Real Estate Record and Builders Guide
Founded March 21, 1868, by CUMTON W. SWEET.
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 atad Bdltor; W. D. HADSELL, Vice-President; J. W. FRANK, Seeretary-Treasurer.
Entered u Kcond oiui nuitur Norember 8, 1ST*, it tlu Port Offloe at New York. N. Y., imder the Aot of Mmrab 8. 1879.
Copyright, 1920, by The Record and Guide Company. 119 West 40lh Street, New York (Telephone: Hryant 4800).
VOL. CT
NO. 16 (2718)
NEW YORK, APRIL 17, 1920
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AdTertlBlng Index
Page
A B See Electric Elevator.4th Cover
Ackerly, Orville B., & Son... .510
Acme Service Corp.............509
A. J. Contracting Co...........527
Adler, Ernest N..........'2i Cover
Alliance Realty Co.............508
Altmayer, Leon S.........2a Cover
American Bureau ot R. E. ..2d Cover
Ames & Co................2d Cover
Amy & Co., A. V..........2d Cover
Anderson & Co., James S.......500
Armstrong, John ..............510
Aspromonte & Son, L. S........527
Atlantic Terra Cotta Co........516
Automatic Fire Alarm Co.......522
Beale Co., Harry S-----.........513
Beaumont Co., G. B......Title Page
Bechmann, A. G...............311
Benznig Co., Jos. H............525
Berkshire Realty Co., Inc.......515
Birdsall, Daniel, & Co..Front Cover
Boylan, John J............2d Cover
Brown, Frederick .............514
Brown Co., J. Romaine.Front Cover
Bulkley & Horton Co...........511
Busher Co., Eugene J.....2d Cover
Butler & Baldwin..........2d Cover
Cammann, Voorhees &. Floyd
2d Cover
Carpenter, Leonard J......-'d Cover
Chesley Co., Inc., A. C.........^>'2i
City Investing Co...............50(»
City and State Supervision Co...512
Classified Advertisements ......513
Corning Co., Edward......4th Cover
Corwith Brothers ..............515
Coutoucas, Nicholas ............513
Cox, Nostrand & Gunnison.......524
Cross & Brown.........Front Cover
Cruikshank Co.........Front Cover
Cruikshank's Sons, Wm.Front Cover
Cudner R. E. Co..........2d Cover
Cushman & Wakefield. .Front Cover
Cutler & Co., Arthur............510
Cutner, Harry B..........2d Cover
Davenport Real Estate Co......515
Davies, J. Clarence.............515
Day. Joseph P.............2d Cover
Dike, O. D. & H. H............510
Dowd, James A................510
Duffy Co., J. P................525
Duross Co................2d Cover
Eastern Gas Appliance Co......523
Eberle, Edward F..............508
Electro Sun Co.................525
Ely & Co., Horace S___Front Cover
Empire Brick & Supply...4th Cover
English, J. B.............2d Cover
Feuerbach, P. J...........2d Cover
Finegan. Austin..........2d Cover
Finch & Co., Chas. H..........524
Fischer, J. Arthur.........2d Cover
Fox & Co., Fredk..........2d Cover
Frank & Frank.................520
Fuller Co., Geo. A.............522
Gallin & Son, John.............525
Gold, Louis ...................514
Goodstein, Harry ..............512
Goodwin & Goodwin.......2d Cover
Hecla Iron Works..............522
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Editorials....................................... SOI
Digest of March Building Operations Through¬
out Country .................................. 502
Legislators Promise Enactment of Exemption
Bills .......................................... 503
Full Text of Two Additional Landlord and
Tenant Laws ................................. 503
Tenants Invest $25,000,000 in Co-operative
Apartments ................................... 504
Decisions of the Magistrates Under the New
Rent Laws .................................... 505
Real Estate for the Current Week.............. 507
Private Sales of the Week...................... 507
Real Estate Notes.............................. 514
Standard and Appeals Calendar.................. 514
Statistical Table of the Week.................. 515
Elevator Operators Striking for Increases Wages 517
Local Architects and Engineers Develop Many
New Plans .................................... 519
Personal and Trade Notes...................... 519
Trade and Technical Society Events............ 519
Building Material Markets...................... 520
Current Building Operations.................... 520
Contemplated Construction .................... 522
Plans Filed for New Construction.............. 525
Page
Heil & Stern...................512
Hess, M. & L., Inc......Front Cover
Holmes Electric Protective.4th Cover
Jackson, Daniel H.............508
Kane Co., John P.........4th Cover
Kelly, Albert E................512
Kennelly, Bryan L., Inc___2d Cover
Kerns Co., James F............511
Kilpatrick, Wm. D.............500
Knap & Wasson Co.......2d Cover
Kloes, F. J....................521
Kohler, Chas. S., Inc...........500
Lackman, Otto ................511
Lawrence, Blake & Jewell.......500
Lawrence & Co., Geo...........521
Lawrence Cement Co.....4th Cover
Lawyers' Title & Trust Co......500
Lehigh Portland Cement Co.....527
Page
Leaycraft & Co., J. Edgar
Front Cover
Leist, Henry G............2d Cover
Levers, Robert ................510
Levin, Inc., Jacobs & Morris... ..5;;ri
Long Realty Co., A. J..........511
Losere, L. G....................511
Mack Co., James C............."»25
Manning-Bernhard Co..........512
Manning & Trunk.........2d Cover
Marbleoid Co..................520
Markham Realty Corp..........500
Martin, H. Samuel........2d Cover
Maurer & Son, Henry..........513
Maxwell, J. S............2d Cover
May Co., Lewis H.........2d Cover
McLaury Tile Co., Inc., D.
H.....................4th Cover
Advertising Index
Pa KB
McLaughlin, Thomas F.........510
McMahon, Joseph T............508
Miller & Co., A. W____.........510
Mississippi Wire Glass Co......508
Moses & Moses.................514
Mural Floor Covering Co........509
Nail & Parker.................500
Nason Realty Co...............512
Newins. Harvey B..............500
New York Edison Co., The......523
New York Title & Mortgage Co..500
Niewenhous Bros., Inc..........527
Noyes Co., Chas. F.....Front Cover
Ogden & Clarkson Corp....2d Cover
O'Reilly & Dahn..........L'd Cover
Orr & Co., John C..............523
Payton, Jr., Co., Philip A.......508
Pease & Elliman.......Front Cover
Pflomm, F. & G........Front Cover
Poe, James E..................513
Pomeroy Co., Inc., S. H.........521
Porter & Co...........Front Cover
Purdy & Co....................512
Rafalsky Co., Mark... .Front Cover
Ray Willes, Inc................510
Read & Co., Geo. R.....Front Cover
Realty Associates ..............515
Realty Company of America___500
Realty Supervision Co..........520
Ritch, Wm. T..................522
Roman-Callman Co............513
Ruland & Whiting.....Front Cover
Runk, George S...........2d Cover
Ryan, George J...........2d Cover
Sasse, Geo. W..................510
Schindler & Liebler............510
Schwiebert, Henry.............511
Scobie .........................511
Seaver & Co., Frank A..........'^U
Smith Co., Inc., E. C............'.Is
Spear & Co.....................r.l2
Spielman Electric Co...........512
Spotts & Starr.................510
Structural Waterproofing Co... ..jl7
Steinmetz, John A...............511
Thompson Co., A. G.............'"il4
Title Guarantee & Trust Co.....5(IU
Trageser Steam Copper Works,
John ........................522
Trotta, Inc., D. A...............512
Tucker, Speyers & Co.....2d Cover
Tyng & Co., Stephen H., Jr......".Oo
Ullmann .......................511
I'ris Iron Works, Inc., Harris H.r,21
\ogel & Rotkin.................525
Walsh, J. Irving..........2d Cover
Watson Elevator Co., Inc. .4th Cover
Weld & Suydam................500
Wells Architectural Iron Co....527
Wells Sons, James N......2d Cover
Welsch, S., Sons................"ill
Wheeler Realty Corp...........-"IO
White Const. Co., Inc., The.....510
White & Sons, Wm. A..........500
Whiting & Co., Wm. H.Front Cover
Winter, Benjamin .............508
Wood-Dolson Co.......Front Cover
Wyckoff, Walter C........2d Cover
Zicha Marble Co., A. R.........524
Zittel & Sons, Fredk......2d Cover
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