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The New York herald., 1922-10-01
DEMAND FOR LUMBER
CONTINUES TO BE BRISK
Manufacturers Can't Take All
Business Offered.

The demand for lumber continues
brisk. but. because manufacturers can
not take all the business offered to them
II Is Impossible TO say exactly how large
the demand is according to the A,aeyi-
can Lumbermdn. Bookings are limited
TO the ability to ship, and lnasmuch as
most manufacturers have good sized or
der hles and are getting very few cars
the volume of new business which can
be accepted Is very limited. In the
South particularly car shortage is being
keenly felt, many mills not receiving In
excess OF 20 per cent. of the number of
cars needed. While on the Pacific coast
the car shortage Is severe. the mills are
aoie TO ship more stock largely because
tney use the water route to the Atlantic
coast. Some Southern pine producers
who never before shipped by water are
beginning to do so.
Retail lumbermen as n rule report
good business. though here and there
slumps have been occasioned by cessa-
ton or manufacturing activities brought
about by the fuel shortage. Alert re-
tailers are laying plans to push aggres-
sive campaigns this fall for the sale of
storm doors and sash, which when prop
eriy htted materially cut down the con-
sumption OF coal, and this winter can
neip people combat the fuel shortage.
Lumber prices" according to the Aule7.t-
can Lum herman, remain firm with here
and there an upward tendency"
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
Lending Rates Recede as
Flow Of Money Increases

during the war period and the time OF
initiation following Is just as much OF n
menace when there Is no great neces-
sity as Is too little money in stringent
times, and the power of the banking
authorities to Issue or retire currency at
will must necessarily stabilize rates.
Borrowers who read In the daily
papers notices of bond offerings OF
prominent States and municipalities for
as low as az per cent. and note that the
first Liberty loan bonds. which sold at
one time on about a 40 basis, are SELL
'-'-~ ~ ~ sis o. lower. should real
ixs that that type Of investment Is in
come TAX exempt and has little or no
relation to income received on mort
cages. Those borrowers who are look
ing for n. low rate of interest should, In
nv opinion. get under cover without
delay, as the certainty Of great revival
..s and other Industries
will stiffen money rates all along the
line.
The last year. and especially the cur
rent year, have seen the greatest busf-
ness in placing real estate mortga ge
loans that brokers have known. Whether
or not II Is to continue without abate-
ment is more than | can say but the
prospects for good business for the re-
mainder of the year seem excellent.
The following table prepared by the
Record aud Guide shows the number.
amounts and the rates of recorded mort
cages and mortgage extensions placed on
Manhattan, Bronx and Brooklyn prop
critics in the last week and this year 10
date and in the corresponding periods Of
1921:
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
BUILDING CONDITIONS
IN LONDON IMPROVED
Architect Says Prices Are
Coming DorUn.

Building conditions In LONDON are
much improved. according to Harvey
w. Corbett of Heimle e. Corbett. archi-
tects. who has been in England In con-
nection with the construction or Two
large wings on the Bush Building. He-
garding the construction conditions gen
orally, Mr. Corbett says:
Prices for building work are coming
down. which has insured considerable
activity in this line in the British
metropolis, since materials Tor con-
struction are also getting close to nor
NAL. A number of new buildings are
being put up in London. Among them.
Just completed, are two magnificent new
buildings, the London County Council
Building and the London Port Authority
Building. right across the Thames from
the Houses of Parliament.
"The center of the group OF three
buildings which is being constructed by
the Bush Terminal Company is now
practically completed and Is creating
quite a sensation" Mr.. Corbett said.
There still remains to be completed on
the center building tower, the sum-
nit of which will rise 299 feet above the
curb. making 1t the highest commercial
building In London. This tower, how
ever, will be for ornamental purposes
only, as London building restrictions
limit the height of structures used 70.
commercial purposes to 50 feet from
curb to cornice; construction above that
limit must be in the nature of archi-
tectural establishment only.
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
BUILDING APPEALS
TO BE CONSIDERED
Board Will Hear Long List Of
Applications for Zonihg
Law Permits.

The Board Of Appeals at Its regular
meeting in Room 919, Municipal Build
Ing, on Tuesday morning, October 3, will
consider the following matters:
Application June %. 1922, under the
building zone resolution Of Rabenold
& Scribner, attorneys. on behalf Of Cen
eral Baking Co., owner, for a rehear-
ing of an application previously denied.
to permit in a residence district the ex-
tension of a two-story existing bakery
building; premises 3240-3256 Bronx boule-
ward. The Bronx
Application, June 5. 1922. under the
building zone resolution, of John
Schwalbenberg. applicant. on behalf Of
A. Shereshevsky, owner. to permit in
n residence district the extension in
area of an existing stable: premises
1881 Franklyn avenue. The Bronx.
Application. June 7. 1922. under the
building zone resolution. of Bernard
Jordan, applicant. on behalf OF Yale
Land Company. owner. to permit in a
business district the erection of a black
smith shop; premises west side Fresh
Meadow road. A5.0S IT. south of Nor
wood avenue. Flushing. Queens.
Application. June g. 1922, under the
building zone resolution. of VIM. A.
Blecher. applicant. on behalf Of Louis
Tuffano, owner. to permit in a busi-
ness district the erection OF a garage
for more than five motor vehicles;
premises north side Rockaway boule-
ward 5sS IT. west of 102d street. Ozone
Park. Queens.
Application, September IL, 1922. under
the building zone resolution. of Julius
Miller. President OF the Borough of
Manhattan, on behalf of the city OF
New York, owner to permit the erec-
tion of building with the omission of
rear yard as required by zone resolu-
ton: premises 80 West 134th street.
Manhattan.
Application. June 10. 1922. under the
building zone resolution. of Charles NJ.
Spindler. applicant, on behalf of Ed
ward w. Plea, owner TO permit in an
unrestricted district the maintenance OF
a garage for more than five motor
vehicles on the same street with pub
lie school, premises 100 Varick street,
81 King street. Manhattan.
Application May f6, 1922, under the
building zone resolution, of August
Kroepke. applicant and owner. to per-
NIT in n residence district the mainte-
nance of a four car garage: premises
2261 Powell avenue. The Bronx.
3 Application. July ~. 1921, under the
building zone resolution. of William s.
Lee applicant, on behalf OF Annie l..
Lee, owner. for a rehearing of an ap-
plication previously dismissed for lack
of prosecution. TO permit in a business
district the erection OF a garage and
motor vehicle repair shop: premises OIL
and % Hope avenue, Richmond.
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
Negroes Fight Restriction.

Restrictions as to race and color
formed the basis of an interesting
decision handed down recently by the
Supreme Court of Michigan in connec-
ton with a suit over certain property
sold by developers.
The Michigan tract was offered for
sale subject to these restrictions: mo
building shall be built within 20 feet
of the front line of the lots. Said
land shall not be occupied by colored
person. nor for the purpose of doing a
liquor business thereon"
The suit resulted from subsequent
sale of lot to a negro. The purchaser
of an adjoining lot obtained an injunc-
tion to prevent the negro from occupy
ing the lot he had purchased. but the
latter fought the Injunction on the
ground that the restriction was VIOLA
ton of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth
Amendments to the Constitution of the
United States Declaring the restriction
free from objection, the Supreme Court
sustained the injunction.
Counsel for the colored owner argued
that "such a restriction. II upheld.
would place the negro and other sects
in the same category with slaughter
houses, livery stables. tanneries, ga
RACES, &C., and brand them as nui-
sances and undesirables In neighbor-
hoods" He concluded by asking: "Will
there always exist In this country con-
ditlons whereby judicial decision will
brand 100000 people as 1t affects the
negro, 100000 as II affects the jew
and about 100000 as 1t affects the
foreigner and equally as many as 1t
affects the Catholic. thus placing all
these classes in the list of undesir-
ables?'
the situation were reversed and some
negro had tract OF land plated 1t
and stated In the recorded plat that no
lot should be occupied by Caucasian
and that the deeds which were after
ward executed contained a like restric-
tlon. would any one think that dire
results to the white race would follow
the enforcement of the restrictionsT'
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
BY EDWIN G. BENEDICT

OF the CHGTieS r. NoyeS company.
w nth the ever increasing flow of
w money to this center. due to the
defation of wartime high prices
and the uncertainty of manufacturers
and merchants as to the demand for
goods. thereby lessening their money
requirements. mortgage interest rates
have shown a very decided tendency
toward lower levels. At the present
time the interest rate for prime mort
gage loans in Manhattan and The Bronx
is 5 u per cent. In the outlying districts
of The Bronx and Brooklyn the rate is
6 per cent. On central properties with
large land value. where very conserva-
tive loans are sought, there is a supply
of per cent. money
1t is, however. my opinion that those
who are looking for a lower rate than
3 per cent. will be disappointed.
think that we are more likely TO see the
rates stiffen as the demand for money
increases with autumn trade activities.
crop moving. &c. The Federal Reserve
Bank law operates just as effectively In
a market in which there Is too much
money for our good as it does where
there Is not enough to go around.
II you read the reserve bank figures
you will note the tremendous curtail-
ment OF currency which has occurred in
the last eighteen months and which l.
continuing. The retirement OF the great
flood of money which was necessary
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
OFFICE BUILDINGS
WILL GET COAL
Secretary Hoover Puts Them
in Preferred Classic Deal
With Fuel Chiefs.

Recognizing the fact that office build
fngs and their operation are essential
to the welfare of business, the Depart
ment of Commerce in an amendment
to the priority Of coal orders, has placed
coal for heating of these buildings In
the preferred class. The action is the
result of a campaign conducted by the
National Association of Building Own
ers and Managers to secure adequate
coal supplies. Earle Shultz. manager
of the Commonwealth Edison Building
and president of the National Associa-
tion of Building Owners and Managers,
In recent letter to Secretary Hoover
of the Department of Commerce point
ed out the dangers to American busi-
ness II office buildings were not given
a preferred classification.
In order to supplement the effect Of
this new service order amendment Mr..
Shultz has been advised by the Depart
ment of Commerce to get in communi-
cation with the State fuel adrninistra-
tors so that the priority of household
ers and office buildings will be gener-
ally recognized throughout the country.
The following Is part of Amendment
No to service order No. %, specifying
the various preferred classifications
Class 2--For fuel for railroads and
other common carriers and for bunker
Ing ships and vessels for public utilities
which directly serve the general public
under franchise therefor, with street
and interurban railways, electric power
and light, gas. water and sewer works,
Ice plants which directly serve the pub
lie generally with ice or supply refrig-
Grafton for human foodstuffs hospitals;
for the manufacture and production OF
foodstuffs, and medicines and for the
manufacture of containers therefor; for
the United States, State, county or nlu-
nicipal governments, and for their hos
pitals. schools and other public institu-
tions-all to the end that the foregoing
may be kept supplied with coal for cur
rent use for such purposes. but not for
storage, exchange or sales; for bitu-
minous coal consigned to pool or pools
o. lake cargo or bunkerage coal at any
port upon Lake Erie for transshipment
by water to ports above Lake Erie !;
bitumlnous or anthracite coal or coke
for household use and for the heating
Of buildings. 1t Is not intended by this
para graph to give any priority as De-
tween the classes Of persons and uses
mentioned herein.
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
BUYERS AT KEW GARDENS.
Developers Report Active Market
for FnII Season.

Tbs fall has developed one of the
most active markets Kew Gardens has
experienced In number Of years
Edgeworth Smith. Inc. reports the fol-
lowing sales In this suburb For Classic
Construction Company five homes on
Miner place to Mrs. Marguerite Carter.
Mrs. Alice Walton. II. A. Whitacre.
Frank j. Compo and Mrs. Adelaide r.
kearsing. For Kew Gardens Corpora
tion. to A. H. Paine plot. on Devon
place. to Ainley d. Marsh. plot on Abb
ingdon road, to Mrs. Rose VI. Butler.
plot on Park lane. to William Sunder.
land, Jr.. plot on Miner place. TO II. NJ.
Odell. plot on Brentford road, houses
to be erected by Concord Building Com
pany
For Mrs. Elizabeth X Williams 20
John j. Edgerton, plot on Audey street
house to be erected by Concord Build
ing Company for Harry Arnold to c.
y. McMullen house on Audley street !;
for Mrs. Marie Sniffen TO Robert L.
Mitchell, house on Newbold place. for
Il. B. Floyd to George Hustes, Jr.. house
on Newbold place and for Charles J.
Adams to Irvine A. Wells, house on
Abingdon road
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
MISCELLANEOUS LEASES.

Pease & Eliman leased to the Bank
Of Athens. through it's representative. j.
Plastropoulos. first and second floors In
25 Pine street for branch bank.
Herrick Berg & Co., members Of the
New York stock Exchange, have leased
space IN the F'fsk Building. Broadway
and Fifty-seventh street. for n branch in
charge Of William A. Tucker. Cross &
Brown Company negotiated the lease.
The same brokers. with valentine l..
Creighton. leased the tenth floor In $40
West Ffty-second street to the Twen-
ueth Century Auto Painting Company.
Inc, also the easterly half of the fifth
floor In s West Forty-ffth street to
Dominick Angelo. ladies' tailor, and for
Annie e Biehn. represented by John J.
Blehn. the building at 543 West Thirty
fifth street, TO the Domestic Electric
Company.
A. @. Orza leased the first floor and
basement In 16i West Fourth street
leased 20 O. II. Smith the third floor in
is1 Sullivan street TO Miss T.. VI. APP
pelgate and H.fA. Vincent apartments in
32 washington Square West and 70 y.
Cicero and others first floor IN IFS
Bleecker street for restaurant.
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
CARPENTERS DEFY
AWARDS IN STRIKES
R. P. Miller of JurisdictiOnal
Board Declares They Are
Chief Offenders.

Jurisdictional strikes, which have al
ready cost the nation millions Of dollars.
constitute serious menace to the build
ing industry. Rudolph p Miller. repre-
sentative of the American Engineering
Council of the Federated American En-
gineering Societies on the National
Board for Jurisdictional Awards In the
building industry, declared in an address
before the Cleveland (Ohio) Engineering
Society last week.
Mr.. Miller's remarks, II was said in a
statement by the American Engineering
Council, were intended as a warning to
all interests concerned that full coopera-
ton of all elements In the building in
dustry were necessary to assure the sue
cess Of the jurlsdictional board.
Mr.. Miller, formerly Superintendent of
Buildings in Manhattan and a member of
the American Society OF Civil Engineers,
said that the carpenters union had been
the chief offender against the decisions
Of the board and that the attitude of this
union had Influenced certain contractors.
The situation created by the carpenters
he decried as deplorable.
Generally the decisions Of the board
have been well observed and supported
by the organizations interested" said
Mr.. Miller. "Only one serious detection
has take nplace. The carpenters union
has refused to abide by certain decisions
which went against them and has with
drawn from the building trades depart
ment, thus removing itself from any
disciplinary measure that the building
trades department could take.
THE carpenters union. on account of
its large membership and, for that rea-
son, considerable influence. has been
able to win over certain contractors to
its own view." Mr.. Miller added. with
the result that these contractors have
refused to abide by the decisions of
the board. Some of these contractors
who were formerly members of the
Associated General Conractors of Amer
lea have withdrawn from that organi-
zation in order to avoid the onus that
will naturally attach to refusal to
abide by a policy indorsed by the or
ganization.
"On the other hand, the support OF
the Jurisdictional Board in other quar-
ters has been gratifying" Mr.. Miller
said Another union at one time
expressed extreme dissatisfaction with
decision that was rendered by the
| board and threatened to disregard the
| decision Mr.. Miller said "but later
after reconsidering the matter, Joined
with the otherl sixteen of the seven
teen unions of the Building Trades In
whole hearted support OF the Juris.
dictional Board.
IAN effort at the Cincinnati conven.
| tion Of the American Federation OF
Labor in June. 1922, to dlscredit the
work of the Jurisdictional Board met
with failure" he said, land instead the
work of the board was highly com.
mended. The recent action of the Ex-
ecutive Council of the Federation al
Atlantic City in resolution strongly
condemning the jurisdctional strike
and threatening drastic action against
such unions as refused to join in any
movement to avoid strikes Is very en-.
| ccuraging."
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
NEWARK IS TO HAVE BIG
EXPOSITION BUILDING
Will Provide for Display of,
Manufactured Goods.

The latest commercial structure
planned for Newark Is the Permanent
Industrial Exposition. a six story struc-
ture fronting 800 feet on Broad street. 200
feet on Pennington street and 300 feet on
Elder place. 1t will occupy about three.
fourths of the area of the so-caled
city memorial Site" which was pur-
chased by Newark at the time of it's
25Oth anniversary in 1916
The purpose of the building is to fur
nish a place for the all year round
display and sale of manufactured prod
ucts. With more than 1900 square feet
of space on the main floor. and wi. n
each OF the other five floors devoted
to exhibition purposes. the structu- :
will be capable Of housing about ZOO
exhibits. The unit of rental space viii
be Is by 16 feet. These units may be
subdivided so as to provide space for
a showcase or wall exhibit, to serve as
a silent salesman. or may be combined
In suites. with salcsrooms. showrooms
and offices.
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
BY THE ODD PARAGRAPHER.
DWELLING lease had Just be

A DWELLING lease had just Deen
~ closed. The tenant, woman,
desired certain repairs made, but
the agent declared that the expense for
repairs must be borne by the tenant.
Letters were exchanged. The agent re-
manned obdurate and the woman be-
came indignant. She ceased corre-
spending with the agent and complained
to the president of the realty COM
pany which held title to the property.
The owners reply was signed by the
agent This so aroused the tenant that
she wrote a very caustic letter to the
president of the owning company, CEN
suring him for forwarding her letters
to his agent, and closing with a sug-
gestion that he discharge this unruly
and impertinent agent and deal directly
with his tenants.
Once more the agent answered. stat
ing that it is not the tenants but the
owners privilege to decide who shall
manage property and closing with the
information that he will continue as
agent for the house as long as 1t re-
mains In the possession Of the existing
owner. This unfortunate tenant per-
haps has learned by this time that the
agent she complained Of is the owner
OF the property she occupies!
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
The Demand for Homes.

Since we live in the town, the name
will be withheld to avoid the appearance
of press agenting." We can say without
exaggeration, however. that the town Is
one of the fastest growing on the South
Shore of Long Island, and here are
few facts that bear US out
Some two months ago homeseeker
made inquiries there concerning prop
critics for sale. He was shown one OF
a row of twelve houses under construc-
tion. One building had been completed
and the others were about half finished
He liked the finished mouse. but said he
couldn't pay a deposit on 1t until his
wife, who was then in the country. had
seen 1t. Recently his wife returned
They visited the property together. in
tending to close the deal IL wiley was
satisfied, but on arriving they found
the twelve houses not only completed
but sold and occupied. This ought to
convince a few skeptics that there Is
still a very healthy demand for homes
in the suburbs.
An interesting sideligh. on the grow
ing interest In home ownership Is also
provided In the following paragraph
taken from the Bulletin of the New York
state League Of Savings and Loan AS
sociatlons.
"The secretary's correspondence and
personal inquiries since July l show a
growth by practically every association
during the first six months of the year
A few years ago we boasted that we had
an association in the State with $4,000
600 assets, and II was the largest. Now
we have two associations with $1,000
900 each and thirty with $4,000 down
to S1,0O0,000, and all going ahead"
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
TO WIDEN oath STREET.
Protest OF Merchants Denied by
City Planning Committee.

The widening OF Twenty fourth street
from broadway to Seventh avenue. 50
as to provide thlrty-four foot road
way and thirteen foot sidewalk. was
ordered In 1914 by a resolution OF the
Board OF Estimate. The encroachments
to be removed were mainly high stoops
and areaways. The resolution was
again adopted in 1917. and in the spring
or lyS2 the property owners were given
until August. 1922. to complete the work.
a number OF the owners complied, but
the Twenty-fourth Street Association
filed protest with the President of
the Borough OF Manhattan. This pro.
test was referred to the Committee on
City Planning. The committee met on
Tuesday of this week and denied the
petition of protest
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
Retrogrades zoo Years.

Caholia, ILL.,. said to be the f1rst white
settlement of the West, may be restored
to its appearance of 200 years ago. The
next Legislature is to be asked for an
appropriation to restore the village and
create there a State park. Cahokia,
which was founded In 100 by French
pioneers, was the seat of the first court
house of Illinois and of the first church.
The church is still standing, but the
old court house is now on display In
Lincoln Park. Chicago. having been
moved there from st. Louis. where It
was exhibited at the Worlds Fair In
1904.
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
BRONX TRANSACTIONS.

Sandman Holding Corporation, Muir
ray Maran president. purchased from the
Steiger estate through Richard Dickson
and John F. Fetzer 3269-3275 Third
avenue, being the first sale in over
sixty years. He intends to improve the
property with two story business b'it'- =
ing TO cost about 100000. He also pur-
chased the one story taxpayer at 2635-
2647 Webster avenue. held at 100000.
and the plot on Brook avenue. 150 feet
The New York herald., 1922-10-01
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