
Improvement
The same firm sold for the estate
Of Cathesine E. McKenna eight lots on
away, L. l., to a client who will erect
a dwelling and garage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
News and Comment of City and Suburban Real Estate Mark
Builders Are Hard At
1t in Many Sections

A general resumption of build
ing activities on fairly large
scale and in all parts of the coun-
try is indicated by the volume of
applications from building con-
tractors for construction loans re-
ceived during the last fortnight by
the Commonwealth Finance Cor
poration, 100 Broadway.
"From Providence, r.. l., to Kan
sas City, Mo-, clear across the cen
trail country, business is on the
mend.' said II. ID. Tudor, presi-
dent of the Commonwealth, yester-
day. THE South is still somewhat
spotted--good and bad---and our re-
ports from the Far West are not
vet complete. But the East and
Central West are showing crafty
ing Improvement.
"The business Of the Common
wealth Finance Corporation is con
fined almost entirely to short time
loans to contracting builders. SO
we are able to gather at first hand
information concerning building
activities. Construction work on a
heavy scale has been scheduled for
the next year in Providence, Balti-
more, Washington, Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Dayton,
Cincinnati, st. Louis and Kansas
City. No doubt these cities are
merely typical of others. | men
ton them merely because building
loans already made give us direct
knowledge concerning them"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
$4,000 Ice Plant on West Side

Contract has just been awarded bv
the knlckerbocker Ice Company to
Dulld new storage warehouse in
Brooklyn, according to Browns Let
tiers Inc, Construction Reports. The
building will be erected at Twelfth
Avenue and Thirty seventh Street, and
VIII be of reinforced concrete con-
struction, one-story high The plans
were prepared by c. l.. Weir, and the
contract for the general construction
mas been awarded to lowering & Gar
rlgues, of New York. The approxi-
mate cost of the operations is placed
at $65 900
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Demand for Land
Greatest Since Far

ssLTOR the first time since before
the start Of the World War
there Is strong demand for Land
in the suburbs for residential de-
velopment. In the last three weeks
we have sold number of parcels
in the vicinity of Greenwich for inn
mediate development with homes.
In our opinion, this confirms the
belief that the public thinks the
time has arrived for serious con.
sideration of house building, even
though there Is feeling that ma
terial and labor costs may go lower"
--Ladd & Nichols, SPECIALISTS on
suburban real estate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
East Side Loft in Trade
For New Jersey Proners,

Z. Sharum sold to George j. Kilgen
S2S Cherry Street and 9 Pelham
street, the northwest corner of Cheyrv
and Pelham steets, six-storv LOT,
building, 2810x96. Mr.. Sharum bought
TINS property from the Central Union
Trust Company last March.
In part payment for the Cherrv
street loft Mr.. Kilgen gave his home
on insiey Street, Demsrest, N. J. To-
seph r. Burke was the broker.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
S. E. Thompson Discovered
Waste in Building Industries

Sanford E. Thompson, of the Ameri-
can Engineering Councils committee
on elimination of waste in industry,
appointed by Herbert Hoover, was in
charge of the Investigations of the
building industry, summary of which
was printed in the real estate section
of The Tribune of Sunday, August IA.
Mr.. Thompson was not given credit in
the story for this valuable information,
rection of waste in the building indus
tries and a big saving of money to
labor as we'll as to builders and rent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Auction Sales Will Give MANY
Chance 20 Buy Building Site.

I. F. Archer has been commissioned
by various interests to sell 3OS lots on
Long Island at auction during this
month. At Franklin Square to-mor-
row he will sell 1919 lots and a seven
room dwelling. The property is near
Stewart Manor. On next Friday and
Saturday. 113 lots in the Waterview
section Of of Bellmore will be offered
and on Saturday, September IL, he
will loffer sixtysix lots on Arlington
Terrace near Rockaway Road.
Jamaica.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Sales in the Bronx

William S. Dubins sold to Micb..,
aosenzweig 412-4i3 East i6eth Street.
two five-story fats. each g7x73.l0
The Bronxtown Realty Company r..
sold to Harry Paul 1864 Teller Ava.
nue., a hve-story apartment, 51.5x
105.10xirregular.
Joseph Schwartz sold to Sarah B;m-
stein 1854 College Avenue, a two-story
dwelling, 16.8x100.
Bessie Sebsevitz sold to Morris sus.
low the 81 story dwelling, 3f.l1xsox
irregular, at the northeast corner of
l77th Street and Davidson Avenue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Fort Washington Avenue ready this month

The completion Of new apartment
house is an interesting sight these
days. On the Fort Washington Avenue
block front, between roth and 171st
streets, the above apartments are
about completed and will be ready for
occupancy on September s. They
have been erected by the Fortway
Building Corporation. composed of Jo-
seph, Samuel H. and Simon Golding
and Alfred Hahn. The plans are bg
George and Edward Blrm. The houses
sss built in two separate units, in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Plumber Supply Dealers to
Erect Big Brooklyn Warehouse

The Turner Construction Companv
has received a general contract from
the Simon Gasner & Sons Companv
plumbing supply dealers in the Rrowns'
vile district Of Brooklyn, for the eree.
tion OF two-story and basement re-
inforced concrete warehouse and sal.
room building, 26ox106. Helmle & Cor.
bett are the architects, and the bu,ld.
ing is to be erected at once. The nrnn
erty is situated on the Long 1sisna
Railroad.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
Sites for 675 Homes Will
Be Sold During Nexa Q Well,

SITES for 675 homes on Long Island
Will be sold during the next two weeks
at public sales by Bryan l.. Kennedy
AT Springfield Gardens next Sstur.
day 400 lots, the holdings of the Gates
Iheater Corporation, will be sold Tho
following Saturday at Queens Park
Franklin Square, L. L. MIR. Kenneth
VIII dispose of 275 lots for the Frank.
lin Square Realty Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04

suites Of from three to six rooms, and
one and two baths. Ample room has
been provided for closets, there being
seven in the larger suites. The wood
work is done in white enamel through
out and is of the newest sanitary de-
sign, being free from corners or dust
catching holdings. The interior is sn~
equipped with the latest devices for
MATING housekeeping easy. The two
buildings ere said to have cost $3.50, 600
to construct.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04

mansion, which was erected by Thom..
Walker. Of England, in the year 1926
Il consider the Dickey estate sal.
the most remarkable opportunitv for
investors, spectators, builders and
home seekers to buy at their owa
price some of the choicest and most
promising lots in the City of Nsw
York" Ne"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-04
REAL EsrArE-saLE OR Rrsr
kentucky

FOX SALE-Kentucky Blue Grass Farm
SUI acres; greater portion has been IN
siass Tor many years. Over eighty acres
WOODS well watered, unfailing springs
running stream; eleven-room brick dweu
ing, three large barns. good tenant house
ana cabins. Ideal for stock raising Wlll
grow as fine corn and tobacco as any and
void, Ara w Main, Louisville X