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The New York herald., 1921-10-30
BUILDERS SHOWING
LESS HESITATION
Loan Expert Finds Signs of In
creasing Activity and Tour
of Optimism.

That the building situation through
out the country is improving Is indi-
Gated by the steady flow Of capital now
being advanced for financing new
operations. An example Of this is
shown in the announcement of s. w
Straus 6 Co. that within the last few
days they have underwritten first mort.
gage serial bond issues on housing ac-
commodations involving a total vaiua-
ton Of approximately $10,000.000.
The loans on property total $685.
900 and are on the following new opera
tions: 2 East Eighty-eighth street
$450.000; Cecil Apartment Building, st
Louis, s., ZOO. 900; Chase Apartment Build
ing, st. Louis, 100000; Chester Apart
ment Building, ST. Louis, 100000; Uni
versity Apartment Building. Pittsburgh
100000, and Carylcourt Apartment
Building, Chicago. $335,0oo.
With regard to the general building
situation s. w. Straus & Co. say:
There are signs Of increasing activ-
ity In the building industry, which per-
tains not only to the increasing volume
of operations but also to the general
tone Of optimism. which Is apparent.
We note an increased volume Of ir-
ouiries for capital for building opera
tions. and there are fewer indications
Of n hesitant attitude by builders. The
pressure for new structures Of res'den-
tial tyne is strong in all cities. and we
believe that as time develops the build
ing Industry will prove an increasing
factor in absorbing unemployment and
st,mula ting tho general business condi'
tions of the country
The New York herald., 1921-10-30
QUEENS LEADS CITY IN
PER CAPITA BUILDING

Statistics just published by the
American Contf' ctor show that in the
total estimated cost Of new buildings
for which permits were issued during
the first nine months of 1921 the Bor-
ough of Queens. with a total Of $685.
S05.611. leads all the cities of the
United States, with the exception of
Chicago which had total of sol, $685.
40. These figures bear out the claim
repeatedly made by the Greensboro
Chamber of Commerce that Queens
Borough is the fastest growing COM
munity in the United States, as 1t
shows larger per capita expenditure
for new buildings than any other city.
The figures show that while New York
city as whole in September fell be-
hind the record for August, Queens
showed a decided gain, the total being
$S,904.351 as compared with SS,146,210
in August. The per capita expenditure
for new buildings for the first nine
months OF the year in this borough is
$121.10. The nearest competitor is Los
Angeles. with per capita expenditure
Of S95.43.
While Queens leads all the cities OF
the country in its per capita expendi-
ture. it also leads all the other bor-
oughs of New York city. although Man
haitian and Brooklyn exceed her in the
total. Following is the record:
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posed new pier the municipal baths are
to be enlarged by the construction of
an addition, at the corner of Fifth street
and Concourse Drive. This addition is
to be ready for the bathing season Of
1922 When completed, 1t will provide
accommodations for 10000 bathers
daily. The record for one day to date
has been $4,000 bathers.
Commissioner Hulberts municipal
recreation pier and convention hall
scheme is opportune. as 1t has been esti-
mated by.Edward Riegelmann, Borough
President of Brooklyn, that the Coney
Island Boardwalk will be completed by
July, 1922.
Construction of the Boardwalk will
completely eliminate all structures on
the ocean front side of Surf avenue and
leave the beach free and open to the
public.
The boardwalk, plans and specifica-
tions of which We're approved and au-
thorized by the Board of Estimate on
July 90. 1921, is to be of reinforced
concrete construction. Title to the ocean
front was vested in the city of New
York recently. The contract for the
physical Improvement has been awarded.
The work will embrace the reclaiminS,
stablizing and filling in of the ocean
front to provide an easy sloping beach.
The boardwalk will extend from the
Ocean Parkway to West Thirty-seventh
The New York herald., 1921-10-30

New York is TO have one of the largest
convention halls and ocean piers In the
world, provided the plans Of Murray
Hubert, Dock Commissioner and Demo-
cratic nominee for the Presidency of the
Board of Aldermen, are carried out.
1t is proposed to erect the pier at
the foot of the Ocean Parkway, Coney
Island, directly opposite the Seaside
Park, and only few hundred feet from
the b. r. T.-Broadway and Brighton
Beach subway station at Ocean Park
way. The b. r. r. electric surface car
line and the New York Municipal Rail-
way terminals are located in Surf ave-
nue., west of Fifth street, a few blocks
west of the pier location. This section
of Coney Island, at the gateway to
Brighton Beach. is accessible from all
parts of New York at n cent fare, and
the location is ideal for the handling Of
large assembIages.
The new pier. according to the an
nouncement made yesterday by Mr.. HUI
bert. would combine utility and recrea-
ton, provide great public playground
free to all and add 800 feet--or more
than half q mile---to the Coney Island
waterfront. The structure, as planned,
provides for a promenade more than one
third the entire length Of the new Coney
Island Boardwalk.
In the immediate vicinity of the pro-
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next year the total of 5.oo0is given
to be, distributed among institutions ac-
cording to the Commissioners assign
ment of city wards to the various insti-
tutious.
"3. One other change has been made
the tentative budget, and in the tentative
budget in turn more often than in the ex-
listing budget, namely, lump sum totals
are voted to department heads for wages
and salaries where In previous budgets
the number and character Of employees
have been stated.
1.-THE theory on which this change is
made is that when freed from restric-
tions of budget divisions q department
head can make the same amount OF
money go further In the case OF the
Bronx Parkway Commission, for exam
pie. a cut OF ~ per cent. was made on
this theory. In the case of the great
city departments like Plant and Struc-
lures the additional freedom has been
given, but no assumption of saving is
stated or can be inferred from the budget
wording.
'Jn Plant and Structures. which de-
partment operates the citys ferries,
buses anu troleyS, one lump sum oi
s5S2, 900 is given under a single head
without specifying the number OF work.
ers, where In 1921 these items were under
twenty-five different heads. In the
Borough of Manhattan, where four lump
sum items now call for $1.257,000. the
budget for 1921 put these same items
under twenty-nine different specifica-
tions. These lump sum items have been
increased since the tentative budget by
1851. 900 and are $4,000 above the 1921
budget"
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, ing along the entire second floor, and
connecting at the same level with the
new Boardwalk. would be promenade
fifty feet in width.
From financial point OF view the
new pier, it is believed by Commissioner
Hubert. could readily be made self-sup-
porting. To this end, the plans provide
for the construction Of stores and booths
under. the gallery of the arena and
facing the promenade. With the demo-
lition of the many old buildings now
located on the ocean front side OF Surf
avenue, these pier stores will be In
strong demand at high rentals and
should produce n very considerable
revenue.
Tho Ocean Parkway pier would be
larger than any other recreation pier In
America. with the single exception OF
the 5000 foot Municipal Pier erected in
Chicago. Atlantic City. feeling the need
OF a largo convention hall, recently an
nounced the construction Of an immense
edifice as an addition to the existing
municipal pier. Construction Of the
Ocean Parkway Pier. in conjunction
with the Boardwalk. would make Coney
Island the convention centre OF New
York and greatly influence the reim-
provemert OF Surf avenue with hiGh-
class hotels, shops, ct cetera.
The New York herald., 1921-10-30
BROOKLYN LOT MKT ACTIVE.

VIM. d. Harmon G. Co., Inc, report q
number OF sales on their Rugby prop
erty. In the Thirty-second Ward of
Brooklyn. to small buyers who have the
privilege OF paying for their plots on
the easy payment plan. Many of the
new purchasers have signified their in
tentions Of erecting homes In the near
future. The plots are located as fol-
lows: Northeasterly corner Of Ditmas
avenue and East Elghty-elghth street,
to Antonette Millcteri; southwest corner
ninth street, to Pasquale Franco; south
west corner of Clarkson street and East
Forty-eighth street. to Joseph j. vicari !:
northeast corner Of Avenue and East
Forty-ninth street, to Hyman Book
binder: northeast corner OF Schenectady
avenue and Avenue ] to +. ID. Sisto !:
southwest corner Of Kings Highway and
Schenectady avenue. 10 l.. Devine !:
northeast corner OF East Fifty-first
street and avenue J. 20 ]. @. Maori |:
northeast corner Of Avenue X and East
Fifty-eighth street, to r. Nastro; prac-
tically the entire block front on Avenue
l from East Fifty-sccond 10 East Fifty
third street. to Il. Weinberger and b.
Leibowitz.
Other sales include the northeast cor
ner Of Avenue and East Forty-eighth
street, to j. Shabel: plots on Avenue III.
near Utica avenue, to Annie Grandes.
M. Alberta. Frank Sommers; plots on
Utica avenue. near Avenue l. TO G.
Flrro Samuel Rosenthal; plots on East
Forty-ninth street. near Avenue I, TO J..
Sasso, N. Farraro, M. Il Manning (;
plots on Utica avenue. near Avenue J.
TO John Bermann, Charles Sonotn. BEN
jamin Dinerman plots on Dltmas. ave-
nue.. near East Sixty-ninth street, to p.
Catalone. G. Cap. g. A. Cicalono. q.
Cambria plots on Utica avenue. near
Kings Highway, TO p. A. Montjouris, ".
AIicakos practically the entire block
front on Avenue II. from Utica avenue
to East Fifty-first street, TO ID. Man
fvcfo
The New York herald., 1921-10-30
Non-Partisans Want More
Public Interest in Budget

Intervention by department heads In
spite of the fact that the special ex-
aminers and the budget committee who
have been working on these problems
for several months. fixed lower figure.
"The reason these very considerable
payroll increases, totalling 100000,
have not added TO the budget is that
decreases have been made In other than
payroll items. Many of these decreases
arc paper decreases only and must be
paid next year, even though left out of
tho budget. For instance, s4,411, 900 in
pension items were omitted. Of which
s1.753,000 is for teachers pensions,
81, 100000 for police and s1,159.000 for
other employees pensions. Again, with
out changing the rates for payment to
private charitable institutions and when
actually increasing the rate to private
hospitals 20 per cent, lump sum OF
$500.000 has been subtracted from this
item. One other large decrease is for
fuel items, making In all a total of
$500, 900 decreases for supplies and for
other than payroll, besides O $4,000
cut In seven payrolls and q 100000 de-
crease in the debt service contribution.
II the cuts made In the tentative budget
had stood, without being used up in
nearly S3.000,000 payroll increases, to-
gether with the cuts in the proposed
budget on other than payroll items, the
budget for 1922 would have been s6.517.-
600 below the tentative budget, or $345.-
4o0, 900, or 500. 900 less than the budget
for 1921.
"Whatever reasons now Justify the
Board OF Estimate In putting Ss,000.00C
into the budget that was not In the bud
get last week are clearly contrary to the
evidence upon which the budget exam
iners and the finance committee who
have been working all summer used ir
fixing the tentative budget.
The Case OF school Appropriations,
although the increase in public school
register was enough larger than was
expected, so that at the same rates FOL
which the tentative budget provide an
increase OF over a million dollars Is
needed. no increase was made In the
final budget In this case reorganiza.
tion. Il Is claimed, will take care of In.
creased service.
"Other important differences between
the proposed budget and the tentative
budget include these:
IL. II Is provided that In filling exempt
positions, any position not rated by civil
service rules for which wages are fixed
by the city authorities. next years rates
shall be the minimum rates for each po-
sition fixed in the budget for 1920. This
sane provision was not made with re-
gard to the much larger number oi
employees who come into public employ.
ment through tho civil service.
!. "2. Where formerly a maximum
amount was put IN the budget which
could be paid to any private charity this
The New York herald., 1921-10-30
AUTOMOBILES HELP
GROWTH OF QUEENS
Borough Has Greatest Number
of Passenger Cars Per Capita
in Greater City.

One CT the reasons why tho Borough
ual cities in the country in respect of
the per capita value OF building plans
filed this year is the fact that the bor-
ough possesses peculiar advantages as a
home section for owners of automobiles.
1t is the nearest borough to the charm
Ing touring sections of Long Island.
The latest figures OF Secretary of State
Lyons show that in Queens there is
one passenger automobile for every
twenty-one persons, compared with ono
car for every forty-seven persons In The
Bronx. thirty-nine in Manhattan, thirty
seven in Brooklyn ard twenty-five in
Richmond According to Walter !. VIII
lis, secretary OF the Greensboro Chamber
OF Commerce. some of the reasons for
the heavy registration of automobiles IN
Queens are as follows:
First-A large percentage OF the thou
sands cf new detached dwellings,. as
we'll as apartment houses. which are
Eow under construction throughout
Queens have garages built as an esscn-
tfal and component part. This would
not be feasible In the more densely de-
veloped sections OF the city, where most
OF the owners of automobiles are re-
quired to store them in commercial ga
RACES paying sac to $50 per month for
the privilege. In Queens q garage can
be built at a. cost of approximately
$1,000 on the same plot of ground pur-
chased for the house. The interest on
this investment at per cent is only
$50 per year, or S. per month. Compare
this with the payment OF $50 per month
for automobile storage in Manhattan
and you will see what inducement has
led thousands of former residents OF
other boroughs to build homes in
Queens
Second-Queens, with its magnificent
distances. offers advantages to tho
motorist far superior to those CT any
other borough. Its strateglcal location
for convenient pleasure trips on Long
Island, without the necessity of travel
ling through congested streets. is an at
traction which is often the determining
factor in the decision OF the family a5
to where to build their new home.
Third-The borough, with its we'll
paved main highways and relatively few
intersecting streets. as compared with
the more densely populated borough. Of
fers to the motorist a real incentive to
get his car out for a pleasant ride In
the evening after dinner
Fourth-Motoring is Of two kinds--for
business and for pleasure. When on
business the motorist Is not concerned
with beautiful scenery, but when On
pleasure bent he does not care to spend
from half an hour to an hour travelling
through canyons Of brick and stone tn
reach the open country. In Queens tho
many beautiful residential districts, tho
wide stretches of rolling country. the
bays which indent the shore line. and
the beautiful trees are pleasant to the
eye and invite the motorists to live near
by.
The New York herald., 1921-10-30

The fact that great organizations Of
real estate interests, taxpayers associa-
tions and citizens were absent when
final hearing on the budget for 1922 was
held Is regarded as an ominous eign by
the Committee on Non-Partisan Facts,
OF which Herman A. Metz Is chairman
and Col. William Barclay Parsons. Rich
ard wellings and Frederick w. Hin
richs are directors. Tho committee
points out that only eight persons were
present last Tuesday morning to pro-
test against reduction in the per diem
rate OF appropriations for private hos
pitfalls and children's institutions for the
care Of the city's patients. All this oc-
CURED, the committee points out in spite
of the fact that the Board of Estimate
met the taxpayers half way by present.
ing estimates which show at a glance
where the increases in the budget were
proposed.
In further elaboration of its argument
to prove the necessity for taxpayers and
real estate interests keeping a constant
vigil on the budget the committee issued
the following statement yesterday:
when the tentative budget was first
announced Comptroller Craig stated that
Il was S5,000,O00 too high. When re-
ductions Of s3.000.000 were made the
Comptroller still voted against the
budget on the ground that II was still
s2.000.000 too high. The final budget,
as presented to taxpayers and rentpay-
crs and to the full Board Of Estimate
for possible reduction, totals 1851 ,970,-
900. This total, which Is still $4,000, 900
above Comptroller Craig's estimate of
tho budget which can be voted while
keeping within legal tax limits, contains
over s3.oo0,000 more for wages and sal
aries in thirty-four departments than
the tentative budget.
Some Increases TO BE Made.
Every member of the Board of Esti.
mate. except the Mayor, who votes upon
the final budget--that is. the Ave Bor-
ough Presidents, the President of the
Board of Aldermen and the Comptroller
gets an increase for his department
over the tentative budget varying from
81 800 In President La GuardIas office
to s331,000 in Queens Borough. Tho
Ave Borough Presidents get payroll in
creases above the tentative budget OF
over S1,400.000. as follows: Queens
1891 900; Brooklyn. s314.000; Manhat-
tan. $311.000; Bronx s201.000 and
Richmond, $4,000. Other large payroll
increases include: Water Department
s32s,O00; Plant and Structures. s315,.
600; Manhattan parks. s1s3.000: Bronx
parks. s170,000; Brooklyn parks, s164.-
600; Fire Department, $4,000; Edu-
cation, $4,000: Docks. $4,000; Welfare
$4,000: Police. $4,000; Queens parks.
$4,000. All these increases are due to
The New York herald., 1921-10-30
aueens-Richmond Deals.

Nils Benzon of Copenhagen. Denmark,
has sold bs cable through Champ 6
Dasey. the residence which he recently
erected at Malba-on-the-Soun L. l., on
large waterfront plot.
Nygren & Co. sold through Terry &
Johnson Of SO Main street. Flushing. the
six room dwelling on Thirtieth street.
Flushing, to G. L. Van Dusen Of Flush
ing.
NJ. James Hughes. with i. y. Creigl-
ton. sold for c. w. Cavanagh a plot COX
100 feet, on corner of Winant and La
Sale streets. Port Richmond. to A. A.
Smith Coal Company as an addition to
coal site recently purchased.
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business Leases.

Albert 3. AsIforth. inc, leased OFFICES
In the Liggett building. corner Madison
avenue and Forty-second street to the
Western Union telegraph Company |;
Williams. inc, and tho Newton steel
Company.
gns.ine & Co. Inc. have rented the
following floors: In 81 East Twelfth
street, to Berger. Raphael & Vile: In
1245 Lexington avenue. TO DIR. !. Mayer :
I'm is west Twenty-sixth street. TO M. w.
Brick Company, Inc. and store. ana
basement in % East Twelfth street to
NJ. SimiansIy Co.
Realty JottfnGs.
II. II. Papaport. Inc, were the brokers
In the lease OF the northwest corner OF
broadway and West Ninety-ninth street
by the Schultz Realty Company to BEN
jamin Winter, head OF the Corwin Build
ing Corporation. reported on Saturday.
SIawson & Hobbs have secured a per-
manent loan from the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company for Joserh Fafella
and associates on 112 10 lie West Sew
entieth street. recently purchased
through the same brokers for the erec-
tion of nine story apartment house.
w. A. Barbour. for several years with
Slawson & Hobbs. Is now associated
with the Wood, Dolson Company In their
sales department
K. Tanenbaum was the broker In tho
leasing Of the Central Opera House at
20B-2f7 East 6ixty-seventh street 10 the
International Sporting Club.
The New York herald., 1921-10-30
INFORMATION WANTED.

CIIAPAIAN--If John Ingram Temple Chap
man. who was last heard of In Bandon,
Oregon, abopt the year 1917. will communi.
don, England he will hear OF something tn
his advantage. VIII any person having in-
formation concerning the above named please
above address under the reference nurnoss
R-3416.
The New York herald., 1921-10-30
Residential Leases.

Harris, vought & Co. and William A.
White & Sons leased the five story
dwelling at 443 Park avenue to Mrs.
James q. Blake.
Brown, Wheelock Company, Inc, have
rented the following apartments: In 776
Lexington avenue, to Paulding FosdiclS,
Harrie T. Lindenberg and Lawrence III.
Earle in 126 East Thirty fourth street.
20 the Rev Carroll NJ. Davis DR.. Allen
o. Whlpple, Miss Marie Louise Enlluctt
and Miss Dorothy Kelsey.
The New York herald., 1921-10-30
Newark Tran.nctions.

Frank La Capra has purchased from
DR.. w. b. McGlennon the twelve room
residence at $50 Summer avenue through
Felst g. Feist. The same brokers rented
store in the northeast corner of Broad
and Orange streets to Joseph A. and
The New York herald., 1921-10-30

The Furnished Rooms to
Let and Boarders Wanted
advertisements in T H Z
HERALD'S Want Ad Page
offer the means of securing
just the type of place in
which you would like to
live. Follow these ads daily.
The New York herald., 1921-10-30
PUBLIC NOTICES.

A few words of appreciation for successful
operation performed by DIR. p. Hoguet. BJ
II. b3d, which had been refused by many
doctors. Many thanks to DR.. Hoguet. Mrs.
GRUMBACH. 1863 Av. A.
CHAS. HAUGEROS, or anyone knowing hlH
address. send same III. HAUGEROS, caro-
Jarrett. 5S1 18th av.
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Borough Of Brse'nss-

BROOKLYN Av., 2Jg.--Tmmedinte possess
ground floor: newly decorated: rent f15, or
FOR sale on cooperative ownership plan on
attractive terms. LESTER q. ROBINSON,
INC. ie6 Rogers av., Brooklyn. Phone
Prospect 9fis.
The New York herald., 1921-10-30

BENsoNHURgT
s2d. 1o19-Tour. five rooms, tiled bath: all
modern tmproveucntei new apartments
Apply premises. west End train, 18th Az.
citation. 30 minutes Times square.
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APARTMENTS WANTED.
Borough Of Brooklyn.

Furnished.
FOUR room apartment. bath; state equip
rnents: would buy part cash or rent. M
f4p5 Herald, Harlem.
WANrED--To rent. . Furnished apartment.
East Side; three masters bedrooms, two
baths, two servants rooms: from pecemhor
20 MAY I. Box r 7ae Herald. 2s0 Bway.
wINTTD furnished or unfurnishcd two
rooms. kftchenette. bath: desirable location
near park or drive; ground floor or elevator.
l. 245 Herald. Herald 50.
UnfuYnished.
STUDIO wanted furnished or unfurn!shed,
reasonable; north light studio. bedroom
and bath, between 32d and 5eth East. Write
Room 81. 1t0 fremont ST.. Boston. Mass.
WANTED-Four or five room unfurnished
apartment, I'D TO p6th sts., vicinity Broad
way, ground floor, IN modern building. for
doctor. M. r.. AIS Herald. Herald square.
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BROADWAY. $50 (1b9th) High cIass
elevator apartments, rooms; $llo; inme-
diate possession.
CONVENT Av.. 435, corner 149th st.-Pos-
session now; and rooms, elevator
apartments. Apply on premises or BLEl-
MAN, 656 broadway. Tel. 21S2 Spring,
FLOOR IN private house; one flight large
light. airy rooms; private bath; choice To-
cation M 148e Herald. Harlem.
five room apartment: all improvements; !;
reasonable rent; Immediate possession
f10 West 191st.
FIVE rooms, high class elevator apartment:
highest heaithiest part city; $1AO. Apply
800 TT. Washington av.. Apt. 6A.
RIVERSIDE DRIVE, S35 (north of 158th st)
Five rooms In one Of the finest new eie-
vator apartment buildings In beautiful River-
side Drive section. Phone Audubon 1850.
TWO very large rooms and kitchenette; new !;
most modern: choice location. % Hamilton
Terrace ct 142d st. WOOD, DOLSON CO.,
a5I5 Broadway. Phone 1851 Audubon.
WADsWCRTH Av.. S5I -Four room apart
nient for rent Inquire superintendent
lj3p, 600 W.. corner Broadway--High class
elevator apartment house. looms ead
baths: fronting Broadway: &169.
IsofH ST., $50 VS. rooms and bath, all
modern improvements: choice apartment
nnd location Immediate possession.
COO ". i6eth st.-5 rooms. suitable for
physician: ground floor.
iocD. 65 WEsT-Beautiful corner apartment.
SIX large outside rooms. VIZ. Apply
Janitor.