Real Estate Record and Builders Guide
Founded March 21, 1868. by CLINTON W. SWEET
Devoted to Real Estate, Building Construction and Building Management in the Metropolitan District
Published Every Saturday by THE RECORD AND GUIDB COMPANY
FRANK E. PERLEY, President and Editor; W. D. HADSELL. Vice-President; E. S. DODGE, Vice-President; J. W. FRANK, Secretary-Treas.
EBtared aa leoond claaa matter NoremlMr i. Wit, at tiM Poat OCloa at Maw Tork. N. Y., under the Aot of Mardi S, UT«.
Copyright, 1920, by The Record and Guldt Compuy 119 West 40th Street, New York (Telephone: Bryant 4800)
VOL. CVI
NO. 14 (2742)
NEW YORK, OCTOBER 2, 1920
250. A COPT
$12.00 A TEAB
AdTcrtiaSns Index
Page
A B See Electriv Elevator.4th Cover
Abbey, Inc., W. B........-Jth Cover
A. J. Contracting Co.........479
Ackerly, Orville B., & Son...... 466
Adler, Ernest N.............466
^itmayer, Leon S.............465
American Bureau of R. E...... 466
American Whitewasli Co.....477
Ames & Co...................465
Amy & Co., A. V............. 465
Anchor Steel Products Corp... 476
Anderson & Co., James S......452
Armstrong & Armstrong........ 466
Aspromonte & Son, L. S........479
Atlantic Terra Cotta Co.......477
Automatic Fire Alarm Co...... 474
Bauer, Millbanlc & Molloy.....462
Bechmann, A. G.............466
Benzing Co., Jos. H.......... 477
Birdsall, Daniel, & Co..Front Cover
Boyd, James..............2d Cover
Boylan, John J............... 465
Brown, Frederick ............464
Brown Co., J. Romaine.Front Cover
Builders' Brick & Supply Co.
4th Cover
Bulkley & Horton Co.......... 466
Busher Co., Eugene J.........465
Butler & Baldwin ............ 465
C. H. Motors Co.............472
Cammann, Voorhees & Floyd.. 465
Carpenter, Leonard J.........465
Chauncey Real Estate ........465
Chesley Co., Inc., A. C........479
City Investing Co...........452
Clasified Advertisements ...... 467
Cogley, Peter F...............466
Corning ,Co., Edward ... .4th Cover
Corwith Brothers ............ 468
Coutoucas, Nicholas .......... 462
Cross & Brown ......Front Cover
Cruikshank Co.........Front Cover
Cruikshank Sons, Wm.Front Cover
Cudner R. E. Co.............. 465
Cushman & Wakefield. .Front .Cover
Cutler & Co., Arthur.......... 466
Cutner, Harry B.............465
Davies. J. Clarence........460-468
Day, Joseph P...............465
Dike, O. D. & H. V............ 466
Dowd, James A...............466
Duross Co...................465
Dwight, Archibald & Perry____463
Eastern Gas Appliance Co.... 478
Elliman & Co., Douglas L.... 452
Ely & Co., Horace S..Front Cover
Empire Brick & Supply.4th Cover
English, J. B.................465
Feuerbach. F. J...............466
Finch & Co., Chas. H.......... 478
Finegan, Austin .............. 465
Fischer, J. Arthur ............465
Fogarty. T. A. & J. J..........466
Fox & Co., Fredk.............. 465
Frank & Frank ..............474
Fuller Co., Geo. A............ 474
Gallin & Son, Inc., John......474
Gates, Elmer ................ 465
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Editorials .....................................
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Legislature Does Nothing to End Housing
Action of Legislature Criticised by Realty Ex-
Full Text of Housing' Bills Signed by Governor
Tax Assessments for 1921 Show Over Billion
Review of Real Estate Market for the Current
Week......................................
Private Sales of the Y^eek....................
Statistical Table of the Week................
Curtailed Production Bars Lower Material
Plan Early Start on Large Parochial School in
the Bronx.............................
Public Utilities Predominate in Week's Build-
Personal and Trade Notes......................
Trade and Technical Society Events..........
Building Material Markets....................
Current Building Operations...................
Contemplated Construction....................
Plans Filed for New Construction.............
Page
Gibbons Co...................478
Goodstein, Harry ......Title Page
Goodwin & Goodwin .......... 465
Hecla Iron Works ............ 479
Heil & Stern ................ 462
Hess, M. & L., Inc....Front Cover
Holmes Elec. Protec.....4th Cover
Improved Offloe Partition Co.,
2d Cover
Jackson, Daniel H.....Title Page
Jenkins Elevator Co.....4th Cover
Kane Co.. John P........4th Cover
Kelley, Albert E............. 463
Kerns Co., James P........... 466
Kilpatrick, Wm. D........... 452
Kloes, F. J.................. 463
Kohler, Chas. S., Inc......... 452
Kraslow Bldg. Co........... 479
Lackman, Otto ............... 466
Lawrence .Cement Co.....4th Cover
Lawrence. Blake & Jewell.....452
Lawyers' Title & Trust Co.... 467
Page
Leaycraft & Co., J. Edgar
Front Cover
Leist, Henry G...............466
Leo, Jr., John P.............466
Levers, Robert ............... 466
Levin, Inc., Jacob & Morris____464
Losere, L. G.................466
Manning & Trunk ............ 465
Martin, Samuel H.............465
Maurer & Son. Henry____4th Cover
Maxwell, J. S................465
May Co., Lewis H............465
McMahon, Joseph T........... 462
Miller & Co., A. W............465
Mississippi Wire Glass Co.... 476
Moors. J. K................... 465
Monell. F. Bronson .......... 465
Morgenthau, Jr.. Co.. M......467
Moore's Sons. Morris, Inc.... 465
Murray & Co.. Inc., Jos....... 476
Nail & Parker .............. 452
Nason Realty Co........Title Page
National Electrical Lab. Co.. 464
Nehring Bros.................465
AdTertlalns Index
Pk4 I
Newins, Harvey B...........463
New York Edison Co., The... 475
New York Title & Mortgage Co. 452
Niewenhous Bros., Inc.......479
Noyes & Co., Chas. F..Front Cover
Ogden & Clarkson Corp........ 465
O'Hara Bros................. 466
O'Reilly & Dahn ............ 465
Orr & Co., John C............ 475
Payton, Jr., Co., Philip A......468
Pease & Elliman......Front Cover
Pflomm, F. & G.......Front Cover
Polak Brokerage Co., E. A____466
Pomeroy Co., Inc., S. H......477
Porter & Co...........Front Cover
Premier Paper Co.............464
Purdy & Co..................463
Rafalsky Co., Mark... .Front Cover
Read & Co., Geo. R____Front Cover
Realty Associates ............ 468
Realty Company ot America.. 452
Riker & Sanders...............466
Ritch, Wm. T...............474
Roman-Callman Co.......2d Cover
Ruland & Whiting... .Front Cover
Runk, George S.............465
Ryan, George J...............465
Sasse, Geo. W............... 466
Schindler & Liebler .......... 466
Schweibert, Henry ............ 466
Scobie .................2d Cover
Smith Co., Inc., E. C.......... 470
Smith, Malcolm E............. 466
South Ferry Realty Co....... 452
Spear & Co.................. 452
Spotts & Starr .............. 465
Steinmetz, John A............ 466
Stone, Junius H............. 474
Talbot. Jacob J...............460
Thompson Co., A. G.......... 468
Title Guarantee & Trust Co.
2d .Cover
Trageser Steam Copper Works,
John ...................... 479
Tucker, Speyers & Co.........465
Tyng & Co.. Stephen H., Jr. . 452
I'llman ......................466
Van Valen, Chas. B.......2d Cover
Walsh, J. Irving ............ 465
Watson Elevator Co., Inc.4th Cover
Weld ,5; Suydam ............ 432
Weill. H. M.............2d Cover
Wells Architectural iron Co.. 470
Wells Sons, James N.......... 46^
Welsch. S.. Sons ............ 466
Wheeler, G. C. & A. E......... 478
Wheeler Realty Corp.........466
White & Sons. Wm. A........ 452
Whiting &, Co.. Wm. H..Front Cover
Wilson's, Mrs. Renting Co____ 466
Winter. Benjamin ............462
Wood-Dolson Co.......Front Cover
Wyckoff. Walter C........... 465
Y. M. C. A., Westside ........463
Zittel & Sons, Fredk......... 465
Attention—Brokers
CRAFTSMAN BUILDING
6-8 Eaat 39th St. to 5 East 3gth St.
TWO FASSBNOER AKD TWO FEMOHT
EI^ETATOBS—LIGHT ON THBKB SIDES
TO LET—Entire Sixth Loft
About 6,000 Kl. feet Pnaimloa
OCT. 1—FULL COMMISSION PAID
Daniel H. Jackson
135 BROADWAY
Suite '111 Phone: Rector 3S«»
TO LEASE
At $20,000 per Year NET RENTAL
Immediate Possession
Nos. 470-472 Seventh Ave.
40.8Hxl00—Two Three-Story Buildings
BROKERS PROTECTED
Further particulars from
NASON REALTY CO.
170 BROADWAY
Suite »1IJ-»1I OortUodt T6Sr-7«S8
TO LEASE
Non-Housekeeping Apts.
2 ROOMS AND BATH
WITH KITCHENETTE
New Buildiiiff in Course of Erection
424 West 116th Street
(Opposite Colnmbls CoUege Grounds)
Near Amsterdam Avsnos
Also 3-ROOM STUDIO AP'T
Of the Highest Type Construction and
Finish, with 15-Foot-Hich Celling
See owner, HARRY GOODSTEIN
261 Broadway
Suits 609 Phom: Bsrslay lt»