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New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Mt. Vernon May
Have Homes Soon
For All Who Apply
Leader of Realty Board Says
City Had Been Unable to
Accommodate All Who
Want TO Live There
By Robert Anderson

President Mount Vernon Chapter Of
Ucstchestc1 County Realty Board
The year 1921 has witnessed in Mount
Vernon marked activity in business
properties.
With the advancement of rents on
Fourth Avenue our principal business
thoroughfarc, caused by the increas-
ing demand for space in that limited
area, many merchants have been forced
to seek quarters in less expensive 10
calities and so new business centers
are being established.
The wise policy of the city adminis-
tration in making great street improve
ments, notably the widening of Pros
pcct Avenue opposite the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad sta
ton, and of Third Street. from Union
to Sixth avenues, has been a great fac
tor in stimulating the activity Of opera
tors and builders in providing accom-
nodations for expanding business, and
our newly improved avenues and mod
crn stores are becoming the pride of
our people.
Flat Builders Afraid Of Laws
There also has been an increased de-
mand for wcll-locatcd plots for the
election of iirst-class dwellings,.
Speculative building has not revived
to any extent the difficulty of procur
ing building loans having very dis
couraging influence on that class Of
building.
There has been only very limited
amount of building for housing pur-
poses, and it is still a great problem
with the agents what to do with the
many inquiries for houses and apart
ments for rent
The rent laws still in force deter in
vestors from putting their funds into
such enterprises, the landlords being at
the mercy of the tenants at the pres
ent time, and have no desire to add to
their troubles.
Figures as rule are dry reading,
but they best tell the story. The fol-
loving statistics are interesting as
showing the upward trend in building
operations and the faith of our in
vestors and builders in the future Of
Mount Vernon.
Building records show that up to
December 7, SIS buildings, to cost
s2735,392, were filed as against 369
new buildings to cost 81, 042 1872 for the
full period Of 1920.
Alterations in 1921 totaled $50 in
number and cost $4,000. The total
expenditure for construction purposes
during the year was So ,12l, ,454.
Building Situation Is Hopeful
We are looking forward hopefully to
the new year and confidently expect a
great building revival owing to the de-
creased cost of building materials and
the large absorption of lots for i'm
mediate building operations.
During the year 1922 our new City
Planning Commission will complete
plans for zoning the city. This great
and needed advance in city develop
ment will relieve many choice resi-
Dental sections from the threat Of in
jury by the invasion of factories and
other structures not in keeping with
the quiet enjoyment of home and in
many other ways will add to the beauty
Of our city and thus invite more
strangers to our gates to become per-
manent residents.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
by Of
o. Of the

The building outlook for next spring
is that there will be more construction
undertaken in southern New York
eastern Pennsylvania and northern
New Jersey than in any other section
of the country except California In
formation that has como to tho commit
tee on Statistic and Standards of the
United States Chamber of Commerce is
that this section will be the center Of
a great building campaign which Will
produce dwellings,. business buildings,
schools, public buildings and farm
structures. West of the Mississippi
there viii be comparatively little new
building operations because of asri-
cultural conditions.
The bulletin issued by The govern
mont bureau is as follows: "Exprcs-
sions as to tho Likelihood of general
resumption Of building during the com
ing spring months arc naturally col
orcd by various local conditions
throughout the country.
"As shown by the map cooring, they
arc less favorable in strictly agricul-
tural regions, more particularly west
of the Mississippi River than cast Of
this stream There arc several rca-
sons for this, principally the exceed
nGly low and unremuncrativc prices
on farm products, which seriously re
ducc the purchasing power of the
farmer. In addition, the banks gcncr-
ally throughout the agricultural sec
tlons are fully loaned up. so that the
farmer finds it very difficult to obtain
either ready money or credit. Under
such circumstances there is not likely
to be much building in these states.
especially on farms. for tho simple
reason that the farmer. is financially
unable to build At Tho same time
tlo man shows elearlY how vow local
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Now Buildings
Sixty Years of Building History

"Ihc history OF building inspection
in Manhattan dates back to 1862, COM
plctiug with this year sixty years of
activity. When first inaugurated,
building inspection was under the
jurisdiction of = bureau Of the Fire
Department and the enforcement Of
building requirements continued under
such direction until 1892 when Dc
partmcnt of Buildings was created.
At the same time "all matters under
the control Of the Board Of Health in
regard to light, ventilation. plumbing
and DRAINAGE were delegated to the
nov department. This arrangement
prevailed till 1898 when the consolda
ton of the five boroughs into tho City
OF New ork was effected. With this
charge came A new department. of
buildlngs, headed by the beard of
buildings, consisting Of three commis-
sioncrs, ono of whom had jurisdiction
over the Boroughs Of Manhattan and
the Bronx. In 1902 there was u gen
eral reorganization in the city govern
mcnt under the present greater New
York charter. by which the present
Bureau of Buildings with the supern-
tendent as its head was given jursdic-
ton in the Borough OF Manhattan
alone
"Previous to 1902 d real comparison
VIVA tbc RitStIN COilU ttiClS is possible
only for the six years 1868 to 1878,
when the City of New York was solely
the island Of Manhattan. In 1874 a
portion Of what is now the Bronx was
annexed to the City Of New York as
the 23d and oath Wards. From that
time on the figures in the table include
the operations Of Manhattan Island and
such portions Of the present Borough
of the Bronx as were at these different
periods part of the City of New York
The second period Of eight years
1S74 to 1s81) brings us up to the time
when a general revis ION of the build
ing laws was made by the legislature
From that time on the periods which
have been selected are ten years long
long and represent successive decades
of building operations fitting in with
the time when the activities were
transferred to the Department Of
Buildings in 1892 and when the re-
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

been a desire on the part OF many of
the members to locate in the Grand
Central section and to have the ad-
vantage of the associations law library
near by, with the result that the pro-
posed building was decided upon to
meet these needs. Two floors in the
new building will be used for an en-
tension of the library and for ad-
ditional consultation rooms. The build
ing will extend from SO West Forty
fourth Street to 81 West Forty-third
Street. Severance & Van Allen are the
architects. 1t will be designed along
classical lines to harmonic in char
acter with the present Bar Association
building. marble entrance hall will
extend from street to street.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Chamber of Commerce.
Enlarged and Beautified'
Liberty Street Structure '" III
Be Ready for Resumption OF
Meetings This Week

The rem odeling by Helmle & Cor.
bett. architects, Of the building a @
Liberty Street for the Cham Der o
Commerce of the State OF New orr
will be completed this week. and af
Thursday the first n.only meeting nee
last June Will b. Sield III the recon
structed building.
The alteration. srcseHted many oiih
entities both dl.c to The extent and ta
The fact that the activities Of the *
ccutive staff j. the building had =
continue without interruption, but
these we're surmountcd, and tse stfac-
ture has been completed by Charles J.
Wills, Inc, the general contractor =,
Members entering the building f'i'
pass directly into new and s2ac ons
elevator lobby and then TO the gan
stair. which leads to the second n0u.
landing at the entrance of the lAfss
assembly hall. This stairway WAS 'N-
spired By the famous STAIR OF
Ducal Palace at Venice. To the -e't 8.
the landing one passes into an ah'p''
coat room with travertinc floor sl."
marble walls, wnich, IN turn conhasie''
with the second floor elevator hsi'.
On the fourth floor one passes '0n
the oak -panelled elevator lobby INV :
vaulted stair hall Here q ceiling v
three octagonal panels containing any ANY
gorical reliefs of Transportation Oonr
merce and Industry, is strikingly eea
trasted with the simple walls, accen.sa
here and there with tapestry or pr'
traits. Through spacious openings ".
passes into the main banquet roo'
formerly the library. ,,.a
On the third floor has been aeut.
the presidents dining-room for sinS"
cr banquets. a., al
A complete story has been added .ss "
the building, in which is placed uas s,~I
library to house the valuable cory,
tions of the chamber and two con'''"
tee rooms
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
White Plains Has
Nothing to Offer
Home Renters
No One Letting Go Because
Of Shortage; Strength of
the Market Is indicai-
ed by Few Foreclosures
BY r. Franklin Hull

President white Plains Chapter of
F'estchcstc'' County Realty Board
Realty conditions in the vicinity Of
White PLAINS were much better at
the close Of 1921 than at the end of
tho previous year, when the market
was practically at a standstill as a
result of the passage of the drastic
rent legislation in October.
Costly MiscalcuIation
The first two months of 1921 passed
without amy show of activity, but from
that time forward there was a steady
demand for homes, this demand com
ing largely from people paying high
rents in the city. There also was
considerable demand from local resi-
dents who sold their homes during
1919 and 1920 and had gone board
ing or into rented rooms. Many Of
them had been deceived by The idea
that 1t would bc possible during 1921
to pick up houses at foreclosure sales
at ridiculously low figures. The com
palativc scarcity OF such sales has
been very noticeable and may be ac-
counted for in two ways First, that
most OF the new mortgages contain
amortlzation clauses which require
periodic payments on the principal.
and, second chat the shortage of
houses has compelled the home owner
in pinch to sacrifice stocks. bonds
or anything else of value before part
ing with his home. SO the hope OF
picking up house at foreclosure has
been as vain as the hope of finding
modern, attractive home which could
be rented at a reasonable figure.
White Plains brokers have had no
renting lists. The man who bought
his own home saved from $50 to s1OO
Il month on the average in carrying
crpcnsc.
Signs Arc Promising
As the county seat OF Westchester
White Plains is bound to receive in
1922 much of the benefit which will
result from the great progress Of the
county as Il whole. The Bronx Valley
Parkway probably will be comDletcd
before the end of tho year and will
include within its boundaries the fin
est and most picturesque automobile
highway leading out Of New York City
which VIII pass through the heart of
White Plains.
All signs point to great activity in
White Plains real estate in 1922. Cen
cral business conditions in the coun-
try nave improved and we no longer
hear much about an Unemployment mt
crisis Neither do VIC hear as much
about tight money market" More
people should be financially able to
buy houses in 1922 than in 1921.
Getting Near Heart Of n. Y.
White Plains has good transporta
ton facilities with its two railroads
and express trains to Grand Central
in thirty-seven minutes. Each ycal
brings it closer to the heart of New
York's business district for rhe reason
that each year the center Of business
in the metropolis is further north.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Realty Board Members
TO Be Told Port Plans
Commissioners Will Explain
Scheme for Making City
Greater at First of Series
Of Board Meetings

Lie H.sl Estate Board of New York
Iii ST. on January II a series of
monthly mectiics Of an educational ma
rure. At the nrst meeting members of
The Port Development Commission will
explain and illustrate the general
scheme for improving efficiency Of the
Fort Of New York. The meeting will be
neid at Delmonico's
Charles G. Edwards, president of the
board. said yesterday that it was the
purpose of the Board of Governors to
make these meetings entirely OF an edu
cational character. There are so many
important public projects Of vital in
terest" he said, that it should not be
difficult to select subjects upon which
or mem hers will be glad TO be in
formed. The success of these meetings
VIII depend entirely upon the reception
by the members but it seems to me that
these gatherings should proTe success
IL from the very first
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

signed for the s's Special nqu use 'uS Of aIvoq ep
is to be erected next to the Bar Asso-
cations home in West Forty-fourth
Street. 1t is to be built by the Bar
Building. Inc, comprising H. Craig
Severance, of Severance e. Van Allen,
architects. and Frederick c. Tanner. of
the law firm of Butcher, Tanner e. Fos-
ter, which has leased the site from
the Forty-two West Forty fourth Street
Corporation. subsidiary company Of
the Bar Assoc ation.
For some time the present home of
the Bar Association has been greatly
pressed for more room, owing to its
steadily growing membership and in
crcasing library. Besides, there has
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

, organization creating the scOarato bor-
ough bureaus was effected in 1902.
"Onlv once before in the history of
the bureau was tho total cost of build
ing operations for 1921 exceeded by
that of any other wear. That was in
1909. when the total cost of operations
for. Manhattan was Sl4t t,332.212. The
nearest approach TO the 1921 figures
were those of the year before. 1920, at
$l39. ob3.
,,o ,".n1 ".''e n." 1p", ',.oss
orc, ta51 ,',s. ''t" hact i the
vear 1000 again thc most activc voa,.
Manhattan er the former citv ever cx
porioncod when the estimated cost of
new buildings amounted TO S1Sl.2t6.4S2.
and to 1905. the wear lust following
the opcninr of tho first subway. when
they totaled S12t.746.552. Once during
the period when the Bronx operations
were included. the new building opera
tons exceeded those Of 1921. namely,
in 1899, the year in which the first
building code as a city ordinance was
enacted and TO anticipate which many
appl ications were hled for buildings
which were mover actually constructed.
Another comparatively active year was
mat OF l'ol when ne operations we're
iu'rcaSed to d great 'Ncut lust proceed
,ne lhc enforcement Of the present,
put 'ncn new. tenement nous law.
AT nSf
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Bank President Sells Home
At Madison on LARGE Trac

Warren Fl. Barton, president of the
First National Bank at Madison, ~ j.,
has sod his dwelling and greenhouses
at Central and Fairview avenues to
P. NJ. Hansch.tz aud Lawrence Corbett,
of South Orange, n. J. The estate CON
tains five acres, dwelling Of tweive
rooms and cottage and garage. It wa
held at $4,000. Joseph V. Heating was
the broker.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Great Future
In Manhattan
For Investors
A"c'ioneer Expects Biz
J "m p in Values and
Considerable upbuiIding
in Many Section. Of Cii.
BY Bryan L. Kennedy

'-~ F'ttHVh 4cr ne rs,1
estate auction market9 Tho br;,-t4.
in all the annals or NJ, -.
WI. - p 'ss''y
~" '',e D'''' .''efs manhattan resi
estate oy Itself, ~hat equals i from :,
investment standpoint Ybe~s :.
spot on the Tv,a,d ,vbo.o ,,.i..o ~
moment rs not f1ed and v.5osa .' @ ~ ~
value Of the future ,q nos .s ssssNT
Manhattan has hardly been dssoi.r.os. d..s-sso.
and WITHIN fnc rcxt leca8o ~ -
when the real stride e dese.oom.rtt;, ~,
begun we must look for q real estst.
growth o1td. taac NJ By treraer5o',
margin any grouth Of the uast. 1.
proof Of this. banking institutions. ~.
sprance cor pan.ee. r0ort tEagees and =
diVidJais IS known con -efs4tisna A.,
handing more real estate seeurl..,.
tnan ever b. iore I'D eeaizc nors
man eN before tic se1r,aess Of IL
1es1nent ~ reai eats 2 a.a 'renv-t
am ~. p'lei'elalil'es
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Greater New York Taxpayers
Name Officers of Association

The Greater New York Tsxpaye,sJ1
Association have elected the foliowi.'
officers. at meeting for the yssi
1922: Elias Diamond. pre- sioem,,
Louis Roosson, first vice -presidenn,,I
Karl Shapiro, second vice -presldens.,I
Julius Feinberg, treasurer; Samv]
S. Isaacs, secretary.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

Albert Lockwood sold public garag.
he has completed in South Yonker9
100xl2T - lincoln A. Buchanan.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Westchestcr Brokers Open
Branch in Grand Central Zone

The firm OF George L. Dooan, lnl.,
realty and insurance broker of West
chester County, has just opened Offices
in the Vanderbilt Avenue Building, 81
East Forty-second Street where a gen
eral city brokerage business will be
conducted. William Henry Oakley I'd,
formerly associated with the Brown,
Wheelock Company, Inc, has been ap-
pointed manager Of the New York
branch.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
$4,000 Home
Sites Bought
Last Year
Home Ownership Desire
Resulted i'll Greatest Auc.
tion Market Year: S28.-
100000 Paid for Lots
By Joseph P. Day

Tho vear ;,s+ closod VIII ~ ao,.r :,
% Wv" '' -
history as record breaking auction
period. Since last spring | have sold
more lots and housos and - b..+or
49,. "1 De''1'
pi'Ses IMAM ever oeiore' ana the totals
Of my sales aggregate volume Of
business larger bv manv m,lj,ors .,
dolls~s .h,,
NV''''' '''"' ''' any o'"er eo'1eSpohd-
ise year.
After one Of the most strenuous lot
sale wears +, ,ho bis+or,- ot .,,o ,x,.o.
- '''0 ''."' ~ V
'' seemed htt'ng c'imaA to hold the
record breaking auction sale Of ALI
'''N
on''eo states government.
The auction lot market is IN q
healthy condition.. +hc bouxi,o sho,,
ago being . lar,,c contributing focto,
'V'
'0-D"@' we "e''"hN IS Tar from salts
ned. he Build Your Own Hone"
moHenen; is we'll under way and. i'm
my opinion, many more thousands ol
lots VII bc purchased on the auction
block for the erection 70 new homes.
e,o ooo ma
S-o'V"o''Vo ara iot Lots
~ nOo lo.e located ia o,.or,. so,.;, =
\e,v YnrL ci+,- and .'urro',ni;~rr to,s
tory-Manhattan, the Bronx, Brokolvn.
Long Island City, Nassau and West
-rboso II. s,loS Lo,.o ta.,1al eoo'
900 00o ~ .fl;.io, ! ,.. a. lI -
" ,o0 bo,sae 49, al,,o't e. ooo ono "N0u'
TX L,,,':,e. .Va a.l''o '''eoo'OVV
and houses is unprecedented Ton, Of
thousands prospective buyers arc still
'ooNi's ior property JuoeihS py ln-
",iiVN ""NV lcS'iVcu.
am now complctins plans for estab-
!'shlnS building and loan association
IN my organization for the service of
nose VINO buy lots st auction sales
Wn1ch VIII CONDUCT TINS year. Through
inns service VIII be IN position 10
;.sSls' buyers III the erection of new
iomes.
huying Started IN May
In the carly part of May tho lot
auction market opened with rush.
when ! sold 1.2OQ lots located in Long
Island City for tho Park Pcndlcton
Estate. fol an aggregate of almost
81 600, 900. Following . week later
more than q thousand lots i'm the
Throcs Neck Section of the Bronx were
sold by me for the Columbia Trust
Company Of New York, trustee for the
Bruce Brown Estate: and from that
time on sales were held weekly until
the middle of December.
In addition to tho Bruce Brown
Estate sale in Throgs Neck Section, J
also conducted large auctions in the
1a.he Seg'l1n, "lFolYing 'ne uinou.
~on Estate ond o.lc,.s A. , roe,,i, -
,hase .,,,c,,on so1o1 ~ a,.ira ant;l',,
"a alivc Win honr hu;Idinc and several
Hundred house. have becn comnlcted or
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01

For tho purpose of comparison with
the activities Of previous years, | have
prepared 4 table divided into periods
Of ten years with tho exception of tho
FIRST aud second periods which arc re
spectively SIX and eight years, Of tho
building operations of the past so far
as We have any official knowledge.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Sale in West Twentieth Street

Maud Van b. Holme sold to TIlie
eitelbaum five story building at 1853
Vest Twentleth Street. l8X93.lO.
New-York tribune., 1922-01-01
Ne,u York Builders Haze
Not Been Loafing orr Job
Rudolph Miller, Superintendent of Buildings, Says
l921's Record Has Been Excelled Only Once
Before in Sixty Years

AS he relinquished his Office this last
week, after two years Of service under
Borough President Horny NJ Curran,
Superintendent of Buildings Rudolph
T. Miller compared the work Of his bu-
reau for 1921 with the activities Of pre-
vious years. pointing out the great in
crease in the magnitude Of building
operations that has taken place, al
though there has been an almost steady
decrease in recent years, at least. in
the number of buildings erected each
year.
With the close of the year 1921
said Superintendent Miller, "thc sew
erai bureaus Of buildings Of tho city
close the second decade of their exist
oncc as separate administrative bodies
under the direction of the respective
presidents of the FIVE boroughs. 1t
would seem interesting, therefore, I'd
consider the present activities of the
bureau in Manhattan in comparisons
with those of the past.
What Builders Have Done
The building operations for the year
1921, up to and including December "a,
may be briefly stated as folows
Buildings Estimated
coNfcnlDlat cd. ,os'
\cW ONidinss' ...... NP2 sl1o1o7.o1s
Ni'eIailols ........-. ",o6S .5."4l 40 o
The St. Charles herald., 1922-04-22
Ruth Muslxrat anc Her Trip to China

T AWRENCE, KAN.-Ruth MuSE.-t.
Cherokee Indian girl from Okla
homa, who is a student at the Uni
versity Of Kansas here, will visit Chipa
this spring as a delegate to the
Worlds Student Christian federation
conference at Peking.
The hope Of the conference, Miss
Muskrat explained, recently, Is to get
students Of various parts Of the world
In vital touch with each other and,
among other things, solve the prob
lens confronting Chinese students
who have become imbued with occi-
dental ideas.
Miss Muskrat, who Is seventeen, has
done Y. w. CA. work In New Mexico
and worked among her people In re-
Iigious and educational work.
~The primary need of my people,
MISC Muskrat declared, 'is trained ma
tive leadership-Indians, themselves,
who understand the peculiarities OF
the tribe and can work with them.
s.Indian women are more capable IN
most respects than the man. They
know better how to barter-they are
shrewder. This is an outgrowth OF the
time when women raised the crops
The St. Charles herald., 1922-04-22
| |.ST0R|ES &s;z &sH5sss herr:
Florida to Protect the Rich Tourist

mont says Turner was removed De-
cause he refused to raid the wire tap
pers' den, although he knew it ex-
listed.
Although all kinds of swindllng
games have. been worked on rich WIN
ter visitors to Florida by these bands
Of crooks, the overlapping game was
the most popular.
This method was the Turing OF VIC
tins into what purported to be the
tapping Of telegraph wires TO OBTAIN
race results before the results were
generally known to the public.
The swindlers fit up house, known
TO them as a "store," with full race
betting equipment.
The victim is lured to this store
and by subtle methods is led TO pc
lieve he has won large sums. NO cash
is required of the victim during the
betting, his checks being accepted, ou'
after the winning" has been an
nounced the cashier would demane
that the winner" give evidence OF Ms
financial responsibility by producing
certified check or cash to the amour
of the money originally bet. Once tn.
swindlers get their hands on this casl
or certified check, the victim either L
slugged or enticed away until III
| swindlers escape.