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The New York herald., 1922-07-23
CITY TO SELL ALL ITS
UNUSED REAL ESTATE
Sale VIII Be First Auction of
the Kind.

The coming auction sale BY the city
Of its unused real estate. land and build
ings. is a departure from traditional
city policy and in line with the recon-
mendations frequently suggested by the
Real Estate Board of New York.
individual plots" says q statement
issued by the board. have been sold
from time to time. but this is the first
time that a city administration. after
thorough investigation. has determined
to turn into cash by sale at public
auction widely advertised. all its real
property no longer available for city
use.
This sale Is one Of q series that will
be held as the properties are examined
and appraised. The first auction will be
held August 8 In the Sixty-ninth Regi-
ment Armory Joseph p. Day will be
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
OWNER NOT BOUND BY
MAJOR TENANTS ACT
Landlord Not Liable for Fail
ure to Continue Service.

A recent decision in the Court Of
Special Sessions is of exceptional inter-
est to real estate men as II affected a
case involving violation in furnishing
hot water to tenants in 1881 Sterling
place. Brooklyn. In the suit Of the
People VS.. the Nassau Beekman Invest
ing Company the complaint charged
that the defendant had let to the COM
plainant, one Silverman. an apartment
and agreed to supply hot water and then
failed to comply with that agreement
Evidence showed that Silverman hired
the premises from one Lapidus. and not
from the defendant. Lapidus leased the
building for three years from April 1.
1918. Nothing in the lease showed that
the defendant assumed any obligation
to furnish hot water or other service
and hence 1t could not be implied that
such service was obligatory when 1t
was not so expressed In the lease.
The defendant contended that. having
no agreement to supply such service.
no prosecution for failure 80 to do could
be had. That contention was upheld
by the court.
The decision was based on the ground
that a lessor could not grant to another
party greater rights than were possessed
by himself. The prosecution was
brought under Chapter 951, Laws Of
1920.
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
Building Expert Sees No
Great Reductions in Rents

have been reduced. but In tho buildings
of New York city, wages are the same
an last year. Certainly no one can claim
that interest and taxes will be lower this
coming year and the matter OF the price
OF coal remains uncertain. yet with all
these facts before him. the landlord must
decide the rent for next year. and how
any one can expect him to deceive him
self into thinking that his expense will
bo less next year, u beyond ordinary
mental conception.
be reduced and am not trying to JUS
tify the profteer. but rents In general
will not come down. They cannot II the
owner Is to receive q just return on his
investment. The tenant imagines the
owner is bluffing and by standing pat
for q while. he will bring his rent down.
but as we approach October the scramble
will be concentrated, already 1t has
started. and when the misinformed ten
ant tries to find a cheap apartment. he
will experience a sensation similar to
that Of q cold plunge.
There has been considerable building
and many new apartments will be ready
by October 1, but these buildings were
erected under the worst labor conditions
that we have experienced for many
years The so-called ''enowballing'' re-
quired the builder to pay exorbitant
wages and building material has been
continually rising as the demand in
creased, so that II tho owner Of q new
apartment house is to keep the sheriff
away. he must ask higher rents than his
neighbors who erected their buildings
before the war.
Rents will not como down until taxes,
interest and other expenses connected
with the management Of buildings are
reduced and when somehow the builder
is protected from the malicious increas-
ing of labor costs during the period Of
erection nor until he can be guaranteed
that a wage schedule will continue for
a definite period and that building ma
terial will be furnished him at a price
that will permit the building costs to
tctal a figure that viii allow him to
compete with the existing rent schedule.
Rents can only be established on costs.
and until erection ana operating costs
are reduced. there can be no reduction
In rents.
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
REAL ESTATE NEWS NOTES.

Purchasers OF properties reported sold
recently are Henry w. Remington Of
the northwest corner of West End ave-
nue. and Sixty-ninth street. for which he
paid $4,000; Marie Louise Seagle OF
11s West Sixty ninth street, Frank Tor
tora of 229 East 116th street, Samuel
Bacharach of 1236-1244 Grand Con-
course, the Arnold Realty Company Of
the taxpayer at the northwest corner of
Fox street and Leggett avenue held at
$50, 600, and Herman Weiss of the plot
5ox2O0, on Mosholu Parkway. running
through to Gun Hill road, $50 feet from
Gates place.
The Mage Corporation morris
Borsodi) is the buyer of the Chateau
Thierry apartments at Riverside Drive
and Eighty-hfth street. sold recently.
Martin Labe is the purchaser Of the
building at the northeast corner OF
Amsterdam avenue and 1921 street.
The 113 West Seventy y-fifth Street
Corporation, Samuel r. and NJ. Schnei-
der and D. C. Denkwedji directors, is
the buyer of the property at that loca-
tion recently reported sold.
Lawrence. Blake G. Jewell placed d
building and permanent loan Of $S5,000
for ter years on the northeast corner Of
avenue N anu lhiflctllu Stit Get, olOOh-
| lyn, for the erection of four story and
basement apartment house on plot look
| 100 The operation will involve about
| 100000. The Metropolitan Life Insur-
ance Company is the lender.
Charles Berlin has been appointed
agent for the following properties: 226
to 236 West Seventieth street, GIL to 619
West 163d street, 1a0th street and Audu-
bon avenue. 70 St Nicholas place and
Buyers Exchange Building. 131 to las
West Thirty-third street.
Bulkley & Horton Company have
placed loans aggregating s123.500 on the
following Brooklyn properties. 1149
Pacific street, 317 Eighth street, 291
Clermont avenue, 204 Willoughby street.
206 Willoughby street, 1853 Bergen
street, 3S1 Eighteenth street, plot on
Fourth avenue and Sixty-ninth street,
617 Monroe street. 7s3 Prospect place.
40S Myrtle avenue and Avenue o and
East Fourteenth street.
The New York herald., 1922-07-23

tho auctioneer and Manhattan and
Bronx properties Will be sold. the sale
continuing until all the properties have
been disposed Of or withdrawn.
THE next sale will take place Au-
gust IA at the Twenty-third Regiment
Armory, Brooklyn, when Brooklyn
holdings will be sold. Thomas Hovenden
will be the auctioneer. This sale will
also continue until all properties have
been disposed Of
Queens properties will be sold August
2S at the Seventy-first Regiment Arm
ory. Thomas Archer will be auctioneer.
Richmond county holdings will be sold
August IL at the Richmond County
Court House. Either Samuel Marks,
Henry Brady or Mr.. Day will be the
auct1oneer."
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
BOARD WILL HEAR
EQUITABLE'S PLAN
To Take Up Application for
High Building on 9TH Av.;
Other Petitions Pending.

The petition Of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society to erect for its home
taller building on the east side of Sew
enth avenue. between Thirty-first and
Thirty-second streets, than is allowed by
the soning regulations will come before
the board Of appeals at its regular meet
ing Tuesday. July 25. The matter was
on the calendar for last Tuesday. but
was not reached. Tho Equitable's
building plans were prepared by Starret
8 Van Week. 1t is understood that
they do not provide for the usual set
back required by the present xoning
regulations. The regulations provide
that the building may be as high as
twice the mean width Of Seventh avenue
at that point Above that setbacks must
be provided for.
Other matters to ne considered by the
board at the Same meeting are az fol-
lows:
Application, April IS. 1922. under the
building zone resolution, of Monte Lon
don. attorney, on behalf Of Patrick C.
Meyers. owner. for a rehearing of an
application previously dismissed for lack
OF prosecution. to permit in a. residence
district the maintenance of one story
public garage: premises 4342 Broadway,
northeast corner 1S5th street, Dfanhat-
tan.
Application, May 1s. 1922. under the
building zone resolution. of w. Albert
Pease, Jr.. applicant, on behalf Of Henry
II. Pease, owner, to permit in residence
district the use of existing four story
building for business purposes; premises
444 and 446 Park avenue. Manhattan.
Application. February 81. 1922, under
the building zone resolution OF Will
iams-Dexter Company, Inc. applicant
and owner. to permit In a residence dis
trict the use CT premises for bakery and
restaurant purposes; premises 10 and 81
Barrow street, Manhattan.
Application, April IA. 1922, under the
building zone resolution. of John J. Dun
nigan, architect, on behalf Of Isaac
Kersten, owner, to permit in a. business
district the erection of garage for
more than five cars; premises 2710 to
2730 Jerome avenue, The Bronx.
Application, May 10. 1922. under the
zone resolution. Of John j,
Dunnigan. architect, on behalf Of Anne
Gully. owner. to permit in a business
district the erection OF basement and
one story garage for more than Ave
motor vehicles; premises 1856 to 2972
Jerome avenue, The Bronx.
Application. May 25. 1922. under the
building zone resolution. Of John ]. Dun
nigan, architect. on behalf Of Jerome
P. ana Leonard Davis, owners. to per-
NIT in business district the erection OF
a two story garage for more than five
motor vehicles; premises 2065 and 2067
Southern Boulevard, The Bronx.
Application. May rs, 1922. under the
building zone resolution, OF Max Salo-
mon, applicant. for estate Of Lambert
S. Quackenbush. owner, to permit in
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
Developers Must File Map
With Board Of Estimate

10 the final city plan, and SO that the
streets as laid down on the proposed de-
velopment will tie UP with streets al
ready In existence. In the past In q
number of instances developers have
laid out their developments so as to gel
out the greatest number of lots fol
themselves no matter what the city plar
waS
Many lots have been sold In such de-
velopments. with the result that later
when the city was asked to accept the
streets. IL was necessary to lay dowr
new lines with much additional cost tc
the home owners. In some cases 1t has
happened that the assessment for re-
opening these streets and paying the
damage TO the owners whose property
was taken or destroyed, many Of the
home owners could not pay them and
lost all they had put into them. With
the new law functioning suoh condition
cannot happen.
The Hamilton Beach Estates at
tempted to file map with the County
Clerk on which access was shown by
means of private rights Of. way labeled
courts" many of which were only 80
feet wide Borough President Connolly
refused to accept the layout. Application
was then made to the County Clerk, and
he refused to file the map. Then q man.
danus was asked for. The important de-
cision OF Justice May was:
Section 1549 of the city charter (that
providing for the filing of the maps and
their approval) is unquestionably con-
stitutional. The company Is attempting
by way of a subterfuge to defeat the
provisions thereof by asserting that no
streets are shown on the map. which is
attempted TO be filed herein or dedi-
Gated, and that merely private rights of
way or courts are therein described and
set off Such courts are nevertheless
named as streets. and for all practical
purposes constitute streets. Application
Tor writ OF mandamus denied.
The New York herald., 1922-07-23

%HE provisions OF tho New York
city charter requiring developers
OF realty tracts 70 Ale with the
county clerk or register OF the county
where the property is situated n map OF
the property approved BY city offciais
before a sale Is made has been declared
constitutional IN a decision recently
handed down by Justice Mitchell May In
the Queens County Supreme Court. The
decision also denies 10 the Hamilton Beach
Estates an application for a fnandamus
10 compel the county clerk OF Queens
10 accept a map from these developers
before II has been approved by the
Board Of Estimate.
The application for the mandamus
In this case was really a friendly ac-
tion between the Queens Borough Topo-
graphical Bureau and Borough President
Connolly and the proprietors OF the
Hamilton Beach Estates 20 get n court
ruling on the new law. This ruling was
desired both in Queens and Brooklyn.
where a number OF large tracts are
about to be placed on the market
Some time ago the Hamilton Beach
Estates prepared map OF the property
located on Jamaica Bay In the vicinity
of Howard Beach. The new law re-
qures that a map OF all developments
must be filed with the county clerk. but
before 1t is filed IL must have the ap-
proval Of the Borough President In the
Borough where located and also OF the
Board of Estimate. The filing Of this
map is dedication OF the streets therein
shown to the city. The penalty for
failure to file the map as required
subjects the owners OF the subdivisions
or of the unsold lots to fine OF $50 for
each lot sold prior to the filing OF the
map with the proper approval.
Under the new law the approval OF the
Borough President and the Board OF Es-
innate is necessary In order to insure
that the layout as proposed will conform
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
~ CHARLES r. a1nRRITT.

NJ CHARLES r.. MDRRITT.
Ereoutsve Seoretory Of the Building
MGnd0ers and Otossers ASSOCIATIONS
of Nes1 York.
RID RENTS in apartment houses
u coming down7 This question
Is = recently addressed to me by a
friend indicates . state Of mind that
probably exists fairly generally among
tenants to-day. He rsasons that mas
much as the papers say that other things
are being reduced In price rents must
follow the procession.
Before we 20 further into this subject
let me ask what In tho family budget
has been reduced to q marked degree
Does your weekly table allowance 60
any further? How about your tailor's
bills? Can you now get three suits for
the price Of two?. From my experience,
notwithstanding newspaper reports to the
contrary, 1t costs me the same to live
as 1t did year ago. Where possibly
one item may be q little cheaper another
is enough higher to make up the differ
ence.
Wholesale prices Of household COM
modities have como down, but the re-
taller refuses to acknowledge this and
continues 10 mdiHtdIH MS WAT tiAuc
schedules, but Notwithstanding this con-
dition there seems to be In the minds
OF most people the thought that the
price OF everything Is coming down and
they reason that rents must follow.
BE this as It may the landlord in
selling space differs from other mer-
chants in that he must establish a price
10 hold for q month. year or even more.
although he does not know definitely
what his expense will be. but yet he
must establish selling price. True
his experience for the last year II some
guide, but the future may bring ex-
pense unlocked for. but no matter what
the cost he must abide by the contract.
while often an irresponsible tenant will
break n lease to suit his own conven-
ience. A merchant knows def1nitcly his
cost, but the landlord can only rely on
his judgment
Taxes. coal. repairs. interest. wages
are the main items of his expense. every
cne of which chow no tendency to de-
scend. Possibly some branches of labor
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
PAYS TO Be NICE
TO GOOD TENANTS
Building Managers Advise
Members to Treat Them as
Desirable Customers.

1t payS to keep on good terms with
tenants Of buildings better than II doe.
to antagonize them. according to a writer
In tho Bulletin OF the Building Managers
and Owners Association of New York
who contributes tho following:
"A member OF the Western Apartment
House Association while attending one
ren1ark:. We try to encourage among
our members the policy of not artagon-
fling the tenants This idea IL not 4
bad one when you think 1t through.
by this he did not mean that every
request should be granted. nor that the
space occupied should be given away.
but the thought evidently was that we
are merchants selling space ana our
customers should receive courteous
treatment
IAN antagonist n an advisory, an
opponent, ono who Is determined Ia
carry out his plans without just con-
sideration for those that oppose him.
Sometimes wonder whether some
managers are not disposed to be an
tagonists and lose sight Of tho fact
that It Is quite important that tho ten
ant should be treated as q desirable
customer and ono whose favor we ccvet
There may DO times when good word
from him might mean money. He Is
not by any means compelled to stay
with us always and IL perchancs no
now remains Under protest soon an op-
portunity will arrive when he will md
other quarters.
mo person win permit himself to re-
main long under coercion. hence It Is only
natural that he desire peace and com
fort and II he must endure present con-
ditions. 1t is only for time. If, how
ever. we endeavor to make our tenants
feel friendly toward us and to realize
that they are getting value received for
tho amount paid. then It will mako lit
tie difference how many brokers visit
them with an attractive offer, or how
many ads they may read, The para
mount thought in mind is 7 am salts
fled. my treatment here is without criti-
cism, my space Is satisfactory, why
should / make q changer
"On the average through life like
to believe that right prevails and Justice,
no matter where exercised will ult!-
mately win. Momentary apparent sue
cess is not true success and while the
greater proportion of our membership no
doubt believe this and are treating their
tenants as desirable customers, perhaps
there may be some that are not-so here
is a suggestion-don't be an antagonist"
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
WIFE, DYING, CoNFEssEs LIBEL

specfnf Cable TO THE Nrw York HERALD.
Copyright. I9ss, BY THE NEW YonK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
London July e..
Found dead with gas pipe in her
mouth, Mrs William Crawford had just
written a confession that she had sent to
her husband. in letters and on post
cards. messages of a slanderous and
iibclous nature. for which he was
awarded ffo0 damages in 1915 against
Robert Elder. an Edinburgh leather
merchant.
Since the trial number of letters and
teiewrams OF like character were received
by Crawford. and Elder had instituted
an Investigation which was just cul-
nninatinH when the woman confessed and
committed suicide.
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
GERMAN Town DEBT FREE.

Special Correspondence to The NEw YoHx
HnRALp.
BERLIN. July 1.-THE little town of
Bechstein, in Thuringia. which has been
the setting for many Of the fairly tales
written In Germany. now enjoys the
reputation Of being one Of the few NUM-
cipalities free from debt. While other
towns of its size have been sinking
deeper and deeper into debt the officials
of Bechstein have been boarding money
busily. and recently they held a town
celebration Of the liquidation Of the last
pfenning of 100000 marks obligations.
The New York herald., 1922-07-23
BANS HoHENzoLLERN STATUES.

Special Correspondence to The New Yorx
HERALD.
BERLIN. July 12.-An commemorative
busts Of the Hohenzollern family have
been officially banished from the schools
Of Halle, in central Germany. by the ac-
tion Of the town council. The statues
of several members Of the family also.
which have long stood In various parts
OF the town, are TO be removed at once.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-04-19
AMERICAN COMPANIES
MAY POOL MEXICAN
LAND FOR DEVELOPMENT

NEW YORY. April 19.-Negotia-
lions between five large American
oil companies for grouping their
prospective Mexican oil acreage, not
including producing properties, and
'or joint development and operation
If such holdings have reached the
point where lawyers are working out
various legal phases involved.
The plan provides. when legal
points have been rounded out, the
presentation of five company agree
ments to American and Mexican gov
ernments, to clear up any diplomatic
questions which might be involved.
Holdings are to be pooled into
the new organization to take in all
undeveloped acreage in Mexico oil
Mexican Petroleum, Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey. Sinclair
Consolidated, Texas Oil Company and
the Atlantic Refining Company.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-04-19
Poverty Among Indians
OF Northwest Negligible

SEATTLE. April 19.-Poverty
among Indians of the Pacific North
west is almost negligible, most of
them in fact, except the very aged,
being self7supporting G. E. z. Lind
quist, who has just completed a two
year survey of conditions among the
natives, declared here recently.
Alcohol, Mr.. Lindquist said, pre-
SCENTS no problem on some of the
reservations, although on others the
drink evil seems to be increasing.
There is gambling on at least
five reservations, he said, land this
is especially true of the Indian wo-
men. | heard of one instance where
women gambled for blankets anG
stayed up long after midnight doing
so. 1t is probable that $500 worth
of blankets changed hands"
The influence of the medicine man,
Mr.. Lindquist said, has almost en-
tirely disappeared Most of the ma
tives have embraced Christianity and
many missions have been established.
Indian basket makers of this re-
gion, according to Lindquist, are be-
coming famous throughout the world
for the fineness of their weaving and
their artistic manner of decorating
the baskets.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-04-19
Babies Being Named
After Princess
Mary of England
FEELING IN U. S.

LONDON, April 1psr-m the wake
of the marriage OF Princess Mary to
Viscount Lascelles, a countrywide
craze has developed for naming chill
dren and things in honor of the oc-
casion and its principals.
From the different parts Of the
country come reports of such names
Us Royal Wedding Hill" and "Prin-
cess Mary Shaw" lnnumerable
Harrys. Marys, Mary Alexandras fig
ire in registrations of the past few
days.
Painters and signwriters testify to
mild boom in their art owing to
The many changes in signs and names
of shops, bungalows. households.
houses, etc, in order to give them
tropical touch.
Inns in all parts of the country
are being named 1.-The Princess
Mary" or "The Lord Lascelles" as
substitutes, according to reports. for
German or other names that have
survived the war
Preparations for the coming sea-
son at seaside resorts include the
labelling of bathing huts with such
names as Maryland" 'tMaryville,'
and THE Princess"
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-04-19
Government Receipts
Now Over Expenditures

WASHINGTON, April 10. = Ex-
cess receipts over government ex-
penditures of about SAT 100000 as
comp red with a deficit of about
$24.000,000 indicated in the bud
get as submitted last December, is
apparent from the latest revised
estimates for the fiscal year 1922.
This is according to Secretary Mel
Jon who has so informed Senator
McCumber, chairman of the Senate
Finance Committee, in letter pub
lished here today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1922-04-19
BIC ELECTION
FIGHT PLANNED
BY De VALERA
Republican Leader to Chal-
lenge Validity Of the
Coming Election.

DUBLIN, April 19.-Eamon de Va
Terra will challenge the validity Of
the forthcoming Irish elections on
the ground that the register of vot-
ers is defective. Both at the Dali
sessions and in correspondence with
President Griffith he has contended
that the register is stale, including
many names that ought to be re-
moved and , emitting many names
that ought to be included
His correspondence has demand
ed the immediate preparation of an
up-to-date register but the demand
was resisted on the ground that 1t
would be certain to delay the cleo
tons which the Free Staters desire
to hold ait the earliest possible date.
It is admitted that owing to the con-
ditions Of conflict that prevailed in
ireland last year the ordinary work
of revising the register was not un-
nfcrmly performed.
According to Mr.. De Valera. the
errors affect tens of thousands OF
names. In the few districts where
revision was carefully done the
changes made amount roughly to
about 16 per cent,
The deficiency concerns two class.
es in whom Mr. De Valera is spe-
cially interested. These are the
young men who have come OF age in