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The New York herald., 1921-02-26
REALTY JOTTINGS.

Sam Schiller of Paterson, n. J., is the
buyer of the house at 20 West Seventy
fourth street, now occupied by Geraldine
Farrar. The sale of the property by the
Brown, Wheelock Company, Inc, broker
was announced yesterday.
Peter Cusack of Cusack Company has
been appointed agent for Ill West Sew
enty-fifth street.
The Herbert Hecht-H. G. Kopp Com
pany negotiated the recently reported
lease of the building at East Forty
eighth street to a corporation headed by
Sidney S. Straus. The Brown, Wheelock
Company. Inc, was associated as broker.
The sale for the Manport Realty Com
pany of the six story apartment house
at the northwest corner of Broadway
and 163d street was consummated by Ar
thur Cutler e. Co.
Frank H. Taylor e. Son. Inc. sold for
the estate of NJ. Louise Barker the six
family apartment house at 247 Amherst
street, East Orange, to Frederick Will
derotter. s@
The New York herald., 1921-02-26
Business Troubles 8
PETITIONS IN BANKRUpTCy

Teh following petitions IN bankruptcv we're
tiled Yesterday In the United States District
ABRAHAM STRAUSS. trading as the wea p
Wen Dress Company, manufacturers ~
dresses and costumes. IL West Twenty
sixth street, involuntary. In behalf Of tbrsc
creditors. Petitioning creditors and amounts
claimed are: Charles Nokortz, $50: Henry
Aronoff, SEQ, and Triangle Emhroidery
Company. 5000. ~. & J. j. Lesser are at
=. IJoprneys Tor tn& petitioners.
GEORGE a; MEAD, clerk, 90 Church street
Mhite Plains y. " voluntary, who places
his liabilities at S6,o5o, all notes and bills
thereto, and assets OF $500. real estate
Thomas Holden. .Jr.. OF White Plains, is
attorney for the bankrupt
pAOLO CIRELLO. cotton goods, &C. G2f
Morris avenue Bronx, Involuntary, on
claims over $500 MaxImilan l.. Blek is
AGAFIA DEMTANENtSO. also known as
dealer Of sccordions. 81 Avenue A, In in
biitles are given as 81, ,257. and assets ms
5000. The petitioning creditors are Frank
Weren and Frank Grimm. who claim TO be
Joint creditors Of the alleged bankrupt for
$d,25I. Joffe Joffe are attorneys for the
petitioners.
ABRAHAM WALLACE. MAX SINGER AND
DAVID ErTtNGER. trading az the Quality
Buffet Lunch. restaurants. 40 Lafayette
street, aud G6S Eighth avenue, involuntary
on behalf OF three creditors. Liabilities
are given M $1,000 and assets as 1000
Hetitioning creditors and amounts claimed
are: William X Lighter. S24O; Leo Revere
sos, and Sarah f. Rabinowitz. S2T0. Leon
Dashew is attorney for the petitioners
THE DIAMOND FUEL COMPANY. n Della
ware corporation, engaged In trading and
mercantile pursuits - West Thirty fourth
street. involuntary, on behalf Of three
amounts claimed are Pittsburgh and West
virginia Coal Company. SO 22I; H. NJ
Crawford Coal Company, si,65s. and
The New York herald., 1921-02-26
TAX BILL TO BOOM
BUILDING Is PASSED
Estimate Boards Action Like
ly to Be Followed by House
Construction Era.
EXEMPTION LIMIT $4,000
Ordinance Affects Structures
Begun Within Two Years
of April, 1920.
EXEMPTION LIMIT S.,

The approval of the housing tax
exemption ordinance yesterday by the
Board of Estimate made the measure a
law, and assurance was given at the
public hearing that preceded the ap-
provak that millions of dollars would be
poured at once into the construction of
housing facilities to relieve New York $
shortage.
The ordinance. which is based upon
the exemption statute passed by the
special session of the Legislature last
summer, provides exemption from taxa
tion to the amount OF $4,000 a year for
the next ten years for dwellings or
apartments whose construction is begun
between April l. 1920. and April /,
1922 A limit of $1,000 a room is pro-
vided also
The board approved tine ordinance by
a vote of twelve to four, three oppos-
ing votes being cast by F. II. La
Guardia. President of the Board of AL
dermen, who had opposed the ordinance
since its inception, and the fourth vote
being registered by Calvin D. Van Name,
President of the Borough of Richmond.
Mr.. La Guardia offered before the
Board of Estimate the same amend
ments that were defeated in the Board
OF AID ermen, which would have annulled
exemption in instances where court
should decide that excessive rentals were
being charged. The amendments We're
lost in the Board of Estimate by a vote
Of nine to four. Mr.. La Guardia and
Francis Y. Sullivan. acting President of
Queens, voting for the amendments. and
the Mayor declining to vote. An amend
ment by Mr.. Sullivan to limit the life
of the exemption to five years met a
similar fate.
The board received assurances that
the exemption would induce capital TO
go into housing construction at once.
/. 7. Flatto, counsel for the Rckert
Brown Realty Company. said his COM
pany was ready to build and had ne
gotiated a number of loans predicated
upon adoption of the ordinance among
them being 5000 900 from the Metropoli-
tan Life Insurance Company. Edward
A. McDougall of the Queens Corpora
ton said his company was holding up
plans for 100000 worth of construction
pending adoption of the ordinance.
Statements OF several persons appear
ing before the board indicated that the
rental of houses built under the ex-
emption ordinance would be approx
mately s1S a room.
Robert Z. Bowling of the Real Estate
Board led the opposition.
DIR. Royal S. Copeland, Commissioner
of Health. who has been hard fighter
for the success of the measure, ex-
pressed qualifications when he learned
the ordinance had passed. He gave
great credit to Alderman William T.
Collins, Democratic leader of the Board
of Aldermen. and Henry II. Curran.
President of the Borough of Manhattan,
who led the battle in the Aldermanic
Board
The New York herald., 1921-02-26
BROOKLYN TRANSACTIONS.

e. A. Goldstein sold the two story
and store building at 1903 Flatbush ave-
nue., below Prospect place. for the La
band Realty Corporation. The property
originally belonged to the Hart estate
and was sold for the family Few
months ago by the same broker.
NJ. C. O'Br!en sold 1920 Union street,
a two story dwelling. 2oxl01.6. for Ed
ward r. Sem: 1853 East Thirteenth
street. two story semi-detached dwell
ing, 24x100. for Samuel Schwartz, and
leased SS4 Bergen street for Lynch &
Magee to Weiss & Bernstein for pub
lie garage at an aggregate rental OF
100000.
I. Salzberg sold for the r. r. Realty
Company to w. p. Connolly a vacant
plot. 71x10OS irregular. on Kings High
way, corner East Seventeenth street.
The buyer will erect three three-story
stores and apartments.
The New York herald., 1921-02-26
HEAVY TRUCKS BARRED
FROM STATES ROADS
Motor Vehicle Lou Limits
Size to 71-2 Tons.
Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
AIbany Feb

Special Despatch to TIE New YORK fIERALp.
New York Herald Bureau,
Albany, Feb. 25.
The determination of the Administra-
ton leaders In the Legislature to save
the States s10O,co0,0 600 highway system
from the wear of heavy motor trucks
will be carried out by an amendment
to the motor vehicle Law prohibiting
trucks Of more than seven and n hale
ton capacity on the roads outside of
cities.
The bill. carrying out Gov. Millers
recommendation that tha automobile
tax be increased sufficiently TO pay for
the maintenance of the roads. was in
troduced to-day by Senator Lowman
II increases the tax on pleasure cars
about 40 per cent, on omnibuses and
trucks under three tons 30 per cent
and on trucks over three tons 100 per
cent On the basis OF the expected
registratio of 10000 cars this will raise
s12.OC0,000. OF which 100000 goes to the
State and the rest to the localities
The 5000 600, Il is estimated, will just
pay for the maintenance of the State
highways.
The new Loman bill will give to the
state an additional 100000. The bill
increases the tax on pleasure cars from
n to 10 cents per horse power. The tax
on omnibuses with capacity of five
passengers or less Is raised from si5 TO
s22. and proportionately up to those car
rying more than thirty passengers for
which the fee is raised from $3.50 TO
si0l .25.
The number plate fee for omnibuses Is
raised from 81 to $40. For trucks or
delivery cars Of two tons the fee is in
creased from $40 to SIS; three tons from
sl5 to s22.5o; three to four tons from $50
TO $40, and the present fee is doubled up
TO fourteen tons, for which the fee is
made $40
The New York herald., 1921-02-26
DEALS IN OTHER BoRoUGHs.

Roman-Callman Company rented to
the Collene Laboratories, Inc. manu-
facturers OF pharmaceutical products,
the third floor in the new Fahnestock
Building at the corner of Eiehth street
and East avenue. Long Island City,
Queens.
Frank ID. Gibson, representative OF
the II. ID. Wilcox Oil Company. has
purchased a three story dwelling OF
nine rooms and three baths at the north
west corner of Broadway and Boerum
avenue, Flushing. Queens. from the Nc
Creery estate. w. II. Bleecker, presi-
dent. Mr. Gibson also bought the ad-
joining plot, giving him q frontage of
124 feet and a depth OF 122 feet.
John A. Wood sold to NJ. #. Wood for
Albert j. Hirt his residence at 4l77 Am
boy road. Great Kills, 8. I.
Lewis II. May Company sold for the
S. & L. Construction Company the hotel
at the corner of Grandview avenue and
Rue de st. Felix, Far Rockaway,
Queens, l.. l., to Rose Tepperman.
The New York herald., 1921-02-26

Bauerdorf and Charles Rohe through
Slawson & Hobbs. Mr. Hemingway will
reconstruct the properties into modern
apartment houses and stores. They oc-
cupy a plot 50x10O. Stoddard & Mark
attorneys. represented the lessee and
Bauerdorf Taylor the lessons. The
aggregate rental is about $400, 900.
James Kyle & Sons leased the four
five story dwellings and stores at 1928 TO
727 Lexington avenue. and 135 East
Fifty-eighth street, the northeast corner
OF Fifty-eighth street, to A. Paul at an
aggregate rental of s650.0Oo. The plot
is 65.sx76.
Arthur Cutler leased for Henry c.
Copeland the five story apartment house
at 244 West f01st street for forty-two
years at an aggregate rental OF about
$3.50. 600.
Charles F. Noyes Company leased the
first two floors in IS Front street TO G.
II. Finlay & Co. for five years at an
aggregate rental OF about $4,000
rutland & whiting Benjamin Corpora
ton leased The three story building.
19x9S.9, at 240 West Thirty-slxth street
to Annie Blitt; also lots as follows: In
81 Cliff street to Fl. G. Martin. in 40
Great Jones street to Siegel, Schotten-
berg & Fridlxen and Carbon Hat Com
pslny, ana store dllu DdStIfltill III liz
same building to II. NJ. Elish & Co.
Butler & Balwin Co. leased loft
in IL East Thirtieth street to Scherer
Manufacturing Company, and stores as
follows: In 451 Lexington avenue to
Morris Kresner and Samuel Felsteins
and In 124 East Forty-fifth street to
Bonato Russo.
The Herbert Hecht-H. C. Kopp Com
pany leased the fifth floor in 377 Fifth
avenue TO t'ruhauf Brothers Co,
Wholesale clothiers, for five years at an
aggregate rental OF $4,000; also the
store in 604 Broadway to Lou Freedman,
haberdasher, at an aggregate rental OF
5000, 900, and offices in the Munson
Ruildtng. SIS Wall street. to L. n. Fort
son. Inc, for ten years at an aggregate
rental of $4,000.
Lotion III. Slawson Company leased
floor in "a East Twenty-second street
to the Silco Underwear Company. and
floor in 10 East Thirty-third street TO
Sheiberg & Schwartz.
p. NJ Clear & Co. leased lofts In
375 Seventh avenue TO Roster & Leven-
son and Diamond Dress Company; also
in 235 West Twenty ty-seventh street stores
to Mossbacher & Co. and Mercantile
Motor Express Company.
+. J. Guilfoyle & Co. leased the ninth
floor in 500 Fifth avenue to the Tiphany
Phonetic Corporation.
Lampert & Umans leased to Aarons
& Leech, Inc, the store and basement In
45 and Al West Thirty-eighth street at
an aggregate rental of more than
S100,oO0.
J. B. English leased to DR.. Pinhelro
chiropodist, offices in 1862 and 1924
Broadway. and also in 1412 to 14l6
Broadway to Feldblet- -O'Donnell, Thomas
Dowley and Jacob Penn.
Cushman & Wakefield. Inc, leased
offices in the Canadian Pacific Build
ing, Madison avenue and Forty-third
street. to William S. Gray & Co., chem
lists of 80 Maiden lane.
The New York herald., 1921-02-26
BRONX BUILDING BOOM
FORESEEN IN LOT SALES
Valuable Improved Realty
Also in Demand

The erection of a six story apartment
shadowed by the sale yesterday of
vacant plot, likes. at the southeast COR
ner of Walton avenue and 1sith street,
The Bronx. The Galveston Building
Company is the buyer and the Rev.
John r. Atkinson. whose family has
held the property for forty years, is
the seller Douglas & Gettell were the
brokers.
The same brokers also sold a vacant
plot, 75xl30. in the Claflin estate on
Sedgwick avenue for Charles Nessle to
Oscar Flash, who plans to erect a ff-
teen room residence. on the site. They
also sold for the Ryncroft Realty Com
pany of Yonkers the Concourse Riding
Academy at 272O Morris avenue. 75x10o.
to a firm of contractors, which plans TO
improve the property. For w. Schaefer
they sold the plot, 79xa5. In the Claflin
estate south of 195th street to George
Fassig. For Mr.. Fassig they sold the
eleven room residence at the northwest
corner of Bronx Boulevard and Valen-
tine avenue to Ada Quick.
Samuel Friedenberg, the west Bronx
builder and developer who on Thurs
day sold a five story apartment house
and two large vacant plots on Uni
Vers!ty avenue, has purchased a vacant
plot. 100x150, at the northwest corner of
Burnside and Creston avenues, and will
improve the site with a motion picture
theatre and stores to cost about $3oO,00o.
The theatre will be on Creston avenue
and the stores on Burnside avenue.
Samuel Roseff was the seller and B. ii.
Weisker was the broker.
John f. Pendergast sold for X. Nc
Entee to F. Rauppius the two family
house. 16Sx10O, at 751 East 133d street;
for Maude Rouselle to ]. Varley the
dwelling, 16.Sx6O. at 47S East 18th street.
and for ]. c. Green to ]. Dolan the
dwelling. 17.6x1oo. at $50 East 13sth
street.
Meyer Isear sold the northeast corr
ner of 174th street and Bathgate ave.
nue.. five story apartment house,
S5x100, to Joseph Cohen.
julius Trattner sold for the estate of
Auguste Eichler to n. Di Agostino the
three family frame front house and
the two family rear house at Ala East
100th street, 25x10o.
Mel .ernon Brothers sold for G. s.
Stephens to the Bainbridge Construc-
ton Company the vacant plot, 52x10o.
at the northeast corner of East Goth
street and Hull avenue. The purchaser
will improve with taxpayer.
The New York herald., 1921-02-26
Builders Buy l.. i. city Tract.
SIX FIGURE RENTALS
LEAD LEASING MARKET

Pease & Elliman leased for the Lyle
estate for twenty-one years the six story
elevator building at 36 West F1fty-sev-
enth street TO the SO West Fffty-seventh
Street Corporation. The premises will
be occupied by the George w. Green
Furs, Inc. The rental aggregates
$500. 900.
Il. II. Kaufman. president OF the
Kaufman Rental Corporation. has leased
from Harry Aronson the ground floor
of the "signboard' building at the north
corner of Park Row and Ann street for
twenty-one years. The lessee will oc-
cupy n portion for one Of it's chain hat
stores. The corner store has been leased
to the Schultz Company. The Herbert
Hecht-H. G. Kopp Company and Daniel
Birdss,ii & Co. were the brokers
The two five story flats at 2270 and
2272 Broadway. on tho cast side, be-
tween Eighty-first and Eighty-second
streets. have been leased to Stewart
Hemingway by Margaret Deyo, Charles
The New York herald., 1921-02-26
Census Here Gives Negro
Gain Sc PC; Whites, 16.9

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The
negro population of New
York city at the time of the 1920
census was l53,08S, an increase
of 61,379, or 66.9 per cent, the
Census Bureau announced to-
day.
The white population was
5,459,004, an increase of 789,-
S42, or 16.9 per cent, and all
others 1856.
Negroes in Boston numbered
1882, an increase of 2,798, or
20.6 per cent. The whites
totalled 730,486, an increase of
74,790, or ia per cent, and all
others 1912.
The New York herald., 1921-02-26
ST. PATRICK UP TO DATE.

The ST. Patricks Day parade will be
held March II. with Lieut.-Col. Alex
ander r. Anderson of the old Sixty
ninth as grand marshal. Roderick J.
Kennedy presided yesterday at a meet
ing of the parade and celebration com
mittee at 165 East Eighty-eighth street.
II was decided TO make the parade
soldiers IN Ireland.
The New York herald., 1921-02-26
DAY SEES MORE BUILDING.
Looks for Greater Activity in
Spring and Summer.

AS result of the action taken by the
Board of Estimate and Apportionment in
eXempting from taxation for ten years
certain new dwellings and apartments
Joseph p. Day said yesterday that build
ing operationsc during the spring and
summer should be stimulated.
According to the new law" said Mr.
Day, stores may be installed on the
ground floor. though the upper part OF
the buildings must be used exclusively
for residential purposes"
The New York herald., 1921-02-26
Licensing system Opposed.

Magistrate Simpson states that he does
not favor the proposals for local
licensing system. The report says 1t is
apparent that in many cases innocent
families have been gouged numerically
as a result of their efforts to keep some
member from languishing in jail while
awaiting trial.
"One of the evils disclosed II states,
was the fact that there is no limitation
at the present time, either by law or by
instructions from the majority OF surety
companies to their representatives, as
10 charges for alleged OF actual extra
service in connection with the furnish
Ink Of ball bonds"
The report points out that while ordi-
nary defendants of poor circumstances
who arc presumed to be innocent until
convicted. suffer severely from the pres
ent system, pickpockets, street walkers
and notorious criminals experience no
difficulty In obtaining bail through pro-
fessional bondsmen and professional in
demnitors.
Although not legally proved. 1 am
morally certain that some professional
bondsmen and professional indemnitors
accept collateral security in the form OF
stolen jewels, bonds, merchandise and
cash." writes the Magistrate lie pointed
.
despite the fact that he asserted upon
examination that he had received moth
ing from a criminal whose fight cost
HIM about $4,000, continues TO perform
similar services for other alleged Of
tenders.
'''rhe establishment OF private fund
10 be used under proper conditions for
the release of worthy poor on bSil, pend
Ing their examination and trial, would be
an act OF great philanthropy" the report
reads. "and would save many individuals
and homes from destruction, the bread
winners In many cases remaining in Jail
for months and sometimes years, before
being discharged solely because of in
ability 20 raise bail"
The Magistrate expresses tho opinion
that dscontnuance of the bail bond
business by the surety companies would
be extremely unfortunate. He does not
think that underwriting authority should
be given 10 an agent on commission be-
cause instances OF overcharges by such
agents due to their desire TO make com
missions have been brought to light.
The New York herald., 1921-02-26
HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS.

HOTEL LUCERNE. POI West 10th 81.
HOTEL WILLARD. 10Th 81. West End Av.
An advertisement in the Lost aud
Found columns Of THE NEW YORh
HERALD offers real possibility Of
recovering pour lost property.
The New York herald., 1921-02-26

The first name Is thnt of the debtor. the
second that OF the creditor and date when
Judgment was filed
APPELBAUM, Paul, ana Alfred
Sten--A. A. Frank ct al; Decem-
her g. 1920 tcaucellcd). ........... 81 t1T2.p2
n Colleton. December 20. ia2o 7.G45.ae
AME-Samc-December 20, 1870. 10000
Won TGLZER. Albcrt-Regal Shoe
Co; August -. 1914 treleased). . 1.443.9o
GRAMP, Charles and Frederick-J.
II. Schaper; June q, 10iI......... 514.O1
GRAMP, Charles and Charles L.
Same May 10. 1871. 7.............. bT4.9i
oNelii; April 10, 1920. ......... ss4oI3
trio steel Co. January g. 1921. 1,s35.7s
MCKINLEY MUSIC COL. r..
oNeiil: February I. 1921 .,..... 1925
noids e al. August 8 1920. -. 1861
et al. september 90. 1920. ..... 265.S3
KANE, Joaeph--Gereral Accident.
Fire and Life Assurance Corp.
Ltd. of Perth, Scotland (vacated) ioG.3a
BUONOCORE, Salvatore--S. Bcrya-
MIN November 10. 1920 tyacstedl 9a2o5
SlRL1N Nathan--C. y. Maxwell
et ai. August 13, 1913 (concelled) 144.76
cancelled ....,.........,...... 3o5.39
iGii tcanceliedi ...'.......' 1880
ct al. February %, 1921. 80. s.347Io
THROCKMORTON, Eva y. b.
Manhattan Lubricants Co, Inc:
February ., I02i.............. J92 ~
BRONX.
BTATT. Harry and samucl-s
FriV; January 20, 1921 .......... HO3. so
FOx. Edward We. r. Kelly Co.:
March ~, oi1........,4....4... 1889
The New York herald., 1921-02-26
PREMIUM CURB URGED
Maximum of 3 Per Cent. for
All Services Is Fair, Of
ficial Contends.
RELIEF FOR POOR NEEDED
Many Innocent Persons Lie in
Jail Awaiting Trial as
Families Suffer.

The enactment nf stringent laws
governing bail bond premiums and
other legislation calculated TO cure
existing evils is suggested in a re-
port filed yesterday by City Magistrate
George w. Simpson covering the re-
suits of his recent John Doe inquiry
into the abuses of the bail bond sys-
tenn. The Magistrates report was de-
livered to William A McQuade, as
sistant District Attorney, who con-
Quoted the inquiry for District At
torney Swami, who had been advised
in letter from the Mayor of certain
alleged irregularities in connection
with the liberation of many notorious
criminals pending disposition of their
cases.
The Magistrates report finds no tan
gible evidence to support the charges
that stolen property was being put up
as bail. but expresses the opinion that
this was probable in some instances.
1t contains the statement that the in
quiry developed no evidence to war;
rant criminal proceedings against any
one, but it reviews the developments
of the hearings at great length and
finds much room for reform.
The New York herald., 1921-02-26
IIIlONX

BLATT. Harry and Samucl-S.
Eriv; January 30, 1a21.........
FOX. Edward We. r. Kelly Co.;
March ~, i9iT....s...t.......
The New York herald., 1921-02-26
SATISFIED Jt DUNhtSAN
MA ANIIATTAN

The first name Is TINT OF the debtor, the
second that OF the creditor and date when
Judgment was filed
Appel m ATrN Paul and Alfred
The New York herald., 1921-02-26
Reforms Urged by Magistrate.

iue cOuclSely cfnDOuleu III tne following
proposals for statutory amendments:
Il. The fixing of the maximum charge
or premium for direct or office bail bond
business at 2 per cent. of the bond
THE fixing of the maximum total
charge for all services rendered, in
Guiding premium at 3 per cent. of the
bond making any and all charges above
per cent prima facie excessive and
Illegal; permitting an excess charge
above 3 per cent. to cover extraordinary
circumstances. with the burden OF es-
tablishing the reasonableness and legal
ty Of such excess charge upon persons
or corporations receiving the same.
Requiring the total amount and pre-
MUM paid and to whom paid for bail
bonds to be indorsed upon the applica-
tion for the bond, where there is one.
and also upon the bond furnished.
Requiring the Judge approving or
rejecting the bond TO inquire into %
tho reasonableness of the amount or
charge for the same where the amount
appears thereon to be in excess Of
per cent. of the bond, and when the
amount paid Is unreasonable or exces-
sive he shall direct the institution of
legal proceedings for such violation
and (2) the title and character of the
collateral furnished and authorizing the
rejection and disapproval of the bond II
he is satisfied the collateral therefor is
stolen property.
"2. Prohibiting lawyers from signing
indemnity agreements in criminal cases.
"3. Prohibiting. underwriting author
ity being vested in persons working on
commission.
-. Making the violation Of any OF the
provisions of any of the foregoing Sec
tions a misdemeanor.
"5. Enacting a law in this state SINH
lar to the New Jersey law creating n
lien on the lands OF the recognizer from
tho time of the acknowledgment of the
bond !"