September 19, 1914
RECORD AND GUIDE
475
SLAWSON & HOBBS have placed a loan of
$15.5U0 at 5 per cent for 5 years on 62 West
96th st, a 4-sty private house ; also of $15.01)0,
at 5 per cent., for 3 years, on 254 West UOth
st, a 4-sty house ; $32,U0O at 5 per cent., for 5
years, on 359 od av. and 203-5-7 East 26th st.
LAWSOX PURDY, Commissioner of Taxes,
and A. C. Pleydell, Secretary of the Xew York
Tax Reform Association, were in attendance at
the Xational Tax Conference at Denver last
week. Prof. Seligman, of Columbia University,
presided.
WILLIAM A. WHITE & SOXS have been ap¬
pointed agents for the business buildings 113-
115 Broad st, 34 Moore st and the northeast
corner of John and William sts; and for the
bachelor apartment houses 154-156 Madison av
and 19 East 32d st.
C. LEDYARD BLAIR proves to be the buyer
of the plot 33.5x175 at the south corner of 5th
av and 70th st, reported sold in April, 1912, by
the executor of the Josiah M. Fiske estate, and
another real estate "mystery" has been cleared
up. There has long been speculation and keen
inquiry as to the real purchaser, but the pledge
of secrecy was faithfully kept.
HUGHES & HAMMOND report having recent¬
ly placed mortgages on Manhattan property ag¬
gregating $ol9,oOO. The larger ones include
$2OU,OU0 at 4% per cent, for Wetzel, Inc., on the
4-sty building, 2-4 East 44th st; $105,000 on the
9-sty building at the northeast corner of Canal
and Chrystie sts; $55,000 on 28 East 2Sth st;
$40,000 on the new 5-sty apartment house at the
northeast corner of Park av and ISGth st, and
$40,000 on a similar building at the southeast
corner of Vermilyea av and Haythorne st.
M. MORGENTHAU. JR., CO. sells today, on
the premises, at 2.30 p. m., 3 cottages" and 7
plots, part of the Healy property on Cornaga
av. Grove st, Seaview av and Loretta pl. They
are located one block from the railroad station
and trolleys and ten minutes' walk from the
ocean.
LOUIS SCHLESINGER, IXC, announces that
the interest of Louis Kamm has been acquired
by Louis Schlesinger, who will continue the real
estate and insurance business and retain the
present offices on the grade floor in the Essex
Building, Xewark, X. J. The business was
originally established January 1, 1890, under
the firm name of Brown & Schlesinger, of which
ex-Sheriff William H. Brown was the senior
partner, and continued until January 1, 1900,
when the business was acquired by Louis
Schlesinger. On May 1, 1911. the business wa?
incorporated as Louis Schlesinger, Inc., which,
will continue with Louis Schlesinger, president;
Alex. L. Schlesinger, vice-president and treas¬
urer, and Frank B. Heller, secretary.
AUCTION SALES OF WEEK.
Except where otherwise stated, the proper¬
ties o -"ered were in foreclosure. Adjourn¬
ments of legal sales to next week are noted
under Advertised Legal Sales.
•Indicates that the property described wns
bid in for the plaintiff's account.
The Auction Market.
Walter H. Ford increased his hold¬
ings on James street this week by the
purchase of No. 6 at public auction for
$7,050. It is a three-story tenement on
a lot 17.1 X 54.8. The Ford estate holds
title to 8 and 10 James street, and now
controls a triangular corner parcel at
New Bowery measuring about 61 feet
on each thoroughfare. Henry Brady
was the auctioneer.
In Brooklyn the home of the late
Senator Patrick H. McCarren, former
Democratic leader of Kings County, at
97 Berry street, was sold at public auc¬
tion by order of Samuel S. VVhitehouse,
executor of the estate, to Mrs. Margaret
D. McCloskey, a niece of Senator Mc¬
Carren, for $4,025,
For the coming week Joseph P. Day
will hold his first fall special auction on
Thursday, September 24, at the Ex¬
change Salesroom. The offerings in¬
clude the Moriarity Building, a six-
story loft building, on plot 78 x 98.9;
303, 305 and 307 West 139th street,
three three-story dwellings, on plot 51 x
99.11; properties in the Pennsylvania
Terminal zone for the estate of Eliza
McKibbin and a one-story building for
the estate of Thomas Buckley at 210
West 54th street.
Manhattan.
The following is the complete list of
property sold, withdrawn or adjourned
during: the week ending Sept. IS, 1914,
at the New York Real Estate Sales¬
room, 14 and 16 Vesey st.
JOSEPH P. DAY.
Lewis st,'l09. ws. 160 n Stanton, 20x100,
5-sty bk tnt & strs & 3-stv bk rear tnt;
due, $5,391.77: T&c, $481.62; sub to 1st mtg-
of $15,000; Carmana Realtv Co. 15.500
Pitt st, 55 (*), ws, 150 n Delancev, runs
Wl00xn24.10xe37xs6.2xe63xsl8.8. 3-stv bk
tnt & str & 4-stv bk rear tnt; due, $14,-
787.14; T&c. $3;J4.22; Anna S Lincoln.
14.000
PHnee st, 62-4 (*), swc Lafayette (No
264), 27.6x54.9x2 4x54.10, 4-stv bk loft &
str bldg: due. $28,885.44; T&c. $1,720.16:
Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum in the
City of N Y. 20,000
Borrowers
having desirable property on which loans are
wanted can be accommodated in any amount at
prevailing rates of interest. Submit your loans
and we can take care of them promptly.
Lawyers Title Insurance & Trust Co.
188 Montague St., Brooklyn
1354 Broadway, Brooklyn
160 Broadway, Manhattan
381-383 East 149th Street
367 Fulton Street, Jamaica
LOTS
PLOTS
ACREAGE
The Queensboro Corporation
BRIDGE PLAZA LONG ISLAND CITY
Developers of
Queens Borough Real Estate
HOUSES
FACTORY
SITES
JOSEPH CACCAVAJO, C. E. WARREN C. HAFF, M. E.
EXPERTS IN
REAL ESTATE ENGINEERING
41 PARK ROW
CACCAVAJO & HAFF
INCORPORATED
CONSULTING ENGINEERS
PHONE CORT. 6226
Troegerlith Sanitary Flooring
Laid in Plastic Form
Fire Proof, Germ Proof, Water Repellent
Cost very little more than cement
TROEGERLITH CORK COMPOSITION
Artistic, durable and very easy of tread. Write for booklet No. 5
Troegerlith Tile Company, 11 Broadway, New York City
Telephone: Rector 9364
First Fall Special Sales Day
NEXT THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
AT 12 O'CLOCK KOON, AT EXCHANGE SALESROOM, 1-; \-ESEY ST., N. Y. CITY.
MORIARITY BUILDING
155-157-159 East 23rd Street
(At Third Avenue **L" Station)
A 6-story and cellar brick loft building, with
salesroom store, equipped with steam heating
plant and 4 elevators. Size of plot, 78x98.9.
HENRY S. COOK, Esq., Attorney,
38 Park Row, N. Y. City.
303 & 305 & 307 W. 139th St.
(Between Edgecombe and Eighth Aves.)
To be sold as one parcel.
Three 3-story limestone front private dwell¬
ings. Size of plot, 51x99.11.
50% May remain on Mortgage for S%
3 nr 5 vears at
STUART D. PRESTON, Esq., Attorney
2 Rector Street, N. Y. City
ESTATE SALES.
210 West 54th St.
(Between Broadway and Eighth Ave.)
A 1-story brick building, suitable for a gar¬
age. Size of lot, 25x100.
65% May remain on Mortgage S%
for 3 or 5 years at
JOHN T. BOOTH, Esq.. Attorney
271 Broadway, N. Y. City
217 West 33rd St.
(Between Seventh and Eighth Aves.)
A 3-story and basement brick building. Size
of lot. 20x98.9,
GIFFORD, HOBBS & BEARD, Attorneys,
60 Broadway, N. Y. City.
Phone
744 Cortlandt
ABSOLUTE SALE
259 West 34th St.
(Between Seventh and Eighth Aves.)
A 3-story and basement brick building, with
basement store and salesroom store, containing
one apartment of six rooms and bath ou each
of the upper floors. Size of lot, 22.11x98.9.
Very liberal terms.
COUDERT BROS., Attorneys,
2 Rector St., N. Y. City
SPECIAL SALES.
Kissena Park, Flushing, L. I.
(N. E. Cor. Jasmine St. and Parsons Ave.)
A 3-story and cellar stucco private dwelling.
Size of plot, 44.56x122.60x40x102.95.
North Side of Oak Ave.
(86.3 Feet East of Bowne Ave.>
A 2-story and attic frame private dwelling.
Size of plot, 40x95.03,
North Side of Oak Ave.
(166.3 Feet East of Bowne Ave.)
A 2-story and cellar stucco private dwelling.
Size of plot, 40x95.04.
80'^ May Remain on Mortgages.
31 Nassau St.
N. Y. City
Auctioneer