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The New York herald., 1922-07-30

the year and. according TO information
given by builders, there will be still
greater activity in the fling of plans as
soon as the active work in erection FOR
this season Is completed.
The total estimated cost OF buildings
ls going beyond ss1.0OO.O00 for the year
and less than 10000 900 Of that amount
will be for industrial construction. The
present year has shown great increase
In the erection OF apartments and tene-
'cSents. They are being erected in Long
Isi~Nd City, Jackson Heights. Kew Gar
eens end Jamaica. In Jackson Heights
and Kew Gardens the elevator type OF
apartment has been introduced. The
great construction OF single homes is In
the southern tier OF the borough from
the Brooklyn line through Woodhaven
Richmond Hill and Jamaica to Queens
(village) and Hollis. In the northern
section the largest developments are In
the Corona section. In the Astoria sec.
tion at the present time more than 500
brick dwellings and large number Of
tenements are being erected. The build
Ing operations under way In the AS
toria section will wost mare than
5000, 900.
The New York herald., 1922-07-30

NEW APARTMENTS on QUEENS BOULEVARD
LONG ISLAND CITY.

have brought giant factories and ware
houses to the borough.
One Of the latest and largest of the
deals was the sale OF a plot containing
10000 square feet bounded by Anable
and Mott avenues. Mount and School
streets. to James Butler Inc. grocers.
who will erect warehouse to contain a
total of 100000 square feet of floor
space.
The most recent deal closed by the
Roman-Callman Company was the sale
Of large plot at the northeast corner of
Queens Boulevard and Moore street, on
which Ridley's. Inc, candy makers of
Manhattan. will build a modern plant
designed by w. Kenneth Watkins and
being constructed by the Industrial En-
gineering Company. 1t Will be the first
large Industrial plant to be erected on
the Boulevard since the mammoth Pack
ard plant was built there in 1909.
The Roman-Callman Company fnos
evidences of return of the factory
building boom in Long Island City.
Options are being acquired on choice
plots by manufacturers who want to
avoid O repetition of the high rent wave
which hit them rather severely from
1919 TO 1922. Most Of the choice plots
for factories have been taken and in
two or three years more premium prices
will obtain on plots because cheaper or
vacant sites will have been purchased OF
options obtained on them and hence
forth manufacturers will be obliged to
take sites covered by old buildings.
One of the objects of the rapid transit
lines recently completed into the Bronx.
Brooklyn and Queens was TO overcome
the congestion in the tenement house
districts. With that in mind. the city
planned extensions into its undeveloped
The New York herald., 1922-07-30
HONE. Of FRED'k CAuCAOiS
BEVERLY ROAD, KEW. GARDENS

about 1880. The section which STEM
berg Bros. Is developing south of Lab
erty avenue Is restricted to one and
two family houses. The streets are
paved and severed and every block VIII
have lawns with trees and shrubbery.-
One of the features OF the deveiopmenr
Is the ornamental street lamp posts
throughout the property. The Develop
ers state that all assessments on the
properties have been paid.
Liberty avenue in the section Is grow
Ing rapidly into a hustling shopping
center. A savings bank and a business
bank are being erected. There is also
being erected a large motion picture
theatcr.
Another broker actively particlpa ting
in the activities of this great residential
development is George NJ. Murray. He
is preparing to place on the markee
eleven two-family houses of the detached
and semi detached type. That broker
Is concentrating on two-family houses
on 1O6th street, near Liberty avenue,
which will sell for $500. He is the sole
agent for the properties. There are
plans under way for fifteen two-family
houses and five have been sold. Alto
gether Mr.. Murray has on his lists
forty houses In course OF construction
of both the single and two-family type.
cant lots, which. in fact. he says. all
ready has set in. Builders. both COR
porate and individual. and homeseekers
are preparing to start construction in
the autumn. Since October 1 Mr.. MUIR
ray reports that his office has negoti-
ated sales OF lots and houses aggregat-
ing s., 100000.
One of the most notable housing op-
erations In the borough Is being con-
Quoted in Eln1hurst Manor by w r.
Gibson. builder. In that section he ~
completing 135 one and two family
homes The properties are built to sell
for about $4,000. The development is
three and half miles from Manhattan
and about twtnty-five minutes from the
Grand Central Terminal. Surface car
lines pass the property and the main
transit facilities are afforded by the
! Corona extension OF the Greensboro
subway.
The builder practically IL responsible
for the development Of Elmhurst Manor.
He has built and sold more than 400
houses. All streets are paved and inn
provements Installed. It's one and two
family houses range In price from 5000
20 s10,500. To reach the properties one
takes the Greensboro subway Corona
branch) at the Grand Central and rides
to Elmhurst avenue. Surface cars to
| Flushing or College Point from the Man
haitian end OF the Greensboro Bridge
| operate 10 Junction avenue. There is a
/ walk OF n block north TO the houses at
! Jackson and Junction avenues.
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er street; s. Saurice. who has started
the erection of a sl2 600 home at Central
avenue and 173d street: NJ. r. Brandin
OF Brooklyn, who will live on Granville
street. and Hugo Boecks. who has
site s0x100. which he will improve with
home for his family. Mr.. Boecks was
so delighted with the section that he
telegraphed TO his sister in Philadel-
phia, who came and inspected the Sec
tion and purchased a plot of three lots
or i74th street in the Parkway section
OF the country club district.
One Of the busiest sections in the
borough from the standpoint of home
building Is Hollis Park Gardens. There
has been a great deal of construction
there by individuals who have bought
their own lots and erected pretty homes.
One of the foremost building concerns
which have been identified with the de-
velopment is f. w. Scutt & Co. zoo Full
ton street. Jamaica.
That company, which identifies itself
principally with high class construc-
ton, has built several houses which have
sold for $500 10 $23.500. Those of the
FIRST type contain seven rooms, a sun
parlor and two baths and have plots
OF about 45x100 feet. The s23.500
houses have ten rooms and two baths.
The concern has just completed n s22.-
feet The s16,500 houses are In Addi-
sleigh. st. Adams. The s23,500 houses
are In Hollips Park Gardens. The
Jamaica house is in the same style as
the Addisleigh houses.
At Jamaica Terrace the builders have
houses built to sell for s6,450. They
erected eight OF them and they have
three left. The houses have five rooms
and bath on plots of 25x100 feet each.
Paramount avenue in Hollis Park Gar
dens Is almost entirely developed with
high class homes. II Is about five min
utes' walk from the Long Island rail-
road station and has public schools and
all city improvements including asphalt
-psvings and conduits for electric and
telephone line wires.
Builders and brokers operating In
Richmond Hill South fondly describe
residential district in the United States.
| There Stenberg Bros. are planning to
build 125 single family peaked roof
houses with two family houses on the
| corners Forty are under way on 10th
and 11ith streets from Suwanee avenue
| to Rockaway boulevard Each of the
one family houses has six rooms and
! is on a lot of 30x100 feet with n private
| driveway to the rear where there Is
| room for a garage. Those houses Will
| sell for about $500.
The two family corner cottages have
separate entrances and are of more
exclusive type. There will be twelve OF
] them and they will be made to sell foI
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sections, in which plenty of land In
acreage tracts was available. One OF
these rapid transit lines. an extension
of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit system,
and also provided with an entrance to
Manhattan, runs through Brooklyn,
Cypress Hills and Richmond Hill to
Jamaica. Jamaica has long been a
center with individual social. financial
and business life. Its history dates
back to Colonial days and the railroad
from Jamaica to Brooklyn was the Sec
ond one built after the invention OF
steam locomotion. Owing to it's position
in the heart of Queens, with roads
radiating out to Mineola. Garden City.
Hampstead and the center of Long
Island, to the North Shore, towns like
Flushing. Roslyn and Oyster Bay, and
to the whole seashore section from the
Rockaways to Southampton, Jamaica
has enjoyed a unique position in the
development OF Long Island. Its County
Court House. Surrogates Court and title
company offices have been the mecca
of lawyers from all parts of the State.
It's main street formerly known as
Fulton street and now named Jamaica
avenue, has long been a bustling busi-
ness thoroughfare.
with the coming of rapid transit,
however, all that activity has been In
tensified greatly. Theaters and office
structures Of fireproof construction have
sprung up. and spread Of the business
section has crowded out some OF the
best residential districts. causing much
development in all the surrounding sec
ton within a mile or two OF Jamaica.
North of Hillside avenue high class
homes, costing $4,000 to $4,000, on
Plots valued at $4,000 to $4,000. are
being erected Between Hillside and
The New York herald., 1922-07-30
A VALUABLE GUIDE TO APARTMENT SEEKERS

Since 18th this The NeW York Herald has puonshed an
Directory its Real Estate Section ereTg sunday
permanent feature Of this newspaper during the
and rdiuabie aid to those wo seek apartments
Neu Fork surrounding districts
II arranged ready reference
securing the desired apartment Inc
and in sings the
rentals asked. Look at H D.
apartment Houses procure hsftn5s IN
this Directory of apartments In the
Herald Sunday
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Kew Gardens Example Of
Land Developed by Family

house was erected for the community.
That structure and its land then repre-
sented an outlay OF 100000 and since
has almost doubled in value The club
has grown to membership OF more
than 400 and is now the focal point In
the social life OF Kew Gardens, Rich
mond Hill and surrounding territory.
Its athletic facilities include fourteen
tennis courts and clock golf putting
greens. The club house is equipped with
bowling alleys. large billiard room.
ballroom and apartments for resident
members.
Edgeworth Smith. who has charge OF
the development and gales organization
OF Kew Gardens. said yesterday 10 a
reporter for THE NEW York HERALD !:
"rhe most important factor in the sue
ctssful growth OF Kew Gardens. outside
OF It's location and transportation, has
been the entire absence of padded value
The New York herald., 1922-07-30

st. Marks district. Addlsleigh and the
Country Club district. The latter takes
its name from the st. Adams Golf and
Country Club. which occupies a tract Of
about 12j acres in the center OF the
section. 1t is virtually beautiful pri-
vatc park the benefit OF which is en-
joyed in many ways by the entire dis
trict. Owing to the introduction OF five
cent municipal buses the section Is ac-
.cessible in a few minutes to the heart OF
Jamaica
Several developments have been for
considerable time under way in the dis
trict and homes ranging in cost from
81 600 TO $25, 600 are being built on both
sides of the Long Island Railroad
The New York herald., 1922-07-30

NUEENS BOROUGH, which proudly
declares itself to be the fastest
~. growing community in the eastern
part OF the United States, produces
a record difficult to surpass In number
of buildings planned in the period from
January to July j. During that time
10,SS3 structures, the estimated value of
which was s67, ,74s,022. were projected. OF
that amount $1O,400.000 was for multi
family houses, but the bulk Of the build
ing was confined to one and two family
houses with the one family type in the
lead. The borough building officials
estimate that the 10,SS3 buildings will
house about 10000 families.
Among the largest business buildings
planned was the warehouse for James
Butler, Inc, which 1t Is estimated will
cost 81, $50 ,0O0 The Atlantic and Pacific
Stores Company has $550,0O0 warehouse
under way.
The value Of office buildings planned
amounted to 81 100000. Theaters project
ed totaled s976.000 in expected costs
There were planned also 3.153 garages.
valued at 81, zoo, 900. Public buildings and
amusement places, for which plans were
filed, aggregated $76e, 900. Schools. val
ued at $630000, also were projected.
Many of them already are under con-
struction.
That record compares favorably with
the record made by Queens during the
preceding year.
f. AS rapid transit built up The Rronx.
so also is 1t building up Queens, which
Is shown by statistics compiled by the
Greensboro Chamber of Commerce. AL
though the rapid transit lines into
Queens did not begin operation until
1917. the borough began to capitalize
on its prospects as early as 1914, or soon
after the contracts were signed. From
that time on the growth in new build
ings has been marvellous. and especially
80 during the last two years. ~
The following compilation of new
building costs covers twenty years. 1902
to 1921, inclusrve
The New York herald., 1922-07-30
BUYS GLEN COVE PLACE.
Pittsburgh Man Acquires Kenyon
Estate on Long Island.

One OF the most interesting suburban
news items was the announcement just
given out by Warren Murdock OF the
sale OF the estate OF Clarence Kenyon.
Jr., at Glen Cove.
Tho property is one OF the smaller
show places OF this beautiful section.
consisting OF a Colonial house and OUT
buildings. surrounded by extensive
lawns fine shrubbery and gardens that
are noted. The purchaser Is George u.
Black of Pittsburgh.
The New York herald., 1922-07-30

tracks. The st. Adams station, which
is only twentyssix minutes by express
trains from the Pennsylvania Station and
FIatbush avenue. Brooklyn Is In the
center Of the district. Among those who
have built homes or have them In course
OF construction are Gustav Lange.
Bertha Dennehy. Lillian Hommel, Viola
+. Baird. II. Gustavson, X. Chanoke.
Herbert l.. Miller, Walter Gasz. Iohn
D. wight. Henry j. Faint and G.
Ammon.
During the last week sales were made
10 Patrick J. Kielty, who will build
home adjoining the community park
in 173d street: s. Tigner. who will build
a residence on Hilton street. near Farm
The New York herald., 1922-07-30

A FTER ten years of careful deveiop-
N ment. Kew Gardens ranks to-day
among the most noted of semi
urban communities. Consisting IN 1912
OF some three hundred and fifty acres
OF rolling. wooded and highly ele-
waited land, with only a railroad station
In the foreground. the site of Kew Car
dens was then but a prospect. yet one
which had almost an assured outlook
because OF the financial ability OF the
owners or the land to carry out their
development policy. their determination
10 set an unusually high standard In
building and the great natural advan-
tages OF the location with mile 'front.'
age on Forest Park in addition 10 the
excellence OF its day and night train
service.
The most marked advancement has
been since 1877. when country club
The New York herald., 1922-07-30

Jamaica avenues. directly east of the
rapid transit terminal hundreds Of small
cottages costing $4,000 to $4,000 are
being erected on plots valued at about
$1,000 each. South of that section is
the thriving town of Hollis, in which
suburban homes valued at $4,000 to
$4,000 are typical. except for one high
class restricted section known as Hollis
Gardens. in which more pretentious resi-
dences are the rule.
Lying between Hollis and Jamaica to
the southeast OF Jamaica on the Mer-
rick road with frontages on Central.
Farmers and Locust avenues. is the st.
Adams Community. which comprises
several different sections known as the
The New York herald., 1922-07-30
TAX EXEMPTION Is
BOON TO QUEENS
Home Building Climbs to Peak
Since Pre-War Days-March
Breaks Record.

Home building in Queens is more ac-
tive than it has been at any other time
since before the war. Tho activity has
come about largely through the work
Jugs of tax exemption. Early in 1921
there was very little activity. the specu-
lative builders being in DOUBT as to the
wisdom OF making extensive investments
under the then existing conditions OF the
material and labsr market. From April,
The New York herald., 1922-07-30

or tax exemption would be extended. In
the two months following there was a
falling off in application, but since that
tine the applications have Increased
monthly untIl now there Is about as
great activity as there was early In
The New York herald., 1922-07-30

1921, to March, 1922. there was an In
creasing number of applications.
The largest totals in the history Of the.
borough were recorded at the Queens
Building Bureau in March of this year.
when 1t was not certain that the period
The New York herald., 1922-07-30
DEALS IN BALDWIN. l.. I.

Among those who have purchased
property from Charles ". Luerssen.
operator in Baldwin. during the last
week. were Mrs. Florence d. Hyman of
Hollis. Henry Taylor OF Washington
Heights. Mrs. I.avinia Wedekind OF
Cypress Hills and Charles Holden OF
Flatbush. Mr.. Luersscn has leased for
a long term 20 r. J. Sutphin 4 Son an
Office and show room on Grand avenue,
Baldwin.
The New York herald., 1922-07-30

With thousands OF acres of vacant
land miles close to the heart of Man
haitian and assessed for much less than
those OF any other section in the nearby
area. and with excellent transportation
facilities, Queens is showing this year
a more rapid growth than ever.
Up to Juno 80 permits for new build
ing construction to cost s67,733,022 had
been issued in 1922. The figures by
months follow:
QUEENS.
January :. $7.56s,ss0l May ..... $500. 1o8
February. e.739,sloI June s.173.o75
April ...... 6.3oe,2s4l Total =. .se7, ,733. .o22
The total number of permits issued
in Queens during the six months was
10,434, almost double the number issued
in the corresponding period of 1921.
John w. Moore. Superintendent Of
Buildings. says that at is of great i'm
portance to the development of Queens
and to the building situation generally
TO know that the larger type of building
Is now to be erected In the borough. l
believe IL Is a safe statement that with
in the last month there have been more
applications for buildings other than
dwellings than there have been In
Queens for almost a year.
II attribute this TO two reasons-hrst.
manufacturers are becoming pressed for
room because of the upward trend OF.
business, and in the second place build
ers have come to the conclusion that
building conditions are about stabilized
and that II will be idle to hope for much
lower costs of material or OF labor. The
situation Is one OF considerable prom
ise to the borough because II means
increased employment"
When one speaks of the growth of
Queens. II calls to mind marvellous
strides made In the development OF the
great industrial sites in Long Island City
as well as in Jamaica and the remote
southern sections of the borough. Linked
with the phenomenal growth of the
Long Island City Industrial section is
the name OF Roman-Callman Company
brokers. That firm has negotiated a
large number Of the land deals which
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-01
LIEUT.. LONG IS
!. MADE CAPTAIN
Promoted to That Rank When
F., Mayor Wilson Signs City
Ordinance

Lieutenant Lawrence A. Long, for
charge of the detective department
of the police force, was promoted to
the rank of captain yesterday
morning at IL o'clock when Mayor
William C. Wilson signed the ordi-
nance recently passed by the Board
of Aldermen creating the rank of
Captain of Detectives.
The ordinance providing for Can
tain Longs promotion was intro
duced at an aldermanic session early
in August. 1t passed first reading
and also second and third readings
at subsequent meetings. Since its fl
nal reading the measure has lain on
Mayor Wilson's desk awaiting his
return and approval. The signature
yesterday put the ordinance in force
and Lieutenant Long forthwith be-
came Captain Long.
Since last year Long has been ac-
ting captain, although there was no
such rank authorized here. He has
directed the operations of the detec-
tive bureau with the grade of lieu
tenant. His new rank carries with
Il an inc. eoss in SALARY and places
him on equal terms with detective
bureau heads of other cities. Cap
tain Long is now serving his TWEEN
ty-first year on the local force.
During his police career Larry
has been patrolman, sergeant, lieu
tenant, acting captain, and acting
chief.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-01
CRIPPLED CHILDREN MAKE
MERRY AT THE SHORE
fContinued from Page One)

Arriving at Asbury Park, the MI
est day resort between Prince Ed
ward Island and the Pearl of the
Antilles, the autos parked around
the triangle occupied by the Jen-
kinson pavilion and quicker than IL
can be told the lunch boxes II
their contents were represented by
a barrel of eggshells and omit
skins. Each child was given two
toys as the meal was being devou
ed, the gifts coming from Proprie-
tor Jenkinson, himself a member OF
the Hello Bill fraternity.
There was no time for ice cream,
the little guests insisting that they
could get that at home, but at home
there was no lake. no boardwalk,
not much beach, and not a single
poney. 1t was remarkable how some
OF the little victims of paralysis who
can scarcely walk at all, could ride
the ponies.
= While the frolIc was a it's height.
the committee was given an unex-
pected treat by the arrival of Presi-
dent Joseph G. Buch, of the New
Jersey Elks Association. He was
accompanied by State Chaplain
Smith, Secretary Albert Dearden, a
state trustee, and other Trenton
LLlhS IIity IidQ IictOlSu u thO
capitol to see what kind Of a time
Krippled Riddles were having.
Mr.. Buck praised all he saw and
~coMplimented vthe committee upon
the success of the first attempt to
carry out his suggestion, made In
July when he became the state head
Of the order.
At the S~teeplechase, Proprietor
Eugene Ameli greeted the party
with just a shade of dismay
In his welcome. The lightning had
put his machinery out of business
the night before and not a wheel
was turning. The result was not
bad, at all, for Perth Amboy had
practically the whole park for its
own. The slides were in good work
ing order, the funny mirrors work.
ed as usual, there was no fault to
find with the refreshments served
and 1t was remarkable the number
of amusement features that could be
made to go when Big John Olsen,
Little John WavercZak, Joe Urffer,
Bernie Jost and some more of the
husky Elks put their shoulders to
the wheel and replaced the temper
arily useless motors. Edison never
knew such power was lying about
unused. BY 5 o'clock the start
homeward was made in good order.
The Riddles were tired. but not
tired and the little Catherine street
boy IA not alone in laughing all the
time.
Today and tomorrow the donors
of prizes will be visited by the hold
ers of the prize tickets and then it
will all be a memory. a happy mem
DRY upon which these little afflicted
parts OF Perth Amboy will build
dream of another day next August.
The box luncheons given to the
'Krippled Riddles were prepared
by the ladies, wives and friends of
the members of the lodge, assisted
by Frank Guile, the steward, and
members of the house committee. A
half dozen or more other Elks made
substantial contributions to the
1uncheons in the form of donations
of quantities of foodstuffs. Many
of the donors refused 20 dlvulge
their names.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-01
NOFRENCH ACT
ON PREPARATION

PARIS. Sept. 1 (By The Associa-
ted Press).-The French cabinet to-
day simply took cognizance of the
decision of the ~reparation commits
sion on the German moratorium
question, neither approving nor dis
approving 1t.
1t specifically reserved, however.
more liberty of action" in case la
ter developments made other action
necessary.
The cabinet held that inasmuch
as no moratorium had been granted
Germany, it could only recognize
the situation. but it insisted hat a
conference should be called attended
by "aIl the allies without exception.
at which the questions of inter-allfed
debts and PREPARATIONS should be full
~ considered.