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The New York herald., 1921-05-23
HOLDS L. I. CITY SALE.
j. r. Day Finds Ready Bidders for
Vacant Property.

Vacant property in Long Island City
proved Its ability again yesterday to
attract investors. The test was afforded
by the auction sale OF 460 lots belonging
70 the estate of Henry Van Rensselaer,
Kennedy and Benton II. Collins OF Eng
land. The sale was conducted by Joseph
u. Day In tent at the corner of Bliss
street and Queens Boulevard. A satis-
factory scale Of prices prevailed
throughout the bidding. The properties
sold are located along and abutting
Queens Boulevard and Greenpoint ave-
nue at three subway stations on two
different routes.
BY o'clock in tho evening Mr.. Day
had disposed OF 2e2 OF the lots for a
total OF s332,300. or about s1,150 lot.
The highest price was s13.750 paid by
Henry Stahnibergcr, q concrete eontrac-
tor for a riot on Diagonal street. bo-
tween Thomson avenue and Meadow
strect Abuttlng lots on Thomson ave-
nue. brought s3.1o0 TO s3.S00. Lots on
Queens Boulevard between Rawson and
Moore streets sold from $1,000 to $4,000 !:
OH Queens Boulevard between Honey
well and Buckley streets $3.50: on
Queens Boulevard between Bragaw and
Lowery streets s1.425, and on Annabel
avenue between Greenpoint avenue and
Lowery street $500.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23

a cathedral frie.c above the fire opening
and slender pilasters at either side up
holding two couchant lions carved in
marble is next to the ceiling, the most
important single detail in this room of
rare distinction. The furniture Is for
the ost part of the period in which the
room is conceived but with sufficient
modern upholstery to provide the COM
forts of modern living.
r The formal dining room In quite an
other way Is equally unusual. with its
heavy tapestry wall covering and the
many old family portraits hung there.
Here again is another fine imported
Gothic mantel Of white marble, the de-
sign having an ornamental frieze in lieu
of the cloistered saints. while the panel
on the chimney breast shows the ia
miliar linen fold design with ornamental
shields as a decorative finish. Both the
trim and furniture are mahogany. A
lovely Duncan Phyfe dining table in the
centre is surrounded with Chippendale
chairs and a grandfather's clock and
other antiques are included in the fur
nishing.
To attempt to describe the house In
detail would be impossible since the
floor plans of the two and half stories
include forty rooms. those on the first
floor including in addition 20 the ones
already mentioned breakfast room. study,
two flower rooms. besides innumerable
coat and linen closets. servants dining
and sleeping rooms and the service
quarters. Several porches have been
built to command the many fine views
which the location offers. In fact, no
available point that might add to the
beauty and comfort of the owners of this
fne estate has been overlooked by Mr..
HOwells
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
LOAN SOCIETIES MEET.
Jersey Associations to Have Two
Day ConcIave mt Atlantic city.

The New Jersey League of Building
and Loan Associations viii hold two
day convention at Atlantic City, begin
ming Friday, May %, in order TO give
the delegates extra time to consider the
proposed revision of the State laws so
as 20 legalze all associations operating
in the State. Commissioner w. T.. Tut
tle Jr., of New Jersey, who is working
TO bring about the revision. will address
the convention. Alexander NJ. Linnett
OF Newark. former president OF the
United States League OF Building and
Loan Associations, will also speak. on
Saturday morning the delegates will dis
cuss the question, will a Commission
10 Regulate Rents Improve the Housing
Situat!on7" The discussion will be
started by Edward =. Doyle, director OF
the bureau OF information and research
OF the Real Estate Board OF New York.
r. y. Glow, Jr., president of the New
Jersey Real Estate Board, win also
speak on the subject
The New York herald., 1921-05-23

John Mead Howells, the architect OF
Panfield. Is wont to say that most
American country houses are SO very
new In all their elements that they are
generally not fit to be photographed un-
til they are SO old as to be no longer
considered as a desirable novelty in an
architectural way" This statement,
however. does not apply to the present
case, since great forest trees have been
transplanted in the immediate vicinity
of the house supplying the mellow at
mosphere of age.
One evidence of the old gardeners skill
is seen in the wistaria vine planted be-
side the entrance that chambers up and
over the Tudor arch to the second story.
Despite the fact that 1t had roots forty
feet long, tho work of transplanting
was accomplished without harm to the
vine. Mrs. Milbank's famous white iris
beds brought from the home OF her
mother at Prides Crossing also consti-
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
CITY COMPROMISES
7TH AVE. ZONE FIGHT
Shuts Out Factories Only From
Block North of Big Penn
Terminal Station.

The Board of Estimate ennulated that
sapient king of Judea last Friday when
1t was called upon to satisfy the de-
mands Of hotels. department store and
railroad interests on the one hand and
the interests of property owners on the
other In the matter OF shutting out the
garment factories from Seventh avenue
between Thirtieth and Forty-nrst streets.
The board approved a plan which will
protect the immediate neighborhood of
the Pennsylvania station between Sew
enth and Eighth avenues but disap-
proved of the plan devised by the Chief
Engineer and indorsed by the Thirty
fourth Street Board OF Trade to segre-
gate all the garment factories into two
small squares between Thirty-sixth and
streets between Sew
cnth and Ninth avenues. The majority
of property owners opposed this plan.
Thus In fashion that would have
done credit to King Solomon himself the
city fathers adopted n plan that viii
shut out IS per cent. manufacturing on
West Thirty-fifth street from lire 100
feet west Of Seventh avenue to Eighth
avenue. At the same time Il disapproved
OF tho resolution restricting all the re-
mainder OF the undeveloped business dis
trict north of Thirty-sixth street to
Forty first street between Seventh and
Ninth avenues.
Throngs OF property owners and their
attorneys packed the meeting and Jos
tied elbows with representatives OF the
department stores and the hotel and
railroad interests. After the matter was
settled Il was discovered that even
though the Pennsylvania terminal sec
tion Is restricted against business by the
zoning ordinances any building may be
utilized for 25 per cent manufacturing
purposes.
During the hearing Mayor Hylan re-
oeived Il letter from the owners Of the
Printing Crafts Building. Eighth avenue
and Thirty-fourth street, suggesting that
the property owners In the hotel and
store district petition the Save New
York Committee to include Thirty-fifth
street In Its zone, which secures abso-
lutely 100 per cent. restriction against
manufacturing.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23

Long Beach. after fourteen years or
steady but restricted" development Is
10 be the scene of a public auction sale
of lots in the ultra-conservative residen-
.lal section. minus the burdensome re-
strictions imposed in 1907, and recently
removed, automatically, as a result OF
foreclosure Of large mortgage.
The sale. which will be held on the
promises. near the railroad station, at
. 40 r. NJ. rain or shine. on Saturday,
May 2s, by Joseph p. Day. auctioneer,
win dispose OF all the properties formerly
belonging to the Estates of Long Beach.
and comprising 1881 lots and fifty bun
Calows, to be sold separately. without
reserve, on easy terms AS an extra In
ducement It has been arranged to give
immediate occupancy OF the bungalows
and lots under tenancy arrangement
for the purpose OF aiding purchasers TO
build on their lots at once.
In its final analysis. the sale means
that purchasers of these lots can dis
regard the restrictions removed by tie
foreclosure sale and can build practical
IL any kind OF bungalow. residence,
. hotel or a boarding house on any lot
81 Long Beach. without regard to It's To-
cation or surroundings
The situation is an interesting one
which forecasts the rapid development
az Long Beach into the most popular
aeashore suburb in the world. For the
first time since the upbuilding of At
Iantic city that famous ocean resort
has a potential rival In. the embryo.
An important factor In the future de-
velopment OF Long Beach is the con-
struction of new bridge from the
mainland to the foot of Long Beach
Boulevard. one block east OF the present
bridge site. The construction of the new
bridge will put an end to the fright
ful congestion Of automobile traffic on
Tie MerricS road and at the Long
Beach approach to the old bridge. The
new bridge has its anchorage closs to
the Yacht Club and near large number
.of the lots 10 be sold by Mr.. Day.
Some OF the most important OF the
lots to be sold are located on and closely
adjacent to the Boardwalk and the
various boubsvards that have been lin
proved with costly summer and all year
The New York herald., 1921-05-23

Theatre. which is a brick structure with
a facade OF terra Gotta and limestone
occupying a plot, 99.6x100. on the north
side OF Forty-eighth street between
Broadway and Eighth avenue. The party
had hardly got seated when Gunboat
Williams, entirely unaware of the
presence of the real estate editors told
his sister that the whole of England
could be put inside of The Bronx. With
out wishing to give offence. the writer
would like to set Gunboat Williamson
Grant Mitchell as he is known in real
life-straight on that point England. the
Encyclopaedia Britannica points out
somewhat biassedly perhaps-has an
area OF 37,327.497 acres, or 5S.324 square
miles with vast stretches of rolling In
land country and picturesque waterfront
fit for both summer and all year round
residential purposes: whereas The
Bronx, according to no less an expert
than j. Clarence Davies. has an area
of approximately forty-two square miles
which 1t must be admitted are also well
adapted for residential purposes.
Still even real estate editor must
give Grant Mitchell credit for an other
wise delightful performance and espe-
c!ally for the reformation wrought by
him in the habits of family which.
prior to his return, had acted as sort
of European agent for Congressman
Nolstead. This IS not the opinion of the
writer alone. 1t was concurred In by
ali the other guests, who included In
their number not only real estate edi-
tors but members Of Mr.. Days office
staff and some OF his business asso-
c.ates as well. The concurrlng experts
were:
Chester Parish. Elton Burro ughs, James
Stewart, Charles r. Molesphini, Jacob
Lohman, Michael Casey, George Sey-
mour. Thomas Scowcroft. John T.
Flynn. Frank Cavanaugh, Charles
Schaeffler. Mortimer Haines. Edwin Q.
Bell, Fred Cone. Arthur X. Mack. Ches-
ter Byrnes. James r. Murphy. Edward
Porter. wadsworth Reudiger. Vincent
Kirk and r. II. Baragwanath.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23

Long Island has become the play
ground of the New York business man.
The picturesque country of the North
Shore and the rolling stretches In the
centre of the island present to-day an
almost continuous stretch of handsome
homes. fine estates of from SO to 200
acres. where the tired man of affairs
can relax and enjoy the home life which
svas once to be found In New York but
(which is now almost a thing of the past
These many handsome estates. beauti-
fully Handicapped and laid out like Eng
llsh parks. compare favorably with the
best of those across the water.
None among the scores OF country
homes scattered about this section
stands out more strikingly than Pan
field. the home of Albert J. Milbank. at
Huntington. L. l., noted for its archi-
tectural beauty and superb arborial de-
velopment. Mr.. Milbank is member
of the law firm of Masten & Nicholas
and also chairman of the board OF di-
rectors of the Borden Farm Products
Company. The house. of English de-
sign. in the midst of 200 acre estate,
is perchcd high on n bluff overlooking
Iloyd's Harbor and the distant hills OF
Connecticut While patterned after the
Tudor style of architecture it follows
more closely the simple lines of the
Cottswolds in England. the quaint char
acterisics of which have made this sec
tion famous.
Panfield, so named for the ancestral
estate of the Milbank family in Eng
land. is the type of house that fits into
the countryside In an unpretentious sort
of way. 1t seems to have grown up in
ats environment. a point In its favor not
The New York herald., 1921-05-23

tute a striking feature Of garden culture.
BY no means the least of an archi-
tect's problems in planning the main
driveway on a large estate Is to foster
certain sense of mystery and surprise,
feature so often noted in the older
Southern homes, notably at Dougher-
CHAN Manor. Md, the home Of the Car
rolls of Carrollton. The visitor makes
his way through n long stretch OF virgin
forest trees. when suddenly he comes
into a clearing and sees before him the
fine old mansion stretching out on a low
lying plateau.
Something of this effect has been
achieved at Panfield. The drive passes
through the wooded promontory and
then comes out Unexpectedly on the
bluff, and with a wide circular sweep
that skirts the carp pool eighty feet In
diameter approaches the main doorway.
The formal entrance to the estate leads
through two stone piers fianked by low
The New York herald., 1921-05-23

gate houses connected with semicircular
grilles. Inside is a service court some
900 feet wide, at the extreme right OF
which is the stable group and at the
extreme left the garden group.
Facing the house on the opposite side
of the great circle are a couple of walled
gardens, the walls built of the same
material as the house. Passing beneath
the Tudor doorway at the front of the
house one enters directly into an Eng
lsh hall. two stories in height. panelled
In oak. the walls of which are made a
background for a rare collection OF deer
heads and those of other wild game.
brought back from the northwest by Mr..
Milbank, who Is noted hunter.
The living room, or great size and
dignity, Is panelled In oak. with a hand
some Jacobean ceiling. having richly
carved oak beams done in a grape motif
by Mrs. Milbank. who is an artist A
superb Gothic mantel and fireplace with
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
Tudor Home of Albert ]. Milbank at
Huntington, + L. l., EIarnnonizes With
Countryside So Well That 1t
Seems to Have Sprung From
Soil---Perched on High Bluff
Overlooking Lloyds Harbor
BY HARRIET sIssON GILLESPIE.

always applicable to other handsome
country homes. Indeed. one can't help
but be impressed in driving about the
country with the fact that there are few
OF the more expensive suburban homes
that really seem a part of the soil. 1t
fills one with a feeling akin to pity that
these hothouse products have been
forced into positions so wholly at odds
with their surroundings. Nature does
her part. but man refuses to accept her
standards. The result is inevitably
disastrous, for the architectural agglom-
crations represent merely the expen-
diture of vast wealth with none of the
simple beauty which by rights should
belong TO than.
The Milbank home, wholly apart from
it's architectural details, enjoys rare
location with all the many native attrac-
tions for which the North Shore Is noted.
Along the top of the bluff Is heavily
wooded strip. some 100 feet wide. and
against this promontory the structure of
sturdy masonry, constructed of brick
with a stucco surface. presents an as
pect of varied interest.
Quaint gables rise at intervals and
picturesque groups of mullioned windows
open invitingly. Numerous bays of dia-
mond panes are built out and tiny roof
dormers lend a marked quaintness to the
facade to which the tall English chimney
pots add emphasis. No formal treat
ment of the main entrance is provided.
The Tudor doorway Of fine simplicity.
characterizing this detail. is repeated at
several intervals thus affording separate
entrances to the other portions OF the
house.
Being set close to the ground with no
foundation visible. the house is tied to
its surroundings by huge clumps of old
time lockwood, vines of ampeiopsis and
climbing roses. dwarf cedars and blue
spruces Numerous full grown trees
have been transplanted and the horti-
cultural development under the caro- of
an old family gardener, who by the way
is a wizard in his line, tends to give
the place the appearance of mature age.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
sPECULAToR BUYS ESTATE.
J. l.. Lfvermoro of Wall street
Fame Acquires Great Neck Place.

Jesse L. Liver1nore. one OF the most
prominent spectators In Wall Street.
has purchased Locust Lawn. the former
estate OF the late Senator Palmer OF
Michigan at Great Neck, l.. l., which
has n 500 foot bathing beach on tho
sound and steel pier and boathouse.
The main residence Of Colonial architec-
ture is surrounded by spacious grounds
attractively landscaped The main out
building is n six room summer cottage.
a two story steel and concrete garage
with chauffeur's quarters above. There
is also a large barn and poultry houses
as we'll as a fruit orchard. The place IL
considered one OF the principal show
places of the North Shore and was hold
at s250,00o. The sale was negotiated by
/. @. Wolf, broker. Tho property has
recantly figured IN two sales. X Was
purchased from tho widow OF Senator
Palmer by John w. Kiser of this city.
who later transferred II 20 August JAMS
sen. the present seller.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
TO SELL 1,O31 BUILDING
LOTS AT LONG BEACH

residences. Because of the removal of
the ultra conservative restrictions that
formerly have restrained the growth
and development OF Long Beach. this
sale is by all odds the most important
ever held at that famous seashore
suburb.
Mr.. Day Will also sell on Saturday,
Juno 4, 40 residential and business
building lots for the estate OF the late
John j. Moore In Elmhurst, Queens.
situated on both sides OF the Long
Island Railroad near the Elmhurst rail-
road station. The property fronts 1,I50
feet on Queens Boulevard and s75 feet
on Laurel Hill Boulevard or the old Shell
road. The lots are twenty minutes from
the Pennsylvania Terminal In Manhattan
and about ten minute walk from the
Twenty-hfth street station Of the Corona
subway station at Jackson Heights
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
Lot Auction Mt Baldwin, L.. 4.

Many waterfront lots. sites for ounga-
lows and for all tho year homes, at
Baldwin Harbor, l.. T.. will be sold at
auction on Monday. May 30. by the Jere
Johnson, Jr.. Company, auctioneers. as a
result Of a mortgage foreclosure on the
property by the Bond and Mortgage
Company. The sale includes n hotel on
which so per cent. of the purchase price
may remain on mortgage. The lots are
to be sold on the monthly payment plan
The section has gas. electricity and
water mains Baldwin Harbor is fifty
minutes from the Long Island Railroad
terminals In Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
NEWARK FIRM IN LEASE.
Renting Specialists Take Space I'm
MnrbridEe Building.

Joseph j. Cries Company. Inc. spe-
clalists In chain store leasing, who be-
gan business ten years ago In modest
quarters a. 9-15 Clinton street Newark.
N. j.. have leased a large suite OF Of
fees In the Marbridge Building. Broad
way and Thirty-fourth street During
tho career of tho firm It has leased
stores in practically every large city in
the country. entalling rentals Of more
than 500. .000.p00. The company's direc-
tors include Aaron and Joseph J. Cries
and Edward Robins.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
c. G.. Edwards Quits Old Firm.

Charles @. Edwards for the last six
years director and secretary of Daniel
Birdsall 4 Co. Inc, has severed his con-
uection with the company and has
opened an office in 32i Broadway. with
branch once IN <75 Fifth avenue.
under the name of Charles c.. Edwards
Company
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
BUILDING AT CEDARHURsT.
Developers Putting Up Ten Houses
to Sell for $4,000.

Ten residences are being built In
Ccdarhurst Park. l.. L.. by the Olotan
Company. One Of these.
an eight room Colonial stucco house. with
two baths and all improvements, has
Just been completed. Among the fea-
lures OF the houses are hot water heat.
heated garages. open flreplaces, instan-
taneous hot water heaters and panelled
walls throughout. The plots are 70x105,
and the houses arc held 81 $1,000 saoh-
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
bronx Transactions.

Frank r Houghton, Inc, a r Elkan
sold to Jacob Gottlleb the five story
apartment at Willis avenue, southwest
corner f85th street 25xsf.6. for Jessie
Lee stainbaek. represented by Dunn &
DAILY. attorneys.
Richard II. Scoble and A. j. Robert
son sold the block of nifty lots, 400x375.
on the Grand Boulevard and Concourse,
from 167th 70 Mcclellan streets and
Sheridan avenue.
Morris Maran = chased the nve story
apartment house NOS at tho north
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
VIII Auction Brooklyn Factory.

Tho factory property belonging to
Joseph Beecham Of England at 325 70
343 Gleason avenue and 2S2 20 eos
Taaffe place, between Lafayette and De-
Kalb avenues, Brooklyn, Is TO be sold at
public auction at ~ o'clock noon on
May 20 In the Brooklyn Real Estate Ex-
change, 1se Montague street. By the
William r. Ras Compeny. suctionew~
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
". j. Ridgway Sells Residence.

f. M. Crawley & Broe. OF Montclair.
N. J., sold for Erman J. Ridgway OF
THE NEW YORK HERALD and THE SUN
his Mountainside residence 90 Mrs.
Esther Gracey Of Montclair. The prop
erty is situated on the west hide Of Tn
dercliff road opposite Union street. and
has a frontage Of $40 feet on Undercliff
road and extends 500 feet in depth TO
the Essex County Park Reservation
The residence contains fourteen rooms
and three bathrooms. and is one OF the
best known properties OF the Mountain
Colony. commanding an extensive view
~ New York city and the Hudson River.
There ls garage on the premises for
three cara.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
Fine Dwellings In Demand.

Pease & Gilman have sold three west
Side dwellings 10 physicians for occu-
pancy as follows: $50 West seventy
sixth street, four stories. 2ox1oO. for
william c. Strange: 81 West Eighty
eighth street, four stories, 20xlVO' TOT
Louis steckler: 26 West Eighty-seventh'
four stories, 20x10o. for Mrs. Julie @.
Wolf to a client OF J. Arthur Fisher.
Samuel Fitzpatrick resold through ID.
II. Blakely 124 West seventy-eeventh
street. a four story dwelling. 2oxlo0.
Pepe & Brother sold for the Lent
Estate, @. II. Lent of California, presi-
dent, 20 Leroy street. a three story
dwelling, 2oxS0. TO Mrs. p. De Rosa.
Everett NJ. Seixas Company, repre-
sented by Paul w. Cronce, sold for
Fanny Rosenblum tho dwelling at 442
East Fifty-eighth street. 2oxl0Ob, TO
Magdalen A. Huber.
Barnett 6 Co. sold for DR.. Stem the
four story dwelling at 15s West 1880
street. 14x100.
Froman & Taubert sold for Max ID.
Neuburger l15 East Ninety-fifth street,
three story dwelling. 16x1oo.s 1-2. to
william Poshik.
George w. Sasse sold for the estate
of Elizabeth Tedlau sa3 West 112th
street, three story dwelling, ie.sx1oo, to
Julius Gregory.
The New York herald., 1921-05-23
Apartment and Tenement Deals.

Meister Builders, Inc. resold through
S. Zeatalow the two six-story apartment
houses at 1920 West 107th street. be-
tween Central Park West and Manhat-
tan avenue.
Sherman Brokerage Company sold
for Henry S. Kirschner 1880 Madison
avenue, a five-story apartment. at l04th
street. 2ex95, TO the Samuel Singer
Realty Corporation.
Nehring Brothers sold for Maude a..
Dorman to Frances V. Smith 3l2 West
133d street. five-story double flat. 25N
100.
d. Fl. scully & Co sold for Mrs. 5.
Harrison the four-story single apart
ment at 13 East 12fth street. 25x105.
A. L. karschcr sold for Jacob Holm
stock and others the two five story
double flats at ao3-3O5 East Ninety
seventh street, 5ox1o0. William Wolffs
Son was associate broker.
Julia Laughlin sold TO A Stern zao
West Twentieth street four story Ten
family, 27xs0, which had been In the
selling family for thirty-five years
Harris vought & Co sold an apart
ment in 25s Riverside Drive to DR.. wal
ter r. Jones.