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The New York herald., 1922-05-28
FRANCE WOULD AID
ITS FLAT BUILDERS
Bill introduced to Encourage
Apartment Construction in
Larger Towns.

A new bill has just been introduced
into the French Parliament to facilitate
the building of apartment and dwelling
houses urgently needed In most OF the
large French towns. The proposed leg
islation contemplates. according to ad-
vices received by the Bankers Trust
Company of New York from its French
information service, the following fea-
lures:
/. A tax Of 10 per cent. to be levied
on the rental value OF all apartment
and dwelling houses situated in the
urban districts.
2 A regional credit institution for
the assistance of improved real estate.
The revenue from the 10 per cent. tax
(the payment of which would be shared
by both landlords and tenants) would
be deposited with the credit institution.
The resources thus created would be
used to guarantee annual grants to real
estate owners wishing to build dwell
ing houses approved OF by the Municipal
Council and situated within the urban
district. These grants would help to
pay off the interest and amortization
charges on such mortgage loans as the
owner might contract for the erection
Of the buildings.
The regional credit institution would
determine the conditions under which
the assistance is to be granted. For in
stance, land owner who wanted to
build house. the cost of which to-day
would amount to 100000 francs. would
spend 100000 francs OF his own money
on the price which the same house
would have cost before the war. He
could borrow the other 10000 francs
on mortgage loan either from the Credit
Foncier or some other bank. the loan
to be amortized in forty years. The
interest and amortization charges of
this loan would amount to S per cent.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
NEW JERSEY FARMS
ARE GOOD SELLERS
Only New York State Exceed
cd Jerseys Record in Num-
bcr Of Farm Sales.

There is an active demand ard ready
market for New Jersey farm lands de-
spite the prevailing impression that the
farmer has suffered setback in other
sections OF the country. Il. a. Strout,
president of the Strout Farm Agency.
Inc. declares that the general farmer
producing diversified crops has not felt
the agricultural depression. and his
view seems 10 be sustained by repor.
just issued by his agency which shows
total sales for the year of STA farms
OF an aggregate value of $40. 900.
OF these farms 4S2 were in New Jer-
sey and were valued at more than s2,-
100000. Only one State in the Union
New York-exceeded New Jerseys
record in number OF farms sold New
Jersey men, whether farmers or indus
trial or office workers, testified to their
confidence in the farms OF their home
State by purchasing 176 of them in
1921.
New York State furnished 1913 OF the
new farming families in New Jersey
and Pennsylvania men bought ninety
The other buyers in New Jersey came
from seventeen States and foreign coun-
tries. Eight came from Massachusetts.
six from Delaware. four each from Con-
necticut Illinois. Maryland. Michigan
and Wisconsin; two each from Colorado
and Virginia, one each came from CAL
ifornia. Kansas, Kentucky. Maine, Ohio.
Oregon. South Carolina, Texas, West
Virginia and Washington.
The report shows that s65 Jerseyites
bought farms last year. OF whom 17e
bought in New Jersey. while 1S9 sought
now homes in fourteen other States or
foreign Countries.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
BRISK RENTING DEALS IN
GRAND CENTRAL ZONE
NcD Buildings Are Being
Quickly Filled.

The northward trend of business dur
Ing the past year by large corporations
which have moved to new buildings in
the Grand Central zone continues
without abatement. 1t is reported by
Cushman 4 Wakefield, Inc, agents of
the Canadian Pacific Building, that 1t
Is now ~ per cent. rented. OF the other
new structures. the Borden Building
is 92 per cent. rented. The National
City and Straus buildings also report
that they are in excellent condition
and have but few remaining offices
for rent.
The new twelve story building being
erected by Webb e. Knapp at Madison
avenue. on the southeast corner of
Forty-seventh street is more than 30 per
cent. rented. OF the older established
buildings in the district. such as 20
East Forty-second street, Astor Trust
Equitable Trust. Marlin Rockwell and
Vanderbilt Conccurse building. vacan-
cies are an exception. Even the huge
Grand Central Palace. on account of
the lease for two floors recently closed
by Cushman & Wakefield, Inc, with
the United States Veterans Bureau, is
reported to be more than 30 per cent
rented.
The feature of the leasing market dur
ing the past week was lease from
plans closed with the International
Paper Company for the entire seven
teenth and eighteenth floors of the
Pershing Square Building. The lease
was for a term of ten years at an ag-
gregate rental of about sl,000O00. This
move on the part OF the largest pro-
Queer of newsprint paper in the world
adds much 10 the prestige of the Grand
Central zone as a center of big business
At the same time IL places the PERISH
ing Square building in a position of
being IL per cent. rented. according to
Cushman & Wakefield. Inc. who were
the brokers la the deal with the Inter-
national.
This Indicates decidedly good de-
mand for office space in the Grand Cen
trail district and corrects the erroneous
sIqrTIuAu goods qous 10 lunomp ,leoIs .
MTS 'sSuIpIInq ioMsu 9ul VI 6gp-oi
Straus & Co. have underwritten q first
impression held by many that there is
mortgage serial 6ik per cent. bond issue
of s6.00o000 on the Pershing Square
Building. including the land.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
FLUSHING BROKERS IN
MANY TRANSACTIONS

Jere johnson. with f. II. Reeve, Inc.
Broadway Flushing. l.. J., during the
last two weeks in April, negotiated the
following sales:
For Mrs. Elizabeth Morris of Flush
ing. the nine room one family residence
at So South Twenty-third street. Broad
way-Flushing: for George |. Kreamer
the six room one family dwelling
on the west side of South Seventeenth
street. 100 feet from the northwest
corner of South Seventeenth street
and F'ranconia avenue, Flushing for
Nygren & Co. Of Brooklyn. the six room
Dutch Colonial residence on the east
side of North Thirtieth street, $50 feet
south from the southeast corner OF
Mitchell avenue and North Thirtieth
street. Broadway Flushing: for Nygren
& Co., the same sellers. the seven room
Dutch Colonial home to be erected on
the west side of North Twenty-ninth
street. 100 feet from the northwest cor
ner of State street and North Twenty
ninth street, Broadway-Flushing for A.
NJ. Ryon of Flushing, one-family six
room residence on the east side OF North
Thirty-fifth street. 200 feet from the
northeast corner OF state street and
North Thirty-fifth street, Broadway on
the Hill. Flushing Mr.. Johnson also
negotiated for a term of years che fol-
lowing leases: For Sarah @. O'Connor
of Flushing the northwest corner ot
Broadway and Central avenue. Murray
Hill. Flushing. to Fred c. Peters, Man
haitian antique dealer. Mr.. Peters is Inn
proving the premises intending TO es-
tablish a branch antique store at this
point: for c. Burdewick of Little Neck.
L. T., six room one family residence on
westmoreland avenue westmoreland. L.
T.. 20 c. c. Wildwood, distribution man
ager OF the Sheffield Farms. Slawson-
Decker Company. and Lewis Nixon Of
Pinchot & Co.. both OF Manhattan
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
ISLAND PARK Is
NOW ON THE MAP
Development Above Long
Beach Is Recognized by the
l.. /. Railroad.

In less than five weeks vret ey-
panse OF meadow land on Jeixyll Island
above Long Beach has been developed
10 such an extent that the Long Island
Railroad has placed Il on the map bv
giving il station name. that OF Islas1
Park. IN its latest time table. The
station appears in the list just above
Long Beach. The work Of developing
this tract has been accomplished oy the
same engineers who created the York
ship Village at Camden. near Philadel-
rhia. FOR the United States Shipping
Board = housing projects. The Develop
rent and sale OF the land is in charge
OF Edgeworth Smith. Inc.
On March 26 contracts were let -
execute the work planned by the en-
gneers BY the middle OF April work
was under way and In the Ave weeks
that have elapsed Island Pari-Long
Beach" has been transformed. What
then was stretch OF daisy fields and
meadows now, Is hustling. bustling
growing home section. Dredges have
been working day aft7r day maxi rg deer
channels through the Ave miles OF water
WAYS about Island Park. The clean
sand so dredged is being used to even uD
the bathing beaches and 20 gsafualy
bring the whole property 10 railroad
grade concrete roads and sidewalks
have been started through the property
and the roads lined with trees that W.T.
shade the 1000 bungalows to os bui't
this year
Contracts have been let for gas. water
and elect richly. all OF which will be
available I'm few weeks. by the time
the lttle swarm OF buildings already
under way are completed and occupied.
A local water and electric plant will in
sure local control of these utilities, an
important feature which has proved suo-
cessful in other Long Island coumuni-
ties recently.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
THE ORANGES HAVE
EXPERT APPRAISERS
Board of Realtors Provides
Commission of 3 to Serve
Those Districts.
By RAYMOND CONNOLLY.

BY RAYMOND CONNOLLY,
President Of the Board of Realtors OF
the Oranges aud Maplet1ood.
Individual appraisals are practically
a thing of the past in the Oranges and
>Iaplewood. Applications for appraisals
70 the Individual members of the board
or to the board are referred to a COM
mittee of three, selected for their
knowledge of values in the particular
locality in which the property Is sit
uated The appraisal is then made by
these three men and signed by them as
q committee representing the Board or
Realtors of the Oranges and Maple
wood.
The charge Is but slightly in excess
OF the individual appraisal charge, but
has the advantage of the opinion OF
three experts. any one of whom would
qualify as an expert in court The
schedule of fees is $25 for properties
Gf $4,000 value or less. and 81 for each
additional $1,000 Of value.
The announcement of this method or
appraising was made at the last meet
ing Of the hoard on May 10. Several
appraisals have been made. among them
two for the Board Of Education of the
village of South Orange, and one for
Orrin Cox on his own home. j. Charles
O'Brien and Eugene Hughes Of South
Orange and Kenneth w. Dalzell OF
Maplewood served on the committee.
1t Is expected the service adopted will
be largely used by banks, trusts. COM
panies and executors settling estates.
as we'll as the individual desiring to
sell or purchase property.
That property owners of the Oranges
and Maplewood are quick to take ad-
vantage of the new sales methods
adopted by the Board of Realtors of
the Oranges and Maplewood is shown
by the number of properties listed un-
der the multiple listing system. and
the percentage of sales to the number
of. listings proves the merit of the
system.
To date 632 properties have been
listed. consisting mostly of homes val
ued from $4,000 to $4,000. One nun
dred and twenty-four of these 632
properties, or almost c'ie out of every
five properties listed. have been sold,
the total value exceeding $1,000, 900.
showing an average sale price OF $l2,-
600.
Under this system the owner lists
his property with one local realtor, a
member of the Board of Realtors of
the Oranges and Maplewood, and he
in turn lists the property in the cen
trail lis ing office in charge of the exc
cutive secretary of the board. Com
pete information is then sent to each
of the forty-eight members of the
board. II the price is right a sale is
quickly effected. giving quick satisfac-
tory service to both owner and pur-
chaser. The listing agent acts as the
owners professional adviser and rep
resentative. and the selling realtor acts
In the same capacity for the PURCHASER.
Both buyer and seller can enter into
negotiations with a feeling of conf
dence that their interests will be care
fully and CONSIDERABLY handled. with
fairness to all. as each member of the
board is bound by a strict code Of
ethics. deviation from which will
result In expulsion. xnr
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

flashing put in. The house was painted
white. the shutters and lattice a Colo
NAL blue green.
AS Mr.. Smith points out, the fact that
the mansard roof house sets high above
ground serves to emphasize its ugliness.
In this case the house was two feet
above the lot. But, as the ground sloped
toward the entrance. II enabled the ar
chitect to terrace up the plot so as to OBJ
literate the lines of the foundation and
give it the appearance OF nesting into
the site.
The changes made in the plans were
simple and obvious. Since the entrance
hall was dark Mr.. Smith put in large
window on the stairs, which completely
changed the appe arance. The interior
of the living room is finished with
rough plastered walls, with dark oak
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

main part and contained living room
and sun porch on the first floor. with
bedroom, sleeping porch and addi-
tional bath above.
The mansard roof was kept and, while
not strictly gambrel roof. it is so in
effect, according to its present treat
ment. The dormers. altered in form to
accord with the Colonial feeling, were
retained and a delightfully."- designed
Colonial roof rail added
These various features. the details of
which were carried out in the Colonial
entrance and by the introduction of the
many paned windows. combine in a
large measure TO produce the old time
effect. The house was reclapboarded
with wide siding laid ten inches to the
weather and new window sash. The
mansard roof was reshingled and new
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

classic roof rail to the pillared portico
marking the entrance, 1t is suggestive
of our native architecture. 1t breathes
an atmosphere Of hospitality and seems
to set close to the ground in the
friendly fashion for which our pioneer
homes were noted. AS it stands it pre-
sents a very pleasing picture of domes
tic architecture and provides an inter-
esting object lesson for the alteration
of house of this type.
Mr.. Smiths first step was to shave
the house. as he facetiously calls The
process. He got rid of the excrescences.
the verandas with their jig-saw work
and all the hideous details of the man
sard roof type. He then built on an
addition to the left, for which the 100.
foot front lot gave ample ROOM This
followed the same general lines of the
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

trim anu can noJrs. me same plan Is
followed out elsewhere in the house ex-
cept that in the old part the walls are
painted.
The introduction of the sun porch
on to which the living and dining room
open. and the sleeping porch above, have
provided physical features which add
much to the comfort of the occupants.
All the rooms are large and airy and
the living room has a fireplace OF old
fashioned proportions. SO wholly has all
trace Of the mid-Victorian atrocity van
ished in the picturesque dwelling of to.
day that 1t is hard to believe 1t eve.
existed and 1t is only when one looks
at the picture before" treatment that
one is able to visualize the changes
shown "after" the alterations were COM
pleted
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

usually predestined to failure at the
start. Lucien E. Smith, New York
architect. has. however, turned the
trick. By the wave of magician's
wand he has transformed a mansard
roof house in Montclair. N. j., into a
charming dormered dwelling having all
the atmosphere of the Colonial.
The house. both in detail and senti-
ment, is frankly American. From the
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
SALE AT CAMP MCCLELLAN.

The auction of Camp Mcclellan ~
Admission Ala. will be held on Tuesday.
June s. by Charles s. Gerth OF Gerth'4
Realty Experts by order Of the War De-
partment. The property consists OF 500
buildings. containing millions Of feet OF
lumber refrgerators. cots. electrical wirs
and supplies. stoves, furnaces and other
materials besides the rifle range and
other land. In addition TO camp equip
mcnt enormous quantities Of salvage ma
terial will be sold
The New York herald., 1922-05-28

Even a careful comparison of the two houses shown
in the accompanying photographs would fail reveal
marked structural affinity Their very dssimilarity
tells interesting Of architectural skill The pic
edatey above is that of old house in Mont
clair, NJ j., with mansard roof and all the other
Victorian atrocities that the artistic soul wrhe
The photograph the right shows the house after
Lucen E. Smith, architect of this city, had performed
few .leight of hand tricks.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
Demand for Realty in Queens.

An indication OF the increasing de-
mand for real estate In the village OF
Queens in Queens Borough is furnished
in the report that Harry Sllverman.
Brooklyn builder. has sold In the last
two months more than $4,000 worth of
business property. The builder reports
that of this amount he has sold more
than 100000 In one day. Most Of the
buyers were from Manhattan and Brook
lyn
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
sfso.ooo Lease on 7th Ave.

Henry Shapiro & Co. have leased for
the Amron Realty Corporation In the
building at the southeast corner of Sew
enth avenue and Forty eighth street
the corner store to the Uneeda Pure
Orange Drink Company. and stores on
Forty-elghth street in the same build
ing TO Joseph Rossano q Rocco Leone,
and James virano 4 Charles Montal-
bano.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
BY HARRIET sIssoN GILLEsPIE.

To bring beauty out of house OF
ment worthy Of the necromancer's art,
for the uncompromising ugliness of its
mid-victoran aspect invariably defies
the most skilled designers fancy and
any attempt at its transformation is
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
QUEENS BOROUGH MARKET.

The Lewis II. May Company leased
the following cottages: AT Far Rock
away. l.. L.. for S. J. Mott on Forest
avenue, 20 Leon Forst: for n. d. Adrl.
ance on Forest avenue. 10 Emanuel
Grossman: for Clarance Erdwarm on
Healy avenue. to Joaquin Frank. for
George v Agnew on Prospect street. to
Maur ce Lehman; for William n. Luce
on Broadway to Nellie Ferrlll. for VI
shapiro on Mckinley avenue. to II. VI.
Schlossheimer at Edgemere. l.. l.. for
Cornelius J. Barry on Napier avenue. to
Herman Nelson; for Lorraine u. a. e.
Company on Rochester avenue. to Mrs.
a. Glase FOR Superior Home Company
cn Columbus avenue 10 s. Heyman. for
y. n. RatzlSin on Bay Thirt! sixth
street. 20 Henry Amster
Carroll IT. Shaw. chief engineer o,
the New York Edison Company. has
purchased an apartment in l5G twenty
second street Jackson Heights; an
apartment in iiS Twenty second street.
taa been purchased by Ira u Gardu er
e the international Paper Company.
The New York herald., 1922-05-28
Vanderbilt Rents NJ Great Neck.

Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr leased from
Jesse l.. Livermore his country estate
at Great Neck. At $4,000. for the sea-
son. through Thomas OConnell.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-11
FORMER SEAT0N
MAN IS CALLED
W. ]. Rowley, Former SeatOn Bus
mess Man, Dies Of ApOplexy
i'm Chicago.
Especial to The Argus.)

Aledo, April 11.-W. ]. Rowley,
aged Y years, who was born and
reared in the Seaton community
and for many years associated in
the shoe business in that city,
passed away at his Chicago home
of apoplexy after weeks illness.
Mr.. Rowley was we'll known in
the county. After retiring from
the shoe business at Seaton he
moved with his family to Aledo,
where he resided for a number of
years prior to moving to Chicago.
Mr.. Rowley passed away at 1880
o'clock Sunday morning.
Funeral services will be tomor-
row afternoon from the Belmont
church, south of Seaton. Interment
will be in the Belmont cemetery,
where the wife and several chill
dren are buried. Four daughters
and two sons survive, as follows:
Mrs. Maude Day, Aledo; the Miss
es May and Mildred of Chicago;
Mrs. Vie Mcconnell. Philadelphia,
and Harry M. and Lewis, both of
Chicago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-11
Aledo and Mercer County
MANY FEATURES
ON DOCKET FOR
LEGION'S DANCE
Especial to The Argus.

Aledo, April 11.-Members Oh
Fallerans post of the American
Legion OF this city are feeling
highly elated over the fact OF the
many features that are expected to
draw a large attendance to their
spring dance to be held at the Aledo
opera house Thursday evening.
The little Misses Lois and OAR
lene Retherford, daughters OF Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Rutherford OF
Joy, will entertain with songs and
Rotations Chapin's original Hi
nois Five of Monmouth will furnish
the music. Special lighting effects
and decorations will also be used.
The one holding the lucky num-
Der at the drawing on the Overland
touring car will win the machine.
The April showers which have been
announced as a feature is causing
considerable comment, and many
are wondering whether it will be
advisable to bring umbrellas, rain
coats and various other water de-
hectorS.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-11
CALvA farmer
DIES AT HOME
Especial Correspondence. }

Galva, April 11.-Amel Johnson,
aged 46, life long resident of this
vicinity, passed away at his home
three miles north of Galva at IL
O'Clock Sunday evening. Mr.. John
son was taken ill at his home about
two weeks ago. The cause of death
was from a complication of dis
eases.
He was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Eric johnson and he passed away
at the home where he was born and
spent his boyhood days. Since his
marriage, II years ago, to Miss
Mary Lindholm, he had resided at
the home place and he had been a
very successful farmer. Mr.. John
son is survived by his aged moth
er, Mrs. Eric Johnson of Galva; his
wife, Mrs Mary Lindholm Johnson,
and also by three sisters, Mrs. o. B.
Lock, Mrs. F. E. Stewart and Mrs.
Bert Munday, all of Galva.
The funeral services will be held
at the residence at $50 p. m. We'd
nesday. Interment will be made
at the Bishop Hill cemetery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-11
BUREAU GIVES
SHIPPING COST
Especial Correspondence.l


Geneseo, April 1.-THE question
is frequently asked among people
who are not actively engaged in
shipping livestock as to what mar
keting costs may be. The report
OF the Cambridge Shipping associa-
ton for the last month of March
is interesting. because it answers
that question very definitely.
During the last month three car
loads of cattle totalling 81 head.
and IL carloads of hogs including
TAI hogs were sent from that ship
ping point. The home weight of
the cattle was $3.50 and the hogs
190. $50 pounds. The shrink on the
cattle to the time of sale was 1915
pounds per head and on hogs 1.67
pounds. This is % per cent on
cattle and s. per cent on hogs.
The gross receipts at Chicago
were s23, 1889, with the net to
shippers at home $22,127.o4. The
expense of $1,24S.18 was divided as
follows: Freight $662.02, yardage
$10692, feed at Chicago yards
$67.37, and Chicago commissions
S267 60, bringing the cost of mar
keting to approximately 51s per
cent
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-04-11
MEMS CLUB OF
ALEDO ELECTS
new OFFICERS
Eight Officers and Directors are
EIected-Vote to Retain
Present Quarters.
fSnecial to The Argus

tSpeclal 10 Inc Argus
Aledo, April 1.-THE following
results were obtained last evening
at the annual election of the Aledo
club:
President-E. E. Emrick.
Vice president-Paul ]. Graham.
Secretary-C. NJ Wells.
Treasurer c. Johnston
For directors, William Hayman
was reelected chairman of the
house committee. ID. w. Flynn was
elected to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Alderman J. o. Free
man. Ed Moberg was elected for
two years and succeeds Frank Malm
and w. d. Emerson, Jr., was elected
to fill the term of the late Alderman
Hugh Morrison, that expired at
this time.
Outgoing officers were. L. Macy
Parkman, president; w. D. Elmer
son, Jr., vice president and G. L.
David, treasurer. r. b. McCreight
was the only holdover director.
The issue of retaining the pres
ent club rooms or moving into new
quarters was voted on, resulting in
the former. The board of directors
were authorized to make all neces-
sary improvements they see fit that
will be of benefit to the club mem
bers. The election polls were open
from $50 to 1880 o'clock.