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Record  and  Guide.





NovemberlSl, 1891





xlOO, No. 175 Huron street, for Annie M. Brady to Catfaarine Taylor, for
$4,300; and tfae lot, 35x100, on tfae west side of NeweU street, 300 feet north
of Nassau avenue, for Elizabetfa Scfamitt, for $1,335.

Benjamin Sturges has sold for tfae estate of Mordica Johnson the faouse
and lot. No. 877 Throop avenue, for $4,000; and for Richard B. Riker tfae
twofour-story flats, Nos. 483 and 485 Quincy street, for $24,000.

CONVEYANCES.

1890.                                 1891.

Nov. 13 to 19 inc.      Nov. 18 to 18 inc.

Number...................................                823                                     369

Amount involved.............................      »1,436,072                              »991.001

Number nominal.......................                    88                                     116

HORTGAOES.

Number.....................................                292                                     333

Amount involved.............................     $1,160,089                           11.345,584

Number at 5 per cent, orless...............                135                                     170

Amount mvolved.............................        8631,516                              $723,887

PROJECTED BOTLDmOS.

1890.                                  1891.

Nov. 14 to 20 inc.        Nov. 13 to 19 inc.

Number Of buildhiea.......................                     88                                  95

Kstiraated cost,...........................            $398,885                         $497,535





Ottt Amone the Bnilden.

C. L. Holden is the arcfaitect of tfae large ofSce building whicfa the Dela¬
ware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad have decided to build on the site of
the present old ofSces of the company on Exchange place. The new struc¬
ture will front 56.9 feet on Exchange place and 79.6 on William street. It
will be ten stories faigfa, of Indiana limestone, with tbe vertical floor supports
of steel. The design wiU be " Classic." Tfae fittings and decoration of tfae
building are to be of the finest cbaracter.

A syndicate of capitalists, represented by Horaer Lee and B. Gerson
Oppenheim, intend to build a tourten-story fire-proof apartment hotel on
the eleven lots on the Boulevard, West End avenue and 86th street, taking
in the whole front on tfae north side of tfaat street between tfaose
tfaorougfafares.

L. Sacbs & Brotfaer intend, in tfae spring, to erect tbree six-story brick,
stone and iron front warefaouses, on a plot 100x100, at Nos. 13 to 19 Wash¬
ington place, from plans by Ricfaard Berger. Mesn-s. Sacfas & Bro. may
also improve Nos. 15,17 and 19 West 4tfa street, nortfawest comer of Mercer
street.

Capt. Andrew C. Zabriskie will build a fine residence on tfae northeast
comer of 5tfa avenue and 71st street, on the lot 29.3x135, whicfa fae has just
purcfaased.

Lewis S. Wolff, the banker, of No. 30 Nassau street, faas purcfaased Nos.
87-91 Fulton street for improvement, tfae exact cfaaracter of which he
informed a reporter of The Record and GuroE has not yet been decided.

Tfae Bowery Savings Bank, faaving recently purcfaased tfae property at
Nos. 322 to 226 Grand street, beginning at tbe northeast corner of Eliza¬
beth street, it is now tbe intention of the directors, so it is said, to com¬
mence the erection of a new bank building thereon. Tbere will be a
meetisg of tfae full board iu tfae early part of December, at wfaicfa some
definite action will be taken. President Edward Wood said to a Record
AND Guide reporter tfaat fae was not quite ceriain that a new bank build¬
ing would supersede the present one; no Building Committee faad yet been
appointed and no otber steps taken by the directors. The bank was
chartered in 18S4. Under tbe terms ot that charter it cannot move frrm
the Bowery: it must at least faave its entrance on tbat street. No one
seems to know what will be done with the old building in case another
building takes its stead.

WaUace C. Andrews, president of tfae New York Steam Company, is
contemplating tfae erection of a combination of buildings on the block
bounded by SOtb and 87th streets, 12th and IStb avenues. The plans faave
been drawn, but notbing has beeu decided upon. According to tbem, the
buUdings will contain a market, storage room for Ugbt aud heavy goods,
a swimming school, a summer garden on the roof and a riding academy.

Richard G. Platt has had plans drawn for a four-story and basement
dwelUng, to be erected on tbe northeast comer of 85th street and West
End avenue. The material will be red stone and Tiffany brick and the
cost about $35,000.   Clarence True is tbe architect.

Chas. L. Tiffany, the weU-known jeweler, wiU shortly take title to about
seven acres of gi'ound at Forest HiU, in the suburbs of Newark, N. J., on
which he contemplates erecting a large plate-ware factory. Forest Hill is
on the New York & Greenwood RaUway. Mr. Tiffany, when seen at his
Union square office, said: " We faave not yet faad any plans drawn for tfae
factory and do not expect to commence to build till tfae spring."

Andrew Judge will build a five-story flat, 25s69 and extension, on the
north side of ISlst street, 460 feet west of 5th avenue, from plans hy J. C.
Hume.   The front wUl be of brick and stone and the cost $22,(KK).

D.  & J. Jardine are the architects for a six-story building to be erected
on the north side of 58th street, 200 feet west of 6lh avenue, for Religio
Lo Forte.

Walter H. C. Hornum has plans on the boards for two five-story houses,
2.5x68, for Harry L. Kidd.   The location is the south side of 42d street.

John Fitzpatrick will erect a five-story apartment bouse at No. 365 3d
avenue.    Frederick Jenth is the architect.

Henry Wohlers will erect an apartmeut faouse, 37.4x63, witfa five stories,
at No. 1634 2d avenue, from plans prepared by Cbarles Stegmayer.

Jobn C. Burne is tbe architect for five five-story brick and browu stone
front flats, which James F. Boyle and Michael J. Bannon will build on the
soutbwest corner of 107tb street and Fark avenue, at a cost of $100,000.
The corner bouse, containing stores, will be 25x71.11, an adjoining avenue
bouse 35x61, while two sireet faouses will be 25x61, and the 3d street house
25x64, with an extension 13x5.

Jobn Hauser has plans on the boards for a five-story brown stone and
brick front flat, whicb Louis Wirth will build on tbe south side of SOth
street, 80 feet east of Madison avenue, at a cost of $33,000.   The flat.





wfaich wUl be 80.4x90.6 in size, will contain all tfae improvements and wlU
be finished in hardwood throughout.

J. C. Burne wUl furnish plans for two five-story brick and stone front
flats, to be erected by Tfaos. J. Robinson on tfae east side of Amsterdam
avenue, 25 feet soutfa of 125tb street, at a cost of $5O,00C. Tbe sizes will
be 2.5x90 eacfa.

Eiooklyn.

Tfae Crescent Athletic Club, of Brooklyn, are contemplating the erection
of a large club-house, to cost witfa land $450,000, on Pierrepont street.

F. Wennemer will furnish plans for a two-story brick stable and offlce,
171x40, which the Farmers' Feed Company intend to erect on Jofanson
avenue, at a cost of $17,000.

Langston & Dafalander have plans on the boards for a nine-story apart¬
ment house to have a frontage of 100 feet on St. John's place, 70 feet on
Flatbusfa avenue and 50 feet on Stb avenue; cost, $300,000. The materials
to he used are granite, sandstone, huff brick and terra cotta. V. tf. Pelle-
trau represents the syndicate owning the buUding.

'^iUiam H. Reynolds will erect an apartment house of brick, stone and
terra cotta, 28x85, on the northwest comer of Halsey street and Nostrand
avenue; and on Halsey street, adjoining, twenty dwellings, each three
stories, 30x45; cost, $235,000.

James MiUs will build three four-story apartment houses of stone and
hrick, 30x72, on the north side of 1st street, 2.50 feet west of 7th avenue;
cost. $70,000.

Out of Town.

Newark, N. J.—Swinnerton & Poole have plans'for a tfaree-story brick
flat for J. H. Sfaafer, to be bmlt on the comer of Wasfaington and Baldwin
streets, to cost $S,000; also plans for a frame two-and-a-half-story dweUing
for Cbristian GiUon, to be built at No. 95 South Sth Rtreet,to cost $3,500.

Yonkers, N. Y.—The two-story brick and two-story frame houses on a
plot 70x81, at Nos. 340 and 343 Main street,^ybich were to faave been offered
at tfae New York Real Estate Exchange by Richard V. Harnett & Co. this
week were previously sold privately by the estate of John Harriman for
$6,.550.





Bnilding Notes.

S. McClave, of llth avenue and Bethune street, a relative of £. W.
McClave, who faas heen prominent in organizing Tfae Yellow Pine Com¬
pany, said: "Oak has for some tirae been tfae predominating wood for
interior trim. Tbe reasons for its use are tfaat it is a ligfat wood and gives
a cfaeerful effect to a room and that it costs less tban mahogany."

" What is tfae difference in cost between a first floor and basement
trirained in oak or in mafaogany ?" asked tfae reporter.

" I should say, ou a rough guess, about $S00 per house," was tfae reply.
" Tfais applies to a house about 20x55 in size. It varies according to tbe
amount of trim usei. Of course mahogany faas a particular value and will
always be used more or less, but at prese-it we are seUing oak in very large
quantities."

Traitel Bros, have some splendid examples of tiles and tile panels at their
Stfa avenue sfaow-rooms, near 42d streel. Two ot these ou tfae walls of
tfaeir rooms are said to be the finest tiles ever in:>ported into tfais country.
They represent a huntsman ot tfae 17tfa century and a lady of tfae same
date.   Tbe colors and outlines are unusually good.





The McShane Plumbing Company, of Oth avenue, near 37th street, are
fitting up several bath-rooms at tfaeir warerooms. Tfaese bath-rooms are
models of richness and elegance and contain new ideas, the most striking
of which is a porcelain tank. Mr. Murray, treasurer of the company,
talking with the writer, said: "Five or ten years ago plumbers would
have scoffed at the idea of such elaborate bath-rooms. At that time
wooden baths lined witb tin, and plumbing of ordinary lead, was the cus¬
tom. Now T'e faave nickel-plated plumbing, porcelain tubs, tiled walls and
floors, etc.. and wfaile tfae cost of fitting up a bath-room tfaen was a few
faundred dollars, now it amounts to thousands. It is an ordinary tbing
for us to contract for one costing $3,00(i and more. To have asked a lady
to call on a plumber to select ber own style of bath-room ten years ago
would have been deemed an insult; whereas now it is quite usual for ladies,
accompanied by tfaeir husbands, to call on us to discuss the style and
appointments and to make their selections accordingly. Tbe change is due
—flrst to the higher taste of tbe public; second to the better regulations of
tfae Board of Healtfa, whicb have necessitated tfae use of fine plumbing and
thus taught people the value of first-class plumbing work."





Fersoual.
Ex-President E. A. Cruikshank, of the Real Estate Exchange, faas been
elected a member of tbe Reform Club.   He was proposed by Manager
Benjamin Hardwick, of the Exchange, and seconded by Mr. Constant A.
Andrews.

The West Side Democratic Olub.
The West Side Democratic Club, the only incorporated Democratic organ¬
ization from .54tfa street to I35tb street, is an illustration ot tbe energy of some
of the prominent Westsiders. It was organized on October 7th last. On
October Hth it had 132 members, a number whicb at the present time has
increased to 520. It played an important part during the last campaign in
bringing out the Flower vote in tbe 19th Assembly District, holding as
much as two meetings a week, addressed by such speakers as Tfaomas C. T.
Grain, Adolph Sanger, Bourke Cockran, Tbeodore W. Myers and others
equally prominent. The club is composed of solid business men and is an
independent Democratic club. The managers aro Bryan L. Kenelly, Tbeo¬
dore N. Mellvin, Henry Lowenthal, James E. Kelly, William B. Ellison,
Farrel F. O'Dowd, Clifford Boese, James F. McEntee, B. Oppenheim,
James J. Harold. Louis B. Rolston, WilUam J. Warburton, Cbarles F.
Ohlstrom, George C. Coffin and Edward E. Murpfay.                                   ,