The New York herald., 1922-08-12
PERSONAL AND nMPERsoNAL.

X. IelIalr SLHltn pidCeQ with LILO Doiia
and Mortgage Guarantee Company
mortgage of $1,000 on 527 West 142d
street.
Arthur c. Sheridan will sell at auction
313 Center avenue, near Pelham. New
Rochelle. a dwelling and garage on
half acre plot.
Henry Brady is appraising for John
P. O'Brien, Corporation Counsel, the
New York Telephone Company's prop
critics throughout the city. to be used as
proof before the Public Service Commits
sion In the action of Mayor Hylan
against the company in his attempt to
reduce telephone rates.
According to the board of standards
appeals the term height" as applied to-
a building or structure means the verti-
cal distance measured in a straight line
from the curb level to the highest point
OF the roof beams In the case of a nat
roof and to the average height of gable
in the case of a roof having pitch OF
more than twenty degrees with a hori-
zontal plane.
Weak and dangerous buildings may
result from the use OF some OF the sub
stitute brick now finding Its way into
the market as a consequence OF the
present phenomenal demand for all kinds
of building material. according to the
findings OF Prof. R. II. Danforth OF the
Case School Of Applied Science, Cleve-
land. who recently, made tests In the
laboratories of that school.
The general construction Of Public
School so will cost $4s7,300. according
to Browns Letters. Inc. construction
reports. The building will be OF brick
and limestone, five stories high. 145x137
feet, and be built according to the usual
New York school construction. 1t will
be erected at 120th street and First
avenue. The contract for the general
construction has been awarded to the
7. A. Clark Company.
Plans for enlarging the six story
laboratory and class room building OF
the College OF Pharmacy, 11s to 113
West Sixty-eighth street. by adding 70
tho east side an extension side OF the
same height and giving the entire struc-
ture q frontage OF 100 feet have been
filed with the Manhattan Bureau Of
Buildings. McFkim. Mead q White. the
architects. have estimated the cost as
$150,000.
Bank of the Manhattan Company will
erect a now banking building In Queens,
according TO Browns Letters, Inc. con-
struction reports. The building will be
at Liberty avenue and 112th street. AMI
of granite, limestone and brick. Plans
and specifications were prepared by
Morrell Smith and the contract for the
general construction awarded to c. +.
Wills. Inc.
According to Browns Letters. Inc.
construction reports. alterations to the
old Manhattan Opera House. on Thirty
fourth street near Eighth avenue. win
cost approximately 100000, The con-
tract for the work has been awarded II
the Bertwin Construction Company By
the Scottish Rite Masons. Plans ani
specifications were prepared by Harrison
G. Wiseman. aSd It is expected that the
alterations will be started at once.
The contract for constructing an
apartment house on the southwest cor
ner of Fortieth street and Lexington
avenue for the Old Colony Apartment.
Inc. has been awarded, according to
Browns Letters, Inc. construction re-
ports. The building will be OF brick and
terra Gotta. eleven stories high. 76xso.
after plans prepared by Lawrence f.
Peek. The contract for the general con-
struction has been awarded without
competition to the J. w. Bishop Com
pany.
The amount OF real estate in this
city exempt from taxation Is close 10
s2.500,oo0,000 That property not only
Is exempt from all tax, real and per-
sonal. but is also exempt from assess.
ment for improvements, such as street
openings or wldenings or for sewers. The
greater part Of that exempt real estate,
Of course, is owned by the Federal. state
and city governments. Excluding them
there is still $1,000, 100000 worth OF
property owned by churches. cemeteries
and various institutions that contributes
nothing to the city treasury. If II were
taxed the rate would be reduced at least
twenty-five points, one realty expert
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