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buildings are so be financed in part by
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany, which has made loans on the three
groups In excess Of $1.400.000.
In his statement describing the pro-
posed building K. A. MacDougall, presi-
dent Of the Greensboro Corporation.
says:
These three groups OF new garden
apartment houses will be erected stimuli
taneously. One group Is to be located
in Twenty-second and Twenty-third
streets, from Fillmore to Hayes avenues.
This group consists of eight buildings,
having frontages OF sixty-fve feet and
seventy-five feet respectively, and is
composed of sixty-four five and six room
apartments. with two baths. One unique
feature OF these buildings. also present
in the third group to be described, is
the rear combination sunroom and bed
room. This is a large room with three
large openings, with easement windows
looking upon the parked interior court
and connected with the dining room
by glass doors. A ventilated dressing
closet and bed closet is part of the
equipment so that at night the room
may be used as bedroom and in the
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day time as a sunroom. A three fix
ture bathroom adjoins this room. The
dressing closet is large enough for a
clothes press and chiffonier, and the
bed closet is ample to enclose any size
standard bed during the day time. The
other bedrooms of the apartment are
grouped around the bathroom and are
separated from the living room and
dining room by a foyer hall. so as u
secure entire privacy. This group of
buildings is nearest to the Community
Clubhouse. where are located the res
taurant dancing pavilion, bowling al
leys and riding academy.
'"rhe second group is TO be built on
the block between Twenty-second and
Twenty-third streets. Polk and Roose-
welt avenues. and will consist of four
buildings, each having a frontage OF
120 feet; each building containing
twenty apartments and equipped with
two automatic elevators. The apart
ments contain five and six rooms, with
an attractive garden outlook. The
buildings are nearest. to the tennis
courts and childrens Fairgrounds and
are only short distance from the SUBJ
way station.
1.-THE third and largest group. consist
ing of fourteen buildings. each Ave
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George II. Wells, architect, who has
designed many of the buildings erected
at Jackson Heights, planned the new
structures. The entire operation COM
prises 2S4 apartments of five and six
rooms. with one and two baths. An
item of special interest in connection
with the construction of these buildings
is the installation of automatic eleva-
tors. which has been for many years
in use in Europe and has been installed
In apartment buildings in this country
and In private residences In Manhattan.
This Is the first time. however, that the
use of automatic elevators has been tried
on so large scale in this section of the
country. 1t is believed that the use of
these elevators in the new Jackson
Heights apartments will revolutionize
the construction of apartment buildings
of moderate height, as they give all
the advantages of elevator service with
out the greatly increasing expense Of
such service required when attendants
are employed.
1t Is proposed upon COMPLETION Of
these buildings. some of which will be
ready for occupancy early next spring,
to sell the apartments on the tenant
ownership plan. which has been SO
successful at Jackson Heights and
which has created there the largest and
most select comparatively owned apart
mcnt community In the world. The
Jackson Heights plan of tenant owner
ship differs from any others In that the
buildings are 100 per cent. cooperative,
the entire equity In each building being
owned by the tenant owners.
The three new groups of apartment
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=LOOR ARRANGEMENT III tie FIVE ROOM APARTr1ENTS
FLOOR ARRANGEMENT M tie FIVE ROOM APART1ENTS-
Huge Apartment Project Expected to
Popularize the Use of Automatic Ele-
vators, Widely Favored in Europe,
but Chiefly Confined to Expensive
Flats and Private Residences
in This Country
in This Country

Three groups of elevator apartment
|louses, comprising twenty-six buildings
bf the garden type, are to be erected at
jackson Heights. Queens. These new
buildings are the first elevator apart
|nents to be erected at jackson Heights.
where. at the present time, more than
200 apartments. In moro than fifty
buildings, are comparatively owned by
tenants.
Tho most important feature of the
announcement of this new construction
project is, the fact that the new build
|ngs are to be erected by Dwight p.
Robinson & Co., Inc. which has been
most prominent In the construction Of
|ndustrial plants, railroad terminals,
power stations, transmission systems,
ffice buildings. hotels. harbor develop
|nent work. &C., In all parts of North
Ind South America. Dwight p. Robin
Inter the apartment building field. and
ave selected Jackson Heights as the
|ocation Of their first operation.
The new houses actually Will be
|rected by a new company. known as
he Greensboro Apartments, Inc, which
b controlled by the Greensboro Corpora
Hon and the Jackson Heights Apartment
Corporation.
The plans call for buildings Of the four
Ind five story type, to be built around
|iterior gardens. following the general
|lethod of construction at jackson
Heights which has made this section
Unique as an apartment house COM
Iiunity.
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]. P. DAY HAS FULL
AUCTION SCHEDULE
Offerings Include $50 Build
ing Sites in Waterfront Area
Of Elmhurst, Queens.

Building sites OF every description and
hurst. Queens, will be sold by Joseph p.
Day at absolute auction on the prem
ises on Saturday. October Is. at p. NJ.
The lots. $50 in number. comprise the
holdings of the Flushing Bay Building
Corporation. which have long been one
of the chief barriers to the full devel-
opment OF the new bungalow colony on
Flushing Bay. North Beach and Bowery
Bay. In spite Of the retarding influence
of the big estates In the section, how
ever. the upbuilding OF the area has be-
gun auspiciously. 1t Is here that w. r.
Gibson Is completing several blocks Of
one family dwellings. many OF which
have been sold from plans.
The underlying value OF the water
front bungalow section OF Elmhurst IS
its easy accessibility from Manhattan,
Brooklyn and Long Island City via sub
way and surface lines. The property
begins at Astoria avenue. where II has
a frontage extending from Thirty-third
street to Junction avenue which passes
through the heart of the bungalow sec
tion and ends at the Flushing Bay
waterfrontage, where boating bathing
and fishing may be had. II crosses
every prominent connecting avenue In
this district. including Schurz. Mansfield,
Ditmars and Berrian avenues and
Wharf street. ms we'll as all the num-
bcred thoroughfares between Thirty
fourth and Forty-third streets and those
beyond known as Foote. Dulon, Frigate.
Granel. Engine, Davit and Keel streets
and Wolcott avenue.
The sale will be held In large tent
at the corner Of Schurz avenue and
Thirty eighth street. close to the juno
tion avenue trolley line and few blocks
north OF. the Junction avenue station on
the Queens borough subway.
This coming Wednesday Mr.. Day will
sell In the Brooklyn Real Estate Icx-
change at 8 r. NJ. ninety-six lots.
dwelling and a commercial greenhouse
In the Shore road section Of Bay Ridge.
The lots are on the Shore road. Narrows
avenue. Eighty-sixth and Eighty-seventh
streets In the immediate vicinity Of the
Crescent Athletic Club grounds and a
few blocks to the south In Marine ave.
nue.. Oliver street. Ninety-second and
Ninety-fourth streets The dwelling is
1T 1855 Shore road. adjoining the Cres-
cent Club. On the rear OF the plot Is a
two story frame barn.
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stories high. having 140 FIVE and six
room apartments, will occupy the
block between Nineteenth and Twentieth
streets. Polk and Fillmore avenues. Ona
end OF these buildings overlooks the golf
course. and they are within short dis
tance of the Broadway subway station.
In addition to the automatic elevators,
these apartments will also have the
attractive sun room bedroom feature
described In the first group.
"All OF the apartments in these three
groups have built-in fire places. so much
needed in this climate. The interior
garden between the buildings which
face Nineteenth street and Twentieth
street is 500 feet long and Is S3 feet
wide at its narrowest point. 1t will be
parked its entire length with trees.
shrubs. flowers, seats. &C., and will con-
stitute the most beautiful Of all The
Garden groups at Jackson Heights. be-
cause of Its generous dimensions.
Eight of the buildings are So feet In
width and six are rs feet in width. They
are remarkable because of the small
proportion of the lot covered by the
building. which is little in excess OF 80
per cent. This group when finished will
probably be the most attractive apart
ments of their type ever erected"
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ARCHITECTS SKETCH of
tie GARDEN COURT M1icH
GIVES the APARTMENTS
THEIR NAME
FINDS WESTCHESTER
PRICES ADVANCING
Broker, Says Summer Buyers
Are NoU Taking Profits.

According to l.. Ward Prince of Prince
e Ripley. more than s1.500,00O worth of
property has changed hands in West
chester county during the last month,
the bulk of which was made up OF
moderate priced homes. Mr.. Prince de-
clares that whereas during the sum.
ner period prices took an abnormal
drop because many owners were finan-
cially pressed there is now a definite
sign Of strengthening in prices and
many who bought two months ago are
able to take profit on their invest
ments
Building prices. Mr.. Prince declares.
are stiffening because of the shortage
of skilled labor in many sections. So
much building Is being projected and
actually started. according to Mr.
Prince. that the chances are that next
spring will find prices considerably
higher and contractors will be over
worked. The demand. the broker finds
centres around the 10000 and So, ,00j
homes. The most active sections in
estchester. Mr. Ripley says. are
Scarsdale, White Plains, Pelham and
New Rochelle
The following sales were made by
Prince & Ripley during the past week:
In the White Plains section. for Linus
Keating. house and plot on Greenacres
avenue to a New York attorney; In
White Plains. to G. l.. Jewett of White
Plains. a house held at $4,000; for
Emma Bredow her residence on Alex
ander avenue in the Battle Hill sec.
ton OF White Plains. to Andrew NJ
James of Fairfield Beach. Conn: for
Bertha Fox. a plot In the White Plains
Highlands section, to Anna X. Orth ot
this city. who intends to erect home:
at Gedney Farm. plot for A. s. Fedde
to a client who recently purchased
property adjoining: for the Pelham
Heights Land Company. plot corncr
of Loring and First avenues in the Pei
ham Heights section, to John Mason and
Marie L. Ferris of Mount Vernon.
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famous Westchester
Acreage to Be Sold

A posthumous chapter in the history
Il one of New Yorks most interesting
|ccentrics is contained in the announce
bent made yesterday that the executors
X the estate of the late John w. Ster-
Ing had decided to split up and sell the
BE acre tract in westchester assembled
Ind developed by the famous lawyer
|uring the latter years Of his life. In
he neighborhood of sI.500.0o0 was
|pent on the property by Mr. Sterling.
|iho made law his life work. philan-
|nropy his hobby and road building his
|nly diversion.
Mr.. Sterling was a member OF the law
|rm of Sherman &c Sterling In the
purse OF his life he gave his acquaint-
|nces many a surprise. but the most un-
Expected revelation of all came after
|is death when II was discovered that
|s estate, commonly supposed to be
|orth a few millions at the most was
|rtually found to be worth $40, 900, 900.
bout $50. 900, 900 was left by the lawyer
L Yale University for the erection Of
group OF buildings. including the Ster-
Ing Memorial Building, Library, Cheml-
] Laboratory. &c.
III. as some contend, hard work and
Finding application are the chief requi-
les OF success. Mr.. Sterling's daily rou-
|he explains the accumula ton of his
tst fortune. Every morning at 1880
n was found at his desk In his office
90 Wall street. and he seldom left
fore the corresponding hour at night.
rs luncheon was brief and frugal az
|lir Rnd dinner hour always found him
~ Union League Club. On schedule
he he would leave the club for his
|sme at 912 Fifth avenue.
Saturday afternoon. Sunday and all
2 holidays he allowed himself were
ent on his Westchester property In
|e rolling hills back of Rye, adjoining
bat is now the property of the West
Tester Biltmore Country Club Mr..
|lerling would step from his car and
|lceive from his waiting overseer pair
II clodhoppers which shielded the bot
As Of his trousers. an old ralxish cap
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Richards cottage on Weedmere Boule-
ward to Otto Frankel. the Craft cottage
on Pine street to Nathan Rich. the silk
cottage on Neptune avenue to Alfred
Rittmaster.
f. M. Crawley & Bros. leased at
Montclair for the Misses Lois and Corr
rne Smith the residence on the east side
of South Mountain avenue to Frederick
&. Munroe for E. j. Dougherty his resi-
dence on the west side of Upper Noun
tain avenue to c. B. Waterman, for Mrs
Ethel =. Farmer her residence on the
east side OF High street to Walter
Kreitzsch, for Oscar d. Duncan his resi-
dence on the north side of Melrose place
to j. G. Hoot OF Chicago, for Stanley
Woodward the residence on the north
side of Warren place to Don ID. Davis.
for Col l.. W. Manton his residence on
the east side of Prospect avenue to How
ard NJ. Henderson.
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and heavy walking stick. In these he
would tramp about among his army of
Italian workmen. hailing them jovially
by their numbers, which was his only
means Of identifying them.
Mr.. Sterling personally supervised the
laying out of every street and he saw
to IL that they were well built. Sterling
road, for instance, for the entire mile
and half of its length has a stone
roadbed fifteen feet deep. In all there
are eisIht miles OF bride pathway on
tne property. which extends along North
street, PolIypark road and Pleasant
Ridge. There are eleven gateways lead
ing to the estate, back OF them a beau
tful bit OF masonry work.
Mr. sterling began the accumulation
OF the tract In 1897 with the purchase
or the Archer farm. To this he later
added the Arthur farm and the Havi-
land property. making In all exactly
5s6h acres. There were seven spacious
old Colonial homes on the property. ten
smaller houses and two farm houses
In the redecoration of these the lawyer
gave free play to his pet color com
bination. He painted all the houses yell
low with white trimmings
The property, according to Robert 70.
Livingston, who made the announce
ment on behalf of the Sterling estate.
will be divided up into plots of an acre
or more each and placed on the market
through Kenneth Ives Mr.. Livingston
will take care of the advertising and
other details pertaining 10 the sale.
The proceeds /of the sale will 10 TO
the Miriam Osborne Home for Aged
Gentlewomen in Needy Circumstances
Mr.. Sterling was a trustee of the estate
OF Miriam Osborne. whose will provided
for the foundation Of the home, but
he personally provided the money which
made possible the erection of the build
ing and the purchase of the surround
ing 16 acres which lie about a mile
away from the Sterling tract. The home
is now run by the Osborn Memorial
Association, of which George B. Cortel.
you. head OF the Consolidated Gas Com
pany, Is president.
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IS LOTS nv MASPETH
TO GO UNDER HAMMER

In the rapidly growing unrestricted
section OF Maspeth. Queens, the Jers
Johnson. Jr.. Company auctioneers. will
sell az public auction on Saturday. Octo-
ber is. sixty-nve factory and residential,
sites on Grand street (old Flushing ave-
nue). Garrison and thurman avenues
and Milton street. The lots are near
the plants OF tho General Electric Com
pany. the Vulcan Rail and Construction
Company, the Wrigley Company and
other large manufacturing concerns.
The Grand street trolley passes the
property. and II is about twenty minutes
from the Manhattan side az the Will
iamsburg Bridge. The Flushing avenue
and Metropolitan avenue trolley lines
are near by. Grand and "Old" Flushing
avenues are established thoroughfarcs.
while Milton street. Garrison and Fur
man avenues have been ceded to the
city and are on grade. with water mains.
sidewalks, &c. installed. The lots may
be paid for in twenty-four equal monthly
installments, or on all purchases OF
81 900 or more so per cont may remain
on mortgage
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9TH AVENUE ZONE
LAW INDORSED
City Plan Committee Would
Limit Height of Apartments
to IS Feet.

The unanimous approval of the pro-
posed zoning law amendment by the city
plan committee of the Board Of Esti-
mate at its meeting last Wednesday
gave rise to the prediction in real estate
and building circles that the city will
create within the next few weeks an
entirely new building zone on Fifth
avenue wherein buildings will bc
limited to a height of seventy-five feet
This would be an absolute bar to the
erection of tall apartment houses.
The proposed restricted area embraces
the residential section of the avenue
and the adjoining side streets from
Sixtieth to Ninety-sixth street, opposite
Central Park and extends eastward to
100 feet west of Madison avenue In
this stretch Of fine residential structures
there are only thirty-eight apartment
houses and only eight of the latter are
higher than the seventy-five foot limit
which is to be set for future construo-
ton.
The action of the city plan committee.
taken at the conclusion of u public hear
ing at the City Hail. gives hope of the
successful conclusion of the long, hard
fight waged by the Fifth Avenue Asso-
citation to prevent big multi-family
structures from thanking "MillionaIres
Row" Real estate men have been widely
Interested in the fight and while some
Of them insist that the multi-family
house is not out OF place on the avenue.
there are many others who believe that
their exclusion will have a beneficial
effect upon the property values in the
newly restricted area. In his report
Borough President Henry Curran OF
Manhattan, n member of the city plan
committee said In part:
THE upper Fifth avenue section be-
ing well established as private rest
dence section. IL would seem that It's
continue ton as such should be assured.
There Is. apparently. stsgnation i'm the
development Of this district. This Is
claimed TO be due TO the lack of as
surance against the invasion of apart
ment houses. II Is such assurance that
the owners of private residences are
seeking.
The erection Of apartment houses I'm
this district gives little. II any. relief
TO the housing situation. The people
who can afford TO pay the rents are
well able TO own their own houses. and
those who are most In need of homes
are unable 20 pay the rents for apart
ments I'm this section.
There Is only one Fifth ryru1 -
the world. II Is second of.y t0 NV
York city itself. II obtained rs repv-
tat'on from the character Of its resi-
dences and churches and not frrn ifq
apartment houses This fcprtauan 9
an asset TO the whole city and every
thing should be done to preserve a..
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Zl26 WALNUT STREET

Large residence. running through 10 rear
street; II bedrooms md ! baths: terms to
suit. G. M. ROBlSON. 0O4 Walnut ~
Phone Walnut 1U7S.
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TO OPERATION BUILDERS

lO45 T.. CHELTEN AVE.--Ten rooms,
baths; seIni-deta Ched; excellent condition:
modern improvements: must SELL Fuhrnam
Realty Corp. 1910 Arch st
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GENERAL CARTER RErIREs
Chief Of Militia Bureau Quits After
Thlrty-nine Years Service

Washington, Oct. 1.--Brigadier Gem
eral jesse Mel. Carter, chief of the War
Department Militia Bureau. retired
from active service today at his own re-
quest. He had served thirty nine years,
having been appointed to West Point
from Missouri in 1882.
General Carter, AS Militia Bureau
Chief, directed the organization Of the
United States Guards TO safeguard utili =.
ties and industries after mobilization of
State forces for war In 1917. He was
awarded the Distinguished Service Medal
for this work. After the war he di-
rected the reorganization Of the Ma
tional Guard.
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LOST AND FOUND

DOG-Lost. female collie dog. near Cynwyd.
Sat; mixed ten coat white throat answers
70 Mickey: liberal reward. Ph. CYn-ryd 20 !.
FIE-Lost, diamond and prar crescent Pin
At Bryn Mawr horse show. September 80;
reward II returned to C. a. Wh!tchaad,
G2s Land Title Bldg.
PVRSE--Los' small black leather purse In
or near WoOd's pharmacy; finder keep
money and return purse and key TO A. J.
Posenteld. Ledger ORIce.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
BUSINESS PERSONALS

,TASTED-Business place. at once; good To-
cation for barber shop. c 931. Ledger on
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Friends

CONFERENCE, i6th and Race ste,
Ii3O-''Rela tions Of Rclisious Educ Hon
20 Moral Development Leader Elocrt
10 attend meeting for worship at 1850.
Visitors welcome me------
OLD MERION MEETING HOUSE, Mont
somery pike and Meeting House lane. was
ssta bii.heG by Friends in 1882 Here VIII
liam Penn worshiped. Is open every sun
tay morning. Divine worship at II
o'clock. Cordial Invitation extended TO all
Reached by train from Broad street sta
tion 10 Sarberth, or automobile bus leaves
Market and cad SITS. every half hour
ssipR the door
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES
Baptist
THE TEMPLE

5000 Seats
Home OF the Grace Baptist Church
RUSSELL II. CONWELL, Pastor,
wM DYRE McCURDY. Asso Pastor.
]. Marvin Hanna. Musical Director.
Frederick Starke, OrEanist. =,
Mr.. Conwell viii preach a. 1920 4. NJ.
and T:30 p. NJ The Temple senior chorus
chorus in the evening. ,
Sunday school. Jere l.. Cresse. buperin-
tendent. At 2:3O,
PRAYER Meeting FRIDAY at e.. ~,
6oO0th delivery OF ACRES OF LlA-
NONDS' Tuesday eyenlng. October 20.
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N MENInRIANI

WILLIAMS, Sacred 10 thu memory Of OUT
beloved son. HARRY r WILLIAMS. Died
Oct. 2, 1919. MOTHER AND DAD.
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Factories Warehouses. Manufacturing Floors
fTENEN90N 4 SON, LAND TITLE Bpo.
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PERSONALS

dIRARD RESTAURANT, GO6s W. GIrard
I'VE hns been sold: all creditors 70 call
at Phillip Green 4OlS G!r1rd ave, and
present ms before Oct, |. 1921.
NJ DAVIS, l03+ South st., sol place n
". Wc.stmHHn. Creditors call 1884 South
street
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AGENTS
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

HAVE YOU heard the SolotOns phonograpl
ShOw-NUrng. 1877 Chestnut, st
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STORE CORNER-lood location; Al con
dtiOn: hot-wAter heut, electric all mod
ern conveniences EcreCnR. awnings lin,
oeum. etc. all for 10000: leaving city
Immediate possession.
JOHN. n. i. cor 18Th end Pierce stA
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SITUATIONS wANTED-FEMALE

STTNoGRAPHER-Y lady, with 3 yrr
practical office experience, desires position
where services and ability will be npprec!.
ted. c oil, Ledger onic.,
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ARCH ST. CHURCH, 18th and Arch'
Dr. Mccartney will preach. .,.
io:45-"The Triumph OF the Soul L'te
Victor y'St.' or defeat. Every day recounts its
reVorses or its spiritual succssses' are
we left 10 our own resources, or Ia there
ono who is abe to lead Us IN triumph over
self over sorrow. over sin
l.-Bible School and Mems Class q
C. e. 3 THAT Friend OF Mine" Every
man neeIa a F-,end. Even the strongest
and most gifted VIII have his hour when
trsmblnGly q hard that gropes for tho
haP NJ