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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
Men Who Shared
In Bronx Making
To End Activities

Ephraim Levy and his associate,
forming the Regent Realty Cemosn~
who have helped IN the las, tb;rs'
years to make the Bronx tbe waa
populated and thriving borough !. 4.
to-day. are about to bring to a clo,.
their activities III that borough. A.,
nouncement was made yesterday The,
the company is to liquidate all q,
holdings in the northerly borough and
pass out of the real estate field TIL.
property owned by the company is IA
be sold at auction by Bryan L. Ken.
nelly in the Vesey Street salesroon
on Wednesday, November ,. '''l
When Mr.. Levy began his acfjvit,s,
in the Bronx that section Of TIA
greater city was part of Westchestss
County. One trolley line WAS in ons,.
ation-and one trolley line proved
quite sufficient-for the section wss
somewhat of wilderness in tboss
days. Mr.. Levy and his assocists,
opened up and developed a tract al
300 lots III the Morris Heights section
tract of forty lots opposite Clare.
mont Park and tract Of 100 acres in
Van Nest, where they built several
hundred houses, which were occunsa
so rapidly that they erected scbo0I
which they leased to the city. From
sixty pupils at the start it grew to 500
pupils in year. Not long ago the
city erected a school for 2,O00 pupils
as an annex of the older building.
The property to be sold by Mr.. Ken.
nelly consists Of forty seven lots on
Morris, College and Teller avenues. be.
tween 169th and 172d streets; twenty.
seven lots on Sedgwick, Underchf and
Popham avenues, between l7eth and
177th streets; 1850 lots on Morris and
White Plains avenues and adjacent
streets in the Van Nest and Unionport
sections; fifteen lots on Woodlswn
Heights, opposite Van Cortland PARK
between 23sth and 241st streets, and
seventeen acres of water front prop
erty fronting on the Eastchester Ship
ping Canal, opposite Pelham Park.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
Home Builders Bill Last
Month 7otaled $47,59O,OOO

Homo builders bill for last month
in this state and northern New Jersey
amounted to $47,590,OO0, which is IS
per cent Of the total amount appropri-
ated in September for construction in
this section. According to the f. w.
Dodge Company, which compiled the
statistics, homes planned last month
exceeded in total cost every previous
monthly record in this section
rho figures show contracts we're
awarded for the building Of 1881
projects, all but ninety-three of which
Will cost under 100000 each. Three
projects will cost over S1,OOO,Oo0 each
and ninety will cost between 100000
and 100000.
Business buildings amounted to ST.
$4,000, or 20 per cent Of the total,
this being the largest total for this
class recorded in any month Of this
year in the New York district.
The September total figure brings
the total for the first nine months Of
this year up to s446,6o8,0 900, which Is
40 per cent greater than the average
for the first nine months Of the pre-
ceding five years.
Predominance Of residential con-
state, for reports indicate that build
ers are really making efforts to catch
up with the housing needs of the coun-
try.
According to figures compiled by
the Dodge company, in twenty-seven
Northeastern states residential build
ing maintained last month leadership
IN the various classes OF construction.
The proportion Is more than three to
one in favor Of homo building. The
total amount appropriated for homes
in these states last month was S95,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
Manhattan Home
Planning Shows Big
Gain i'm September
S4, 48l, 900 To Be Spent for
New Houses, Compared to
One for the Same Month
Last Year Costing $4,000

Signs Of the beginning Of activities
for the relief Of the great homo short
age in Manhattan are seen In the num-
Der of residential buildings planned
last month. According 50 the figures
sent out by ths Manhattan Bureau of
Buildings plans were filed in Septem-
Der for fourteen tenements, to cost
S4,205, 900, as against none for the cor
responding month last year, while
plans were filed FOR twelve dwelling
houses, to cost $276,800, against one
dwelling In September, 1920, to cost
$4,000. The figures show total Of
$4,4S1 900 to be spent for residential
housings.
In all plans were Med last month
with the Manhattan Bureau for sew
enty-nine new buildings, costing total
Ing total Of $3,314,250 the same
month last year.
Applications were also filed for al
terations to 239 buildings, to cost ST.
621,e60, rs against 235 costing $2,511r
$50 the same month last year.
The report shows that plans were
filed for GIT new buildings from Jan
uary to September, inclusive, to cost
$35,341,5 65, as against 666, to cost
SGT ,368,618, the game period last year.
During that same period plans were
filed for making alterations to 2,7O2
buildings at an outlay of 1872, as
against 1913, to cost $37,302,493, the
same period last year.
Business construction was also nc-
tive, Plans were filed for FIVE loft and
store buildings costing total Of s217.-
500, as against three costing $4,000
last year; three Office buildings costing
100000, as against six costing $95S,000
last year.
Four factories costing 1922 ZOO, as
against one last year costing s15o,000;
two places of amusement costing ST.
$3.50 900; thirty-ave stables and ga
RACES costing $40, 800, as against twcn-
ty-nine costing SLIT 400 last year. and
four other structures costing $1,000, a.
against four costing $3.50 last year.
There were no plans filed for hotels,
schoolhouses, churches, municipal
buildings or hospitals in September.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09

Maurice Connolly, Borough President
of Queens, announced yesterday that
sealed bids will be received on Tues
dry, October 18, for the construction
of the Cross Bay Boulevard, from the
mainland in the Woodhaven section Of
Jamaica across Jamaica Bay to the
northern shore of the Rockaway Pc
ninsula, in the vicinity Of Seaside. Tho
improvement is said to be the largest
single undertaking of n public char
acter in tho history Of Queens and one
Of the largest projected by the city
since consolidation.
The official name Of the highway Is
the Jamaica Bay Boulevard 1t will he
1--WE and onehalf miles long, the dis
lance between bulkheads being four
and two-tenths miles. The width will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
ZoSz0Ry H0MGE 1T 200 PIX 4YSNUE 0AE % NEl0
~y0RHS ZH7ES7 Hk2AR7N1EVT P7LArEc 'N'

P who fathered the project from the
start and will continue to care for it
now that it is finished.
The building has cost $4,000 900. all
OF which has been furnished by fifty
men or women who will esta blis6
homes in the big structure. There is
not penny of mortgage on the prop
erty. The Fred 7. Ley Company built
it from plans by Warren & Wetmore
for the owners Of the stock, who in
turn built within the building fiftv
separate homes, each one of his or her
particular design.
Pierre, restaurateur, has taken the
street floor of the structure He will
open his restaurant this week. The
arrangement made gives the tenants
the service of Pierre's establishment
at any time of the day or night. The
structure will be officially known as
290 Park Avenue.
The other palatlal muIti-family
house will occupy the adjoining Park
Avenue block front and will be known
as Sherry Apartments, or 300 Park
Avenue. There are ninety apartm ents
in this house, which covers the block
front between Forty-ninth and Fiji
tieth Streets. Among those who will
occupy these apartments are L. NJ.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09

BON September 80. This action was
taken as the result of persistent agita-
ton by real estate interests in the
Rockaway sand in Jamaica Bay and by
operators in Manhattan
The inception of this cross bay bou-
ievard was in the spring of 1918, when
property owners of the Rockaways pre-
sented the plan to Borough President
Connolly of Queens, who decided it was
a good thing not only for Queens but
Tor the entire city as we'll.
The boulevard will make accessible
to the entire city nine miles of ocean
front, two miles of city-owned ocean
park and four miles of city-owned lands
IN Jamaica Bay. The boulevard will
provide direct access to the Rocka-
ways entirely within the city limits.
making round trip from Manhattan to
the Rockaways and back only thirty
miles instead OF fifty. as at present. a
saving OF twenty miles. 1t also will re-
heve the dangerous congestion on au-
oomobiie routes leading TO and within
the Rockaways
In 1914 the Broad Channel Corpora
ton. John Jameson, of Rocknvnv
Beach. and the Howard Beach estates
agread to give the city right Of way
over their property for the boulevard
and also to bring their property TO the
CITY grade at their own expense After
three hearings before the Board of Es-
innate and Apportionment a tentative
map was adopted on May as, 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
Francis II. Henderson
Buys Estate at MontcIair
Purchases Home of F. G.. Fayen
in Mountain Colony Held
at $50. 1000

F. NJ Crawley s, Bros. sold to Fran
els R. Henderson, of F. R. Henderson
& Co., the Elizabethan, brick residence
of f. G. Herman Fayen, considered
one of the finest in the mountain
colony" Of Montc1air, N. J.
The residence contains eighteen
oomsr, four bathrooms, billiard room,
and solarium. The grounds have
frontage of 300 feet on Upper Mountain
Avenue, and extend TOO feet in depth
to Highland Avenue, with frontage
of 400 feet on the latter thoroughfare.
The grounds are ornamented with rare
specimen trees and shrubbery The
property has been held at s15O,000.
Eugene " Welsh leased the resi-
dence Of Mrs. John W. Castles, in
Normandy Park. Morristown. N. j., to
Thomas H. Beck, of New York. The
property contains 6A acres, with mod
ern stone house of Colonial farm type,
and garage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
SoutherIy FIa,bush Plot
To Be Improved Will, Flat,

William Liss, Inc, sold for the PARK
way Garden Corporation to r. Bedell
plot of fourteen lots, 2s5 feet on tht
west side of Coney Island Avenue B,
irregular depth, next to Kingsway The
alter, and 100 feet north of Avenue R.
who will improve this plot with small
apartment houses. This property vas
held at 1000.
A. j. Murphy sold for the Benson
hurst Company to Harry Keller plot
47.71sxl44x irregular, on the eastery
side Of New Utrecht Avenue II fee.
north Of Forty Street, and for
Jennie B. Jordan to the same buyer the
adjoining plot at the northeast corner
of New Utrecht Avenue and Forty-sey-
enth Street, 71.7s4x11ex irregular; for
Gillespie & O'Connor 70 the Abour
Realty Company the northeast corner
Of New Utrecht Avenue and Forty
sixth Street, 1l9x152x100x irregular,
and for Mabel Patterson to c. T. Man
fredi a plot, 20xl00, on the north side Of
Forty third Street, 81 feec west Of Fort
Hamilton Parkway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09

100000, which is 80 per cent of the
value of all buildings contracted for
during the month. 1t was a S246, 1856 900
Septernb Der. This is not only the largest
monthly total that has been reached
this year, but it is also the largest
September figure on record.
The total is an increase of 11M per
cent over the August figure, whereas
during the ten-year period previous to
1921 the average September figure is
141z per cent less than the average
August figure.
Great significance is attached TO the
increase in volume of business build
ings. The September figure was $41,-
$4,000, the largest monthly total on
this class since June, 1920. Business
buildings represented II per cent of
the September total Construction was
started on q number of long deferred
projects of this kind in September.
September's record of construction
activity appears to indicate that a real
revival is on the way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
Another Woodhayen
Tract To Be Cut for Sites
800 Lots, Comprising One of
Few Remaining Unimproved
Tracts. To Be Sold

One Of the few remaining parcels Of
vacant land in Woodhaven. Queens, in
the vicinity Of the Rockaway Boule-
ward station Of the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit (Liberty Avenue Elevated). is
to be divided into lots and sold sep
nrately at absolute auction by joseph
T. Day on Saturday, October 20, at
1 o'clock, under tent on the premises.
The lots, comprising 800 in number,
are located on Woodhaven Avenue, q
1oo-foot thoroughiare. the proposed
cross bay boulevard, connecting Brook
Ign with the Rockaways, and on Pitkin
Avenue, a 70-foot wide thoroughfare.
l95th and 149th avenues, Ninety -fourth,
Ninety-ffth and Ninety-sixth streets.
Stores of every description, schools and
churches are there.
This section of Queens has been the
scene Of much building activity in re-
cent months and plans have been filed
for hundreds OF new dwellings,.
Convenient terms have been arranged
to suit purchasers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09

expressed by architects, builders, dec
orators and others who have seen
New York's latest houses. They rep
resent the high mark of perfection in
modern construction as we'll rs in plan
ming, appointment and home comforts.
The buildings will be tenanted prac-
1lcally by their owners, among whom
are some Of the leading figures in the
soc1a! and business world. These
1p,nllalngs, which will cover the two
eighth to Fiftieth Street. have heen
built because of the shortage Of homes
OF certain character in New York
The passing Of several famous ho-
tells In the last two years TO make wav
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
Important Duty to
Perform by Brokers
." 'HERE are certain points for
which real estate men are 60

5"NHERE are certain points for
which real estate men are es-
pecially responsible. They can at
once see that Legitimate fees, COM
missions and bonuses are not ex-
acted. 1t is generally recognized
that the practices of few may do
a great deal to undermine the con-
fidence of the public In homes as
investments.
Then the small home owner must
look to his agent for advice on the
largest investment he may ever take
and one which vitality affects his
happiness. The prospective owner
can be counseled not to buy home
beyond his means, and should be
given a close estimate on all prob
able expenses involved in maintain
ing his property. The responsible
ity of man negotiating the sale of
small house is even greater than
that of the savings bank which in
vests its depositors' funds.
"ln the whole matter of sound
ness of investments in their field
real estate men are interested in the
we'll ordered growth of cities rather
than in violent fluctuations, and
should be prepared to protect their
clients. This can be done only
through wise city planning and zon-
ing regulations. Herbert Hoover
in letter to John D. White, presi-
dent OF New York State Association
of Real Estate Boards,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
Business to Claim Studio
e(f Late SCULPTOR in 4Qih St.

Robert NJ Bush u Co. leased for Mrs
Rachel NJ. 0. Ward, wife Of the late
John laincY Adams Ward, eculntor. 7
md Wett Forty ninth Street, which
includes Fir. Wards studio.
The property is situated on Columbia
College lcaschold, and it IL the intcn-
sion II the lcsSees TO improve the
property With modern business build
ing az soon AZ the present tenant in
. West Forty ninth Street surrcnders
the house
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09

be one hundred feet. except over the
trestles. where it will be ffty-two feet.
The roadway to be constructed con-
sists, according to engineers estimates,
of approxima tely 1A,870 feet of fill and
9,700 feet of trestle, with two lift
bridges, to.aling 292 feet. The trestle
will be Of concrete piles. supporting
slab roadway on reinforced concrete
beams and girders. The bridges will
be of the bascue type. The estimated
cost of the viaduct is 5000 900, and
the cost Of the bridges approximately
100000.
Approval of Plan Received
Final authorization for this great
public Improvement WAS given by the
Board OF Estimate and Apportionment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09

In the history Vi tbs ely Il ~
never undertaken 'he construction o.
highway beyond the o..-.ca3 1aes
the Waterfront surrounding e c..
IL was necessary 10 secure .sla.,,
sanction therefore go ccl stg1r, =
boulevard over ja.a...c.. 81. a.i4 Is,
dent Connolly prepared bill PIP
ing the necessary powcr1 .or tae ''9.,
or Estimate tc avtnui t1is 9VN'.
ward. The Leg su4-a4e PASSED thS -
abslng measure Ia t.4e.
Deep Channel for~Shipp.ag
The plans Of the Jal,ed States goo'
eminent FOR the development o. -
maica Bay provide To- deco cnahas
for future shipa.rs aNG +; was ne's'
sary 70 secure the approval o. y. y.
United States War Department 20 ~ y
plans Of the boa cgard r. 80 q. IS 'as'
affected The government B Yiass Iof a., r.
construction 81 ms caarnoh me VS. VS.
Department approved he general F'''
on September .. 1919.
On September % last EnF,n.ss;.
Powell, representing the BOARD 81 e. e.
mate. carried to Washington the ' as~
plans for the boulevard and suew'.ns, ~
them TO the engineers ef the war -
partmcnt. This approval was give.
September 90. On shc following ,s ~;
the final approval oS tAc Beard o. "a II
mate OF the plans MAS Given anu "a,
work was authorized. This 5etieh
followed Immediately by a cs3 iof ~
by call for bids.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09

bought stock in building corporations
In return for which they obtained the
use Of number Of rooms at q nominal
yearly charge. Back Of this, however,
is the more human story, the story of
rich men being deprived of homes and
unable. to get others to their liking on
a renting basis
Eighteen stories is the height Of the
first OF these apartments, both Of
winch were completed on the same day
last week. 1t covers the block between
Park and Vanderbilt avenues, Forty
eighth and Forty ninth streets, and
operative enterprises ever attempted.
according to Douglas L. Gilman & Co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
Rich Men Build SO, 900, 900 Apartment Homes on Park
Avenue When Unable to Find Flats TO Their Likine
Buildings Completed for Them Last Week on Ave.
nue. Between 48th and 5Oth Streets Said To Be
Finest of Their Kind; Tenants Own Them
Outright; Some Suites SIS, OOOa Year

Thirty-four floors Of palatial apart
ments, covering two block fronts on
Park Avenue and representing an out
lay or close to SlO,o0o,000, if not that
much, We're given to New York last
week. The finest apartment homes in
the world, is the opinion that has been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
BUYER To Ruild III p1anI0,ne

l@LcInae, WaahbWrn L @, cold for
Joss2h Sletecta his property II
Piandefoe, Nth frontage " I20 feet
- shore Drlgo, Ttt owncr had bcie
tte rzop~rty hf $4,000 The purchaser
Flars 10 i5nprogs it With a brick co.
ioniaI house.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09

for the spread of trade upset the homo
comforts of number Of we'll known
men, Thev failed to find homes equal
TO those which thev had occupied, so
they banded together and built places
that would suit them.
Business history will say that they =!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
Deal in Greenwich V;llo,.

The Duross Company leased for the
Duyal COMPANY the three-story stable
aol and 3o3 West Twelfth Street; the
s,ore ut 2bb Tenth Avenue to John
Murphy for three years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
Buy in East 2Qfh St.

Henry Hof sold for Nathan Halpar!r
to NJ. Fiumfreddo the four-story build
ing at 213 East Twenty ninth Street
After extensive alterations the pur
chaser will occupy the premises for hi
business.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
Sale of Cherry ST. Factories

lhe three and hve story factory
buildings, 272xs2x irregular, northwest
corner OF East and Cherry streets, have
3een sold by Gardner B. Penniman to
Henry Grccnberg.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
Increases Dyckman ST. Holdings

The Eleto Realty Corporation sold
tho plot, l0OxlO0, on the west side Of
Dyckran Street, 200 feet north of
Maggie Avenue, to Morris Bienenstock.
VINO owns the 100foot plot adjoining
to the south
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
Sells South ORANGE Residence

Edward P. Hamilton & Co. sold for
Mrs. G. &. Curtis the residence and ga
rage on quarter acre aJ 444 Hillside
PLACE, South Orange, to Andrew I. Nc
Cullagh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
Stables in 5Oih ST. Sold

Auguste Schocnrock sold to Louis
Loose two ono story stable buildings nj
so7 and 55o West rifticth Street, lax
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-10-09
Community Problem

Beyond this, cooperation between
spppliers Of material contractors and
tbor to remove limitations on effort
ana 70 give more regular employment,
and community agreements 10 eliminate
luriscictional and other strikes, ~ CON
tribute 70 reduction in cost. Even I'M
der present price levels unity Of action
N this direction can bring the cost Of
hon" building 70 figure fairly COM
N epsuratc with prezent incomes
In order that al these thiags may
bc accomplished, definite community
organizations must be created to nan
die the different interests involved.
The problem is Il community one. rot a
problem for the Federal or state gov
rrnmenta. 1t is only congonant It'll
American tradition that these matters
shoeld be solved IN this fsahlon.o
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-11-03

There are many boks in the lIlnutg
which are Interesting and worth read
FMS huf the library cannot have uil =
these. so 30 have been chosen fm thf
reason ~ the vaiu from "a standpoint
~ being real live stories full NJ adv'n
iurc and description carving with thli
tho usual love STORY whlah appeals 90
OIL fiction readers
Below the lat thn lhruF
Aio, Adams Sisters In law. Beloved
Woman Flaming Forest -Four Horse.
m,n of The a uctiypsc Tarmn tho
TUrhe Mysterious Rider Kindred Of
The Dust children ~ the WhirlNind.
Man 10 the Forest. Whom the World
Shook Beauty Duquoite iior Father
Daughter Tho Wrong Twin. Helen al
Tho Oid llou-' Trimming cup. The
Narmnt Duke Ern.s Tho Master ~
Man The Pride of Palomnr. Ny Son
o. Lst Tho Farmer o. Roaring Run
Low Ceilings Told Boz thr East. Dude
Wmngir Pan Many Iuncs
EookF ~ History which have been
added Critical r,rnd Uf American
History VOLS Dutch and Quaker
Cnlonies = gos N,N rnurs ana New
Nation n thr Building Book of Am,rl
can wars
Books ~ travel which are both boz
suuctitr aul entertaining Coming
China cHuur Hawaii Coming can.
ada MFsti. l.Ies Of th, south sras:
Nagahondnr Through Changing Ger
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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-11-03
AMARILLO TO GO TO CAILnRESS
FOR GAME SATURDAY THAT WILL
DECIDE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday afternoon ni 21e O'Clock On
Chlldrcss al Fair Park the Amarillo
savage viii Ie up with ChIldfess Hlgh
for the final and decding game for
the distrct chan pi0nship neither ,eam
fas been drfeafed and neither iesu
has wirl the y Te2as champion.
chip. btt each b. ambitious % get ihnt
trOpn this SEASON.
Ths dope shows the teams o. De- well
matched. both having played Caren.
don % defeat by ike Score. Amarillo
viii - into the game not Handicapped
ty injuries. while Chilirrsa has lost
their dependable quarterbnck. Conoy
Amarillo viii charter special ear
o. leave Amarillo 80 s45 SATURDAY morn.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-11-03
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