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 GUIDE COMPANY
FRANK E. PERLEY, President and Editor; E. S. DODGE, Vice-President; J. W. FRANK, .Secretary-Treasurer
Copyright, 192
Entered as second class matter November 8, 1879
, by The Record and Guide Company,
at the Tost Ofrice at New York. N. Y., under the Act of March 3. 1879.
no West 40th Street, New Yorli (Telephone:
Bryant 4800)
VOL. CIX
NO. 4 CJSll)
NEW YORK, JANUARY 28, 1922
25c. A COPY
$12.00 A YEAR
Advertising Index
Page
A. B. See Electric Elevator
4th Cover
Ackerly, Orville B............ll^i
Adams & Co...................112
Adler, Ernest N...............lia
American Bureau of R. E......113
American Enameled Brick & Tile..
Co...........................110
Ames & Co...............2d Cover
Amy & Co., A. V..........2d Cover
Anderson Brick & Supply Co.,
4th Cover
Anderson & Co., James S..2d Cover
Armstrong & Armstrong........113
Ashforth & Co............2d Cover
Automatic Fire Alarm Co.......120
Baiter, Alexander ..............112
Bauer, Milbank & Molloy........112
Bechmann. A. G...............112
Bell Co., H. W.................123
Biltmore Realty Corp...........112
Boyd, James ..................108
Boylan, John J...........2d Cover
Brener, Samuel ................—
Brennan, Edmund M...........113
Brett & Goode Co.....Front Cover
Brooks & Momand .............108
Brown, Frederick ..............108
Brown Co., J. Romaine.Front Cover
Builders' Brick & Supply Co.,
4th Cover
Bulkley & Horton Co............112
Busher & Co., Eugene J...2d Covm
Butler & Baldwin......Front Cover
Cammann, Voorhees & Floyd,
2d Cover
Carpenter, Leonard J......2d Cover
Chauncey Real Estate.....2d Cover
City Investing Co..............loO
Classified Advertisements ......Ill
Coburn, Alfred P...............112
Cross & Brown ........Front Cover
Cruikshank Co........Front Cover
Cruikshank's Sons, Wm.Front Cover
Cudner, R. E. Co.........2d Cover
Cusack Company ...............112
Cushman & Wakefield ..........112
Cutler & Co., Arthur......2d Cover
Cutner, Harry B.........2d Cover
Dailey. Clarke G..............100
Davies, J. Clarence ............11-1
Day. Joseph P............2d Cover
Dean & Co., W. E.........2d Cover
Dike, O. D. & H. V........2d Cover
Dodge Co., F. W................127
Dowd, James A................113
Dubois. Chas. A................112
Duffy Co., J. P.................120
Dunlap & Loyd ................112
Duross Co................2d Cover
Edwards Co., Charles G...2d Cover
Edwards, Dowdney & Richart.. .lOii
Elliman Co., Douglas L.........108
Ely & Co., Horace S....Front Cover
Empire Brick & Supply Co.,
4th Cover
English, J. B.............2d Cover
Finch & Co., Chas. H............120
Finkelstein & Son, Jacob.......113
Fischer. J. Arthur.........2d Cover
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorials ...................................... 101
Davenport Committee Proposes to Equalize
Taxes ........................................ 103
John M. Stoddard Outlines Real Estate Broker¬
age Laws ..................................... 104
How a Few Landlords Used Wash Sales to
Force Rentals Up ............................ 105
Construction Started on Large West Side Apart¬
ment ......................................... 106
Review of Real Estate Market for the Current
Week ........................................ 107
Private Sales of the Week..................... 107
Statistical Table of the Week................... 114
Employers Reject Untermyer's Wage Scale Pro¬
posal ......................................... 115
New York State Builders Meet in Albany Next
Week ........................................ 116
Residential Building Still Dominates Local Sit¬
uation ........................................ 117
Personal and Trade Notes ...................... 117
Trade and Technical Society Events............ 117
Building Materials Markets .................... 118
Current Building Operations ................... 118
Contemplated Construction .................... 120
Plans Filed for New Construction .............. 123
Page
Fisher, James B................112
Fox & Co., Fredk.........2d Cover
Goodwin & Goodwin.......2d Cover
Grunert, Robert G.............113
Gulden, Royal Scott ...........Ill'
Harris Exchange ..............113
Hecla Iron Works ..............122
Hess, M. & L., Inc.....Front Cover
Holmes Elec. Protective. .4th Cover
Holt & Merrall, Inc.............11::
Home Title & Insurance Co___100
Hubbard, C. Bertram......2d Cover
Jackson, Daniel H.............108
Jones & Son, William P.........113
Kane Co., John P.........4th Cover
Keller, Charles G..............112
Kelley, T. H...................112
Kelly, Albert E................112
Kempner & Son, Inc., D.,
Front Cover
Kilpatrick, Wm. D.............100
Kissling, J. P. & L. A..........112
Pag*
Kloes, F. J....................123
Kohler, Chas. S................lOii
Kopp & Co., H. C...............112
Kurz Co., Wm. F. M............112
Lackman, Otto ................112
Lawyers Title & Trust Co.......110
Lawrence, Blake & Jewell.......100
Lawrence Cement Co.....4th Cover
Leaycraft & Co., J. Edgar,
Front Cover
Leist, Henry G............2d Cover
Lesch & Johnson ...............123
Levers, Robert ................112
Losere, L. G...................112
Manning & Trunk ........2d Cover
Martin, Samuel H........2d Cover
May Co., Lewis H.........2d Cover
JIcMnhon. Joseph T............114
Milner, Joseph ................113
Mississippi Wire Glass....4th Cover
Monell, F. Bronson........2d Cover
Moore, John Constable..........113
Moore's Sons, Morris, Inc..2d Cover
Advertising: Index
Page
Moors, J. K...............2d Cover
Morgan Co., Leonard...........113
Muhlker, Arthur G.............113
Murray & Sons, Inc., John A...118
Murtha & Schmohl.......4th Cover
Nail & Parker .................100
Natanson, Max N..............114
Nehring Bros.............2d Cover
New York Edison Co., The......121
New York Title & Mortgage Co.. 100
Niewenhous Co., Inc...........lio
Noyes & Co., Chas. F...Front Cover
Ogden & Clarkson Corp....2d Cover
O'Hare, Geo. L................100
Oppenheimer, Fred ............112
O'Reilly & Dahn...........2d Cover
Payton, Jr., Co., Philip A.......114
Pease & Elliman......Front Cover
Pell & Co., S. Osgood...........12j
Pendergast, John F., Jr.........112
Pflomm, F. & G........Front Cover
Phelps. Albert D...............112
Pomeroy Co., Inc.. S. H.........120
Porter & Co...........Front Cover
Quell & Quell ..................112
Read & Co., Geo. R.....Front Cover
Realty Co. of America..........100
Rickert-Brown Realty Co.......118
Rinaldo, Hiram ................112
Ross, Frank U.................120
Runk, Geo. S..................112
Ryan, George J...........2d Cover
Schindler & Liebler ............112
Schweibert, Henry .............112
Seaman & Pendergast ..........112
Shaw, Arthur L................113
Shaw, Rockwell & Sanford......112
Simberg, A. J..................120
Sherman & Kirschner ..........lio
Smith, Malcolm E., Inc.........112
Smith, Gerritt, Mrs............114
Solove, R......................120
Spear & Co....................112
Speyers, Inc., James B..........113
Spotts & Starr............2d Cover
Sterling Mortgage Co...........Ill
Straus & Co., S. W.............123
Tabolt. Jacob J................112
Title Guarantee & Trust Co.....100
Tyng & Co., Stephen H., Jr......100
Union Stove Works ............118
United Elec. L. & P. Co.........109
Van Valen, Chas. B.............108
Vorndrans Sons. C.............120
Walsh, J. Irving..........2d Cover
Watson, Elv. Co., Inc.....4th Cover
Weill Co., H. M................108
Wells Architectural Iron Co.....120
Wells Sons, James N......2d Cover
Westergren, Inc., M. F...4th Cover
White & Sons, Wm. A..Front Cover
Whiting & Co., Wm. H..Front Cover
Whitney-Foster Corp............112
Williams-Dexter Co............113
Winter, Benjamin ..............108
Wood-Dolson Co.......Front Cover
Wyckoff, Walter C........2d Cover
Zittel & Sons, Fred'k......2d Cover
A Positive Foundation Upon Which to Build
The Federal Reserve Board, in its January bulletin, declares that "the most encourag¬
ing feature of the business situation is that a positive foundation apparently has been estab¬
lished upon which to build development during 1922." Governor Harding believes that the
country as a whole has passed safely the points of danger entailed in after-war deflation.
One positive foundation upon which real estate and construction interests can eflfec-
tively build their business is regular, consistent advertising in
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