Real Estate Record and Builders Guide

Founded March 21, 1888, by CLINTON W. SWKET.

Devoted to Real Estate, fiuilding Construction and Building Management in the Metropolitan District

Published  Every  Saturday by THE RECORD  AND  GUIDE   COMPANY

FRANK  E.  PERLEY, President and Editor;  W. D. HADSELL, Vice-President; J. W. FRANK, Secretary-Treasurer.





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Copyright, 1919, by The Record and Guide Company.                                          119 West 4eth Street. New York    (Telephone:    Bryant    4800).





VOL. CV

NO. 13 (2715)  .





NEW YORK, MARCH 27, 1920





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Advertising Index

Page
A B See Electric EIevator.4th Cover

Ackerly,  Orville B., & Son......412

Adler,   Ernest  N..........2d   Cover

Alliance    Realty    Co.,...........416

Altmayer,   Leon   S........2d   Cover

American Bureau ot R. E..2d Cover

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

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

Anderson   &   Co.,   James   S......404

Armstrong,   John    ..............412

Aspromonte   &   Son,   L.   S.......431

Atlantic  Terra  Cotta  Co........420

Automatic Fire Alarm Co........426

Beaumont Co., G. B......Title Page

Bechmann,   A.   G...............414

Bershire   Realty   Co.,   Inc.......419

Betz   Brothers,   Inc.............429

Birdsall,  Daniel & Co. .Front Cover

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

Brown,    Frederick..............418

Brown Co., J. Romaine.Front Cover

Bulkley    &Horton Co...........414

Busher Co., Eugene J......2d Cover

Butler  &   Baldwin.........2d  Cover

Cammann,     Voorhees     &    Floyd

2d Cover

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

City   Investing   Co..............4(H

City and  State Supervision Co. .416

Classified    Advertisements.......417

Consolodated Gas  Co.  ot  N.  Y. .413

Corning Co.,  Edward.....4th  Cover

Corwith    Brothers...............419

Coughlin,   James   A.............430

Cox, Nostrand & Gunnison......412

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

Cruikshank   Co........Front   Cover

Cruikshank's Sons, Wm.Front Cover
Cudner  Real   Estate   Co.,  A.   M.,

2d  Cover
Cushman  &  Wakefield. .Front  Cover

Cutler  &  Co.,   Arthur...........412

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

Davenport Real  Estate  Co......419

Davies,   J.   Clarence............419

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

Dike, 0. D. & H. V.............412

Dowd,   James   A................412

Duffy  Co.,   J.  P.................429

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

Eastern  Gas Appliance Co......431

Electro   Sun   Co.................430

Bly   &Co., Horace S___Front Cover

Empire Brick & Supply...4th Cover

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

Feuerbach,   F.  J..........2d  Cover

Finegan,   Austin..........2d   Cover

Pinch  & Co.,  Chas H...........428

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

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

Frank   &   Frank............____430

Fuller   Co.,   Geo.   A.............426

Gold,   Louis.....................418

Goodstein,   Harry   ..............416

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

Halback & Co., C. E............429

Hecla   Iron   Works.............428





TABLE OF CONTENTS             '

Editorials   ................;...................... 405

Decide  on  Twelve  Bills  to  Regulate  Housing
Situation ....................................,.. 407

Real Estate Board Outlines Policy on Housing
Bills.......................................... 408

Real Estate for the Current Week..............409

Private Sales of the Week...................... 409

Real Estate Notes............................... 418

Standards and Appeals Calendar................ 418

Statistical Table of the Week...................419

Settlement in Building Strike Goes Over to Next
Monday   ...................................... 421

Improved Weather  Conditions  Increase Active
Building   ...................................... 423

Personal and Trade Notes...................... 423

Trade and Technical Society Events............423

Building Materials Markets..................... 424

Current Building Operations....................424

Contemplated   Construction   .................... 425

Plans Filed,for New Construction.............-. 429





Page

Heil  &  Stern...................416

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

Holmes Electric Protective.4th Cover
Hydraulic   Stone   Corp..........428

Jackson,   Daniel   H.............414

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

Kennelly, Bryan L., Inc....2d Cover

Kerns   Co.,   James   F............414

Kilpatrick,   Wm.   D............404

Knap & Wasson Co........2d Cover

Kloes,   F.   J....................426

Kohler,  Chas.  S.,  Inc...........404

Lawrence  &   Co.,   Geo...........426

Lawrence Cement Co.....4th Cover

Lawyers' Title & Trust Co......415





I             .                                          Page

Leaycraft     &     Co.,     i'.     Edgar

Front Cover

Lehigh Portland Cement Co___431

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

Levers,   Robert   ..........            412

Long Realty Co., A. J.......',','_ [414

Manning-Bernhard    Co.....        4l6

Manning & Trunk.........2d Cover

Markham  Realty  Corp.....         404

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

Maurer &  Son,  Henry.....           430

Maxwell, J.  S.............2d Cover

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

May   Co.,   Wm.   B..........        414

Mclnerney,   John   F...........'  428

McLaughlin,   Thos.   F......[.'..' 412





Advertising Index              .{

Page
McLaury     Tile     Co.,     Inc.,     D.      '

, ^■  :...................4th Cover

R.cMahon,   Joseph   ~   ...........4l«

Mi:ici   &■   '■■:,..   .\    W........      tjOl

Mississippi Wire Glass  Co..... .'416

M-^(.s   \   iVI(,f-fs...............4X5

Nail  iV Parser...........          404

Nason  Realty  Co...............'414

Newins,  Harvey  B.............404

New York Edison Co., The..     .427

New York  Telephone  Co........^m

New York Title & Mortgage Co..404'

Niewenhous   Bros.,   Ine.........431

Noyes  Co.,  Chas.  P___Front  Cover

Ogden & Clarkson Corp___2d Cover

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

Orr & Co. John C..............431

Payton,  Jr.,  Co.,  Phillip A......414

Pease &  Elliman......Front  Cover

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

Poe,   James   E..................4I6

Pomeroy  Co.,  Inc.,  S.  H........429

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

Purdy  &  Co....................416

Rafalsky Co.,  Mark____Front  Cover

Ray   Willes,   Inc................412

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

Realty   Associates...............419

Realty  Company of  America... .404

Ritch,   Wm.   T..................426

Roman-Callman  Co   ............4^4

Ruland & Whiting......Front Cover

Runk, George S...........2d Cover

Ryan,  George J...........2d  Cover

Sasse,  Geo.  W..................412

Schindler & Liebler.............412

Schwiebert,   Henry   .............414

Seath,   Inc.,  James..............430

Scobie   .........................414

Seaver & Co., Frank A,,...,'..'. .414

Smith Co., Inc., E. C.........    422

Spear &  Co.....................412

Spotts   &   Starr.................412

Steinmetz,  John A..............414

Thompson  Co., A.  G............418

Title Guarantee & Trust Co.....404

Thotta,   Inc.,  D.  A..............416

Tucker, Speyers & Co......2d Cover

Tyng & Co., Stephen H.. Jr......404

Ullman   ....................... 414

United Electric Light & Power.  411

Uris, Abe, Iron &. Steel Co......426

Vogel & Rotkin.................430

Vorndran's Sons, Christian......427

Walsh,  j   Irving..........2d  Cover

Watson Elevator Co., Inc..4th Cover

Weld  &  Suydam................404

Wells  Architectural   Iron   Co___431

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

Welsch,   S.,   Sons..............    414

White  Const.  Co.,  Inc.,  The....'.'425-

White & Sons, Wm. A...........404

Whiting & Co., Wm. H.Front Cover

Winter,   Benjamin...............414

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

Wyokott, Walter C.........2d Cover

Zicha Marble Co., .\. R......        428

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





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