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The New York herald., 1922-12-10
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WESTER HOUSE WESTMINSTER
AVENUE. ELtZABETH.

Sundays. Monthly Communication tickets
sold for passage between this city and
Railway have increased from 5,52s tick
cts in 1916 10 5,49s In 1917. TO 6.s7s In
1918. to 7,125 In 1890, to 1880 in 1921
and to $500 for the first eleven months
of 1922. The 1920 census gives Ray
way population of 11.042.
Metuchen-twenty-se miles from
New York--is summed up by the Penn
sylvania Railroads local agent In this
way: "Metuchen has beautiful trees
and lawns surrounding most of the resi-
denees and there are excellent walks
and driveways. We have the finest ar
tesian water Of any borough in the
State. Scores OF houses for dwelling
purposes have been built here within the
last decade. There are public schools
and several churches here We have
half hourly trolley service between New
Brunswick and Perth Amboy. first class
stores and hotels. For those who seek
quiet after a days toll In the noisy
metropolis. our location is ideal"
Fifty-four Pennsylvania Railroad
trains serve Metuchen on weekdays and
twenty-nine on Sundays. Ten years ago
the Communication tickets sold for pas
sage between New York and Metuchen
amounted to 2.1S5. In 1921 some 1851
monthly tickets were purchased by daily
riders. Metuchen had a population Of
1894 when the 1920 census was taken.
Residentially and otherwise. New
Brunswick is one OF the most highly
developed cities in New Jersey. Its
population has increased from 23.3Ss in
1910 TO 32,T79 In 1920.
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ONDITIoNS downtown--reai es-
tate wise-are good. They have
seldom been better. Desirable
space is, wanted and there is a healthier
and better demand for stores, lofts
buildings and. particularly. offices, than
at any time since January /. 1921.
Small stores are greatly sought after
and quickly taken, whenever offered, at
increased rentals. We have tenants
waiting for merchandising space and our
condition in that respect is no different
from that OF others.
office renting is very active for this
time OF the year and the demand for
lofts and buildings was never better
Our brokers all report a willingness on
the part OF tenants TO close leases or
purchase and those who were delaying
n few months ago are settling their real
estate problems and many commissions
arc being made.
There has been undeniably sharp
reversal for the better In the real estate
market and there is a very cheerful
feeling on the street. Collections are
better and II seems as IL most OF the
firms with whom We are doing business
have passed through the deflation period
and all report business on the upgrade.
The surprising feature OF the present
real estate market Is the tremendous
amount OF money in comparatively small
sums available for realty investment IL
seems as IL almost every one worth
while has surplus funds and Is anxious
10 buy downtown real estate. There is
no question but that lower Manhattan
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as for the more extensive travelsr1.
Since 1915 the number of commutati0n
tickets sold for passage between THE
city and New Brunswick has Increased
more than 200 per cent In 1915 the sale
OF that class of tickets totaled 4.cs2. In
contrast to 1855 in 1921.
New Brunswick Growing.
Speaking of conditions in New Bruns-
wick. Samuel L. Levin. realtor. 80
George street. New Brunswick. said to
a reporter for THE NEW York HERAI.Di
THE residential part of New Brunswick
is growing fast. There are plenty OF
buyers for residential property as well
as for business holdings. which shows
that they have faith in the future OF
the city A large number OF both
classes come from out of town. High
land Park. which is along the upper
part of Livingston avenue on the north
bank of the Raritan River is being de-
veloped rapidly with high class DWELL
ings by the Highland Park Buildins
Company.
e. E Masterson. agent for property In
the Brunswick Park section. said
brunswick Park has theatrical colony
which adjoins the Phillips farm. The
upper end of the park Is not restricted.
but the lower end, which joins the farm.
TO $4,000 and bungalows are going UP
there. Part Of the property is being
sold as small farms. There is consid-
cradle activity in residential property
along Hamilton road"
According to real estate man. Menlo
Park, Iselin and Colonia are about to
see increases In values. Tracts can be
bought in those towns for $3.50 an acre.
he said. This man also considered that
good investments could be made in
Metuchen.
Among the homes reproduced pictorf.
ally herewith are those of George w.
Bergen on Moristown road. Elmora and
Percy Kingsbury on Morristown road,
Elizabeth, sold recently by william G.
Finck, real estate broker. 2l4 Broad
street, Elizabeth. The Minor house.
North avenue. Elizabeth. was sold re-
Gently to a buyer whose name has been
withheld. The stucco house. In English
style. occupied by Max wester, was
erected by Peter G. vietch.
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Small Stores in Lower
CITY Are in Great Demand
by CHARLES #. MOVES.

real estate has the call as n conserva-
tive safe investment. The difficulty u
to get the properties that WI stand the
test OF conservatism and OF value. II
is not an ovcrstatement 20 say that All
downtown real estate offices have GUS
toners willing 20 purchase well situated
properties In the lower section Of the
city. Our office has at least a hundred
buyers anxious and willing TO Invest.
Quick answers are obtained and any
really good downtown property % true
merit can be sold at the right price on
forty-eight hours notice.
Limited In area. Increasing IN value
potentially just as our wealth. com
mercial importance and population IN
crease. we believe downtown real eg-
tate Is the most conservative and best
OF all investments It's value u nxcd for
all time. because all oi our exchanges
our Reserve Bank. our corp0ratiors. In
surance companies. banks. sc. are here.
Most OF those Institutions and all %
the important ones own their buildings
Nearby these big conters the small in
vestor can obtain store and lofi build
ings with an outlay Of from $4,000 20
$4,000. and on such properties obtain
approximately 10 per cent. on his In
vestment.
shall always recommend. and during
twenty-five years we have not seen a
loss through any purchase OF a small
downtown loft building when ordinary
Judgment has been used In It's selection
and proper advice obtained,
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TRAFFTC ana operating officials OF
tho New Jersey division OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad System
have prepared for THE New YoRK
HERALD q summary OF interesting
statistical data which reflect the steady
growth Of Communication travel between
Manhattan and intermediate passenger
stations served BY tho Pennsylvania In
New Jersey as far as New Brunswick.
Those and other figures leave no room
for doubt that the roads policy OF keep
ing pace with the traffic requirements
has been largely responsible for attract
Ing to the suburban territory mentioned
q substantial number Of permanent resi-
dents, VINO have migrated from tho over
populated ofy Of New York
Tho most intensive committing points
on tho division are within radius of
thirty-two miles from Manhattan They
include Newark. Linden. Elizabeth.
Railway, Woodbridge. Iselin. Menlo Park.
Metuchen and New Brunswick.
From the railroad viewpoint there are
three underlying reasons for the con-
sistent increase in population. the
marked progress and the prosperity that
those cities and towns have enjoyed
during tho last decade.
First--The construction and operation
Of what Is known as tho Pennsylvania
Railroads high speed or rapid transit
electric line between the Hudson Ter
minal and Park place. Newark. with Its
physical connections at Manhattan
Transfer and Jersey City.
Second-The accessibility Of New Jer-
eey points by means of the passenger
station of the Pennsylvania Railroad
situated In the heart OF Manhattan at
Seventh avenue and Thirty-third street.
Third-The maintenance of safe.
frequent and efficient train service al
every season of the year.
IA the question of adequate train
service Is paramount in the minds or
prospective homeseekers resume
showing how the Pennsylvania Is meet
ing the transportation needs of Its prin
cfpal stations In the Communication zone
and a brief outline of other advantages
which those places have to offer from
residential point Of view follows:
C0mmutattOn baIes lncreaso'
Fifteen miles from this city is the city
of Elizabeth, one Of the choicest resi-
Dental sections in New Jersey The
number of Communication tickets sold for
passage between New York city and the
three passenger stations Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad in Elizabeth has Increased
moro than SO per cent. In the six years
from 1916. including 1921. In 1916 the
daily riders totaled 1o.6o7. increasing to
IL 3O6 in 1917; to 1883 in 1918; to H.
ss5 in 1919 to 1922 In 1920. and to
1876 In 1921.
Train service at the three stations,
Elizabeth, South Elizabeth and North
Elizabeth. consists OF els scheduled
trains on weekdays and 141 on Sun
days
A the Elixabeth Board Of Trade aptly
says: There Is nothing wrong with a
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Linden Grows Fastest.

Linden-eighteen miles from this
city-is one of the fastest growing OF
the smaller communities along the Penn
sylvania Railroad. Between 1916 and
1929 there, has been an increase OF more
than 100 per cent. in the number of
Communication tickets sold for passage be-
tween this city and Linden, the sale of
such tickets from year to year being
as follows: In 1915, 2.133 tickets; 1917,
2.s16 tickets; 1913. 2.667 tickets; 1919,
2,sOs tickets: 1920. 3.424 tickets: 1921
3,s12 tickets; eleven months of 1922.
4.7s3 tickets. Twenty-eight west bound
and twenty-five east bound trains stop
at Linden on week days, and twenty
west bound and sixteen east bound
trains on SUNDAYS.
Besides its enviable record for health
fulness (the death rst6 being one Of the
lowest In the State), Railway ranks with
the best towns near this city In the mat
ter of churches. schools. clubs and pub
lie institutions. Pennsylvania Railroad
trains to the number of ninety-six serve
Railway on week days and sixty-one on
The New York herald., 1922-12-10
FRED BROWN BUYS OLD
5TH AV. BAPTIST CHURCH
Takes OUer Property From
Dreicer Estate. :

The site OF che old Fifth Avenue Bap-
tist Church and rectory at and West
Forty-sixth street, known as the Rookie
feller church, has been purchased by
Frederick Brown. the operator. from the
heirs OF the late Michael Dreicer, who
have been holding Il at 100000. The
Joseph Miner Company was the broker.
The Fifth Avenue Baptist Church oc-
cupied the property for many years
prior to it's removal 10 its new cdifice
at the corner OF Park avenue and Sixty
third street The site edjoins Fifth ave-
nue. and was purchased by Mr.. Dreicer
IN May. 1921. for s4s4.000.
Another parcel In tho vicinity Is re-
ported TO have been taken by operators.
This involves the five story building at
$50 Fifth avenue, owned by the heirs Of
John III. Hall, who purchased the prop
erty In 1870. IL Is reported 60 have
brought s550.000. II Is on a lot 25x100.
adjoining the southeast corner OF Forty
sixth street.
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Quoted successfully. The Elks Club is
undergoing an, enlargement, and there
are numerous other clubs and associa-
lions of social or fraternal character.
Those advantages are attracting home
seekers TO Elizabeth. According to the
last United States census the popula-
ton of Elizabeth has increased more
than 30 per cent. in the last ten years
and it's continued growth seems assured.
In the western section OF Elizabeth
is new residential district. known as
Elmora. which Is being built up rapidly
with high class homes.
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Could Honorable Board
Refuse to Give Him Diary?
NJ THE oDD rARAeRArnrR.

was once a place % pomp ana grandeur.
but which now stAnda prufaned and
completely abAndonea. declares the
Pefn Pn~tsien The Winter Palace.
once the hgsne % the cnars haa become
the house Of silence. The ccrrldors and
rooms are sncnnb~red with packlnH
ooses 90 hat the inprs@lcn IL enc -
a general removal AZ the bottom u
the grand stairway cnos the setting for
a rnare % flashing uniforrn& ana bean.
tiful rowns. two stuffed bison stand
on one OF the steps are the words "Nive
In comrnuDsF A. you wander about
the deserted palace the feeling v strong
upon you thst all who FORMERLY dweii
therein ana the thinrs that were about
them have been the victims Of ona Of
those scourres that swsep all before
them.
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MoxrcLAIR RESIDENCE SOLD.

r. NJ. Crawley g. Bros sold for Mrs. J.
n. Taylor a IA room residence at the
southeast corner OF Llewellyn Road and
wayside Place. Montclair, to Clarence
v. Price. The property is on the south
side OF Montclair and is surrounded by
the estates OF william y. Dickson. II. v.
Schleren and walter r. Bell. II has a
frontage OF $50 feet. is laid out In gar
dcns and is heavily wooded. The resi-
dence Is three story frame construction
and has several bathrooms. The prop
srty vas held at $4,000.
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Also Gains I'm Ticket Sales.

Thirty-two miles from this city. New
Brunswick marks the terminus eof the
Pennsylvania Railroads committing
zone. II Is the Middlesex county sea-
and is at the head OF navigation Of the
Rarltan River. where the Delaware and
Raritan Canal starts vending it's way
across the State. connecting with the
Delaware River for Southern points.
New Brunswick is served by the
Pennsylvania Railroad with sixty-nins
trains on week days and forty-one on
Sundays. IL has a complete system OF
suburban and interurban trolley lines
giving service that meets the needs
OF the community for the local as well
The New York herald., 1922-12-10
Logic is Lsna Eesnemic..

In land Eccnomics' Prof Richard
T. Ely saya; Land without population ~
n wilderness and population without land
In mob. The United States has many
social. political and economic questions
some old. some new--to settle IN the near
future. but nons 20 fundamental as the
true relation OF tho land % the national
life. The nrst act In tho progress Of
any civilization is 20 provide homes for
those who desire 10 SIT under their own
vine and ig trees. A prosperous agri-
cultural interest IL 10 a nation wha
good digostion n ~ 3 mnAr
The New York herald., 1922-12-10
HONE OF PERCY KINGS BURY. MORRiSTON~h
ROAD EliZkBETH

city the population - which Increases
40 per GENT. IN ten years" The last cen
sus gives the Incorporated city ~ Eliza-
beth n population Of sS,75s. Including its
suburban population Elizabeth has up-'
ward OF 10000 residents
In the army OF commuters entering
New York In the morning and leaving
after business hours about 1000 are
from Elizabeth. N. J. They leave Eliza
the time that the man who lives IN
upper Manhattan boards tho subway,
and o'clock finds them at their desks
ready for work
A High Glass Re.idensfal CITY.
Two hundred and twenty-five trains
daily between Elizabeth and New York
arc the facilities afforded by the Penn
sylvania Railroad and the Central Rail
road OF New Jersey. Those commuters
prefer TO live I'm single family houses or
two family houses surrounded by lawns
with trees. flowers and shrubbcry. fac
Ing well paved streets and sidcwaiks. 20
living in the average city apartment
Elizabeth. being part OF the great
metropolitan area In I'm itself larger
which are better known. with its pop
ulation' OF more than 100000 II is
larger than Jacksonville. Savannah.
Knoxville. Harrisburg. Sioux City.
Portland. Me-: Charleston. Mobile.
Jackson. Mich or Galveston.
Elizabeth Is not only q high class
residential city but IL also a manu-
featuring city OF great importance. II
is the home OF one OF the largest plants
OF the Singer Manufacturing Company.
which makes sewing machines. That
plant employs normally 5000 persons
and has a floor area OF about forty
acres. The Standard OIL Company has
large refinery just on the <susskirts
OF Elizabeth and the Moore plant OF the
Bethlehem Ship Building Corporation II
on Elizabeth's waterfront. The Durant
Motors Company acquired recently the
large automobile factory erected by the
WHY'S Corporation, which will employ
between 5000 and 10000 persons and
turn out the new Star car. shipbuiiding.
printing. art goods. grcenhousos. boilers
and castings as well as many needle
industries give employment 20 25.0o0
persons In Elizabeth.
Elizabeth wow Zoned.
Elizabeth has shown a progressive
spirit in recent years by the passage OF
zoning ordinance which restricts the
uses TO which land can be put. setting
aside certain areas for high class resi-
dences and mercantile business and
three grades OF industries. A city plan
ming commission which will make REQ
concentrations for systematic growth
and improvements was appointed re-
Gently. A new school building has been
completed for 100000 one junior high
school. in course OF construction. will
cost $4,000 and appropriations for an
other 500. 900 have lust been made for
the building OF the second junior high
school. in addition to improvements and
enlargements of other school buildings
In the city. About 400 children attend
the public schools daily and about 1000
attend the parochial schools. In the
school system there In a splendidly
equipped and managed vocational
school The vocational school 10
equipped with ali modern iathes. drill
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another department store was opened
recently and alterations and new build
ings are In process throughout the shop
ping district Six banks have resources
OF s4s.0oo. 900.
A recent drive to provide a new half
million dollar Masonic temple was con-
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nrvrs nAsr eisr ST. HOME.

worthlngton whitehouse.. Inc. rented
furnished for Noel Clement. the house.
27s East sixty-flrst street, to FELTON, IL
ElkinA
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AUCTIONEER TO OFFER
LOTS IN WEST BRONX
J. c. Dapies Will Conduct Sale
on Tuesday.

Eighty-one lots on 10th and nth
streets. fremont. Grand and Davidson
avenues and fifteen lots on Aqueduct
avenue. between 10th and is2d streets.
are 10 be sold az auction for the estate
of the late Julius Lowenthai and others
on Tuesday In IL vcsey street exchange
ty J Clarence Davies
The lots are on high rolling ground.
especially adapted for building sites.
The immediate section Ia well developed
with private dwellings and the sur
rounding section II rapidly being devei-
oped win apartment houses.
The section II no further from the
heart 81 the city than is washingto
Heights ~ ~ reached by means OF
The Jerome avenue extension OF the
Lexington avenue subway 20 fTseh
street Lots In the Washington Heights
section are selling at from two 70 three
times the prices that are being asked
for lots Ia the west Bronx district.
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Brtter Housins for the Farmer.
A Deserted Palace.

There is a magnificent palace in Rus
sia covering 5000 SQUARE mstara which
The New York herald., 1922-12-10

IRON far away stiriaquamish Fails
r Wash. the Real Estate Board Of
New York received recently this
odd appeal for copy OF is diary and
manual:
HsoRABLr GENT1ruxN:
May ask you to be spared one OF
your official year books which your
Board might have some left. 1917
am interested Of your book, 20 wish
Ing to be spared n you cnn. put I'm
cents stamps inclosed.
T. NAoAyucmI
Which we ask, Honorable Real Estate
Board. could you, II can spare. refuse
Mr.. Nagafuchi diary7
Better Housing for the Farmer.
Farmers have long complained that
builders have done nothing TO improve
living conditions for those who till the
sell. The extension division OF the Az
rfcultural College of the Ohio State Uni
verslty, recognizing the need for better
housing In that direction, has designed
n new model farmhouse that 10 substan-
tial In construction and thoroughly mod
ern. The house In built OF concrete
blocks. with stucco finishing and a fire.
proof roof. Among the innovations II q
special entrance and washroom In the
cellar for farm hands.
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BRANCH ron RESERVE BASK.

As a site for branch the Federal
Reserve Bank has leased from the 303
Fourth Avenue Corporation louis B.
Brodsxy. samuel Augenblick and IL
Miilcr) about 5000 square feet. com
prising the corner first floor IN the new
building AZ the northeast corner %
Fourth avenue and Twenty-third street.
opposite the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Building. The Lease Is for a term o.,
years and was made through Horace s.
Ely q Co.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-10
RECEIVE BIDS
ON R|CEvLLE ROAD
AND BRIDGE, OCT. Z
New Span Across Belt Creek to
Be Completed by August,
Says Highway Commission.
(Tribune's Helena Bureau)

Helena, Oct. 9.-FOr the construc-
ton of federal aid highway projects
No. u and No. 70, in the vicinity of
Belt. Cascade county, bids have been
advertised for by the Montana high
way commission to be received at 10
o'clock a. M, Oct. 81.
Project u consists of the removal
of the existing bridge across Belt
creek in the town of Belt and the
maintenance Of traffic across the
stream during the construction of a
new bridge, which is the principal
item of the contract. This new bridge
24-foot roadway. concrete abutmehts
and floor. The project must be COM
pleted by August 1, 1923.
Is 1854 Miles Long
Project 70 consists of the grading
of. the Belt Riceville road starting at
Arlington and extending for 1854
miles toward Riceville, the construc-
ton of small bridges and culverts, and
the gravel surfacing Of about six
miles of this road. Under n separate
proposal of this same project are three
bridges, two of 105 feet steel spans
each crossing Belt creek, and one Of
a SO foot steel span crossing Otter
tEtShs AL are W Dt DulL vi COuCICtC
abutments. The specifications pro-
vide that the road work is to be com
pleted by Nov. Is, 1923, and the
bridges to be completed by Aug. i,
1923.
To Open Other Bids
The highway commission has also
called for bids to be opened at the
same time. Oct. %, upon federal aid
project 1873, known as the Lookout
Pass road, the work consisting of
grading. gravel surfacing and con-
struction of small structures on a four
mile stretch of highway; and federal
aid project 100 C. consisting of the
erection of a 105 foot steel span bridge
between Waco and Custer on the yell
lowstone trail in Yellowstone county.
On October IL the commission will
receive bids on a reconstruction job
on the old federal aid project No. 13,
in Park county. consisting of putting
on a coarse sand surface and applying
an oil treatment to a four mile stretch
from Livingston south.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-10
Returns Show Good
Yields in Territory
Around Miles City
Special TO The Tribune.

W " IA
Miles City. Oct. 9.-From the ag-
ricultural territory tributary to here
come reports of substantial yields in
both wheat and oats which warrant
the belief that the past season has
brought crops that are equal II not
greater than the record production OF
1915. Farmers believe that next year
will witness equally as good results.
w. II. Kent and son Ray, threshed
their wheat and found the field to
average over - bushels to the acre.
Mr.. Kent has kept his fields abso-
lutelv free from thistles and other for
egin vegetation and credits the high
yield to clean fields. ,
On the divide between the Little and
Big Powder rivers the wheat yield
viii average from 1S to % bushels per
acre. and this yield will also be the
average for the Cross S country.
Mrs. Katherine Severovic threshed
SIG bushels of oats that yielded 60
bushels TO the acre. Harry AmbueTs
Weld was about 500 bushels of oats
and averaged So bushels 10 the acre.
John Severovic's oats on the Jake
Dvkstra place averaged 35 bushels to
he acre. George Grooms raised oats
that averaged A. bushels to the acre
and took from 500 to $50 bushels from
* acres. Alv. Markers wheat aver
aged 20 bushels to the acre.