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VOL. riN

No.  18  (JS.'S)





NEW YORK, MAY 6, 1922





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Advertising   Index          Page

A.  B.  See  Electric Elevator,

4th Cover

Ackerly,  Orville B, &  Son......361

Adams  &  Co....................>'6i'

Adler,   Ernest N................obi-
American Bureau of R. E.......35S

American   Enameled  Brick & Tile

Co............................"6.

Ames & Co................2d Cover

Amy & Co,, A, V..........2d Cover

Anderson Brick & Supply Co.,

4th Cover
Anderson, James S., & Co. .2d Cover

Armstrong & Armstrong.........561

Ashforth   &   Co............■2d Cover

Athens Brick, Lime & Cement Co.,

4th Cover
Automatic  Fire  Alarm   Co......568

Baiter, Alexander  ..............360

Bauer, Milbank & Molloy. ..2d Cover

Bechman, A. G..................562

Bell,   H.   W.,   Co................SOS

Benenson Realty Co.............SS(J

Boyd,  James   ...................556

Boylan, John J............2d Cover

Brener,  Samuel   ................536

Brett & Goode Co.......Front Cover

Brooks &  Momand..............556

Brown,   Frederick   ..............57){^

Brown, J. Romaine, Co..Front Cover
Builders'   Brick   &   Supply   Co.,

4th Cover

Bulkley  &   Horton   Co...........562

Burling & McCurdy  ............562

Busher, Eugene J., & Co. .. .2d Cover
Butler   &   Baldwin......Front Cover

Cahn,   Harry   ..................550

Cammann, Voorhees &. Floyd,

2d Cover

Carpenter, Leonard J......2d Cover

Chauncey  Real   Estate.....2d Cover

Chesley, A. C, Inc..............570

City   Investing Co...............548

Classified Advertising   ..........539

Coburn,  Alfred P...............560

Consolidated Gas Co. of N, Y. . .554

Corth, George H„ & Co.........561

Cross &  Brown.........Front Cover

Cruikshank Co..........Pornt Cover

Cruikshank's, Wm., Sons.Front Cover

Cudner, R. E. -^o..........2d Cover

Cusack  Company   ...............560

Cushman  & Wakefield...........560

Cutler,  Arthur,   &  Co......2d Cover

Cutner, Harry  B...........2d Cover

Davenport Real Estate Co.......5(j2

Davies,   J.   Clarence.............559

Day, Joseph P.............2d Cover

Dike, O. D. & H. V........2d Cover

Dodge, F. W., Co...............573

Dowd,  James A.................561

Dubois,  Chas.  A................560

Duffy Co., J. P.................SOS

Dunlap  &  Lloyd................560

Duross Co.................2d Cover

Edwards,  Charles G., Co... 2d Cover
Edwards,  Dowdney &  Richart., .548

Elliman  Co.,  Douglas L.........556

Ely, Horace S,, ii Co___Front Cover

Empire   Brick   &  Supply   Co.,

4th Cover





TABLE OF CONTENTS

EtJitorials   .......................................  549

Tenant Ownership Spreading Throughout City....  551

May   1    Moving   Below   Normal    Proportions   of

Pre-War Days..................................  552

'Modern Bank and Office Building on Grand Union

Hotel Site......................................  553

Review   of   Real   Estate   Market   for   the   Current

Week  .........................................  555

Private Sales of the Week........................  555

Statistical Table of the Week.....................  562

April    Construction   Totals   Break   All    Previous

Records  .......................................  563

Local    Building    Retarded    by    Chaotic    Material

Situation   ......................................  564

Many   New   Building   Projects   Reported   in   New

York City......................................  565

Personal and Trade Notes........................  565

Trade and Technical  Society Events..............  565

Building  Material   Market........................  566

Current Building Operations......................  566

Contemplated Construction........................  568

Pbns Filed for New Construction................  571





Page

English, J. B..............2d Cover

Finch,  Chas.  H., & Co..........571

Finkelstein  &   Son,   Jacob.......561

Fischer, J.  Arthur.........2d Cover

Fisher, James B................562

Fox, Fredk., & Co..........2d Cover

Frey,  William J................562

Goldberg, Philip..........Title Page

Goodwin & Goodwin........2d Cover

Gulden.   Royal   Scott............560

Hecla   Iron   Works..............571

Heil   &   Stern...................558

Hess,   M. &  L., Inc.....Front Cover

Holmes  Elec.   Protective. ..4th Cover

Holt & Merrall, Inc.............61S

Home Ttile Insurance Co........548

Hubbard,  C.   Bertram......2d Cover

J. & E. Realty Corp.............561

Jackson, Daniel  H..............558

Kane, John P,,  Co........4th Cover

Keller,   Charles  G...............56i)

Kelley, T. H....................56ii

Kelly,  Albert E.................560





Page

Kempner & Son,  Inc...-Front Cover

Kilpatrick,  Wm. D..............54S

Kissling, J. P. & L. A..........560

Kloes,   F,   J.....................566

Kohler,   Chas,   S.................54S

Kopp & Co., H. C................560

Kraslow,   Walter   ...............556

Kurz Co., Wm. P. A............562

Lackman,  Otto   .................562

Lawrence,   Blake   &  Jewell......548

Lawrence   Cement   Co.....4th Cover

Lawyers  Mortgage  Co...........5SS

Lawyers Title & Trust Co.......539

Leaycraft, J, E,, & Co.,.Front Sever

Leist, Henry G.............2d Cover

Lesch & Johnson................508

Levers, Robert.................56i>

Losere,  L.  G....................562

Marietta  Hollow-Ware  &  Enam¬
eling  Co.....................566

Martin,   Samuel   H.........2d Cover

May, Lewis H., Co.........2d Cover

McMahon,  Joseph T.............548

Milner, Joseph  .................560





Advertisins:   Iiide.v         Pag«

Mississippi  Wire Glass. .. .4th Cover

Monell,  F.   Bronson........2d Cover

Moore,  John  Constable..........561

Moors, J. K................2d Cover

Morgan,   Leonard,   Co...........361

Muhlker, Arthur G..............561

Murtha  &  Schmohl........4th Cover

Nail  &  Parker..................548

Nassoit ii Lanning.........2d Cover

Natanson, Max N.........Title Page

.Xehring Bros.............2d Cover

.New  York Edison Co.. The......569'

New York Title & Mortgage Co. .348

Niewenhous  Co.,   Inc............371

Noyes, Charles F., Co. .Front Cover
Ogden  &  Clarks n  Corp.. ..2d Cover

O'Hare, Geo. L..................348

Oppenheimer,  Fred   .............561

O'Reilly & Dahn...........2d Cover

Payton, Jr., Co., Philip A.......5.58

Pease & Elliman........Front Cover

Pell, S. Osgood, & Co............568

Pencoyd Steel & Iron Co........366

Pendergast, John P., Jr.........562

Pflomm,  F,  & G........Front Cover

Phelps, .4lbert D................562

Pomeroy, S. H., Co,, Inc........,508

Porter & Co............Front Cover

Quell ii  Quell...................362

Read ii Co., Geo. R.....Front Cover

Realty  Co. of America..........548

Rinaldo, Hiram   ................560

Rose,  J., ii  Co..................571

Runk, Geo.  S...................560

Ryan,   George   J...........2d CJover

SafBr, Abraham ................561

Sansone, F. P., Co..............,501

Schindler & Liebler.............560

Schweibert.   Henry   .............562

Seaman ii Pendergast...........300

Shaw, Arthur L.................561

Shaw, Rockwell ii Sanford......560'

Sherman ii  Kirschner...........561

Smith, Malcolm E., Inc... .2d Cover

Spear &  Co.....................560

Speyers, Inc., James B..........561

Spotts & Starr.............2d Cover

Sterling  Mortgage  Co...........559

Straus,   S.  W.,  &  Co............571

Tabolt, Jacob J.................560

Tankoos, Smith ii Co............,561

Title Guarantee & Trust Co.....548

Tuoti,  G., ii Co..........Title Page

Tyng & Co.,  Stephen H., Jr.....548

Union Stove Works..............570

United Elec. L. ii P. Co.........5.57

Van Valen, Chas. B.............SSfi

Vorndrans, Christian,  Sons......568

Walden,  James P...............560

Walsh, J. Irving...........2d Cover

Watson   Elev.  Co.,  Inc, ,, .4th Cover

Weill.  H. M., Co................,5.58

Wells  Architectural   Iron  Co___568

Wells Sons, James N.......2d Cover

Westergren, Inc.. M. P. .. .4th Cover
White, Wm. A., & Sons..Front Cover
Whiting, Wm, H., & Co. .Front Cover

Whitney-Foster Corp.............501

Williams-Dexter Co.............561

Winter, Benjamin  ..............550

Wood-Dolson  Co........Front Cover

Wyckoff, Walter C.........2d Cover

Zittel. Fredk., & Sons......2d Cover





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