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 B. PERLET, President and Editor; E. S. DODGE, Vice-President W. P. TIENKEN, Vice-President; J. W. PRANK; Secretary-Treasurer
Entered as second class matter November 8, 1879. at the Post Office at New York, N. T., under tho Act of March 3. 1879.
Copyright, 1922, by The Record and Guide Company, 119 West 40th Street, New Yorlt (Teiephone: Pennsylvania 1500)
VOL. CX
No. 26 (2858)
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 23, 1922
25c. A COPY
$12.00 A YEAR
Advertising Index Page
A. B. See Electric Elevator
4th Cover
Ackerly, Orville B., & Son......817
Acme Foundry .................g'^'J
Adams & Co..................^IG
Adler, Ernest N................81'
Amer. Realty Co................sV2
American Bond & Mortgage Co.S2b
American Bureau of R. E.,
2d Cover
American Enameled Brick &
Tiie Co.......................823
Ames & Co.....................815
Amy, A. V.. & Co...............815
Anderson Brick & Supply,
4tli Cover
Anderson, James S., & Co......813
Armstrong & Armstrong.......817
Asbestos Mfg. Co..............829
Ashforth & Co.................81ii
Athens Brick, Lime & Cement
Co..................4th C*ver
Automatic Fire Alarm Co......824
Bauer, Milbank & Molloy......815
Bechman, A. G.................818
Bell, H. W., Co................827
Benenson Realty Co-----2d Cover
Bonded Securities Corp.........S20
Boyd, James ............2d Cover
Boylan, John J.................815
Brener, Samuel .........2d Cover
Brett & Wyckoft.....Front Cover
Brook, Louis, Inc..............829
Brooks & Momand..Front Cover
Brown, Frederick ........2d Cover
Brown, J. Romaine Co.Front Cover
Bulkley & Horton Co..........818
Busher, Eugene J., Co........815
Butler & Baldwin ...Front Cover
Cahn & Cahn ...........2d Cover
Cnmniann, Voorhees & Floyd...815
Carpenter, Leonard J...........815
Carroll, Cyril A................816
Chauncey Real Estate .........815
City Investing Co..............804
Classified Advertisements .....Si.l
Clayton Tile & Marble Co......830
Coburn, Alfred P..............8lo
Craue, Wm. M., Co.............822
Cross & Brown Co..Front Cover
Cruikshank Co........Front Cover
Cruikshank, Wm., Sons.
Front Cover
Cudner, R. E., Co...............813
Cushman & Wakefield..........S15
Cutner, Harry B................813
Davenport Real Estate Co......818
Davis. G. Malvin..............817
De Rosa, Chas. M., Co..........816
Davies, J. Clarence.............812
Day. Joseph P..................815
Dike, O. D. & H. V............815
Dodge, F. W., Co..............831
Dowd, James A................817
Dubois, Chas. A................Slii
DuEfy, J. P., & Co...............827
Dunl.Tp & Lloyd................Sin
Duross Co......................815
Edwards, Charles 0., Co.......815
Edwarda, Dowdney & Richart. .804
Eliiman. Douglas L., & Co......812
Ely, Horace S.. & Co.Front Cover
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorials ......................................... 805
Transit Commission Submits New Plans.......... 807
Lower Rents by Reducing Building Costs.......... 809
Alultiple Listing System Explained............... 810
Real Estate Review of tlie Week..................811
Private Sales of the Week........................ 811
Mortgage Loans.................................. 813
Statistical Table of the Week......................818
Education Board to Reorganize Its Building Staff.. 819
Rush Plans for New Construction................821
Personal and Trade Notes........................ 821
Trade and Technical Society Events...............821
Building Material Market......................... 822
Contemplated Construction........................ 824
Contracts Awarded............................... 825
Plans Filed for New Construction.................826
Plans Filed for Alterations........................ 827
Mechanics' Liens and Satisfied Liens.............. 830
Adrertisine Index Page
Empire Brick & Supply..4th Covor
English, J. B................813
Finch, Chas. H., & Co.........8^20
Finkelstein, Jacob & Co........810
Fischer, J. Arthur..............815
Fisher, James B...............818
Fox, Fredk., & Co............813
Frey, Wm. J...................8i!>
General Electric Co.............820
Gold, Louis & Co., Inc..2d Cover
Hecla Iron Works..............829
Hess, M. & L., Inc. .Front Cover
Hoeckh, John J.................8in
Holmes Elec. Protective........s27
Home Title Insurance Co......801
Hubbard, C. Berlratu..Front Cover
Hygrade BuUders Supply Co.,
4th Cover
J. & E. Realty Co............817
Jackson, Daniel H........2d Cover
Kane, John P.. Co.....4th Cover
Keller, Charles Q..............816
Kelley, T. H...................816
Kelly, Albert E................816
Kempner & Son, Inc.Front Cover
Kewanee Boiler Co., Inc.Title Page
Kilpatrick, Wm. D.............804
Kissling. J. P. & L. A..........810
Advertisins Index Page
Kloes, F. J.....................826
Kohler, Chas. S................801
Kopp. H. C, & Co.............813
Kraslow, Walter .......2d Covtr
Kurz, Wm. F. A., Co...........SIS
Lackman, Otto .................81S
Ladd & Nichols, Inc...........804
Lawrence, Bl.tke & Jewell.....804
Lawrence Cement Co....4th Cover
Lawyers Mortgage Co..........821
Lawyers Title & Trust Co___S12
Leaycraft, J. & Co...Front Cover
Leist. Henry G.................S15
Levers, Robert .................816
Losere, L. G...................818
Martin, Samuel H..............815
May, Lewis H., Co............815
McMahon, Joseph T.....2d Covot
Merrall, Wm B.................S17
Milner, Joseph ......Front Cover
Mississippi Wire Glass.4th Cover
Monell, F. Bronson............S15
Moore, John Constable..........817
Moors, J. K.....................815
Morgan, Leon.nrd Co...........S17
Muhlker, Arthur G.............817
Murtha & Schmohl Co..4th Cover
Nail & Parker.................804
Advertising Index Page
Nassoit & Lanning ............S15
Natanson, Max N.........2d Cover
Natioual Electric Laboratories,
2d Cover
Neenan Elevators-American Ma¬
chine & Foundry Co.4th Cover
Nehring Bros...................815
New York Edison Co., The...S23
New York Title & Mortgage Co.SUl
Niewenhous, Henry S...........SIS
Noyes, Chas. F., Co..Front Cover
Ogden & Clarkson Corp........815
OHare, Geo. L.................804
Oppenheimer, Fred ............817
O'Reilly & Dahn ..............S15
O'Reilly, Thos. J...............5il2
Ottinger, Nathan L............810
Payton, Philip A., Jr., Co.2d Cover
Pease & EUiman .....Front Cover
Pell, S. Osgood & Co.........826
Pflomm, F. & G.......Front Cover
Phelps, Albert D...............818
Pomeroy, S. H., Co., Inc.......826
Porter & Co..........Front Cover
Quell & Quell .................818
Queensboro Corporation ..2d Cover
Read, Geo. R., & Co.Front Covol
Realty Co. of America........804
Rinaldo, Hiram ...............816
Rockaway White Sand Co.,
„ , 4th Cover
Runk, Geo. S..................816
Ryan, Geo. J...................sig
Saffir, Abraahm ...............817
Schindler & Liebler ...........810
Schweibert, Henry .............Sis
Seaman & Penderbast..........816
Shaw, Arthur L................817
Shaw, Rockwell & Sanford.....815
Sherman & Kirschner .........817
Slattery Gas Radiator Co.......S"28
Smith, Malcolm E., Inc........815
Spenr & Co.....................si(j
Speyers, James B., Inc.........817
Spotts & Starr ................815
Straus, S. W., & Co............827
Talbot, Jacob J................816
Tankoos, Smith & Co...........Slo
Title Guarantee & Trust Co___804
Tyng, Stephen H., Jr., & Co___804
Union .Stove Works ..........829
V. S. Realty & Improvement
Co....................2d Cover
Van Valen, Chas. B.....2rt Cover
Wacht, Samuel .........2d Cover
Waddell & Martin .....2d Cover
Walden, James P..............S16
Walsh, J. Irving ...............815
Watson Elevator Co., Inc.,
4th Cover
Warsaw Elevator Co...........S'J8
Wills Architectural Iron Co___829
\\'plls, James N., & Sons........815
White, Wm. A., & Sons,
Front Cover, 813
Whiting, Wm. H„ & Co.,
Front Cover
Winter, Benjamin ......2d Cover
Wood-Dolson Co......Frout Cover
Zittell, Fredk., & Sons.........815
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