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The New York herald., 1922-12-10

FOLLOWING the erection Of the
r 80 East Forty.second Street
Building ana the activity Of Au-
gust Heckscher In building Madison ave-
nue. skyscrapers. the summer Of 1920
marked the peak Of the building move
ment In the terminal zono. At that time
that the National City Company began
the alteration Of the Manhattan Hotel
into the National City Building the
Canadian Pacific. the Borden and the
Marlin Rockwell buildingp were under
construction. the Liggett Building was
In Its first stages and n campaign TO
erect huge comparatively owned ONCE
building, covering three blocks of New
York Central land, was at its height.
The proposed comparatively owned
office building plan was abandoned, but
long before the summer Of 1891 prac-
ticaliy all large buildings Under way in
1890 were nearing completion. All OF
thom with the exception Of q oompara-
lively small amount Of space are fully
rented.
In the meantime tho building move
ment has extended eastward, with the
result that the site OF the Grand Union
Hotel is occupied by the new Bowery
Bank ana the Pershing Square buildings.
In Madison avenue the FIRST Of the two
twelve story mercantile buildings being
erected by Webb a Knapp. from Forty
sixth 10 Forty-seventh streets through
to Vanderbilt avenue. 10 practically oom-
pleted and 80 per cont rented The
second building. on the southern half of
the block, IL well under way and par
tally rented
Webb q Knapp IN tbs construction of
those structures opposite TO the Ritz
Carlton have given the oity q new whole-
sale millinery center. In which such
wholesalers ~ Aitken. Son q Co. Gess
The New York herald., 1922-12-10
TO MOVE OLD STONE CHURCH.
Structure VIII Make way for WI.
aenins Of Boulevard.

Plans are under way 10 move the old
Elmhurst Presbyterian stone church In
the Newtown section for a distance Of
fifty feet from the present Queens boule-
ward In order 10 make way for the
widening OF the boulevard and for real
estate Developments IN the section ada
cent TO Grand street.
Many old frame dwellings that stood
along the bouloyafd adjacent 20 the
church have been removed and this has
given q chance TO open up streets at
right angles 20 the boulevard.
Among the operators who have gone
into this district II Fred Reiner. who Ia
erecting forty-five single family houses
on Lewis street and he has plans for
100 more. Some OF the latter will be
two family houses. They are within a
block OF the trolley lines on Queens
boulevard to Manhattan and a block 10
Brooklyn troileys on Grand avenue.
The New York herald., 1922-12-10

T OVER rents are not to be ex-
pected to any marked degree for
several years. according to w. J..
Moore. president of the American Bond
and Mortgage Company. Inc. who
points out that every essential economic
factor Is at present working against
the possibility Of decreased rentals.
Materials, labor and money condi-
tions determine new construction, and
therefore rents" says Mr.. Moore, "and
any more than superficial analysis of
the trends in these conditions shows
forces which must tend to check con-
struction and therefore to maintain
rentals. That rent, or the price of
housing, whether residential. industrial
or commercial, follows the law of sup
ply and demand Is clear to all, and>the
expectations of lower rentss held by
some persons are logically based on
the belief that there Is enough volume
OF construction now In progress and
in sight to cause an overbullt market
and the lowering OF rents through
competition.
But figures showing the value of
new construction are deceptive. be-
cause the fact Is frequently lost sight
Of that these values are for work being
done at about 70 per cent. higher price
levels than before the war. Not values
of construction but the amount of
space provided should be compared, and
when such comparison are made IL will
be found new construction cannot make
up for the underbuilding of six years.
"1t is true that sthere Is now real ac-
tivity In construction and building per-
mits and other construction records
show marked increases this year as
compared with last, but In order to come
anywhere near adequacy building ao-
tivity should have been three times a.
great this year, which was decidedly
not. As a matter Of fact, housing ac-
commodations are 30 far from an over
built condition that survey OF the fifty
leading cities Of the country shows them
one to four years behind In building.
Another Illusion which raises false
hopes is neighborhood building. In some
sections Of soms cities rentals are re.
ported 90 decreasing a few dollars. But
this is due to strictly neighborhood con-
ditions, where new areas are being de.
veloped, sometimes too rapidly, with the
result that there IL competition for ten.
ants at rental times. But these loca
conditions. are not indicative OF any
broad basis.
building natsrials--iron ana steel
lumber, brick and oement--all show
heavy demands and sustained prices
Labor conditions are increasingly
The New York herald., 1922-12-10
BUILDERS IN QUEENS
INCREASE ACTIVITY
No Let Up Seen as Winter Ap-
proaches; Population Near
100000 Mark.
VvyrH a record Of nearly $4,000
Wv permits issued for new build
inKa To- coat &119.701.012,

vvyuH record Of nearly $4,000
w permits issued for now build
ings to cost S1is.7o3.s1a, 70 be
erected In Queens Borough. tho predic-
tion made some time ago by the Hous-
Ing Bureau of the Greensboro Chamber
Of Commerce that the total for the year
1922 would reach $125,oo0.o0o bids fair
to be realized.
In the past the approach Of cold
weather has been the signal for a de-
crease in applications for building per-
mits. But the reverse Is the case this
year, as the applications for November.
numbering 2,126, for buildings esti-
mated to cost $10.S20.010, exceeded the
month Of October by nearly rs per cent.
and was 80 per cent more than the cor
responding month In 1921.
One Of the largest operations for
which a permit was grandted in No
vember was to the verdune Construction
Company. which will erect eighty single
family houses in the Broadway Flushing
section at cost Of s45O,OoO. This COM
pany has been operating on q large scale
in the Astoria section Of Long Island
City this year.
The Potter Avenue Realty Company.
which has built several hundred houses
In the Astoria section, and also at
Malba this year, will operate on even
q more extensive scale next year.
The Greensboro Corporation, Wohl &
Wohl and other large builders also plan
extensive operations during the coming
year.
Attention was called recently to the
building Of business centers in the home
developments which have taken place
throughout the borough.
Apnthor lima of deynlopruapf IN Among
the financial institutions. which became
necessary In order to take care OF this
rapid expansion in Queens Borough.
Loans involving millions OF dollars were
negotiated and several of the banks and
mortgage and trust companies were
forced to enlarge their quarters or to
open new ones. Among these was the
Bank OF Manhattan Company, which
built Ave story structure In Jamaica.
This company has twenty-five branches
in Queens Borough. several having been
established recently In the sections
which show the greatest housing and
commercial development.
The Title Guaranty and Trust Com
pany has enlarged it's building on Full
ton street. Jamaica, and erected q new
one in Long Island City. The Lawyers
Mortgage Company has taken over new
quarters and new banks have been es-
.tablished In Jackson Heights, Ozone
Park. Hollis and Corona.
Places of amusement are also being
erected to take care of the Increasing
population, several new theaters having
been opened or started during the year.
But. above all. the great development
has been in the construction OF new
homes. which have been occupied as
soon a. built. so that It is estimated
by the Queensboro Chamber OF Com
merce that on December 81 the popula-
tion of the borough will have reached
100000.
The New York herald., 1922-12-10
10 SELL SO BRONX LOTS.
.. p. Dsy VIII omer Fox Property
ON December 10.

Thirty-six lots adjoining the old Co
iumbis Oval in the North Bronx.
which was sold isst October by Joseph
p. Day, will be placed on the auction
block by Mr.. Day on Tuesday. Decetn-
ber 10, at noon In II vesey street The
lots are bounded by Gun Hill Road.
East NTH street. Hull and Perry ave.
r,ues and are even nearer TO the ai0th
street station on the Webster avenrs
extension Of the Third Avenue IL" and
the 2t1th street station or the White
Plains avenue subway than the old Co
iumbia Oval lots are.
The properties will be sold for the
estate OF Thomas II. Fox, former
deputy sheriff OF The Bronx The
beneficiaries OF the estate are John
and William A. Fox, brothers Of the
late Sheriff Fox. who are prominent in
Bronx business circles. Edwin J. Ma
tin u attorney for the estate.
The New York herald., 1922-12-10
BAR BUILDING 80 P. G. RENTED
MANY Legal Firms Take oms.s in
Hsw rorsy-feursh ~. strueture.

Announcement was made yesterday
BY the Bar Building. Inc. that space
In the Bar Building. % West Forty
fourth street 90 81 West Forty-third
street. wAs more than 80 per cent
rented.
Quarters IN the building have been
leased 60 Bobbe a Brown. Cadwaiader.
Wickersham a Taft. the City OF New
York. Ernest l.. Consnt. william G.
Crane. Miles NJ. Dawson. Felix A. Dom
nelly. John u. Doyle. Richard Eyre.
Gazzen q Dooiing. Walter A. Halh
Kohn q Nagier. Larkin, Rathbone a
Perry. Charles p. Lattins. Joel r..
Libsrfnan. Macdonald, Acl<iey q Casey.
Jonn \. o'f3rien and Harry u. Brad
bury. Clarence Dewitt Rogers. Rounds.
Hatch, Dillingham; q Debevoise. Ira
A. schiller and Louis M. Levy, Sui
iivan q Cromwell. wllberforce sully.
Jr.. walter Hatch Thatcher. John w.
Thompson, Richard Townsend, Henry
A. utsrhsrt and Alfred M. schaffer.
Lyman n. Warren, William NJ. Sea-
bury. San, rttelsou A. Van voofhis.
CnaSfss J. w. Meisci. Albert J. Appel.
Carlisle Norwood and Thomas L. Walsh.
Bainbfsdge Colby. Sage & Schoonmaker.
The New York herald., 1922-12-10
m THE DWELLING MARKET.
west nna Avenue Rssias>ss Il
new Hands.

Lercy COVENTRY ana the Rachael Com
pany sold for Elisabeth Rothschild the
three-story converted dwelling 75s West
End avsnus. t7xloo.
jacob Goldman purchased ths three
story dwelling. sis West issth street.
ts.sxsp.fi, from M. Rotnaus-
Rosaiis A. Frfbours sold to Rcosrt
Jones ecr $4,000 The three-story DWELL
inn $50 West Inst street fsx1oo11.
william II. Beard sold TO the Hemp
hfiI Realty Corporation the two four
story buildings eae-e2s Sixth avenue,
near Thirty-seventh street, 2o.3x1oo and
2o.foxCo. respectively.
Florence p. Thomas sold to Edith
Gaydenzl. the three-story dwelling, 70
W'sst Hsvsnty-sishth street 1sx1oSsA
The New York herald., 1922-12-10
NEWARK TRANSACTIONS.

The three story brick apartment sox
106. at 13o Brunswick street has been
sold for Abram weInstock 10 Anthony
sica- an investor. Feist A Feist were
the brokers.
Louis schlesinrer. inc. leased a store
IN i3S Market street to Sahlusl Bslssv
for mems wear shnp.
The New York herald., 1922-12-10
SALES AT SPRINGFIELD, L. 4.

w. II. schabehorn OF Springfield. l..
T., has sold during the last week.
houses and lots on his Springfield Hills
crest development at Springfield to the
following. Houses TO James II. MCGUIRE
and Myrtle q. strumpfle. and 10 James
J. Corwin three lots; TO Leonard Deem.
two lots: to J. l.. Clemmons. two lots,
ana 60 M. ]. Spiliane. two lots.
The New York herald., 1922-12-10
EDITOR LEASES BUILDING.
Increases Realty Holdings ON mast
57th street.

Peass q Elliman leased for Mrs. Jo-
hanna Rippereer the four story building
COX half the block. At it2 Trast Frfty-ssv-
enth street. to Arthur Brisbane. TO whom
Pease 4 Elliman recently sold for Gates
W. Mcosrrah. president Of the Mschan-
les and Metals National Bank. the ad-
joining premises at ios-fio Eas Flfsy-
seventh street
The present lease contains option Of
purchase, so that Mr.. Brisbane now con-
trolls q plot soxNhaif the block between
Park and Lexington avenues Mr. Bris-
bane also controls the northeast corner
or Fifty-seventh street and Park ave-
nue., with frontage of 81 feet on Fifty
seventh street and so feet on Park ave-
nue.
The New York herald., 1922-12-10
SELLS KENsiNGToN HOUSE.

Frank Newins Of Rlvefhead. t. L..
has purchased the Bradford Merrill
property in Kensington, Great Neck. l..
T.. Georgian brick residence with
twelve rooms and -four baths. The
property was held az $4,000. Harvey
Craw was the broker.
The New York herald., 1922-12-10

Saadno has erected twentyour
detached brick and housss E.:. street ans
Brighton subway
Of They back 20
fifteen feature of the
restricted section. More
than half Of the have been sold.
The New York herald., 1922-12-10

November building contracts IN Min
nesota and the Dakotas amounted To
s3.saS,ooo. an increase OF 80 per cent.
more than those OF october ana de-
cline OF 16 per cent. from those Of the
corresponding month OF last year OF
last months total go per cent. or
s2.s42.o 900. was for residential buildings
The years total OF construction con-
tracts TO December ] was s74. 900,
which is slightly iess than the igure for
the corresponding period of last year.
Contemplated new work reported In
November amounted to ef3,705,000, an
Increase of ~ per cent. compared with
the contemplated work reported In oc-
tober, 1.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-14
HERE FRoM FLAcsrAFF-Jude

HERE FROM FLAGsTAFF-Judge
George H. Crosby. formerly a resi-
dent of Mesa but now located in
Flagstaff was in Phoenix yesterday
on legal business.
WILL TALK TO NURsES-The
Maricopa County Graduate Nurses
association will meet at 1880 o'clock
this afternoon at the Nurses Home on
Polk STREET. The speaker will be w.
J. Galbraith, attorney general.
TO SERVE DINNER-Ladies OF
the Cartwright Missionary society will
serve dinner at the Central Methodist
church from 1880 o'clock this morn
ing until 2 o'clock this afternoon.
WILL PRESIDE AT TEA-The
Country club tea this afternoon will
be presided over by number OF
prominent club members. the hostess
es including Mrs. NJ. II. McCalla, Mrs.
Roy Wayland, Mrs. Avery Corpstein,
Mrs. William Corpstein. Mrs. George
Goodrich and Mrs. II. M. Fennemore.
FARM BUREAU MEETS TO.
NlGHT-The Wilson Farm Bureau
will hold its annual business meeting
at the Wilson schoo! at 1880 o'clock
this evening. Plans for the year will
be outlined and a date set for the
election of officers. The meeting will
be presided over by Fred TAFT, presi-
dent.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-14
Automobile Club Issues Regular
Bulletin On Highways Of State

Cadiz good, except between Archer
and Cadiz Road crew working near
Parker on Bouse road. Salome to
Blythe good, rough in places: Blythe
to Mecca good. Salome to Buckeye
good with rough spots; Buckeye to
Phoenix 20 miles paved road, balance
good detour. Unpaved Salt River val
lev roads generally good. Phoenix.
Tempe. Mesa and Chandler paved
road; Chandler to Florence fair des-
ert road Mesa to Florence good,
now dragging this road. Mesa 10
Globe via Roosevelt Dam fair; Mesa
To Superior good: Superior to Miami
closed. but open to traffic from Sat
urday noon to Monday morning; Su-
perior to Ray good; Globe to Miami
paved road; Globe to Winkelman and
HAYDEN good, with a few rough spots;
Globe TO Stafford fair, some rain and
mud. Rice to Springerville very bad
account of heavy SHOWS in montains.
Stafford to Clifton and Duncan good;
Stafford to Bowie fair. Duncan to
Lordsburg good
southern Part of State-Tucson to
Florence good, except near Florence;
Florence to Winkelman. Ray and
Christmas good; Florence to Casa
Grande fine; Casa Grande to Tucson
good. Tucson to Winkelman via
Oracle and Mammoth good; Tucson
TO Tombstone excellent; Tucson TO
Nogales good, still advisable to take
Mission road because of construction
work on valley road Nogales to
Tombstone good: Tombstone to
Bowie via Gleeson and Courtland
good. Tombstone to Bisbee fine; Bis
bee to Douglas paved road, fines
being assessed for excessive speed;
Douglas to Rodeo good; Rodeo to
Lordsburg fair; Lordsburg to El
Paso good: FL Paso to Alamogordo
| O K: FL Paso to Van Horn bad in
places account of construction work;
Fl Paso north via Socorro roads are
fair to good Yuma to ella Bend
fair. Yuma to Phoenix closed ac-
count Antelope Hill bridge at Well
ton: Yuma to California via Holt
Vile good, plank road in fine condi-
tion; Yuma to INLAND fair. ella Bend
to Ajo good desert road; Sentinel and
Stoval to Ajo very badS Ajo to Tue
son. 1873 miles, of which 3S miles is
constructed west of Tucson and AZ
miles constructed east of Ajo, leaving
50 miles in between OF fair desert
road. hard and rather rough in places.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-14
INDIAN BOYS FILL
THEATER WITH ACT

+ Chief Big Eagle, In a wonderful
head dress of orange tipped eagle
feathers, fringed buckskin trousers,
beaded vest and moccasins sat in the
center of the stage last night and led
25 boys from the st. Johns Indian
Mission in a band concert and Indian
act which packed the house at every
performance, and had a long line of
people standing outside patiently
waiting their turn to enter.
From the time the curtain rose on a
forest scene, with the Indians sitting
in a semi circle clad in their tribal
clothing to its going down on an en-
semble, there was not lost moment,
or one in which the audience was not
interested.
Big Eagle in limitations of wild
birds-the whipporwhiE. meadow
lark. mocking bird, and also the pea
cock was roundly applauded. but
when he initiated the high thrilling
song of a canary the applause was
deafening.
There was a weird war dance, with
the Pima war chant droned from the
side, to the beating of tom toms and
rafting of gourds, and a solo dance
by Chief Sneed, accompanied by hair
raising war whoops and cries.
Pablo, full blooded Papago Indian
rendered Second Hand Rose In
Papago to the huge delight and en-
tertainment of his listeners and in
terspersed between the different
turns" were selections by the band.
Tonight viii be the last chance
Phoenix will have to see these clever
Indian players at the Columbia thea
ter.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-14
ROTARY D|SREGARDS
FRIDAY, THE 18th

Regardless Of it being Friday. the
18th, the Rotary club held its regu-
lar luncheon yesterday at the Hotel
Adams with Charles S. Kent acting
as chairman. Due 10 some clever In :
weighing there managed TO be seated
Just 13 people at the head table. TO
prove that this was unlucky, Chair
man Kent fined them all for so
blindly ignoring superstition.
Il. w. Lewis gave a very thought
full service talk Of short length in
which he contrasted the present-day
trend of a legal firms business with
that Of a generation ago.
l.. w. Coggins delivered brief eX-
planatory talk on the sixth paragraph
Of the Rotary code of ethics.
Recalling that Friday, the 18th,
was a date of considerable signifi-
canoe in reclamation history as on
Friday, June 13, 1902, the National
Reclamation Act was passed by con-
gress, George II. Maxwell spoke at
short length, reminding the Rotar-
ians of the warnings he had given
several times of the damage Cave
Creek would do il not cared for and
OF what value a reservoir to impound
the flood waters of that stream
would be to the valley.
He urged the people to get thor
oughly awake to the need Of working
for the national legislation that would
save to Arizona all OF the water from
the Colorado river that rightfully be-
longs to her. He also called atten-
ton to another danger that threatens
from an outbreak in the Imperial
valley. Mr.. Maxwells request for
longer time TO address the club on
these important subjects was referred
to the program committee for an
early date.
Arizona republican., 1922-01-14
FEAR OF XII KLUX
KHAN MAKES HIM
SURRENDER SELF

When three masked men whom he
said he took to be members of the
Ku Klux Klan loitered for several
minutes in the vicinity of his home
near Liberty Thursday night, G.. C..
Dobbs alias George Fields told the
deputies in the sheriffs office yester-
day afternoon, he thought they were
after him so he came to Phoenix at
! once to give himself up.
II am wanted in DawsonVflle.
Georgia" he told the officers when he
walked into the sheriff's office at ?
o'clock yesterday afternoon, for the
murder OF Homer Cowart in Decenl-
ber. 1919, in Dawsonville.
Dobbs was placed in the outer
corridor of the county Jail and wire
was sent to Dawsonville asking If he
were wanted there as a fugitive from
Justice. At a late hour last night
Georgia authorities.
Sitting on cot In the corridor of
the Jail, Dobbs last night told a rep
resentative of the Republican that he
was not sure whether Cowart was
fatally wounded by the shot he had
fired at him as he had not heard from
Dawsonville since he left there.
II was working for Cowart." he
said, land we got into an argument
over the amount OF money due me
as wages. I claimed he owed me
$3S and he claimed the amount was
only $50. He had a 3S revolver and
l had a a. revolver. He aimed at
me and fired. He dropped to the
floor of the room, we were in the
house, and I ran out of the door.
AS l went through the door. think
he fired two shots at me but maybe
1t was only one. Neither of them
hit me.
Some OF the fellows told me had
better beat it and after bidding my
people goodbye, went to the nearest
railroad station about 20 miles from
Dawsonville where / caught a train.
I think it was the last week in De-
cember but can't be sure but it was
in 1919, went to Winnipeg,
Canada, and there / heard Arizona
was a pretty wild place so / came
down to Phoenix about year ago.
For three months worked as janitor
in the washington school and then
they fired me and l homesteaded a
claim near Liberty.
Thursday night three men wear
ing masks that looked like white
hoods came to my place and seemed
to be watching the house. / thought
they were after me and after they
left / got ready to come into Phoenix
and give myself UP to the officers.
81 never heard from my folks back
at Dawsonville and l never wrote to
them because I can't read or write,
so I don't know whether Cowart died
or not.
"I was IN the army during the
world war and served II months.
was overseas for five months with
| the Third Battalion but 1 don't know
what division or regiment it was"
Dobbs said he was about % years
of age and said his family lived near
| Jacksonville. Jacksonville, he said,
was north Of Atlanta and is not on a
railroad.