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New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
New Yorker Called
To Handle Baldwin
Properties in West
Daughter of ''Lucky'' Asks
Col. keene, Manager of
Noyes Co., to Take Charge
of the Santa Anita Ranch

Colonel II. s. Keene. L. S. A.
(Tetired), who has been manager Of
the Charles F. Noyes organizs-
ton since Fisher P. Weaver lefs
for the West about eighteen months
ago, also is transferring his activities
to the other side Of the country. Colonel
Keene Will leave about November for
California, where he will assume the
management Of the Santa Anita ranch.
OF 5000 acres, and other properties o.
Mrs. anita N. Baldwin, daughter Of
Lucky" Baldwin, turfman and inter
esting character of the Wezt.
Frederick B. Lewis Will take Colonel
keene's place as manager OF the Noyss
Company. lie has been with She con-
Germ for nine years. Harold S. Ford.
with the company for five Years. has
been placed in charge of the az ncy de-
partment and appointed assistant Of
nee manager. Mr. Lewis has been 40.
lively engaged in the real estate field
since 1895. Walter J Cashel specsi
assistant to Mr.. Noyes, will have cr4rge
OF the leasing of the o.hce lu-djnss
under the control CT the company.
AS heretofore, the affairs 0f tDe COM
pany viii be under the active diroca
ton Of Charles ". Noyes Th broker
age department is under the erection
or William 3. Falconer. with lie COM
pany since l90li Joseph D. Cronaa,
With the company fer twelve years,
and Mz. Noyes.
A farewell dinner viii be tenaere6
to Colonel Kecne by the executives O.
the Noyes company the cd Of the
month.
Colonel Keers came to the Noyss
Company after bis retiremer- from the
army because OF physical liability
after fourteen years of service, most
Of which time he wae ia tte Artillery
Corps. He was one Of the hriiliae:
young officers whom General Wood
gathered around him while commander
of the Department of the East, With
headquarters or Governors island.
Colonel Keeno accompanied General
Wood 80 the headquarters. Southeast
ern Department, Charleston, C.,
when General Wood 7-as ordered %
that place at tins outbreak Of che World
War.
While in the ofacc Of tns Adja.anr
General OF the army during the recent
war Colonel Keene prepared booA
on decimal fling, which is used through
out the service
Colonel Keene's last assigr nent prior
60 his retirement was ct headquarters,
Port OF Embarkat,on. Hoboken, n. u
at which place as an assistant adjutans
general he was in charge OF the Cam
tral Directory Division, TO which one.
all soldiers mail that was 0ndelivered
In France was referred. About sixteen
hundred persons were cnployed in thls
work and something like forty-ave mir
lion pieces of mail were hard dlsd there,
Colonel Keene entered the army from
Maryland
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16

Winston Churchill, author OF "Con-
iston" and many other interesting
tales. and some bankers, doctors, brok-
ers. authors and lptors-twenty- one
in sll-haye one Of the most interesting
as well as attractive dwelling places
ii New York. They live off the great
central highways Of the city along
which people Of their standing live and
have lived for many years 1t is s.
bit of Italy in the heart of New York
Italy in feeling, but American in every
other respect.
One would hardly expect to find Old
World seclusion. vcrdure-clad walls
ana gardens of tropical richness in the
center Of the greatest tenement section
IN the world, within sight of towering
hotels. clubs and apartments of recog-
nize splendor and great proportions
and within few steps OF the terminus
If one of Americas greatest railroads,
rom which stretch steel ribbons to
every state in the Union.
Picturesque Home Colony
Go east on Forty eighth or Forty
ninth street and just beyond Third
Avenue will be met a row of white
faced buildings of charming architec-
tural simp .icity. This is New York 6
most picturesque home colony.
The exterior is modern. 1t is
bright and fresh in appearance and CT
we'll proportioned detail. Pass within
the houses and out into the rear, and
one is instantly transported into an
other world. another inc. Here viii
be found the mellowness and seclusion
os ancient and romantic Europe. New
ork IS forgotten, Tor there is nothing
within sight to associate it with the
great dynamic center Of commerclal
social and professional activity. Even
me buildings 20 the east and west OF
he colony are hidden by vines and
structural camouHage 50 as not to dis
tort the wonderful effect Of willows,
beecles. ivy. sArubbery, low brick gar
den walls, blbbling fountains, trellis
work, clinging vines, loggias, hanging
balconies and old iron gates and grill.
wo years and a large outlay of money
aavc been spent in working out the
Transformation.
Two Years in tEe Making
In the summer OF 1919 property IN.
-erests in the. bloch: betweel Second
md Third avenues. Forty-eighth and
-'crty-ujnth streets became excited
mere was good reason for it. Some
ono was buying in the block. House
after house was passing into the hands
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Cloak Dealer Negotiating
For Democratic Club
Fl. Smith VIII Improve Prop.
erty With Tall Building
&c S,,crossf,sI

r. Smith, Of R. Smith & Co., dealers
In cloaks and suits, is negotiating with
fhe National Democratic Club for the
purchase Ct the organization's home at
6lo flfth Avenue, which is the only
parcel OF the east side Of Fifth Ave
nNs. between Forty ninth and Fiftietb
streets, not included in the site Of the
nlnc-ssory store Saks g. Co. will build
II he gets the property, Mr.. Smith
plans to put up building of similar
height. The club is said to have re-
Gently refused an offer of 100000
Tor the property as we'll as an offer OF
$4,000 year to lease it.
The property has a Fifth Avenue
frontage OF az feet and depth of 100
feet. The club purchased the building
twenty-five years ago from Cord Meyer,
who lived in the house for many years.
The price paid was $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
SoOO,OO0 Advance on New
Town Hall i'm 43d Stree,

The Societies Realty Corporation has
secured through William A. White &
Sons from the Title Guarantee K Trust
Company first mortgage of 100000
on the new Town Hall, 1923 West
Forty-third Street, just west Of Broad
way. The owning company, holding
company for the League of Political
Education, purchased the land in De-
cembcr, 1917, from Charles II. Jones,
on which has been effected the new
Town Hall recently completed Mt a
total cost OF approximately 1900 600.
The building p'-s erected from plans
prepared by McXm, Mend & White
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Lots in Three Boroughs
To Be Offered Bidders
Large Vacant Sites in the
Bronx Included in Proper
ties To BE DisnoseI Gf

A special sales day viii be held BY
Bryan l.. Kennedy in the Vescy Street
salesroom on Monday, October 81. at
which properties In three boroughs
viii be disposed Of. Among the prop
critics are seventy-four acres on Rock
Hill Road. Queens Hill Road, Queens,
opposite the Oakland golf links; four
lots on the west side of Bailey Avenue,
400 feet south OF 2S0th Street; plot
on the cast side Of Washington Ave-
nue, sl3 feet south OF 10th Street:
l77 Mosholu Parkway, a two-story
dwelling, with Immediate possession !,
the southwest corner or Reservoir Oval
and 2l0th Street, the dwelling on the
east side Of Nctherland Avenue, 100
feet south Of 2b9th Street; two-stoyy
dwelling at the northeast corner of
Caryl and Euclid avenues and plot
on the vest eioe Of Fioldston Road,
80 feet south Of 253d Street.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
87-Year-Old Tax
Lien on Sixth Ave.
Realty Is Outlaweel
Ci,y's Claim Of $3.50 Not
Supported by Court;
Property Was TO Have
B en- Sold for Debs

Supreme Court Justice Wasservogcl
iass week handed down decision out
awing an eighty-seven-year- r-old assess
nent upon property at 217 Sixth Ave
aue, which the city proposed to sell
June 2 last for non-payment Of an
assessment Of s83s9 When the prop
erty was advertised for sale Charles
A. Mitchell, the owner. obtained an in
:unction restraining the Collector Of
Assessments ard the Comptroller from
placing the property on sale Argu-
ment OH the injunction was passed
rom one Justice in Equity Term OF the
supreme Court to another until it was
enaliy heard by Justice Wasscrvogel
three weeks age.
The Collector of Assessment
through al Assistant Corporation
Counsel, maintained that the assess
sum being the amount levied for the
construction Of a sewer In Sixth Ave
nue.. between Barrow and Thirteenth
streets, eighty-seven years ago. The
petitioner held that the assessme ut
had been paid years ago, and that If IT
mad not been collected IL now was
barred by the statute Of limitations.
Courts Decision
In hts decision, Justice Wasservogel
speaking oY the property, which had
neen acquired by Mitchell IN 1908
ssys: Section !, Chapter 38l, OF the
Lave CT 1871, row embraced In Section
1Oi7 Of the greater New York charter
provides that ali taxes and all aasegs-
ments for said improvements and all
5cgular Croton water charged which
may be laid or have heretofore beer
laid upon any real estate IN the city
and county Of New York shall be and
continue 70 be until paid lien thereon
and shall be preferred in payment tt
all other charges.
I'm 1871, when this statute was
enacted, thirty-seven years had elapsed
since the tag assessment in question
vas levied. The act Of 1871 was not
retroactive and did not affect case
such as this, whereby. through the lapse
II time, tho lien Of She asgessment hat
been discharged many years prior to
-hs passage of this law, under gen
cral presumption Of payment aftcr tht
'spsc Of twenty Year,. DO not believe
nat the cascS cited in the brief of the
learned Comptroller apply 10 the in
<tant Gaze"
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
PEEP E/2OM HBONE at
new yORKS NEWEST
GARDEW SPOT

by placing balconies in front and fit
ting the openings with small panel
easements.
M.u. .lons were put into facades to
give character, or flower boxes Of stone
on stone supports were built under
windows here and there TO give the
row tone. The straight roof line was
broken with elevations and the cornice
was run along under the top floor win
dows of the houses in the center Of the
row.
The interiors Of the houses we're prac~
tically removed, except where an in
tcresting suggestion was offered by a
structural detail which Mr.. Dean de-
veloped. For instance, in one of the
houRes there was box-shaped stair
case with square bowels and handrail.
1t was held, and is one of the interest
ing features Of that house. It leads
down to a hallway of red tile which
was brought here from Italy. 1t is to
be found in the house at the west end
Of The Forty eighth Street row. This
building has been subdividcd into a
number Of apartment suites, which have
been rented to friends Of people who
own houses in the colony.
Living Rooms Face Garden
The old arrangement of rooms has
been changed in every house to fit the
modern idea of living. Tho rooms have
been enlarged, and instead of the main
living premises being in the front Of
the house, as before, they now face Oh
the garden.
The view from the rear is very rest
ful. Backing the heavy bank of rich
grecn--trees, vines snd shrubbery-
are the soft tinted walls of the houses,
novel awnings, window balconies, log
gle and colonnades. The impression
is so strong OF foreign lands that one
easily forgets New York. The ugly
red brick walls of the old houses have
been succeed. Some are of a delicate
chocolate color; others are light blue
and others Of soft brown.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Homes Planned for Block
Front in Flatbush Section

William Liss, Inc, sold for Siris,
Cohen E. Hearr to the Talbensore
Realty Corporation the block bounded
by Cortelyou Road, Beverley Road, Lott
and Prospect streets, Brooklyn, who
will Immediately improve with two
family dwellings. The property was
held at $4,000.
-, I me e.. burlinS Realty company sold
ing Mt the southwest corner of Fort
Greene Place and DeKalb Avenue for
A. Soman. J. d. H. Dergcn & Son rep
resented the seller.
The Bulkley & Horton Company sold
eco Tompkins Avenue, a three story
dwelling, 189x1O0, fox Mrs. Bowron.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Fred Is. Rensselaer, to Become
Resident of Montclai,

Fred B. Rentschler, president OF the
Wright Aeronautical Company, Of Pat
erson, purchased tho property at TIA
Midland Avenue. between Chestnut
Street and Brunswick Road, Montclair.
n. j., through Louis Schles;nger, Inc.
The property was owned by Thomas
Amend, represented by Frank Hughes
Company. The plot has frontage Of
1876 feet by depth of 800 feet, The
improvements consist Of ten-room
residence, with three baths and garage.
The SimpsonMerritt Company sold a
fourteen-room twofamily residence,
facing Walnut Crescent, Montclair, N.
J, for R. A. freedom to E. Martin for
Investment. The property was held at
$4,000
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Co. Formed 10 Take Over
Broadway and 47th ST. Corner

The 1870 Broadway Corporation has
been formed to take over. the property
ut the southeast corner of Broadway
and Forty seventh Street.
Tho corner parcel. n four story
building, and the adjoining one, at 1868
"A SIMILAR property, were leased last
March for twenty-one years to the Cad
lilac Restaurant Company. The newly
organized company, which is capital
lied at $4,000, has for directors w
Lowehstcin, NJ. Chafkin and p. Man
owsky. 1t Is represented by Joseph G.
Abramsou, attorney.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Late Judge Hilton Lots
To Go at Auction
Property To Be Disposed of in
the Creenpoint Section
Of BROOKLYN

The property Of the lato Judge Henry
Hilton, comprising Ill lots in the
Greenpoint section Of Brooklyn, will be
sold at auction by Joseph P. Day by
the order OF the Central Union Trust
Company Of New York, trustee, on
Thursday next in the Brooklyn Ex-
change room, 1s9 Montague Street.
The sale on Mecker. Varick and
stewart avenues Cherry and Anthony
streets, in the heart of the Meeker and
Varick avenues surface car lino dia-
tricts, and in the general direction of
the aroa to be served by the new Four
teenth Street (Manhnttan) and Eastern
District (Brooklyn) subway. now in the
course of construction.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Chance to Buy Brooklyn
Homes at Your Own Price

Two dwellings in Brooklyn, suitable
tor one or t~o families, are TO be sold
at auction by Jere johnson Jr. Com
pany on Wednesday In the Brooklyn
Real Estate Exchange.
Tho houses ure et B24 Fifty-frst
Street. between Third and Fourth ave.
nues. in tho Bay Ridge section, and at
gU 81, Dean Street between GranA and
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Business Man From South
Africa Buys House Here
Takes Dwelling in Mountain
Lakes Residential Park; Came
TO New York Recently

S. Cornc!lle Bens, who recently came
to New York from South Africa, has
purchased a ten-room dwelling at
Mountain Lakes Residential Park.
Mountain Lakes, N. J. Another recent
purchaser at Mountain Lakes is D.
Stanley Bloom. who has Just taken
title TO home Of the English Colonial
type Of architecture on Kenilworth
Road. II has seven rooms and bath
and Is attractively decorated In the
Tudor stvlc
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Why Realty Conditions
Must Continue Good

ssEN considering New York's real
estate conditions one must NOT
lose sight of the fact thar our re.
tail trade is going forward by leans
and bounds, that the depleted mar.
kets of the world must be restocked
and furthermore that the public has
s24,o0o,000,000 Liberty bonds that
can be used as collateral or for spec.
ulation. There are dozen Other
economic and common sense condi.
tions that lead me to believe that
there can be no great Iessening Of
the demand for office space or for
real estate. ."-~Charles f. Noyes.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Newark BUYERS to Build

The property at 70 and ~ Maplee
Avenue, Newark, with frontage OF
1914 feet, mas been bought by Aaron
Bnum from Mrs. AMMO s. Wilson. Ho
viii erect q two-fnmily house. Loula
Sohlesinger, Inc, was the broker.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
four-Story Broadway Loft
Sold for $l47, 900

irregular, at S27-s29 broadway. north
OF Twelfth Street, has been sod b, me
-. .'-' .e."'ty A,otpurntion TO Androw
frankenberg. Tho recorded purchase
price 10 Sl<7 900.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Wcsfci,cstcr Home Sites Sold

Burke Stone, fnc., sold for George p
Lsngdon a large corner plot in Chez
Nr Park, Pelham, n Miss Elita Proc
tor Otis. The same broker sold plot
in the Bronx Manor section for Max
Roller W Mr.. y. Pheii, Of Bronx Ma
Nor.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Rents Mrs. Winant's Home

Douglas l.. Gilman g. Co leased for
Mrs. J. G. Winant her four story dwell
ing, l03 East Seventy Street, be-
tween Park and Lexington avenues, 20y
1905.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Buys Westbuly Manor Home

Tho Westbury Manor Company sold
tho new Colonial dwelling on Maple
Avenue, Westbury> Manor, TO Thomas
II, Guidera. ~
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
f,uys Apartment

Edvin L. Hodckias, representing T.
S. Haight & Co, has purchased sa
apartment at 1A3 Twenty second strees
Jackson Heights.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
Spring Lake Estate Sold

Clarence A. Norris sold 70 Emily M'
Cox the property st the northwest cor
ner of Brighton and First avenues
Spring Lake, n. j., held at $4,000.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-16
ent Italy Now F1ourishes Near Grand Central Station

Rows of Old Dwellings ON 18th and 10Th
Street, Just OFF Third Avenue, Trans.
formed Into One of Most Interest,"
ing Home Colonies in City
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The Interesting News Of
Semerset's Busy Towns
S0L0N

AT the next regular meeting Of No.
Somerset Grange Children's Day will
be observed If pleasant the meeting
will be at the home of Mrs. Sarah
Pierce, If stormy at the Grange Hall
A. picnic dinner will be served.
fRev. Chas. Bates, who is stopping
with his brother, oliver Irvine, will
preach in the Congregational Church
next Sunday at the usual hour. A
general invitation Is extended TO ev-
eryone.
Miss Christine Adams is spending a
few days with friends in Madison.
Mrs. Phiiander Baker of Caratunk
was the guest of her brother Malen
Patterson In town Tuesday.
sMrs. g. p. Tinkham of Arson was
the week end guest of her sister, Mrs
Lydia Rowell.
Miss Flora Head was in Skowhe-
gan at the Somerset Hospital and had
her tonsils removed Friday, returning
home Saturday.
Mrs. Lille Merrill and son Fred
Merrill went last week to visit cous-
ir6' In, Windsor.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dorge, daugh-
ter and friend of Chateaugay, New
Ybrk, are spending few days in town
calling on old friends. Mr.. Dorge was
! Scion boy and finds many old friends
siIt town They go to Pleasant Pond
frbm here and will return home the
last of the week.
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IiTNCkIEY

Albert and Mary Palmer have re-
turned from a visit at the II. G. Went
worth home at North Fairfield.
Mrs. Rose l.. Str ckland and son
Lewis passed the month of July in
Clinton, but are now at their home
in this village.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Hicks of ST. John
with their niece Miss Florence Hicks,
have been guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Hicks at Craggin
Brook farm the past week.
Rev. E. b. Longley of Clinton occu-
pied the pulpit at the church Sunday
Miss Lucy Dinsmore. left Thursday
for her annual vacation at Old Or
chard. She planned to call on rela-
tives in Gardiner and to visit friends
at Chelsea. Thursday and Friday.
p. a. and l.. p. Kicker with Their
families are at Bayside for the mon !
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of August.
Mrs. Lydia Wells is quite Ill at the
home of her daughter Mrs. Floriee
Hall on the Clinton side of the river.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pratt and two
sons motored from their home in New
York arriving at Pratt farm Wednes.
day afternoon, August 3rd, where they
will be the guests of Mrs. Pratts pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Asa Pratt.
Citizens of Clinton are to hold their
Old Home Week field day. Wednesday
August 10th. at Good VIII Pines. Dln-
ner is to be served by H.hchles
Grange. A large crowd Is expecteu'
Work has begun on the shoolhouse
in this district which is most pleas,
inc to the people. \ ne" floof VIII
be laid. the roof shingled ana many
little comforts added
Arthur Goyell is home from Orono
for short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Palmer passed
a very happy day Thursday at Ar
row Head Lodge. Lake Maranocook'
the summer home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
win {. Frost of New York City.
Miss Sarah Lewis of the Clinton side
has been passing several weeks at
Bayside.
Mr.. and Mrs. F.. A. Coyell enjoyed
an automobile trip to Orono Saturday
where they were the guests of their
son fer a few hours.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. \. Smith of Corn
Vile were recent guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. G. Wentworth. The Went
Worths are also entertaining friends
from Monson, Mass. and are enjoying
frequent motor trips to North Pond,
Smthfield.
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BROWNS CANAAN

Alfred Brown of Birmingham, Mich
was in the place last week visiting old
friends and neighbors. Mr.. Brown
plans to return home this week on his
return he will visit in New Hampshire
and Boston, Mass
Mr.. and Mrs Ivan Padham and chill
dren visited friends in North Arson
Sunday.
Moses Horne passed a part of last
week with his brother in Bingham
Mrs Adelbert Smiley of Skowhegan
and party were recene callers at W
r. Bailey's.
Mr.. and Mrs. w r. Bailey were in
Skowhegan Tuesday on business.
E. f. Burns of Brunswick passed
Saturday night and Sunday at c. b
Chase's.
Mrs. Ella Davis visited last week in
the home of Mrs. Mae Fitzgerald.
Harold Withee Is visiting his friend
Carroll B. Chase.
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WEST PALMYRA

Mrs Ruth Robinson was taken last
Wednesday morning 10 the hosp tai
where she underwent surgical OPP
GRAFTON for appendicitis and is re-
ported az gaining as fast as can be
expected Her many friends wish her
a speedy recovery Miss Hazel Bos-
ton is doing her Homework while she
is away.
Charles Wilcox of Aroostook coun-
~ has been "A guest at Alex Watson
for few days.
Vera Hight and Vera Dyer were in
Pittsfleld one day this week.
Albert Snowman and family were in
Cambridge last Sunday to spend the
DAY with Mr. and Mr.. Charles Thurs
ton
Mrs. Herbert Richardson and two
cons Herbert Jr. and Ivan Of Easi
Skowhegan and Charles Richardson
superintendent of schools in North
Dana. Mass. were visitors at hloda
Richardson's one day this week.
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HIGHLAND

George Gagnon of Madison was a
caller in town recently.
The rains we got Sunday and Sun
day night must have checked the great
fires that burned Bems, Oquossoc and
was burning toward Rangeley. Deputy
First Warden Dunphy said 1T looked
as though from Witham Mt. it was
seven miles wide and being so dry Il
was coming fast.
Ralph Gould who has been at work
for l.. f. Howes at Carratunk spent
the week end at home.
George Stafford and family spent the
Sabbath with his brother and family
Mr.. J. +. Stafford
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MERCER

Nank VArney and family were in
Augusta last week.
Among the callers at Frank keiley,s
Sunday were Wallace Farnham, wife
and son Roy and Mrs. Wesley Damren
of1Belgrade. Mr. and Mrs. Farnham
make their home In Colorado, but are
spending their vacation In Maine.
Alton Tyler and wife OF Mt. Vernon
we're week end visitors OF relatives IN
tom.
Il Is reported that Bert Hutchins
formerly of this town, but who mas
BEEN located elsewhere for number
ofS Yeas, has purchased the place
knbwn as the Oliver Cromwell place
at SEast Mercer and that Mr.. and MRS
Frknk Hartford and family who nave
be0n living there are going to move
ohio the Eli Wells farm.
hrs. Jonas Varney has been receiv-
inf visit from her son and ms WIG
MD and Mrs. George Gilman of Massa'
chSsetts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Heaton are ex'
petted soon for visit at Jonas Var
ney's.