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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 48, no. 1236: November 21, 1891

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654 Record and Guide. NovemberlSl, 1891 xlOO, No. 175 Huron street, for Annie M. Brady to Catfaarine Taylor, for $4,300; and tfae lot, 35x100, on tfae west side of NeweU street, 300 feet north of Nassau avenue, for Elizabetfa Scfamitt, for $1,335. Benjamin Sturges has sold for tfae estate of Mordica Johnson the faouse and lot. No. 877 Throop avenue, for $4,000; and for Richard B. Riker tfae twofour-story flats, Nos. 483 and 485 Quincy street, for $24,000. CONVEYANCES. 1890. 1891. Nov. 13 to 19 inc. Nov. 18 to 18 inc. Number................................... 823 369 Amount involved............................. »1,436,072 »991.001 Number nominal....................... 88 116 HORTGAOES. Number..................................... 292 333 Amount involved............................. $1,160,089 11.345,584 Number at 5 per cent, orless............... 135 170 Amount mvolved............................. 8631,516 $723,887 PROJECTED BOTLDmOS. 1890. 1891. Nov. 14 to 20 inc. Nov. 13 to 19 inc. Number Of buildhiea....................... 88 95 Kstiraated cost,........................... $398,885 $497,535 Ottt Amone the Bnilden. C. L. Holden is the arcfaitect of tfae large ofSce building whicfa the Dela¬ ware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad have decided to build on the site of the present old ofSces of the company on Exchange place. The new struc¬ ture will front 56.9 feet on Exchange place and 79.6 on William street. It will be ten stories faigfa, of Indiana limestone, with tbe vertical floor supports of steel. The design wiU be " Classic." Tfae fittings and decoration of tfae building are to be of the finest cbaracter. A syndicate of capitalists, represented by Horaer Lee and B. Gerson Oppenheim, intend to build a tourten-story fire-proof apartment hotel on the eleven lots on the Boulevard, West End avenue and 86th street, taking in the whole front on tfae north side of tfaat street between tfaose tfaorougfafares. L. Sacbs & Brotfaer intend, in tfae spring, to erect tbree six-story brick, stone and iron front warefaouses, on a plot 100x100, at Nos. 13 to 19 Wash¬ ington place, from plans by Ricfaard Berger. Mesn-s. Sacfas & Bro. may also improve Nos. 15,17 and 19 West 4tfa street, nortfawest comer of Mercer street. Capt. Andrew C. Zabriskie will build a fine residence on tfae northeast comer of 5tfa avenue and 71st street, on the lot 29.3x135, whicfa fae has just purcfaased. Lewis S. Wolff, the banker, of No. 30 Nassau street, faas purcfaased Nos. 87-91 Fulton street for improvement, tfae exact cfaaracter of which he informed a reporter of The Record and GuroE has not yet been decided. Tfae Bowery Savings Bank, faaving recently purcfaased tfae property at Nos. 322 to 226 Grand street, beginning at tbe northeast corner of Eliza¬ beth street, it is now tbe intention of the directors, so it is said, to com¬ mence the erection of a new bank building thereon. Tbere will be a meetisg of tfae full board iu tfae early part of December, at wfaicfa some definite action will be taken. President Edward Wood said to a Record AND Guide reporter tfaat fae was not quite ceriain that a new bank build¬ ing would supersede the present one; no Building Committee faad yet been appointed and no otber steps taken by the directors. The bank was chartered in 18S4. Under tbe terms ot that charter it cannot move frrm the Bowery: it must at least faave its entrance on tbat street. No one seems to know what will be done with the old building in case another building takes its stead. WaUace C. Andrews, president of tfae New York Steam Company, is contemplating tfae erection of a combination of buildings on the block bounded by SOtb and 87th streets, 12th and IStb avenues. The plans faave been drawn, but notbing has beeu decided upon. According to tbem, the buUdings will contain a market, storage room for Ugbt aud heavy goods, a swimming school, a summer garden on the roof and a riding academy. Richard G. Platt has had plans drawn for a four-story and basement dwelUng, to be erected on tbe northeast comer of 85th street and West End avenue. The material will be red stone and Tiffany brick and the cost about $35,000. Clarence True is tbe architect. Chas. L. Tiffany, the weU-known jeweler, wiU shortly take title to about seven acres of gi'ound at Forest HiU, in the suburbs of Newark, N. J., on which he contemplates erecting a large plate-ware factory. Forest Hill is on the New York & Greenwood RaUway. Mr. Tiffany, when seen at his Union square office, said: " We faave not yet faad any plans drawn for tfae factory and do not expect to commence to build till tfae spring." Andrew Judge will build a five-story flat, 25s69 and extension, on the north side of ISlst street, 460 feet west of 5th avenue, from plans hy J. C. Hume. The front wUl be of brick and stone and the cost $22,(KK). D. & J. Jardine are the architects for a six-story building to be erected on the north side of 58th street, 200 feet west of 6lh avenue, for Religio Lo Forte. Walter H. C. Hornum has plans on the boards for two five-story houses, 2.5x68, for Harry L. Kidd. The location is the south side of 42d street. John Fitzpatrick will erect a five-story apartment bouse at No. 365 3d avenue. Frederick Jenth is the architect. Henry Wohlers will erect an apartmeut faouse, 37.4x63, witfa five stories, at No. 1634 2d avenue, from plans prepared by Cbarles Stegmayer. Jobn C. Burne is tbe architect for five five-story brick and browu stone front flats, which James F. Boyle and Michael J. Bannon will build on the soutbwest corner of 107tb street and Fark avenue, at a cost of $100,000. The corner bouse, containing stores, will be 25x71.11, an adjoining avenue bouse 35x61, while two sireet faouses will be 25x61, and the 3d street house 25x64, with an extension 13x5. Jobn Hauser has plans on the boards for a five-story brown stone and brick front flat, whicb Louis Wirth will build on tbe south side of SOth street, 80 feet east of Madison avenue, at a cost of $33,000. The flat. wfaich wUl be 80.4x90.6 in size, will contain all tfae improvements and wlU be finished in hardwood throughout. J. C. Burne wUl furnish plans for two five-story brick and stone front flats, to be erected by Tfaos. J. Robinson on tfae east side of Amsterdam avenue, 25 feet soutfa of 125tb street, at a cost of $5O,00C. Tbe sizes will be 2.5x90 eacfa. Eiooklyn. Tfae Crescent Athletic Club, of Brooklyn, are contemplating the erection of a large club-house, to cost witfa land $450,000, on Pierrepont street. F. Wennemer will furnish plans for a two-story brick stable and offlce, 171x40, which the Farmers' Feed Company intend to erect on Jofanson avenue, at a cost of $17,000. Langston & Dafalander have plans on the boards for a nine-story apart¬ ment house to have a frontage of 100 feet on St. John's place, 70 feet on Flatbusfa avenue and 50 feet on Stb avenue; cost, $300,000. The materials to he used are granite, sandstone, huff brick and terra cotta. V. tf. Pelle- trau represents the syndicate owning the buUding. '^iUiam H. Reynolds will erect an apartment house of brick, stone and terra cotta, 28x85, on the northwest comer of Halsey street and Nostrand avenue; and on Halsey street, adjoining, twenty dwellings, each three stories, 30x45; cost, $235,000. James MiUs will build three four-story apartment houses of stone and hrick, 30x72, on the north side of 1st street, 2.50 feet west of 7th avenue; cost. $70,000. Out of Town. Newark, N. J.—Swinnerton & Poole have plans'for a tfaree-story brick flat for J. H. Sfaafer, to be bmlt on the comer of Wasfaington and Baldwin streets, to cost $S,000; also plans for a frame two-and-a-half-story dweUing for Cbristian GiUon, to be built at No. 95 South Sth Rtreet,to cost $3,500. Yonkers, N. Y.—The two-story brick and two-story frame houses on a plot 70x81, at Nos. 340 and 343 Main street,^ybich were to faave been offered at tfae New York Real Estate Exchange by Richard V. Harnett & Co. this week were previously sold privately by the estate of John Harriman for $6,.550. Bnilding Notes. S. McClave, of llth avenue and Bethune street, a relative of £. W. McClave, who faas heen prominent in organizing Tfae Yellow Pine Com¬ pany, said: "Oak has for some tirae been tfae predominating wood for interior trim. Tbe reasons for its use are tfaat it is a ligfat wood and gives a cfaeerful effect to a room and that it costs less tban mahogany." " What is tfae difference in cost between a first floor and basement trirained in oak or in mafaogany ?" asked tfae reporter. " I should say, ou a rough guess, about $S00 per house," was tfae reply. " Tfais applies to a house about 20x55 in size. It varies according to tbe amount of trim usei. Of course mahogany faas a particular value and will always be used more or less, but at prese-it we are seUing oak in very large quantities." Traitel Bros, have some splendid examples of tiles and tile panels at their Stfa avenue sfaow-rooms, near 42d streel. Two ot these ou tfae walls of tfaeir rooms are said to be the finest tiles ever in:>ported into tfais country. They represent a huntsman ot tfae 17tfa century and a lady of tfae same date. Tbe colors and outlines are unusually good. The McShane Plumbing Company, of Oth avenue, near 37th street, are fitting up several bath-rooms at tfaeir warerooms. Tfaese bath-rooms are models of richness and elegance and contain new ideas, the most striking of which is a porcelain tank. Mr. Murray, treasurer of the company, talking with the writer, said: "Five or ten years ago plumbers would have scoffed at the idea of such elaborate bath-rooms. At that time wooden baths lined witb tin, and plumbing of ordinary lead, was the cus¬ tom. Now T'e faave nickel-plated plumbing, porcelain tubs, tiled walls and floors, etc.. and wfaile tfae cost of fitting up a bath-room tfaen was a few faundred dollars, now it amounts to thousands. It is an ordinary tbing for us to contract for one costing $3,00(i and more. To have asked a lady to call on a plumber to select ber own style of bath-room ten years ago would have been deemed an insult; whereas now it is quite usual for ladies, accompanied by tfaeir husbands, to call on us to discuss the style and appointments and to make their selections accordingly. Tbe change is due —flrst to the higher taste of tbe public; second to the better regulations of tfae Board of Healtfa, whicb have necessitated tfae use of fine plumbing and thus taught people the value of first-class plumbing work." Fersoual. Ex-President E. A. Cruikshank, of the Real Estate Exchange, faas been elected a member of tbe Reform Club. He was proposed by Manager Benjamin Hardwick, of the Exchange, and seconded by Mr. Constant A. Andrews. The West Side Democratic Olub. The West Side Democratic Club, the only incorporated Democratic organ¬ ization from .54tfa street to I35tb street, is an illustration ot tbe energy of some of the prominent Westsiders. It was organized on October 7th last. On October Hth it had 132 members, a number whicb at the present time has increased to 520. It played an important part during the last campaign in bringing out the Flower vote in tbe 19th Assembly District, holding as much as two meetings a week, addressed by such speakers as Tfaomas C. T. Grain, Adolph Sanger, Bourke Cockran, Tbeodore W. Myers and others equally prominent. The club is composed of solid business men and is an independent Democratic club. The managers aro Bryan L. Kenelly, Tbeo¬ dore N. Mellvin, Henry Lowenthal, James E. Kelly, William B. Ellison, Farrel F. O'Dowd, Clifford Boese, James F. McEntee, B. Oppenheim, James J. Harold. Louis B. Rolston, WilUam J. Warburton, Cbarles F. Ohlstrom, George C. Coffin and Edward E. Murpfay. ,