Real Estate Record and Builders Guide
Founded March 21,1868, by CLINTON W. SWEET
Devoted to Real Estate, Building Ck)nstruction and Building Management in the Metropolitan District
Published Every Saturday by THE RECORD AND GUIDE COMPANY
FRANK E. PERLEY, President and Editor; W. D. HADSELL, Vice-President; J. W. FRANK, Secretary-Treasurer
Entered aa second olau matter Norember 8, 1879, at the Post Office at New York. N. T., under tbe Aot of March 3, 1879.
Copyright, 1920, by The Record and Guide Company 119 West 40th Street, New York (Telephone: Bryant 4800)
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No. 23 (2725)
NEW YORK, JUNE 5, 1920
250. A copy
S13.09 A rSAB
Advertlstns Index
Page
& B See Electric Elevator.4th Cover
frckerly, Orville B., & Son.....746
Adler, Ernest N...............746
Altmayer, Leon S..............745
American Bureau of R. E.....746
Ames & Co...................745
Amy & Co., A. V..............745
Anderson & Co., James S......736
Armstrong, John ..............746
Aspromonte & Son, L, S........TU3
Atlantic Terra Cotta Co........TOO
Automatic Fire Alarm Co......756
Bauer, Millbank & Molloy.2d Cover
Beale Co., Harry S............748
Beaumont Co., G. B......Title Page
Bechmann, A. G...............746
Benzing Co., Jos. H............760
Birdsall, Daniel, & Co..Front Cover
Boylan, John J................745
Brown, Frederick ........2d Cover
Brown Co., J. Romaine.Front Covet
Bulkley & Horton Co..........746
Busher Co., Eugene J..........745
Butler & Baldwin .............745
C. H. Motors Co..............754
Cammann, Voorhees & Floyd..745
Carpenter, Leonard J..........745
City Investing Co.............736
Classified Advertisements ......747
Corning Co., Edward... .4th Cover
Corwith Brothers .............749
Coutoucas, Nicholas ... .2d Cover
Cross & Brown........Front Cove,
Cruikshank Co.......Front Cover
Cruikshank Sons, Wm.Front Cover
Cudner R. E. Co..............745
Cushman & Wakefield.Front Cover
Cutler & Co., Arthur...........746
Cutner, Harry B...............745
Davies, J. Clarence............749
Day, Joseph P.............740-745
Dean & Co., W. E.........2d Cover
Dike, O. D. & H. H.............746
Dowd, James A................740
Dutly Co., J. P................75S
Duross Co. ....................745
Dwight, Archibald & Perry......745
Electro Sun Co................762
Elliman & Co., Douglas L......736
Ely & Co., Horace S..Front Cover
Empire Brick & Supply.4th Cover
English, J. B..................745
Feidblet-O'Donnell .............763
Feuerbach, F. J................746
Finch & Co., Chas. H..........761
Finegan, Austin ..............745
Fischer, J. Arthur...............745
Fox & Co., Fredk.............745
Frank & Frank ..............758
Fuller Co., Geo. A.............756
Gates, Elmer ..................746
Gold, Louis...................758
Goodstein, Harry ........2d Cover
Goodwin & Goodwin............745
Hecla Iron Works ............763
Hess, M. & L., Inc.....Front Cover
Holmes Elec. Protective.4th Cover
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Editorials ....................................... 737
New Building on Fifth Avenue for Banking
House......................................... 738
Enormous Increase in Telephone Traffic and
Installations .................................. 738
Direct State Tax on Realty and Personalty
$2.69 per $1,000................................. 739
Real Estate for the Current Week.............. 741
Private Sales of the Week.....................741
Real Estate Notes............................... 748
Statistical Table of the Week.................. 749
Building Planned to House Leather and Allied
Trades ........................................ 7S1
Lack of Essential Material Halts Many Large
Projects ....................................... 752
Vast Amount of New Construction Waiting for
Materials ..................................... 753
Personal and Trade Notes....................... 753
Trade and Technical Society Events............ 753
Building Material Markets......................754
Current Building Operations.................... 754
Contemplated Construction...................... 756
Plans Filed for New Construction.............. 759
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Hydgrade Builders Supply Co..755
Hydraulic Stone Corp..........761
Jackson, Daniel H........2d Cover
Kane Co., John P........4th Cover
Kennelly, Bryan L., Inc......742-45
Kerns Co., James F............746
Kilpatrick, Wm. D.............736
Kinnear Mfg. Co...............756
Kloes, F. J....................760
Knap & Wasson Co.............745
Kohler, Chas. S., Inc...........736
Lackman, Otto ...............746
Lawrence Cement Co.....4th Cover
Lawrence, Blake & Jewell......T:iij
Lawyers' Title & Trust Co......747
Leaycraft & Co., J. Edgar
Front Cover
Lehigh Portland Cement Co___763
Leonard Sheet Metal Works ___761
Leist. Henry G................746
Levers, Robert ................746
Page
Levin, Inc., Jacob & Morris... .760
Losere, L. G...................746
Mack Co., James C............758
Manning & Trunk..............745
Martin, H. Samuel.............745
Maurer & Son, Henry...4th Cover
Maxwell, J. S..................745
May Co., Lewis H.............745
Mclnerney, John F.............761
McLaughlin, Thomas F.........74C
McMahon, Joseph T............743
Miller & Co., A. W............745
Mississippi Wire Glass Co......762
Moors, J. K....................745
Morgenthau, Jr., Co., M........747
Moses & Moses.................749
Nail & Parker.................736
Nason Realty Co..........2d Cover
National Electrical Lab. Co.....74S
Nehring Bros..................745
Newins, Harvey B........2d Cover
New York Edison Co., The......757
New York Title & Mortgage Co.736
Advertlslner Index
Page
Niewenhous Bros., Inc.........763
Noyes Co., Chas. P....Front Covei-
Ogden & Clarkson Corp.........745
O'Hara Bros..................74B
O'Reilly & Dahn .............745
Orr & Co., John C..............757
Payton, Jr., Co., Philip A.2d Cover
Pease & Elliman ....Front Cover
Pflomm, F. & G........Front Cover
Poe, James E..................747
Pomeroy Co., Inc., S. H........760
Porter & Co..........Front Cover
Purdy & Co....................760
Rafalsky Co., Mark____Front Cover
Ray Willes, Inc................745
Read & Co., Geo. R___Front Cover
Realty Associates .............749
Realty Company of America____736
Realty Supervision Co..........762
Richardson & Boynton Co......759
Ritch, Wm. T..................756
Roman-Callman Co.............747
Ruland & Whiting ___Front Cover
Runk, George S................745
Ryan, George J................745
Sasse, Geo. W..................746
Schindler & Liebler.............746
Schwiebert, Henry ............746
Scobie ........................745
Seaver & Co., Frank A........746
Smith Co., Inc., E. C..........752
Spear & Co....................736
Spotts & Starr.................746
Steinmetz, John A..............746
South Ferry Realty Co..........736
Straus & Co., S. W.............748
Thompson Co.. A. G............749
Title Guarantee & Trust Co.2d Cover
Trageser Steam Copper Works,
John ........................757
Tucker, Speyers & Co..........745
Tyng & Co., Stephen H., Jr____736
Ullman .......................746
United Electric Light & Power
Co..........................743
Uris Iron & Steel Corp.,
Abe ...................4th Cover
Van Valen, Chas. B......2d Cover
Vorndrans Sons, Christian......748
Walsh, J. Irving ..............745
Watson Elevator Co., Inc.4th Cover
Weld & Suydam ...............736
Wells Architectural Iron Co....763
Wells Sons, James N..........745
Welsch, S., Sons...............746
Wheeler, G. C. & A. E..........758
Wheeler Realty Corp...........746
White Const. Co., Inc., The___744
White & Sons, Wm. A..........736
Whiting & Co., Wm. H.Front Cover
Winter, Benjamin ........2d Cover
Wood-Dolson Co......Front Cover
Wyckoff, Walter C..............745
Zicha Marble Co., A. R........761
Zittel & Sons, Frodk............745
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