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The New York herald., 1922-04-23
COOPERATIVE PLAN
FOR ENGLEWO0D, Nj.
Residents Form Land Develop
ment Co. to Get Better and
Cheaper Homes.

A cooperative land development COM
pany has been Incorporated by group
OF residents OF Engiewood. N. J.. to de-
velop fourteen acres OF land adjoining
the residential section OF town. Their
purpose is to make possible attractive
homes on desirable land at the lowest
possible cost. The land acquired by this
company. Broadacres incorporated. was
purchased from the Lydecker estate.
which family has held II iince the
original grant from George III.
The plan Is entirely cooperative, each
lot owner to be a stoclSholder. emitting
him to the same control In corporation
Affairs as each other lot owner The
corporation is to coordinate the details OF
streets, sewer. gas, &C.. and the stock
holders payments therefor, so that when
the project is completed each stock
holder. including the original incorporat-
ors, will have paid his exact pro rata
share OF the whole development.
The tract ON which Broadacres In
corporated win establish an exclusive
rcsidsntia SECTION Is between Huguenot.
Grand and Broad avenues, In the south
ern section Of Englewood. IL is near the
Bnglewood Golf Club, about five minutes
from thc trolley "a the 13oth street
ferry. and about fifteen minutes from
The New York herald., 1922-04-23
COUNTRY ON VERGE
OF Big BUILDING ERA
Trend Evident in Great De-
Demand for Mortgage Money
to Finance Projects.

That new building operations through
out the country may reach record break
Ing proportions for the year is indicated
by the tremendous amount OF capital
now being absorbed by the building In
dustries. and the unusual demand for
additional funds to be used for these
purposes. S. w. Straus q Co., who are
among the nations largest lenders OF
money for new buildings, announce that
since the first of January they have
underwritfen first mortgage building
loans of s43.ss0.000. and that. from in
quiries for additional building loans now
being received, there Is every indication
that the nation Is on the threshold Of an
era OF unprecedented building activity
With regard to the building situation,
S. W. Stra;s & Co. say:
I'VE bslieve building activities Will
proceed on an ascending scale as the
season progresses. There Is a good de-
mand for funds with which to carry on
new building operations, and the gen.
eral fundamental conditions In the sit
uation are now SO nearly normal that
since January ! we have underwritten
building loans amounting to 1880. 900,
of which s26.510.000 was for apartment
houses, S12.350,000 for office and loft
buildings and s5,120.000 for misceila-
neous mercantile structures"
The New York herald., 1922-04-23
Drive

would be given to the State or to the
city as a public park.
Borough President Miller, like Muir.
ray Hubert, president OF the Board OF
Aldermen. is keenly interested In tia
development of this section of the city.
Both call attention to the fact that
1t Is necessary for the city to act
promptly in carrying out plans prepared
long ago and changed now to meet new
conditions, and both have acted--Mr.
Miller in submitting plans to the Board
of Estimate and Mr. Hubert in urging
the Mayor to hasten the work.
The task involves strengthening por-
tions OF Riverside Drive to eliminate
dangerous curves. widening that road
way in certain sections in conformity
with accepted plans and by speedy
action to save the city an unobstructed
view OF the Hudson River along the
entire length of the Drive and its ex.
tension. Mr.. Miller Is concerned prin-
cipally with the Improvement or the
section from 155th street to Fort Wash.
ington Park. and Mr.. Hubert is urg-
ing action on the district north OF the
park.
And IN the center Of the activity,
which both officials confidently expect
soon will be started. is the worlds
smallest park. the site for the new
monumental bridge on which the hopes
Of thousands of residents of Washing
ton Heights are placed.
The New York herald., 1922-04-23
Outlook Is Brighter for
B. r. T. Trains in Queens

Of the transit committee OF the Queens
boro Chamber Of Commerce. and with
Edward A. MacDougall, president. and
#. Ray Howe, Sice-president, OF the
Greensboro Corporation. developers OF
Jackson Heights. Stuard Hirschman
and Walter /. Willis, secretary of the
Greensboro Chamber OF Commerce. were
also present Regarding new plan OF
operation Mr.. Willis said yesterday:
This seems to be the simplest solu-
tion which has been offered 80 Tar. If
it Is possible to work It out, the resi-
dents Of Queens should have through
b. r. T. train service into Manhattan
within six to nine months, or the time
IL would take to deliver the rolling stock.
Ono result Of such operation would be to
reduce Immediately the great congestion
Of passengers 1t the Queenboro subway
terminal IN Manhattan. It u believed
that the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Com
pany will favor this plan. Tor it win re-
suit in q great increase In tho number
Of Queens passengers carried. ana thore-
fore the revenue received, with pra0ti-
cally no additional expense sxcept that
for now cars, which they WIN have to
buy anyway to meet tho demands ue
their increasing trafYio.
Passengers from the stations IN
Queens on either tho Astoria u Corona
extensions could take the b. n T. trains.
made up Of narrower cars. direct 30
Fffty-seventh street, Manhattan, with
out change, whore, BY stepping acroeU .
platform, they could change couvon-
iently to either the local or express
trains made up Of ten foot Wide cars
southward."
The New York herald., 1922-04-23

the Englewood station OF the Erie. The
land has been divided into forty lots
each approximately 80x120 feet. with
provision for fifty foot streets.
The membership as well as the prop
erty itself will be carefully restricted, q
membership committee having been APP
pointed to art on all names OF pros
pectlve purcis ~~r and the corporation
resarving the fN 10 reject any applica-
tlons for purchase OF land. All work
will be done under supervision OF the
corporation architects. Messrs. j. T.
Simpson. architect and engineer, Brown
Rolston. associate. OF Newark. who have
been retained TO approve all plans and
to so direct the whole development as "a
insure architectural symmetry.
Every officer of the corporation but
one IN himself n lot owner and building
Nine people have pledged themselves
to build these summer houses. which will
range from $1,000 to $4,000, contract
price The first ground should bs
broken by May Is. survey or grades arit
accurate layout of lots and streets be.
ing already under way.
The corporation undertakes to see thaS
there is no speculation. no danger OF
mourning exorbitant assessments: no.
body will be admitted who cannot satisfy
the officers that he genuinely desires q
own land and build thereon house ir
which he intends to live.
The officers OF the corporation are
Messrs. ID. S. Beebe. president: r. q
Rolston. vice-president: d. A. Quarles
secretary; G.. II. Hardy, treasurer. and
r. w. Ingraham. assistant treasurer, al
residents OF Englewood.
The New York herald., 1922-04-23
8OO-Acre Jersey Estate
to Be Fine Country Club

the summer. Is Of the regulation length.
and when completed It Is tho opinion of
several golf experts that II will rank
with the most interesting in America.
There is also ample territory on the
estate for the construction of other
links as the occasion arises.
The golf house is built In the shape
or u" One wing will contain the
ladies' and mems locker rooms. showers
and lounges. The bachelors quarters
VIII be located in the other wing. In
the center will be a large hall where
all entertainments win be given. The
swimming poo will be inside the "U"
swimming pool Will be inside the 'U''
The pool win be steam heated during
the winter and an arrangement to warn,
the water Is to be installed so that q
seasonable temperature can be main
tained throughout the year.
Tho main building Is spacious and
sumptuous In its appointments and
easily lends itself to use as q modern
club house. with very little change In
deed. The first floor will be given UP
wholly to the restaurant and lounge.
Sleeping rooms win occupy the two up
per stories. while on the ground floor
will be located the mems grill
Many men prominent in the financial!
and social life OF America are on the
board OF governors and are showing a
keen interest in the project. With the
increased popularity OF golf among the
American people and tho rapid de-
veiopmcnt OF this part of New Jersey as
an exclusive and fashionable residential
section. the Brook Lake Park Country
Club will fill fast growing need. Golf
but nothing win be omitted to make the
viii, of course. be the main feature
club place where every outdoor sport
can be INDUCED to the utmost,
The New York herald., 1922-04-23

Brook Lake Park, the attractive es-
tate belonging to Howard Cole at Madl-
son, N. j., Is now in course Of being
converted into a fashionable and ex-
elusive country club to be called the
Brook Lake Park Country Club. This
estate, which was formerly owned by
DR.. Leslie Ward and upon which mil
lions of dollars have been spnt. con-
sists of about 800 acres and Is admir-
ably adapted to the plans which are
now under way. They include the I'M
mediate construction or two eighteen
hole golf courses and five turf tennis
courts; the laying out of polo field
and a trapshooting range, the opening
Of about ten miles OF bride paths and
remodeling OF the present stables to ac-
commodate about fifty riding horses
and polo ponies; the conversion OF the
structure now containing the recreation
hall into a thoroughly up to date golf
house and locker room. with accommo-
dations for bachelors: a glass inclosed
swimming pool adjoining both the
locker rooms and bachelor quarters; the
conversion or the main building to, a
thoroughly modern club house. with a
number Of luxurious sleeping rooms.
and. finally. the operation OF n res
taurant with every refinement OF serv-
Ice and cuisine.
The golf courses and tennis courts
are being constructed under the per-
sonal supervision OF Herbert Strong. a
golf and tennis architect. One will be
a miniature course OF about 2.50e yards
for those who do not wish to go the
full distance. Nine holes of this will be
ready for play In about thirty days and
the other nine are to be finished within
two months. The second eighteen hole
course, which will be opened later In
The New York herald., 1922-04-23
WESTERNERS WANT
FARMSM NEW YORK
Is Per Cent. of Farm Buyers
i'm the Empire State Came
From the Central States.

The demand for farms in New York
State is greater than ever before de-
spite the cry that the farmer has been
hit hard by dafation OF prices for his
crops. This is shown by a report just
issued by the L. A. Strout Farm
Agency, Inc. which last year sold 1.071
New York farms OF an estimated value
OF more than s5.000.000.
This is an increase of 10 per cent.
over the sales of the previous year In
New York state. gain OF 173 farms.
The contradiction between the farmers
cry for help, which has been so loud
and insistent of late, on the one hand,
and the increased demand for New
York State farms Is not so difficult to
understand as IL might appear to the
uninitiated.
sFhe explanation Is that Il is the one
crop farmers planting on high priced
land OF the Middle West and South who
nre suffering the worst setback and Civ
ing voice to the loudest cry for aid. The
eastern farmer growing diversified crops
IS In a much more comfortable posi-
ton. according to the Strout Agency.
in fact, he profits from the misfortunes
or the big crop growers of the West. Tor
he buys his grain for his poultry and live
stock at the low prices of which the
western farmers are complaining.
Prices OF the diversified products OF
New York farms have not dropped near
ly so rapidly as the price Of grain from
the middle West with the result, as
shown by the United States Bureau OF
Markets, that New York ranked fourth
among all the States in the Value of its
farm products last year.
The day when the young men OF New
York followed Greeley's advice and went
West has departed. To-day the move
,nent is In the opposite direction. New
Workers. are buying farm lands eagerly
IN their own state, and men are selling
their higher priced farms in the West,
when they can, and moving back to New
York
This is shown by the fact that New
Workers. bought 5ss OF the 1.07t farms
GOLD by the agency In this State. They
constituted 81 per cent. OF the buyers OF
New York farms. while 485 purchasers,
or 46 per cent. came from other States.
One hundred and fifty-seven pur-
chasers. Is per cent. OF the total, came
from the Central States. OF whom Ohio
sent 80. Michigan 80. Illinois 26. Wis
cpnsin "a. Minnesota IL, Missouri s, In
diana 6. Iowa s. Nebraska 5. North Da-
lata 2. South Dakota and Oklahoma 2
ehch and Kansas and Arkansas l each.
New England furnished So purchasers
OF New York farms. New Jersey 80,
Pennsylvania II and Maryland 6. Nine
Southern States contributed % families
TO- New York farms. 21 came from the
far West. OF whom were from Califor-
mia and the equal number from Colorado.
Thirty-four purchasers came from for
elgn countries.
Meanwhile. 352 New York men bought
farms In other States last year. or these
12s went to New England. las to New
Jersey. 30 TO Pennsylvania, ~ to Della
ware and 10 TO Maryland.
Only six New York men moved TO the
Middle states. 2 TO Ohio. 10 Michigan
and 1 10 Minnesota. None went to the
Car West, but 26 sought prosperity and
comfort among the orange groves or
stock farms OF Florida
The New York herald., 1922-04-23
10 The P<OPO3EO TJONuSENLAl
FOOT BRIDGE SPANNING RiveRStpe
DRIVE AT lSt st. STREET

While the greatest building activity
known in years Is going on in upper
Manhattan and while a great deal Is
being said and done about proposed I'M
provements to and the extension OF
Riversfde Drive there Is q quiet. move
ment under way in washington Heights
to carry out project that will give
to that district and add to the attrac-
tions OF Riverside Drive one Of the most
part OF the city.
1t Is proposed to span Riverside Drive
1t 1s1st street with q monumental foot
bridge. There win be four flights OF
steps. and the plans provide for beif
vedere, In which will be q bust or statue
of Lafayette. Steps leading to the
bridge will connect with the smallest
park In the world on Plaza Lafayette.
On the other side OF the bridge will be
covered entrance into Fort WASH
ington Park. thus linking the two parks
and doing away with one OF the most
dangerous crossings on the Drive and
a blot on the picturesqueness of that
roadway.
At present the exit from 1S1st street.
or Plaza Lafayette. Is by means OF
steep wooden steps leading down to the
Drive. 1t is sometimes hazardous ur-
dertaling to cross the Drive owing 10
the number of automobiles going In
both directions and the curve In the
roadway, which conceals approaching
cars until they are only few feet
away.
The new monumental bridge is de-
signed as q fitting focal point Tor the
end OF an important street. The flank
Ing stiles. on the axis OF the approach
ing sidewalks, define the width OF the
street and give scale TO the upper ele-
walton and are adopted to contain re-
1ectors to floodlight the bridge. While
the bridge - q practical necessity TO
safeguard visitors to the park, 1t also
unifies Plaza Lafayette with the park
by the note Of green In the formal trees
fn the large urns that top the pillars.
This problem offered an unusual oppor-
tunity for an attractive design. which
his been carried out In elaborate detail
The New York herald., 1922-04-23
BUILDING. BOOM IS HERE,
I. SAYS LUMBER JOURNAL

Tho building boom Is not coming. 1t
is here so far as the cities and large
towns are concerned. according to the
American LambeTnso~ OF Chicago. The
increase In building and the incessant
demaun for estimates have both played
part In stimulating buying and in
firming up the lumber market generally.
The building boom has not as yet ex-
tended to the country districts. but the
farmers are purchasing more material
than previously and are carrying on
much deferred repair work. Farmers in
outlook Some sections have had too
much rain, but others. notably the South
west. have been assured good crops by
the first good rains for several years.
Production Of Southern hardwoods has
been very seriously interfered with by
floods and general high water. and It is
feared that a good many logs have been
lost. Industrial demand for llardwoods
Is picking up. and as production Is at
low ebb, particularly In the South. and
comparatively little unsold dry hard
wood is available. q firmer tendency Is
to be noted.
Indstrial purchasers generally are
showing more interest in securing lum-
Der. The coal strike Is slowing down
some railroads. but In other cases 1t is
having tho curious effect of stimulating
railroad buying. This Is explained by
the fact that with lessened traffic It is
cheaper to make repairs and additions,
and consequently some railroads which
are in good financial condition are i'm
proving the opportunity to make needed
repairs and extensions. In addition.
there are a number of inquiries out for
freight cars. and there was recently
placed by one railroad system an order
for $4,000 freight cars. the largest single
order placed during the last five years.
The New York herald., 1922-04-23
REALTY CLUB TO GIVE
DINNER TO FACULTY

The real estate fans who have been at
tending the discussion forums at the
West Side Y. M. c. A. for the last sixteen
weeks will give q final banquet to thu
faculty. OF this course at the Park Ave-
nue. Hotel on Tuesday night. The pro-
gram which Is announced win bring to-
gether a large number OF the leading
realtors OF the city. Lawson Purdy. for
mer chairman of the Tenement House
Committee. head of the Board OF Tax
Adjustment and member of the zoning
committee. is down for a talk on The
Duty OF Realtors to the Public" Robert
Il. Bowling. president of the City Invest
ing Company and former president OF
the New York City Real Estate Board. is
booked 10 comment on ''rhe Real Estate
Outlook" Judge II. G. T. Grain In
scheduled TO enlghten those present as
20 Tho Cause and Cure of the Crime
Wave In New York"
A feature OF the evening will be i've
four minute talks by members OF the
faculty on the fundamentals OF success
In the real estate business. The Ave men
who have been selected include Joseph J..
Day. r. II. Simons, Charles @. Edwards.
Lawrence B. Elliman and William l..
De Bost Harry Hall. vice-president Of
william A. White a Son, will give his
illustrated lecture on ''Old New York"
Capt. George Daggett. general secretary
OF the Transit Commission OF New York
State, will talk on "The Readjustment
OF Transit Conditions In New York city"
Mayor Hylan, Murray Hulburt. Presi-
dent of the Board OF Aldermen; Senator
Calder and cx-Gov. AL Smith are among
others who are expected to be present.
All members OF the New York Real
Estate Board are invited to attend the
dinner The committee In charge is COM
posed OF c. "A. Robinson, J. L. Curly. w.
Ii. wyckofr and Edwin woolcy.
The New York herald., 1922-04-23

The outlook for the operation Of B..
r. T. trains nom Manhattan to Astoria
and Corona begins to brighten. George
McAneny, chairman OF the Transit
Commission, has indorsed q suggestion.
published exclusively in the Real Estate
Section OF THE NEW YORK HERALD on
April 8. that the b. r. T. be ordered to
buy enough narrow cars. such as arc
used by the Interborough, and to use
them on shuttle trains to be operated
from Fifty-seventh street and Seventh
avenue to Astoria and Corona via the
Sixticth street tunnel to Queens. Mr..
McAneny, after a conference held last
week, has offered this plan In the form
OF q suggestion to-fhe members Of tho
transit committee OF the Queensb0ro
Chamber OF Commerce.
II Is pretty generally known by this
time the b. r. T. cannot operate its
present type OF steel subway cars. over
the Astoria and Corona extensions OF
the dual subway system because they
are ten inches wider than the cars used
by tho Interborough. Under tho plan
just suggested by Mr.. McAncny, all
passengers on b. r. +. trains who wish
to go TO points covered by the Astoria
and Corona lines can do SO by trans
ferring from the regular locals and exs
press trains at Fifty-seventh street and
Seventh avenue In Manhattan to the
shuttle trains Of narrower steel cars by
simply stepping across the platform Just
as passengers now do who wish to
transfer from. express to local trains.
Mr.. McAneny before indorsing the
suggestion conferred with Chief En-
gineer Robert Ridgway OF the Transit
Commission. Alfred NJ. Barrett, former
chairman of the Public Service Com
mission and at present vice-chairman
The New York herald., 1922-04-23
BUILDING APPEALS
TO BE CONSIDERED
Board Will Hear Long List of
Applications for Zoning
Law Permits.

The Board OF Appeals at meeting
on Tuesday. April 25, in room s1s,
Municipal Building. will consider the
following matters:
Application. January 25, 1922. under
the building zone resolution, of John ].
Behan, applicant. on behalf Of New Dorp
Coal Corporation, owner, to permit In q
business district the erection of coal
pockets and silos; premises east side
Fifth street, so feet north of Seavlew
avenue, Richmond.
Application, February 23., 1922 under
the building zone resolution, of William
Ludlow & Peabody, architects. on be-
half OF the New York Times Company
owner to permit In two times district
the erection of q loft building exceeding
the height as limited by the zoning reso-
luton; premises 231-239 West Forty.
third street, Manhattan. ~
Application, December 10, 1921, under
the building zone resolution, Of Samuel
III. Drellich, applicant, on behalf OF
Fanny Drellich, owner. to permit In q
residence district the maintenance OF q
garage for three motor cars premises
Isl Summit Place, The Bronx.
Application, December 81, 1921, under
the building zone resolution, OF Angus
tine Schiavone. applicant, on behalf OF
residence district the maintenance Of q
garage tor five cars; premises TIL 4oth
street, Brooklyn.
Application, February I. 1922. under
tho building zone resolution. Of JEFF
ferscn r. Edwards, applicant, on be-
half Of r. Fritsche, owner. to permit IN
business district the erection or one
story public garage: premises 551-555
Ninety-sccond street, Brooklyn.
Application, January 23, 1922, under
the building zone resolution, of Abram
d. Milstein, applicant and owner. to
permit in q residence district the In
stallation Of an electric sign and use
OF basement for restaurant purpose
premises 529 West 147th street, Nam
haitian.
Application, Februa-y Is, 1922, under
the building zone resolution. Of Samuel
Rosenblum. consulting engineer, on BE-
half of Regas Realty Co.. Inc, owner.
to permit partly in a business district
and partly In a residence district the
erection Of business building premises
southwest corner Claremont Parkway
and Fulton avenue. The Bronx.
/ Application, February 2s, 1922. under
the building zone resolution, of De-
partfnent of Plant and Structures. on
behalf of City of New York, owner. to
permit in a residence district the erec-
ton Of a housing station for Department
of Street Cleaning; premises 56O8-5624
Nineteenth avenue. Brooklyn.
Application, March "a. 1922. under the
building zone resolution. OF John J. Dun
nigan, architect, on behalf OF Gesco
Realty Company. owner. to permit In q
residence district the erection OF a busi-
ness building; premises 300-30S East
178th street. 1s30-1ss2 Anthony avenue
The Bronx.